Lovesick Blues Among 2025 California-Bred Champions
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Lovesick Blues wins 2025 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar
The 2025 California-bred Horse of the Year will be announced at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Awards Dinner and Annual Meeting March 2 at Le Meridien Hotel in Arcadia, Calif.
Finalists for Horse of the Year are, in alphabetical order: Lovesick Blues , Man O Rose , and Om N Joy .
2025 Cal-bred champions
Champion California-Bred 2-Year-Old Male: Ocean Bear , bred by Richard Barton Enterprises, owned by Richard Barton, and trained by George Papaprodromou.
Champion California-Bred 2-Year-Old Female: Mohaven , bred by Richard Barton Enterprises, owned by Legacy Ranch, and trained by John Sadler.
Champion California-Bred 3-Year-Old Male: Speedy Wilson , bred by owner Nick Alexander, and trained by Phil D'Amato.
Champion California-Bred 3-Year-Old Female: Om N Joy, bred by Jerry and Connie Baker, owned by Jerry and Connie Baker, Michael Golovko, and Terrence Scanlan, and trained by Aggie Ordonez.
Om N Joy wins the 2025 Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar
Champion California-Bred Older Male: Lovesick Blues, bred by Nick Alexander, owned by Mia Familia Racing Stable, and trained by Librado Barocio.
Champion California-Bred Older Female: Majestic Oops , bred by William and Sandy Dory and Gary and Janet Kropp, owned by Sublime Stables and Janet Kropp, and trained by Dan Ward.
Champion California-Bred Sprinter: Lovesick Blues
Champion California-Bred Turf Horse: Kings River Knight , bred by Old English Rancho, owned by Integrity Thoroughbred Racing, The Ellwood Johnston Trust, and Kenneth Tevelde, and trained by John Sadler.
Champion Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Earnings: Grazen , property of Nick Alexander
Champion Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Number of Winners: Stay Thirsty , property of Terry Lovingier
Champion Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Turf Earnings: Grazen
Champion Sire of California-Conceived 2-Year-Olds by Earnings: Stay Thirsty
Trainer of the Year: Steve Knapp
Broodmare of the Year: Queenofhercastle , property of Nick Alexander; dam of Lovesick Blues and Speedy Wilson
Champion Breeder of California-Foaled Thoroughbreds by Earnings: Richard Barton Enterprises
CTBA Hall of Fame: Chris McCarron, Mike Smith, Gary Stevens