Liguria, Turn On The Jets Shine at Del Mar
Liguria shipped west to win the Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) for trainer Chad Brown while local contender Turn On The Jets took the Stormy Liberal Stakes for Phil D'Amato.
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Group 2 Winner Malavath Brings €3.2 Million at Arqana
A blizzard of seven-figure bids blew around an icy Deauville Dec. 3 as seven lots brought €1,000,0000 or more during a drama-filled session at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale.
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Renovation Complete of Belmont Pony Track With Tapeta
NYRA announced Dec. 3 the successful installation of a Tapeta Footings synthetic surface at the Belmont Park pony track. The renovation of the pony track is an element of the ongoing campaign to modernize the Belmont Park facility.
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Speaking Scout Does The Talking in Hollywood Derby
After a close defeat when second in the Twilight Derby (G2T) earlier this fall in Southern California, Speaking Scout did one better in the $402,500 Hollywood Derby (G1T) at Del Mar Dec. 3, defeating Spycatcher and Wit.
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Super Chow, Dorth Vader in Forceful Tampa Stakes Wins
A little over a month after scoring an explosive victory in the Bowman Mill Stakes during the Keeneland fall meet, jockey Chantal Sutherland and Super Chow did it again in the $50,000 Inaugural Stakes Dec. 3 at Tampa Bay Downs.
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Dr B Captures Go For Wand for Record-Setting Ortiz Jr.
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. secured a record 77th stakes win in a single season in North America when he guided Dr B to an easy victory in the Go for Wand Stakes (G3) for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up Dec. 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Dubyuhnell Outduels Arctic Arrogance in Sloppy Remsen
In partnership with e Five Racing, Stonestreet Farm had an elite juvenile in 2017 with Good Magic, that year's champion 2-year-old male. Wth West Paces Racing, Stonestreet now owns one of his best sons, Dubyuhnell, winner of the Remsen (G2).
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Julia Shining Lives Up to Expectations in Demoiselle
Coming from off the pace Dec. 3 at Aqueduct Racetrack, Julia Shining fought through the sloppy main track to take the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) two years after her older sister Malathaat.
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Wakanaka Out of Matriarch Due to EHV-1 Precautions
The California Horse Racing Board announced Dec. 3 that Matriarch (G1T) entrant Wakanaka will not be allowed to compete in the Dec. 4 race at Del Mar.
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Mind Control Bows Out With Determined Cigar Mile Score
The 6-year-old son of Stay Thirsty eked out the win over Get Her Number and White Abarrio in a photo finish that put his sheer determination and heart on display in the final start of his career.
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Desormeaux Cleared to Ride at Santa Anita Meet
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux will be permitted to ride at all 1/ST Racing tracks, including Santa Anita Park, according to a statement released by the company Dec. 2.
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HPBA of Alberta Announces 2023 Incentive Programs
The Horseman's Benevolent & Protective Association of Alberta has announced the following programs to eligible participants in 2023, including the Alberta-bred program, Alberta-sired program, and the mare incentive purchase program.
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EHV-1 Exposure Threat Quarantines More Churchill Barns
As a result of elevated risk from potential indirect transmission, barns 36 and 38 have been placed under quarantine to restrict those horses from having contact with the general population amid six cases of EHV-1 at Churchill Downs.
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Judge Sanctions Lawyers in Keeneland Radiograph Case
A Lexington judge ordered sanctions against two lawyers she found lacked a reasonable basis to continue prosecution of a purported class action based on veterinarians' admitted falsification of radiograph dates for equine sales at Keeneland.
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Baltas to Serve One Year Suspenson in California
The Dec. 2 ruling follows the CHRB investigation where Baltas' horses were captured on surveillance video being administered a pair of substances—higenamine, a stimulant, and paeonol, an anti-inflammatory—by members of Baltas' staff.
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TERF Awards $5,000 in Scholarships to Wilson College
The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) is pleased to award Wilson College $5,000 to be used for scholarship support.
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California Clarifies Equine Physical Therapy Rules
Dr. Jeff Blea, equine medical director for the California Horse Racing Board, issued a memorandum Dec. 2 related to equine physical therapy to associations, CTT, TOC, trainers, owners, veterinarians, and horsemen.
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Stars Could Be Aligned for McGaughey Colt Out West
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Government Reveals Settlement Talks in Servis Case
The U.S. Attorney's office asked for a delay in making certain pre-trial filings in the criminal case against Jason Servis, citing "discussions regarding a potential pre-trial disposition."
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Bloodstock Agent, Consultant Clemons Dies at 82
Longtime bloodstock agent and equine consultant Harley Clemons died Nov. 30 in Central Kentucky. He was 82.
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Treve Sisters Lead Haras du Quesnay Dispersal at Arqana
The end of an era will play out at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale, which begins in Deauville on Saturday, with the four-day auction hosting the dispersal of stock from the Head family's famed nursery Haras du Quesnay.
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Mind Control's Long Career Culminates in Cigar Mile
Anyone who bristled at Flightline heading to the breeding shed after just six races should be members of the Mind Control Fan Club.
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Sovereign Awards Return to Universal Eventspace in 2023
The Jockey Club of Canada will host the 48th annual Sovereign Awards ceremony to honour Canada's champions of 2022 at one of Toronto's premier venues, Universal Eventspace.
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KY HBPA's Maline to Retire Dec. 31, Clabes Interim ED
Marty Maline is retiring as executive director of the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association on Dec. 31 after almost 47 years in the post.
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Schosberg on 1999 Cigar Mile Win of Affirmed Success
As trainer Rick Schosberg calls it a career at the end of 2022, the widely respected horseman has had time to reflect on some of the shining moments. Among these merits are a redeeming victory in the 1999 Cigar Mile with Affirmed Success.
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Crown Pride Duels T O Keynes in Champions Cup in Japan
Crown Pride, a key player in the Kentucky Derby (G1), seeks a top-level win in the Champions Cup (G1) in Japan, racing last year's winner and others.
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TIF: Tampa Stewards Miss Unfair Start, Revise Procedure
Stewards at Tampa Bay Downs have revised their procedures after acknowledging they missed an incident at the start of the third race there on November 25. Bettors who wagered on the gate-hampered Cash Call Kitten did not receive refunds.
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Santa Anita's Upcoming Meet to Offer Record Purses
Santa Anita's Classic Race Meeting, which opens for a winter/spring run on Monday, Dec. 26, will offer horsemen the largest purse structure in Santa Anita's storied 88-year history with significant increases in both allowance and stakes race monies.
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Record-Breaking Tattersalls Dec. Mares Sale Concludes
Despite quieter trade on the final day of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale Dec. 1, the 2022 edition will go down in the history books as the record total spent had been smashed by the third of the four sessions.
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Regal Glory Goes for Second Matriarch at Del Mar
Closing out her career at Del Mar, Regal Glory could give trainer Chad Brown his fifth Matriarch (G1T) in the last six years.
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Tides Favor Speed Boat Beach in Cecil B. DeMille
After experiencing his first defeat when ninth after pressing a hot pace in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) at Keeneland, Speed Boat Beach will look to get back on track in the $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) Dec. 4 at Del Mar.
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Former TOC Chairman Jack Owens Dies
Jack Owens, Thoroughbred Owners of California's longest-serving board member, passed away on Nov. 21 of a heart attack. First elected to the TOC board in 1995, he had just retired from board service this past July.
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Bankit Among Three NY-Bred Champions in Thunder Rumble
Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing's multiple graded stakes-placed Bankit will face two other reigning New York-bred champions in the $125,000 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes.
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Novo Sol, Who's the Star Renew Rivalry in Valedictory
The Dec. 4 CA$150,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3), a route test at 1 1/2 miles on the Woodbine synthetic main track, has attracted 12 starters, including the promising Novo Sol.
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Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Date Set for 2023
The 2023 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held on April 5, 2023, at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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Off-Turf Commonwealth Remains Listed After Evaluation
The American Graded Stakes Committee has determined the Commonwealth Turf Stakes remains a listed race after evaluating the off-the-grass race per its procedures.
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Suspended Vet Chan Expected to Plead Guilty in PED Case
Dr. Alexander Chan, a New York-based veterinarian accused of working with disgraced trainer Jason Servis to administer performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses, is expected to change his plea to guilty in a hearing Dec. 5 in U.S. District Court.
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Bluebirds Over, Honor D Lady Pointed to Turf Stakes
Bluebirds Over and Honor D Lady will be pointed to 3-year-old turf stakes during the upcoming Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park following the promising stakes performances over Woodbine's Tapeta synthetic track Nov. 26.
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TOBA November Member of the Month
Recently, Romeo, part of First Row Partners, entered the winner’s circle with his first grade 1 winner Goodnight Olive, co-owned by First Row and Team Hanley, registered a solid 2 3/4-length victory in the August 28 Ballerina Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
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Anesthetic Use Leads to Suspension for Kelly Von Hemel
Residual medication used as a local anesthetic lingered in the system of 3-year-old gelding Miniconjou and showed up in a post-race test after the horse won his second consecutive start at Oaklawn Park May 6 for then-trainer Kelly Von Hemel.
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Quickly Park It Goes for Three Straight Wins in Durante
The Prospect Park daughter broke her maiden on second asking at Del Mar Aug. 28. She followed that by taking the Pike Place Dancer Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Oct. 29.
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Hall of Famer Mott to Have Small String at Oaklawn
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said he will have five stalls at the Oaklawn Park meeting that is scheduled to begin Dec. 9. The allotment coincides with Mott's son, Riley, recently beginning his training career and having a stable at Oaklawn.
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TOBA December Member of the Month
A product of Randy Lowe’s one-mare broodmare band, Golden Pal registered back-to-back Breeders’ Cup victories in 2020 and 2021. And in 2022 Golden Pal competed in his third consecutive World Championship, heralding Lowe’s remarkable rise.
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Spriet Receives UC Davis Clinical Excellence Award
University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medicine department recently honored faculty members with awards for excellence in teaching and research, including Dr. Mathieu Spriet, who received the 2022 Clinical Excellence Award.
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Fallon, Dettori Recall Greatness of Late Ouija Board
Jockeys Kieren Fallon and Frankie Dettori have hailed Ouija Board as "the best filly I've ever ridden" as they recalled their memories of riding the wonder mare following her death at the age of 21.
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Denali to Disperse Generazio Stock at Keeneland January
The opportunity to purchase horses owned by prominent owner and breeder Patricia Generazio will be offered through the Denali Stud consignment at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.
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HISA, HIWU Execs Available for 1-on-1s at Symposium
Representatives from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit will be on hand at the 48th Global Symposium on Racing next week.
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The Jockey Club to Increase Import, Export Fees
The Jockey Club announced Dec. 1 that it will be increasing the fees for imports, exports, returns, and associated late payments by $50, effective Jan. 1. These fees have not been changed since 2013.
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East Coast Trainers Invade for Hollywood Derby
Trainers Graham Motion, Todd Pletcher, and Shug McGaughey are sending horses west for the Hollywood Derby.
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Denali Stud Pledges $5K One-Day Match Donation to TAA
Throughout the end of the year, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will continue to host special one-day only donation matches with some of horse racing's biggest names.
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