July 27

Tannersmyman had another first-time starter win--Shouldabeenmaizey. She was bred and is owned by Woodbridge Farm. Running at Emerald Downs for Pete Axmaker, she won the first race on July 24, earning $3,685.00. She broke alertly to stalk the leaders from the inside (not outside as stated in the Form) moved up to engage Coco'srivatelable with a furlong to run and proved best over that rival in a stiff drive. This filly was the only filly in this 2-year-old maiden race. Four of Tannersmyman's six winners have won at first asking. Shouldabeenmaizey picked up the win in her debut, as did Gary John, She's A Tanner, and Devilish Denae. Both three-time winner A Toast To Tanner ($59,165) and Grade 3-winner Autism Awareness ($151,967) took several starts to win, but they did.

March 10

Woodbridge Farm is very proud of Tannersmyman's first G3 winning son Autism Awareness. This colt is the second foal out of the Sharp Victor mare Lady Essex and he is a graduate of the CTBA Pleasanton yearling sale for the very reasonable price of only $1,000.00. Tannersmyman also won at this distance along with sprinting so getting the distance was never a question to us. 

This stallion is such a dream to be around and every single one of his foals is smart, classy and just great to handle. I have always had faith in "Tanner" as a sire and now maybe he will get some respect from the race world. We sold Lady Essex at the Barretts January sale, again for a nominal price of only $3,200.00 in foal with a full sibling. We currently have the yearling full brother here at the farm and look forward to watching him move forward in his pursuit of maybe another graded stakes win. 

We are all smiles here at Woodbridge Farm. Thank you, Mr. Johnny Taboada (his owner), and all the connections to Autism Awareness. For anyone who is unfamiliar with this disease, April is Autism Awareness month and we are currently involved with the first annual Autism Awareness walk for the cure in Stanislaus County, so contact the farm for info or ways you can help and get involved. Congratulations again to all involved, way to go, Tanner!

February 18

I am sort of behind in updates from Woodbridge Farm, but we are very very proud of Tannersmyman's lastest first-time starter, Devilish Denae. She is the second foal and first to start from Devilish Quest and a Pleasanton CTBA yearling sale grad. Devilish Denae demonstrated Tannersman's foals' great mentality and composure in the paddock and post parade and had to overcome a stumbling rival out of the gate to be shuffled back at the start, then weaved her way through traffic and came on the rail to win going away. She paid a big price of $44.00 to win, not that we had any on that but just a nice note to a happy story. Tannersmyman has now had eight starters and six winners. Three of those won at first asking. Impressive statistics for a young sire! 

We are also proud of our favorite Woodbridge "daughter" in Somethinaboutlaura who ran her race once again and finished a very nice third in the G1 Santa Maria Handicap. She is quite the "Iron Lady" and we hope she continues her running through the 08 season. 

January 6

Tannersmyman's son Autism Awareness, a 3-year-old, ran a huge second Friday at Golden Gate Fields in his first attempt going a route of ground. He set the early fractions and held on gamely to secure his second-place finish and add $7,800 to his climbing bankroll. 

His full sister looks to now be a real steal from the last CTBA yearling sale held at Pleasanton this past September. His mother, Lady Essex, in foal with a full sibling, will sell this month at Barretts January mixed sale as Hip Number 339. She just might be a great buy considering the way her son is running!

December 5

Great news again about Somethinaboutlaura! She is now among an elite group of Cal-bred horses who are millionaires. Her earnings now total $1,008,865! She was foaled and raised at Woodbridge Farm--a wonderful race mare who the Pacific Heights Stakes Saturday at Golden Gate Fields to make her a millionaire. 

She was bred by Al and Toni Lilley, who live in Tracy and kept her dam with us during the time Laura was being raised. She was purchased as a weanling by Phil Rowe, as a client of Woodbridge Farm, who sold her shortly after her maiden win. She's owned now by Jerry  Hollendorfer, Charles D. Miller, John G. Sikura and George Todaro. 

We are  very proud of this great race mare and look forward to watching her continue to run before retiring to the breeding shed. 

July 14

It looks like all you have to do is lead Gary John over to the paddock and go collect your check! This durable 3-year-old gelding did his job again and won very impressively at Hollywood Park Thursday. He's Tannersmyman's first starter and winner as a 2-year-old and he hasn't missed a check yet. He is rapidly approaching the 100K mark and is one of three 3-year-olds currently running and winning for Tannersmyman. 
 

July 8

We are once again so proud of our homebred SomethinaboutLaura, who ran a huge race Friday night at Hollywood to win the A Gleam G2 at 7 furlongs. "Laura" had the outside post of 10 and let her field of competitors break while she held dead aim on them from the outside. She rallied around the turn to take command and win drawing away. This is her second win in the G2 A Gleam Handicap. 

"Laura's" earnings are now nearing the millionaire mark, needing only another 100K to reach that goal. Congratulations to Lilley Ranch, who bred this nice filly, and to Jerry Hollendorfer and her latest owners on this nice win by a filly that was foaled and raised here at Woodbridge.
 

June 30

We get to brag once again! Our homebred 3-year-old gelding Gary John added to his bankroll Thursday with a nice win in the second race at Hollywood Park. He added $13,800 to his already large bankroll and for his new trainer, Ted West. 

June 11

Okay, so maybe everyone will feel like we are just repeating ourselves, but our gal SomethinaboutLaura has done it again. She ran yesterday at Hollywood Park in the second running of the Redondo Beach Stakes on the turf and set all the fractions, digging in gamely down the lane to win by a head over Dancing Edie. As always, we are proud to have bred, foaled and raised this outstanding Cal-bred filly, who just keeps adding to her very large bankroll. Congratulations to Lilley Ranch, who owned her as a baby and who are still actively involved in breeding here in California.

June 4

Tannersmyman had his fourth starter from his first crop, which are now 3-year-olds, a  filly named She's a Tanner. Making her debut at Golden Gate Fields in the first race Sunday in the 1-hole position, she broke on top, gamely edged clear of the field then won a very close drive to the finish. She set all the fractions of :22.1, :44.3, :56.4 and finished in 1:09.4. Her winning paycheck was $9,350. 

Tannersmyman had only five foals in his first crop, which includes stakes-placed and also winner in his first start Gary John, winner A Toast to Tanner, placed Just Shirley and now She's a Tanner.

June 2

A 2-year-old runner by Tannersmyman, Autism Awareness, just ran Thursday (his third start) in a maiden special weight race at Golden Gate Fields and once again drew the #1 post position (he has been in the one hole each race, and what are the odds of that!) and ran a huge second to a colt that was purchased for $40,000. Autism Awareness, born and raised right here at Woodbridge, was 5 1/2 lengths in front of the third-place horse. He was a Pleasanton purchase last year for his current owner for a mere $1,000. 

May 19

Tannersmyman's first winner/stakes placed runner Gary John made his debut on Cushion Track at Hollywood Park yesterday to win impressively going 7 1/2 furlongs. A Toast To Tanner had won earlier on Cushion Track, which tells us Tannersmyman's foals look to be able to handle the new surfaces being put down in California.

Woodbridge Farm is happy to see Everybodycutfootlos break his maiden at Golden Gate Fields going 5 furlongs on the turf. He is the first foal to run out of Woodbridge's mare, Tappin Her Toes. Her second foal, a filly by Capsized, was bought back at Barretts last October and is currently in training and looks extremely promising. We have a 2-year-old Capsized filly out of this mare we bought back at Barretts last October because we really like her. She also has a Tannersmyman yearling that is stunning and she had another Tannersmyman colt this year!

May 16

Once again we are proud of SomethinaboutLaura, who added to her bankroll again on Sunday with another impressive win in the Work The Crowd Handicap at Golden Gate Fields. She took command of the race from the start and never let another interfere with her aim on the win. She has been an amazing mare for everyone who has had the pleasure of being around her during her career. We look forward to her next start.

May 3

We are just full of smiles here with the weekend win of SomethinaboutLaura in the B. Thoughtful Stakes at Hollywood Park and on May 1, also at Hollywood Park, in her debut, Red Hot Rene won her first start as the odds-on favorite. This filly was raised here at Woodbridge Farm for her breeders, G.C. and Mary Bewall of Diablo. We took this filly to Barretts last October and she was purchased for $40,000 for her new connections. Congratulations to her new owner, John M. Liviakis, and her trainer, Melody Conlon!. 

May 1

Have to make sure we get to brag about SomethinaboutLaura and her very great run and win in the B. Thoughtful Stakes Sunday at Hollywood Park during the Gold Rush Days program. She broke alertly and ran third to the turn where she hooked up with Getback Time, but that rival came over to bump hard with SomethinaboutLaura and continued to lug in while leading the way to the wire. Fortunately the stewards saw the stretch incident and took Getback Time's number down and put SomethinaboutLaura up to win the stake. 

"Laura" was foaled and raised here at Woodbridge Farm for Lilley Ranch, who have enjoyed watching this great mare continue to add to her bankroll and their breeders awards. This weekend we are also watching Mistical Plan, who is pointing toward the Kentucky Oaks on May 4  We wish her connections and Carol Anderson, her breeder, racing luck and a win!

April 14

We really do need to brag, because Sassy Blend won the maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds Thursday at Bay Meadows. She's a filly by Richly Blended out of Sassy Synner that we raised for her breeders, Fernando and Sandra Matos and Milt Douzos. She was bought back in the Barretts October select yearling sale last October.

She's only the third foal out of that nice mare, Sassy Synner, who has a very nice Lost Soldier colt at side this year. She's still owned by her breeders and is trained by Gil Matos. Congratulations to all of them!
 

March 12

One of our favorite daughters has done it again! Mistical Plan broke on top and went on to win impressively Saturday in the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks, a Grade 2 race at the Fair Grounds. She's earned $475,765 and she's just a 3-year-old!

We had the honor to foal and raise at Woodbridge here for breeder Carol Anderson, who has her dam, Mistical Bel, booked back to Game Plan, Mistical Plan's sire. Mistical Bel comes to stay with us when she is either foaling or running under lights but goes to Carol's new place after being bred. We also foaled and raised Mistical Bel's current 2-year-old, a filly by Capsized, as well as her yearling colt by For Really.

We also got good news Sunday when Gary John ran big and just lost by a nose at Bay Meadows. That increased his earnings to $47,345. He's a 3-year-old from Tannersmyman's first crop.

January 30

     We couldn't be happier about the results of Saturday's Sunshine Millions. Mistical Plan, a filly that we raised here at Woodbridge, won the $250,000 Oaks at Santa Anita. It was her second stakes win and besides that she's placed in two graded stakes. She's won three times in seven starts and has earned $235,765!
     Congratulations to her breeder, Carol Anderson, her owner, J. Paul Reddam, and her trainer, Doug O'Neill!
     And more good news! Tannersmyman's 4-year-old full sister Actslikealady ran a good third January 20 in the Grade 3 First Lady Handicap at Gulfstream Park. 

November 20

     Our homebred Somethinaboutlaura destroyed her field with an easy win on Saturday in the Autumn Leaves Handicap at Bay Meadows. Winning time for the mile and 1/16th was a fast 1:41.90 carrying high weight in the field of six. 
     Interestingly on that Saturday the Lilleys, who are the breeders of Somethinaboutlaura, were here at Woodbridge Farm looking at their horses and we watched the race together while searching for stallions for their mares for the '07 breeding season. 
     I received an email from a gal who stated she now owns Krismemow, Somethinaboutlaura's full sister. The woman purchased Kris from a rescue group in California, where both Kris and her full brother Udamanmatt where headed for 
slaughter!
     Krismenow is currently jumping (and not for sale) and is the love of this woman's life, and Udamanmatt, who apparently has bowed rather severely, is with her mother. I know that the Lilleys are extremely grateful to both these women for giving their offspring great homes since we were totally unaware of where either of these horses had gone. 
     This of course brings up the horse slaughter issue and while I didn't know Udamanmatt after we sold him as a weanling, it was my understanding from the trainer of Krismenow that she had cracked a shin and he felt she couldn't fun and was "sold" as a broodmare to an unknown person. 
     Unknown to us she was apparently sold to the party that disposes of "used" race horses to slaughter. I saddens and angers me since I have numerous retired or "disposed-of" race horses here that I will now take responsibility for the rest of their lives.
     I guess the point I am trying to state is as owners of these animals who give us so much without asking for anything but to care and respect them, we owe it to them to either find them good homes or have them retrained into a new career if possible. Enough said. I am glad both of these horses found such wonderful people to care for them.
     Also, an update for Tannersmyman. His first foal to run and win, Gary John, ran a huge race on November 15, getting bumped hard at the start to eventually finish third and gaining in a fast allowance race. His has finished out of the money only once in his career--five starts to date.

October 30

     Mistical Bell (see below) is looking good heading into the Breeders' Cup. She won the Cover Gal Stakes at Oak Tree on October 8 and was second Sunday in the $100,000-added Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs, a Grade 3 race, after leading through  most of the stretch. She's earned $85,281 in just four starts.

October 29

     I just have to talk about Somethinaboutlaura. She is amazing and won the Matron at Cal Cup '06 very impressively. Congratulations to Lilley Ranch, a long-time client of Woodbridge Farm and to all the connections of Laura. We are proud to have foaled and raised such a wonderful race mare. 
     We are also excited about another Woodbridge Farm graduate, Mistical Plan, the very talented 2-year-old filly out of Mistical Bel, who was raised at Woodbridge Farm and is on the entry list for the 2-year-old filly Juvenile Race in the upcoming '06 Breeders' Cup on November 4. We wish Carol Anderson, Gloria Buckridge and all her new connections race luck! 
 

August 17

     Tannersmyman had a super sale at Pleasanton, with the In Trust filly selling for $40,000, the She's A Starr colt selling for $19,000, the Kourion filly selling for $5,000, the Devilish Quest filly selling for $3,700, the She's Right filly selling for $3,200, and the Lady Essex filly selling for $1,000. That's an average of $11,983, That almost 12 times his stud fee! The public only has one more opportunity to purchase a Tannersmyman yearling--at Barretts Select Sale October 3, then they will just have to wait till next year! 
 

February 22

We are busy here at Woodbridge having foals and breeding the open or early foaling mares. We have had a beautiful Benchmark filly out of G2 winning grand daughter of Mr. Prospector, a Capsized colt out of Blazing Deputy, and cute Decarchy colt out of first time Gentleman mare, Gentleman's Girl and our first was a filly by Capsized out of another first time foaling Septieme Ciel mare, we are also very excited about the Beau Genius colt, who is a full brother to the highest priced yearling filly last Barretts October from our consignment. 
     We are very proud of our Dance Floor filly, Somethinaboutlaura, who recently became graded stakes placed along with being the sale topper at the recent Fasig-Tipton sale with a price tag of $375,000.00! Another homebred runner who has now topped his earnings over the $100,000.00 mark is the gelded Native Prospector Rae's Totts, for John Clickner. 
     We have some very nice young allowance winners currently running very well, the biggest earner thus far in Awesome Honor. We are watching the Swiss Yodeler filly Bonnie Jones currently working in Southern California. She was our second highest selling yearling last October at Barretts for a price tag of $67,000.00. We will have a half brother to her coming down this October. 
     The North end of our farm has been under construction for the past several months, a new 18 stall barn is now up and we are now busy with the construction of the Eurociser. Weather permitting, all construction should be completed by April. 
     We are looking forward to Tannersmyman's first crop running this year and really excited about the foals to come this year. His best book of mares yet are currently foaling. 
     And on a not-so-horsey note, my daughter is now a freshman in college, still studying Musical Theatre and still the pride and joy of my life!