For longtime California-based trainer Patrick “Paddy” Gallagher, it all comes back to the horse. “The best part of my job is being around the horses…and spoiling them a bit,” said the amiable Irishman. Once the assistant for Bill Shoemaker, Gallagher went out on his own in 1997 after the legendary jockey retired from a brief stint as a trainer. Some of Gallagher's most notable runners include four-time Grade I winner Magical Fantasy (Diesis {GB}) as well as millionaire Flamboyant (FR) (Peer Gynt {Jpn}), a multiple graded stakes winner who Gallagher still follows today as the gelding excels in a second career.

KP: How did you first get involved in horse racing?

PG: I grew up in Ireland and on school holidays I used to go down and work in the racing yards. After I finished school I needed to get a job so I went back and got a job there and got started on the Curragh. I worked there for a couple of trainers and then I moved to America in 1980.

When I went to California, I worked at Green Thumb Farm in Chino, California. While there, I met some people who worked at the racetrack. I went home for a time but came back and worked for a trainer named John Sullivan for about nine years. When Bill Shoemaker started training, he asked if I would come work for him. He had spoken with Sullivan before he approached me and they both agreed that it was a good move for me, so I ended up working for Bill Shoemaker.

I started with Shoemaker in 1990. After his accident the following year he kept training until around the end of 1997. When he told me that he wanted to retire, he helped me from the get-go in keeping the business going and he was always here at the track when I had runners. He was a big, big help to me.

Ridden by Sarah Pinfield, MGSW Flamboyant takes on his first eventing show this fall at Galway Downs | photo courtesy Paddy Gallagher Racing

KP: How many horses are normally in your stable?

PG: Right now we have around 30. It's usually always between 30 to 45 head.

KP: What do you believe makes your stable unique?

PG: I think in certain ways I'm a bit old-school, but I have a lot of younger staff so they don't let me be too old-fashioned. We like to keep up to date and we just like to take good care of the horses as best as we can and hope that at the end of the day, it shows.

KP: What do you believe are the benefits for an owner in using a “smaller” trainer?

PG: Like everything, it depends on each individual owner and what makes them happy and keeps them comfortable. I'm not as big because I like to be in contact with my owners at all times. I want to be accessible at all times and keep them up to date. I want to make everyone feel comfortable, including the horses.

It comes down to the fact that some people like the bigger operations and others prefer ones not quite so big. I guess that's what keeps the business going. The bigger guys have to have the smaller guys to keep the business going.

KP: Do you think super trainers are bad for the sport?

PG: No, I think super trainers, for one reason or another, get used and get big, so best of luck to them. I don't like to call anyone a smaller trainer because they might be trainers who have less horses, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're not as good of a horseman as anyone else. I think everyone deserves to have a good horse, whether it's once in a while or all the time. That's what makes the game so great. There are some good horsemen with not a lot of horses who can take on the big guys once in a while and it's great for the game when that happens.

Red Lark (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus}) wins the 2020 GI Del Mar Oaks for Gallagher and owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners | Horsephotos

KP: What do you enjoy most about your job?

PG: I enjoy the owners who like their horses and the way they act when they win–hopefully even the way they act when they loose. But the best part is being around the animals, taking care of them, keeping them happy and healthy and spoiling them a bit. We want to bring out the best in them.

It's also important to me that we find a second job for our racehorses so that someone else can experience these horses. It helps us an industry because now you have owners who are not involved in racing and they get to enjoy these Thoroughbreds that are so enthusiastic and eager to please.  We had a horse named Flamboyant (FR) (Peer Gynt {Jpn}) who won several graded stakes for us. We retired him when he was eight and he has gone on to be a show-jumping and dressage horse and he is doing really well. He has made the new owners very happy and he still has that same enthusiasm he had on the track. We put a big emphasis on aftercare in our stable.

KP: What is the most frustrating aspect of your job?

PG: I never like to see anything bad happen to anyone's horse. I just like to see horses that are happy and healthy when they're running. Things happen and if you don't say anything about them, it will keep you frustrated. I learned from Bobby Frankel a long time ago that it's not good when you don't talk about things right when they happen. You're better off saying something at the time and then moving on.

KP: What horse has had the most influence on your career?

PG: Where I come from, the obvious horse that comes to mind was a rockstar named Arkle. He represented Ireland as a steeplechaser and he had a big influence on me as a kid. Another horse that always sticks out in my mind is Dubai Millennium. He always to me acted as if there was something special about him.

Thinking back, I've been lucky enough to have success with several fillies and Magical Fantasy might stand out on paper because she won four Grade I races. But for one reason or another, all of the horses I've had in my stable stand out to me. Every one of them deserves the chance to be that superstar. Sometimes it doesn't happen, but I still think they all deserve to be given that chance.

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The French-bred 4-year-old filly by the Irish stallion Anodin ran the demanding mile and three-eighths on the turf in 2:17.45, covering the last furlong in a rapid :11 2/5 to outgame several rivals. Juan Hernandez rode the filly for trainer Leonard Powell.

Finishing second in the $85,500 overnight stakes was Haruya Yoshida's Red Lark, who had three-quarters of a length on LNJ Foxwoods' Tapwater.

Neige Blanche was winning the fifth race of her 13-race career, which started in France in 2019. Her $50,400 share of the purse increased her bankroll to $237,280.

Neige Blanche returned $9.40, $4.60 and $3.20 across the board. Red Lark paid $4.80 and $3.20, while Tapwater paid $2.80.

The track's Pick Six Single Ticket Jackpot Wager carried over for the 15th consecutive day and now stands at $1,491,923. It may be leading up to a mandatory payout day, which will take place next Saturday, TVG Pacific Classic Day.

Racing resumes at Del Mar Sunday with a 2 p.m. first post. The feature is the $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes for older fillies and mares at a mile on the turf.

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Mucho Unusual enters the Buena Vista Stakes off wins in the Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel Stakes and the Grade 3 Megahertz Stakes and won the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes over the course last summer. Going to Vegas, who finished second in the American Oaks, and Sedamar, who finished second in the Megahertz, are both trying to move up a notch into the winner's circle in this grade 2 event.

Warren's Showtime was victorious in the similar Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes at a mile over the Santa Anita turf last October and is yet another with a serious chance at success. Nasty enters the race off a win over the course at the distance in the Lady Shamrock Stakes in December and was close at hand behind Warren's Showtime in the Autumn Miss two races prior to that so adds to the depth of the entrants in this race.

Charmaine's Mia just won the Grade 3 Las Cienegas Stakes at six furlongs and is stretching out to this distance and to two turns for the first time in a stakes. Sloane Garden (GB) won a pair of stakes on grass last spring and summer at Golden Gate Fields including the Luther Burbank Stakes and returns from four months on the bench so could need a race before being competitive against this field. Bohemian Bourbon showed she belongs at the level when third in the Grade 2 Royal North Stakes last summer but her recent fifth place effort in the Las Cienegas following three months off may indicate she's not yet back in top form. Heather's Grey moves into stakes company off a sixth place effort in a sprint and may be overmatched.

Red Lark (IRE) has won only two times in 14 career starts including nine since importing to North America 13 months ago in January, 2020. After moving to turf in her second stateside start and winning, Red Lark (IRE) lost four races in a row, although she was competitive and never worse than fourth in any of those races. Then last summer came a breakout performance in the Del Mar Oaks with a visually impressive stretch run and upset at 19 to 1 odds. That effort yielded a career best 109 Equibase Speed Figure. Sent to Keeneland to run in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes as a prep for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Red Lark (IRE) ran creditably against some of the top turf fillies in the country, ending up fourth and improving to a 111 figure.

Rested two and one-half months and returning at a distance she had never run previously, one mile and one-quarter, Red Lark (IRE) rallied from ninth of 10 to get fourth at the end in the American Oaks and was only beaten a nose for third and less than a length for second. The 104 figure earned in the American Oaks was pretty good considering the layoff and distance. Cutting back to one mile for the Buena Vista, it must be noted Mucho Unusual finished second in the 2019 American Oaks before a big effort when third to multiple stakes winners (Keeper of the Stars and Jolie Olympica) in the 2020 Buena Vista. As such, Red Lark should improve considerably in her second start off a layoff and appears to be the one to beat in this race.

Nasty is a lightly raced, newly turned four year old filly, who has won three of six races on grass to date in her career. The first of the trio was a rousing eight length win last June in her turf debut at Indiana Grand and another win one month later. Following a poor effort in August, Nasty was shipped to California and to the barn of Richard Baltas and she nearly won the Autumn Miss Stakes as she made the lead with an eighth of a mile to go and was beaten a neck and a half-length on the wire off a two month layoff, earning a career-best 104 figure. After a poor effort one race before last, Nasty rebounded in the Lady Shamrock Stakes at the distance of the Buena Vista at the end of December. In that race Nasty duplicated the 104 figure she earned two races earlier while setting a strong pace and holding on gamely over Counterparty Risk, who flattered her when winning the Endeavour Stakes two weeks ago in Florida. The race also produced another next out winner and a near winner so it turns out to be a “KEY RACE” from which Nasty has potential to improve upon and win again.

Mucho Unusual has four wins in eight career tries at this mile turf trip. The most recent of those came just last month in the Megahertz Stakes, her fifth career win in nine races on the Santa Anita turf course she's shown a fondness for. Although the Megahertz effort only resulted in an 88 figure, Mucho Unusual has run well enough to be competitive with Red Lark (IRE) and Nasty if they repeat or improve upon their best efforts. One of those efforts which would make Mucho Unusual a strong contender in this year's Buena Vista came when she earned a career-best 110 figure when third, beaten just one length, in last year's Buena Vista. Mucho Unusual ran similarly well when taking the Rodeo Drive Stakes last September with a 107 figure and then two races later when winning the Robert J. Frankel Stakes with the same 107 figure. Given that strong record of success at the distance and currently in the best form of her career, Mucho Unusual has every right to succeed in this year's Buena Vista Stakes.

The rest of the Buena Vista Stakes field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures, is Bohemian Bourbon (101), Charmaine's Mia (115 sprinting), Going to Vegas (108), Heather's Grey (105), Sedamar (109), Sloane Garden (GB) (99) and Warren's Showtime (107).

Win Contenders, in preference order:
Red Lark (IRE)
Nasty
Mucho Unusual

Buena Vista Stakes – Grade 2
Race 7 at Santa Anita
Saturday, February 20, 2021 – Post Time 6:30 PM E.T.
One Mile on Turf
Fillies and Mares, Four Year Olds and Upward
Purse: $200,000

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Add in recent Grade 3 winner Charmaine's Mia, Grade 1 winner Red Lark and hard-knocking Going to Vegas, and the Buena Vista, which was first won by the late Julio Canani's Davie's Lamb with Fernando Toro up in 1988, shapes up as a terrific betting race.

Owned and bred by George Krikorian and trained by Tim Yakteen, Mucho Unusual seeks her third consecutive graded stakes victory at the current meeting. A winner of the Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel at a mile and one eighth on turf Dec. 27, she again stalked the early pace and registered a three quarter length victory at 2-5 in the Grade 3 Megahertz at one mile on turf Jan. 18.

A 5-year-old California-bred mare by Mucho Macho Man, out of the Unusual Heat mare Not Unusual, Mucho Unusual will be ridden by Abel Cedillo, as Joel Rosario is away to ride in Saudi Arabia. With four wins from eight tries at a mile on turf, Mucho Unusual is 19-7-3-4 overall with earnings of $822,715.

Third in a pair of ungraded turf stakes at the meet, the one mile Lady of Shamrock on Dec. 26 and the six furlong Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint Jan. 16, Warren's Showtime looms a huge threat as she gets back to what looks to be her preferred distance for trainer Craig Lewis. Although beaten 3 ¾ lengths as the 6-5 favorite Jan. 16, she found her best stride late in a race that appeared to short for her.

Bred by Benjamin Warren, who owns the 4-year-old filly by Clubhouse Ride out of Warren's Veneda, by Affirmative with his wife Sally, Warren's Showtime has ample class and would benefit from a hot pace with Juan Hernandez back aboard. A winner of five out of her nine one mile turf assignments, Warren's Showtime is 16-6-1-7 overall with earnings of $569,431.

A 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare by top sprinter The Factor, Agave Racing Stable's Charmaine's Mia came to play in her Southern California debut on Jan. 9, as she controlled the pace en route to a huge 2 ½ length win in the Grade 3 Las Cienegas Stakes at six furlongs on turf while dismissed at 16-1. Previously headquartered at Woodbine Racecourse in Toronto, she registered a lofty 98 Beyer Speed figure in her first start for Phil D'Amato, who approached the Las Cienegas with a steady diet of drills on Santa Anita's inner dirt training track.

Although ridden in the Las Cienegas by Drayden Van Dyke, she'll be handled by Flavien Prat on Saturday, as Van Dyke will stick with the Paddy Gallagher-trained Red Lark.

A winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks at a mile and one eighth on turf three starts back on Aug. 22, Irish-bred Red Lark was then a close fourth in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II at Keeneland Oct. 10 and was most recently fourth, beaten 2 ¾ lengths in the Grade 1 American Oaks at a mile and one quarter on grass here Dec. 26. Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, 4-year-old Red Lark has a second place finish from two tries at one mile on turf and is one of several who need a fast pace as she cuts back in distance a quarter mile.

Idle since second, beaten two lengths at 14-1 in the Grade 1 American Oaks Dec. 26, the Richard Baltas-trained Going to Vegas has been second in her last four starts, the last three all graded stakes. Like Red Lark, Going to Vegas will be shortening up a quarter mile, but with a one mile turf resume that reads 9-3-3-2, she could certainly make her presence felt with regular rider Mario Gutierrez up. Owned by Harry Bederian, Harout Kamberian, Hagop Nakkashian and Richard Baltas, Going to Vegas, a 4-year-old filly by Goldencents, was claimed for $50,000 seven starts back on June 12 and has been off the board just once in six subsequent races.

THE GRADE 2 BUENA VISTA STAKES WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 7 OF 9 Approximate post time 3:30 p.m. PT

1. Bohemian Bourbon—Jose Valdivia, Jr.—120
2. Mucho Unusual—Abel Cedillo—124
3. Warren's Showtime—Juan Hernandez—122
4. Nasty—Ricardo Gonzalez—120
5. Red Lark—Drayden Van Dyke—122
6. Sedamar—Ruben Fuentes—120
7. Going to Vegas—Mario Gutierrez—120
8. Charmaine's Mia—Flavien Prat—120
9. Sloane Garden—Tiago Pereira—120
10. Heathers Grey—Jessica Pyfer–120

First post time for a nine-race card on Saturday is at 12:30 p.m. For additional information, please visit santaanita.com.

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A winner over the course in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at one mile on Nov. 1, 2019, Sharing, a Maryland-bred daughter of Speightstown, who is owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable, will be trying a mile and one quarter for the first time as she seeks her sixth win from nine career starts.

Eclipse will also be well represented by the Paddy Gallagher-trained Red Lark, who comes off a close fourth place finish in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland Oct. 10 and who won the G1 Del Mar Oaks on Aug. 22.

Eastern-based Chad Brown looms dangerous with English-bred Capital Structure, who although she'll be making her stakes debut in the Oaks, exits a solid allowance win going 1 1/16 miles on turf at Belmont Park Oct. 25 and rates a big look with Joel Rosario aboard in what will be her fourth career start.

THE G1 AMERICAN OAKS WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 9 of 11 Approximate post time 3 p.m. PT

1. Red Lark—Drayden Van Dyke—124
2. Miss Addie Pray—Mike Smith—124
3. Capital Structure—Joel Rosario—124
4. Going to Vegas—Mario Gutierrez—124
5. Luck Money—Ricardo Santana, Jr.—124
6. Guitty—Juan Hernandez—124
7. California Kook—Ricardo Gonzalez—124
8. Duopoly—Flavien Prat—124
9. Sharing—John Velazquez—124
10. Neige Blanche—Umberto Rispoli–124

The G1 American Oaks is one of five graded stakes on an 11-race card Saturday​. Although there is no public admittance, fans can watch and wager via 1st.com/Bet and they can watch all of Santa Anita's races free of charge at santaanita.com/live. Special early first post time on Saturday is at 11 a.m. For additional information, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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Fellow Grade I-winner Red Lark (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus}) also tries to add another top tier tally to her record. Winless in three starts in Ireland last term, the Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners runner won her second U.S. start going nine furlongs on the Santa Anita turf in February before finishing off the board in her next two black-type appearances at that Arcadia oval. Second in the GIII Wilshire S. June 20, the Paddy Gallagher trainee was third–beaten a length–in a Del Mar optional claimer July 12 before attaining a career high in the GI Del Mar Oaks Aug. 22.

One of two fillies by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah in the field, Sweet Melania kicked off the season with a wire-to-wire win in Belmont’s one-mile GIII Wonder Again S. June 20 before getting nipped in the Aug. 28 GIII Lake George S. at Saratoga. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the Robert and Lawana Low representative already has registered a win over the surface, having taken last fall’s GII Jessamine S. at Keeneland.

Also, sired by American Pharoah, Harvey’s Lil Goil tries to recapture the form that saw her win the nine-furlong GIII Regret S. at Churchill Downs. Third returning to the dirt for the 10-furlong GI Alabama S. at Saratoga Aug. 15, the Bill Mott pupil just missed by a neck in the Dueling Grounds Oaks over 10 1/2 furlongs at Kentucky Downs Sept. 10. Mott also saddles Belmont Oaks runner-up Antoinette (Hard Spun).

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Trained by Patrick Gallagher and racing for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Red Lark covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.64 and paid $40.20 as a 19-1 outsider. Another longshot, 25-1 California Kook, rallied for second, with Warren's Showtime, the 7-2 second betting choice, finishing third.

A 3-year-old filly by Australian-bred Epaulette, Red Lark began her career in Ireland, going winless in five starts at 2, then broke her maiden in her second U.S. start on Feb. 9 on turf at Santa Anita. She was stakes-placed when runner-up to Toinette in the G3 Wilshire on June 20 and third most recently in a Del Mar allowance/optional claiming race on July 12 at Del Mar.

Laura's Light, coming into the Del Mar Oaks off back-to-back graded stakes victories in the G3 Honeymoon at Santa Anita and the G2 San Clemente at Del Mar, was sent to the front by Abel Cedillo. After setting fractions of :24.46, :48.14 and 1:12.34 she was overtaken at the top of the stretch by Warren's Showtime, but the latter was unable to sustain her rally in the final furlong after a mile was clocked in 1:36.76.

Van Dyke saved ground with Red Lark in the early stages of the Oaks, shifted off the rail in the run down the backstretch and rallied for the victory with a sharp turn of foot in the final quarter mile.

“Out of the gate, we had the perfect spot,” said Van Dyke. “I wanted to follow Mike Smith (Warren's Showtime), because I thought his filly would be the one to beat. I knew my filly had a good chance because she was really fit. We got bottled up in her last race. Today, she got to run and she showed how good she is.”

“The allowance race here set her up well and she came out of it good,” said Gallagher. “I was confident in the filly; I knew she was happy and all, but I didn't know if she was good enough. She needed to run the race of her life and she did. Drayden had her in a great spot all the way and when he asked she responded and was good enough.”

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Red Lark settled slightly worse than centerfield, with cover on the back of Warren’s Showtime, as favored Laura’s Light (Constitution) set the pace in advance of Parkour (Carpe Diem). Following the every move of Warren’s Showtime around the turn while remaining in her slipstream, Red Lark was pulled out to deliver her challenge in upper stretch. Laura’s Light took them into the lane, but was quickly out of gas, as Warren’s Showtime shot to the lead. But Red Lark had that move covered as well and finished well for the victory.

“Out of the gate, we had the perfect spot,” commented winning jockey Drayden Van Dyke. “I wanted to follow Mike Smith [on Warren’s Showtime], because I thought his filly would be the one to beat. I knew my filly had a good chance because she was really fit. We got bottled up in her last race. Today, she got to run and she showed how good she is.”

A five-start maiden and placed once while under the care of former jockey Johnny Murtagh in Ireland, Red Lark broke through in her second appearance in this country in February and made three starts in stakes company. Fifth to Warren’s Showtime in the Mar. 7 China Doll S. at Santa Anita, she was fourth to Laura’s Light in the GIII Honeymoon S. May 30 and a very good second to the classy Toinette (Scat Daddy) when trying older females in the GIII Wilshire S. June 20. The bay was a closing third to Carpe Vinum (Carpe Diem) and California Kook in a first-level allowance at this track July 12.

Saturday, Del Mar
DEL MAR OAKS-GI, $252,500, Del Mar, 8-22, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.64, fm.
1–RED LARK (IRE), 122, f, 3, by Epaulette (Aus)
                1st Dam: Firecrest (Ire) (SW-Eng), by Darshaan (GB)
                2nd Dam: Trefoil (Fr), by Blakeney (GB)
                3rd Dam: First Bloom (GB), by Primera (GB)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
   WIN. (€14,000 RNA Ylg ’18 GOFFEB; €12,000 RNA Ylg ’18
TIRSEP). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-Mrs S. M. Rogers
& Sir Thomas Pilkington (IRE); T-Patrick Gallagher; J-Drayden
Van Dyke. $150,000. Lifetime Record: 12-2-2-1, $225,000.
*1/2 to All Set To Go (IRE) (Verglas (IRE)), GSP-Ire, $132,876.
Werk Nick Rating: C. 
   Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–California Kook, 122, f, 3, by Boisterous
                1st Dam: Kukaluka, by Comic Strip
                2nd Dam: Ms. Booty, by Roar
                3rd Dam: Star Lane, by Cahill Road
O/B-Wachtel Stable & Gary Barber (CA); T-Peter Miller.
$50,000.
3–Warren’s Showtime, 122, f, 3, by Clubhouse Ride
                1st Dam: Warren’s Veneda, by Affirmative
                2nd Dam: More Cal Bread, by Flying Continental
                3rd Dam: Nature’s Way, by Nain Bleu (Fr)
O-Benjamin C. & Sally Warren; B-Benjamin C. Warren (CA);
T-Craig Anthony Lewis. $30,000.
Margins: 1, HF, 1. Odds: 19.10, 27.20, 3.90.
Also Ran: Neige Blanche (Fr), Carpe Vinum, Laura’s Light, Guitty (Fr), Parkour, Miss Extra (Fr), Aqua Seaform Shame. Scratched: Trickle In. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

Pedigree Notes:

Red Lark is the second worldwide Grade I winner for her sire by Commands {Aus}) and becomes his 10th graded winner and 14th black-type winner. For the legendary Darshaan, Red Lark is the 47th GI/G1SW out of one of his daughters, a list that includes Breeders’ Cup winners High Chaparral (Ire), Islington (Ire) and Dank (GB). Red Lark is the 234th BTW and 135th GSW for Darshaan as a broodmare sire.

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