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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has revealed that D. G. Van Clief and Josh Pons have been named to the Hall of Fame committee as chairs of the Contemporary Nominating Committee and the Pillars of the Turf Committee, respectively. With the new Hall of Fame committee chairs in place, Museum leadership is reportedly beginning an evaluation of the overall nomination and election process, including a review of the contemporary Hall of Fame voting panel. The current procedures may be found here. Van Clief, who previously served as chair of the Pillars of the Turf Committee, succeeds the late Edward L. Bowen as chair of the nominating committee and has served the sport in a variety of capacities for decades. Bowen held the chair position from 1987 through 2024 before passing away in January. “I am honored to assume duties as Hall of Fame Nominating Committee Chair and look forward to working closely with fellow Committee Members, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Chair Charlotte Weber, our Trustees, and the management team to ensure the results of our process embodies complete integrity, stands the test of time, and reflects well on our historic sport,” Van Clief said. “Former Committee Chair Ed Bowen was the consummate racing historian and is greatly missed, but I am fortunate to be joining a committee which possesses such a high degree of knowledge and expertise. I am confident this will be an enjoyable challenge.” Pons is a third-generation Maryland horseman who owns and operates Country Life Farm and Merryland Farm with his brother, Mike Pons. He has served on the Pillars of the Turf committee for the past two years and is a Museum advisory trustee as well as being a two-time Eclipse Award-winning writer, among many other accolades. “The process of selecting inductees annually through the Pillars of the Turf category begins with the Hall of Fame mission statement–'to honor the sport's most accomplished participants,'” Pons said. “The roster of worthy participants is rich and lengthy. I anticipate that my role will be to provide context to the nominees' history. Then it's a juried committee selection. I look forward to the process and working with the committee.” The post D. G. Van Clief, Josh Pons Named Hall of Fame Committee Chairs 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 Curragh Racecourse, with their sponsor Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai, will honour the late Kevin Prendergast by running the International Stakes in memory of the legendary trainer. The Group 3 contest takes place this Saturday, the second day of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival, and will be titled “The Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai International Stakes in honour of Kevin Prendergast”. Prendergast, who died last week at the age of 92, trained on the Curragh for over 60 years, with his big-race victories at the track including consecutive editions of the International Stakes with Mustameet in 2006 and Decado in 2007. The post The Curragh’s International Stakes to be Run in Honour of Kevin Prendergast 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
On Monday, Racing Victoria announced changes to the original 2021 veterinary protocols for horses competing at the Spring Carnival. “The protocols have served to arrest an alarming trend and been a catalyst for the last four Spring Racing Carnivals and Melbourne Cups being conducted without serious injuries,” said Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison. “After each Carnival the protocols are evaluated to consider their application, ongoing suitability and any potential enhancements based on stakeholder feedback, our learnings, data and new technology. What remains unchanged is that every international horse will have to pass a CT scan to compete here. However, we're taking a more pragmatic approach with the volume of scans for those horses not entered in the Cups or Cox Plate.” He added, “Our goal remains to deliver world-class racing, whilst ensuring the safety of horses and riders. We look forward to working with international and local connections to maintain the recent positive trend.” The key changes include: International horses that do not hold an entry for the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate or Melbourne Cup will only be required to undertake one mandatory pre-travel Computed Tomography (CT) scan and won't be required to have further CT scans before each race in Australia. Such horses will remain subjected to other protocols including multiple pre- and post-travel physical veterinary inspections. Where a horse in this cohort undertakes pre-travel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), it must undergo its mandatory CT scan in Australia prior to racing in Victoria. Where reasonably practicable, international horses must undergo a CT of all distal limbs in their home country prior to entering pre-export quarantine to travel to Australia. MRI of the distal limbs will only be permitted where a CT scan is not reasonably accessible. Standing CT technology is available in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, France and Germany. Japan and Ireland remain without high-quality standing CT technology commensurate with that in Australia. For international horses competing in Victoria and local horses in the Melbourne Cup, where a mandatory CT scan has identified a potential issue, a follow-up Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan will now be accessible, time permitting, to further assist in determining the horse's suitability to race. To afford an opportunity for PET scanning, the window for horses entered in the Melbourne Cup to present for their compulsory pre-race CT scan has been extended, now opening prior to the Caulfield Cup. All Melbourne Cup acceptors must be in Victoria in sufficient time for their physical veterinary inspection on the day prior to the race. This inspection will no longer be permitted interstate. The post Racing Victoria Change Import Protocols Ahead of Spring Carnival appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
Gamma , there is talk that the Lazarus progeny need a bit of time ...ie they will flourish at 3,4 and 5...maybe wishful thinking . I'm not sure how many sires are $5k or less but there are a few getting results with limited opportunities. Most breeders are going for the commercially popular sires which attract the higher prices at yearling sales. I note the popular sire Always B Miki is not travelling down this year cos of injury. That leaves a gap 1 Sky Major and Vincent are two value propositions along with the likes of LatherUp ,Ultimate Machete, Terror To Love ,BlingIt On.McWicked ,Locherburn,For A Reason . In the trotters there are Regal Inspiration ,Speeding Spur ,Majestic Son ,Imperial Count ,Creatine , Marcoola , Habiti Inta ,OneOver Da Moon. And more may now drop below that $5000 limit. Breeding seems so hard now ...an expensive hobby indeed and the farmers who had the pastures to raise em have sold out and/or getting too old to bother now. -
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