The late John Harris and Don Valpredo together bred and raced a plethora of top California-breds, and horses from those programs annually play an important role in the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association January Winter Mixed sale.
In 2025, Shocking Grey from the Valpredo dispersal topped the sale at $170,000 just days after winning the Sunshine Millions
Filly and Mare Turf Sprint Stakes. She graces the 2026 cover of a catalog that includes a consignment from Harris Farms, long a leading
consignor at California sales.
The sale will be held Jan. 20 at Fairplex Park in Pomona, at noon PT. A total of 202 entries have been cataloged, including supplements.
While the stallions that stood at Harris have since been relocated for 2026, the Harris consignment consists of many offspring of those sires, including champion Acclamation . Three newly turned 2-year-olds by Acclamation are on offer, including Hip 6, a colt out of the stakes-placed Giant’s Causeway mare Anura. The mare has already produced stakes winners Luck of the Kitten (who also ran second in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, G1T) and Empire Builder.
Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch always brings a big consignment to the mixed sale, and this year is no exception. The group consists primarily of 2-year-olds, many by leading California stallion Stay Thirsty , who stands at Lovacres. Lovingier noted that the 2-year-olds have 60 days of galloping under them.
“Trainers can buy these horses and take them right to the track,” Lovingier said.
Lovacres’ horses typically perform well from the start of 2-year-old races at Santa Anita Park in the spring. Tapatia Mia and Cara Rose, both bred by Lovingier, finished one-two in the first 2-year-old race at Santa Anita in 2025, a 4 1/2-furlong race, held May 2.
Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency is another regular consignor to the winter sale. He will bring several as agent for Liberty Road Stables, including three by Surf Cat and one each by Danzing Candy , Mo Forza , and Sir Prancealot . Other Havens’ offerings include Quintessa, a 2-year-old filly cataloged as Hip 64. Quintessa is from the first crop of Visitant , who stands at the Williamson family’s Arroyo Vista Farm. She is out of Foxysox, a multiple graded winner raced in California by the late Warren Williamson and trained by Carla Gaines.
Adrian Gonzalez’s Checkmate Thoroughbreds has a consignment that includes 2-year-olds, yearlings, and broodmares. Two of the juveniles come from the first crop of California stallion Eight Rings , including Hip 149. That colt is out of the stakes-winning Cal-bred Grazen mare September Secret.
Rancho San Miguel will also bring a large group to the sale. Several 2-year-olds are from the second crop of Mo Forza, who stands at
the ranch. Mo Forza's yearlings on offer include Hip 47, a colt out of the stakes-placed Sharp Humor mare Del Mar Holiday.
Barton Thoroughbreds, the leading California breeder the past three seasons, brings a consignment of broodmares to the sale. They are by some of the national leading sires, including Tapit , Candy Ride , and Malibu Moon.
Linda Madsen’s Milky Way Farm consignment consists of 2-year-olds, yearlings, and broodmares. Many are by the farm’s stallions, including Midnight Storm , Tizamagician , Graydar , Dosificado, and Passion for Gold.
Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm offers broodmares, yearlings, and 2-year-olds, as well as several older horses of racing age. California sires represented in that consignment include Halladay , Om, Rumpus Cat, Smiling Tiger, Sir Prancealot, and Tizamagician.
The full catalog can be viewed here.
