b'2019 STATE BREEDERS OF THE YEAR ArkansasBill and Mary McDowellBehind a trio of stakes winners,by Awesome Again; Heavenly Score is by Even the McDowell Farm secured anotherScoreCelestial Crown, by Holy Bull; and Rock City state breeder award for 2019 from theRoadhog is a son of Valid ExpectationsHanyah, by Thoroughbred Owners and BreedersHansel.Association. McDowell Farm also is the breeder of two grade Operated by Bill and Mary2-placed runners of 2019 in Patrick Biancone Racings McDowell, the farm located nearRazorback Lady,a daughter of Overdriven who Sparkman, Ark., has dominated thisfinished second in the Inside Information Stakes award for more than a decade as 2019(G2) at Gulfstream Park; and Exline-Border Racing, marked the farms 14th such awardRobin Christensen, Steve Dorfman, Dan Hudock, and since 2001. In 2019 it was powered bySusanna Wilsons Powerfulattraction, a daughter of a trio of stakes winners in Bye Bye J, Heavenly Score,Commissioner who finished second in the Sorrento and Rock City Roadhog. Stakes (G2) at Del Mar.Racing for Alex and JoAnn Lieblong, Bye Bye JIn the 2020 breeding season McDowell Farm stood captured the Rainbow Miss Stakes for Arkansas-bredsstallions Double Irish for $1,000; Just a Coincidence at Oaklawn Park as a 3-year-old filly in 2019 andfor a $750 fee; and Gentlemens Bet for a $1,500 fee. In also placed second in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at2019 Double Irish ranked fourth on the state sires list.Gulfstream Park. Curragh Racings Heavenly Score, aBill McDowell, who entered the Thoroughbred 5-year-old mare in 2019, won the open Minaret Stakesbusiness with his father, Don McDowell, in the 1970s at Tampa Bay Downs, and veteran gelding Rock Citywhen his father transitioned from raising Quarter Roadhog, racing for Pass Line Stables in his 9-year-oldHorses in Illinois, said the breeder awards program season, won the 2019 Bosselman Pump and Pantryin Arkansas has allowed him to continue to raise top Gus Fonner Stakes at Fonner Park. horses in the state. The McDowells breed about 17 Bye Bye J is a daughter of UncapturedRed Pine,mares a year.Frank AngstCaliforniaPaul and Zillah ReddamSquare Eddie is the gift that keepsin an international field for the Breeders Cup Turf on giving. Sprint (G1T) in November 2019, but finished 11th.The son of Smart Strike was a gradeListing, an earner of $280,400, runs for his breeders. 1 winner at 2 and graded stakes- He won three stakes in 2019, starting with the $100,351 placed at 3 for owners Paul and ZillahCalifornia Cup Turf Sprint in January, followed by the Reddams Reddam Racing. He has$91,000 Desert Code Stakes in June. He took his show gone on to be one of the top stallionson the road to win the grade 3, $100,000 Quick Call in recent California history, with moreStakes at Saratoga by a half-length on a yielding turf than $16 million in progeny earnings.course.His prowess has helped the Reddams win their secondReddam homebred Dont Sell won four of 10 starts in title, for 2019, as the Thoroughbred Owners and2019, including the $100,205 Unzip Me Stakes at Santa Breeders Associations State Breeder of the Year forAnita in September. She was also twice stakes-placed California. They previously won the award in 2015. for the year, those efforts coming at Santa Anita and Del Best known for their success with Kentucky DerbyMar.(G1) winners and champions Nyquist and Ill HaveOther Reddam-bred horses include five-time winner Another, the Reddams have been among the leadingCarnivorous, three-time winner Prodigal Son, and breeders in California for years. Their 2019 standouts$341,952-earner An Eddie Surprise, a mare by Square include California-bred grade 3 winners Eddie HaskellEddie who won the 2020 Wishing Well Stakes in and Listing, as well as stakes winner Dont Sell, all byFebruary. More winners include Vegan, Hit the Seam, Square Eddie. Acai, Wandering Patrol, Cheap Cheap Cheap, and They topped all other California breeders in 2019Lippy, the last-named stakes-placed in 2019.with purse earnings of $2,928,938. Paul Reddam is quick to pass credit on to Kasey Eddie Haskell races for James Hailey and PhilipBennett, who manages Ocean Breeze Ranch.Wood. The bay gelding has earned $627,707, with winsKasey and her team do everything, Reddam said, in the Daytona Stakes (G3T) and the Siren Lure Stakesand Zillah goes down to the ranch quite a bit as well.in 2019. He was ultimately sent off as the second choiceEmily Shields30 TOBA NATIONAL AWARDS DINNER/2020'