b'2019 STATE BREEDERS OF THE YEAR CanadianTall Oaks FarmDixies Gamble wasnt the most accomplishedDalos study of pedigrees since 1979 has produced racehorse from 2019 bred by Ivan Dalos Tallextraordinary results. In 2019 alone his breeding program Oaks Farm, but none more clearly illustrate thewas represented by grade 1 winner Channel Maker; grade extraordinary success the Toronto-based owner/ 3 winner Avies Flatter, who also was runner-up in the breeder has achieved with a modest budget andQueens Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes; and stakes winner perseverance. Gambles Candy. Those successes earned Dalos the title of The now 5-year-old horse is the only foal inleading Canadian breeder by the Thoroughbred Owners and the first crop sired by Dalos homebred, unracedBreeders Association, his second title since 2015.stallion Gambles Exchange. Dalos kept GamblesI try to find bloodlines that worked historically and then Ivan Dalos Exchange as a stallion because he believes in thetry to emulate whats worked, Dalos said. I didnt invent quality of the Danzig sire line (Gambles Exchangehorse breeding, so I look at what has been successful in is a son of Danzigs son Exchange Rate), and he didnt wantprevious eras.to give the horse away when he didnt make it as a racehorse.Dalos breeding program has produced 25 black-Dixies Gamble rewarded Dalos faith last year by winningtype stakes winners so far, including 11 graded stakes the Overskate Stakes at Woodbine. Out of the Mt. Livermorewinners led by 1998 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner and U.S. mare Mt. Dixie, whom Dalos raced, Dixies Gamble has wonchampion Victory Gallop, and multiple grade 1-winning six of his first 12 starts and earned $232,840. He is one offull siblings and Canadian champions Johnny Bear and three winners Gambles Exchange has sired from five starters. Channel Maker. I felt he was worth trying, Dalos said. Now I have heardIve been very fortunate, but I still have to do everything from a few breeders interested in using him. Next year Ion a budget, Dalos said. What people can do with the War think I may make him public because I have a very niceFronts and Curlins, I have to do with the mid-priced horses. horse that is 2. I think if you get another stakes horse, thenIt is fun, though, to beat the big-boys with a small-priced people will look at him. horse.Eric MitchellFloridaLive Oak StudSince 1968 when Charlotte Weber acquired thethe DRF Bets Sophomore Turf Stakes at Tampa Bay, Marine initial 1,000 acres that became Live Oak Stud, theStakes (G3) at Woodbine, Saranac Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga, Ocala, Fla., horsewoman has expanded her operationand Ontario Derby (G3) at Woodbine. The colt set a track to 4,500 acres. Her Live Oak Plantation (therecord of 1:48.24 for nine furlongs when winning the Ontario name under which Webers horses race) has beenDerby on the synthetic surface.recognized as a dominant force in North AmericanMarch to the Arch, a half brother to Global Access, scored racing. his first graded victory in the Wise Dan Stakes (G2T). The Live Oak Stud earned the titles of 2019 Florida4-year-old Arch gelding also won the Touch Vodka Turf Breeder of the Year and also 2019 Leading Owner byClassic Stakes at Tampa Bay.Charlotte Weber Florida-bred Earnings. The third of Live Oaks graded winners in 2019 was Souper Standing at the top of these rankings is nothingTapit, winner of the Eclipse Stakes (G2) at Woodbine. The son new to this Sunshine State operation. Live Oak Stud alsoof Tapit, out of the Hard Spun daughter Zo Impressive, also was Florida Breeder of the Year in 2006 and 2017. Live Oakwon the Sunshine Millions Classic Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Plantation was also Leading Owner by Florida-bred EarningsAlso helping propel Live Oak to the top was Win Win Win in 2011, 2016, and 2017. (Hat TrickMiss Smarty Pants, by Smarty Jones), winner of Live Oak Plantation has career earnings of $52,364,268the Pasco Stakes and Manila Stakes, and second in the Toyota (through late summer). In 2019, Live Oak Plantation runnersBlue Grass Stakes (G2), and third in the Tampa Bay Derby recorded 50 wins, 40 seconds, and 36 thirds in 279 starts(G2). Additional 2019 homebred stakes winners for Live Oak for earnings of $3,015,127. In 2019 Live Oak Stud wasinclude Souper Escape, American Giant, and Old Chestnut.represented by seven Florida-breds that won a total of 14Webers broodmare Win Approval was the first mare black-type stakes races, five of those graded. outside of the Bluegrass State to be named TOBA Broodmare Leading the pack was the 2019 Florida-bred Championof the Year. Shes one of just five mares to produce two 3-year-old colt/gelding, Global Access. By Giants Causeway,Breeders Cup winners (World Approval and Miesques out of Daveron, Global Access counts among his victoriesApproval).Cynthia McFarland32 TOBA NATIONAL AWARDS DINNER/2020'