The 2008 Oregon Champions were announced and their connections honored at Oregon Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders’ Association’s Annual Awards Banquet held Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Portland Meadows. The winners are as follows:
CATALINA HARBOR - CHAMPION 2-YEAR OLD FILLY
Harbor the Gold-Silver City Lilly-Tiffany Ice
2008 Starts: 6 (3-3-0) Earned $30,331
Winner of the Janet Wineberg Stake, Lassie Stake and the Jane Driggers Debutante at Portland Meadows.
Owned & bred by Bar C Racing Stable Inc
Trained by Jim Fergason
CHIEF JAFATICA - CHAMPION 2-YEAR OLD COLT OR GELDING
Tiffany Ice-Dixie Leigh Red – Chief’s Crown
2008 Starts: 8 (2-2-2) Earned $26,887. Winner of the Bill Wineberg Stake and OTOBA Sales Stakes
Bred by Bar C Racing Stable Inc
Owned by D.H. Walker
Trained by Jim Fergason
JIMBOS FIRE ANT - CHAMPION 3-YEAR OLD FILLY
Baquero-Jimbos Valentine-Crowning Season
2008 Starts: 8 (3-2-0) Earned $30,570. Winner of the Oregon Hers
The Diane Kem Handicap, City of Roses Handicap and the Mt Hood Stakes
Bred and James and Carol Owens
Trained by Ben Root
DELEGOCHO - CHAMPION 3-YEAR OLD COLT OR GELDING
Ochoco –La Delegada-Lac Quimet
2008 Starts: 4 (2-1-0) Earned $14,440. Winner of the Stanislaw Ashbaugh at Emerald Downs.
Bred by Aaron & Marie Jones
Owned by Margaret Root and the Horseplayers Club
Trained by Ben Root
SILVER PATRONA - CHAMPION OLDER FILLY OR MARE
Tiffany Ice—Crowning Ambition, by Chief’s Crown
2008 Stats: 11 (1-2-4) Earnings: $25,317
At 2: 1st Janet Wineberg Stakes, Lassie Stakes, Jane Driggers Debutante
At 3: 1st Ms. S. Stakes, 2nd Invitational Handicap
Oregon Champion 2 year-old filly, 2006
Bred and Owned by B Bar C Racing Stable Inc. and Melodie Bultena
Trained by Jim Fergason
EX MOUNTAIN COP -
OREGON HORSE OF THE YEAR & CHAMPION OLDER MALE
Ex Marks The Cop—Dubakella Mountain, by Kleven
2008 Starts: 8 (4-1-0) Earned $37,434. Winner of the Oregon Sprint Championship
and Inaugural Handicap at Portland Meadows
Owned and Bred by Maynard Davis & Richard Novak
Trained by Jonathan Nance
BAQUERO - OREGON SIRE OF THE YEAR
1995 H. Forty Niner—Fit For a Queen, by Fit To Fight
Oregon conceived progeny earnings 2008 $130,133 including stakes winner JIMBOS FIRE ANT ($30,570)
Owned by Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root, Jr.
Baquero stands at Oakhurst Thoroughbreds, Newberg OR for 2009
DUBAKELLA MOUNTAIN - OREGON BROODMARE OF THE YEAR
1996 Kleven-Match Penalty by Court Ruling
Dam of:
04 Ex Mountain Cop 8 4 1 0 $37,434
1st Inaug. Hcp, Overnight Hcp, Oregon Sprint Championship
06 Dubi the Cop 2 0 0 0 $ 1,241
Owned by Maynard Davis & Richard Novak
OREGON TOBA AWARD WINNERS
DR. & MRS. MYLON L BUCK, Sisters, Oregon
Mylon & Sharon will represent the Oregon Breeders at the national TOBA conference in Lexington KY this September
OREGON LEADING BREEDERS FOR 2008
DR & MRS JACK ROOT, Newberg OR $153,203
