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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Michael Guerin The two most complete pacers in New Zealand return at Addington tonight with the same problem. Because both Marketplace and Republican Party are so good they are supposed to win but both could easily get beaten without losing their crowns. It is a common story in modern harness racing: wonderful horse gets bad draw or tough handicap in comeback race and connections want him driven conservatively so he starts his campaign with a positive experience. If you think you might have read this story before you have. Last Friday, when Merlin returned off a 20m handicap in the Spring Cup at Alexandra Park. He was a warm favourite, he was driven perfectly. He got beat. Republican Party faces that exact same problem tonight, when he kicks off his New Zealand Cup campaign from a 20m handicap in a $22,500 race. Genuinely good pacers in We Walk By Faith (front line) and Alta Meteor and Mo’unga (10m) get a head start and perhaps more importantly field position over Republican Party in tonight’s 2600m. Republican Party’s co-trainer Cran Dalgety wants him to win but doesn’t think he will yet he is the Auckland Cup and Messenger winner and everybody loves him so he opened $5 and name recognition alone could drive that price lower tonight. “We are really happy with him and he has had two trials so he is ready as he can be,” says Dalgety. “But I want him to be driven to fully exert himself over, say, 500m, not exert himself for 500m in the middle of the race to get around them then have to exert himself again.” Translated from trainer-speak to punter-speak that means: He can win, but probably won’t and you shouldn’t back him. We Walk By Faith and Alta Meteor are better bets while Don’t Stop Dreaming could win or finish last without surprising anybody because at his best he is very good and at his worst he seems very uninterested. Like Republican Party, Marketplace is a son of the great Bettor’s Delight and he might be a little bit special. He could be our best pacer in a year which could be almost enough time for him to escape the jet wash of Leap To Fame and Swayzee that has caused so many Kiwi pacers to crash and burn in the last two years. A fully fit, on the speed and angry Marketplace would win tonight but he won’t be any of those things because tonight is a step down a path toward races like the $500,000 Velocity, NZ Derby and Flying Stakes, races Marketplace is long odds-on to win. Adding to his issues tonight are the three really good rivals in Rubira, Got The Chocolates and Bettors Anvil who are fitter than him and drawn inside him. Trainer Regan Todd doesn’t waste his words. “In all likelihood he will go back at the start and hope for the right cart into the race but we are also aware that might not come,” says Todd. Marketplace can still win as he only has six rivals and could easily be in the one-one with 800m to go and if he is his $1.80 opening price will feel like theft. But if he is four back on the outer with one of his rivals ready to unleash a 55-second last 800m then could be both exceptional yet expensive. Between now and when the harness racing season ends on December 31 both Republican Party and Marketplace are almost certain to win more stake money than any of the horses they race tonight. But that doesn’t mean they should be carrying yours this time. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Michael Guerin Ben Butcher thinks Pantani might be getting to the top of his learning curve just in time for tonight’s Metro Trot Final at Alexandra Park. The Cambridge trotter will start odds on in the $35,000 final after winning the stronger of the two heats run a fortnight ago by 10-and-a-half lengths, suggesting he is close to a good thing tonight. On that last start, and best form of 2024, Pantani probably should win again but there have been plenty of lows in between, with caretaker trainer and driver Butcher saying Pantani was a victim of his own early success. “The problem he had was winning three races in a row last year and looking really good doing it,” says Butcher, whose father David trains Pantani but is overseas. “So he ended up in a really good grade very quickly against horses who could trot the same sectionals he can but they had more experience. “He then had to learn in a hard grade what most trotters learn in easier races and it think it took him a while. “But he is maturing and getting there now, as we saw last start.” Pantani is still anything but the finished product but he looked much more comfortable against the marker pegs when leading last start than chasing or having to come wider on the track, which is often a trap for inexperienced trotters. He does cop barrier 8 tonight but Butcher suggests his last start thrashing of many of those he meets should have earned him enough respect to be taken seriously if he goes forward inside the first lap. So if you are taking the odds-on about him tonight expect to see him driven positively and with the $35,000 a great stake for this calibre of horse, some rival drivers may be keen to take a trail on the most logical winner. “If it wins this week it is also penalty-free after winning his heat so we’d love to get this race,” says Butcher. One rival who somewhat mirrors Pantani’s form is Loteria, who clearly had more overall ability than her record suggests but is still learning how to best use her energy. She looked over the odds when opening at $13 and is worth following regardless of what she does tonight. Butcher also drives You Little Beauty (R3, No.5) tonight for his father against stablemate Hooray Henry, who will have the services of Ben’s brother Zachary. “There isn’t much between them. The mare might be tougher but Henry is probably faster so they both have a good show as it is only a small field.” Butcher also suggests another of his drives Seaside Boss (R6, No.3) can improve even after winning last start so he could be a good each chance. Tonight’s other Metro Final for the pacers has Mediator (R4, No.2) as the warm favourite even though he is stepping up in grade. He does look to have more upside than many of his rivals though so the early tactics on a fast front line could be a deciding factor. View the full article -
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Johannes, the defending City of Hope winner and second in last year's Breeders' Cup Mile, returns as the even-money morning line favorite in this year's edition at Santa Anita.View the full article -
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A HISA pilot program released results from a study of advanced cardiac monitoring of Thoroughbreds that shows atrial fibrillation (AF)–traditionally considered a benign, performance-limiting condition–can worsen during exercise, cause a more severe arrhythmia that leads to sudden death, according to a press release from HISA on Thursday. The group said that electrocardiogram data from affected horses that displayed AF both at rest and under exertion, underscores the need for early detection and highlighs the potential of integrating routine cardiac screening into pre-training and pre-race evaluations. During the first six months of 2025, HISA's Exercise-Associated Sudden Death (EASD) Working Group–launched in October 2023–said that EASD accounted for approximately 8% of racing fatalities and 18% of training fatalities at racetracks subject to HISA rules (and training centers owned by them). Retrospective analysis of cases since HISA's inception shows that more than 50% of cases were likely related to cardiac issues, often classified as “Sudden Cardiac Death.” The majority of these EASD events occurred early in a horse's career, with the highest incidence occurring in horses with zero to five starts. HISA launched its working group in recognition of the critical importance of addressing and better understanding these risks and preventing EASD. The pilot, led by Dr. Cristobal Navas de Solis, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Ultrasound and Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Sian Durward-Akhurst, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Large Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, is ongoing. The findings were presented at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in Kentucky in summer 2025, among other meetings of specialists in the field. Dr. Navas de Solis and Dr. Durward-Akhurst partnered with leading experts to investigate underlying causes and develop prevention strategies. Program collaborators include Dr. Mary Durando (Equine Sports Medicine Consultants, U.S.), Dr. Grace Forbes (Racing Victoria, Australia), Dr. Laura Nath (University of Adelaide, Australia) and wearable technology specialists at Arioneo Equimetre (France). “Integrating cardiac screening into routine evaluations–whether through wearable devices or veterinary exams–could allow trainers and veterinarians to identify at-risk horses before exercise,” said Dr. Karen Hassan, HISA's Compliance and Research Veterinarian and chair of HISA's EASD Working Group. “This opens the door to scalable monitoring protocols and standardized response strategies that could save equine lives.” The next phase of the program will focus on scalability and the development of real-time cardiac monitoring protocols and risk-based screening criteria. Specifically, AF could be detected either via wearable devices, handheld ECG devices or auscultation by a veterinarian before exercise, allowing trainers to withhold exercise and work with their veterinary team to evaluate affected horses further. Establishing optimal workflows and tools to be used for rhythm analysis with an emphasis on AF, defining the risk of arrhythmia other than AF and proposing and evaluating a standardized response protocol for cardiac adverse events during exercise will be key components of the next phase of work. To further educate stakeholders on EASD, a series of educational webinars will be held for horsemen and veterinarians in the coming weeks. HISA has issued an accompanying Equine Health Advisory on EASD, associated risk factors and what trainers and veterinarians can do to help prevent EASD, which can be found here. The post HISA Study Finds AFib Can Contribute To Sudden Death; Early Detection Key appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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Coming into the GI Pennsylvania Derby, Puca (Big Brown) may already have been the most valuable broodmare on the planet. But in the 1:48.03 it took to contest that race, she became worth even more. Baeza (McKinzie) won and is now the third son in a row out of Puca to capture a Grade I race. Puca's owner is John Stewart's Resolute Racing, who announced in August that Puca will be sold at this November's Fasig-Tipton “Night of the Stars” sale. As much as he'd like to keep Puca, he said she will not be pulled from the sale. “I go into the whole thing with a lot of reservation, just because she's the type of mare that literally loves on you when you go up to her,” Stewart said. “I am very attached to her. But at the same time as a business person, with what just happened with Baeza, there's probably not a better investment that I've made in the industry so far. I love her. I love all the horses on my farm. At the same time, when you make a good investment you have to capitalize on it. Still, It's going to be hard to sell her.” Stewart bought Puca in 2023 at the Keeneland November Sale for $2.9 million. She had originally RNA'd, but Stewart picked her up post sale. She had already made her mark as a broodmare as her second foal, Mage (Good Magic) won the 2023 GI Kentucky Derby. Stewart could not have known how much more there was to come. Her third foal was Dornoch (Good Magic), who won the 2024 GI Belmont Stakes and the 2024 GI Haskell Stakes, increasing Puca's value. Dornoch and Mage have both retired to stud. That left Baeza to be the flag bearer. He had lost four straight, three times to Sovereignty (Into Mischief) and once to Journalism (Curlin). But he never missed by much and made the sport's two best 3-year-olds fight to get the victory. Baeza's win in the Pennsylvania Derby gave Puca three straight Grade I winners, two of them Classic winners. Puca at Resolute | Sarah Andrew Stewart said he used AI to look up other dams who have had three straight Grade I winners and said he could only find four worldwide. “She is such a classy horse. She's fantastic,” Stewart said. “The money we make from this will be reinvested in the future of the farm. You look at what Curlin did for Hill 'n' Dale and what Sadler's Wells did for Coolmore. I'm just fortunate enough that I hit the lottery. That was the first year I bought any horses when I bought her and she RNA'd. There are a lot of people in the industry that should have known a lot better than me. They didn't pick her up when they could have bought her.” What is Puca worth now? A lot more than $2.9 million. Stewart said he plans to put a $5 million reserve on her. She will not be in foal at the time of the sale. She was bred this year to Into Mischief, but the superstar match did not produce a live foal. “She's empty right now, so if I were to keep her and breed her I wouldn't see any incremental income for two years,” Stewart said. “A lot can happen as we just saw with Wootton Bassett. She's 13 and if I kept her and bred her one more time then I'd be selling her as a 16-year-old after she had the baby. You have to look at those things. At the end of the day we are definitely sellers.” Though Puca may soon belong to someone other than Stewart, he owns her next two foals after Baeza. She has a yearling colt and a weanling filly, both by Good Magic which makes them full-siblings to Mage and Dornoch. “I own both of them, but we haven't named them yet,” he said. “The colt is the one we did the MyRacehorse collaboration with. I own 75% of the horse and the MyRacehorse people own 25%. So I own and control him. The filly, we won't take partners on her and she will not be sold. She's at the farm and we own 100% of here. That's one of the reasons that we look to sell Puca because we have this filly. She's a healthy mare and definitely done some special things.” The post Stewart Is Sticking To His Guns, Puca Will Be Sold appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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