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By muzenza365 · Posted
Another brilliant, bright sunny day on the coast. The council has done well in acquiring the course for $1, and I assume this is because it was sold to a Developer, with the sections being 170k. Have some good memories from riding there. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Stu wore so many hats. He was a friend, employee, colleague to so many people. But I was the only one that got to call him my father-in-law. I will forever be grateful to share the same last name with someone that was so loved by his community. I will continue to be proud and carry our last name with honor. He also earned a new title as Grandpapa Stuburger in the last year. It does tear my heart knowing our current children or future children will not grow up knowing him, but I will cherish the memories they have made! Stu was always there to cheer Drew and I on. Whether it was about our marriage and foster journey, or just about the meal we were cooking him. He was our biggest fan. Some of my favorite memories with Stu were when he would come up to Cincinnati and we would go brewery hopping. Cincinnati has some really cool spots. This last winter we were lucky enough to travel to Bermuda. While the food wasn't the most impressive, we did go to The Hog Penny, and had the most satisfying dinner. We played multiple rounds of golf and just enjoyed the beautiful island. I am so glad we were able to celebrate Stu and Drew's 60/30 birthday year! I hope Drew and I can carry on his legacy in everything we do. I thank God he allowed me to be Stu's daughter-in-law. —Alexa Angus The post Stu Story #12 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The legendary Jimmy Cassidy never does things by halves. So when the dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey decided to get involved in his first standardbred he went all in. “I’ve always wanted one so decided to give it a crack,” Cassidy said from Sydney. Not only did he put his money where his mouth was but agreed to a suggestion by his “great mate” Graeme Rogerson that the colt be called “Go Jimmy Cassidy”. The two-year-old qualified at Cambridge Raceway last week. The son of American Ideal was bought by Hamilton-based Rogerson Bloodstock for $42,500 from the 2024 National Yearling Sales. So how did the deal come about? “I’ve known Rogie since I was 11 years old – he helped me throughout my career, we are great mates,” says Cassidy. “I go to Rogie’s three to five times a year and stay with him and Deb and he’s always got horses strewn everywhere on his table and I saw this one and said ‘that’s a good looking horse'”. “I didn’t know if it was a trotter or a pacer or a galloper and he said ‘it’s a pacer'” “I said “I’ll take a share in it”, says Cassidy, “it was just a good-bodied horse.” And it was Rogerson who came up with the name. “He said ‘why don’t we call it Go Jimmy Cassidy and I said ‘you’re an idiot.'” Known as “Pumper” because of his distinctive up and down riding style, Cassidy won over 100 Group 1 races in a colourful and highly successful career that included two Melbourne Cup wins. His “last to first” win with Kiwi in 1983 is racing folklore and was followed by his second with Might And Power 14 years later. He retired in 2015 aged 53 after a 36-year career and nearly 2000 winners. Over the years greyhounds and other horses have had names such as Jimmy the Pumper and King Cassidy and he knows he’s going to get some ribbing over this latest one, not that he’s worried in the slightest. “I’ve been copping it all my life mate.” Cassidy quickly got together his ownership group. It includes wife Vicki and some golfing mates (Cassidy is a 8 handicapper himself). “I syndicated it for him and I put a heap of my old mates in it from here in Sydney, a group of cotton farmers and others and we are just going to use it as a bit of fun.” Cassidy is already thinking about being trackside to see the youngster in the flesh. “Hopefully when he’s ready to go my mates who all play golf will come over and play some golf and then we’ll go to the races and watch him race.” “He had a bit of foot trouble but he’s got that right now, and he’s qualified – we’ll give him a couple of weeks and then start fresh.” And like his two-year-old namesake Cassidy is just taking it one step at a time. “It’s fun – if I do something I like to enjoy it. Whatever happens happens and that’s one of the great things about this game called racing.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Jim Edgar, a moderate Republican who served two terms as the Governor of Illinois and a successful owner and breeder of Thoroughbreds in the Midwest, passed away on Sept. 14 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 79 years old. Appointed to the position of Illinois Secretary of State in 1981, Edgar was responsible for helping to toughen drunk driving penalties in the state and was also instrumental in successfully leading a legislative battle to mandate car insurance for Illinois motorists. Edgar was elected to his first term as governor in 1990 and won re-election four years later, winning all but one of Illinois's 102 counties, including Cook County (Chicago), historically dominated by the Democrats. According to Equibase statistics, Edgar began racing horses in 2003 and in 2005, won the Governor's Lady Handicap with the Tom Dorris-trained Illinois-bred mare Fighting Fever, which Edgar bred with Don Smith. As recently as this past July, Edgar was represented by the 3-year-old Indiana-bred filly Temple Paynter (Paynter), winner of the Indiana First Lady Handicap at Horseshoe Indianapolis for trainer Robert E. Dobbs, Jr. Over the course of his career, his horses amassed a record of 144-183-196 from 1,317 starters for earnings of $3,300,162. This past February, Edgar revealed he was fighting pancreatic cancer. “I've told many people I want to stay around,” he told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I've got a few things I want to do and see. I want to see great-grandchildren. I kind of like to see my horses do a little better than they've done. So I've got a lot to hold out for. But to be very truthful, if it ended tomorrow, I've had a great life.” Current Illinois Democratic Governor J. B. Pritzker paid tribute to Edgar, telling the suburban Chicago Daily Herald: “I was lucky enough to consider him a friend and mentor and have found myself drawing from his words of wisdom on countless occasions. His commitment to reaching across the aisle in service of the people of Illinois undeniably made our state better. “Now more than ever, we should channel that spirit and resolve to live as Gov. Edgar did: with honesty, integrity, and an enduring respect for all.” The post Former Illinois Governor, Thoroughbred Enthusiast Jim Edgar, Passes Away appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
There was a famous t.v. commercial in the 1970s where Victor Kiam tells the audience that he was a dedicated `wet shaver' until his wife bought him a Remington electric shaver. He was so impressed, he says, he bought the company. John Stewart knows how Kiam felt. “When I first got into the industry back in 2023, I was looking for tools and so I went through the traditional ones, nicks and all the different tools,” said Stewart. “And then I started going into pedigrees, looking at all the different products and doing research on the products. And then I found Pedigrees360.” In a meeting with the company's founders in 2024, he learned there could be an opportunity to purchase the company, and he closed the deal. Using AI and machine learning, Pedigrees360 identifies what is says are eight “clusters” that can help to identify both champions and unsuccessful horses, or what the site whimsically calls “slow 'uns.” The company's CEO, Mike King, said that the program looks at nine generations of a horse's pedigree. “Using a machine learning model trained on thousands of fast and slow horses, it builds a unique performance profile for each horse,” said King. “The system highlights bloodline combinations that are most likely to produce top performers and flags those that are less likely to yield champions. Unlike traditional nicking theories, Pedigrees360 goes deeper, drawing on the sixth to ninth generations of a pedigree to uncover insights that would otherwise remain hidden.” At the core of the Pedigrees360 site are the cluster graphs, with a horse's breeding or a potential match appearing on the graph under a traffic-light system. Each dot represents one of eight line-breeding attributes that their research shows are different in fast horses and slow ones. The traffic-light system makes this easy to interpret, its creators say. 1. Green = the attribute aligns closely with proven patterns in fast horses. 2. Yellow = neutral alignment. 3. Red = the attribute resembles patterns more typical of slow horses. The higher a dot appears on the page, the stronger that attribute is expressed. A green dot “off the chart” signals the strongest possible alignment with champion pedigrees. The cluster graphs are what first drew Stewart to the program. “I really liked the visualization of the tool,” said Stewart. and then started meeting with the team that founded it to understand more about it and how they were using the data.” “From the very beginning, Pedigrees360 set out to reimagine pedigree analysis, harnessing emerging technologies to apply proven methods with a level of depth and scale that was previously never possible,” said King. “This led to the development of a product grounded in line-breeding fundamentals, refined through advanced analytics to deliver sharper insights and stronger predictions which took to market in 2022.” The extension to nine generations is important, says King. “Pedigrees360 identifies the critical mass of key ancestor genetics that remains hidden within the deeper generations of a pedigree insights not visible in the first five generations alone,” he said. “The platform also allows users to run bulk mating analyses, streamlining the search for the best potential matches, and saving valuable time in the decision-making process.” The system is designed to serve both breeder and buyer. “Stud farms, major broodmare programs, and bloodstock agents have reported significant efficiency gains by running multiple stallions against their mare lists at scale,” said King. “The platform then highlights key ancestors within potential matings, showing not just who they are but where they appear in the pedigree.” “For buyers, Pedigrees360 simplifies purchase decisions at major sales,” he continued. “The enhanced Sales Catalogue feature allows users to filter, search, and shortlist potential purchases with precision. And coming in 2025, a further upgrade will extend this functionality to include breeding stock sales, expanding the scope of opportunities supported by Pedigrees360.” And they're just getting warmed up on sales functionality, said Stewart. “We're planning a pretty big upgrade in January to the tool that will really help people who are buying horses and going to the sale and customizing dashboard. Because when you go to a sale, you have to find some way to filter the horses. You can't go to Keeneland and look at 4,000 horses. Nobody can. You have to have some way to filter them down. And so we can take their criteria and filter through the horses and help them have a better shortlist.” Stewart said that the company has already attracted several large, global clients, and has a big international following. He envisions future upgrades which will turn Pedigrees360 in a comprehensive tool for anyone's business, helping users to not only plan matings and evaluate bloodstock, but to decide where to run their horses. Said Stewart, “I want to turn it into a complete 360 tool.” The post Stewart: `I Liked Pedigrees360 So Much, I Bought the Company’ 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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