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HALE HORSES (Alphabetized)
Full name – barn name – gender – year born – height – color – markings – owner
“The Old Crew”
BurymewhereIfall – Bury – Gelding – 2006 – 17.0 – black – rear stockings – Laura Hale
Cold Slough – Slaw – Filly – 2010 – 15.1 – dark gray – none – David Whittemore
For Lack of an E – Ernest – Colt – 2010 – 15.3 – dark bay – blaze, wall-eyed, Vanessa Roman
Howard’s Call – Howard – Gelding – 2008 – 15.3 – bay – birdcatcher spots, front socks – Robert Biern
Nine Yard Run – Pig – Filly – 2009 – 15.0 – seal brown – snip – Paul Gray
Schizophrenia – Schizo – Mare – 2008 – 15.2 – blood-bay – stripe – Anna Schewitz
Scotch Fitzgerald – McGatsby/Mick – Gelding – 2007 – 16.0 – dark chestnut – large, irregular star – Ashley Valentine
Shifting Wind – Stoner – Stallion – 2006 – 15.3 – muddy brown – stripe, front socks – Guy McKearn
Sovereign King – Bush – Stallion – 2007 – 16.1 – Liver chestnut – front socks, rear stockings – Robert Biern
Sticky Stones – Sass – Filly – 2009 – 15.2 – buckskin/dun – dorsal stripe – Melvin Antonio
Thirteen Shots – Booze – Colt – 2009 – 15.2 – copper chestnut – blaze – Ashley Valentine
The Yogimeister – Yogi – Gelding – 2009 – 16.0 – dark bay – oval star, rear socks – Derek Hale
“The New Crew”
Centrifuge – Nye – Colt – 2010 – 16.0 – liver chestnut – four coronets – Paul Gray
Clinical Sanity – Flea – Filly – 2010 – 15.0 – very dark bay/brown – snip and star – Anna Schweitz
Jackson W – Dub – Colt – 2011 – 15.2 – dark chestnut – blaze, front socks, rear stocking, high white – David Whittemore
Nerve – Boss – Filly – 2011 – 17.1 – dappled gray – bloody shoulder – Laura Hale
Plague – none – Gelding – 2008 – 16.3 – light bay – crooked blaze – Karen Bellini
Rolling Admission – Skater – Filly – 2010 – 15.3 – black – birdcatcher spots – Alfred Jewel
Del Romana – Guapa – Filly – 2011 – 16.2 – light brown – none – Laura Hale
SpitzSpitsScat – Spitz – Colt – 2011 – 16.1 – white – none – Charles Flynn
OTHER BARNS (Alphabetized by trainer surname, then chronological by birth)
Horse name – gender – year born – height – color – markings
Trainer: Chris Argent
Hand And A Half – Mare – 2008 – 16.0 – chestnut – snip, four socks
Silveritis – Mare – 2008 – 15.2 – light gray – wall-eyed
Born Soldier – Colt – 2009 – 16.1 – bright chestnut – blaze, left hind stocking
Silverbled – Colt – 2009 – 16.0 – bright bay – none
Phoenix Flight – Filly – 2010 – 16.3 – fleabitten gray – none
Red N Raw – Filly – 2010 – 16.0 – red chestnut – none
Thy Claymore – Colt – 2010 – 16.3 – dark liver chestnut – none
Spitting Ivory – Filly – 2011 – 15.3 – black – snip
Trainer: Liam “Pim” Byrns
The Sryga – Stallion – 2007 – 16.2 – seal brown – blaze
Five Three Eight – Gelding – 2008 – 15.0 – bright bay – stripe
Leocardian – Colt – 2009 – 15.3 – dull chestnut – none
Mirror on the Wall – Filly – 2009 – 15.2 – brown – extended stripe
Ghostchant – Colt – 2010 – 16.1 – white – wall-eyed
Golden Lining – Colt – 2010 – 15.3 – golden chestnut – none
Antes Patience – Colt – 2011 – 15.2 – pale chestnut – heart
Click Snap Boom – Filly – 2011 – 15.3 – black – blind in one eye
Trainer: Matthew Daehler
Tell Me Your Tales – Gelding – 2008 – 15.2 – mud-brown – none
Clain – Filly – 2009 – 15.0 – dark gray – four stockings
Sevas Tra – Filly – 2009 – 15.2 - pale chestnut – rear sock, rear stocking
Hotfast – Filly – 2010 – 16.2 - pale gray – none
Ya Know Me – Colt – 2011 – 15.3 – chestnut – snip
Trainer: Achwan Diaz
Timed Grace – Gelding – 2008 – 15.1 – bright bay – stripe
Trainer: Marilyn Marrero
Scudder – Mare – 2006 – 15.3 – light brown – blaze, four socks
Raunchesstra – Filly – 2009 – 15.2 – dark chestnut – crooked stripe
Trainer: Scottie Maxwell
Katrina Bayou – Mare – 2007 – 16.0 – mud brown – heart
Grade Four – Gelding – 2008 – 15.3 – seal brown – snip, rear socks
TickyTackyHouse – Filly – 2009 – 16.1 – liver chestnut – snip, star, rear coronet
Jack’s On Trial – Colt – 2010 – 16.2 – dull chestnut – none
Disparitated – Filly – 2011 – 15.1 – black – wide blaze, front socks, rear stockings, wall-eyed
Sandy Irene – Filly – 2011 – 15.2 – light brown – three coronets, left fore and both rear
Trainer: Helen Rebdol
Powerful Mars – Mare – 2008 – 15.3 – near-black – birdcatcher spots
Rob the Cook – Colt – 2010 – 15.2 – dark bay – crooked stripe
Seven Hates Nine – Filly – 2010 – 16.1 – seal brown – heart
Naïve Violinist – Colt – 2011 – 15.2 – pale gray – dark mane
Trainer: Kevin Duarte
MexicanJumpingBean – Stallion – 2008 – 16.0 – light bay - none
Voz de Paz – Mare – 2008 – 15.2 – brown – stripe, four socks
Trainer: Jenna Ortega
Hell Come Handily – Filly – 2009 – 15.3 – bright chestnut – none
Shalt – Filly – 2009 – 15.2 – black – snip
Hath Fury – Filly – 2010 – 16.0 – dark chestnut – four socks
Trainer: Hannah Roach
Ingando – Filly – 2009 – 16.3 – dark bay - none
NOTEWORTHY HUMANS (organized in something pretending to be an order of importance)
Hales and Co.
Trainers: Laura Hale (head trainer), Derek Hale (assistant)
Grooms: Isaac Lahey (head groom), Stiles Stilinski, (eventually) Lydia Martin
Exercise Riders: Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Isabel Rodriguez, and sometimes various jockeys
Jockeys: Lydia Martin (primary with limited warranty), Jacqueline Vaca (primary), Dina Fasano, Jorge Gustam, Eddie Han, Ben Sull
Veterinarians: Deaton (Golden Gate Fields) and Scott McCall (grad student intern), Morell (Hollywood Park and Santa Anita)
Argents
Trainer: Chris Argent
Exercise Riders: Allison Argent, etc.
Jockeys: Victoria Argent (primary), etc.
Veterinarians: See Hales’
Creepy-grandpa-in-residence: Gerard Argent (he owns the horses; they can’t make him go away)
Creepy-aunt-sometimes-in-residence-who-should-be-on-the-East-Coast-training-her-string: Kate Argent (They can make her go away. Sometimes.)
Miscellaneous
Emilia Roberts – outrider at Santa Anita, rides Toby Blue
Wade Bridges – unemployed actor from Brisbane who has absolutely no idea what he’s gotten himself into
Holly Guinig – art student at Los Angeles City College with a thing for horses