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Post by Makers on Aug 23, 2021 5:47:22 GMT -5
Seven horses were caught up in a backstretch spill Sunday at Del Mar that forced the seventh race to be declared null and void.
Early indications were that none of the horses or riders suffered serious injuries, according to a Britney Eurton's report on TVG. The chain reaction began with Sassy Chasey, a 3-year-old filly ridden by Diego Herrera, appeared to take a misstep early in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares racing for $25,000 under maiden-claiming conditions. The Equibase chart said she "clipped heels past the seven-sixteenths pole, initiating a chain reaction." Whiskey Blue, with jockey Kyle Frey, and Corners Up, ridden by Juan Espinoza, were the next horses to be collected in the spill. As the pan camera followed the leaders away from the accident, Phoenix Tears with Tiago Pereira, Backtoflash with Cesar Ortega, Siena Silk with Emily Ellingwood and Renegade Princess with Tyler Baze were said to have been impacted. Most of the jockeys walked or jogged off the track on their own, drawing cheers from the spectators. TVG reported that Ortega was fitted for a neck brace, Baze had chest pain and Ellingwood shaken. All three were checked on the track by paramedics. Eurton subsequently reported that all seven horses were back in their barns within minutes of the incident. While all the fillies and mares were being examined, Del Mar veterinarian Dr. Dana Stead told Eurton none appeared to have suffered anything worse than cuts. Track announcer Trevor Denman provided the same information minutes later to spectators, who again cheered the news. Bets and purse money for the seventh race were voided under California Horse Racing Board rule 1544 (b), which reads, "The stewards may declare a race no contest if mechanical failure or interference during the running of the race affects the majority of horses in such race." Only 5 of 12 starters finished the race. The 5 1/2-length victory for Mongolian Panther (7-2) was erased as was the complete order of finish by runner-up Kind But She Lies (5-2) followed by Katie's Paradise (32-1), Scream and Shout (3-1) and Big News Coming (15-1). Most multi-race wagers were revised to show the "all" option for every affected ticket. The exception was the 50-cent late Pick 4, which began with the seventh race. It was refunded. Because first responders were still attending to the spill, they had to return to their posts before the ensuing eighth race could begin. It was delayed 12 minutes.
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Horses A$$
Aug 23, 2021 12:11:44 GMT -5
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Post by cremesaver on Aug 23, 2021 12:11:44 GMT -5
Did u see Ellis horse on hwy41
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Post by Makers on Aug 23, 2021 16:06:56 GMT -5
Did u see Ellis horse on hwy41 I did, thought it was posted in this thread
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Post by Makers on Aug 25, 2021 4:03:24 GMT -5
UPCOMING MAJOR RACES
8/27 2021 Charles Town Classic (G2) 8/28 2021 Travers Stakes (G1) 8/28 2021 Personal Ensign (G1) 8/28 2021 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) 8/28 2021 Ballerina (G1)
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Post by Makers on Aug 26, 2021 10:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by Makers on Sept 7, 2021 5:23:53 GMT -5
Kentucky Downs
Kentucky Downs has emerged from novelty to an industry leader even with one of the shortest thoroughbred horse-racing meets in North America. But in those five days, which start the Saturday before Labor Day and feature only turf racing, Kentucky Downs will pay out more than $11.5 million in purses, its average daily purses the highest in North America and Europe at $2.3 million per card. The track’s average field size of about 11 horses per race also tops America, which combined with the lowest overall betting “takeout” has made Kentucky Downs the top-rated track by the Horseplayers Association of North America. Five of our 14 stakes have achieved graded status (the G3 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup, G3 Ladies Turf Stakes, G3 Turf Sprint Stakes, G3 Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes and G3 Franklin-Simpson)
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Post by Makers on Oct 27, 2021 4:50:36 GMT -5
Ellis Park will undergo major renovations, widen turf courseEllis Park’s turf course will be widened by 20 feet as part of a $14.2 million renovation to the property, representatives for the track announced during a meeting of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday. Tim Perkins, COO for Laguna Development Corporation, which owns Ellis Park, provided slides at the meeting of what the finished project could look like. The turf widening portion of the renovations was estimated to cost $3.25 million and will include a new tote board system and a four-acre pond for irrigation. Perkins spoke of the project as part of Laguna’s larger efforts to rehabilitate Ellis. “Ellis has a perception of being a run down, neglected racetrack,” Perkins said. “So we kind of took our marketing efforts slow. The efforts were rolled out slowly and we wanted to reintroduce Ellis in a new and more updated fashion.” Commissioner Mark Simendinger questioned what kind of impact the turf expansion would have on grass racing next season at Ellis Park. He also asked for a timetable on the track’s ongoing installation of a new lights system would allow for night racing “The turf expansion will not interfere with our existing turf course,” Ellis Park general manager Jeff Inman said. “So we will continue turf operations during the 2022 season. Our initial projections for the track lighting completing, our initial projections are for the 2023 season.” Along with other improvements to Ellis Park, the track's representatives also announced plans for Ellis Park Owensboro, a historical horse racing facility. The project will be licensed as a satellite facility and cost an estimated $16.7 million. Ellis Park Owensboro will include 600 HHR terminals when it opens, with the ability to expand to 800-900 terminals. Inman estimated it to be a 12-month construction project. Laguna acquired Ellis Park in 2019 and promised to spend millions of dollars to renovate the facility. Perkins claimed the company remains committed to the track, despite setbacks from the COVID pandemic and a legal challenge to HHR in Kentucky. “Since that acquisition we’ve been busy making numerous maintenance and cleanup projects around the facility in an effort to bring this 100-year-old racetrack up to a satisfactory operating level, Perkins said. According to the presentation, those improvement include a dirt track resurfacing, repaired barn walls, removal of some old barns, an improved water system and more. In addition to the Ellis Park expansion presentation, the KHRC also approved race dates for 2022, which featured several changes, including a seventh day of racing for Kentucky Downs and a Friday through Sunday with optional Thursdays schedule for winter at Turfway Park.
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Post by Makers on Dec 5, 2021 6:58:09 GMT -5
Baffert attorney: Test shows ointment led to failed Derby test ???
The following statements were sent late Friday by attorneys representing Bob Baffert and Zedan Racing in the case of Medina Spirit's failed Kentucky Derby drug test. They claim further testing has been completed by a laboratory in New York and the results "definitively resolve the matter in Kentucky and Medina Spirit should remain the official winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby."
A spokesperson for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission told Horse Racing Nation "it is our policy not to comment on ongoing investigations," but added "this is not over. There is a process and we will continue to let that play out."
Baffert attorney Craig Robertson:
"The testing of the split urine sample of Medina Spirit has now been completed by Dr. George Maylin, director of the New York Drug Testing & Research Program. By Order of the Franklin Circuit Court in Kentucky, this urine was tested 'to determine if the alleged topical administration of Otomax could have resulted in the finding of betamethasone' in Medina Spirit following the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Those results have now definitively confirmed that the betamethasone present in Medina Spirit's system did indeed come from the topical ointment Otomax and not an injection.
"In other words, it has now been scientifically proven that what Bob Baffert said from the beginning was true – Medina Spirit was never injected with betamethasone and the findings following the Kentucky Derby were solely the result of the horse being treated for a skin condition by way of a topical ointment – all at the direction of Medina Spirit's veterinarian.
"The betamethasone in an injection is betamethasone acetate. The betamethasone in the topical ointment is betamethasone valerate. Only betamethasone acetate is addressed and regulated in the rules of racing in Kentucky. Thus, the presence of betamethasone valerate in Medina S, which resulted from a topical ointment, is not a rules violation. Dr. Maylin’s testing not only confirmed the presence of betamethasone valerate, but also the absence of betamethasone acetate. This should definitively resolve the matter in Kentucky and Medina Spirit should remain the official winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
"Since May, Mr. Baffert has been the subject of an unfair rush to judgment. We asked all along that everyone wait until the facts and science came to light. Now that it has been scientifically proven that Mr. Baffert was truthful, did not break any rules of racing, and Medina Spirit’s victory was due solely to the heart and ability of the horse and nothing else, it is time for all members of racing to come together for the good of the sport. Mr. Baffert has been a tremendous ambassador for the sport throughout his 46 year Hall of Fame career and he has every intention of continuing to do so.".
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Post by Gooba on Dec 6, 2021 17:15:31 GMT -5
Medina Spirit has died 😢
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Post by Makers on Dec 12, 2021 8:37:19 GMT -5
Ms. P. and I will be crossing Oaklawn Park off our bucket list as the trek to Hot Springs begins the 17th :) An added plus!! We will meet up with Scooter and Ms. Lisa during our stay. The only downer one of our Micro shares Chasing Time is entered the 17th and if the race goes it will be run a few hours before our arrival :(
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Post by Makers on Feb 22, 2022 7:16:46 GMT -5
Medina Spirit is disqualified from 2021 Kentucky Derby winIn a move seen by many as an inevitability, the late Medina Spirit was disqualified by the state’s stewards from his position as winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby. The ruling was posted Monday after a stewards hearing via Zoom last Monday. Trainer Bob Baffert was suspended from racing in Kentucky for 90 days, to begin March 8 and end June 5, and was fined $7,500. Medina Spirit led the entire way in the May 1 race, crossing the wire first to give Baffert what was a record seventh Kentucky Derby win. But eight days after the race, Baffert announced that the Protonico colt had tested positive for betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory that is banned on race day in Kentucky. After initially denying any use of betamethasone, Baffert later admitted to the use of Otomax, a cream he said was used to treat a skin condition. "Just very disappointed in the ruling," Baffert's Kentucky attorney Craig Robertson told Horse Racing Nation. "I don't think that it is correct. It runs contrary to the facts of this case and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission rules, so we will be immediately appealing." Baffert's other attorney, Clark Brewster, agreed with Robertson. “This ruling represents an egregious departure from both the facts and the law, but the numerous public statements by KHRC officials over the last several months have made perfectly clear that Bob Baffert’s fate was decided before we ever sat down for a hearing before the three stewards,” Brewster said in a Monday statement. Brewster also noted that legal action might be coming to try and force CDI to abandon its two year ban of Baffert and his horses from its tracks, including Churchill Downs. "We are discussing all options,” Brewster told HRN. “The fact that one of the stewards is a current CDI employee raises serious and disturbing bias issues. The decision regarding CDI will come soon."
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Post by Makers on Mar 22, 2022 6:03:09 GMT -5
See how the Arkansas Derby field is shaping upEntries will be drawn on Sunday for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Arkansas Derby, a 100-40-20-10-point qualifier for the 2022 Kentucky Derby... At this point, we know of seven horses who are probable for the 1 1/8-mile race on April 2, although others are expected, said Oaklawn stakes coordinator Bart Lang. The most interesting storyline might be Secret Oath. She already is eligible for the Kentucky Oaks after winning the Honeybee (G3) for D. Wayne Lukas and will take a shot against males here. Ethereal Road would have started here if Secret Oath had not, but Lukas has said he now will go to the Blue Grass (G1). As many as four runners are expected from the Rebel (G2), including winner Un Ojo, who has 54 Kentucky Derby points, good for third on the leaderboard. Rodolphe Brisset plans to see whether his hot colt We the People can keep his undefeated streak going and pick up a Derby berth in the process. He broke his maiden by 5 3/4 lengths on debut in February and won an Oaklawn allowance by 5 lengths earlier this month. Yet to be seen is who, if anyone, will be entered by Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert. For what it's worth, Pletcher has nominated three: Emmanuel, Major General and Pioneer of Medina. Baffert has nominated four: Armagnac, Blackadder, Doppelganger and Messier. But either trainer could make a supplementary nomination for $20,000. Baffert trainees are ineligible to earn Kentucky Derby points because of his suspension by Churchill Downs.
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Post by Makers on Mar 22, 2022 6:48:19 GMT -5
See how the Arkansas Derby field is shaping upEntries will be drawn on Sunday for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Arkansas Derby, a 100-40-20-10-point qualifier for the 2022 Kentucky Derby... At this point, we know of seven horses who are probable for the 1 1/8-mile race on April 2, although others are expected, said Oaklawn stakes coordinator Bart Lang. The most interesting storyline might be Secret Oath. She already is eligible for the Kentucky Oaks after winning the Honeybee (G3) for D. Wayne Lukas and will take a shot against males here. Ethereal Road would have started here if Secret Oath had not, but Lukas has said he now will go to the Blue Grass (G1). As many as four runners are expected from the Rebel (G2), including winner Un Ojo, who has 54 Kentucky Derby points, good for third on the leaderboard. Rodolphe Brisset plans to see whether his hot colt We the People can keep his undefeated streak going and pick up a Derby berth in the process. He broke his maiden by 5 3/4 lengths on debut in February and won an Oaklawn allowance by 5 lengths earlier this month. Yet to be seen is who, if anyone, will be entered by Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert. For what it's worth, Pletcher has nominated three: Emmanuel, Major General and Pioneer of Medina. Baffert has nominated four: Armagnac, Blackadder, Doppelganger and Messier. But either trainer could make a supplementary nomination for $20,000. Baffert trainees are ineligible to earn Kentucky Derby points because of his suspension by Churchill Downs. Scooter, would love to be at Oaklawn for this
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Post by Makers on Mar 25, 2022 6:39:54 GMT -5
Baffert sends 4 Kentucky Derby prospects to new trainers
The wait for Bob Baffert to move his Kentucky Derby and Oaks contenders to eligible trainers is over. A spokesperson for the trainer confirmed that being transferred are Robert B. Lewis (G3) winner Messier, San Felipe (G2) runner-up Doppelgänger and third-place San Vicente (G2) finisher McLaren Vale to Baffert's former assistant Tim Yakteen in California.
El Camino Real Derby victor Blackadder was moved to the Kentucky-based barn of Rodolphe Brisset, who told Horse Racing Nation the colt will race next in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) at Turfway Park. Brisset already had become the new trainer for Barossa, another Baffert horse who appears to be off the Derby trail after going this week through the sales ring, albeit unsold.
The transfers of the horses, all owned by a partnership led by SF Racing, were reported first by the Los Angeles Times.
Messier is widely expected to race April 9 in the Santa Anita Derby (G1). Doppelgänger may be pointed to the April 2 running of the Arkansas Derby (G1). The next race for McLaren Vale is uncertain.
The Santa Anita Derby, Arkansas Derby and Jeff Ruby Steaks are 100-40-20-10 points preps, making each a win-and-you're-in qualifier for the Kentucky Derby. Since the cutline has never been higher than 40 since the points system went into effect nine years ago, second-place finishes are likely to result in Derby berths, too.
The Times story written by John Cherwa also said Baffert is considering the move of 3-year-old fillies to other trainers to try and qualify for the Oaks, for which no horse from his barn was nominated.
Baffert and his horses are ineligible to take part in the Derby and Oaks as part of a two-year suspension by Churchill Downs Inc. because of the drug test failed by the late Medina Spirit. That test led to the colt's disqualification as the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Baffert and his attorneys has been in Kentucky courts appealing both that ruling and his suspension.
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Post by Makers on Mar 26, 2022 6:00:22 GMT -5
Dubai World Cup 2022
Life Is Good made one of the first big statements of the racing season Jan. 29 when he scored an authoritative win over 2021 Horse of the Year Knicks Go. Now he will aim Saturday to score the winner’s share of an eight-figure purse. The Todd Pletcher-trained Life Is Good (4-5) is favored on the international morning line for the Group 1, $12 million Dubai World Cup. Post time from Meydan Racecourse is 12:30 p.m. EDT, with FS2 airing the 1¼-mile event for older dirt routers. Life Is Good is 6-for-7 lifetime, with his most recent win two months ago at Gulfstream Park in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1). He moved out to an uncontested lead entering the first turn, widened his advantage to 4½ lengths by the top of the stretch, then scored by 3¼ lengths over runner-up Knicks Go. The 4-year-old Into Mischief colt drilled at Pletcher’s Palm Beach Downs winter base before shipping to the Middle East. He will break from post position No. 1 under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. Hot Rod Charlie (3-1) prepped for the Dubai World Cup by winning a Group 2 race over the Meydan surface Feb. 4. Doug O’Neill trains the 2021 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) hero, whose other graded-stakes results include a second-place finish last June in the Belmont Stakes. Country Grammer (8-1) for trainer Bob Baffert and Midnight Bourbon (10-1) for trainer Steve Asmussen run Saturday off finishes of second and third, respectively, Feb. 26 in the Saudi Cup (G1). The former owns a Grade 1 score from last May’s Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes, while the latter has not won since January 2021 in the Lecomte Stakes (G3). As for international runners, none carry a price on the morning line shorter than the 20-1 shared by Hypothetical, Magny Cours and Real World. Magny Cours and Real World finished 10th and 11th, respectively, in the Saudi Cup. The U.S. notched a win in the 2021 Dubai World Cup thanks to the Michael Stidham-trained Mystic Guide. Arrogate (2017), California Chrome (2016) and Animal Kingdom (2013) are the other American runners to score a victory in this event over the last decade. Here is a look the other U.S.-based horses competing Saturday in Dubai World Cup undercard events. Post times for their races, which can be seen on FS2, are EDT. 8:20 a.m. – $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2), 3-and-up, one mile Bankit (10-1) is a five-time stakes winner on U.S. soil and now goes overseas for trainer Steve Asmussen in search of a first graded or group score. Jose Ortiz will ride the New York-bred, 6-year-old son of Central Banker. Bankit is joined by stablemate Snapper Sinclair (12-1), a fellow hard-knocking stakes winner who ran fourth in the 2021 Godolphin Mile. 9:35 a.m. – $1.5 million Al Quoz Sprint (G1), 3-and-up, six furlongs (turf) Casa Creed (15-1) stays in the Middle East for trainer Bill Mott off a second-place finish Feb. 26 on the Saudi Cup card in the 1351 Turf Sprint Cup (G3). Jockey Luis Saez will be aboard the Grade 1-winning, 6-year-old son of Jimmy Creed. Mark Casse trains Get Smokin (30-1), a Grade 2 victor who was runner up Feb. 5 in the Tampa Bay Stakes (G3). 10:10 a.m. – $1 million UAE Derby (G2), 3-year-olds, 1 3/16 miles Pinehurst (3-1), with jockey Flavien Prat up, leads a U.S. trio in this race that awards Road to the Kentucky Derby points on a 100-40-20-10 basis to its top four finishers. The Twirling Candy colt enters off a Saudi Derby (G3) win Feb. 26 but is ineligible for the Kentucky Derby points at stake Saturday due to trainer Bob Baffert’s two-year Churchill Downs suspension. Mott trains Gilded Age (10-1), who finished third Feb. 5 at Aqueduct in the Withers Stakes (G3). Get Back Goldie (30-1), a former claimer trained by Doug O’Neill, has raced twice at Meydan and was sixth March 5 in his last start. 10:45 a.m. – $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), 3-and-up, six furlongs Dr. Schivel (3-1), the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Sprint runner-up, runs for the third top-level score of his career. Mark Glatt trains and Prat will pilot the 4-year-old Violence colt, who starts for the first time since finishing seventh Dec. 26 at Santa Anita in the Malibu Stakes (G1). Saffie Joseph Jr. trains Drain the Clock (5-1), another Grade 1 winner who ships off a second-place finish Feb. 19 in the Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes. Wondrwherecraigis (8-1) has earned back-to-back wins for trainer Brittany Russell, with his most recent the Fire Plug Stakes on Jan. 29 at Laurel Park. O’Neill trains Strongconstitution (15-1), a stakes winner who was fifth March 5 in a Group 3 event at Meydan. 11:20 a.m. – $5 million Dubai Turf (G1), 3-and-up, 1 1/8 miles (turf) Colonel Liam (7-1) joins Life Is Good as Todd Pletcher trainees looking Saturday to build on Pegasus glory. The 5-year-old won Gulfstream’s Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) on Jan. 29 for the second straight season and has three Grade 1 wins on his ledger. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. stays aboard the son of Liam’s Map. One race later, 2021 Eclipse Award champion Yibir (3-1) leads the $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) at 1½ miles on the turf – the same distance at which he won the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 6 at Del Mar.
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