GOOD LUCK ON SATURDAY BABY
A beautiful image sent by Josie DePaulo of Thoroughbred love.
OCALA APRIL 2-YEAR-OLD REMAINS STRONG
Prices on ready-to-race juveniles were still strong on the 3rd day of the April OBS sale but a few Canadians worked their way into the shopping line.
BEAR STABLES purchased a $50,000 Discreetly Mine – Almost aprom Queen colt and Harvey Swartz paid $32,00 for an Ontario bred by Philanthropist.
DENNY ANDREWS bought a Philanthropist – Bojangle Now filly for $25,000 and READE BAKER bought a Giant’s Causeway filly for $40,000.
CANADIAN BREDS SOLD
Here are the hip numbers, prices, workout times and breeding/consigner, barn
193 $145,000 ZAYAT ST. 10.1 C Ghostzapper Northglen Ontario Bobby Dodd, Agent 6
201 $32,000 JOHN CAULFIELD 10.1 F Artie Schiller Ochoa Ontario King’s Equine, Agent X 2
295 $25,000 R. PEARSON 10.4 C Speightstown Queen’s Park Ontario Niall Brennan Stables, Agent I
347 NOT SOLD ($22,000) 11.1 C Society’s Chairman Romanced Ontario Derby Dreams, Agent I G
353 NOT SOLD ($37,000) 10.3 Y F Court Vision Rouge Lady Ontario Derby Daze Farm, Agent I G
378 MIKE RYAN $110,000 10.4 F Smart Strike Santerra Ontario Niall Brennan Stables, Agent
436 D. PORCUN $18,000 10.4 F Where’s the Ring Silver Rush Ontario Eisaman Equine, Agent 7
455 RALPH BIAMONTE, C. GEORGE $30,000 10.3 F North Light (IRE) Skippy O Ontario Crupi’s New Castle Farm, Agent
473 OUT 10.3 F Lemon Drop Kid Snow Lady Ontario Top Line Sales LLC, Agent I 14
522 out C Repent Streetwise Ontario Thoroughbred Friends & Associates, Agent VII 20
530 $13,000 SPAN BLDSTK 10.3 C Plan Sugar Bird Ontario Santa Fe Thoroughbreds, Agent II
547 out 10.4 C Cape Blanco (IRE) Sweet Kitten Ontario de Meric Sales, Agent X
683 NOT SOLD (37) 10.3 F Old Forester Woodland City (SAF) Ontario RiceHorse Stables 14
723 HARVEY SWARTZ $32.000 10.3 F Philanthropist Allegation Ontario Best A Luck Farm LLC, Agent
786 XAVIER INT. BLOODSTK. $100,000 10.2 C Court Vision Best Diamond Ontario Thomas and Casse, Agent
796 out F Uncle Mo Black Hills Goldie Ontario Parrish Farms, Agent 3
837 NOT SOLD (37) 11.0 C Court Vision Carolina Ontario Derby Daze Farm, Agent IV G
TODAY –
900 10.2 F Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Consilia Ontario Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), A 957 10.1 C Unbridled’s Song Destroy Ontario Eisaman Equine, Agent 7
1000 out C Zensational Embur’s Melody Ontario Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent XLV
1010 10.4 C Sidney’s Candy Ethan’s Car Ontario Niall Brennan Stables, Agent X 8
1045 out C Bernardini Flawless Diamond Ontario Niall Brennan Stables, Agent XLIII 8
1079 10.2 F Flower Alley Glorious Hawk Ontario RiceHorse Stables 14
1137 10.4 F Lookin At Lucky Higher World Ontario Eisaman Equine, Agent 7
1169 10 F Tizway Imaginary Gold Ontario Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent XIX 5
1179 10.3 C Victor’s Cry Itstartswithadream Ontario Derby Daze Farm, Agent I G
STANDARDBRED CANADA
ONTARIO HORSE RACING AND THE 2015 BUDGET
There has not been a lot of news on the status of the Ontaro Horse Racing Industry and its integration into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming plan but you can be sure the representatives of horse racing in this province and working hard to get things moving along.
Standardbred Canada staff gleaned some tidbits from the budget released yesterday:
On Thursday, Ontario’s Finance Minister Charles Souza released the 2015 Budget. While the province’s horse racing industry wasn’t referenced in terms of an increase or decrease to funding, the Budget did hint to other proposed changes.
In the section titled “Creating a Supportive Business Environment”, the Province noted changes will be proposed on a number of provincial statutes. If these statutes are passed, “these changes would integrate support for provincial horse racing within OLG’s mandate and transfer the Province’s regulatory responsibilities for horse racing to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.”
This proposal could involve the development of a new statute and potential changes to a number of other statutes, including the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, the Alcohol and Gaming Regulation and Public Protection Act, the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Act and the Racing Commission Act.
The Budget further goes on to state that “the government will also be looking to the industry for leadership and continued collaboration. The industry may, in future, manage industry programs while championing the interests of all its members and customers, and providing non-binding advice to the Province and its agencies.”
read more..
http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/4-23-15/racing-ontarios-2015-budget.html
HASTINGS PARK, VANCOUVER: RACING BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
Thoroughbred horse racing returns to the Lower Mainland at Hastings Racecourse Saturday and Sunday at 1:50 p.m.
Unlike past years when there was an uncertainty with the future of the sport, last November the City of Vancouver extended its lease with Hastings until November 2016.
It sent a clear message that horsemen had reason once again to be optimistic.
Also in almost perfect weather, those same horsemen were given ample time this spring to get their stables ready. Compared to those dismal months of past years, you cannot help noticing a whole new attitude in the barn area at Hastings.
BUMMER.
from The Daily Mail
– Jockey Blake Shinn lost his pants while riding down the home straight
-‘The pants went… and there was nothing I could do,’ he said afterwards
-Shinn, atop Miss Royale, only managed to finish second in the race
-Acting chief steward Greg Rudolph said he had never seen anything like it
