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TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021
JUDGE DELAYS RULING IN BAFFERT-NYRA
FASIG-TIPTON JULY CASE by Bill Finley
LAUNCHES BROOKLYN--After an-hour-and-forty minute hearing Monday in
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New
YEARLING SEASON York, in which lawyers representing Bob Baffert argued for a
preliminary injunction that would allow the trainer to once again
race at the New York Racing Association tracks, Judge Carol
Bagley Amon did not render a decision and did not give a time
frame for doing so.
The hearing came on the heels of a May 17 announcement
from NYRA in which the racing organization said Baffert had
been temporarily suspended, which meant he could not stable
at the New York tracks or race there. The decision came shortly
after Baffert announced that the Kentucky Horse Racing
Commission had informed him that Medina Spirit (Protonico)
had tested positive for Betamethasone following his win in the
GI Kentucky Derby. Baffert=s legal team has argued that the
NYRA ban is causing him irreparable harm for a number of
reasons, among them the fact that he currently cannot race at
Fasig-Tipton July graduate Kimari winning the GI Madison S. Saratoga, one of the premier meets in the sport. Saratoga opens
Coady Thursday, July 15.
While much of the discussion among the lawyers and the
by Christina Bossinakis judge rehashed details already made public, there was at least
The 2021 yearling season kicks off with Fasig-Tipton's July Sale one new development. To date, NYRA has not given Baffert a
Tuesday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky. With hearing. Its lawyer, Henry Greenberg, revealed that after an
just under 350 yearlings cataloged for the single-session auction, Aug. 11 board meeting, NYRA will announce the length and
the July sale, which had swelled to as many as 550-600 horses terms of Baffert=s suspension. Baffert will not be allowed to
over a decade ago, appears to have found its sweet spot--both testify at the board meeting, but will be given the opportunity to
in volume and the type of offerings--in recent times. Due to the be heard if he decides to appeal should NYRA go forward with
COVID-19 outbreak, the July Sale was cancelled last season, with its suspension.
the horses merged into the re-routed Saratoga Select and NY- Baffert=s lawyer, Craig Robertson said his client is hoping to
bred sales held in Kentucky in September. run at least three horses in Saratoga, Gamine (Into Mischief) in
AIt is very similar with previous years in terms of size,@ said the GI Ketel One Ballerina Aug. 28, Illumination (Medaglia d=Oro)
President and CEO Fasig-Tipton Boyd Browning, Jr. AAlso, the in the GI Longines Test S. August 7 and Fenway (Into Mischief) in
July sale certainly has a niche. The market really knows what to an unspecified race. He has also seen a handful of owners,
expect in July, both buyers and sellers alike. It is very important among them WinStar Farm, take horses eligible for major races
for us in a marketplace to have consistency and that our buyers in Saratoga away from him. Cont. p5
and sellers both know what to expect when they come onto the
sales grounds in July and we will continue to build on that again
in 2021.@
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filly Genuine Risk won the GI Kentucky Derby in 1980.
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VIBRANT MARKET AT FASIG-TIPTON HORA SALE 9
Front Run the Fed (Fed Biz), a stakes winner and recently Grade III-placed
WORLDWIDE INFORMATION for Klaravich Stables, topped Monday's Horses of Racing Age section of
International Editor the Fasig-Tipton July Sale in Lexington on a bid of $440,000.
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Fasig-Tipton July cont.
AWe've always had a lot of young stallions represented at this
sale and that will be the case again this year, however, after
several years of absence, we brought back the Freshman Sire
Showcase,@ said Browning. AThere is a group of yearlings by
freshman crop sires, who overall, are quite exciting.@
When asked why a formal session dedicated to first-season
sires was shelved for a few years before returning for the 2021
renewal, Browning explained, AAs the market evolved, it had
shifted for a little while where being 'new' or 'unproven' was not
popular and not in vogue around 2009-11. [In recent times] we
have seen tremendous success on the racetrack and in the sales
ring by horses by these younger sires and we thought it was an
opportune time to bring back this showcase, which was so
popular for so many years.@
Boyd Browning, Jr. | Fasig-Tipton photo
Although the younger sires will head the action Tuesday, the
elder statesmen of the game also enjoy ample representation in
this year's catalog.
AWe also have a tremendous group of yearlings by proven
stallions, some of the best stallions in the world,@ he added. AI
think we have a very good combination of a very well-balanced
catalog and most importantly, we have a group of physicals that
we love.@
And while the stallion representation remains diverse, the
foundation that the sale has built its reputation on since the
early days when Triple Crown hero Seattle Slew--by Bold
Reasoning, who was relatively unproven at the time--was
secured for a mere $17,500 in 1975 remains largely unchanged.
AThe July sale has built its reputation for over 40 years of being
a great place to showcase an early, precocious, mature, athletic
individual,@ Browning said. AI think we have a catalog full of
those types of physicals here. We are very pleased with the
overall group of physicals for the sale this year.@
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Fasig-Tipton July Preview cont.
While serving as a launching point for yearling sales season,
the July sale also fulfills a need for breeders and sellers looking
for an appropriate spot to bring their yearlings to market.
AI think this sale sets a tone,@ offered Browning. AI think the
most important thing about the yearling sales in particular is
that horses mature and thrive at different times. Throughout the
foaling season, we will have foals born from January through
June and there are certain times on the calendar which suit
certain horses better than others. What we are trying to do is to
give sellers and breeders the opportunity to maximize the
opportunity with their horse. That is to sell when he or she is
going to be at its best, for itself, but also within its peer group
that it's competing against. Not every horse matures, prospers
or thrives at the same time. So, it's important to have multiple
options and venues for sellers.@
Echoing that sentiment, Brookdale's Joe Seitz, offering horses
in both the yearling and HORA portions of the July sale, said,
AThe July sale is timed really well because it allows anybody who
wants to buy something to campaign in the summer and fall, so
it hits the calendar just right. And it seems to be growing every
year. We have had some fun offering horses out here over the
past few years. It's a model that works very well for us.@
For coverage of Monday's breeding stock and horses-of-
racing-age sales, see p9.
Yearling sales season kicks off Tuesday at the Newtown Paddocks
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Baffert, NYRA Spar In Brooklyn Court cont.
Bob Baffert | Benoit photo
Flanked by three lawyers, Baffert appeared in court, but was
not called on to testify.
Among the Baffert team, Robertson was clearly in charge and
pounded away at what have become common themes from the
trainer=s defense. Robertson argued that, by issuing a
suspension without affording Baffert a hearing, NYRA had
deprived him of his due process rights. He also alleged that, in
the case of Baffert, NYRA does not have the legal right to
exclude the trainer.
ANYRA jumped the gun and decided to be judge, jury and
executioner and suspend him,@ Robertson said. AIt was a case of
fire, ready, aim. They acted outside of their authority and they
violated his constitutional right to due process. He has a trainer=s
license issued by the New York Gaming Commission and that is a
constitutionally protected property interest which cannot be
taken away without due process. And there has been zero due
process.@
While Judge Amon was careful not to tip her hand, she did
pepper Greenberg with questions about NYRA=s failure to give
Baffert a hearing. Greenberg said one of the reasons NYRA did
not do so was because Baffert never asked for one.
AHe has to ask for one?@ she asked incredulously.
Noting the importance of the Saratoga meet and the number
of important stakes races run there, Robertson said that Baffert
would be subject to irreparable harm if not allowed to race
there.
AThe opportunity to participate [at Saratoga] is vitally
important. ASaratoga is the premier race meet in the country.
Saratoga is the crown jewel, and has 43 graded stakes races.
These races come around only once a year and if he is denied
the opportunity to participate in them, he cannot get back that
opportunity. That is irreparable harm.@ Cont. p6
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Baffert/NYRA cont.
Greenberg zeroed in on integrity issues and a need for NYRA
to suspend someone who had not only the Derby positive but
four others within the course of a year. He said Baffert has
smeared some of the biggest events in the sport, mentioning not
only Medina Spirit in the Derby, but another Betamethasone
positive, with Gamine in the GI Kentucky Oaks.
AThere=s never been anyone else who has managed to smear
the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks and has had five
violations within the span of a year,@ Greenberg said. AThat=s
what NYRA was presented with...He continues to race and all
the while, the reputation of the sport suffers.@
Greenberg also attacked the way Baffert handled the dispute
in its earliest days, which included an impromptu press
conference at Churchill Downs and several media appearances
in which he first maintained that Medina Spirit was never given
Betamethasone. He later reversed course and said it likely got
into the horse=s system because it was an ingredient in an
ointment used to deal with a skin problem.
AHe never accepted responsibility or said he was sorry,@
Greenberg said. AIn a 14-minute interview, he attacked
regulators, their integrity and their credibility and he said the
horse was never given Betamesthasone.@
Greenberg also attacked Baffert=s clumsy assertion that the
Medina Spirit positive and the ensuing uproar was a matter of
Acancel culture.@
Baffert, Robertson and Greenberg all declined to comment
afterward. So did NYRA President and CEO Dave O=Rourke, who
was in attendance along with a cadre of NYRA officials.
BERT FIRESTONE PASSES AWAY
Bert Firestone, who along with his wife Diana, enjoyed
international success at racing=s top level for decades, passed
away Monday at JFK Medical center in West Palm Beach. He was
89.
Firestone, a successful industrial real estate developer, was a
hands-on horseman--he spent a summer in the early 1950s
galloping for trainer Charlie Whittingham--whose American
racing successes led to seven Eclipse Awards. Honest Pleasure
(What a Pleasure) earned the couple=s first Eclipse statue as
champion 2-year-old of 1971 and he was followed by 1977
champion sprinter What a Summer (What Luck).
In 1980, the Firestones enjoyed perhaps their greatest
stateside success when Genuine Risk (Exclusive Native) became
only the second filly to win the GI Kentucky Derby.
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Bert Firestone Passes Away cont.
Bert and Diana Firestone lead Winchester into winner's circle
Coglianese
The filly=s victory on the First Saturday in May bettered the
previous runner-up efforts of Firestone colorbearers Honest
Pleasure and General Assembly (Secretariat) and earned the
couple, not just an Eclipse statue as leading 3-year-old filly, but
also contributed to a championship as leading owners.
Already a champion in France, April Run (Ire) (Run the
Gauntlet) earned the Eclipse Award as the top turf mare in the
U.S. in 1982 and the great Theatrical (Ire) (Nureyev) reeled off
six Grade I victories in 1987 to become the first Eclipse
champion and Breeders= Cup winner for future Hall of Fame
trainer Bill Mott.
AThey are great horse-people,@ Mott told TDN=s John Berry last
year. AThey understand horses, understand racing. They are
people who are passionate about the horses themselves and
when people are passionate about the horses as individuals,
then it makes it easy for everything to go well.@
Firestone=s Eclipse champions also include Jimmy Lorenzo (GB)
(Our Jimmy), the top steeplechaser of 1988.
The Firestones success in the U.S. was matched or exceeded by
their achievements in Europe, where they enjoyed their first
top-level victory when King=s Company (Ire) (King=s Troop {GB})
won the 1971 Irish 2000 Guineas. The following year, the colt
retired to the couple=s newly purchased the 1,200 Gilltown Stud
in Co. Kildare.
A year after Genuine Risk was named the top 3-year-old filly in
the U.S., the Firestones ran the table in that division in Europe
when Blue Wind (Ire) (Lord Gayle) was named champion in both
England and Ireland, while April Run was named top 3-year-old
filly in France and Play it Safe (Ire) (Red Alert {Ire}) was that
country=s champion 2-year-old filly. Cont. p8TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
Bert Firestone cont.
Genuine Risk | Horsephotos
The Firestones, who owned both Gulfstream Park and Calder
Racecourse from 1989 to 1991, began scaling back their racing
ventures in the late 1980s, selling Gilltown back to the Aga Khan
in 1989. They also downsized from their 2,000-acre Catoctin
Stud in Waterford, Virginia and acquired Newstead Farm in
Upperville in 1991.
Clement continued, AIt was also a touch intimidating, as Mr.
Firestone had a great knowledge of racing through his time as a
trainer and in racetrack ownership. Mr. and Mrs. Firestone are
wonderful owners. They are great horse-people and the horses
always come first.@
Cont. p9
Theatrical | Horsephotos
The Firestone homebred Winchester (Theatrical {Ire}) became
the couple=s final top-level victor with four Grade I wins from
2008 to 2011 and they completed the dispersal of their
bloodstock in January 2020.
Christophe Clement, who trained Winchester for three of
those Grade I victories, told TDN last year, AVery rarely will one
train for people who have been a leading owner and breeder in The Firestones in Monmouth Park winner's circle | Equi-Photo
both the States and Europe.@ Cont. p9TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
Bert Firestone cont.
Both Bert and Diana Firestone were avid showjumpers and
hunted in Virginia with the Piedmont and Middleburg Hunts and
were Joint-Masters of the Kildare Foxhounds in Ireland. Two of
his children, Matt and Alison, rode for the U.S. Equestrian team.
Firestone is survived by his wife, Diana; his four children, Matt,
Greg, Ted and Alison; his three stepchildren, Lorna, Chris and
Cricket and several grandchildren.
Fasig-Tipton July cont.
VIBRANT MARKET AT FASIG JULY HORA &
BREEDING STOCK SALES
By Christie DeBernardis & Christina Bossinakis
Sales-topping Front Run the Fed | Fasig-Tipton photo
LEXINGTON, KY--There was plenty of buzz at Newtown Paddocks
Monday with a lively day of trade for Fasig-Tipton's July
Breeding Stock and Horses of Racing Age Sales.
The popular Horses of Racing Age Sale was back for its ninth
straight year and there was plenty of demand for promising or
accomplished runners. Stakes winner Front Run the Fed (Fed
Biz) topped the auction, selling to George Sharp for $440,000 off
a third-place finish in the GIII Poker S. The second highest-priced
horses was recent Iowa Derby romper Stilleto Boy
(Shackleford), who brought $420,000 from owner Steve Moger,
who did his bidding on the internet.
AThis was as vibrant of a racehorse sale as we ever participated
in,@ said Elite's Brad Weisbord, who consigned the topper.
AThere is a lot of money and a lot of demand for active, in-form
horses now. A horse like Front Run the Fed can top the sale. He
was third in the [GIII] Poker [S]. For a 5-year-old to bring
$440,000, that's top money. Top to bottom, this was a very, very
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Fasig-Tipton July cont.
While six of the top nine sellers came from Elite's barn, those
horses were also purchased by different entities, all of which
were domestic, but spread from coast-to-coast.
AI had about 10-12 horses I was going to bid on, but it was
difficult,@ said Sharp. ABy way of example, I won a race at Lone
Star with a horse that I claimed for $20,000 in California. I won
the race by 9 3/4 lengths and the horse that finished third that
day brought $75,000 today. That was a little nutty because my
horse was a $20,000 claim. That tells you all you need to know."
George Sharp | Fasig-Tipton
A total of 79 racehorses changed hands Monday for a gross of
$5,905,500. The average was $74,753 and the median was
$50,000. There were 26 horses who did not meet their reserves
for an RNA rate of 24.8%.
Last year at this auction, 81 head brought $5.072 million in the
middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and without the Fasig-Tipton
July Yearling Sale, which typically follows. The average in 2020
was $62,617 and the median was $30,000. Thirty-eight horses
failed to sell last term for an RNA rate of 31.9%.
AIt was a very active market with very competitive bidding
throughout the day,@ said Fasig-Tipton President and CEO Boyd
Browning, Jr. AIt is the same story that the higher quality of
horses, the more activity. There was good commerce and good All 15 members of the dispersal sold for a total of $666,000.
trade. It was not crazy, but it had a very vibrant feel to it. There The auction's topper was the 4-year-old filly Jeweled Princess
was a diverse buying group and was an encouraging start, or (Cairo Prince), who brought $225,000 from Stoneriggs Farm
really middle part, to the July Sale market this year. I think the while carrying her first foal by leading freshman sire Gun
sale continues to have a real spot on the calendar. We are very Runner.
encouraged by it.@ Forty-four mares sold for a total of $2.012 million Monday for
For the first time this year, the Horses of Racing Age Sale was an average of $45,727 and a median of $31,000. Seven mares
preceded by the Fasig-Tipton July Breeding Stock Sale. The failed to find new homes for an RNA rate of 13.7%.
impetus for this new addition was the dispersal for Far From
Over/Fountain of Youth, a group that purchased mares to Cont. p11
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Fasig-Tipton July cont.
AI thought it was really interesting,@ Browning said. AI was
really surprised with how well some of the in-foal mares sold
that were not part of the dispersal and how some of the
broodmare prospects sold. I was a little surprised that some of
the mares with foals at their sides did not bring a little more
money. However, it is a big commitment to buy a mare who has
had four of five foals. We have seen that be an area of weakness
in the marketplace, whether it be at January, February or
November. We all know the carrying costs are not cheap. Once
again, it goes back to there needs to be a certain level of quality
to attract significant attention.@
Action returns to Newtown Paddocks Tuesday for the Fasig-
Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale. Bidding gets underway at 10
a.m.
Fasig-Tipton photo
Fed Biz Colt Tops F-T HORA Sale...
In the waning stages of Monday's Fasig-Tipton July HORA Sale,
it was Front Run the Fed (Fed Biz) who stole the show with a
sale-topping final bid of $440,000 from owner George Sharp.
Offered by Elite, Hip 647 earned his first black-type badge in
Saratoga's Better Talk Now S. in 2019 for trainer Chad Brown
and Klaravich Stables.
AI decided that I got tired of being outbid, and I decided to go
to [$440,000] because I want to go to the Breeders' Cup this
year,@ explained Sharp. AThis one is hopefully going to get me
there. I'm very pleased with the purchase.@
He added, AThis horse was the best one in the sale, bar none.
This one vetted out perfectly and it showed in the price he
brought. We're a little nervous, but pretty happy.@
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Fasig-Tipton July cont. Stilleto Boy High Stepping at F-T July...
On the board in half of four starts last season, including a win
in a Belmont optional claimer, he kicked off 2021 with a close-up
second behind next-out GI Jackpot Jaipur S. hero Casa Creed
(Jimmy Creed) in the Apr. 24 Elusive Quality S. before coming
home third last out in the GIII Poker S. June 20. A winner of four
of 13 starts, the colt has earnings of $392,150 to date.
Sharp indicated the colt will join trainer Caio Caramori. Asked
where Front Run the Fed will head next, Sharp said, AWe're not
sure yet. We might race him once in Del Mar and almost
certainly Kentucky Downs. And then the goal is the Breeders'
Cup.@
Stilleto Boy | Fasig-Tipton
There was little question that Stilleto Boy (Shackleford) would
garner some attention at Monday's Fasig-Tipton July Horses of
Racing Age sale. And that expectation turned into reality when
West Coast-based Steve Moger, bidding online, was extended to
$420,000 to secure the 4 1/2-length winner of the July 2 Iowa
Derby at Prairie Meadows. The flashy chestnut was offered as
Hip 557 by agent Paramount Sales on behalf of John and Iveta
Kerber, Michael Coleman, Doug Anderson and Aaron Kennedy.
AHe certainly deserved that price,@ said Paramount Sales's Pat
Front Run the Fed | Fasig-Tipton Costello. AHe just won the Iowa Derby, so that's a big plus. He is
Out of Lawless Miss (Posse), the 5-year-old entire is from the obviously a very sound horse and has a lot of racing left in him,
family of multiple graded winners Lottsa Talc and Fort Loudon. A so I think that was his value.@
$65,000 KEENOV weanling purchase, the bay realized a He added, APhysically, he is such a gorgeous horse and was
$300,000 final bid from Mike Ryan at KEESEP. such a good horse to be around for us.@
Sharp previously made a splash at Fasig, going to $335,000 to Bred by the Kerbers, the gelding is out of Rosie's Ransom
secure stakes winner Hello Hot Rod (Mosler) at the Winter (Marquetry), also responsible for stakes winner Rosie My Rosie
Mixed Sale in February. (Purge) and stakes-placed Condo Closing (Offlee Wild). Earlier
The bulk of Sharp's horses reside in Lexington at the this season, he graduated going wire-to-wire going 8 1/2
Thoroughbred Training Center, however, Sharp also has horses furlongs at Oaklawn Apr. 17, defeating recent GIII Indiana Derby
throughout the Midwest and in California. He also campaigns a winner Mr. Wireless (Dialed In).
few of the lower-level stock in his home state. In regards to the timely catalog update, Costello said, AThe
A horse owner since 1999, Sharp got his start racing timing of the sale was perfect for us. He won the Iowa Derby 10
Standardbreds before moving into the Thoroughbred game in days ago, so coming in to a sale like this with an update like that
2015. A private mergers and acquisitions specialist, the is huge. And this is a good market. With Del Mar coming up, I
Scottsdale, Arizona, resident is involved small company mergers think the timing couldn't be better.@
and acquisitions with public companies. @CBossTDN Cont. p13TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
Fasig-Tipton July cont. AShe is three-for-four routing and came in off a career-best
performance,@ Crow said. AShe ran an 89 Beyer, a 1 Thoro-
Making his first purchase at the July HORA sale, Moger Graph, a 9 Ragozin. She showed she can step up to stakes level
previously enjoyed success with Stormy Lucy, who was competition. That was her first attempt in stakes company and
purchased privately in the spring of 2014 and turned over to she won. It is great to bring a horse off a win like that into a sale
Moger's brother, Ed Moger Jr. The filly went on to annex a pair like this. Brad Cox had her looking great. She showed very well.
of graded stakes for the brothers, including a 65-1 upset in the Everyone is looking for an in-form horse and she had black-type
GI Matriarch S. the following season before topping this sale at to back it up and good pedigree, so she has residual when she is
$575,000 in 2016. done.@
AI really liked the way the horse ran and we're going to ship Out of SW Spirited Away (Awesome Again), Josie is a half-sister
him over to Del Mar and see what we can do with him there,@ to MGSW sire Prospective (Malibu Moon) and the dam of GSW
said Moger, who currently has 25-30 horses in training in and GISP Kalypso (Brody's Cause).
California. AI was looking for a few horses to send to my brother, Elite sold 17 of the 19 horses in their consignment Monday for
so we looked to see what we could pick up out east and see a gross of $2.192 million and an average of $128,941. They were
what happens.@ @CBossTDN responsible for six of the top nine hips sold, including $440,000
sales topper Front Run The Fed (Fed Biz). --@CDeBernardisTDN
Elite Gets Off to Fast Start at Fasig July...
Brad Weisbord and Liz Crow's Elite Sales were quick out of the Patience Pays Off For Bradshaw...
gate at the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale, selling Randy Bradshaw purchased Devils Sky (Into Mischief) (Hip
the first horse through the ring, stakes winner Josie (Race Day) 627) for $135,000 at this venue's 2019 July Yearling Sale. The
(Hip 501), to KatieRich Farm for $300,000. colt did not make it to the 2-year-old sales, but rewarded
AI like her for a broodmare prospect down the road and we Bradshaw back at Newtown Paddocks Monday, selling for
might have a little more fun with her as we go,@ said KatieRich's $250,000 to Donato Lanni, who was acting on behalf of Joe
Larry Doyle. Bucci. The colt will go to New York, but his new trainer has yet
Purchased by Crow for $170,000 at OBS March on behalf of to be determined.
Steve Landers, Josie kicked off this term with an allowance win AWe bought him here a few years ago,@ said Bradshaw, who
in her first try at a mile at Oaklawn Feb. 28. Off the board next consigned the colt through Four Star Sales. AHe was just an
out in Hot Springs Apr. 8, the 4-year-old filly captured a one-mile immature kind of colt that took a while to come around.
event at Indiana Grand 20 days later and entered this sale off a
career-high score in the Iowa Distaff July 3. Trained by Brad Cox, Cont. p14
she currently boasts a record of 14-4-4-2 and earnings of
$266,867.
KatieRich Farms' Larry and Karen Doyle | KatieRich FarmsTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
Fasig-Tipton July cont. 659 Hozier horse in training 200,000
(c, 3, Pioneerof the Nile--Merry Meadow, by Henny Hughes)
Bradshaw cont, AHe had the baby stuff, like shins. We were Consigned by Elite, agent
just very patient with him and we decided if he broke his Purchased by Rodolphe Brisset, Agent for Mary & Ted Nixon
maiden, my daughter [Ashley] would get to sell him. It just
worked out very well. He is a very nice colt and has his best days
in front of home.@
Trained by George Weaver, Devils Sky failed to fire when
eighth after a troubled trip in his 7 1/2-panel debut on the grass
at Gulfstream Apr. 24. The bay rallied from well back to
graduate by a nose when extended to 8 1/2 furlongs over the
Hallandale lawn June 6. FASIG-TIPTON HORSES OF RACING AGE
AHis maiden race was impressive,@ Lanni said. AHe jumped SESSION TOTALS 2021 2020
through every hoop. He vetted good, he is by Into Mischief. We $ Catalogued 148 182
wanted some action for Saratoga and hopefully he will provide $ No. Offered 105 119
that action.@ $ No. Sold 79 81
$ RNAs 26 38
A half-brother to GSP His Glory (Mineshaft), Devils Sky hails $ % RNAs 24.8% 31.9%
from the family of champion Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile). $ No. $200K+ 7 6
--@CDeBernardisTDN $ High Price $440,000 $475,000
$ Gross $5,905,500 $5,072,000
$ Average $74,753 $62,617
SALES TOPPERS
$ Median $50,000 $30,000
FASIG-TIPTON JULY HORSES OF RACING AGE © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News.
This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any
Hip Name Status Price ($)
means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission
647 Front Run the Fed horse in training 440,000 of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the
(h, 5, Fed Biz--Lawless Miss, by Posse) American races, race results and earnings was obtained from
Consigned by Elite, agent results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services
Purchased by George Sharp and utilized here with their permission.
557 Stilleto Boy horse in training 420,000
(g, 3, Shackleford--Rosie's Ransom, by Marquetry)
Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent II
Purchased by Steve Moger
501 Josie horse in training 300,000
(f, 4, Race Day--Spirited Away, by Awesome Again)
Consigned by Elite, agent
Purchased by KatieRich Farms
627 Devils Sky horse in training 250,000
(c, 3, Into Mischief--Glorious Sky, by Aldebaran)
Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent
Purchased by Joseph Bucci, Donato Lanni, agent
642 Fearless horse in training 205,000
(g, 5, Ghostzapper--And Why Not, by Street Cry {Ire})
Consigned by Elite, agent
Purchased by West Bloodstock, agent for Repole Stable
525 Myopic horse in training 200,000
(c, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}--Spokeswoman, by Unbridled's Song)
Consigned by Elite, agent
Purchased by Clayton West, Nick Hines, agentTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
Fasig-Tipton July cont. The 417-acre property Stoneriggs Farm, formerly Kilflynn
Farm, was purchased in April by Florida businessman Robert
Cairo Prince Mare Heads F-T July Breeding Slack, founder of Robert Slack LLC, a Florida real estate
brokerage.
Stock Sale...
Lynch Secures Colonial Creed...
Bloodstock agent Andrew Lynch took home the July Breeding
Stock Sale's second highest-priced offering, the $175,000
Colonial Creed (Jimmy Creed) (Hip 434). The 5-year-old mare
sold as a broodmare prospect.
AI bought her for a new client and hopefully she will be bred to
Justify next year,@ Lynch said. AI loved her race record. She is
graded-placed. She is a fantastic individual with a great walk to
her. Hopefully she will be a good broodmare.@
A three-time winner, Colonial Creed was third in both the
2019 GII Summertime Oaks and the GIII Megahertz S. earlier this
term. She was third when last seen in the Golden Poppy S. at
Golden Gate Apr. 24 and retires with a record of 17-3-4-4 and
earnings of $223,881.
Jeweled Princess | Fasig-Tipton Out of the unraced Scat Daddy mare Neverthesame, Colonial
Creed is a half-sister to SW & GSP Mo D'Amour (Uncle Mo).
With only a handful of offerings left to go during the breeding
--@CDeBernardisTDN
stock session of the Fasig-Tipton July sale Monday, it appeared
things might be winding down. That was until Jeweled Princess,
offered as Hip 448, strode into the arena. Shooting quickly over
TDN CRITERIA
The races covered in the TDN are as follows:
the $100,000-mark, bidding slowed nearing the $200,000 mark,
• Stakes: purses of $50,000/up
finally ending with a $225,000 bid from Stoneriggs Farm. A 4-
• Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up
year-old daughter of Cairo Prince out of Jersey Rules (Scat • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up
Daddy), she is a half-sister to stakes-winning Miss Brazil (Palace • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up
Malice). Consigned by Gainesway, the stakes winner sold in foal • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum
to Horse of the Year Gun Runner, already the sire of seven claiming price of $40,000
winners from his first crop to the races.
According to Gainesway's Brian Graves, the mare entered the
sale with a $200,000 reserve Monday.
AIt seems if you have something of quality by some of the top
of the first-crop sires right now, they're going to buy them,@
Graves said. AIt doesn't matter if it's now or November.@
Explaining the mare's admission into the sale, he added, AI got
a call about the mare and I was asked if this was something that
I thought could sell well here and I thought, 'yes, she could.'
With the popularity of [Gun Runner], I thought it was something
that could work. I think if you have something of that quality, it
has a chance for it to work in your favor.@
Also during yesterday's breeding stock session, Stoneriggs
secured Hip 426, a daughter of Liam's Map for $45,000. Out of
That Voodoo Youdo (Speightstown), the 4-year-old, who is a
half-sibling to Grade III winner Opry (Declaration of War) and
graded placed Candace O (Declaration of War), was consigned
by agent Candy Meadows Sales. The grey was sold in foal to
freshman sire Lord Nelson.TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 16 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
Fasig-Tipton July cont. Able to secure two out of three on his wish list during
Grant Jumps into the Fray Early at Fasig- yesterday breeding stock session, Grant was pragmatic about
the market on a whole.
Tipton July... AThis is not the time that people sell broodmares, so it is a bit
The action had barely gotten rolling at Monday's Fasig-Tipton difficult to assess the market,@ he opined. AI'm here trying to get
July Breeding Stock session when Stuart Grant of The Elkstone some breeding stock and I was hoping a few would slip by,
Group went to $150,000 for Hip 421, a daughter of Too Much although I got pushed to my maximum on my top pick. So I
Bling out of stakes winner Kimbell's Prada (Authenticate). The guess even though people might not be here for breeding stock,
bid represented the third-highest price of the breeding stock if they see something they like then they'll take a shot.@
session. Consigned by Stuart Morris, agent for Far From
Over/Fountain of Youth Dispersal, the 8-year-old mare was sold
with her 2021 Violence filly alongside and is back in foal to the
Hill 'n Dale sire.
AShe had a really beautiful foal, that's what attracted me,@ said
SALES TOPPERS
Grant. AThe foal really sold the mare. When a mare produces a FASIG-TIPTON JULY BREEDING STOCK SALE
foal like that, it can only help the mare.@ Hip Name Status Price ($)
Grant, who indicated he owns shares in the hot young stallion, 448 Jeweled Princess i/f Gun Runner 225,000
continued, AThere is a Violence in her belly, and I own a couple (4, Cairo Prince--Jersey Jules, by Scat Daddy)
of shares of Violence. If she keeps producing foals like this one, Consigned by Gainesway, agent I
I'll be very happy.@ Purchased by Stoneriggs Farm
434 Colonial Creed b'mare prospect 175,000
(5, Jimmy Creed--Neverthesame, by Scat Daddy)
Consigned by South Point Sales Agency, agent XII
Purchased by Andre Lynch, agent
421 Too Much Prada i/f Violence 150,000
(8, Too Much Bling--Kimbell's Prada, by Authenticate)
(Sold along with her '21 Violence filly)
Consigned by Stuart Morris,
Agent for Far From Over/Fountain of Youth Dispersal
Purchased by The Elkstone Group LLC
438 Eve of War b'mare prospect 135,000
(4, Declaration of War--Special Thanks, by Broken Vow)
Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent IV
Purchased by Hidden Brook Farm, agent
Hip 421 with her filly foal by Violence | Fasig-Tipton
Asked if the price tag was what he had in mind, he said, AShe
was the one I really loved [in the broodmare session]. I thought
she would bring less, I stretched to get her. If somebody had
gone to $150-200,000, she would have been gone. So, that was
top dollar for me.@
Earlier in the session, Grant purchased Hip 402, Medea FASIG-TIPTON JULY BREEDING STOCK
(Danehill Dancer {Ire}), privately post sale for $40,000. A two- SESSION TOTALS 2021
$ Catalogued 55
time Grade III winner, the 12-year-old mare is a half-sister to $ No. Offered 51
three-time Grade I winner High Yield (Storm Cat). Already $ No. Sold 44
$ RNAs 7
responsible for a 2-year-old unraced colt by Classic Empire and a $ % RNAs 13.7%
yearling colt by Mastery, she was sold in foal to Violence. $ No. $100K+ 6
$ High Price $225,000
AI really like Violence, he stands for $25,000 so I thought she $ Gross $2,012,000
was good value.,@ he said. AI definitely thought that one slipped $ Average $45,727
through.@ $ Median $31,000SALES STATISTICS
Leading 2020 Sires of Weanlings
by cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America
Rank Name FYr Loc 2016 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median
1 Justify F20 KY $150,000 17 10 $394,563 $387,500
2 War Front F08 KY $250,000 2 2 $325,000 $325,000
3 Into Mischief F10 KY $150,000 18 12 $237,416 $217,500
4 Tapit F06 KY $225,000 3 3 $209,000 $290,000
5 Uncle Mo F13 KY $125,000 15 13 $193,461 $200,000
6 City of Light F20 KY $35,000 23 20 $190,875 $155,000
7 Speightstown F06 KY $80,000 16 13 $189,615 $175,000
8 American Pharoah F17 KY $100,000 19 14 $182,500 $127,500
9 Medaglia d'Oro F06 KY $200,000 4 3 $155,000 $170,000
10 Candy Ride (Arg) F06 KY $80,000 8 7 $134,571 $75,000
11 Nyquist F18 KY $40,000 19 18 $134,500 $130,000
12 Street Sense F09 KY $50,000 6 6 $122,000 $137,500
13 Arrogate F19 KY $75,000 12 10 $121,500 $95,000
14 Pioneerof the Nile F11 Dead 110,000 2 2 $120,000 $120,000
15 Mastery F19 KY $25,000 26 16 $108,687 $55,000
Leading 2020 Freshmen Sires of Weanlings
by cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America
Rank Name Sire's Sire Loc 2016 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median
1 Justify Scat Daddy KY $150,000 17 10 $394,563 $387,500
2 City of Light Quality Road KY $35,000 23 20 $190,875 $155,000
3 Mendelssohn Scat Daddy KY $35,000 36 28 $82,589 $77,500
4 Good Magic Curlin KY $35,000 31 18 $82,277 $50,000
5 Bolt d'Oro Medaglia d'Oro KY $25,000 36 30 $76,966 $51,000
6 West Coast Flatter KY $35,000 34 24 $53,625 $49,000
7 Collected City Zip KY $17,500 28 11 $52,454 $35,000
8 Oscar Performance Kitten's Joy KY $20,000 12 8 $52,000 $41,500
9 Tapwrit Tapit KY $12,500 26 18 $46,444 $43,500
10 Accelerate Lookin At Lucky KY $20,000 30 22 $46,159 $29,500
11 Army Mule Friesan Fire KY $10,000 29 27 $44,555 $35,000
12 Mo Town Uncle Mo KY $12,500 31 22 $41,318 $20,500
13 Good Samaritan Harlan's Holiday KY $12,500 35 28 $28,660 $25,500
14 Cloud Computing Maclean's Music KY $7,500 31 24 $28,029 $21,000
15 Always Dreaming Bodemeister KY $25,000 47 35 $26,948 $18,000
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Fasig-Tipton The July Sale
Tuesday, July 13
Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor
3 C Good Samaritan-Caseys Irish Pride $40,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 Davant Latham Gainesway
8 C Army Mule-Congarette $40,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Enfuego Stables Gainesway
9 C Mor Spirit-Corinnaise $37,000 FTI DEC MIX 20 DR Investments Blake-Albina T'breds
10 F Ransom the Moon-Dancing Afleet $3,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Westbrook Stables Ballysax Bloodstock
11 C Good Magic-Delicate Affair $40,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Rustlewood Farm Summerfield
31 C Good Samaritan-Hooky $11,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 BTE Stables Vinery Sales
41 C Army Mule-Lady Halite $60,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Jackman Bottom Trading Stuart Morris
46 F Girvin-Mexican Miss $36,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Falguieres Bloodstock Runnymede Farm
51 C Cloud Computing-My Lady Lauren $62,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Cece Stables Gainesway
53 C Army Mule-Nasty Noozie $32,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 High Noon Racing Machmer Hall Sales
64 C Funtastic-Peace Opportunity $15,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 Mike Owens Bluewater Sales
74 C Bucchero-Selective Memory $20,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Stephanie Beamish Taylor Made Sales
75 C Army Mule-Serene Sophia $37,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Norevale Farm Paramount Sales
80 C Tapwrit-Smart N Soft $100,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Black Cat Stable Gainesway
81 C Sharp Azteca-Southern Accents $27,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 Chuck Givens Morris Floyd/Chuck Givens
84 C Army Mule-Stormy's Song $80,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Castleton Stables Taylor Made Sales
93 F Tapwrit-Wake Me Up $75,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Libre Bloodstock Baccari Bloodstock
99 C Bucchero-Adios Dawn $5,500 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Jaime Centeno Ballysax Bloodstock
102 F Tapwrit-As Rulers Go $20,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Spin to Win Stables Taylor Made Sales
105 C Practical Joke-Beat the Blues $47,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Equine Invest. Wynnstay Sales
106 C American Freedom-Beauty N Balance $20,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Flip Flop Sales Machmer Hall Sales
112 C Munnings-Blues Dancing $42,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Colt Pike Stuart Morris
113 F Violence-Bold Union $82,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Buena Madera Scott Mallory
121 C Midshipman-Capital Deployment $27,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Norman G. Houston Eaton Sales
135 F Cupid-Colombe $22,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 DKW Racing Bluewater Sales
137 C American Pharoah-Crafty's Way $30,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Bobby Flay/James Delahooke Bluewater Sales
139 C Bernardini-Dancing Anna $75,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 J K Bloodstock Paramount SalesFASIG-TIPTON THE JULY SALE PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • JULY 13 2021 Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 143 C Malibu Moon-Double Harbor $80,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Sugar Hill Farm Eaton Sales 156 F West Coast-Fixate $65,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Dailey Bloodstock Four Star Sales 160 F Malibu Moon-Fortunia $95,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Windylea Farm South Point Sales 165 C Munnings-Golden History $65,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Scout Investments Bridie Harrison 169 C Good Samaritan-Gold Love $32,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 170 C Air Force Blue-Good Time Sally $12,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Bobby Rankin Bluewater Sales 173 C Klimt-Grand Kisses $14,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Love's Equine Love's Equine 177 F Midshipman-Grouse Grind $13,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Jacob Nance Machmer Hall Sales 178 F Munnings-Haraawa $92,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Mahoney Eden Manor Four Star Sales 180 F Maclean's Music-Hip Ninety Three $67,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 Rexy Bloodstock Hunter Valley Farm 182 F Ghostzapper-Holiday Magic $45,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Brown Water Stable Baccari Bloodstock 183 C Midnight Storm-Holiday Moon $30,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Pepper Bloodstock Bluewater Sales 187 C Practical Joke-Iridium $44,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Bristol Bloodstock Eaton Sales 195 C Sharp Azteca-Kissimmee $25,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 War Horse Place War Horse Place 200 F Midshipman-Leveragedtothehilt $19,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Tollgate Farm/Redding/Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 209 C Speightster-Love Co $50,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Scott & Evan Dilworth Denali Stud 214 F Connect-Lyrical Moment $32,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Athens Woods Eaton Sales 220 F Goldencents-Mamasan $30,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 High Noon Racing Machmer Hall Sales 223 F Munnings-Minestorm $100,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Red Oak Farm Hunter Valley Farm 227 F Bolt d'Oro-Moment of Speight (Ire) $50,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 DJ Stable Taylor Made Sales 234 F Sharp Azteca-Munjazaat $30,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Rosewood Stable Sarah Sharp 239 F Run Away and Hide-Nancy G. $15,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 MJK Bloodstock Machmer Hall Sales 240 C American Freedom-No Show Rose $50,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Jackman Bottom Trading Bluewater Sales 241 C Malibu Moon-Occasionally $62,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Bella Inizio Farm Four Star Sales 242 C Midshipman-Oh So Bella $67,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 243 C Nyquist-Olivia's Greatdane $70,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 248 F Jimmy Creed-Part of the Charm $17,000 OBS WNT MIX 2021 Picka Partner Sales Machmer Hall Sales 252 F Goldencents-Perfect Now $21,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Bigboystoys Buckland Sales 265 F Uncaptured-Remington Rose $13,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 JDM Holdings Gainesway 266 C Mastery-Rhys $50,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Chestnut Valley Farm Eaton Sales 269 F Girvin-Rose of Cairo $20,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Rosewood Farm Sarah Sharp Sales 274 F Lord Nelson-Secret Union $35,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Lehigh Bloodstock Bluewater Sales 285 C Outwork-Simply Good $42,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Rustlewood Farm Summerfield
FASIG-TIPTON THE JULY SALE PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • JULY 13 2021 Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 286 F Frosted-Sipmychardonnaynae $72,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Greensbridge Bloodstock Indian Creek 291 C Kantharos-Sparkling Style $22,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Rustlewood Farm Summerfield 298 C Good Samaritan-Suburb $16,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Michelle Redding/Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 301 C Violence-Sumthingtotalkabt $140,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Bill & Corinne Heiligbrodt Taylor Made Sales 306 F Army Mule-Sylphide $11,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Three Times a Charm Racing Gainesway 310 F Maclean's Music-Thetaloveandmine $52,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Dailey Bloodstock Four Star Sales 312 C Bernardini-Tiz a Chick $55,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Foundations Farm Foundations Farm 315 F Sharp Azteca-Triple Cream $27,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 319 C Into Mischief-Ur Dvln Disguise $65,000 FTK FALL MIX 2020 Imagine Wynnstay Sales 325 C Always Dreaming-Waltzing Matilda (Ire) $22,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 RWB Vinery Sales 329 C Flatter-Welcome Addition $85,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Brookstone Farm St George Sales 337 F Laoban-All in Time $25,000 FTK WNT MIX 2021 Brow Water Stable Baccari Bloodstock 340 C Collected-Androeah $65,000 KEENOV BRDG 2020 Machmer Hall Machmer Hall Sales 341 C American Freedom-And You Can $15,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 MJK Bloodstock Cross Keys Sales 342 C Dialed In-Anniversary Kitty $30,000 KEEJAN ALL AGES 2021 Margie Webb Eaton Sales
TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 17 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
MONMOUTH STEWARDS TO MEET WITH NYRA SETS STAKES SCHEDULE FOR
JOCKEY CARLOS MONTALVO by Bill Finley AQUEDUCT'S FALL MEET
Doug Hatten, the agent for Monmouth-based jockey Carlos
Montalvo, confirmed that the track stewards have informed his
rider that he should be in attendance for a hearing Friday in
which he will be asked to explain why he went to the whip
aboard race winner M I Six (Mission Impazible) in the first race
Sunday. On the far turn, Montalvo clearly struck his horse, which
was noted in the footnote of the chart for the race, which read:
(M I Six) had the rider go to the whip three times.@ At 28-1, the
4-year-old won the race.
The stewards may also want to talk to jockey Carlos E. Lopez.
Aboard Venezuelan Talent (Outwork), who resorted to whipping
his horse in the stretch while battling Emirates Affair (Handsome
Mike) in Sunday=s seventh race. Venezuelan Talent finished
second.
The two examples of jockeys using the whip on the same day Racing at Aqueduct | Sarah Andrew
came after six weeks of the meet has been concluded without
incident. Anyone using the whip, which is no longer allowed to The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has solidified the
be used to encourage a horse in New Jersey, can be subject to a stakes schedule for the 18-day Fall Meet at Aqueduct Racetrack,
five-day suspension and a $500 fine for the first offense, but the which will be held Friday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Dec. 5. The
stewards, entering Sunday, had had no reason to suspend or meet will include 26 black-type events, including 10 graded
fine any jockeys. stakes, with total stakes purses of $4.9 million.
Under the controversial new whipping rules in New Jersey, a Saturday, Dec. 4, will undoubtedly be the most anticipated day
rider can use the whip only if he or she feels it is necessary for of the meet with the $750,000 GI Cigar Mile H. for 3-year-olds
safety reasons. M I Six was bearing out on the turn, and Hatten and up held in addition to three other stakes. The Cigar Mile
said Montalvo did in fact use the whip only because he thought undercard will also feature the $250,000 GII Remsen S. for
the horse=s antics had put him in a dangerous situation. 2-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles, with 10-4-2-1 qualifying points to
AThe horse Sunday, the horse is a terribly mannered horse,@ the 2022 GI Kentucky Derby. The $250,000 GII Demoiselle S., for
Hatten said. AThey could barely get him into the paddock. The 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles, will offer 10-4-2-1 points toward
outrider had to bring him into the paddock. He cleared his way the 2022 GI Kentucky Oaks. The card will be completed by the
through the tunnel and was the first horse out on the track. He $250,000 GIII Go For Wand H. for fillies and mares 3-year-olds
was throwing his head and throwing his body all over the place. and up at one mile.
Then we found out afterwards all the things this horse has done. Aqueduct's Winter Meet will begin Thursday, Dec. 9, with
He broke [jockey] Isaac Castillo=s nose last year. He was sent to a seven stakes carded through the end of the calendar year. Visit
trainer at Parx and was there less than a week. The trainer NYRA.com to see Aqueduct's complete stakes schedule.
called them up and said you have to take this horse back to the
farm because he was going to kill someone.
AThe horse was getting out and Carlos said he felt that he
needed to hit this horse. In a split second, he could have gone
from the four or six-path to the outside fence. He felt this horse Follow the TDN staff on Twitter
was dangerous and that his health was in jeopardy. I have no Thoroughbred Daily News
idea what the stewards will do. We will see on Friday.@
As for Lopez, who could not be reached for comment, he was @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN
riding in his first-ever race at Monmouth aboard Venezuelan
@JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @suefinley
Talent. That raises the possibility that he may not have known
about the new whipping rules. Prior to his one ride at @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @garykingTDN
Monmouth, he had accepted six mounts at Pimlico. @MKane49 @thorntontd @JBiancaTDN
@SarahKAndrew @CBossTDNTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 18 OF 21 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 13, 2021
WEST VIRGINIA ADVANCES MODEL RULES; The federal regulatory system that will be created by that law
is scheduled to go into effect July 1, 2022, and Talbott said it
2022 IMPLEMENTATION HINGES ON would supersede existing state regulations pertaining to racing
LEGISLATURE By T.D. Thornton (West Virginia is a plaintiff in a lawsuit trying to keep HISA from
After a failed attempt last year to adopt a group of being implemented).
drug-related model rules that every other racing jurisdiction in "You just have to be somewhat mindful of looking at what's
the mid-Atlantic region has already implemented, the West going on at the federal level," Talbott said. "I think it's highly
Virginia Racing Commission (WVRC) on Monday voted 2-0 to likely that HISA will adopt rules that look a whole lot like these
advance to the state legislature new regulations concerning model rules that [we're proposing] and other states already
medication abuse and stepped-up penalty scales. have."
The July 12 passage of new rules concerning clenbuterol, Talbott also told commissioners that the governor in June had
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, intra-articular injections handed down a streamlining mandate telling state agencies to
and the adoption of the most current Uniform Classification only send rule proposals to the legislature that were "deemed
Guidelines for Foreign Substances list did not come without necessary." She also noted that West Virginia's horsemen's
drama and several detours. groups had filed written comments opposing the model rules,
In fact, much of the wide-ranging debate centered not on the which could lead to a "battle in legislature." And even if the
actual rules themselves, but on over-arching reasons for model rules do get adopted by the legislature, it will be about a
whether the board should even be voting on the rules package year before they are actually implemented at the state's two
at all. Thoroughbred tracks.
Back at the May 18 WVRC meeting, when the rules package "At this point, I don't think we can deny that West Virginia's an
was approved and sent out for its public commentary period, outlier in the mid-Atlantic with regard to these rules," Talbott
chairman Ken Lowe, Jr. said he would not support the system of said. "But on the other hand, you have opposition from the
fines included within some of those Association of Racing horsemen, you have the governor's executive order, you have
Commissioners International (ARCI) model rules because he the HISA implementation. And so I think the legitimate question
believed they were too onerous for West Virginia trainers to is, 'Is it really something that you want to take on this year?'"
bear. Lowe responded to Talbott's briefing by reminding her that it
Yet at Monday's meeting, Lowe didn't follow through on his was not her place to advocate one way or the other for model
vow to tinker with the penalty system. rules.
"You can't pick on every little bitty nanogram out of a "I'll say this in all due respects: The commission will decide the
1,200-pound animal when there are people out there doing policy," Lowe told Talbott firmly but politely. "You're always
things that are a lot worse," Lowe said. welcome [to provide] your legal opinion. But we need to make
"I hope every cheater gets caught and is suspended from the the policy decisions ourselves."
game--the big stuff, not the minor stuff, if it is an error," Lowe Quixotically, Lowe then veered away from discussing the
said. "I'm not trying to convolute all this stuff--I swear I'm not. pending agenda item, seemingly to defend himself for not
I'm just trying to help people understand that it's the bad people having spoken up at ARCI meetings against the crafting of these
that I want to get caught and [be put] out of business. It's not sorts of model rules.
the ones that screw up slightly or overlook something." "Don't ever think because Ken Lowe didn't vote against
Prior to the vote, Kelli Talbott, an attorney representing WVRC, something [at an ARCI meeting] he voted for it," Lowe said,
advocated that board members seriously consider the model referring to himself in the third person.
rules, lest West Virginia remain out of step. At the ARCI meetings, Lowe said, "I'm so damn outnumbered I
"For what it's worth, we're the only mid-Atlantic state that feel like the lone ranger sitting thereY. I think differently than
does not have these," Talbott said. many of these fine folks do."
"I understand, commissioner Lowe, you pointed out that we
Talbott spoke up to tell Lowe that she never raised the issue of
should be mindful [that] West Virginia is different in some ways,
what Lowe did or didn't vote for at the ARCI level.
that we should take that into account," Talbott said. "But on the
Lowe then diverged again, getting to what he said was the crux
other hand, when you have [neighboring] states now having had
of the issue.
these rules for a year or moreYthat's a concern."
Talbott also pointed out that the commission "can't ignore the
elephant in the room," which is the Horseracing Integrity and
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