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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The catalogue for the Arqana Online March Sale set for 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, is now available. Leading the three-strong group is debut winner Nity Galeste (City Light) (lot 1), who took a 1900-metre race at Chantilly. Related to top-tier winners Potri Pe (Potrillazo) and Mukhalif (Caerleon), he is joined by Nippon Go (Beaumec De Houelle) (lot 3). From the family of AQPS graded winners Hispanic Moon (Spanish Moon) and Jordans (Coastal Path), he has a bumper win and novice victory to his credit. Rounding out the catalogue is Leen (lot 2). The daughter of Danehill Dancer will be sold with her Torquator Tasso foal by her side. She is from an Aga Khan family featuring top-flight scorers Valyra (Azamour), Val Royal, Valixir, Vadamos, Vazira (Sea The Stars), Vadawina (Unfuwain) and Vadeni. The post Debut Winner Nity Galeste Highlights Arqana Online March Catalogue 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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Injured in a spill Thursday at Gulfstream, Irad Ortiz Jr., will not ride through Sunday, reports his agent Steve Rushing. Mike Welsch of the Daily Racing Form was the first to report that Ortiz would be out through the remainder of the weekend. “He's just really body sore,” Rushing told the TDN via text. “He's going to take a few days off and will, hopefully, return next week.” Ortiz was scheduled to ride in seven races Saturday at Colonial Downs, including in four stakes races. Five of his seven mounts were for Brad Cox and they included Hit Parade (Street Sense) in the $250,000 Virginia Oaks and Confessional (Essential Quality) in the $500,000 Virginia Derby. When reached Friday morning, Cox said he has yet to pick his replacement riders. Ortiz was thrown Friday when his mount A Moment a Love (Kantharos) took a left turn leaving the starting gate and ran into the rail. The post Ortiz, Jr. To Miss Mounts In Virginia Oaks and Virginia Derby 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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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Caesars Entertainment have entered into a multi-year agreement that will keep the Horseshoe Las Vegas as the host venue for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) through 2029. The dates for the upcoming NHC are: Mar. 5-7, 2027; Mar. 3-5, 2028; and Mar. 9-11, 2029. “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Caesars Entertainment and Horseshoe Las Vegas,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “Since moving to Horseshoe in 2020, the NHC has seen tremendous growth in player participation, sponsor involvement, and the overall player experience. We look forward to building on all of this with the help of the team at Caesars and Horseshoe Las Vegas in the coming years.” Added Joseph Morris, senior vice president, racing at Caesars Entertainment: “Hosting the NHC for years to come further demonstrates the Caesars commitment to horse racing and aligns well with the Horseshoe Las Vegas legacy of hosting championship-level events like the World Series of Poker. We are proud to support an event that celebrates the skill, dedication and passion of horseplayers and the broader racing community.” The post NTRA, Caesars Reach Long-Term Agreement on NHC Host Hotel 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
THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO UNITE Our existing industry “members”, for lack of a better encompassing term, need to come together and agree on a unifying mission statement. This could happen around The Jockey Club Chairman Everett Dobson's “big table”. Why not a mission statement similar to the Breeders' Cup for our industry, like this: “To provide safe, healthy, fair, and high-integrity environments for our horses and fans, and owners and bettors to compete in, at all levels, of our sports entertainment industry.” Why be similar to the Breeders' Cup? The Breeders' Cup is not only emblematic of the best in our industry; it is the best we have to offer. The Breeders' Cup is strong, powerful, globally respected and works extremely well with all parties. I am not suggesting the Breeders' Cup break their rainy-day fund, by any means. The Breeders' Cup, more than any other organization in our industry, possesses existing working relationships with relevant members: the racetracks, the stallion nominators, the mare owners who fund the stallion nominators' entry fees as well as nominating their resulting foals, the purchasers of those foals, the trainers, the jockeys, the tireless backside workers, the regulating bodies of HISA and others. The Breeders' Cup is positioned at this time, maybe for a transitional interval or longer, to provide guidance and perhaps help create and potentially house our industry's central office for our governing body. Assuming we all want to selflessly take care of our horses, our owners, our bettors and our fans MORE than we want to take care of ourselves or other industry members (which is sadly a shaky assumption, in my opinion), we should come sit at Everett Dobson's “big table” and figure out the most efficient and effective way to take care of those who pay us, and pay for the horse. I understand we all take risks here. However, I'm crystal clear that without the owners, who take the greatest risks, we'd all be in much worse shape. The owners are at the top of the pyramid. We must invite the owners to the table. As a friend of mine stated this morning, “I've always felt that owners enter the business to enjoy it, not to have to fix it.” The owners shouldn't have to fix it, yet, at this time for expediency, and to assure it suits them, the owners must approve of the format, the rules we establish and have a seat at the table. Here are some ongoing issues that the Breeders' Cup is in a position to assist with and these fall under their mission statement: “To conduct the Breeders' Cup World Championships at the highest levels of quality, safety, integrity and to promote the growth of Thoroughbred breeding, racing, and sales through proactive leadership, innovation, and service.” Now, more than before, owners need one neutral platform for their voice. Second, a big issue: If we want our industry to exist, we all need to accept that HISA isn't going away. Are there ways for HISA to improve? Yes. Let's continue to find ways to help our horse and our customer have a better environment and relationship with HISA. Another big issue: Stud book size. At its inception, stallion managers paid nominations to the Breeders' Cup equal to the amount of one season. Some years later, based on the number of live foals, the Breeders' Cup adjusted the nomination fee as some stallion's crops began to exceed 100. I'm very grateful we live in a capitalistic society. According to each syndicate agreement, stallion operations can breed a varying number of mares to stallions as they judge per the agreement. However, now, something similar to an excise tax in the form of increased Breeders' Cup nomination cost could be set through an agreeable algorithm. The excise amounts collected, paid by the breeders/owners and passed through the syndicates to the Breeders' Cup, could help fund the central office and not negatively impact the rainy-day fund. The industry members who sit at Everett Dobson's big table could make the rules of our game clear and then work out how our governing body is selected. The process itself would be unifying if everyone at the table put the horse and all of our customers first, the owner, the bettor and the fan. Give a little, get a lot. The post Letter to the Editor–Finn Green 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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