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CURRAGHMORE FARM, owned by Vera Simpson and Mike Dube, have brought 2 young ones into the world at their Waterdown, ON farm.
On Jan. 10 a filly by Silent Name (Jpn) out of the Wando mare Hathaway arrived for Simpson and Dube.
DAVE LANDRY captured this filly celebrating her birth:
(Below photo, with mare, also by DAVE LANDRY) Three days later, the first foal for the stallion MAGICIAN (GB), winner of the Breeders’ Cup Turf in 2013 arrived at Curraghmore, a colt out of Proximity, by Nayef. The colt (big white marking on his head) is owned by Gunpowder Stables.
SHAMAN GHOST RETURNS TO WORKTAB
Queen’s Plate winner SHAMAN GHOST, a homebred for Frank Stronach and family, popped up on the worktab on Sunday, prepping 3 furlongs in an easy 37.90 at Palm Meadows. The son of Ghostzapper has not been seen since he was 2nd in the Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.
CANADIANS ELSEWHERE
B T’S BABY, owned and trained by Bill Tharrenos, came from 11th and last and rallied between horses to win a $6,250 claiming race at Gulfstream Park on Monday, Martin Luther King day in the U.S. The thrilling stretch rally by the daughter of Vibank – Pyrite Select by Formal Dinner was helped by a rapid pace up front but this hard-trying filly has been a steady performer at the Florida track since she moved there in september.
She was 12-1 and it was Tharrenos’ 3rd win of the meeting.
SUSAN HILL of Alberta and co-owner Jason Sciortino watched their first-time starter LEX VEGAS win a maiden allowance at 5 1/2 furlongs at Gulfstream on Monday. The dark bay colt by Street Boss, a Kentucky bred, is trained by former Woodbine trainer Brian Lynch.
Hill also races a large stable with husband Jim.
Lex Vegas had a 34 4/5 workout for 3 furlongs at Keeneland many workouts back on his chart. He paid 7-1 and defeated the strongly-hyped but torubeld beginner DROP SHOT.
DEBRA ROMBIS sent out HONYTONK MAN to win a $5,000 claiming race at Mahoning Valley on Monday. The Kentucky bred 4-year-old was 3-1 in his second outing ot he year and he was claimed by trainer Eliot Sullivan.
In the same race, Beryl Larue’s MR HONEY BADGER finished second.
AT PAYSON PARK, it’s training days for Canadians
Thank you to Kerri Duggan for this image of GAIL COX and company at Payson Park this past week.
OWNER BRAD GRANT, TRAINER BEN WALLACE buy 3 at Meadowlands sale
Daily Racing Form report
Lindy’s Tru Grit was the sale-topper at Monday’s Tattersalls January Select Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands Racetrack, one of three horses purchased by owner Brad Grant for trainer Ben Wallace as the two friends look to move forward following the Classy Lane Training Centre fire that claimed the lives of 43 horses earlier this month.
The Jan. 4 fire destroyed a barn that housed horses trained by Wallace, Roger Mayotte, Chantal Mitchell, Kris DiCenzo, Dan Lagace, and Floyd Amos. Grant owned four horses killed in the fire, all trained by Wallace, including multiple-stakes-winner Apprentice Hanover.
“I lost a great horse in Apprentice Hanover,” Grant said, referring to the 6-year-old stallion who had earned $983,118 in his career. “I got a lot of comments from horsepeople who thought this was going to be his year. But you get back up and you go back at it. This gets Ben back up and running and racing right away. We’ve known each other for 40 years and he’s probably trained my horses for 20 or 25.
http://www.drf.com/news/harness-brad-grant-buys-sale-topper-meadowlands-mixed-sale
CANADIAN Horse Racing Hall of Fame Call for 2016 Nominations
2016 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Since the inaugural class of people and horses were inducted in 1976, there are now over 500 honoured members in the CHRHF. The public is invited to participate in the nomination of horses and people who have made a significant contribution to Canadian horse racing, for induction to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2016.
Nominations for the following will be considered:
• MALE HORSE: Stallions or geldings whose contribution to Canadian racing occurred in the past 20 years.
• FEMALE HORSE: Mares whose contribution to Canadian racing occurred in the past 20 years.
• VETERAN HORSE: Horses whose careers have been concluded for 20 years, but less than 50 years.
• PERSON: Trainers, Drivers, Jockeys
• BUILDERS: Includes, but not limited to Breeders, Owners, Officials, and others.
• COMMUNICATORS: Includes, but not limited to writers, broadcasters, photographers, announcers.
• VETERAN PERSON: Trainers, Drivers, Jockeys whose careers have been concluded for 20 years, but less than 50 years.
New in 2016: All nomination submissions must be made using the form available on the CHRHF website at www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com. Form may also be obtained by contacting admin@horseracinghalloffame.com. Complete eligibility criteria may be found at: http://horseracinghalloffame.com/inductees/eligibility/
For further information, or to submit a completed nomination form, contact:
Standardbred Nominations:
Darryl Kaplan, Standardbred Nomination Chair,
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
1-2150 Meadowvale Blvd.,
Mississauga, ON L5N 6R6
P: (905) 858-3060 ext. 241 F: (905) 858-3089
E: dkaplan@standardbredcanada.ca
Thoroughbred Nominations: Tom Cosgrove, Thoroughbred Nomination Chair,Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame555 Rexdale Blvd., P.O. Box 156Toronto, ON M9W 5L2P: (416) 213-2113 E: tmc@woodbineentertainment.comNominations forms may also be submitted to:Linda Rainey, Managing Director
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
P: (416) 417-9404
E: Linda.rainey@horseracinghalloffame.com
All submissions will be carefully considered by the Nominating Committee and if approved, presented to the Election Committee for voting by secret ballot.
NOMINATION DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016 5:00 pm EST.
The final list of the 2016 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Inductees will be announced on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.
The 2016 Induction Gala will be held Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 at the Mississauga Convention Centre.
UNCAPTURED, Canadian Horse of the Year 2012, sires first foal
Uncaptured, Lion Heart’s multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire son, sired his first reported foal Jan. 3rd when a filly was born at J. Michael O’Farrell Jr.’s Ocala Stud Farm, where Uncaptured is standing stud in Florida.
“The filly is very nice. We hope all of the Uncaptureds are stamped like this one,” said J. Michael O’Farrell, Jr. “He’s a tremendous physical himself, and obviously had the talent and class to go with it, so we have high hopes.
Uncaptured bred a very good book of mares, and we’re excited about the arrival of his first crop.” Bred and owned by Ocala Stud, the dark bay or brown filly is out of the Proud Citizen mare Western Tornado, who hails from the immediate family of multiple G1-winning millionaire Critical Eye. Uncaptured was the Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and Canadian Horse of the Year as a 2-year-old, becoming the first juvenile since 1984 to win Horse of the Year honors in Canada.
He joined an elite list of 2-year-olds to win Horse of the Year that includes the likes of Deputy Minister. One of North America’s overall best 2-year-olds of 2012, Uncaptured won six of seven starts including five stakes events as a juvenile.
He swept the Churchill Downs graded stakes for 2-year-olds, winning the Iroquois S. (G3) and Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2). As a 3-year-old, Uncaptured was runner-up in the Spiral S. (G2) on the Kentucky Derby trail in his seasonal debut, before going on to become a classic winner in Canada with a win in the $500,000 Prince of Wales S. An earner of $1,072,366, Uncaptured retired to Ocala Stud where he bred 137 mares in his first book in 2015, marking the highest number of mares covered by a stallion in Florida last year. By Lion Heart, Uncaptured is out of the multiple stakes-producing Arch mare Captivating. He is set to stand his second season at Ocala Stud in 2016 for a fee of $6,000 S&N.
