Jeff Mullins
A native of Murray, Utah, Mullins started galloping horses when he was eight and rode races as a teenager at bush tracks in Utah and Wyoming. At 17, he took a string of horses to Les Bois Park, then he went to Utah, Ohio, then on to Tuscon's Rillito ractrack before working his way to Turf Paradise. Currently, his outfit is based on the tough Southern California circuit, where he usually has 18 to 20 horses in training. He has won the last three consecutive Santa Anita Derbys. Mullins saddled Lusty Latin to a 14th-place finish in Derby 128 and Buddy Gil to a sixth place finish in 2003 and Castledale to 14th last year. His wife, Amy, gallops horses for him and serves as his assistant trainer.
Mark Guidry
Guidry, 45, was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. He began riding at age 9 on bush tracks in his home state. He officially began his riding career at the age of 16 at Delta Downs. He rode in Louisiana until 1986, when he shifted his tack to the Illinois circuit, where he was a leading rider multiple times at Hawthorne, Sportsman's Park, and Arlington. He won his 4,000th race in 2000, one of 35 riders to accomplish the feat. In recent years, he has ridden in Kentucky as well as New York and Illinois, and last fall began riding in southern California. He has ridden in two Kentucky Derbys: Deputy Warlock (10th in 2000) and Balto Star (14th in 2001).
Fog City Stable
Partners William Bianco and David Shimmon (pictured) campaign their Thoroughbreds under the name Fog City Stable, named for San Franciso, Calif., where Shimmon grew up in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge. In 1973, Bianco started the Kinectics Group - a company that specializes in the semi-conductor and bio-pharmaceutical business. In 1990, Shimmon joined as a partner. From '90 to '98, the company went from $130 million in revenues to $750 million, providing the financial backbone for their Thoroughbred holdings. Their best horses include D'Wildcat and Blueprint.
Jay Shaw (FL)
Jay Shaw, a semi-retired businessman who lives in New York City, bred and raced the sire of Buzzard's Bay, Marco Bay. The latter was briefly on the Kentucky Derby trail in the early 1990's after stakes wins at Tampa Bay Downs, but a subsequent fifth in the Wood Memorial ended the quest. Marco Bay is still owned by Shaw and a partner, Peter Hoey. Marco Bay stands stud at Hidden Hill Farm in Ocala, Florida, the same location where Buzzards Bay's dam, Lifes Lass, is boarded.
Marco Bay - Lifes Lass (Seneca Jones)
Chestnut colt - Born On: 2.17.2002 Graded Earnings: $480,000 - Race Record: 8-3-1-2
05.06.05 - Spanish Chestnut Due In Saturday Morning 05.01.05 - Sunday Barn Notes 04.30.05 - Saturday Barn Notes 04.29.05 - Friday Barn Notes 04.28.05 - Thursday Barn Notes 04.09.05 - Buzzards Bay Wins Santa Anita Derby
Fog City Stable's son of Marco Bay pulled one of the biggest surprises of the Kentucky Derby prep season with his 30-1 victory in the Santa Anita Derby. But trainer Jeff Mullins, who is participating in his fourth consecutive "Run for the Roses," has eyed the Kentucky Derby with the Florida-bred colt since his win in the Golden Gate Derby in January. Buzzards Bay brings a record of 3-1-2 in eight races into the Derby, along with earnings of $559,440. A victory in the Derby would be the first for his owners and trainer. Jockey Mark Guidry is also searching for his first Derby success.
Buzzards Bay is a son of the Florida based stallion Marco Bay. Our subject horse is just one of two stakes winners by his sire. However, he has had just 35 starters from seven crops of racing age, so he hasn't been bred to nearly as many mares as some of the more popular stallions. Marco Bay won the Sam F. Davis Stakes and the Tampa Bay Derby in his three-year-old season. A fairly versatile horse, he also was a stakes winner on the turf. Marco Bay is a son of Copelan, a multiple Grade One winner at age two who did stretch speed to finish second in the Florida Derby and third in the Blue Grass, but he was better suited to shorter distances.
Buzzards Bay is out of the unraced Seneca Jones mare Lifes Lass. From her four foals, Buzzards Bay is the only one to start. Seneca Jones is an unheralded but very well bred horse. A son of Triple Crown runner-up Alydar, he is out of the 1986 Kentucky Oaks winner Tiffany Lass, who was three-year-old filly champ that year. Further distance influences on Buzzards Bay's distaff side come through his second dam Letters of Life, a daughter of Belmont Stakes winner Arts and Letters, who was also the 1969 Horse of the Year and could literally run as far as he was asked. Arts and Letters is a son of the immortal Ribot, who is the only horse to appear more than once in Buzzards Bay's first five generations. Ribot was undefeated in 16 lifetimes starts, including two wins in the Arc de Triomphe.
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