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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 BLOODHORSE.COM/DAILY
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
‘SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE’
Tiznow Retired From Stud Duty
See page 3
IN THIS ISSUE
10 WinStar Farm Lowers Majority
of Stud Fees for 2021
13 Tapit Tops Gainesway 2021
Stallion Roster
19 CHRB Committee Approves Change
in Thyroxine Approvals
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CONTENTS
3 Tiznow Retired From Stud Duty
6 Leading Sires of North America
7 What’s Going On Here: Pandemic Pricing
10 WinStar Farm Lowers Majority of Stud Fees for 2021
13 Tapit Tops Gainesway 2021 Stallion Roster
15 Wicked Strong to Pin Oak Lane Farm in Pennsylvania
17 Kentucky Derby Runner-Up Lookin At Lee Retired
18 Sunland Derby Winner Runaway Ghost Retired to Stud
19 CHRB Committee Approves Change in Thyroxine Approvals
21 Siskin to Stand Stud in Japan After Breeders’ Cup Bid
22 Al Shaqab Scores Lope de Vega Colt at Arqana October
24 Goffs UK Hosts Reformatted Autumn Sale
25 Taylor’s New Providence Swept Canadian Triple Crown
26 McShane, Hutter, Smith Up for Racing Leadership Award
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TIZNOW RETIRED out on the farm and be here for Tiznow, with Chris McCarron
FROM STUD DUTY the fans and visitors from Horse up, edged the five-time group
By Evan Hammonds Country to come see." 1-winning "Iron Horse" by a neck.
The oversized bay out of Cee's The score earned Tiznow Eclipse
t @BH_EHammonds
Song, by Seattle Song, was bred by Awards as Horse of the Year and
A s major farms are announcing
stud fees for their 2021 rosters
at this time of the year, the retire-
Cecilia Straub Rubens, raced by
Cees Stable, and was trained by Jay
Robbins. While he was a winner
top 3-year-old male.
The following April, after
winning two of three starts to begin
ment from stud duty of 23-year-old eight of 15 starts and an earner of his 4-year-old season, the big horse
Tiznow is of note in the Oct. 21 $6,427,830, it was his two wins was rendered nearly immobile with
WinStar Farm release. during the season-ending Breeders' muscular problems in his back and
The remarkable son of Cee's Cup World Championships at the heat in a vertebrae. Starting over
Tizzy is not only the single two- turn of the century that left an from scratch, Robbins slowly built
time Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) indelible mark on the sport in the Tiznow back up to where he could
winner, but the super-sized Cal- United States. compete at the grade 1 level.
bred has been a cornerstone of the In early November 2000, having Tiznow's first start back was
WinStar stallion roster for nearly just made his stakes debut in July, a third-place finish in the Sept. 8
two decades, siring 79 black-type the 3-year-old Tiznow came to the Woodward Stakes (G1) at Belmont
winners. Classic at Churchill Downs as a 9-1 Park, just three days before 9/11
"He's been a wonderful stallion contender. The field was packed rocked the world.
here at WinStar," said Liam with sophomore talent headed by After a third-place finish in the
O'Rourke, WinStar's director the Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning Oct. 7 Goodwood Breeders' Cup
of bloodstock services. "He's Fusaichi Pegasus, and 3-year-olds Handicap (G2) at Santa Anita Park,
responsible for putting the farm landed in five of the top six slots as Tiznow returned to New York for
on the map. He's long been a fan Tiznow and European champion the Oct. 27 Classic and was a 6-1
favorite and he's given us so much. Giant's Causeway delivered a chance to repeat. As smoke could
We're excited that he'll hopefully memorable stretch battle under still be seen from lower Manhattan
get to spend many years turned the Twin Spires. The determined at Belmont Park, and armed
guards prowled the paddock,
McCarron and Tiznow rallied from
third to somehow get up to defeat
Godolphin's Sakhee by a nose. The
roof-rattling result helped lift the
spirits of Americans around the
globe.
(continued on page 5)
Mary Cage
@MaryCage_
Tiznow, I can’t thank you enough for all the memories
you’ve provided me from my time at WinStar and
beyond. I know your sassy, independent self will love
retirement—you’ve earned it.
1:01 PM - Oct 21, 2020
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
Tiznow at WinStar Farm
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 3 OF 37
ALWAYS DREAMING LAOBAN
$17,500 $25,000**
AUDIBLE MORE THAN READY
$22,500 $65,000
CARPE DIEM OUTWORK
$7,500 $15,000**
CONGRATS PAYNTER
$7,500 $7,500
CONSTITUTION PROMISES FULFILLED
$85,000 $10,000
DISTORTED HUMOR SPEIGHTSTER
Private $10,000
EXAGGERATOR SPEIGHTSTOWN*
$15,000 $90,000
FED BIZ TAKE CHARGE INDY
$5,000 $15,000
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TOM’S D’ETAT
TBD TBD
GOOD SAMARITAN TOURIST
$7,500 $5,000
IMPROBABLE YOSHIDA
$40,000** $15,000
WinStarFarm.com – New for 2021
(859) 873-1717 ** – limited number of seasons available at this fee
* – A Taylor Made / WinStar Venture before Breeders’ Cup
TIZNOW RETIRED "He's been a commercial breeders' dream in what
FROM STUD DUTY he threw: size, scope, and bone … and flashy, correct
horses," O'Rourke said. "There's still some opportunities
(continued from page 3)
here at the (Fasig-Tipton) October Yearling Sale, and
there will be some weanlings in November and a handful
Tiznow entered stud for the 2002 season at of foals next year to chase after."
WinStar, in partnership with the Taylor family's His success continues as a broodmare sire. Among
Taylor Made Farm. His fee was $30,000, where the 37 stakes winners his daughters have produced
it remained for his first four years before rising to is Tiz the Law, a top 3-year-old this year and winner
$40,000. His fee peaked at $75,000 (2009-15) before of the Belmont along with the Curlin Florida Derby
being lowered to $60,000. He stood the 2020 season (G1) and Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1). Tiz the Law
for $40,000. is aimed at making his own assault on the Nov. 7
Despite not racing at 2, as a sire he was an instant Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland.
hit, getting Folklore, winner of the Alberto VO5 "He's turned into a heck of a broodmare sire,
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) and an Eclipse and he'll be a significant influence. His out-crossed
Award in his first crop. He sired 13 additional grade 1 pedigree and his physical-type horse he throws, it all
winners, including Well Armed and Colonel John, both contributes him to being a broodmare sire."
major grade 1 winners bred and raced by WinStar. He Tiznow has multiple sons at stud, including Breeders'
is also the sire of classic winner Da' Tara, winner of the Cup Mile (G1T) winner Tourist, who stands at WinStar;
2008 Belmont Stakes (G1). Three Chimneys Farm's Strong Mandate; Fury Kapcori,
He's also been popular in the sale arena. He has a who stands at Journeyman Stallions in Florida; Slew's
career total of 805 sale yearlings that have averaged Tiznow at Rancho San Miguel in California; and A & A
$146,608, peaking in 2013 with 55 yearlings averaging Ranch's Sporting Chance in New Mexico. BH
$272,782. s Share this story
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 5 OF 37
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LEADING SIRES
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Stallion, YOB (Sire) Rnrs/ BT SW/ Chief Earner
Rank Farm, Stud Fee Wnrs SHs (Earnings) '20 Earnings
1 Into Mischief, '05, (Harlan's Holiday) 363 / 151 26 / 52 Authentic $13,997,389
Spendthrift Farm, KY, $175,000 $3,040,000
2 Uncle Mo, '08, (Indian Charlie) 259 / 121 19 / 32 Modernist $8,269,790
Ashford Stud, KY, $125,000 $406,400
3 Curlin, '04, (Smart Strike) 245 / 116 11 / 24 Global Campaign $7,529,595
Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY, $175,000 $480,600
4 Munnings, '06, (Speightstown) 253 / 125 10 / 19 Warrior's Charge $7,516,379
Ashford Stud, KY, $30,000 $571,000
5 Tapit, '01, (Pulpit) 211 / 87 10 / 26 Valiance $6,509,055
Gainesway, KY, $200,000 $373,575
6 Candy Ride (ARG), '99, (Ride the Rails) 201 / 93 6 / 18 Vekoma $5,785,776
Lane's End, KY, $100,000 $456,675
7 Speightstown, '98, (Gone West) 162 / 80 9 / 16 Echo Town $5,613,862
WinStar Farm, KY, $70,000 $410,020
8 The Factor, '08, (War Front) 231 / 121 4 / 10 Factor This $5,562,601
Lane's End, KY, $17,500 $800,250
9 City Zip, '98, (Carson City) 182 / 98 8 / 14 Improbable $5,540,813
N/A, Died $790,000
10 Constitution, '11, (Tapit) 112 / 42 4 / 14 Tiz the Law $5,076,004
WinStar Farm, KY, $40,000 $2,268,300
Listed above are the top 10 leading sires by 2020 North American earnings through October 20, 2020. Only stallions that stand, will stand, or stood
in North America (excluding stallions that died or were exported prior to the 2016 breeding season), and have runners in North
America are included. Racing statistics are 2020 Northern Hemisphere only.
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 6 OF 37
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE
EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM BLOODHORSE MAGAZINE
PANDEMIC PRICING
By Evan Hammonds
t @BH_EHammonds
N ot everyone likes to be first out of the
box. Being first sometimes has its ad-
vantages while introducing a new product
line or setting pricing, but being in front can
also leave a business out in the cold.
Back in the formative days of the
DAVID COYLE
commercial bloodstock world, "Cousin"
Leslie Combs II, master of Spendthrift
Spendthrift Farm
Farm, wanted to be out front. James E.
"Ted" Bassett told the tale several years ago of heavy into selling seasons, but we waited. We wanted
Combs' not liking his spot in one year's yearling catalog to see what was going on—September is the barometer
of the old Breeders' Sales Co. for the whole season.
"All the consignors would draw straws to see who "It was very unusual for us to wait that long. By
was going to sell on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, waiting we didn't know if we would be the first, but
Thursday, or Friday," Bassett regaled. "I think one year maybe some other farms were waiting to see what we
Les drew Friday, and he didn't like it. Well, nobody were doing as well."
liked it that drew on Friday. But he got up and said, Spendthrift's roster sees lower fees for 15 of 21
'Just give me Monday. I want to sell the first day stallions. Reduced revenues for 2021 places pressure
because I want to set the tone of this sale.' And he did." on the farm and other stallion stations; however, it
More than a half-century later Spendthrift Farm has also offers a balm for breeders who have seen reduced
continued to push the industry forward while under the revenues from the sale of their yearlings earlier this year.
stewardship of B. Wayne Hughes. Hughes' success in The reductions, which have been echoed by many
developing Public Storage gave him the wherewithal to other farms as well, came from the Spendthrift team
purchase Spendthrift in 2004. Applying his aggressive but were led by Hughes.
business tactics to the Thoroughbred market through "We actually had three different prices as we went
"Breed Secure" and "Share The Upside" programs he along," Toothaker said. "We sat down and thought
pushed the industry forward as it was coming out of we had some good pricing. We talked to some of our
the Great Recession. breeders and got some feedback that we needed to be
The farm, having returned to a spot as a sizable more aggressive than we were, so we sat down again
stallion operation, has been out front in setting stud and were trying to come up with a game plan to take to
fees for the coming season. While usually setting prices Wayne. He wants to go over every stallion, one by one,
in August in front of the Fasig-Tipton sales in upstate to make sure that we are getting where we need to be
New York, this year it waited until last week, but was mare-wise. We told him we were going over it one more
still the first in announcing its pricing. time before we got with him. He made our job easier,
"With the way things were going this year, with no saying, 'Listen, if you can go in there and set prices how
Saratoga sale and not being sure how the September you think I would want to set them, being as aggressive
sale was going to go, it was a very odd year for us," as possible, that is what I want you to do.'
said Mark Toothaker, Spendthrift Farm's stallion
sales manager. "We would have already been hot and (continued on page 9)
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 7 OF 37
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE
EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM BLOODHORSE MAGAZINE
PANDEMIC PRICING
(continued from page 7) Go faster...
MEDAGLIA D’ORO $150,000
NYQUIST $75,000
STREET SENSE $60,000
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
(B. Wayne Hughes) said, ‘We have to keep BERNARDINI $35,000
our breeders in the game. If you think you are
being aggressive (with stud fees), you are not
being aggressive enough.’”
— MARK TOOTHAKER HARD SPUN $35,000
"He took all of that pressure off of us," he continued.
"He said, 'We have to keep our breeders in the game. If
you think you are being aggressive, you are not being
aggressive enough.' When we did that and went through FROSTED $25,000
them one by one, he was happy, and we felt like our
breeders would be happy with what we were doing."
While every business is competitive, one of the
STREET BOSS $15,000
many marvelous things about the Thoroughbred
industry is that there is a collective spirit. After all,
we're all in the same game and have the same love of
the horse. Our hopes and dreams offer a beacon in the ASTERN $7,500
dark—be it recession, depression, or even a pandemic.
"We have to be optimistic in this business or we
wouldn't be in it. This whole thing is about trying to
keep our breeders in the game," Toothaker said. "Our ENTICED $7,500
hope is we can get through the COVID situation, get
through the election; let things settle into next year.
"By the time September rolls around next year,
we're hoping things have 'normaled' back out." MIDSHIPMAN $7,500
That's a tall order for sure … regardless of who goes
first. BH
s Share this story
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 9 OF 37
WINSTAR FARM LOWERS MAJORITY WinStar Farm 2021 Fees
Stallion 2021 Fee 2020 Fee
OF STUD FEES FOR 2021 Always Dreaming $17,500 $25,000
By BloodHorse Staff Audible $22,500 $25,000
H
Carpe Diem $7,500 $15,000
eaded by Speightstown and leading second-crop
Congrats $7,500 $10,000
sire Constitution, WinStar Farm has set 2021 stud
Constitution $85,000 $40,000
fees for its 22-stallion roster, most with fees reduced
Distorted Humor Private $50,000
from this year. The farm is also welcoming new stal-
Exaggerator $15,000 $20,000
lions Improbable, Laoban, Tom's d'Etat, Global Cam-
Fed Biz $5,000 $7,500
paign, and Promises Fulfilled.
Global Campaign TBD NEW
Some stud fees are good through the Breeders'
Good Samaritan $7,500 $12,500
Cup Nov. 6-7 and subject to change pending the race Improbable $40,000* NEW
results. Fees for Tom's d'Etat and Global Campaign Laoban $25,000* $5,000**
will be established after the world championships More Than Ready $65,000 $80,000
at Keeneland, where both are expected to run in the Outwork $15,000* $15,000
Longines Classic (G1). Limited seasons are available Paynter $7,500 $10,000
at established prices on Laoban, Outwork, and Promises Fulfilled $10,000 NEW
Improbable before the Breeders' Cup, according to Speightster $10,000 $10,000
Liam O'Rourke, WinStar's director of bloodstock Speightstown $90,000 $70,000
services. Take Charge Indy $15,000 $17,500
Speightstown is the farm's highest-priced Tom’s d’Etat TDB NEW
stallion at $90,000, stands and nurses, followed by Tourist $5,000 $7,500
Constitution at $85,000. Yoshida $15,000 $20,000
*Subject to change pending Breeders’ Cup results
**Laoban stood last year at Sequel Stallions New York
All fees are with stands and nurses guarantees
"During these times we felt it appropriate to drop 75%
of our fees," said Elliott Walden, WinStar's president,
CEO, and racing manager. "We gave two horses a bump—
Speightstown, the co-leading sire this year with three
grade 1 winners and fourth general leading sire, and
Constitution, who has overdelivered at every point of his
career. As always, our mission is to offer breeders stallions
of the highest quality. We are excited about Laoban joining
our roster and three very live horses in the Breeders' Cup
Classic joining our roster for the 2021 breeding season."
Improbable, City Zip's only four-time grade 1 winner,
has rattled off three consecutive grade 1s in 2020 and
should vie for favoritism in the $6 million Classic. He was
a runaway winner of the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G1)
at Santa Anita Park, earning a 105 Beyer Speed Figure,
and then shipped to Saratoga Race Course and dominated
the Whitney Stakes (G1), earning a 106 Beyer. Most
recently, he romped by 4 1/2 lengths in the Awesome
Again Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, defeating
champion Maximum Security and earning a 108 Beyer.
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
Constitution at WinStar Farm (continued on page 11)
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 10 OF 37WINSTAR FARM LOWERS
MAJORITY OF STUD FEES FOR 2021
(continued from page 10)
Tom's d'Etat, by sire of sires Smart Strike, is also
a top contender for the Classic for G M B Racing. He
registered a brilliant 4 1/4-length victory in this year's
Stephen Foster Stakes (G2), running a career-best 109
Beyer. Tom's d'Etat covered 1 1/8 miles in an eye-
catching 1:47.30, geared down late. The final time was
close to Victory Gallop's track and stakes record of
1:47.28 set in 1999.
The Al Stall trainee has recorded 10 triple-digit
Beyers, including nine in a row. Tom's d'Etat is out of
the stakes-winning and multiple stakes-placed Giant's
Causeway mare Julia Tuttle, who is out of a full sister
to Pacific Classic Stakes
(G1) winner and leading
sire Candy Ride.
Global Campaign, a
son of two-time Horse
of the Year Curlin, heads
to the Breeders' Cup
Classic following back-
to-back graded stakes
scores and is a winner
in three of four starts in
2020 for WinStar Farm
and Sagamore Farm.
He emulated his sire by
capturing the Woodward
COADY PHOTOGRAPHY Handicap (G1) in his
Tom’s d’Etat wins the Stephen most recent start,
Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs
earning a career-best
104 Beyer for trainer Stanley Hough. He also won the
Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3) this year.
Promises Fulfilled won five graded stakes from six
furlongs to 1 1/16 miles—winning the H. Allen Jerkens
Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1), Xpressbet Fountain
of Youth Stakes (G2), John A. Nerud Stakes (G2), Stoll
Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2), and Amsterdam
Stakes (G3), competing exclusively in graded stakes
company following his first two victories at 2. In front in
15 of 17 starts no matter the distance, Promises Fulfilled
competed in 15 graded stakes, including eight grade 1s,
banking $1,455,530 for trainer Dale Romans. BH
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BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 12 OF 37TAPIT TOPS GAINESWAY 2021
STALLION ROSTER
By BloodHorse Staff
G ainesway announced their 2021 stud fees Oct. 21
for their stallion roster which is topped by three-
time champion sire Tapit, who has solidified his status
as one of the most influential and breed-shaping stal-
lions of the last half-century.
North America's leading stallion by lifetime graded
stakes winners (84), grade 1 winners (27), and progeny
earnings ($159,714,395), Tapit will stand for $185,000
in 2021. He is the only stallion to appear in the Top 5
General Sires list during nine of the past 10 years.
In 2020, Tapit is represented by recent grade 1
winners and Breeders' Cup hopefuls Valiance and
Essential Quality. In the sales ring, yearlings by
Tapit topped both opening sessions of Keeneland's
September Yearling Sale, including the $2 million
sale topper.
Among the nation's leading broodmare sires, Tapit
is also cementing his legacy as a sire of sires. His top
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
sons at stud include Constitution and Tapizar, plus
promising young sires Frosted, Tonalist, Tapiture,
and Tapwrit.
Tapit at Gainesway
"It has always been Gainesway's goal to provide
breeders with quality and value," said Gainesway McKinzie, a brilliantly fast four-time grade 1
CEO Antony Beck. "The current economic climate winner, will enter stud in 2021. The son of Street
that breeders are facing makes this more important Sense will stand for $30,000. A grade 1 winner at
than ever. Our stallion roster offers a diverse group of ages 2, 3, and 4, McKinzie posted eleven triple-digit
established stallions and exciting young studs who look Beyer Speed Figures during his career as well as
to establish a new era at Gainesway," an impressive 1/4 Ragozin in winning the Whitney
Stakes (G1). His seven graded
stakes wins bring his career
earnings to nearly $3.5 million.
"I am excited about beginning
this new chapter in the Gainesway
stallions with McKinzie," said
Beck. "His accolades on the
racetrack speak for themselves
with his brilliance and race
record, I couldn't think of a better
prospect to bring to Gainesway
to compliment our champion sire
Tapit."
BENOIT PHOTO
McKinzie wins the Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita Park (continued on page 14)
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 13 OF 37TAPIT TOPS GAINESWAY 2021
STALLION ROSTER
(continued from page 13)
Karakontie, who has gotten off to a fast
start at stud, will stand for $10,000. A
three-time grade/group 1 winner on the turf
whose victories include the Poule d'Essai des
Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, G1)
and Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T), Karakontie
hails from the family of Kingmambo. A
testament to his versatility and international
appeal, Karakontie is represented by stakes
COURTESY OF GAINESWAY
horses in three different countries which
have achieved graded stakes victories on
both dirt and turf. His 2-year-old daughter,
Karakontie at Gainesway
Spanish Loveaffair, is a Breeders' Cup hopeful
following a win in this year's Sharp Susan Tapizar, a Breeders' Cup-winning miler by Tapit from
Stakes and a runner-up finish in the JPMorgan Chase the family of champion filly Untapable, will stand for
Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland in her last $10,000. Tapizar's graded stakes winners include the
outing. His 3-year- sensational racemare Monomoy Girl, an Eclipse Award-
old daughter Princess winning champion and six-time grade 1 winner. His
Grace has won two 2-year-olds sold for up to $500,000 at this year's Ocala
of three starts and Breeders' Sales Spring 2-year-Olds in Training Sale.
finished runner- "We have a stallion for every breeder," said
up in the Pin Oak Sean Tugel, Gainesway's director of stallion sales
Valley View Stakes and recruitment. "Tapit has solidified himself as a
(G3T) at Keeneland generational stallion who is going to leave a lasting
Oct. 16. Karakontie legacy with his sons and daughters. Tapwrit was a
also had a session- sales topper in Saratoga and his foals share those same
topping yearling sell great qualities. Karakontie is an emerging sire of class
for $500,000 at the and a great source of Storm Cat. McKinzie is the best
Keeneland September prospect to retire this season with a portfolio that
sale. stands out amongst his peers." BH
Tapwrit, a $1.2 s Share this story
million yearling Gainesway 2021 Fees
purchase turned Stallion 2021 Fee 2020 Fee
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
classic winner and Afleet Alex $6,500 $6,500
Tapwrit at Gainesway
stakes-record setter, Anchor Down $5,000 $7,500
will stand for $10,000. Out of juvenile grade 1 Karakontie $10,000 $10,000
winner Appealing Zophie (by Successful Appeal), McKinzie $30,000 NEW
Tapwrit is among the best bred sons of Tapit to ever Tapit $185,000 $200,000
enter stud. His much-anticipated first weanlings Tapizar $10,000 $10,000
will be offered at the upcoming November Breeding Tapwrit $10,000 $12,500
Stock sales. All fees are with stands and nurses guarantees
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 14 OF 37WICKED STRONG TO PIN OAK LANE Graded stakes-placed at 2 when third behind
FARM IN PENNSYLVANIA Honor Code in the Remsen Stakes (G2), he was
By BloodHorse Staff second, a nose behind stablemate V. E. Day the
next summer in the Travers Stakes (G1). He turned
W icked Strong is moving to Dr. William Solo-
mon's Pin Oak Lane Farm in New Freedom,
Pa., for 2021, the farm announced Oct. 21. The 9-year-
in strong showings in the 2014 classics, finishing
fourth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum!
Brands (G1) won by California Chrome and running
old syndicated stallion, who stood this year at Spend- in a dead heat with California Chrome for fourth in
thrift Farm near Lexington for $6,000, will have a fee the Belmont Stakes, less than two lengths behind
next year of $3,500, payable when the foal stands and Tonalist.
nurses. Wicked Strong competed in 14 consecutive stakes
"He's by far the leading second-crop sire in the at 3 and 4, 10 of them grade 1s. During his 4-year-
Mid-Atlantic region with earnings of $1.7 million," old season, he had four stakes placings, including a
Solomon said. "And he comes with 154 2-year-olds and second to Tonalist in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes
yearlings, so I think his chances of succeeding are good (G1) and a third behind Liam's Map in the Woodward
for that reason. He also has nine stakes horses in his Stakes (G1), and concluded his 19-start career with a
first two crops to race. All these things make him one of fourth in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1)
the most attractive sires in the Mid-Atlantic." won by Liam's Map. Racing for Centennial Farms and
A top-10 freshman sire nationally trainer Jimmy Jerkens, he was retired as the richest
in 2019 by progeny earnings, Wicked son of Hard Spun to stand at stud with a record of
Strong is currently 13th among 3-4-3 and earnings of $1,994,460. BH
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first-crop runners, now 3, are
Evil Lyn, the winner of the
Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico
Race Course this month,
and Wicked Runner, a stakes winner at 2 and 3
in Puerto Rico. His stakes-placed runners include
juvenile Brooklyn Strong, who was third in the
Bertram F. Bongard Stakes Oct. 2 at Belmont Park
in his second start. Of his nine black-type horses, six
earned black type at 2.
One of the top runners of his generation, Wicked
Strong won the Twinspires.com Wood Memorial Stakes
(G1) in stakes-record time at Aqueduct Racetrack and
captured the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) over Belmont
Stakes (G1) winner Tonalist.
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Age
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RACE AND (BLACK TYPE) RECORD
Starts
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7
1st
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Earned
$126,000
$279,800
b, 2009
Danzig, 1977
3s, wnr, $32,400
1,075 f, 198 BTW, 3.93 AEI
18s, BTW, $580,647
636 f, 147 BTW, 4.11 AEI
Pas de Nom, 1968
42s, BTW, $121,741
Entered Stud in 2016
Dosage (7-12-13-2-0); DI: 3.00; CD: 0.71
Northern Dancer, 1961
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4 5 2(2) 1(1) 1 $178,340 War Front, b, 2002
13s, BTW, $424,205 11 f, 8 r, 4 w Petitioner, by Petition
FOR 2017
5 6 1(1) 3(3) 0 $410,000 468 f, 53 BTW, 2.37 AEI
6 2 0 1(1) 0 $83,000 Rubiano, 1987 Fappiano, by Mr. Prospector
7.26 AWD 28s, BTW, $1,252,817
Totals 23 8(7) 6(6) 3(2) $1,077,140 Starry Dreamer, 1994 504 f, 33 BTW, 1.49 AEI Ruby Slippers, by Nijinsky II
31s, BTW, $564,789
Won At 2 9 f, 7 r, 7 w, 4 BTW Lara's Star, 1981 Forli, by Aristophanes
Dania Beach S ($100,000, 8f, turf in 1:35.57, dftg. Finale, 12s, wnr, $15,722
Excaper, Coalport, Csaba, Empire Builder, Italo, 11 f, 11 r, 10 w, 3 BTW True Reality, by Round Table
Burning Time, Brother Pat, Vee One Rotate, Starforce). Sadler's Wells, 1981 Northern Dancer, by Nearctic
King Cugat S ($60,000, 8f, turf in 1:39.32, dftg. Liquidity 11s, BTW, $713,690
Trap, Captain Webb, State Flag, Western Tryst, El Prado, 1989 2,194 f, 294 BTW, 2.97 AEI Fairy Bridge, by Bold Reason
9s, BTW, $236,987
Richmond County, Sportswriter, He’s a Fireball). 988 f, 83 BTW, 1.96 AEI Lady Capulet, 1974 Sir Ivor, by Sir Gaylord
A maiden special weight race at Bel ($50,000, 6f, turf Rose of Summer, gr/ro, 2001 3s, BTW, $64,400
in 1:11.80). Unraced 13 f, 10 r, 4 w, 2 BTW Cap and Bells, by Tom Fool
Won At 3 8 f, 8 r, 5 w, 2 BTW Cherokee Colony, 1985 Pleasant Colony, by His Majesty
Hill Prince S (G3T, $150,000, 8f in 1:33.74, dftg. 9.57 AWD 11s, BTW, $474,380
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Howe Great, Film Shot, Margano, Spring to the Cherokee Crossing, 1991 282 f, 8 BTW, 1.01 AEI Cherokee Phoenix, by Nijinsky II
17s, pl, $36,428
Sky, Our Entourage, Star Channel, Mr. Handsome, 16 f, 12 r, 7 w, 2 BTW Sky Meadows, 1986 Conquistador Cielo, by Mr. Prospector
Big Screen, Shkspeare Shaliyah). Unraced
Duluth S ($100,000, 8f, turf in 1:34.90, dftg. Lockout, 9 f, 9 r, 6 w, 1 BTW Pride's Crossing, by Riva Ridge
Spring to the Sky, Star Channel, Film Shot, Our Inbreeding: 3SX4D Northern Dancer; 5SX5D Mr. Prospector; 5sX5d Nijinsky II.
Entourage, Gold Megillah, Heavy Breathing).
2nd Coolmore Lexington S (G3A, 8.5f, to All Squared
Away, dftg. Hammers Terror, Gold Megillah, Golden
2016), GIOVANNI BOLDINI (champion miler in Sca, FAMILY
etc., to 5, 2016), LINES OF BATTLE (champion 3yo colt
Ticket, Holiday Promise, Johannesbourbon, Skyring, in UAE, champion stayer in HK, Standard Chartered 1st dam
Castaway, News Pending, Morgan’s Guerrilla). Champions & Chater Cup, G1 in HK, U.A.E. Derby ROSE OF SUMMER. Unraced. Dam of 8 foals, incl.—
3rd Secretariat S (G1T, 10f, to Bayrir, Finnegans Sponsored by the Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah SUMMER FRONT (Subject stallion).
Wake, dftg. Handsome Mike, Silver Max, Cozzetti, Group, G2 in UAE, Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Star LARAGH (by Tapit). 4 wins at 2 and 3, $581,877,
EQUISPORT PHOTOS
All Stormy, Daddy Long Legs). Appeal S, 2nd Citibank Hong Kong Cold Cup, G1 in HK, Hollywood Starlet S (G1A), JPMorgan Chase
Jamaica H (G1T, 9f, to King David, King Kreesa, dftg. etc., to 6, 2016), DECLARATION OF WAR (champion Jessamine S, Edgewood S, 3rd Grey Goose
Cogito, Dullahan, Shkspeare Shaliyah, Howe Great). older male in Eur, Eng, and twice in Ire, Juddmonte Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Won At 4 International S, G1 in Eng, Queen Anne S, G1 in Eng, BLUEGRASS SUMMER (Purge). 4 wins at 4 and 5,
Miami Mile H (G3T, $100,000, 8f in 1:35.31, dftg. El etc.), DUE DILIGENCE (champion 3yo colt in Ire, $136,840.
Commodore, Empire Builder, Alley Oop Oop, Lacken S, 2nd Diamond Jubilee S, G1 in Eng, 3rd ROSE OF KILLARNEY (Proud Citizen). Winner at 2
Mucho Mas Macho, Cool Blue Red Hot, Awake At T Patton S), THE FACTOR (Malibu S, G1, etc.), JACK and 3, $95,556.
SUMMER FRONT
Wire, Gourmet Dinner). MILTON (Maker’s 46 Mile S, G1T, etc.), DATA LINK RED GUARD (Bernardini). Winner at 3 and 4, 2016,
Cliff Hanger S (G3T, $101,000, 8.5f in 1:41.49, dftg. (Maker’s 46 Mile S, G1T, etc.), AVENGE (Rodeo Drive $80,640.
Tune Me In, Howe Great, Sleepless Knight, Hudson S, G1T, John C. Mabee S, G2T, Ultrafleet S, 3rd
Steele, Hobo Ridge). 2nd dam
DOWNLOAD Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, G1T, to 4, 2016), HIT Cherokee Crossing. Placed at 2 and 3, $36,428, 3rd
2nd Citation H (G2T, 8.5f, to Silentio, by a nose, dftg. IT A BOMB (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, G1T, etc., to
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Brother, Bright Thought). Eng, etc.), SUMMER SOIREE (Del Mar Oaks, G1T, etc.), SIPHONIC. 3 wins at 2, $774,778, Hollywood War Front – Rose of Summer, by El Prado (Ire)
Won At 5 PEACE AND WAR (Darley Alcibiades S, G1, etc.), Futurity (G1), Lane’s End Breeders’ Futurity (G2),
Ft. Lauderdale S (G2T, $215,000, 8.5f in 1:42.24, BRAVE ANNA (Connolly’s Red Mills Cheveley Park S,
MIllIONaIRE SON OF lEaDING SIRE
2nd Santa Catalina S (G2), 3rd Bessemer Trust
dftg. Tetradrachm, Nikki’s Sandcastle, Slumber, G1 in Eng, Albany S, G3 in Eng, at 2, 2016), Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), San Felipe S (G2).
Utley, Hierro, Howe Great, Mucho Mas Macho). DEPARTING (West Virginia Derby, G2, Super Derby,
2nd Shoemaker Mile S (G1T, 8f, to Obviously, dftg. MOUNTAIN GIRL. 4 wins, 2 to 4, $131,320, Queen S,
WaR FRONT
G2, etc., to 6, 2016), WAR DANCER (Virginia Derby, 3rd My Juliet S. Producer.
Silentio, Tom’s Tribute, Jack Milton, Winning Prize, G2T, etc., to 6, 2016), SOLDAT (Fasig-Tipton Fountain
STALLION INFORMATION Pulpit’s Express). LADY SIPHONICA. Winner at 2, $32,456. Producer.
of Youth S, G2, etc.), ON LEAVE (Sands Point S, G2T, Dam of Renaissance Art ($545,827, 2nd Queen
AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! Eddie Read S (G1T, 9f, to Tom’s Tribute, dftg. Spring Up, Riskaverse S, to 3, 2016), PONTCHATRAIN (Buena Mother Memorial Cup, in HK, to 5, 2016).
UNDEFEaTED MUlTIPlE STakES WINNER aT TWO
Horizontalyspeakin, Unbridled Command, Cogito). Vista S, G2T, etc.), BASHART (With Anticipation S, G2T,
Fort Marcy S (G3T, 9f, to Five Iron, dftg. Tetradrachm, MAJOR’S GIRL. Producer. Dam of Total Joint
etc., to 5, 2016), ROLY POLY (Imagine Cruising ($113,495, 3rd Long Branch S, to 4, 2016).
Speaking of Which, Unbridled Ocean, Sky Blazer, Duchess of Cambridge S, G2 in Eng, Grangecon Stud
Swift Warrior, Ghurair, Manighar, Seal Cove). Balanchine S, G3 in Ire, 2nd Connolly’s Red Mills 3rd dam
2nd Cheveley Park S, G1 in Eng, etc., at 2, 2016), WAR SKY MEADOWS. Unraced. Dam of 9 foals, incl.—
GRaDE II WINNER aND 5 - TIME GRaDE I PlacED
At 6
Frank E. Kilroe Mile S (G1T, 8f, to Ring Weekend, DECREE (Qatar Vintage S, G2 in Eng, 2nd Bet365 DIXIE DOT COM. 8 wins, 2 to 6, $1,332,775, San
dftg. Home Run Kitten, Za Approval, Winning Prize, Lexington
Superlative S,(1850-75)
G2 in Eng, at 2, 2016), STATE OF PLAY Fernando Breeders’ Cup S (G2), San Pasqual H
Mega Heat, Holy Lute, Hay Dude, Silentio, (With
By Anticipation
Edward S, G2T, John Battaglia Memorial S,
Troye (G2), Lone Star Park H (G3), Texas Mile S (G3),
Dimension, Mr. Commons). 3rd Transylvania S, G3T), WAR DISPATCH (Prix de Simply Majestic H, Foothill S, etc. Sire.
SIRE LINE
SUMMER FRONT is by WAR FRONT, black-type
Guiche, G3 in Fr, etc., to 4, 2016), PEACE PRESERVER
(Noble Damsel S, G3T, etc.), AMERICAN PATRIOT (Kent
Talentina. Placed at 2, 3rd Junior Champion S.
4th dam
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Vosburgh S (G1), Forego S (G1), Tom Fool H (G2),
CORRESPONDENT (Appleton S, G3T, 2nd Autumn S,
G2A, 3rd Gulfstream Park Turf H, G1T, to 6, 2016),
PRIDE’S CROSSING. 6 wins at 3 and 4, $149,320.
Dam of 13 foals, including—
KILTARTAN CROSS. 12 wins, 2 to 7, $180,642, St.
halF bROThER TO GRaDE I hOllyWOOD STaRlET
Deputy Minister H (G3), Mr. Prospector H (G3).
To November 6, 2016: Sired 7 crops, 468 foals, 368 rnrs (79%),
LONG ISLAND SOUND (Paddy Power Diamond S, G3 in
Ire, 2nd Secretariat S, G1T, 3rd Tercentenary S, G3 in
Eng, at 3, 2016), NATIVE BOMBSHELL (Ontario Fashion
Cloud S, 2nd Renville County H, 3rd Hawthorne
Derby (G3T), Canterbury Budweiser Breeders’ Cup H. vIcTRESS laRaGh
261 wnrs (56%), 101 2yo wnrs (22%), 53 BTW (11%), QUEEN’S SHILLING. 4 wins at 3. Producer. Dam of
S, G3A, etc.), INTELLIGENCE CROSS (Round Tower S,
2.37 AEI, 2.31 CI, 245 sale yrlgs, avg $297,901, 6.64 TNA. Two Lanterns ($79,701, 2nd Lafayette S).
G3 in Ire, etc., at 2, 2016), ROYAL ARTILLERY (Betfred
In 2016: 79 2yos, 42 2yo rnrs, 24 2yo wnrs, 19 BTW, 23 sale Rose of Lancaster S, G3 in Eng, etc., at 3, 2016), etc. 5th dam
yrlgs, avg $606,177. PRIDES PROMISE. Placed at 3. Dam of 12 foals, incl.— Nominated to: Nominated to:
WAR FRONT has sired AIR FORCE BLUE (champion
WAR FRONT’S 2016 black-type stakes winners are
AVENGE (G1T), BRAVE ANNA (G1 in Eng), ON LEAVE SUMMERTIME PROMISE. 10 wins, 2 to 6, $373,623, 2017 FEE: $10,000 lIvE FOal GUaRaNTEED kTDF
aIRDRIE STUD
2yo colt in Eur and Ire, Dubai Dewhurst S, G1 in Eng, (G2T), ROLY POLY (G2 in Eng), WAR DECREE (G2 in Gallorette H (G3T), Yo Tambien H twice, Indian
Goffs Vincent O’Brien National S, G1 in Ire, Keeneland Eng), AMERICAN PATRIOT (G3T), INTELLIGENCE Maid H twice, Apple Blossom H, 2nd Santa
Phoenix S, G1 in Ire, 2nd Coventry S, G2 in Eng, to 3, CROSS (G3 in Ire), LONG ISLAND SOUND (G3 in Ire), Margarita Invitational H (G1), etc. Granddam of Midway, kentucky
ROYAL ARTILLERY (G3 in Eng), WAR FLAG (G3 in Fr), GENERAL MEETING ($441,125, Volante H, G3T, Inquiries to airdrie Stud, P.O. box 487, Midway, ky 40347. Phone (859) 873-7270. Fax (859) 873-6140.
STUD ANALYSIS DEPARTING, MOSLER, TAKE COVER, WAR DANCER, etc., sire), CARSON CITY ($306,240, Sapling S, G2,
Summer Front entered stud in 2016. His first foals
E-mail: info@airdriestud.com Web Site: www.airdriestud.com
WITH HONORS, DIAMOND BACHELOR, LULL, BOLTING etc., sire), NATURAL NINE ($182,925, Silver Screen
will arrive in 2017. (in Fr), GUERRE (in Swe). H, G3, Bradbury S), NORTH FOREVER ($156,600).
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LOOKIN AT LEE RETIRED Steve Asmussen, Lookin At Lee won four of 35 races
By Byron King and more than $1.3 million for L and N Racing, a
four-way partnership composed of Lee, Andy, and
t @BH_Bking
Michael Levinson and Don Nelson. He raced in all
M illionaire Lookin At Lee, a two-time stakes
winner best known for running second behind
Always Dreaming in the 2017 Kentucky Derby Present-
three legs of the 2017 Triple Crown, finishing fourth in
the Preakness Stakes (G1) and seventh in the Belmont
Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1). He also was
ed by Yum! Brands (G1), has been retired, co-owner fourth the previous fall in the Sentient Jet Breeders'
Michael Levinson tweeted Oct. 21. Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
The winner of the Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes at 2 His most productive years came at 2 and 3 when he
and the Downs At Albuquerque Handicap last summer ran second in the 2016 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity
at 5, Lookin At Lee struggled this year at 6. The son (G1) and third in the 2017 Arkansas Derby (G1).
of Lookin At Lucky was winless in six starts in 2020, "What a horse!" Michael Levinson tweeted. "We
managing just one in-the-money finish, a distant third hope to stand him in a regional market in 2021."
at Remington Park Sept. 11. He last raced Oct. 17, A $70,000 purchase by his owners at the 2015
running ninth in an allowance race on the Remington Keeneland September Yearling Sale from the Penn
Park turf. Sales consignment, Lookin At Lee is out of the stakes-
winning Langfuhr mare Langara Lass. He is a
half brother to two stakes winners, including
Blended Citizen (by Proud Citizen), a three-time
grade 3 winner. BH
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Lookin At Lee trains at Churchill Downs before the 2017 Kentucky Derby
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 17 OF 37SUNLAND DERBY WINNER Runaway Ghost came back as a 4-year-old and
RUNAWAY GHOST RETIRED won two stakes races at Sunland before shipping
to Kentucky for the Commonwealth Stakes (G3) at
TO STUD
Keeneland, where he ran 12th after twice clipping heels
By Byron King
and exiting the race with an ankle injury. He returned a
t @BH_Bking
month later to win another stakes race at Sunland.
R unaway Ghost, winner of the 2018 Sunland Derby
(G3) and an earner of $783,509, has been retired
and will stand the 2021 breeding season at Double LL
He raced three times this year, placing in his season
debut at Sunland and following that with a win, before
running seventh in the Lone Star Mile Stakes June 28
Farms in Bosque, N.M. in the final start of his career at Lone Star Park.
A 5-year-old son of Ghostzapper out of the Desert A third-generation homebred for the late Joe
God mare Rose's Desert, Runaway Ghost won eight of Peacock of San Antonio, Runaway Ghost was retired
15 races, mostly under the direction of trainer Todd sound and will continue to be owned by the Peacock
Fincher in New Mexico. Michael Machowsky and Steve family as he starts his second career, according to a
Asmussen also trained him during his career. The release distributed by Peacock's son, Joey. A stud fee
horse won five black-type stakes, capturing four on was not announced.
dirt in New Mexico and another on synthetic at Golden He is one of three winners for his dam, a multiple
Gate Fields as a 2-year-old in 2017. His stakes victories stakes winner within the New Mexico-bred ranks.
ranged from six furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. Rose's Desert also produced stakes winner Sheriff
His Sunland Derby win in 2018 secured him enough Brown (by Curlin).
points to compete in the Kentucky Derby Presented Bred in Kentucky by his owner, Runaway Ghost went
by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs later through the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale
that spring, but he suffered a training injury while as part of the Shawhan Place consignment but fell short
preparing for the race at Sunland Park that forced him of his reserve when bidding halted at $240,000. BH
to miss the Derby. s Share this story
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Runaway Ghost trains at Keeneland in April 2019
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 18 OF 37CHRB COMMITTEE APPROVES
CHANGE IN THYROXINE
APPROVALS
By Ron Mitchell
t @BH_RMitchell
A California Horse Racing Board commit-
tee has approved a proposed regulatory
change intended to curb the growing use of a
medication prescribed to treat hypothyroidism,
which is rare in racehorses.
According to unanimous action Oct.
21 by the medication, safety, and welfare
committee, the full board at its Oct. 22 meeting
will consider a requirement that before a
veterinarian prescribes thyroxine to a horse at a
CHRB-regulated facility, they must have made
a hypothyroid diagnosis for the animal based
on a thyrotropin-releasing hormone response
test. According to information presented to the
committee members, the TRH test is the only
reliable way to diagnose hypothyroidism.
"Thyroxine has been associated with cardiac
ZOE METZ
arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation in humans
CHRB chairman Dr. Greg Ferraro
and anecdotally similar cardiac arrhythmias
and atrial fibrillation have been reported in The staff report and analysis noted that despite
horses," the board was told in a staff report supporting those efforts, there have been 256 prescriptions written
the TRH test requirement. "The American Association for thyroxine through the first week in October at
of Equine Practitioners and Racing Medication and Southern California Thoroughbred tracks and their
Testing Consortium issued a thyroxine advisory in auxiliary training centers.
August noting the practice of prescribing levothyroxine "Over half of the prescriptions are for two trainers,
to large numbers of racehorses has drawn scrutiny and and 80% of the thyroxine has been prescribed
raised questions about the legitimacy of its use in horses by just three veterinarians," the report stated.
engaged in training and racing. They also pointed to "Hypothyroidism is rare in horses and especially so in
multiple instances where records indicate levothyroxine young racehorses."
was prescribed for every horse in a trainer's care." "There is no room for the use of thyroxine in
Dr. Rick Arthur, the equine medical director, racehorses," said Dr. Greg Ferraro, an equine
explained that following a rash of equine fatalities in veterinarian and the CHRB chairman. "This ruling is
2013, the board took steps to tighten the use of the long overdue."
medication. The committee also approved a change to a regulation
"Subsequent to the sudden deaths reports where all scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2021, regarding when
the horses in a particular cluster we were investigating horses can be removed from the official veterinarian's
were on thyroxine, the board issued an advisory list that consists of horses deemed to be unfit to compete
requiring specific diagnostic and other prescribing in a race due to veterinary treatment, physical distress,
and reporting and labeling restrictions for thyroxine injury, lameness, unsoundness, or infirmity.
and any other thyroid hormone or thyroid hormone
analogs," Arthur explained. (continued on page 20)
BLOODHORSE DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 PAGE 19 OF 37CHRB COMMITTEE APPROVES The committee discussed but held off on a vote until
CHANGE IN THYROXINE further consideration is given to proposed changes in its
fire prevention regulation that would remove many of the
APPROVALS
specifics that must be met before clearance is given prior
(continued from page 19)
to a race meet or opening of a training center each year.
Each facility under the CHRB regulatory umbrella
The new regulation, approved by the California would have to receive approval of fire clearances from
Assembly this year, also specifies the amount of time local fire authorities, the proposal said.
a horse must spend on the veterinarian's list. The "Board Rule 1927 has existed since the development
committee Wednesday approved a recommendation of the first CHRB regulations and has never been
that the regulation also allow the official veterinarian to modified. Additionally, based on recommendation from
require diagnostic imaging prior to removal from the list. feedback from stakeholders, it is determined that this
The committee also received a report on postmortem rule is outdated and difficult to comply with," the analysis
exams conducted during the July 1, 2018, through June stated. "Board staff spoke with the Department of
30, 2019, fiscal year that showed 144 examinations Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the requirements
were performed, six more than the previous year. Of of Board Rule 1927 and the best way to safely amend
the equine fatalities during the period, 126 were in the rule to make compliance possible for racing
Thoroughbreds and 18 in Quarter Horses. associations, but also to ensure continued safety. Upon
"The largest cluster of fatal injuries—77%—occurred the recommendation of Cal Fire, it was recommended
in 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old racehorses," the report that the Board leave the approval of the fire clearances
stated. "In 2018-19, 79% of the total primary injuries up to the local fire authorities and the requirements as
in all breeds were due to musculoskeletal, which is outlined in already existing Cal Fire regulations."
consistent with what has started several years ago." After hearing feedback from representatives
Arthur also presented the medication violations of racing associations and the general public, the
report for fiscal 2019-20 that showed 119 medication committee decided to continue to work on the
or drug violations, 99 of which were for Class 4 or 5 proposed changes. BH
medications and 20 for Class 1, 2, or 3 medications. s Share this story
CECILIA GUSTAVSSON
Dr. Rick Arthur
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SISKIN TO STAND STUD IN JAPAN "I didn't want to send him as a 3-year-old to a
AFTER BREEDERS' CUP BID Breeders' Cup, but he won't be staying in training at 4,
By Tom Peacock/Racing Post so the Breeders' Cup now becomes an option. At this
moment in time, he's being trained with that in mind."
G er Lyons has revealed that his dual group 1 winner
Siskin will head to stud in Japan after one final po-
tential start in his care at the Breeders' Cup.
After explaining on the Nick Luck Daily podcast
that Japan would be Siskin's stallion destination,
Lyons expressed a degree of both personal and wider
The Juddmonte homebred was unbeaten in a disappointment.
striking juvenile campaign, which culminated in victory Juddmonte announced in June that it had sold
in the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (G1) at the Curragh. Siskin's breeding rights to undisclosed buyers, widely
He returned for 2020 to land the Tattersalls Irish thought to have been Coolmore.
Two Thousand Guineas(G1) under a steely ride from "I'm delighted for him because he's going to get a
Colin Keane and was a commendable third behind quality book of mares that he probably wouldn't get in
Mohaather in the Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1). The First Ireland, but I'd have loved to have trained him at 4,"
Defence colt was most recently seen finishing fourth Lyons said. "But it just goes to show you where we are
to Persian King in last month's Prix du Moulin de in the industry when powerhouses like Juddmonte,
Longchamp (G1). Coolmore still sell their best horses and have to sell
"This year was about the Guineas, the Sussex, come their best horses for economic reasons.
back for a light campaign, maybe the Boomerang (G2), "I thought when I'd get to the stage when I'm
have a look at the QEII (G1), ground depending, and winning a Guineas or an Oaks that you'd see their
then put him away for next year, but that's been put on careers out. We've got to where we are by selling our
hold," said Lyons. best horses, and here we are at the top table, still
selling our best horses. Which is a
little bit disappointing, frustrating,
whatever, it's demoralizing to say
the least."
Lyons has sought top of the ground
conditions for Siskin this season, and
the state of the going at Keeneland
next month is the trainer's caveat.
"We're allowed 'go' if we're all
happy with him, and that's a decision
(Juddmonte racing manager) Teddy
(Grimthorpe) and I will make in the
coming days," he said. "It's been
lovely fast ground over there of late,
which would be perfect for him, but I
wouldn't like to see him over there on
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soft ground."
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AL SHAQAB SCORES LOPE DE VEGA "Certainly he was a horse we were strong on."
COLT AT ARQANA OCTOBER After a couple of years of more low-key spending
By Scott Burton/Racing Post at the yearling sales while their breeding wing was
allowed to bed in, Al Shaqab are now looking to a more
O n Oct. 21 Al Shaqab's sustained investment at the
Arqana October Yearling sale passed the €1.7 mil-
lion mark for the week across 19 horses, with the star
mixed economy.
Hensey pointed out that plenty of their purchases
have been linked to the eight-strong Bouquetot roster,
of their acquisitions on Day 3 a son of Lope de Vega no fewer than four of which have their first yearlings
(Lot 465) knocked down for €95,000 (US$112,314). passing through the ring in 2020.
Bred by Haras de Castillon and carrying more than "We've been active at the sales—here in September,
just the chestnut coloring in terms of resemblance to at Newmarket in Book 2 and this week—and we've
his sire, the colt is out of the Mr. Greeley mare Princess bought almost 40 yearlings this year," he said.
Aurora, whose most successful product to date is "Breeders are having a tough time and Sheikh Joaan
Weatherbys Stallion Book Flying Scotsman Stakes was conscious of that. We certainly tried to support
third Mohab, and boasting two siblings who won at the breeders as much as possible and as well as buying
listed level in the United States. horses by non-Al Shaqab stallions, we've bought quite a
Al Shaqab chief operating officer Paul Hensey said few by ours to support those breeders."
of the session-leader: "He is a lovely individual, we Al Wukair Crop Featuring Plenty of
liked him a lot. Lope de Vega is a proven sire and does Precocious Types
it day in, day out." Day 3 buys for the team were completed by a pair
Lope de Vega had indeed been to the fore earlier of fillies by Bouquetot sires: a €60,000 ($70,936)
in the day when Godolphin's Parchemin maintained daughter of Al Wukair from the Fairway Consignment
an unbeaten record across the road from the Arqana (Lot 452), and the second by Olympic Glory out of the
complex in the Prix Isonomy. Dark Angel mare Petite Patch brought to the ring by
"This is a big strong colt with a great walk, out the Haras de la Hotellerie (Lot 458).
of a Mr. Greeley mare, which always brings a little
bit of brilliance to a pedigree," continued Hensey. (continued on page 23)
COURTESY OF ARQANA
The Lope de Vega colt consigned as Lot 465 in the ring at the Arqana October Sale
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