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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The March 1 program at Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse is an embarrassment of riches with the middle leg of both the Triple Crown series and the Hong Kong Derby series.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The European portion of the Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby went into the books with impressive wins by well-bred colts but neither seems a likely candidate to line up in Louisville, Ky., on the first Saturday in May.View the full article -
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By Chief Stipe · Posted
“He Seemed Fine”: How Joe Pride Saved Ceolwulf From A Career-Wrecking Ban CEOLWULF, CHAD SCHOFIELD / G1 King Charles III Stakes // Randwick /// 2024 //// Photo by Jeremy Ng One of Australia’s best horses, Ceolwulf, will return to the races in the G1 Verry Elleegant Stakes a fortnight after he dodged a ban which could have spelled disaster for the rest of his career. At five, there could still be plenty of seasons for the two-time G1 King Charles Stakes winner – who has already amassed more than A$10 million in prizemoney – to race for big money.https://bitofayarn.com But at his last start, the Joe Pride-trained gelding returned to scale with blood present in both nostrils after finishing down the track behind the unbeaten Autumn Glow in the G2 Apollo Stakes. Such a scenario usually triggers a three-month ban from racing in Australia, and a second bleeding attack deems the horse must be retired. Connections didn’t want to have one strike, let alone the thought of being on the cusp of a second.https://bitofayarn.com But as Pride examined Ceolwulf after the race and observed the blood in both nostrils, he was perplexed. Ceolwulf wasn’t distressed, breathing abnormally, or even a little awkward on his feet. He seemed just … fine. What happened next was Pride’s quick thinking saving his horse’s campaign and has put the spotlight on how thoroughbreds are examined when external clues might not lead to the standard conclusion internally. JOE PRIDE / Randwick // 2023 /// Photo by Jeremy Ng Before driving the horse across Sydney back to his stables, Pride asked Racing NSW stewards if he could have the horse scoped on track. The regulator’s chief veterinary officer, Dr Carly Garling, watched the process unfold. “Every horse is an individual and I’d like to think I know my horses well,” Pride said. Pride suspected Ceolwulf hadn’t suffered exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH), which is when blood enters the airways of a horse’s lungs. EIPH usually occurs after a strenuous gallop such as a race, and is manifested with blood from both nostrils. After inspecting Ceolwulf’s airways and lungs, vets couldn’t find any presence of blood. Stewards agreed there could be a possibility of further follow-up tests during the week to ensure Ceolwulf would be cleared to continue racing. On the other side of the world, chief steward Tom Moxon was attending the Asian Racing Conference in Saudi Arabia. He was being kept abreast of the unfolding situation with one of the best horses in the country, including the post-race request for it to be scoped.https://bitofayarn.com “It’s not something we would routinely do on tracks in NSW, but (Pride) was able to arrange for a vet to scope the horse on course,” Moxon said. “It was clear on the scope that the blood on the nostrils wasn’t a result of EIPH, meaning that it was clear it hadn’t come from the lungs and there was no blood in the trachea. I suppose we just wanted to make as informed a decision as we could with the horse’s welfare at the forefront of our minds.” What followed next was a nervous few days as Pride and Ceolwulf’s owners tried to jump every hurdle to make sure the horse was healthy and right to continue his preparation. On Pride’s instigation, Ceolwulf went for a CT scan at Randwick Equine Centre in the days after the Apollo Stakes. Ceolwulf was sedated under the supervision of an equine specialist. The examination assessed everything: the horse’s skull, soft tissue, airways, the list goes on. “We were looking for something in his sinuses where he might have had a growth, something that could have bled,” Pride said. “It might have been an obstruction. There was nothing. https://bitofayarn.com “The horse passed every examination we could have put him through. It was above and beyond what they asked us to do, but he’s a valuable horse.” Pride’s mentor John Size trains in the more extreme climate of Hong Kong, and is known for protecting horses once they suffer an EIPH bleed. Pride is similarly cautious with his gallopers, but his intuition told him nothing was wrong with Ceolwulf despite the presence of blood after the race. So, what happened? “The most likely explanation seems to be he’s had, and I would call it minor, a head trauma and he’s burst a couple of vessels,” Pride said. “What I have seen happen with horses is they might whack their head on a walker or in the pool, but nothing happens until you gallop them and the extra pressure they’re exerting through that area bursts those blood vessels. “The blood is coming from a very innocent place. “These are horses that are having ridiculously large amounts of money bet on them. The technology is there so let’s embrace it and use it and hopefully improve the game going forward. If something can improve out of this, that’s a positive as well.” -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Bloodstock agent Nico Archdale has shared news of his brain cancer diagnosis and revealed that the outpouring of well-wishes from the racing and bloodstock communities have provided him with the necessary strength to meet what has been a frightful start to the new year with steely determination. Archdale is perhaps best known for his role working for Saudi Arabian-based Najd Stud. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in late January and has already undergone surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. The 32-year-old faces a gruelling stretch of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy over the coming weeks and months. However, he is planning on completing a Hyrox fitness challenge by the end of this year and has set up a Just Giving page – in which all funds will go towards Macmillan Cancer Support – in order for people to track his progress. Archdale said, “It is not what I had planned for 2026 – it's all been a bit of a shock. I found out at the end of January and luckily I had an amazing support team of doctors who fast-tracked everything in order to give me the best possible chance. I am just trying to keep positive. I have a long journey ahead but hopefully I will get there.” He added, “I have had a lot of messages and that has been amazing. Everyone has been very supportive. John Bourke, who did the Godolphin Flying Start with me, is one of my best friends and he has been brilliant. He flew over from Ireland and stayed with me for a few days. To be honest, everyone who did the course with me has reached out so the support has been amazing from them and a lot of other people within the industry. Also, Clodagh Kavanagh, the course director, has been very good as well. I have had so much support and it has been a massive help.” The Hospital to Hyrox Challenge, as Archdale has labelled it, went live on Thursday and has already raised over £8,000 for the charity. Speaking about the reasons for setting up the Just Giving page, Archadale explained, “I set up a Just Giving page for a few different reasons. Number one, it was really just a page for my friends, so that they could follow my journey and see how I am. The other reason was to try and spread awareness and even reach out to other people who may be going through similar health issues and maybe help them. The big one is obviously the fundraising and trying to raise as much money as I possibly can for Macmillan Cancer Support. I guess it gives me a bit more strength and motivation to fulfill the challenge of a Hyrox towards the end of this year. Having something like that to aim for will hopefully provide me with the strength I need to beat cancer. There will be times over the next number of months when I am going through Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy where I am bound to struggle but I am determined to battle through and to do this.” On the timeline of his recovery, he added, “I had my brain surgery four weeks ago today and that went as well as I could have hoped. I start Radiotherapy on Tuesday which is every day for six weeks. I have a break of a few weeks after that and then there are a few months of Chemotherapy. We'll have to take things step by step but hopefully things will be all good by then and they will monitor me very closely thereafter. Unfortunately, it's a very rare type of cancer and, if it comes back within the first year, it's not particularly good news for me. Like I said, I am trying to stay positive so hopefully it doesn't come back for 20 years.” Archdale said that the imminent return of the Flat season has provided him with a welcome distraction and, beyond completing a Hyrox challenge later this year, he has set himself another target for 2027. He concluded, “Unfortunately, I was meant to be in Saudi Arabia for the Saudi Cup earlier this month but I couldn't go. We [Najd Stud] had a runner [Ameerat Alzamaan] in the Saudi Cup and she finished 10th. I bought her as a yearling so it would have been pretty cool to be out there for that but the goal is to be there next year.” The post Archdale Shares “Amazing Support” From Bloodstock Community Following Cancer Diagnosis 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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