April 2002
Moscow Ballet's mule daughter, Moscow Mollie shipped from Harris Farms on April 22nd to embark on her racing career.  Shown here with Per Antonsen, Dennis Hopkins and John Harris.

April 2002
Harris River Ranch crew of Erin Saltzman, Eric Smith and Juan Hernandez preparing for the Del Mar Yearling Sale inspection. 

February 2002
Fresno Fair Directors visit Harris Farms today. From left-Susan Good, Brian Pacheco, and Terry Gonsalves. Shown with Cee's Tizzy and Raul Rosas

February 2002
Recent visitors to Harris Ranch were Jim Crettol and his wife Barbara, shown here with John Harris.
Jim is running for the Assembly district covering Western Fresno, Kings and Kern Counties. 

December 2001
Gary Ziebarth, Michael Cooper, Pam Ziebarth and Raul Rosas with Cee's Tizzy. The Ziebarths and Cooper, along with Kevin Cochran (not pictured) are the principals of Tiznow and Cee's Stable LLC. Cee's Tizzy is the sire of Tiznow, the reigning horse of the year, who recently retired to Winstar Farm in Lexington, KY after completing unprecedented wins in back-to-back Breeders' Cup Classics.

July 2001
John C. Harris celebrating his most recent birthday at the Harris Ranch Inn. He was presented with a birthday gift of a bronze sculpture titled Trifecta by Rick Hadley.

July 2001
Lindsay Ellithorpe, on July 6th, has departed Harris Farms to pursue other opportunities in the thoroughbred industry in the Bluegrass state of Kentucky. Shown with her co-workers attending her farewell and good luck party.

July 2001
All the meat department managers from Henry's Markets in Southern California stopped by the horse farm for a tour on July 11^th. Henry's is an upscale grocery chain specializing in fine meat and produce that has been a loyal customer of Harris Ranch Beef.    Del Mar visitors can stop by their stores in Solano Beach or Encinitas, or their many other locations in San Diego or Orange Counties.

June 2001
Dennis Hopkins and John Harris with the 2 year old mule, Moscow Mollie, by Moscow Ballet. She will race next year at 3 and we are just starting to train her now.

May 2001 
Proud new thoroughbred owners Assemblymen Tony Strickland (R-Ventura) white shirt and Mike Briggs (R-Fresno) wearing yellow shirt with John Harris and their partnership horse, Cut the Deal (top image), a 5 year old mare by Cutlass Reality-Count the Votes, by Moscow Ballet. She is out of a half sister to the multiple graded stakes winning Work the Crowd, and has a win and a third from 3 starts to date. Cut the Deal is back at Harris Farms for a brief freshening and should see action this summer at Del Mar. 

Briggs and Strickland also purchased a partnership interest in the 2 year old filly, Hit the Road (Moscow Ballet-Hitwick, by Bold Hitter)-lower image. She is a half sister to several nice winners including the promising sire, Iam the Iceman. Hit the Road is starting to breeze at the farm now and should be racing this summer. 

The bay is a 2 year old filly named Hit the Road (Moscow Ballet-Hitwick, by Bold Hitter) the chestnut is Cut the Deal (Cutlass Reality-Count the Votes, by Moscow Ballet). She is now 5 and won first time out at Hollywood Park in December, 2000. 

December 2000
Pictured from left to right are Dr. J. Bowers, Bill Christine (feature writer for the Los Angeles Times Sports section) and John Harris.

November 2000
Pictured are various members of the staff of the Harris Farms-Horse Division in celebration of the Breeders' Cup victory of the Harris Farms conceived, foaled and trained TIZNOW-owned by Cecilia Straub-Rubens and Michael Cooper. Pictured to the left-center, in the forefront is Debbie Lopez and to the right is Luanne Lewis. Pictured to the lower-left is Melinda Gambrill of Australia, one of the trainer barn riders. Pictured to the upper right, from left to right, is Lisa Torres and Jamie Harris. Lower left is farm veterinarian Dr. Suzanne Pratt.