*BEHOLDER WORKS AT KEENELAND
BREEDERS’ CUP – RACES ARE DRAWN
Time to start handicapping
THOROUGHBLOG is pleased to have freelance horse racing writer, horse owner and all-around cool racing fan RYAN DICKEY ( https://twitter.com/rdickey249) HANDICAP THE RACES FOR THE SITE COMING UP THIS WEEK – Stay tuned for Ryan’s awesome analysis.
Also — watch for JAKE’S PICKS, yes, Jake has been away from the handicapping scene this year as he worked on his skills but he is ready for some selections for the biggest day of racing – get ready!
Jake is ready for Breeders’ Cup!
Friday there are 4 Breeders’ Cup races and a couple of locals from Woodbine are in action.
CATCH A GLIMPSE frolicked along in the slop in her gallop on Tuesday morning and everything is look good so far for the Kentucky bred City Zip filly.
She is owned equally by Gary Barber, Jeff Begg and Mike Ambler and Ambler has sold a share of his portion to Greg Lang. The trio of Ontario horsemen and their families are heading down to Kentucky (Begg is already there) for the big race and it is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime journey for the locals.
Catch a Glimpse has plenty going for her as she will start from post 4 in the Juvenile Fillies Turf at 1 mile. The turf is going to be quite soft, according to Begg, and at least his filly raced on a giving grass when she won the Natalma Stakes.
The race is loaded up with some European gals and, if you are playing Pick 3’s, Pick 4’s, you must take a look at all of them.
One, LAST WALTZ, has a nasty post position but she is co-owned by the popular ownership group in Vancouver, Swift Thoroughbreds, owned by Horatio & Jackie Kemeny and Mark & Naudia Maché. Horatio and Mark have been friends since childhood and first visited Hastings Park together during their high school days. At Hastings they became tremendous fans of the beautiful thoroughbreds and the exciting drama of racing.
Friday, Keeneland, post time: 4:50 p.m. EDT
BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE FILLIES TURF-GI, $1,000,000, 2yo, f, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Tin Type Gal Tapit Saez Motion 122
2 Thrilled Uncle Mo Velazquez Pletcher 122
3 Alice Springs (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Moore O’Brien 122
4 Catch a Glimpse K City Zip Geroux Casse 122
5 Ruby Notion Great Notion Hernandez Ward 122
6 Andreya’s Reward K Warrior’s Reward Prado Wolfson 122
7 Sapphire Kitten Kitten’s Joy Leparoux Sharp 122
8 Harmonize K Scat Daddy Alvarado Mott 122
9 Nemoralia K More Than Ready Rosario Noseda 122
10 Illuminate (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Dettori Hannon 122
11 Pricedtoperfection Temple City Ortiz, Jr. Brown 122
12 Gliding By Artie Schiller Lezcano Mott 122
13 Mirage (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) Spencer Callaghan 122
14 Last Waltz (Ire) Danehill Dancer (Ire) Castellano Brown 122
Also Eligible:
15 Time and Motion Tapit Smith Toner 122
ALSO ON FRIDAY, in the Juvenile Turf, Barbara Minshall and Bruce Lunsford’s SKY MARSHAL will attempt to take down some tough colts after his 2nd place finish in the Summer Stakes. The winner that day was Ontario-bred CONQUEST DADDYO who was born at Shannondoe Farm in St. Thomas. The Conquest Stable colt was bred by James and Janeane Everatt and Arika Everatt Meeuse and no doubt they will be cheering hard for their homegrown colt.
Overseas, all the rage has been for HIT IT A BOMB who has been stunning in 2 races for trainer Aidan O’Brien. But the colt drew post 14. His felolow Euro’s have looked good in their races and they are the ones to beat on what will be soft turf.
Friday, Keeneland, post time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE TURF-GI, $1,000,000, 2yo, c/g, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Dressed in Hermes Hat Trick (Jpn) Stevens Armstrong 122
2 Azar K Scat Daddy Velazquez Pletcher 122
3 Manhattan Dan Big Brown Albarado Contessa 122
4 Shogun (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Heffernan O’Brien 122
5 Highland Sky Sky Mesa Velasquez Tagg 122
6 Birchwood (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Doyle Fahey 122
7 Ray’s The Bar (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Castellano Brown 122
8 Airoforce Colonel John Leparoux Casse 122
9 Sky Marshal K Sky Mesa Saez Minshall 122
10 Conquest Daddyo K Scat Daddy Bravo Casse 122
11 Hollywood Don K Tapit Rosario Miller 122
12 Camelot Kitten Kitten’s Joy Ortiz, Jr. Brown 122
13 Cymric Kitten’s Joy Buick Gosden 122
14 Hit It a Bomb War Front Moore O’Brien 122
WORKOUT WATCH – NEMORALIA – a filly to watch in Juvenile Filly Turf!
SOME SATURDAY BREEDERS’ CUP RACES OF NOTE..
GOLDEN HORN, the Arc winner, has arrived and Frankie Dettori talks about the once-beaten colt and his mounts..
“I haven’t been in her in 20 years, just got to keep an eye on the bias, American tracks change from day to day”
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/13864/frankie-dettori-talks-breeders-cup
*KEN RAMSAY was on the workout breakfast show this morning and said he is running “5 Kittens and a rabbit in the Breeders Cup -” (the rabbit is poor old Shining Copper)
Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:35 p.m. EDT
BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC-GI, $5,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Tonalist Tapit Velazquez Clement 126
2 Keen Ice K Curlin Ortiz, Jr. Romans 122
3 Frosted Tapit Rosario McLaughlin 122
4 American Pharoah Pioneerof the Nile Espinoza Baffert 122
5 Gleneagles (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Moore O’Brien 122
6 Effinex Mineshaft Smith Jerkens 126
7 Smooth Roller K Hard Spun Baze Garcia 126
8 Hard Aces Hard Spun Talamo Sadler 126
9 Honor Code A.P. Indy Castellano McGaughey III 126
10 Beholder K Henny Hughes Stevens Mandella 123
Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 4:10 p.m. EDT
SENTIENT JET BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE-GI, $2,000,000, 2yo, c/g,
1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Conquest Big E K Tapit Bridgmohan Casse 122
2 Riker K Include Campbell Gonzalez 122
3 Greenpointcrusader K Bernardini Bravo Schettino 122
4 Unbridled Outlaw K Unbridled’s Song Smith Romans 122
5 Cocked and Loaded K Colonel John Ortiz, Jr. Rivelli 122
6 Rated R Superstar Kodiak Kowboy Borel McPeek 122
7 Brody’s Cause K Giant’s Causeway Lanerie Romans 122
8 Tale of S’avall Tale of Ekati Velasquez Tagg 122
9 Exaggerator K Curlin Desormeaux Desormeaux 122
10 Ralis Square Eddie Castellano O’Neill 122
11 Isotherm K Lonhro (Aus) Lezcano Weaver 122
12 Swipe K Birdstone Espinoza Desormeaux 122
13 Nyquist K Uncle Mo Gutierrez O’Neill 122
14 Waterloo Bridge (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Moore O’Brien 122
Also Eligible:
15 Siding Spring K Warrior’s Reward Saez Casse 122
16 Tom’s Ready K More Than Ready Velazquez Stewart 122
Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 12:45 p.m. EDT
TWINSPIRES BREEDERS’ CUP TURF SPRINT-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up,
5 1/2fT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Pure Sensation Zensational Velazquez Clement 126
2 Bobby’s Kitten Kitten’s Joy Castellano Brown 126
3 Undrafted K Purim Dettori Ward 126
4 Jimmy Bouncer Square Eddie Gutierrez O’Neill 126
5 Lady Shipman Midshipman Ortiz, Jr. O’Connell 121
6 Joe Franklin Bernstein Ortiz Jacobson 124
7 Green Mask Mizzen Mast Rosario Ward 126
8 Something Extra K Indian Charlie Smith Cox 126
9 No Silent Silent Name (Jpn) Stevens Mandella 126
10 The Great War K War Front Moore Ward 124
11 Marchman Sharp Humor Albarado Calhoun 126
12 Ready for Rye K City Zip Espinoza Albertrani 124
13 Stacked Deck First Samurai Saez Minshall 126
14 Mongolian Saturday K Any Given Saturday Geroux Ganbat 126
Also Eligible:
15 Rumble Doll K Street Boss Talamo Falcone, Jr 123
16 Holy Lute K Midnight Lute Pedroza Cassidy 126
CANADIAN-BRED FILLY SOAR and PARTRIDGE a great pair
(with files courtesy of Thoroughbred Daily News)
The popular Thoroughbred Charities of America Thoroughbred Makeover and Retired Racehorse Project was a huge success this past weekend at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
Over 150 retired racehorseS competed in events while horsepeople and fans enjoyed all types of special events and educational seminars all focusing on the re-training of the racehorse.
The grand prize of $100,000 for “America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred” went to a filly from right here in Ontario: Soar and her owner Lindsay Partridge.
A daughter of Trajectory – Pyrenee, by Mt. Livermore, Soar was bred by Gardiner Farms and is a foal of 2007. Soar sold as a yearling at the Canadian Horse Society 2008 Canadian-bred Yearling Sale for $32,795 to Ralph
Murray.
She went on to race for Murray Stable and notched her first win as a 3-year-old for a claiming tag of $11,500 at Woodbine. She would go on to find her niche at the $4,000-$5,000 claiming level, finding her way to the winner’s circle eight more times while racing for various owners at Woodbine Racetrack, Tampa Bay
Downs and Fort Erie Race Track.
Partridge, who has built much of her professional training career out of finding retired racehorses, training them in the discipline she feels suits them best, and selling them to riders looking for dependable show or recreational mounts, found Soar the way she finds many of her training prospects–via a picture
on Facebook.
“I heard about the Thoroughbred Makeover and wanted to find a horse to compete in it with because I thought it sounded like a really fun way to promote the Thoroughbred breed. I found Soar the same way I find a lot of my project horses–by seeing a picture on Facebook. I liked the look of her, so I
contacted the seller and bought her,” said Partridge. “I’m actually a jumper rider at heart, but I wanted to show off my horses’ best attributes, so I went cowgirl in the Makeover for them. Being a Canadian on a Canadian horse and winning the title of America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred is pretty cool,
eh?”
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JOCKEY CLUB OF CANADA JOINS COALITION FOR HORSE RACING INTEGRITY
The Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity announced today the Jockey Club of Canada (JCC) has joined as a member. The JCC is the second international racing group to join the coalition, bringing additional support from another jurisdiction which has already implemented the type of uniform, high standards for medication testing and enforcement that supporters seek to achieve in the United States.
“The border between Canada and the U.S. is one crossed by thousands of racehorses each year,” said Jeff Begg, Chief Steward of the Jockey Club of Canada. “The members of the Jockey Club of Canada are eager to see medication reforms in the U.S. that will provide certainty and a level playing field no matter what state or track they’re headed to.”
The Jockey Club of Canada oversees the Thoroughbred breeding registry and graded stakes racing in Canada, and is responsible for the annual Sovereign Awards program and the Canadian Graded Stakes Committee. JCC represents Canada at the annual International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities Conference.
The Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity supports the Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015, which would authorize an independent, racing-specific, non-governmental and non-profit organization to create uniform, high standards in drug and medication testing and enforcement for Thoroughbred horse racing.
The coalition’s membership includes major racing organizations, animal welfare groups, racing and wagering facilities and a grassroots organization with over 1,100 owners, trainers, breeders, and racing professionals.
The Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced that it has made a five-year, $100,000 pledge in support of William Osler Health System Foundation’s $100 million campaign to expand and redevelop Etobicoke General Hospital.
WOODBINE SUPPORTS ETOBICOKE GENERAL
The total financial commitment by WEG, a longtime supporter of Etobicoke General, part of William Osler Health System (Osler), will see the funds designated towards building and equipping an expanded emergency department at the hospital.
The Orlando Corporation has launched a $15 million matching gift challenge. Under this challenge, the largest ever matching challenge to benefit a community hospital in Canada, Orlando will match, dollar-for-dollar, all donations made to each of Osler’s three hospital sites, including WEG’s $100,000 pledge.
“We are extremely grateful to our many friends at Woodbine Entertainment Group, not only for this significant donation, but also for their longstanding support of William Osler Health System and Etobicoke General Hospital” said Ken Mayhew, the president and CEO of William Osler Health System Foundation. “Their generosity continues to have a significant impact on the hospital and the many people who depend on its numerous services.”
The expansion of Etobicoke General is expected to be completed in 2019 and will include:
A larger, state-of-the-art emergency department
Cardiac Care and Intensive Care Units
A Maternal newborn unit with birthing suites and a specialized nursery
A new ambulatory procedures unit
Cardiorespiratory and neurodiagnostic services
A valued and loyal supporter of Etobicoke General since its inception, WEG, through donations that now total over $400,000, has had a significant influence on areas of need designated by the hospital, including renewal and redevelopment projects, such as Diagnostic Cardiology and Day Surgery spaces.
