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I'd say too bad. It is a cost of racing and needs to be attended to or there will be no racing. Exactly. That's what Freda was saying in her earlier post. Promotion to the public of the welfare measures being taken is paramount. That what greyhounds failed to do. The surveys confirm it. The public wanted them banned but at the same time said they knew little about it or standard practices in the industry. -
to quote your first paragraph " old disenfranchised men,who are so bitter and cynical that they do nothing but continually attack the industry. Especially those that are succssful. In my opinion that is anti racing". Thats the label,in this thread, you've put on people who not only through their words,but their actions have shown to those who know them,that at least they are trying to do what they think is best for the present and future health and welfare of the racehorses and ex racehorses, in their care. Its interesting you also found this nairn womans comments about the damage that can be done from use of some performance enhancers,as anti racing. Me thinks your words that i quote,somehow seem a bit harsh chief.Your thinking, it sort of reminds me of that kinks song,its a mixed up,muddled up shook up world. but hey,at the end of the day,even though i disagree with what you say about this current topic,i'm not silly enough to label you anti racing. Because i know your not. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Capital Partner (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Dr. Agne (Into Mischief), a pair of 'TDN Rising Stars off debut maiden wins at the Spa, headline the GIII With Anticipation Stakes for 2-year-olds on the inner turf at Saratoga Thursday. The $175,000 event is run over 1 1/16 miles and features a field of eight. Klaravich Stables Inc.'s Capital Partner, favored at 5-2 on the morning line, did not have the smoothest of trips on debut Aug. 2 at this distance. He was fractious in the gate, bumped more than once, rank, and green, yet he unleashed a from-the-clouds kick while wide in the stretch to win by a half-length. With a repeat of that kick and a cleaner trip, it's hard to see him getting beat. Trainer Chad Brown won this last year with Zulu Kingdom (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), since a Grade I winner, as well as in 2012 and 2014. Flavien Prat, aboard for the 'Rising Star' performance, stays on the bay. Capital Partner's fellow 'Rising Star' Dr. Agne, who campaigns for Madaket Stables LLC, Twin Brook Stables, and Belladonna Racing LLC, makes his first start since his much-anticipated July 11 unveiling. The Cherie DeVaux runner is out of champion grass mare Lady Eli (Divine Park) and certainly has the breeding for this, but will be both stretching out from his seven-furlong debut and moving to the grass for the first time as his sole start was taken off the turf. Irad Ortiz, Jr. keeps the mount. “Step one was winning, and he did that. He did that impressively,” said DeVaux. “We just hope to continue on now. He is maturing well. He is a horse that is big and sturdy. He holds his condition well and he's doing really well.” DeVaux continued: “If we won on debut, this was where we were going to run him. He's been training well, so we'll see. This will be good to get him on the turf and around two turns.” Final Score (Not This Time) and Heeere's Johnny (Oscar Performance) exit a one-two punch in an Aug. 10 maiden over track and trip. The Todd Pletcher-trained Final Score was a $600,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase last year for Repole Stable, while the Raymond Handal-trained Heeere's Johnny–who campaigns for Magic Carpet Racing and Catherine W. Coyle–is a full-brother to this month's GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes winner World Beater. The field is rounded out by statebred Spa maiden winner Caroline St. Beat (Tiz the Law); Godolphin homebred Gloves Off (Nyquist), who ships in from an Ellis Park debut victory; GIII Sanford Stakes fourth Strategic Risk (Noble Bird); and Saratoga 14 1/2-length debut dirt winner and $35,000 claimer One More Freud (Tonalist). The post ‘Rising Stars’ Square Off in With Anticipation appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Perhaps not deliberately. But some, mostly old disenfranchised men, are so bitter and cynical that they do nothing but continually attack the industry. Especially those that are successful. In my opinion that is Anti-Racing. Over the last 3 years I've experienced it more and more and at times it has been embarrasing having introduced a close friend to her first foray into horse ownership. From the old timers at the local wanting copies of the invoices so they can suck lemons and bang on about how expensive the top trainers are. Or the "hangers on" that suddenly appeared to live vicariously live off the thrill of a distant relative while all they could do was bitch about how bad the trainer was and that they would never have a horse with them again blah blah. Then have the gall to tag on to the post race Grp win celebration and smile and congratulate the trainer. The same person had the gall to tell me I was just a newbie to racing and didn't know anything. You can imagine my response! Or the Anti-racing types on social media that promote conspiracies without any evidence especially to negate the consistent sucesss. Harness is especially bad at it. When someone is winning - "oh they must be cheating and using PED's". Well they haven't been caught. "Must be something that is undectable". All BS and that's Anti-racing. So if you want to talk about "dirty little secrets" or make inferences about someone cheating you'd better have your evidence ready. Becks Nairn doesn't provide any balance in her presentations nor solid evidence hence she can be labelled yet another unprincipled nutter conspiracist. For example do you hear her saying that "fridge gas" (whatever that is) has no reported performance enhancing nor therapeutic properties? NO. Of course not - no air time in that. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Peter and Shaun McKay are dreaming of a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) tilt with their quality stayer Wolfgang (NZ) (Puccini), and he will start his journey towards the iconic feature at Wanganui on Saturday. The son of Peter McKay’s former Group One winner Puccini, Wolfgang tested his talent in Australia last spring when sixth in the Gr.2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) and fourth in the Gr.3 Geelong Cup (2400m). He came of age with the trip and entered career-best form on his return to New Zealand, finishing runner-up in the Gr.3 Balmerino Stakes (2000m), Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) and Listed Kaimai Stakes (2000m), and won the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) and New Zealand St Leger (2500m). His victory in the Wellington Cup gave his trainers the confidence to target further two-mile features, and they have set their sights on the most coveted prize of them all, the Melbourne Cup. He will kick-off his campaign in the Wanganui-Taranaki Racehorse Owners Association Open 2040 on Saturday where he has drawn barrier nine, and he will receive some weight relief from his 62kg impost courtesy of apprentice jockey Liam Kauri’s three-kilogram claim. The track was rated a Heavy8 on Wednesday, and the McKays are hoping it improves prior to the weekend. “He has had a couple of trials under his belt,” Peter McKay said. “I would still like to see the track dry out to at least a (Soft) 6 or a 7. “If the track dries out a bit more, hopefully he should be doing some nice work at the finish. If it is about an (Heavy) 8 or 9, if he runs midfield, we will be happy enough because he doesn’t really like the wet. “He needs the run, there are no other options at this stage. “As long as he goes alright (he will head straight to Australia after this run). If he is disappointing, we will just have to try and mark time and find somewhere to run him again.” All going to plan, Wolfgang will head to Melbourne in the coming weeks where he will target three Melbourne Cup automatic entry races – Gr.3 Archer Stakes (2500m), Gr.3 The Bart Cummings (2500m), and Geelong Cup. “The plan is just this run now and then go over, I just can’t see any other race that suits here,” McKay said. “He is going to carry 62kg in the handicap races here, where at least over there he will get pushed down a bit in weight. “There are two or three races where if he could win one of them it will get him into the Melbourne Cup, but even without running in the Melbourne Cup, there are still three or four races for him worth A$500,000.” While the Melbourne Cup is Wolfgang’s primary spring objective, McKay has a Plan B in place in New Zealand. “The only race that is suitable for him here is the New Zealand Cup (Gr.3, 3200m), so I have put a nom in there just in case we don’t get over there,” he said. McKay said it would be a dream to compete in the Melbourne Cup, but he is aware of the task ahead of them. “Last year, the way the field came out, he would have got a run, but this year they are putting up a lot more money and I think it could be a lot stronger field,” he said. “He would just about have to win one of those qualifying races to get in. “It would be a dream to be in it, but there are also other races over there to compete in.” Wolfgang will be joined in his Saturday assignment by stablemate Sagunto (NZ) (O’Reilly), who will be second-up, and McKay said he will appreciate the step up in trip. “He likes a little bit better track, but he has improved since his first-up run at Ruakaka where there was rain on the day,” he said. “Up to 2000m, he is fitter, he gets well down the weights with his four-kilo claim, so he will hopefully roll him along for a while. “He is a 10-year-old now, but he feels as good as he did when he was a seven and eight-year-old.” The stable will be chasing stakes success at the meeting with Faultless (NZ) (Tivaci), who will contest the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m). The son of Tivaci was runner-up to race-rival To Bravery Born (NZ) (Snitzel) when first-up over 1100m at Taupo earlier this month, and McKay is hopeful of a bold showing this weekend. “His last run was very pleasing,” McKay said. “He has come back as a three-year-old a little bit stronger and more level-headed than what he was as a two-year-old. We are very happy with him. “It is a nice, strong field and he should show a lot of cheek, but once we get him to 1400m and a mile it is going to be more his go. “The way he races last start, I think if he can get a nice sit in behind the speed and handles the track okay, he should be competitive.” A day prior at Cambridge’s synthetic meeting, the stable will line-up last-start runner-up Rocky Marciano (NZ) (Eminent) in the NZ Horse Ambulance 1550. “He went really well in his first-up run there and the 1550m should suit him,” McKay said. “He has come back a lot stronger this year. “Hopefully he can clear maidens soon, he has had a few starts, but once he does, and gets up over ground, I think he could be quite a nice staying horse.” View the full article
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