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By Chief Stipe · Posted
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Woodbine canceled the remainder of Saturday's program after the eighth race over concerns regarding the safety of the synthetic Tapeta surface. There were three catastrophic breakdowns on Saturday, beginning with a worker shortly after the 8 a.m. renovation break. Social Dancer was injured on the backstretch in the second race. Owen’s Tour Guide broke down on the far turn in the eighth, the Grade 3 Bessarabian, after which the final two races were scrapped. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Woodbine cancels late races after 2 fatal breakdowns www.horseracingnation.com Woodbine racetrack canceled the final two races on its stakes-laden Saturday card following two fatal breakdowns on the artificial Tapeta track, including a runner in the Grade 3, US $110,000 Bessarabian Stakes. Woodbine Entertainment, the operator of the Canadian racetrack in Etobicoke, Ontario, near Toronto, provided few details on the reason for the cancellation in a news release late Saturday afternoon. “Following consultation with the HBPA, Jockeys' Guild and (farm equipment manufacturer) AGCO, Woodbine Entertainment cancelled the remainder of Saturday's Thoroughbred race card (Races 9 & 10) in the best interest of equine safety,” it said. But Woodbine Entertainment said in separate posts on X.com that Social Dancer and Owen’s Tour Guide were injured during the second and eighth races, respectively, and were humanely euthanized as a result. It extended “sincere condolences” to the connections of both horses and noted that jockeys David Moran, the rider of Social Dancer, and Jose Campos aboard Owen’s Tour Guide were both OK after the incidents. It noted in the news release that the Grade 2 Autumn Stakes, one of the canceled races, would be rescheduled as drawn on Nov. 16. Owen’s Tour Guide, a 6-year-old graded-stakes-placed daughter of Tourist trained by W. V. Armata, had amassed a record of 38: 7-3-6 and earnings of nearly $275,000 US in her career for owner Tequesta Racing. The Equibase chart for the Bessarabian said she was racing four wide in the third flight of horses on the far turn when she “took a misstep at the quarter pole, fell, dislodging the rider, and left via equine ambulance.” Social Dancer, a 3-year-old filly trained by Michael Doyle for owner-breeder C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable, was making her third start in a maiden-optional claiming race earlier on the card, when she “took an awkward step nearing the half-mile pole, was eased, pulling up at the five-sixteenth maker and left via equine ambulance,” according to the Equibase chart. Tapeta, a Thoroughbred racing and training surface comprised of a carefully selected mixture of the finest silica sand, wax and fibers, is used at racetracks around the world and has long been considered safer than dirt of turf for racing, according to manufacturer Tapeta Footings Inc. One of its other big advantages is that it handles wet weather and heavy rainfall extremely well, according to the Tapeta Footings website. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The second week of November is harness racing nirvana, and the next seven days will not disappoint. A six race meeting at Manawatu today gets the week underway before all attention turns to the biggest day of them all at Addington Raceway tomorrow for four Group 1s including the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot. Ashburton will hold its “Showcase” meeting on Thursday before it’s back to Addington on Show Day for four more Group 1s plus the first ever $500,000 slot races, the Hill Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY and the Majestic Horse Floats THE ASCENT. Cambridge’s Friday meeting will see the Pacers’ and the Trotters’ Thames Country Cups as well as the Cambridge Tuesday Pacers Final for horses who have had two or more starts at Cambridge since August 1. The harness racing week will round out at Winton on Sunday. Houses in for big day at Manawatu By Brigette Solomon Trainer Michael House and son Wilson House look poised for a successful day as they team up with a strong line-up of runners at Manawatu today. The Canterbury-based pair are a formidable combination when they head north to the Manawatu, last week scoring a winning double at the first of the Manawatu meetings for the month. Today the House stable starts seven runners, with Wilson driving five of them. “Most of the team started at Kaikoura and have since been home preparing for today’s meeting,” says Wilson House, “they’ve been racing well, with a couple that will appreciate getting away from strong company in Canterbury.” The team’s first starter is Son Of Patrick who contests Race 1, the Central Energy Trust Handicap Trot over 2500 metres. He starts the event off the unruly with a 40 metre handicap. “He’ll have to get away alright but he’s a beautiful trotter and he’s been racing some very good horses down in Canterbury so should be capable of a good race here,” says House. The Father Patrick gelding is a winner of eight races, and although he has been unplaced in his most recent races, he finished only 3.9 and 4.2 lengths from the winners at his last two starts at Methven and Addington, respectively. In Race 2, the Book Your Xmas Function 12 December Mobile Pace, House drives The Next Best Thing. A new addition to the stable, the gelding has had just two starts for his new trainer, finishing fifth and third on those occasions. “He’s gone a couple of great races and tries hard,” says House, “he lay in a bit last start, so we’ve adjusted his gear and I think he’s close to getting a win very soon.” Both Jazzy Styx (1), driven by House, and Santanna Mach (4), driven by Crystal Hackett, line up in Race 4, the Racing Again 19th and 21st November Mobile Pace over 2000 metres. “Both of these horses will be competitive in this race and given it’s a small field neither of them can end up too far back in running,” says Wilson, “they’ve both got good gate speed and Santanna Mach is well seasoned at Manawatu and looking to get win number 20.” The pair have both been successful on this course, with stable veteran Santanna Mach having won here on four occasions and eight times over the 2000 metre journey. House partners Courage Reactor in Race 5, he Captain Kirk Syndicate Mobile Pace. In her last start the mare placed fourth beaten only 2.2 lengths at Kaikoura on November 3 with a solid run in a race won by Post Painter. “She’s been going good and has been unlucky in a couple of starts but she drops into a nice race here today,” says House. In the final race of the day the stable has Eddie Osei (4) and Warloch (7) taking on the Good Luck American Me In Cup Mobile Pace over 2000 metres. The pair are driven by Michael Hay and House respectively. “I think Warloch is one of my better drives,” says House, “although he’s drawn wide, it’s not going to matter much as he’ll be driven quiet early and settling back and it’s not a big field.” The 10-year-old is a winner of 16 races, and has won on this course twice with a further four placings from just eight starts here. He most recently finished fifth in the Aged Classic at Kaikoura on November 4 with a solid form line from his starts prior at Addington. “He ran a great race at Kaikoura last start and he’s such an honest old horse who loves this track and is capable of running some great sectionals on these smaller tracks.” The first race gets underway today at 3.18pm. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer against the California Horse Racing Board has been affirmed on appeal.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Stunning Rose returned to her top-level form to dominate the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Nov. 10 at Kyoto Racecourse. View the full article
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