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Sydney trainer Joe Pride is eyeing some lucrative targets with last weekend’s impressive Rosehill winner Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock). The four-year-old gelding has returned from a Classic season which concluded with a runner-up finish in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m), with Pride surprised by the new-found dash from the son of Tavistock. “I wasn’t expecting a performance like that on Saturday, given last preparation he was just grinding away. He’s been sharper in his work, and I thought his trials were very sharp,” Pride told RSN. “It was a little bit hard to get a line on his first-up run, but gelding is the making a lot of horses and I would suggest that this is going to be another case in point. Both him and Tom Kitten have come back and put together performances that they seemingly weren’t capable of last season.” Despite acknowledging that Ceolwulf is still not the complete package, which could necessitate a shorter campaign, Pride has a big opinion of the horse. “He might get another couple runs into this prep and not put the flag up, but it doesn’t bother me if he can’t. It will come in time, and it might be the autumn. It might still be the spring. I don’t know, but he’s a really exciting horse,” Pride said. “I know that this horse in 12 months’ time, even six months’ time is going to be a very different looking horse. “So, with that in mind, you know, there’s that delicate balance. How far do I push him and how much harm will I do in doing so? I want to have this horse around for a few seasons.” Pride said he would likely proceed as planned to the Gr.3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on September 21, although the A$1 million 7 Stakes (1600m) on the same day was also in the mix. “I’m pretty confident we’re going to go to the Kingston Town with him,” Pride said. “I’ll probably throw in a nomination for the 7 Stakes, the old George Main, but I think now that we’ve got his confidence up, putting him in another race that he is a very good winning chance in is probably the smartest thing to do with him. “I don’t mind getting him to the 2000m and I think he’s a versatile horse where anywhere between a mile and 2000m will suit at his next start. “If he’s able to put in another performance like he did on Saturday, maybe we can have a go at one of these nice Group Ones. The other race I’ve got in mind for him is the Hill Stakes (Gr.2, 1900m) which is on the same day as the Might And Power (Gr.1, 2000m) in Melbourne. “The Hill Stakes is worth A$2 million and it’s a Group Two, so it’s a PVL (Peter V’landys) special and it’s a good race.” Bred by Cambridge Stud, Ceolwulf has won two of his 11 starts but is a multiple Group One performer with A$766,650 in earnings to date. View the full article

Epimeles ridden by John Allen winning the ANZAC Day Stakes at Flemington. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Epimeles “pulled up really well” after his gallop at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning, as he gears up for his spring return at the track this Saturday following a minor setback. The talented three-year-old son of Arrowfield Stud’s Dundeel was initially scheduled to race in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) last Saturday, but will now target the Listed McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at The Valley instead. “He’s a big, roomy, big-striding horse that sort of likes those bigger tracks, but he was on the right leg. He got on the right leg today and that was the main thing,” co-trainer Natalie Young, who partners with Trent Busuttin, told Racing.com. “He’s quite a versatile horse, he’s got good gate speed, can sit up on speed, and he can also take a little bit of a sit. “He’s forward enough, fit enough, kicked off over 1300 metres last time, and he’s back to the 1200 metres, but he goes good fresh and he’s one of our nicest three-year-olds.” Horse racing news View the full article

Trainer Paul Messara. Racing NSW stewards have been informed that Clear Thinking has experienced a minor setback and will not be participating in The Kosciuszko (1200m) at Randwick on October 19. The five-year-old mare, sired by Dubawi and trained by Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich, is unbeaten in her three career starts. Her most recent victory was in a Class 3 Highway Handicap over 1200 metres at Randwick. Before her withdrawal on Tuesday, she was considered one of the leading contenders with horse racing bookmakers for the race. Meanwhile, Scone-based trainer Rodney Northam has also withdrawn his five-year-old gelding, Palazzo Prince, from the $2 million contest. Palazzo Prince sustained an injury to his off-side shoulder during trackwork. Horse racing news View the full article

Jim Philpott moved to Lexington in 1980 and was named executive vice president and general counsel of Gainesway Farm. During that time, Philpott worked with John Gaines on the business plan that would become the Breeders’ Cup.View the full article

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The RMTC suspended its accreditation of the University of Illinois at Chicago Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory on Sept. 3, leaving the HIWU with four available laboratories for testing Thoroughbred racehorse samples.View the full article

This day 4th September in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 2 hours ago Today’s horse racing tips & quaddie selections | Wednesday, 4/9 Five horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia today, on Wednesday, September 4. Check out HorseBetting’s free betting tips … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Militarize set for Theo Marks Stakes return Multiple Group 1 winner Militarize is set to return in Saturday’s Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Randwick-Kensington races preview & tips | September 6, 2023 The Kensington circuit at Royal Randwick Racecourse is set to host seven races this Wednesday afternoon. See our free betting … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Globe set for Moonee Valley gallop ahead of Feehan Stakes Globe is set to gallop at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning as part of his preparations for his anticipated comeback … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Sandown Hillside Wednesday tips & quaddie | September 6, 2023 An eight-race program is scheduled for the Hillside track at Sandown on Wednesday afternoon. Check out HorseBetting’s best bets and … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Scone racing preview & betting tips | Tuesday, September 5 Scone Race Club is the destination for NSW racing on Tuesday afternoon, and HorseBetting.com.au has you covered with free betting … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 1 year ago Country Bumpkin runs rivals ragged at Hawera Country Bumpkin overcame a last-minute jockey change to secure victory at Hawera on Sunday as Portia Matthews steered the veteran … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 1 year ago Bellatrix Star impresses on debut Te Akau Racing unveiled another promising juvenile at Wanganui as Star Witness filly Bellatrix Star clinched the opening two-year-old race … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 4, 2023 Three horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Wodonga racing preview & best bets | Monday, September 5 Racing heads to Wodonga on Monday afternoon for a bumper nine-race program. Horsebetting.com.au present our best bets, top odds and … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 4, 2022 Seven horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips, best odds and quaddie selections for free … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Mascarpone gets the cream in Foxbridge Plate Punters who thought Saturday’s Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) was a two-horse race between last year’s winner and … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Bellacontte proves too strong in Wanganui feature Foxton filly Bellacontte picked up a deserved success at stakes level when she produced an irresistible late run to take … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Soldier Boy marches to Guineas success Underrated three-year-old Soldier Boy caused a minor upset when he took out the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1340m). The … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Richards provides quinella in Breeders’ Stakes It was back to business as usual for Jamie Richards and Te Akau Racing at Te Rapa on Saturday when … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Moree betting tips, quaddie picks & value bets | 5/9/2021 HorseBetting.com.au brings you the Moree Cup Day racing preview for Sunday, September 5, with all the top tips, value bets, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 4, 2021 Horse racing around the country sees 12 meetings being held around the country on this Saturday afternoon. Our racing analysts … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 3 years ago Hayes to unveil talented newcomer in season-opening show of strength David Hayes hopes to make a statement of intent for the 2021/22 season by parading a string of leading hopes … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Lock excited to relaunch stable star’s career After more than 29 months on the sidelines, Te Aroha trainer Peter Lock’s long wait is finally over and Group … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Australian campaign for Justacanta Group Three performer Justacanta has joined Patrick Payne’s Plumpton barn ahead of a Melbourne spring preparation. Formerly trained in New … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Randwick racing tips & best bets – Saturday, 5 September 2020 For the first time in what seems an eternity, we are racing on a Good 4 on Saturday at Royal … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago King Rules With Wyong Feature Race Double Rachel King has made a clean sweep of the feature races at Wyong with her Cup victory aboard the Richard … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Moonee Valley betting tips & odds – Saturday, 5 September 2020 With plenty of spring contenders going around, Saturday’s meeting at The Valley should be a really good form sighter … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Ghostly Connection To Furious Stakes Card Connections of Ghostly could be forgiven for thinking they were only competing for the minor money cheques at Randwick, but … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago First-Up Strike Rate Points To Malahide Comeback jockey Matt McGillivray believes Malahide can enhance her reputation as a first-up specialist at Doomben.The Michael Costa-trained mare has … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Furious Set To Sort Out Sydney’s Fillies While much has been made of the class of Sydney’s three-year-old colts and geldings, the fillies have presented as a … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago McEwen Stakes 2020 racing tips, best bets & form guide Moonee Valley hosts two Group 2 races on Saturday, with the 1000m Mitty’s McEwan Stakes set to jump at 3:30pm … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Penza Suffers Multiple Fractures In Fall Hard-working NSW jockey Jeff Penza will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering multiple breaks to his left leg as well as … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Pride of the south returns The pride of the south, Group 1 winner Patrick Erin, will begin his spring campaign at Wingatui on Sunday where … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Tramway Stakes 2020 betting tips, best odds & form guide A terrific field has been assembled for the Group 2 Tramway Stakes at Randwick, with Dreamforce holding favouritism over Vanna … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Sir Beets breaks maiden Three-year-old colt Sir Beets cleared maiden ranks on Wednesday, winning the Aquashield Roofing Maiden (1100m) at Otaki. Ridden by Johnathan … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Doomben betting odds & quaddie tips – Saturday, 5 September 2020 Horsebetting.com.au brings you the best odds, value bets and quaddie selections for Saturday’s nine-race card at Doomben … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Ryan pair boast fitness edge in Feehan Trainer Nick Ryan has two of the eight runners in the Feehan Stakes in Mahamedeis and Sircconi and he’s hoping … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Berry hoping Angel can shine in Chelmsford A handy array of rides awaits jockey Tommy Berry at Randwick, including Group One winner Angel Of Truth for Team … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Trainer says Bella ready to fly in McEwen Will Clarken believes his flying mare Bella Vella is in a happy place after an undefeated preparation and can continue … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Expensive gamble pays off for Winx sibling Vegas Showgirl, the mother of champion wonder mare Winx, has just given birth to a filly that appears remarkably similar … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Betfair told to stop operating on HK races Betting exchange Betfair has been told to cease and desist from operating on Hong Kong racing without permission from authorities … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago McEvoy partnership hits the ground running Tony McEvoy and his son Calvin could not have wished for a better start to their training partnership with a … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Bosson back on Belle Fortuna Syndications Director, John Galvin, has confirmed Opie Bosson will ride Melody Belle in the second leg of the Hawke’s … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Miss Federer to commence spring campaign Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston is expecting a bold showing fresh-up from multiple stakes winner Miss Federer, as the well-named daughter … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Group 3 Concorde Stakes an Everest pipe-opener Three of the leading chances for the $14 million Everest will be in display in the Group Three Concorde Stakes … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Guineas tilt for impressive maiden winner Three-year-old gelding Caithness Kid will get his first opportunity at stakes level when he lines-up in the Listed HS Dyke … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Bons Away on trial for Group 1 Moir in McEwen Six-year-old Bons Away will be out to claim his first Group race win in the McEwen Stakes at The Valley … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Jockey Sam Clipperton outed for one month Jockey Sam Clipperton’s spring carnival is in disarray after he was suspended for a month on a running and handling … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Tony Sears continues to plunder QTIS races The only downside for trainer Tony Sears when he won another QTIS race with Red Bloom was it wasn’t in … Read More Australia horse racing news, Hong Kong horse racing news 5 years ago HKJC response to Betfair offering betting exchange wagering on Hong Kong racing The Hong Kong Jockey Club is committed to upholding uncompromising integrity as a world-class racing club. Without prior consultation with … Read More Australia horse racing news, Hong Kong horse racing news 5 years ago Pure Legend to find a new Hong Kong home Pure Legend has led throughout under Ben Melham to win the Ladbrokes Odds Boost Plate at Sandown … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Westport out to extend winning sequence Westport will be chasing her fourth straight win, and first victory in Melbourne, when she runs for the first time … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Lindsay Park with four hopes in Group 2 Feehan Harlem, Fifty Stars, Sikandarabad and French import Neufbosc are set to represent Lindsay Park in the John F Feehan Stakes … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Snoopy set for consolation at Eagle Farm Veteran galloper Snoopy is due for a consolation win at Eagle Farm after missing a big prize money race at … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago The Shark set for Australian debut Exciting New Zealand galloper Te Akau Shark will kick-off his spring campaign in Australia on Saturday where he will contest … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Finalists for Fred Hoysted Medal announced Charlie Appleby, Tony McEvoy, Patrick Payne, Adam Trinder and Chris Waller have been announced as finalists for the 2018-19 Fred … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Daffodil Raceday raises record funds for Cancer Society Tarzino Trophy TAB Daffodil Raceday raised $40,000 for Hawke’s Bay cancer patients and their families, surpassing the previous fundraising record … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago RQ to modernise Racing Advisory Panels Racing Queensland intends to appoint two independent members to its Racing Advisory Panels in the three codes … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Baker-Forsman switch focus to Victoria Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman kicked-off their Australian spring in the best possible fashion on Saturday with Quick … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Morley going with the Breeze in Australia If you don’t go, you won’t know. That’s the mindset South Auckland trainer Allan Morley is taking with Melbourne Cup … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago No clear topweight for Melbourne Cup Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter says he is finding it difficult to assess the weights for the Melbourne Cup … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Hush Writer ready to make Australian debut Import Hush Writer is set to make his Australian debut in a 2040m-race at Moonee Valley as he begins a … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 6 years ago Shum seeks another Super result on Wednesday Trainer Danny Shum is no stranger to success in the Hong Kong Airlines Million Challenge, having won the Happy Valley … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Group racing to wait for Williams pair Trainer Danny Williams has weighed up Rosehill options for Don’t Give A Dam and She Knows who will be kept … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Henry Dwyer hopes filly gains Valley start Trainer Henry Dwyer is hoping filly Alexandra Dreaming makes the Atlantic Jewel Stakes field after an impressive Sandown debut win … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Jockey Billy Egan banned for four months Victorian jockey Billy Egan has been outed for four months after a positive result to a banned substance in a … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago VRC keen for a local win in Melbourne Cup After spending years luring international horses to the Melbourne spring, Leigh Jordon would now like to see more locals in … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Hartnell fresh and well for G2 WFA race Multiple Group One winner Hartnell has continued preparations for the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes with a pleasing solo gallop … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Mitchell adds to international flavour Northern Champion jumps jockey Michael Mitchell has answered an SOS call from the other side of the world to take … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Sunlight out of Run To The Rose The Tony McEvoy-trained Sunlight has an elevated temperature and will not take part in the Group Two Run To The … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Brisbane trainer Kelso Wood died aged 72 Tributes have flowed for Group One-winning trainer Kelso Wood who has died in Brisbane after a long illness … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Ohceedee turns tables on Aim Smart The Steven Cole-trained Ohceedee was able to turn the tables on Aim Smart in the Paul Bayes Livestock Mile (1600m) … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Murdoch-trained Mihaul euthanised Talented galloper Mihaul was euthanised on Monday after sustaining multiple knee fractures on Saturday. The Moira and Kieran Murdoch-trained five-year-old … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Enable set to return at Kempton Enable remains on course to make her eagerly awaited seasonal reappearance in the September Stakes … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Williams unlikely for Houtzen gallop Craig Williams is unlikely to ride Houtzen in a Moonee Valley gallop ahead of the filly’s spring return at the … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago G1 winner Lasqueti Spirit to be rested VRC Oaks winner Lasqueti Spirit will be sent to the spelling paddock after failing in the first two starts of … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago From Group Two win to six-week ban Jockey Josh Adams has gone from the high of a Group Two win to the low of a six-week suspension … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Catchy expected to head to Danehill Stakes Catchy has been nominated for the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes but the Blue Diamond winner is expected to take on … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Gingernuts on track for Caulfield Cup Gingernuts has come through the first start of his Caulfield Cup campaign in New Zealand in good order … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Russian Revolution favourite for McEwen Group One-winning sprinter Russian Revolution is scheduled to have a gallop at Moonee Valley ahead of his return in the … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Return race for Tavago still to be decided Tavago has pleased his co-trainers in a Cranbourne trial but they are still weighing up whether to run him in … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Menari all the rage for Run To Rose Menari will stake his claims for the Group One Golden Rose when he runs in the lead-up at Rosehill … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Melham fails in careless riding ban appeal Jockey Ben Melham has had his appeal against a seven-meeting careless riding suspension dismissed … Read More Australia horse racing news, Hong Kong horse racing news, Horse Racing News 7 years ago Racing Twitter wrap: Weekend of wizardry as Magics dominate A pair of supernatural performances took centre stage as we look back at the best racing Tweets from the opening … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Kerrin McEvoy inducted to SA Hall of Fame Dual Melbourne Cup-winning rider Kerrin McEvoy has been inducted into the South Australian Hall of Fame … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Craig Williams wins Scobie Breasley medal Jockey Craig Williams has won his fifth Scobie Breasley medal for riding excellence and Winx has been named Victoria’s Horse … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Quiet Reflection wins second G1 sprint Three-year-old filly Quiet Reflection has beaten a field of older horses in the Haydock Sprint Cup to record a second … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Danielle Johnson to ride Sofia Rosa Connections of Sofia Rosa have recruited New Zealand jockey Danielle Johnson to ride the mare in the Group One Makybe … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Group One winner Gust Of WInd retired A heart fibrillation has ended the career of Group One winner Gust Of Wind, the last horse to beat Winx … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago San Telmo on Lismore Cup path Former Sydneysider San Telmo has earned a start in the Lismore Cup with victory in at Eagle Farm … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Cummings training base at Hawkesbury James Cummings and Anthony Cummings are the latest trainers to have a presence at Hawkesbury … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Yankee Rose pleases trainer in gallop Trainer David Vandyke has given Yankee Rose the green light to travel to Sydney for the Golden Rose after the … Read More Horse Racing Tips 8 years ago Question over Omei Sword as Astern firms for Golden Rose PUNTERS should take caution when betting on Omei Sword to win the Group 1 Golden Rose on September 10. 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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is accepting applications for its Board of Directors, Racetrack Safety Standing Committee and Anti-Doping and Medication Control Standing Committee. The board and standing committees play a critical role in developing, implementing and enforcing HISA's Racetrack Safety and ADMC Programs. Qualified candidates interested in serving on the board or standing committees can submit a Nominee Screening Questionnaire, along with a statement of interest and resume, to Anjali Salooja at anjali.salooja@hisaus.org. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis at such time as vacancies arise. Currently, only the ADMC Standing Committee has vacancies. The post HISA Seeks Board, Committee Applications appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features an €800,000 filly. 14.40 Lingfield, Debutantes, £6,300, 2yo, f, 6f (AWT) CATHEDRAL (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) debuts for Amo Racing and the Ralph Beckett stable, with the tag attached of being the joint-top-priced filly at the Arqana May Breeze-Up at €800,000. Out of a daughter of the G1 Matron Stakes heroine Emulous (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and half-sister to the G1 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Bluestocking (GB) (Camelot {GB}), she holds an entry in next weekend's G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes so it will be interesting to see what connections decide if she makes the perfect start. 19.30 Kempton, Novice, £9,900, 2yo, 7f (AWT) BYBLOS (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a significant newcomer for Juddmonte, being a half-brother to the operation's G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and G1 Phoenix Stakes hero Siskin (First Defence). Introduced by John and Thady Gosden at a track at which they have launched many smart types, the homebred encounters 13 peers. The post Too Darn Hot Breeze-Up Sensation Debuts At Lingfield appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Gredley family's Ambiente Friendly (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), second in the 2024 G1 Derby, will gain the services of Christophe Soumillon when he contests the G2 Prix Niel on Sept. 15, according to trainer James Fanshawe. The Listed Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes hero, who was third in the G1 Irish Derby, was last seen running 10th in the G1 International Stakes at York on Aug. 21. The Group 2 is a pointer for the Oct. 6 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Fanshawe said, “That's the plan–all being well, he goes for the Niel and Christophe Soumillon has been booked. He seems really well.” The post Ambiente Friendly Set For Prix Niel, As Soumillon Gets The Call Up appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saratoga works for many reasons. The combination of great racing, a historic venue, iconic races like the GI Whitney S. and the GI Travers are reasons why more than one million fans file through the turnstiles every meet and the handle for the season now tops $800 million. But Saratoga's success also has a lot to do with its exclusivity. It's only open for eight weeks and there are just 40 racing days. That, as much as anything else, is what makes it special. There's an opening day and there is a closing day. Saratoga doesn't gets stale. But somewhere there is a tipping point. There has to be. And it appears that the New York Racing Association is going to put that to the test once again. NYRA CEO and President Dave O'Rourke told reporters over the weekend that discussions have begun that could lead to even more racing and even more racing dates in 2025. The idea is to take the final weekend of the 2025 Belmont at Aqueduct meet and add that to the Saratoga schedule. They are also talking about adding a fifth day onto the GI Belmont S. Festival in June. NYRA has yet to work out all the details and any changes must be approved by its board and the New York Gaming Commission, but O'Rourke sure sounded like someone who wants there to be more Saratoga. “That requires Board approval,” O'Rourke told the TDN's Mike Kane when asked about adding days to the season. “That requires state approval. You're just asking me, what's on the table, what we're thinking about? That's one of the things we're thinking about.” O'Rourke said the extra dates wouldn't necessarily mean a longer Saratoga meet because the early July dates would technically fall under the Belmont meet, which is being held at Aqueduct until the new Belmont Park is ready to open for business. That, however, is simply a matter of semantics. Extra Saratoga dates, no matter what you want to call them, means more Saratoga. For more than 100 years, Saratoga was always a four-week meet that featured 24 days of racing. In the nineties, NYRA began to increase the number of days at the meet. In 2019, NYRA settled on what is the current format, an eight-week, 40-day meet. You could hardly blame them. The Saratoga meet had turned into a cash cow and running there as opposed to Belmont or Aqueduct means a substantial amount of extra revenue from betting handle. But at what cost? The quality of the everyday racing has gone downhill since NYRA began adding on dates. At eight weeks, the meet, by the time it's over, can seem like a long slog. But because so much more is bet on racing at Saratoga when compared to Belmont and Aqueduct figures, NYRA, one could argue, is doing its job by maximizing revenue. But at some point, this has got to stop. If you expand next year, what's next? Will Saratoga ultimately be open from the July 4 weekend all the way through Labor Day? Or from the Belmont weekend to Labor Day? That has always loomed as a possibility. At one point this will no longer qualify as a boutique meet. Nine, 10 weeks. Fifty days of racing. Sure that would mean more money for NYRA, but being that NYRA is a not-for-profit company, they should care about both being good stewards of the sport and the bottom line. I was also against the expansion to eight weeks, but will now admit that it has worked about better than I had ever imagined. NYRA has found the right formula in eight weeks–40 days. It is a lot of racing and a lot of days, but Saratoga, even with all the extra days of racing, has remained special. So why would a few extra days matter? They may not, but NYRA is pressing its luck. The public has spoken. People gravitate to the tracks that have short meets (think Keeneland and Kentucky Downs). At some point, the goose no longer lays the golden egg. It was a good meet at Saratoga and the fact that there was only one breakdown during the races is a credit to NYRA and its veterinary team. The Travers was the race of the year and the attendance and handle numbers have held steady over the last four, five years. There's nothing to fix. The Euros Win the Nashville Derby There should be a lot of trainers in Europe who are kicking themselves after the running of the $3.1-million GIII Nashville Derby Invitational at Kentucky Downs. Attracting European horses to the meet is still a work in progress and only two were entered in the Nashville Derby. But that was enough. The victory went to Bellum Justum (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), whose credentials in Europe were modest. He was second in the G3 Gordon Stakes in his start before the Kentucky Downs race. Probably not among the 50 most talented horses in Europe, he defeated Carson's Run (Cupid), the best 3-year-old grass horse in the U.S., by 2 1/4 lengths for the team of Frankie Dettori and trainer Andrew Balding. Perhaps some of the European trainers are scared off by the fact that non-Kentucky breds do not earn as much at Kentucky Downs as do the Kentucky-breds. But Balding was smart enough to figure out that, even with a smaller slice of the pie, running in the Nashville made sense. His colt earned $1,054,310 with the victory in the type of payday that he could never dream of having if racing in Europe. There will be a bigger contingent of European shippers for Saturday's card, which features six stakes, every one of them valued at $2 million. Those races attracted six European shippers, including three from the Aidan O'Brien stable. The list of European horses running that day includes the Charlie Hills-trained Ancient Rome (War Front), who will be looking to win the GIII Mint Millions S. for the second straight year. He is a Kentucky-bred. European grass horses are simply better than American turf horses, something that trainers from Ireland, France and Great Britain should be looking to exploit more and more at Kentucky Downs. How Florent Geroux Stole the Flower Bowl It may seem inconceivable, but a Chad Brown-trained horse went off at 31-1 in the GII Flower Bowl S. at Saratoga. The bettors dismissed the Brown-trained Idea Generation (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) after she finished a lackluster fifth in a first-level allowance race in her previous start. Little did anyone know that the opposing riders were all going to fall sleep and gift-wrap the win for Idea Generation. Jockey Florent Geroux put his filly on the lead and she opened up by six lengths after the opening half-mile. The pace was glacial, something that happens far too often in grass stakes at the NYRA tracks. The early fractions were 2:6.08, :51.92, 1:18.20. With that kind of trip, she was able to beat some horses that are clearly better, like runner-up War Like Goddess (English Channel), who closed late, but couldn't catch the runaway winner. Credit to Geroux, the only jockey in the race that was smart enough to figure out that taking the lead would enhance his chances. Lukas Gets His Saratoga Winner Wayne Lukas couldn't have been happy with the meet he had at Saratoga. He won just two races from 33 starters, but the second of two winners was special. On Monday, Lukas won the first race, a maiden special weight for 3-year-olds and upward, with Daily Grind (Medaglia d'Oro). He did so on his 89th birthday. Remarkable. The post The Week in Review: Adding Dates to Saratoga, a Case of Too Much of a Good Thing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Listed winner God Blessing (Ire) (Siyouni Fr}) will stand his first season at stud at Karwin Farm in France, Jour de Galop reported on Tuesday. He will stand for €3,000. The son of Galaxe (Fr) (High Chaparral {Ire}), herself a half-sister to G2 Prix Hocquart runner-up Galaxie Gold (Fr) (Dariyan {Fr}), was bred by Jose Delmotte's Haras d'Haspel. Raced by his breeder and trainer Damien de Watrigant, he is the third foal out of his dam, who was placed twice at the listed level in France. A €70,000 RNA Arqana September yearling, the bay won his first three starts, including the Listed Prix de Tourgeville at three. He was last seen taking the Listed Prix MGPF Technispectacle at Vichy in July of 2023. His record stands at 7-4-0-0 and $108,587 in earnings. Said Gregory Vayre of Karwin Farm, who will be standing God Blessing with Delmotte, “He is a Siyouni with a very interesting profile and size. Black-type mares or those who have produced black-type will be entitled to a covering offered by Delmotte. A few breeding rights will be on sale, at the price of €10,000 with an annual covering, as well as an additional covering to be used during the first three years.” The post God Blessing To Stand At Karwin Farm In 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

NEWMARKET, England–For the second consecutive year Havana Grey (GB) and Whitsbury Manor Stud were responsible for the highest-priced yearling at the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale as a filly by the in-demand stallion went the way of Alex Elliott, acting on behalf of Amo Racing, for 140,000gns during Tuesday's session at Park Paddocks. Lot 419 was the headline buy on a productive day for Elliott, who signed for the top three lots from the session in some shape or form. Lot 376, a Sergei Prokofiev colt offered by Chasemore Farm, is also set to sport the familiar purple silks of Amo Racing after being bought for 90,000gns, while Elliott had earlier teamed up with Billy Jackson-Stops to secure a Cotai Glory (GB) colt [lot 277] from the Houghton Bloodstock draft for 100,000gns. “I think we've bought eight in total over the two days,” Elliott said of his haul. “It's a lot of horses here for people to focus on and obviously the quality at a sale like this shows through. It's not a select sale. There are a few horses there who could have been in different books, but people brought them here to stand out and I think, generally, they've been well rewarded for doing so.” This year another 121 lots were offered compared to 12 months ago, when the Somerville Yearling Sale was held over a single session, and yet the aggregate increased by just 3%. Of the 426 yearlings offered, 316 sold for a total value of 8,927,500gns. The clearance rate of 77% represented a 13% decrease on last year, while the average fell by 11% to 28,252gns and the median by 19% to 22,000gns. Only three yearlings achieved a six-figure price this year compared to seven in 2023. Incidentally, the 140,000gns Elliott paid for the Havana Grey filly is the fourth highest price in the short history of the Somerville Yearling Sale. She is out of a half-sister to the G2 Sapphire Stakes winner Stepper Point (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), who was also runner-up at the top level in the King's Stand Stakes and Nunthorpe Stakes, while the Listed scorer and G2 Temple Stakes third Lady In France (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) is another of the dam's siblings. “She was the standout filly for me over the two days and I love the pedigree,” Elliott added. “She's quite young so there is a lot of improvement to come. She has a bit of length to her and she just has loads of quality–I loved her when I first saw her. I thought she was the one to get and, luckily, Kia [Joorabchian of Amo Racing] thought the same.” Cotai Glory Emerges from the Shadow of Studmates Tally-Ho Stud stallions Mehmas (Ire) and Starman (GB) have each had their fair share of column inches devoted to them in the last week or so, one fast becoming the kingpin on the roster and the other a first-season sire starting to make a name for himself. On Tuesday, however, it was another member of the team based in Mullingar who was able to enjoy his moment in the limelight as Elliott and Jackson-Stops came away with the Cotai Glory (GB) colt, the only other six-figure lot to sell on Tuesday. Lot 277 is out of the unraced Dutch Art (GB) mare Millvina (GB), a half-sister to the G2 Temple Stakes heroine Priceless (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) among others. “I think Cotai Glory constantly punches above his weight,” Elliott said of the sire perhaps best known for producing the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye scorer The Platinum Queen (Ire). “This horse was George Scott's pick of the sale and we're delighted to get him. He comes from a very good farm and he's got a very fast pedigree. He looks like a horse that we can really get on with.” “He's been bought for Valmont and Michael Blencowe,” Elliott added. “We started the partnership last year and we're going to do the same again with two going to George, two to Andrew Balding and two to Ralph Beckett. We actually run a horse tonight up at Newcastle called West Acre who George thought a lot of earlier in the year–hopefully, it's the start of a good day.” The last remark certainly proved prophetic given Elliott's exploits through the afternoon, so too what happened at Gosforth Park where West Acre (Ire) made no mistake on debut as the 6-5 favourite. In doing so he became Mehmas's 45th individual two-year-old winner in Europe in 2024, 18 more than any other stallion. Middleham Park Land Sibling to Star Sprinter One of Mehmas's flagbearers this season has been the G2 Sapphire Stakes winner and G1 Nunthorpe Stakes runner-up Believing (Ire), so all eyes were on her half-brother, by another relatively unheralded Tally-Ho resident in Inns Of Court (Ire), when he went through the ring as lot 279. The colt was offered by Dermot Kilmartin of Kildallan Farm–whose 15-year-old son Ruairi made headlines here on Monday when his Dark Angel (Ire) filly sold for 70,000gns–and he capped quite the 48 hours for the family when selling to Highflyer's Anthony Bromley, Eve Johnson Houghton and Middleham Park for 75,000gns. Middleham Park's Tom Palin confirmed that Johnson Houghton will be the lucky recipient of the well-related colt, who is by the same sire as several other talented performers to have carried their blue and orange colours. They are headed by The Strikin Viking (Ire), who the team sold to Wathnan Racing after his runner-up finish in the G2 Railway Stakes, along with the Listed winner and G3 Oak Tree Stakes third Ziggy's Dream (Ire). “I thought that he was one of the standout specimens of the sale,” Palin summed up, before delivering a pun which served to highlight that the colt must have been on his mind for a while. Either that or he's just a far quicker thinker than I expect I would be with the phones of the press pack thrust in my face. “The page is there for the world to see–I suppose seeing is Believing, isn't it?” he joked. “He walks for fun and obviously we have a big love affair with Inns Of Court. Maybe he's not everybody's cup of tea as a sire, but for us he can do no wrong. “The stars aligned and I'm staggered that we got him for what we did. I thought he was probably a 100 grand horse, although he could look expensive in 12 months' time if it doesn't go the right way!” Mohaather Colt Brings it Full Circle for the Johnson Houghtons Roles were briefly reversed for Eve Johnson Houghton at a sale where the purchases she was involved in nearly reached double digits, working closely with Highflyer's Anthony Bromley throughout. Indeed, the shoe was firmly on the other foot when it came to the turn of lot 362 to go under the hammer, the Mohaather (GB) colt having been bred by Johnson Houghton out of the unraced Kendargent (Fr) mare Reprieval (Fr). He is a half-brother to Betty Clover (GB) (Time Test {GB}), another homebred who won the Listed Marygate Stakes at York back in May, although her trainer-owner wasn't in attendance on the Knavesmire to see it happen. “I was at Newbury and the whole of the course knew as I was screaming her home–it was really embarrassing,” Johnson Houghton said of that success, doing a better job of keeping her cool this time after the Mohaather colt, who was consigned by Hillwood Stud, had sold to Oliver St Lawrence for 70,000gns. “I tried to sell him as a foal and couldn't,” Johnson Houghton added. “Mum needed a colt foal to run with her colt, so she bought him off me. I thought he'd make 50,000gns, and he made 70,000gns, so I am thrilled.” The role played by Johnson Houghton's mother, Gaie, in the origin story of this colt certainly shouldn't be understated. Lest we forget, it was Gaie who bred the G1 Sussex Stakes winner and promising young sire Mohaather, before he was sold for 110,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Talking points Whitsbury Manor Stud was the sale's leading vendor with 11 yearlings sold for an average of 56,455gns. These included two of the top ten yearlings, by the stud's resident stallions Havana Grey (GB) and Showcasing (GB). Havana Grey may have ruled the roost but it has been a promising sales season for Tally-Ho Stud's newcomer Starman (GB) so far. Of 22 yearlings catalogued for the Somerville Yearling Sale, 17 were sold for an average of 31,882gns. These included the top lot of Monday's session, a filly out of Get Up And Dance (GB), who sold for 100,000gns to Richard Ryan. Coolmore's Sioux Nation, who provided the stiffest opposition to Havana Grey in the battle to be crowned leading first-season sire when their first runners hit the track in 2022, enjoyed a successful sale of his own with six yearlings selling for an average of 48,667gns. That was the highest average of any stallion in the top 20 on the sires' table, with lot 87, a colt from Galbertstown Stables, leading the way when selling to Robson Aguiar for 60,000gns. Last year you had to travel your finger down to the 18th name on the sires' table, Galiway (GB), to find a stallion who had won much beyond a mile. This year it was Lope De Vega (Ire), down in 23rd, who did the most to fly the flag for stallions with a win to their name over at least ten furlongs. It's safe to say that this sale is delivering exactly what it has always promised as a reliable source of fast and precocious sorts. A total of 886 of those fast and precocious yearlings have been offered in the last week or so–460 at Doncaster and then 426 here at Park Paddocks–and it's hard to escape the conclusion that this is a market which has reached its saturation point when looking at the results across both sales. We're all well aware of the difficulties at the lower to middle tiers, but perhaps of chief concern for the team at Tattersalls will be the way those in the top bracket of this sale performed over the two days, with only three yearlings commanding a six-figure fee. Chairman's Comments “The Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale has made huge progress in its four-year history with the inaugural one-day sale in 2021 producing turnover below five million guineas and an average price of 21,000 guineas,” said Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony. “This year's renewal, while falling short of last year's across the board records, is still a long way in advance of the 2021 levels and is a clear indication of a sale which has quickly established itself as an important fixture in the European yearling sales calendar. “Nevertheless, the demand for places and the conscious decision to reduce overall numbers in the two weeks of the forthcoming Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, has resulted in a two-day Somerville Yearling Sale for the first time and a very significant increase in numbers, all of which has contributed to a clearance rate which has fallen some way short of where we would like it to be. “Certain sectors of the market have held up well, with a wide-margin record number of lots selling for 50,000 guineas or more, but the evident softening of the market at the lower levels, which has been a consistent theme this year, also reflects prevailing economic realities which we are all aware of. “As with every sale at Tattersalls we will assess all the factors at play with a view to establishing the optimum format for the Somerville Yearling Sale going forward and in the meantime we look forward to Books 1 to 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and to seeing Somerville yearlings continue to excel on the racecourse where it matters most.” Buy of the Day The late Dandy Man (Ire) was a consistent source of high-class sprinting two-year-olds in his time at Ballyhane Stud and it would take a brave soul to bet against him coming up with another one from this penultimate crop of yearlings to go through the ring at Tattersalls. Lot 339 certainly has the credentials of one who should be winning races as a two-year-old and he's going to a prolific trainer of such horses in Archie Watson, who bought the colt in tandem with Blandford Bloodstock for just 14,000gns. Offered by Throckmorton Court Stud, he is out of the Acclamation (GB) mare Positive Mentality (Ire), a three-race maiden for Michael Dods, while the second dam is a half-sister to the G3 Prix du Bois winner Dolled Up (Ire) (Whipper) and Listed scorer Zeiting (Ire) (Zieten). Zeiting is in turn the dam of six black-type performers, while another sibling by Acclamation, Madany (Ire), has produced top-class talents such as Eqtidaar (Ire) and Massaat (Ire) among others. Golden Touch A 15,000gns purchase at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, this colt from the first crop of Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) is out of the winning Bahamian Bounty (GB) mare Miss Bunter (GB), who is the dam of three winners from four runners, including the Listed-placed Alwasmiya (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}). Miss Bunter is also a half-sister to a pair of talented performers by Dutch Art (GB), namely Dutch Masterpiece (GB), who won the Flying Five Stakes when it was run as a Group 3, and Dutch Decoy (GB), a nine-time winner for the Johnston yard. Lot 280 from this family sold to JC Bloodstock for 55,000gns. The post New Sale Format but Same Old Story as Havana Grey Filly Stars at Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Classic-winning jockey Hollie Doyle has no plans to slow down after celebrating her 1,000th victory. Doyle, 27, achieved the career milestone on Leyhaimur in the six-furlong nursery Sept. 3 at Goodwood.View the full article

Entries are now being taken for Mareworthy Charities 2024 Mareworthy Stakes, an annual calendar photo contest. Current and former owners of registered Thoroughbred mares are invited to enter for a chance to win prizes, showcase their mares, and support a broodmare retirement charity. Entries close Sept. 6. More information can be obtained at www.mareworthy.com/stakes. Points for the contest are accrued over two rounds. Round one of the contest, which runs from Sept. 7-20, focuses on public votes and activities. The top 20 entrants from round one will move on to round two, which runs from Sept. 21-30 and focuses on fundraisers and other activities. Winners will be announced Oct. 5. Mareworthy Charities is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and caring for retired Thoroughbred broodmares. Last year's Mareworthy Stakes saw 45 participants raise over $3,200. The post Mareworthy Charities Hosts Calendar Photo Contest appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O'Brien earned his 50th win (33.3%) by a juvenile this year with the tally of Monumental (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) at Gowran Park on Tuesday, according to Sporting Life. It was his 31st individual 2-year-old to secure at least one victory since the start of the season. His closest pursuer is trainer Karl Burke (41 wins, 21.5%). In previous years, O'Brien accrued 26 (2023), 40 (2022) and 21 (2021) juvenile wins. His individual winners' count during that same three-year period was 28 (2023), 24 (2022), and 18 (2021). Top of the Coolmore partners' pecking order and in the overall Timefore 2-year-old standings is the undefeated multiple group winner Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) at 116p. O'Brien's 'TDN Rising Star' and G3 Acomb Stakes hero The Lion In Winter (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) sits second in the ratings with a mark of 115p. He is currently the winter favourite for both the G1 2000 Guineas and the G1 Derby. Besides Juddmonte's Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) in third for Ger Lyons at 113p, the next trio of runners are all tied at Timeform 112p and all trained by the master of Rosegreen–two-time Group 3 scorer Fairy Godmother (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), dual Group 2 winner Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), and G1 Prix Morny hero Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never). Only three Ballydoyle inmates managed a ranking above 110 in 2023, the same number as in 2022. In 2021, just one juvenile trained by O'Brien met that criteria. In 2022, O'Brien trained subsequent Coolmore sire Little Big Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) to a rank of 126p and he was crowned champion juvenile, an honour that went to stablemate City Of Troy (Justify) last year at a mark of 119p. The post Aidan O’Brien Secures 50th Juvenile Victory Of 2024 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, a paid, automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) is on the line Sept. 7 in the $2 million Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint (G2T). Nobals and Cogburn top the six-furlong race.View the full article

Trainer Brian Lynch takes two shots at the $2 million Kentucky Turf Cup (G2T) at Kentucky Downs Sept. 7, part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, with Highway Robber and Anglophile.View the full article

Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino is adding a day of live racing Sept. 26 to make up for the Thoroughbred races canceled due to a July 15 storm.View the full article

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has issued a 60-day accreditation suspension of the University of Illinois Chicago Analytical Forensic Toxicology Laboratory (UIC-AFTL), one of five laboratories contracted by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unity (HIWU) to conduct drug testing for the agency. According to RMTC executive director, Michael Hardy, the agency notified the laboratory of its “Analytical Forensic Toxicology Laboratory's suspension” Tuesday. “The Horserace Testing Laboratory Committee (HTLC), which is tasked with overseeing RMTC's Laboratory Accreditation Program, will, upon receipt, review the laboratory's response and associated corrective actions. Accreditation will not be restored until the laboratory is in full compliance with the Code,” wrote Hardy, in an email. According to federal rules, HIWU is precluded from using a laboratory that does not have RMTC accreditation. The TDN has reached out to HIWU for comment. This story will be updated as necessary. This is the second time this year the RMTC has suspended accreditation of a drug-testing facility used by HIWU. Earlier this year, it suspended accreditation of the University of Kentucky's Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory. That suspension has yet to be lifted. Hardy said he was unable to expand upon the specific reasons behind the accreditation suspension at the UIC Laboratory, but wrote that “nonconformities” were associated with the RMTC's laboratory code of standards, section 2.4.9.2. That document outlines 10 possible considerations that may prompt the RMTC to suspend its accreditation of a laboratory: – Accreditation suspensions by international lab oversight bodies. – Failure to take appropriate corrective action after unsatisfactory performance either in routine Analytical Testing or in proficiency testing. – Failure to comply with any of the requirements or standards listed in an international laboratory accreditation cooperation document. – Failure to cooperate with the RMTC or the relevant State Horse Racing Authority in providing requested documentation. – Lack of compliance with the RMTC Laboratory Code of Ethics. – Major changes in key staff without proper and timely notification to RMTC. – Failure to cooperate in any RMTC enquiry in relation to the activities of the Laboratory. – Non-compliances identified from laboratory on-site assessments. – Loss of financial and administrative support jeopardizing the quality and/or viability of the Laboratory. – Material breach of contractual obligation to a State Horse Racing Authority. The RMTC can suspend accreditation for a period of up to six months, according to the code of standards. Trainer Jonathon Wong has alleged several operational deficiencies at the UIC Laboratory during his ongoing case for a metformin positive stemming from June 1 last year. The B samples in his case were sent to the UIC facility for confirmation testing. During his latest appeal before the FTC, for example, Wong argued that UIC lab director Brendan Heffron had failed to “decant” the urine sample according to the ADMC rules, and that the lab's findings did not undergo “independent review” by two certifying scientists, as required. The UIC Laboratory's accreditation suspension marks just the latest in a series of operational and management issues at drug testing facilities used by HIWU. The agency has granted a temporary stay of enforcement to connections in six pending total carbon dioxide (TCO2) cases, all of which are out of Pennsylvania, in order to conduct a review of TCO2 analysis at the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory (PETRL). In total, 11 of the 14 pending and resolved TCO2-related cases reported since the advent of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) have concerned horses that ran in Pennsylvania. High total carbon dioxide (TCO2) levels could be an indication of bicarbonate loading–otherwise known as “milk-shaking”–which can neutralize the build-up of lactic acid in muscles, thereby helping the horse's performance. TCO2 is also naturally occurring in a horse's system. At the end of last year, the TDN reported reported on testing uniformity difficulties arising from different testing equipment, testing methodologies and sets of staff interpreting the results between the then six laboratories contracted for use by HIWU. Internal reviews of the laboratories had uncovered different limits of detection in blood for the diabetes drug Metformin and for benzoylecgonine (BZE), a metabolite of cocaine. In light of the review, HIWU explained that it had subsequently harmonized its “testing sensitivity” in blood across the six labs for these two substances, and that it would repeat the harmonization process for other drugs, including banned substances. Earlier this year, HIWU severed its contract with the UK Laboratory due to questions raised about the lab's performance, and about “personnel” matters related to the former lab director, Scott Stanley. The RMTC subsequently suspended its accreditation of the UK Lab. The RMTC originally issued a 60-day accreditation suspension period to the UK Lab, but extended that another six months on May 22 this year. While investigations into these matters at the UK Lab are still ongoing, Hardy wrote that the RMTC acknowledges the “good faith efforts and level of cooperation from the University of Kentucky's Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory” as it seeks “to achieve full compliance with the Code of Standards.” Lab accreditation is only one prong of the RMTC, which is also involved in the research, education and advocacy of horse racing's anti-doping and medication control programs. The post RMTC Suspends Accreditation of University of Illinois Laboratory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Even when they finally hired her, Dana McCreary wasn't given a uniform. She just pieced something together from her own wardrobe, vaguely matching what the male pilots had been issued. After a year's probation, she suggested that it was about time a proper uniform were organized. So they sent her to a tailor in downtown Cleveland. He just exploded, waved his arms. “And what exactly am I supposed to do with you?” “I don't know,” Dana said, shrugging. “They sent me here.” But by that stage she was well accustomed to this kind of thing. This was 1982. She doesn't view herself as a victim, looking back: just as someone making her way in the world as it was. But the fact is that she had always had to know more, in training, than most of the guys. Both her parents had been hobby fliers, they would cram the four kids into the back seat and fly to Grandma's farm the other side of Ohio. Dana can't have been more than seven when her father put her on his knee and started teaching her: here's your altitude, here's the compass, here's how you trim. She couldn't even see out of the cockpit; she was basically flying by instruments. In high school, she knew that there were no female professional pilots but figured she could at least try air traffic control. And couldn't she learn to fly regardless? “Well, sure,” her parents said. “But we're not paying for it.” “So I went out to the local airport and worked the Unicom and wrote up gas bills,” she recalls. “I was making $1.25 an hour, paid for all my flying lessons, got my private license.” Then in her senior year she heard that one of the airlines had broken the gender bar and actually hired a woman. So that settled it: she would follow through the breach. But while she was allowed (after four years of college and training) to sit in for the ground school, it was strictly on the understanding that she wasn't going to be hired-and she would meet her own costs. In one class the instructor smirked and said, “Hey guys, Dana's wearing a nice skirt today. Why don't we get her to go draw the schematic for the electrical system?” “That is truly the kind of thing that I faced,” she says. “But I didn't know any different. All I wanted to do was fly and I figured that's what you have to do.” She sailed through her tests. They shrugged, wished her luck in life. But after a while she got permission to observe a training flight. “And I was just sitting there thinking, 'I know I can do better than this,'” she recalls. “And then the instructor, it was the same one, turned to the guy that he was training and says, 'Let's see if a girl can fly this airplane.' Which was good. It inspired me.” She flew so unanswerably well-this is someone who can hand fly to 100 feet with only one engine and no autopilot-that a couple of weeks later they faced facts and hired her. No uniform, as we said, but she was 22 and her foot was in the door. That was just a regional outfit but a couple of years later she joined a national freight operator, which proved a little more enlightened, and stayed 18 years. Yet all the talent and determination that sustained a pioneering career, in pursuit of one lifelong obsession, has stood her in equally good stead in another. For her love of horses has also led her to embrace steep odds, to the point that this year she even discovered the temerity to bring in four stallions, standing between $5,000 and $2,500, to offer the market something different from the industrial farms. Yet when Dana and her late husband Gerry Aschinger bought War Horse Place, a couple of decades ago, they were still polo people who primarily wanted to cut down their travel from Ohio. “We did have a couple of mares up there, and for a time actually had a stallion as well,” she recalls. “But honestly, this wasn't my dream. Horses were always my passion, but I had no idea it was going to go the way it did. When we bought this place, it had been a division of Northridge and there was nothing here but two barns. So we built the office, built the house. And then we set it up just as a boutique broodmare facility. “The original thought process was that instead of these huge farms, where you show up to see your horse and someone might go, 'Oh, yeah, I recognize that name, let me call somebody who might know something,' we wanted people to feel like they knew how their horses were being handled every day, and by whom. We wanted War Horse Place to feel like their own personal farm in Kentucky.” To that end they even built a guest apartment above the office. The site overall is no more than 180 acres, but modesty of scale permits ambition in execution. For instance, they are up to 12 miles of new V-mesh in their fencing. And the ethic of intimacy extends to the horses. Clients remarked how foals that could hardly be caught, on other farms, at War Horse Place proved to be full of trust and curiosity. “For us, getting the foal started on the right foot has always been really important,” Dana says. “We didn't want them just standing in the field three weeks at a time. The halter's on the day after they're born, their feet are picked up, and we do the old-fashioned let out. They're not just following the mare.” Then in 2008 they got a call from Zimbabwe. There was a brother to Kingmambo standing there, Kitalpha, and his owners felt he needed a safer home. He did not present a terribly inspiring spectacle when he arrived, after a six-month odyssey, but they did right by the horse. Not only did they build a stallion barn and breeding complex, but Gerry even took out a license to train the babies. And then he also took on Dramedy (Distorted Humor), who was being sold through their consignment after showing some ability in a light career to that point. “We went into the horse's history, and it turned out that he'd had some kind of accident as a younger horse, broken his hip and pelvis,” Dana recalls. “So obviously there was arthritis in there. And he'd always come flying at the end of his races, so we thought, 'Well, this horse just needs to get warmed up.' And as soon as we figured that out, he did really well.” After winning the GII Elkhorn Stakes, indeed, Dramedy earned his turn at stud. And those experiences with stallions proved so encouraging, not least in bringing mares whose owners were on the same wavelength, has ultimately produced this sudden and enthusiastic expansion of the roster. The new recruits include the admirable Smooth Like Strait, winner of $1.8 million across four campaigns, whose owner Michael Cannon typified the process. “I'm not concerned about breeding 200 mares and going through all that,” he told them. “I just want a nice, safe place for my horse, and somewhere I can breed my mares.” Then Cannon's friend John Fradkin heard about the beautiful set-up here, just when he had Rombauer looking for a fresh start. And one thing led to another and next thing knew Sacred Life and Hog Creek Hustle were on the team, too. Initially they tried to stop at three. “But pretty soon it was just like, okay, sometimes God has a way of putting things in front of you that you need to take a look at and work out,” Dana says. “I think what we've found here is a little niche for people who really believe in their horses and want a place for them to stand. If they breed 20 or 30 mares, they're happy, they just want their horse to have a chance. The big farms don't want to deal with those horses. But the owners have really supported these stallions. James Kelly, for instance, went out and bought some very nice mares just to breed to Sacred Life. These owners are so passionate, and after they get turned down by a lot of places, you just really hope it works out for them. These are people that really care about their animals–and those are people we like to work with.” This is certainly a wholesome corner of the Bluegrass. Neighbors Crestwood have always prioritized the runner over the show pony, and on the perimeter of War Horse Place you'll see a slogan of similar intent: “Raising Racehorses.” Sure enough, graduates of the farm include the superbly hardy Whitmore, while Drain the Clock is another who came through here without going to auction. (And we shouldn't forget Kitalpha's best daughter Martini Glass, who won $900,000 across 24 starts in 26 months.) “It really does seem like a lot of the industry is mostly into selling,” Dana observes. “But most of our clients are breeding to race. Most people just don't have the patience to do that. A lot of racehorse owners don't have any experience, breeding or raising horses, and really don't understand the tremendous commitment of time and patience and money that goes into it.” She notes that the four stallions, between them, cover every possible discipline, distance or surface; Rombauer, indeed, pretty well do so on his own. “And if you're breeding to race, what more would you want?” she asks. But another who must cover all bases is Rafael Zambrano, the indispensable farm manager, whose responsibilities have duly expanded with the arrival of the new stallions. “But we have great teamwork here at War Horse Place,” Zambrano stresses. “We have a good group of people that know what they're doing in all the different aspects: mares and repro, yearlings, stallions. We just have to make sure we're organized, so that everybody knows, every time they come into work in the morning, what is to be done and when.” Zambrano's previous specialization, during 16 years as yearling manager and then assistant farm manager at Summer Wind, was sales prep. In 2008, he helped Summer Wind consecutively top the July, Saratoga and September Sales. “So yes, if I had to pick from all the different things we do, yearlings would be my first pick,” he says. “I enjoy seeing how they change. My dad used to tell me, 'Never cut corners. You'll always pay in the end.' So we try to do everything the way I was taught, the way it's supposed to be done. We had a filly last year that when she arrived, she looked like she must have had a lot of issues: if someone offered her for free, you would probably have said, 'No, thank you.' But after 65 days with us she went to the October Sale and sold for $75,000, from a $5,000 stud fee. The owners were like, 'I don't know what you did, but that was magic.'” “And that was a perfect example,” Dana adds. “The owner really hadn't seen the horse where she'd been before. They just heard, 'Oh, yeah, she's doing fine.' When she shipped in, we sent them pictures, and they were horrified. In the end it turned out very well, but it was a lot of work. Rafael does a great job. We've had some come in and you just think, 'Oh, boy.' But you just take your time and do what you can. And the horses, they like the job. They like being given something to do. “And that's exactly why we have that sign, 'Raising Racehorses.' Because I think getting a good start on them is the foundation. You go to sales and some of the horses you see, they're so nervous and scared, and you think, 'Is this the first time they've been handled in two months?' And when those go to the racetrack, it's all going to just to take a longer time to get them adjusted. So we want people who buy the yearlings to go, 'Oh, wow, this was raised at War Horse. Nice job.'” Again, this is one of the ways in which the farm's relatively intimate scale pays off. They have 20 stalls in their prep barn. Any more would stretch the standards they want to meet. The man who brought joy back into Dana's life, after she lost Gerry, is Kevin McCreary. They married last October (though their friendship actually goes back to third grade) and Kevin has eagerly embraced the War Horse project as business manager. He condenses the farm ethic to just two words: “Details matter.” “A lot of my experience comes from corporate America,” he explains. “And culture is always so important. Really culture is what trains people, which is why you have to strive so hard to get it right. So that when someone comes into it, they feel it, understand it, are able to express it. And I think that the culture we have here is all focused around the relationship with clients. “I think we've done a really nice job in matching the client to what we have. Obviously it's a business, but it is a little bit more than that: our people call constantly, visit constantly, consider themselves somewhat friends. We know about things happening in their families. And that all reflects the boutique aspect of the farm. The equine care here, I mean, it's second to none. But I think where we're able to be a little different is the way that we connect with our clients. It's hard to put all that into a word or a sentence, but there's a culture here that I think the horses feel.” And it's true. There's an unmistakable warmth to this place. You can only admire the cheerful way Dana has defied prejudice and assumptions twice over: first as a pathfinder in aviation, and now in standing four Davids against the stallion Goliaths. One way or another, this is plainly a woman who enjoys taking on the odds. “Maybe a little bit,” she acknowledges with a smile. “It is true that I never liked the uneventful. Taking off and flying and landing four hours later was boring. It was when you had to do an approach in bad weather, that was what was interesting. That's what you trained for. You have these skills that you've developed and worked on, and it's nice to be able to use them. But for me, life's not about trying to prove a point. It's about just following your passions. And that's what I do.” The post War Horses Raised to Fly High appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article