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THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE FOR THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE THOROUGHBRED
German Racing in Turmoil The credit crunch hits home
Why horses have an optimum trip
A closer look at mitochondrial DNA
Michael Halford Building the perfect training facility
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Introduction Giles Anderson
The news over the last few months has been dominated with stories of government economic stimulation packages, tax reliefs and interest rate cuts. I’m sure that we’ve all thought about how the economic climate will affect our businesses over the coming months but what have we done to tr y and help create opportunity and incentives through prize money?
Step forward five of the leading “Breeze Up” consignors who together, in a very short space of time, have managed to pull together a simple but innovative bonus scheme that will be of benefit to all in the racing game across Europe. When you bear in mind that the bloodstock market has been in a downward spiral for the last six months, it does show that “Breeze Up” consignors and sales houses really believe in their product if they are prepared to contribute £650 per horse to a bonus fund which will pay out up to £10,000 per horse for winning a maiden race. Good luck to this scheme which debuts this spring, it deserves to succeed. Our cover trainer, Michael Halford, is one trainer who knows all about success, as Lissa Oliver found out on her recent visit to his yard in Kildare. Michael has always been a man with a vision and his new yard is a testament to that. Reading his story, it’s easy to see how acutely aware he is in his role as a trainer to plan in detail how his yard should function in a way that maximises both potential for not only his horses but also for members of his team. Our second trainer profile is on a relatively young trainer, Nicolas Bertran De Balanda, who comes from a family steeped in French equestrian history. Nicolas’s career to date has seen him spend time working with major trainers around the world in some of the worlds biggest training centres, yet the young Frenchman chose to start his career in Lyon nearly four years ago. Since then, his stable has grown in consistency and quality and is respected across France. Whilst Lyon may not be as established a training centre as Chantilly, it lacks nothing for its facilities and its easy reach to tracks across France and Europe. As always, we’ve also brought together a range of editorial opinions and analysis, from Dr Jeremy Naylor (himself a trainer) on a simple subject which always evokes opinion – “Why do racehorses have an optimum trip?”, to analysis from America on the conditions “under foot” which may cause horses to breakdown. Over the coming pages, I’m sure you’ll agree that there is plenty to read! And don’t forget to use our “Stakes Schedules” at the back of the magazine! We’ve indexed all European Pattern Races, Gr1 races from North America which were available at press time as well as other major international races from around the world. But wherever your racing takes you this spring, good luck!
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CRIQUETTE HEAD First of all I would like to thank members who voted for me to continue in the role of President of the European Trainers’ Federation. I intend to continue to work towards the goals outlined at the beginning of last year; that is the har monisation of rules in racing and the defense of the pari-mutuel system.
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HESE are difficult times economically and the recession is certain to affect racing. The first indications have already been felt with the decline in bloodstock sales throughout Europe, and racing, as a luxury sport, is sure to suffer from the downturn. In France, we are luckier than some as our prize money has not fallen as it has in so many other countries. But keeping racehorses is an expensive business and we must prepare ourselves for the fact that we will lose owners. Unfortunately we cannot just click our fingers and find a magic solution; we must just remain competitive and hope that the recession does not last for too long. This is not the first recession we have been through and sooner or later it will come to an end; I just hope that we will not have permanently lost a major share of our
ownership when that happens. The recession comes at a bad time and even though I am a confirmed proEuropean, I must admit that Europe is currently causing us a lot of problems. The opening of the betting market in France and other countries with a parimutuel monopoly is a real concern. Countries which do not have a parimutuel system all envy our situation and in some of these countries bookmakers have completely killed off the racing industry. Even in England, where there is a real racing culture, the industry is not in good health. It is a long and slow-moving process to defend our system but many European countries are determined to fight for this cause in Brussels. It is worth noting that 75% of the world’s racing nations operate within a pari-mutuel model and they are all convinced of the benefits of the system.
The agricultural VAT rate for racing is also at risk from Europe, which is trying to create a uniform rate across the EU. France is one of the countries which will be negatively affected by this, as we are fortunate to be considered from a tax point of view as farmers, therefore operating at the 5.5% agricultural rate. We are lobbying Brussels to maintain the agricultural rate for racing, which presents a significant advantage to owners. On a brighter note, our AGM last December was very constructive and we are now studying the applications of developing racing nations who are keen to join the Federation. Finally, the beginning of the racing year is a time to be optimistic on a sporting level, regardless of wider political and economic issues troubling our industry. I wish you all a successful racing season for 2009. I
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CONTENTS ISSUE 25
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TRM trainer of the quarter
Marcel Rolland – by Sophie Hull
Michael Halford – In Profile
By Lissa Oliver
Why do Racehorses have an Optimum Trip? By Dr Jeremy Naylor
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Nicolas Bertran de Balanda By Katherine Ford
Conditions Under Foot
By Fran Jurga
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Ligament Injuries
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German Racing
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By Dr Catherine Dunnett
The Rise of AQPS Horses By Katherine Ford
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Staff and Contaminants
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The ETF AGM Product Focus Stakes Schedules
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Frances Karon’s Comment
By Geir Stabell
Forthcoming stakes races from Europe and around the world
Trainer Magazine is published by Anderson & Co. This magazine is distributed for free to all ETF members. Editorial views expressed are not necessarily those of the ETF. Additional copies can be purchased for ÂŁ5.95 (ex P+P). No part of this publication may be reproduced in any format without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the European Union
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CONTRIBUTORS Frances J. Karon, is a native of Puerto Rico and graduate of Maine’s Colby College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She operates Rough Shod LLC based in Lexington, Kentucky and specializes in sales, pedigree research and mating recommendations. Among the Pattern horses whose breedings she has suggested is Breeders’ Cup winner Cajun Beat. Frances has also pinhooked foals to yearlings with some success.
Publisher & Editorial Director Giles Anderson Sub Editors Frances Karon, Sophie Hull Design/Production Neil Randon Website Gary Pinkett Advertising Sales Giles Anderson Executive Assistant Penny Farrow Circulation Pippa Anderson Photo Credits
Caroline Norris; Lissa Oliver; Pat Healy; LGB LLC; Frank Sorge; Thoroughbred Photography; James Tate; Henri Durand; Jean-Charles Briens; Horsephotos; Shutterstock; Philippe Dyga; Fiona Boyd; National Association of Stable Staff; Stefano Grasso; JR Auvray
Cover Photograph Caroline Norris
James Tate BVMS MRCVS qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Glasgow University and his career started with mixed practice in Cumbria. He is from a family steeped in horseracing. His father, Tom Tate, is a dual purpose trainer, his father-in-law, Len Lungo, is a National Hunt trainer, and his Uncle, the legendary Michael Dickinson, has just retired from the training ranks. James is cur rently the resident senior vet for leading flat trainer Mark Johnston, a position which he has held since the star t of 2006. Dr Catherine Dunnett BSc, PhD, R.Nutr. is an independent nutritionist registered with the British Nutrition Society. She has a background in equine research, in the field of nutrition and exercise physiology, with many years spent at The Animal Health Trust in Newmarket. Prior to setting up her own consultancy business, she worked in the equine feed industr y on product development and technical marketing. Katherine Ford was brought up in a hunting and point-to-pointing environment on a farm in North Yorkshire. Following a year working in a racing yard in Middleham, she studied Modern Languages at Sheffield University, with a semester studying French in Pau. After University, Katherine completed the BHB Graduate Programme in 2000, and in 2001 star ted work for the International Racing Bureau’s Paris office. Three years later she moved to Equidia, France’s horseracing television channel, for which she has had the opportunity to travel to some of the world’s major racetracks, including those of Dubai, Hong Kong, Japan, several Breeders’ Cups, Cheltenham and Pardubice. Katherine currently works part-time for Equidia and as a freelance jour nalist and translator. Daniel Delius was born into a racing family (his great-grandfather founded Ravensberg Stud in Germany in 1908 and trained horses himself). He has been a journalist since the 1980s in both TV and print media; he was the editor of “sport-Welt” for 7 years and currently runs a weekly newsletter, www.turftimes.de. He is also an auctioneer for the BBA G sales company in Baden-Baden, an author, the German representative for Tattersalls and a racehorse owner.
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Fran Jurga lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where she is editor of Hoofcare and Lameness: Journal of Equine Foot Science, and writes Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog on the Inter net. She hosts the Hoofcare@Saratoga lecture series each August in Saratoga Springs, New York and is a member of the Shoeing and Hoof Care Committee of the Grayson Jockey Club Foundation's Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit. Dr Jeremy Naylor graduated from University of Bristol vet school in 1988, before moving to Washington State University for a 3 year residency in equine inter nal medicine. He then returned to Bristol to complete a PhD in exercise physiology. He worked in practice in Lambourn and then served as resident vet to Champion NH trainer M.C. Pipe, while establishing the Equine Sports Medicine Centre. He then took up a full-time academic position at Bristol. He has been a full-time licensed trainer since 1999, training both flat and NH horses, and still holds Visiting R esearch Fellow status at University of Bristol. Lissa Oliver lives in Co Kildare, Ireland and is a regular contributor to The Irish Field and the Australian magazine, Racetrack. Lissa is also the author of several collections of short stories and two novels. Geir Stabell, founder and Editor of Globeform has worked with many leading publications which include; The Sporting Life, ParisTurf, Blood-Horse, Racing World, Ridsport and the Irish Field. He was also international handicapper to the Racing Post for seven years,where he introduced European style ratings in North America, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. He has also worked as a TV presenter & expert guest in Scandinavia and USA.
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EUROPEAN TRAINERS’ FEDERATION AIMS and OBJECTIVES of the ETF: a) To represent the interests of all member trainers’ associations in 3Europe. b) To liaise with political and administrative bodies on behalf of European trainers. c) To exchange information between members for the benefit of European trainers. d) To provide a network of contacts to assist each member to develop its policy and services to member trainers.
ETF REPRESENTATIVES Chairmanship:
Criquette Head-Maarek - President Association des Entraineurs de Galop 18 bis Avenue du Général Leclerc 60501 Chantilly FRANCE Tel: + 33 (0)3 44 57 25 39 Fax: + 33(0)3 44 57 58 85 Email: entraineurs.de.galop@wanadoo.fr
Vice Chairmanship:
Max Hennau FEDERATION BELGE DES ENTRAINEURS Rue des Carrieres 35 5032 - Les Isnes BELGIUM Tel: Fax: +32 (0)81 56 68 46 Email: max.hennau@mobistarmail.be
GERMANY
Vice Chairmanship:
Maria Lamm – Chairwoman Swedish Trainers Association North Dåntorp, 136 50 Haninge Sweden Tel: +46 (0)8500 20938 Fax: +46 (0)8500 25250 Mobile: +46 (0)70 7560 769
ITALY
Erika Mäder – Chairwoman Jentgesallee 19 47799 Krefeld Tel: +49 (0)2151 594911 Fax: +49 (0)2151 590542 Mobile: +49 (0)173 8952675 Email: trainer-und-jockeys@netcologne.de
Valfredo Valiani Renzetti Viale delle Cascine 153 - 56122 Pisa, ITALY Tel: +39(0)50 53 24 34 Fax: +39(0)50 52 66 51 Mobil: +39(0)34 88 29 39 43 Email: v.valiani1@virgilio.it
GREECE
UNITED KINGDOM
President – Christos Theodorakis GREEK TRAINERS' ASSOCIATION Edos Ippodromou Markopoulou Markopoulou, Attikis 19 003 Contact: Aggeliki Amitsis epdigreece@hotmail.com Mobile: +30 6955 491997 Fax: +30 22990 81332
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Rupert Arnold NATIONAL TRAINERS’ FEDERATION 9 High Street - Lambourn - Hungerford Berkshire RG17 8XN Tel: +44 (0)1488 71719 Fax: +44 (0)1488 73005 www.racehorsetrainers.org
Treasureship:
Jim Kavanagh IRISH RACEHORSE TRAINERS ASSOCIATION Curragh House-Dublin Road Kildare-Co.Kildare IRELAND Tel: +353 (0) 45 522981 Fax: + 353 (0) 45 522982 www.irta.ie
NORWAY
Sven-Erik Lilja – Chairman Eventyrveien 8, 1482 Nittedal Norway Tel: +47 (0) 67 07 14 12 Mobile: +47 (0) 91 12 88 96 Email: svelilja@nokab.no
SWEDEN
Mrs Jacqueline Henriksson – Chairwoman Swedish Trainers Association South Notarp 3228 S-243 92 Hoor Tel: +46 (0)413 55 00 65 Fax: +46 (0)413 55 04 95 Mobile: +46 (0)70 731 26 39 Email: jacqueline.henriksson@home.se
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Marcel Rolland (centre) with Mrs Auvray and J.R. Auvray
Original, at 18.2 hh, towers over jock ey James Davies before going on to win the W ayward Lad Novices Chase at Kempton P ark
The TRM Trainer of the quarter award has been won by Marcel Rolland. Marcel and his team will receive a TRM product pallet worth in excess of â‚Ź2000. The pallet will consist of TRM tack bags and saddle pads as well as a large selection of the world famous TRM product range. As well as the TRM pallet they will receive a bottle of fine Irish whiskey.
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TRM trainer of the quarter By Sophie Hull
MARCEL ROLLAND
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convincingly, and is entered for both the Arkle and the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham. The plan is to repeat the process that led to his success in the Wayward Lad – as Auvray says, “Why change what worked the first time?” Rolland grew up in Normandy, where his father bred AQPS horses. He did work experience at various Normandy studs, before travelling to Kentucky. On his return, he renewed his acquaintance with François Boutin, and spent three years working with him. This gave him the experience he needed to set up on his own. After a difficult start (he only had three horses) he now has more than 1,000 wins to his name, and over thirty owners. Rolland does not usually venture outside France, but in 2008 he was sixth in the French jumps trainer rankings, and he is consistently in the top ten Paris jumps trainers. Based in Coye la Forêt, he trains roughly 80 horses, including Grade 1 winner Questarabad, whom he part-owns. On the flat, he trained Fair Mix, winner of the Group 1 Prix Ganay and the Group 3 Dubai City of Gold in 2004, and continues to have success, with six wins and 29 places in 2008. I
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IN SEARCH OF PERFECTION It took two years for Michael Halford to find it, but when he eventually bought the ideal patch of land Halford knew he had the chance to design a yard and gallops of a training facility that matched his dream. By Lissa Oliver
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ICHAEL Halford is a man of vision. As the string goes out for a mid-January canter even the fillies and older mares look well toned, their trainer always just that one step ahead of the game. The yard and gallops that he designed himself are testament to that. Not only has nothing been forgotten, but the additional finishing touches here and there are the small essentials no trainer should be without, yet the type of thing few would actually think of. There are little fenced cut-aways for rollers and the other equipment necessary to keep the private gallop in such superb condition, tucked out of sight and harm’s way. Odd grassy banks, their location and angles deliberately designed, prove to be natural mounting blocks for riders, thus removing the need for leg-ups each morning. Nothing has escaped Halford in his successful endeavour to build the perfect racing yard. “It was always my dream to build a yard from a green field site, but I didn’t know if it could ever happen,” he admits. When he finally had the opportunity to purchase property he already had several years of dreams and ideas in his head, which was why he wasn’t prepared to rush in his search for the ideal site. “It took two years to find this site, but I knew as soon as I saw it that it was perfect.” As Halford speaks,
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The five-furlong woodchip gallop (above); Halford with stable star Snaefell
Halford (cap) looks over one of his charges in the barn
one still hears that original joy and enthusiasm that must have struck him when he first viewed the land. “Everything about it was perfect, the size and the shape allowed for just what I had planned and it was within my budget, as well as being in the right location.” When he talks of seeing the potential in the land, he points out the various aspects that so perfectly leant themselves to the features he’d long ago planned in his mind. Looking out over the completed facilities his attention to detail appears breathtaking. It takes on a whole new relevance when his stable secretary, Patricia, later reveals that the field was, in fact, several small fields and all hedged. Perhaps, rather than mere visionary, oracle is a more appropriate word to describe Michael Halford. “For six or seven years I’d been training out of two yards,” he explains, “and that gave me the confidence to build a new one.” Rather than a hindrance, the splitting of his string had several benefits. “God forbid, if anything was to go wrong with the horses we could keep them separated. We also found that one location suited some horses far better than others so it helped me plan in my mind a balanced yard that would provide quiet areas for more highly-strung horses. I saw the benefits in both locations and included those in my designs. We were also using two training areas and I personally found that the circular gallop and woodchip suited my routine and methods
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“It took two years to find this site, but I knew as soon as I saw it that it was perfect” Michael Halford best, so that was what I opted for here.” The 1000 metre woodchip gallop is laid on flat ground, but meets a slight incline 300m from the end. At the start, a chute joins it, quietly secluded by young trees. “We put the stalls there, it’s a nice quiet spot for the youngsters to get used to them.” At the end of the gallop is a solid-fenced pulling up area. Once again Halford’s attention to detail and practical elements comes to the fore. “The exit is slightly offset. It stops the horses getting into the habit of ducking out. Should we have a loose horse he can pull up safely and be easily approached and if he then turns and heads out and down to the yard he can do himself no harm.” The route from gallop to yard passes another of the ingenious hidey-holes for maintenance equipment and the horses can then walk
through to the round sand gallop if necessary. “We do all our canters here on the round gallop. At this time of year we’re just keeping them ticking over and toned, ready for the serious work to start. Weather permitting, they’ll just canter most mornings, as they need it. Most of them will have had a bit of a break away at home over the winter; some have been turned out in the field here for a couple of weeks.” It isn’t just the incorporation of the features and facilities every trainer dreams of, but the positioning and layout that makes Halford’s yard special. “We have four 8horse walkers here at each end of the barn and a 5-horse walker over there by the main yard, as well as another in the isolation yard,” he points out, “which is more, really, than we need, but it makes things easier for the lads. The colts and geldings go out for the first two lots and can come straight back onto the walkers, always knowing they’ll find a place, while the fillies go out, without their paths crossing and with the minimum of disturbance. They can then go straight out to the turnout paddocks, too.” There are currently nine turnout paddocks, with several more about to be started, and these are an important feature of the yard, keeping the horses fresh and happy. “It’s so good for fizzy horses,” says Halford, who is happy to leave them out for as long as they wish, if they’re reluctant to be caught and come in. No stone has been left unturned in the trainer’s quest for the perfect yard. “I was
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Halford always spares time to give stable tours
very fortunate to find a green field site, because it meant my ideas were not compromised,” he says. “I was lucky to work with a very good architect and very patient and understanding builders who didn’t object whenever I changed my mind! I had my own very clear plan of what I wanted, but I was open to all ideas. I was never afraid to ask advice and to run things by people to perhaps find a better way to do things. The swimming pool, for example, I had visualised across here,” he waves a hand in demonstration, as he explains why it might have been so ideal, “but the builder came up with this suggestion and it made it so much easier and more cost effective to build and is now even better located.”
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T seems an odd starting point for a stable, but the pool was the first piece of construction undertaken. “Building the pool first was a Godsend. When I saw the immense hole in the ground I was shocked! I realised it would have been an unbelievable nightmare to build it later on.” The pool is built within the barn, running behind the row of boxes. “We get so much use from it,” Halford enthuses, “it’s indispensable for finishing off a horse’s preparation and for training a horse with foot problems, and the horses themselves love it. We wash their feet down before they go in and you can see their excitement, they
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look forward to it. As soon as we’d got used to it and how it worked within the training regime it became part of our daily routine.” Routine is something very important to Halford. It is the key to keeping his horses fit and content, but is also an important aspect of ensuring a happy workplace for his staff. “I’m very lucky to have the staff that I have,” he acknowledges. “They have all been with me since the start, they know the way I think and they know my routine. The apprentices get on very well here and if I feel I can’t offer them the opportunities they deserve then I take care to get them well placed with someone else. It isn’t so much a matter of good discipline, but more of a good routine. Everyone knows
exactly what they should be doing and when. There’s no confusion or hanging around for instruction and they get plenty of support from the head lads. From the start, the lads are given responsibility and it helps them to feel they are part of the team. It’s not just someone yelling at them to do this or do that, they are given responsibility themselves and keeping to a strict routine makes that easier for everyone concerned.” Horses, of course, thrive on routine, but Halford also keeps an eye on the little extras that help each individual to thrive and progress. “I watch the lads and the horses and I get to see which lads get on well with particular horses and I try to match them up. Some lads and horses just don’t hit it off at all, you can’t help that and there’s no point in putting them both through that. The horses and the staff need to be happy and to enjoy what they’re doing and so it’s very important to match the lads and horses.” It would certainly be difficult to find a happier workplace. The yard has now been completed for a year, with just the careful planting still to mature and add to the already impressive facility. “I can’t wait for everything to start maturing, for the beech hedging to fill in,” Halford says with enthusiasm. “I want it to be a welcoming place for visitors, somewhere nice for the owners to come and see their horses.” Young and new it might well be, but the finished article is already getting established and easy to see. Does it really match Michael’s original dream? “It’s one thing to have all these ideas on paper,” he admits, “but does it all transfer in practise? I’m very pleased with it. I don’t think I’ve missed anything out and I’m pleased with the way each building phase was completed. Originally I’d wanted the work carried out in several phases. I thought it would be less disruptive and less heavy on the finances. But then I didn’t want the owners to be constantly visiting a building site. They were very patient and understanding and I’m glad I pushed things through in just the two phases. It was well worth it when you stand back and look around now.” Few visitors could argue otherwise, and Halford’s yard is open to many. He regularly hosts open days, often run in conjunction with the local Curragh racecourse. “I encouraged open days from the start,” he says. “So many people who enjoy going racing don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. I remember when the Kildare Racing Club first visited, you could sense their excitement in seeing the place. To this day I still get people coming up to me at the races and asking about the Snaefell leads a group on the round track
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Halford with Ruby Walsh by the weighing room at Tramore
horses, even from years back. It’s no inconvenience to me at all to give them an hour or so of my time and the feedback afterwards is always so good. I’ve even had a few new owners as a result, but without that, there’s nothing negative in open days at all. I like to encourage the owners to visit, as well, to see their horses and to feel personally involved.” Between juggling a training establishment with building work and playing host to visitors, Halford also has a young family competing for his time. “Before we were able to move in here commuting from home to the yard could be time consuming,” he says, “but it’s no problem now we’re all based here in the new yard. I can’t think of any other job that allows you to include the family and to have so much time for the children. It’s a part of their lives. My wife Louise is assistant trainer and between us we’re always here for them. In the height of the summer, with evening meetings, I might not be there at night to see them to bed or read them a story, but I try to have lunch with them before heading off to the races. Sunday racing was the biggest upset to family life, particularly for the lads, but we try to make the best of it.” Another more recent addition to the Irish calendar has been all weather racing at Dundalk. “The extension of the season has been a huge help, undoubtedly,” Halford enthuses. “There should be much more use made of Dundalk. I’ve a lot of good ground horses who just couldn’t get a run all year with the wet ground and Dundalk was the only chance they had of getting to the races. And it’s been a huge help to backward horses
who have only just come to their own as the season closes, we’ve been able to get a couple of races into them in the extra weeks. It’s very well supported, the facilities are good and it’s definitely the way forward. The Turf Club should capitalise much more on it.”
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Senior Steward, he’s very approachable and always willing to listen and the IRTA has worked very hard. Races have more divisions and minimum ratings have been raised, which all helps. Prize money levels are very good and this has trickled back down to the coalface, everyone’s lot has improved by it.” The one group within racing that Halford would like to see more fairly treated and given the due credit they deserve are the owners. “They are the backbone of racing and there should be much more done for them. They deserve better facilities at the races. There’s a danger that they are taken for granted and that’s a trap we never want to fall into. The voice of the media can also be very strong; they have a role to play to encourage the support of racing, but very often the pundits put forward purely personal views about horses and races, which could offend some owners. Owning racehorses is a very expensive hobby and it should be a pleasurable one. It’s a very long road from breeding or buying a horse to getting it to the racecourse. The owner should enjoy the journey, because an afternoon at the races is only a very short part of that journey.” A timely reminder indeed, but thankfully for his own owners Halford is well aware of their needs and has already made their journey an experience they will look back on with pleasure. As for his horses, they most certainly could not wish for a better environment. Michael Halford’s vision remains one of the future as he pushes ever forward, still one step ahead of the game. I
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WHY DO RACEHORSES HAVE AN OPTIMUM TRIP? Irrespective of where in the world thoroughbreds are raced, individual horses are usually campaigned over a narrow range of distance and are often categorised as sprinters (5-6f/1000-1200m), middle distance performers (7-10f/1400-2000m) or stayers (>10f/>2000m). Whereas in the USA and Australia most races are run at up to and around a mile (1600m), in Europe there is a greater range of racing distances, from 5f (1000m) to 2m6f (4400m) on the Flat and from two miles (3200m) to 4m4f (7200m) over jumps. So why is it, when the thoroughbred breed arose from such a small gene pool, that individual horses seem to be suited by different and narrow ranges of trip? Here we shall explore the principal factors behind these observations and the genetic influences that might be responsible for them. By Dr Jeremy Naylor Performance determinants and optimum distance The principal factors that determine a horse’s racing performance are its genetic potential, its training and its environment (including atmospheric conditions, nutrition, tactics, rider, shoeing, racing surface and terrain). The former factor is the responsibility of the breeder while the others are to some extent controlled by the trainer. The relative importance of these factors is still very much open to debate. However, few would question the primary role of genetics: even when conditioned by the world’s best trainers, moderately bred horses rarely perform competitively in the highest grades. A more in-depth look at what determines
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an individual’s performance reveals another array of essential elements. These are the physiological attributes of its muscles and cardio-respiratory system (its “engine capacity”), the biomechanics of how it converts muscle contraction into propulsion (its “transmission”), and very importantly its motivation (its “will to win”). The principal physiological components are the muscle mass and the cardiorespiratory systems that play supporting roles in carrying oxygen and other essential fuels to the muscles. The elite status of the thoroughbred horse among the mammalian species relates to all these components, with muscle being a greater proportion of their body weight, and cardio-respiratory systems
that have enormously superior capacity for carrying oxygen. It is clear from studies of racehorses and humans that maximal capacity for oxygen consumption (VO2max) is an important factor in determining peak performance. Muscle Fibre Types Absolutely central to the issue of optimal trip are the relative proportions of slow (type I) and fast twitch muscle fibres (types IIa and IIb, the latter being the faster). A high proportion of fast twitch fibres conveys greater power and strength, hence speed potential, whereas more slow twitch fibres provide greater resistance to fatigue but at lower speed, hence greater stamina. Compared with other breeds, thoroughbreds have a higher proportion of types IIa and IIb fibres, with sprinters tending to have more IIb than stayers. In the 1970s and 80s the prospect of muscle fibre typing was popularised for helping select horses for trip, but was never adopted widely. A principal reason was that the differences between individuals was not sufficiently clear-cut to be of everyday value, coupled with the difficult technical aspects of taking repeatable samples. Causes of Fatigue Causes of fatigue play a central role in dictating optimum distance and are closely allied to the concept of varying muscle fibre proportions. In high intensity exercise the main cause of fatigue is the increasing acidity within the muscle fibres brought about by the accumulation of lactic acid. This arises as a byproduct of glucose breakdown which is incomplete due to the relative lack of oxygen supply in the face of very high demand. Acid accumulation slows down muscle contraction by limiting the rate at which the essential metabolic reactions can operate. This process is considered by many to be the primary determinant of a horse’s cruising speed. A horse that can maintain a high running speed without fatiguing is
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“Dr. Harrison made the revealing discovery that the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in horses can have a profound effect on whether progeny will be better suited to sprinting or staying”
Australian sprinter Miss Andretti wins the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot over the minimum trip of five furlongs
Istabraq went from being an average Flat horse to an all-time great over jumps, winning three Champion Hurdles
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Three-time Ascot Gold Cup winner Yeats
“Ultimately horses that are least affected by the inevitable discomfort of intense exercise are more likely to win” more likely to be successful in races. All horses have a critical threshold speed: below this they can continue to run for relatively prolonged periods, whereas every fraction over that speed leads to more rapidly ensuing fatigue. This is represented graphically below to compare two horses with different threshold speeds for the onset of blood lactate accumulation (or “OBLA”). Here, Horse A has a higher threshold speed for OBLA and hence a higher cruising speed. By measuring lactic acid concentration in the blood after exercise it is possible to measure this for individual horses (it spills over into the blood as its concentration increases in muscle cells) and to follow its improvement during training. A further important factor is the tolerance of individuals to the build up of acid in the muscle cells: some horses have a higher “buffering capacity” than others and so have a greater ability to withstand acid accumulation without causing fatigue. Studies in horses have illustrated this by showing different thresholds for lactate and ammonia accumulation in the blood. Biomechanics Biomechanical factors include the horse’s conformation and the relative proportions of its various limb segments. These, coupled with the muscle fibre types, will dictate the stride length and stride frequency, which are principal determinants of speed and the efficiency by which energy is converted from muscle contraction to forward propulsion. Studies of stride length and stride
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frequency at racing pace have provided some evidence that there are differences between sprinting and staying horses. This preliminary data suggests that sprinters are able to maintain higher stride frequencies whereas stayers tend to favour longer strides with relatively lower frequency. These studies are in their infancy and further confirmed results could potentially influence what trainers are looking for in breeze-up sales in matching pedigree to stride pattern. Motivation Finally, but as important as all other factors that determine performance, is motivation,
or the horse’s attitude to racing. Every trainer knows of individuals full of talent in training that fail to reproduce it under racing conditions. No horse has a conscious incentive to win a race, and few, if any (at least in European racing) know where the finishing line is located. Without the horse being prepared to exert itself in the hurlyburly of a race and withstand a measure of the discomfort of high-intensity fatiguing exercise, it is unlikely ever to be a winner. Horse psychology may well have a significant influence on optimum distance. Sprinters are characteristically more extrovert while stayers are typically more laid back in their approach to running. These qualities are important for different styles of racing: stayers need to relax and conserve energy for the finish, whereas sprinters may be running at close to maximal speed for much of the race. While the principal causes of muscle fatigue have been outlined above there are also “central” factors in fatigue that originate in the central nervous system. Ultimately horses that are least affected by the inevitable discomfort of intense exercise are more likely to win. Here physiology and psychology can never be separated because the discomfort is physiological in origin and may have negative psychological consequences. A prime example of this is seen in how, not infrequently, horses incapable of winning flat races can be successful over jumps, and vice versa. Here, moderate flat horses that excel over jumps must have greater psychological acceptance of the task. The pace is slower, the distances longer and there are jumping efforts. However it cannot be solely down to physical stamina since there are many examples of talented flat stayers who could not translate that ability into success in even modest jump races.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE Aerobic capacity
Anerobic capacity
Physiological fitness
Biomedical efficiency, Stride Length, Frequency
Soundness
Motivation
Athletic Performance Specific skills
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Genetic determination of performance and selection for distance The weight of evidence would suggest that it is nature (breeding) rather than nurture (training) that dictates a horse’s optimum distance. Most trainers start by judging a horse’s likely trip from its pedigree and the winning distances of sire, dam and immediate families. However, early training of most young horses is similar: only as they start to do faster work will trainers sort them out as to their relative ability and running style. Although there is general acceptance that the basis for optimum trip is genetically determined, very little is known beyond this, despite the explosion of genetics research in recent years. Even in human sport science, there is little known of the genes responsible for performance and the mode of inheritance of athletic ability. The candidate genes for study of elite athletic performance are those involved in energy reactions within muscle cells, in determining muscle fibre types and of the cardio-respiratory systems. There is a good deal of evidence for a direct mode of inheritance of muscle fibre types in mammals. Simply stated, if a sprinter is bred to a sprinter, there is a high likelihood that the progeny will be endowed with high proportions of fast twitch IIb muscle fibres, with the converse being true for stayers. However, as with most natural phenomena there are further layers of complexity. Some recent studies in horses have cast a new light on another means of inheritance for sprinting vs staying ability. Anecdotally, horse breeders often talk about stamina being passed down maternal lines. While there has been little factual basis for this contention, it has received a good deal of attention. In the late 1800s Bruce Lowe published “Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System”, where he divided the breed into 43 female lines based on families’ success in the English Classics. Later, during the 1950s, Captain Bobinski and Count Zamoyski produced the monumental work Family Tables of Racehorses and expanded Lowe’s system to a total of 74 families. Interestingly, recent human research has provided strong evidence for stamina being passed down maternal lines, through measurements within family groups of physiological attributes such as oxygen consumption during exercise before and after endurance training. In all species, capacity for oxygen consumption is an important determinant of performance. It is itself determined by many factors that include the ability to use oxygen in the muscle and the ability to transport oxygen around the body. The former is dependent on the concentrations of chemical
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“If a sprinter is bred to a sprinter, there is a high likelihood that the progeny will be endowed with high proportions of fast twitch IIb muscle fibres, with the converse being true for stayers” compounds (enzymes) that break down glucose in the presence of oxygen to release energy for muscle contraction. These reactions occur within mitochondria, which are microscopic cigar-shaped structures within the muscle cells. Dr Stephen Harrison (ThoroughbredGenetics Ltd) utilises modern genetics research techniques to investigate a subject that has been discussed by horse breeders since thoroughbred breeding began. Intriguing evidence has emerged that many of the genes that code for mitochondrial structure are found on its own DNA segment separate to the main DNA in the cell’s nucleus. This DNA is only passed from the dam to its offspring and is responsible for producing key enzymes in muscle cell energy reactions during exercise. Dr. Harrison pursued this line of inquiry in horses and made the revealing discovery that the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in horses can have a profound effect on whether progeny will be better suited to sprinting or staying. He discovered that there are 17 different types of mtDNA (haplotypes) in thoroughbred horses and that five of these, found in over 50% of all young horses, can endow the progeny with either enhanced speed or stamina. Harrison’s view is that when considering mating plans, it is worthwhile establishing the haplotypes of dam and sire in order to maximise the odds for successful outcomes.
In an industry whose annual turnover runs into millions of any currency you might care to consider, and where many still talk of the influence of sires and dams several generations in the past, such an approach would appear to make very good sense for anyone trying to make breeding pay. This is a refreshing step forward that uses modern advances in genetics: thoroughbred breeding has so far largely ignored this established scientific discipline whose application has successfully transformed stock breeding of other domestic species. However, like many schemes for breeding winners, the efficacy of this approach remains to be proven in practice. Conclusion The concept of horses having an optimum trip is reinforced by our understanding of the physiology of performance. Much evidence points to there being a strong genetic basis for an optimum distance, especially in regard to heritability of muscle fibre types and a maternal basis for inheritance of oxygen consumption, mediated at least in part by mtDNA haplotypes. For those trying to breed successful racehorses, it might well make good sense to consider these factors in determining mating plans. Only by selecting stock using appropriate objective criteria will it be possible to fix the genes that are relevant to performance. I
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Nicolas Bertran DE BALANDA Katherine Ford talks to the up-and-coming young French trainer
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“A lot of people tried to make me wait, they thought it was too soon for me to start. Now they think I did the right thing.” Four years after setting out as a trainer, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda is only 28 years old. Although yet to reach the heights of his profession, the handler has made a determined and promising start to his career, winning a total of 132 races und er both codes including 39 during the last season. Despite an early start to his career, the former amateur rider knows how to take his time and rather than leap in at the deep end with the Parisian circuit, de Balanda took the less glamourous option, launching his career far from the capital to take advantages of the provincial programme and its lower costs.
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ICOLAS Bertran de Balanda has a lot to live up to. His father Jehan has been a regular in the top ten of the French jumps trainers’ table for two decades, topping the list in 1997 with 79 wins from 78 individual horses. His uncle Gilles recently came to the end of his contract as trainer of France’s national show-jumping team and was himself twice a member of the nation’s victorious world championship team. “My father’s family were all involved in horses,” explains Nicolas, “and my paternal grandfather Marc Bertran de Balanda was quite a figure in the show-jumping world. He had a big reputation and trained a lot of young riders at national and international level.” Looking further back, his great-grandfather Pierre de Balanda was a show-jumping silver medallist at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928. For the young Nicolas Bertran de Balanda, the coloured poles and meticulously measured strides of the sport were a useful distraction but they never vied with the attractions of racing. “I grew up at my father’s yard and have ridden out for as long as I can remember. When I was small I used to gallop behind the lots on my pony! I did compete in show-jumping events but was always just waiting to take out my amateur licence as soon as I was old enough.” “Nicolas did well at a good level in junior show-jumping competitions,” says father Jehan Bertran de Balanda, “but I admit that I did direct him towards racing rather than equestrian sports.” Not that he needed much encouragement. Nicolas started riding as an amateur when he turned sixteen, and he won around 30 races including one over jumps, but admits that he was never a wannabe jockey. “I thoroughly enjoyed the experience but riding wasn’t the be all and end all in my life as it can be for some serious amateur jockeys. When I started working with Pascal Bary I had a lot of work and I didn’t think it right to combine my role as assistant trainer with race-riding so after a few rides during
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my first year there I stopped riding competitively. I suppose that having ridden in races is a plus for a training career as it is easier to imagine a racing scenario if you’ve already been there. But then there are plenty of very good trainers who have never done so…” For Nicolas, the most enriching times of his learning process undoubtedly came through observing talented professionals, and after a brief stint with sales company Goffs (now ARQANA) on leaving school he set off on his travels, encouraged by his father. “I sent him abroad to gain experience as this is something I regret not being able to have done myself.” “First of all I spent a season with Christophe Clément in New York and the fact that he spoke French made life easier! Then Monsieur Clément recommended me to Luca Cumani, with whom he had also spent time as an assistant. It wasn’t a great year for the stable but it was a very interesting and enjoyable time for me in Newmarket and I learnt a lot,” remembers de Balanda. In 2001 a return to France was on the horizon and a place with Chantilly
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handler Pascal Bary as assistant trainer. “I had three very good years with Pascal Bary and was lucky enough to look after some top class horses. It was hard work and he is a very demanding boss, but very instructive too and the time set me up well for the future.” The top class horses included Breeders’ Cup Mile winners Domedriver and Six Perfections. “I did quite a bit of travelling and went to America, Singapore, Hong Kong, England, Italy… all over really, with the horses. It’s always interesting to see how things are done elsewhere, even if the methods aren’t applicable in France. I prefer the European system of training although it is interesting to see how things are done in the USA. The more you see, the more you learn and I think that applies for any profession.” It is fair to say that De Balanda junior has learnt more from his father, who has won more than 1500 races over jumps and on the flat in a career spanning 22 years, than anyone, and he returned home to MaisonsLaffitte for a final grounding before setting out on his own. “I wasn’t really a fan of the
idea as I thought Nicolas should stay longer with Pascal Bary before going it alone, but he wanted to get a more complete view of the jumping discipline and in the end the two of us working together was a success.” “I didn’t think that an extra five years as assistant would transform me,” replies Nicolas when asked why he was in such a
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As assistant trainer to Pascal Bary, de Balanda (left) with Domedriver after the horse won the Breeders’ Cup Mile
“I had three very good years with Pascal Bary and was lucky enough to look after some top class horses” Nicolas Bertan de Badana hurry to take up the reins himself. “I don’t mean that I’d learnt everything already – I don’t think it’s ever possible to say that, but I’d been immersed in racing from childhood with my father so that gave me a head start and I was anxious to get on with the next stage.” Father and son were in agreement on one major issue, the choice of Lyon as a
starting point. “I began there myself, and pushed Nicolas to do the same”, says Jehan, who trained at the Rhone-Alps location for nine years until 1989. “Nowadays there’s no shame in training in the provinces as we have PMU races all over France so it makes no difference if you’re at Maisons-Laffitte or Lyon. Only the infrastructures and running
costs are different so it’s ideal for a young trainer to start off. ” Nicolas adds, “My dad says I’m following in his footsteps but that’s definitely not the only reason to choose Lyon! It’s easier to start off in the provinces as there is less competition and Lyon is one area which is not already saturated with trainers. Geographically the town is well situated in a region with plenty of racecourses and not too far from Paris and the South of France.” It is worth remembering that in France, unlike most racing nations, France Galop pays horse transport allowances to owners for runners in PMU races, and to a lesser extent for non-PMU contests, making the large distances travelled less costly for connections of horses either based or racing away from Paris. The deciding factor in selecting Lyon was the confirmation of plans for a brand new training centre which has recently come to fruition. Last December, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda and his fellow Lyon trainers packed their bags, horseboxes and equipment and relocated 35 km to the North East of Lyon-Parilly racecourse,
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which is where training took place previously, to Chazey-sur-Ain. Director of the site Christian Maillard describes the new facilities: “We have 300 stables and about fifteen trainers are based here. We even have two Italians who have moved across the Alps due to the problems with their own racing industry, and Greek trainer Christos Theodorakis has also reserved twelve boxes so we’re quite multicultural! It was time to move as the old centre at LyonParilly had been on the go for 35 or 40 years and was getting rather worse for wear. Here we have a good selection of gallops including grass, round and straight tracks in fine sand, an all-weather surface in an oiled fibre-sand material and a schooling ground.” One inmate certainly approves. “It’s magnificent, a great facility to work from. So far we’re settling in well although it will take a little time to fully adapt to the different surface and gallops,” says the younger de Balanda. His 50 stables at the Chazey centre are filled with a mixture of jumpers and flat horses, for a variety of owners ranging from partnerships made up of friends and family to the prestigious silks of Alec Head and Baron Edouard de Rothschild. “It’s rewarding to gain the confidence of figures like Alec Head and he sent me a filly to win some races in the provinces. I’ve been supported from the outset by Nicolas de Lageneste of the Haras de Saint Voir and also
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“It’s rewarding to gain the confidence of figures like Alec Head and he sent me a filly to win some races in the provinces” Nicolas Bertan de Balanda have a lot of Parisian owners who send me horses which are not quite up to the standard of Parisian racing.” On this score, Nicolas benefits from a helping hand from his father, who says, “If he’d been in Paris we would have been direct competitors and it would have been difficult to support him as I can when he is in Lyon. As it is, my owners are quite happy to send him horses that would benefit from a provincial campaign. We have found a good compromise.” Dialogue is very important for the pair, who are based 500km apart. “Nicolas telephones me nearly every day to ask my opinion. I’m not sure you could say that I give him advice; we just talk over subjects like jockeys, entries, distances… It’s very fulfilling for me to be able to share ideas with him and to see him doing well. When one of his horses beat one of mine in a Tiercé handicap at Saint Cloud last year, I was the happiest man in the world.”
For his part, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda was the happiest man on earth on 27th March 2005 as Irulan, a formerly highlyesteemed son of Monsun who had competed in Group 1 company in Germany and Italy in his younger days, opened his trainer’s account at the small track of Moulins. “It was a very satisfying moment, made even more special by the fact that the horse was ridden by a friend (former amateur weighing room companion Florent Guy) and belonged to an association comprised of my mother and some friends. A first victory is important as even though I’d been associated with plenty of winners in my time as an assistant, when you’re on your own you always question your abilities. Irulan went on to win four or five more races for me, including my first Quinté handicap so he has a very special place in my heart. He really helped me to launch my career and now has his place in my new yard where I use him as my hack.” Jehan will be proud of his son, for whom his wish is “to create a good team and clientele. It is more important to build a lasting career than to win a one-off big race. Anyone can be lucky to come across one top class horse and have a good year and then nothing afterwards, but it is longevity which counts in this sport and I hope and believe that he is aware of that.” Nicolas has obviously been listening to his father over the years as he expresses exactly the same ambition for his own career. “I think the most important and difficult thing to achieve is consistent success in a career which lasts, although of course I’d love to win big races too.” With his thorough training, equine culture and feet firmly on the ground of Lyon, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda looks likely to succeed in both parts of his goal in the years to come. I
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CONDITIONS UNDER FOOT Since the untimely and high-profile deaths of George Washington and Eight Belles in America, research has stepped up a gear in an attempt to understand what causes horses to breakdown By Fran Jurga
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ARRIER Mitch Taylor lugs a camera instead of a tool box today. Behind him along the rail at Keeneland’s training track trails a crew of technicians, a couple of horses, an exercise rider and an equine motion-analysis software developer. Their goal is not to shoe the horses, but to tape them as they run. But first they must convince the exercise rider that only the strides caught by the camera count, and that the horse needs to maintain the same speed, which is tracked by a police radar gun.
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Taylor will collect simple video footage that real people – trainers, owners, racetrack officials, veterinarians, farriers – can watch and understand. He will replay the tape over and over, until people see the difference between dirt and synthetic stride characteristics. That is, if there is one. Welcome to American horse racing. Since the public outcry over the tragic deaths of Eight Belles, George Washington, and other stakes horses on national television, racing is on the defensive, looking for answers. Like a fairgoer caught in a hall of mirrors, racing looks one way,
then the next, and sees a distorted picture of itself, partly because the very things it once knew to be true may not be so anymore. When the US Jockey Club’s first Welfare and Safety Summit (WSS) tackled the isolated topic of the possible ill effects of toe-grabs, Taylor’s crew headed to the track to record the difference in foot action between different types of shoes. The WSS Shoeing and Hoof Care Committee built a case that brought about a swift model rule change adopted by several state jurisdictions to reduce the
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height of toe grabs to a miniscule 4 mm. Pandora’s Box creaked open. The entire 20th century was a grand era for horseracing, but a tough time for improvements to our base of knowledge about the horse. In the 1800s, the Science of Speed occupied the minds of men who tinkered with shoes, saddles, track designs, and whatever else they could think of as a variable. Their goal was a faster horse, a better horse. But it wasn’t until the late 1900s that the new science of biomechanics spilled over from human sports, bringing leading minds
like Doug Leach, Hilary Clayton, George Pratt, and others to examine the motion of the horse and the role of the surface. For the most part, they were ignored. Their detailed PhDs, papers and reams of data met with murmurs of, “How interesting”, as horsemen went back to their daily routines, doing what had always worked for them, running horses on surfaces that suited them, at distances that suited them, over intervals that suited them. Now, 25 years later, the public, press and even the US Government are asking: Why did that horse take a bad step? “That’s
racing” just wasn’t enough of an answer after a switch to the much-heralded safety option of an artificial track failed to reverse the breakdown trend. Fanned out across the globe is a growing cadre of researchers ready and willing to study the surface, the shoes, the shape of the hoof, the humidity in the air, the angle of the sun – whatever it takes to unlock some clues. So here comes Mitch Taylor with his entourage and his high-tech camera. He’s not going to explain much, he’s going to show you.
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Trying to iron out the variables American racing is faced with tough variables to analyse the reasons for breakdowns or to optimise the equipment on horses. Racehorses migrate between tracks that have different sur faces. Half a field in any given race may be ar tificial veterans, while the other half are r unning for the first or second time on it. Other horses are switching from the artificial training tracks straight to a dir t or turf course set of races. As long ago as the 1980s, racehorse lameness experts like William Moyer of Texas A&M University pointed to the Stride length and stride frequency are the key factors in determining speed, but the New Reality puts more emphasis on shear force, friction and the horizontal movement of the foot after it touches the ground. The goal is an efficient stride, a safer step. According to mechanical engineer Mick Peterson of the University of Maine, the additional variables are 1) how quickly the foot stops when it hits, 2) how hard the landing is, and 3) how much resistance the ground provides for the hoof to push off against as weight passes over the hoof. The task of relative shock absorption is assigned to the fetlock; it flexes more or less according to the hardness of the track. A fetlock is under more stress on a hard surface, Peterson tells us. The more the fetlock flexes, the more return spring is released as the horse is propelled forward off that foot. Peterson applies the one-two punch to understanding stress on the foot. The hardness effect on the fetlock’s flexion on landing is the right jab; the shear strength of
fallacies of shoeing horses with cookiecutter aluminum shoes that spread too easily and too soon. Moyer and others called for new shoe designs. At the other end of the university campus, mechanical engineers called for better racetrack design, banking of tur ns, and more studies into how horses r un. That left the anatomists and motion analysts in the middle. And when they spoke, no one liked what they said. The late, brilliant researcher Doug Leach felt compelled to postpone any tr ue research into the injuries and foot problems
plaguing the racehorse. “We don’t even know what’s normal”, he declared, and set out to see if a nor m could be established. The loss of a key researcher like Leach, who died in 2008 af ter a long illness, was a blow. Leach’s seat at the table has been ably filled by Mick Peterson of the University of Maine, whose goal is to document the characteristics of an ideal racetrack. Peterson uses a dual-axis drop-hammer system to test both the impact of a simulated hoof and also the horizontal movement of the hoof within the sur face.
the track is the left hook. Shear strength, quite simply, determines the pressure that will be on the front of hoof when it impacts the track; that pressure will stop the hoof. The higher the shear force, the faster the stop. It will also assist (or handicap) the push-off factor. A track with low shear strength will allow the hoof to slide several inches before it stops. A track with high shear strength will snap it to a quicker halt. The sliding may be kinder to the landing, but it makes pushing off more difficult—there’s nothing to push off against. New, more sophisticated high-speed video can compare the relative horizontal motion of the hoof after it disappears into the surface. It was not until 1995 that Professor Willem Back at the University of Utrecht determined there was a measurable difference in the horizontal movement of the front and hind hooves on landing. The normal hind foot slides more than the normal front, Back showed.
To understand what is really going on in the hoof, strain gauges and accelerometers are the new buzz words, but the true key may be in the study of the moving hoof through the use of finite element (FE) analysis, or a computerised simulation of running hoofs interacting with the ground. Leading researchers in this field include Jeff Thomason at the University of Guelph in Canada, Simon Collins at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, England, and Christine Hinterhofer at the University of Vienna in Austria. Thomason’s research focuses on the racehorse but all the research is applicable in describing the action of tendons and the effects of shear. According to landmark research conducted by Professor George Pratt at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, the horse does not pull itself forward as it gallops. The horse may be moving forward at 55 feet per second, but the hoof is moving downward at 20 feet per second, as well; the hoof is actually moving faster than the horse’s body. Even 28 years ago, Pratt
On a sloppy dirt track a horse’s hoof slides more than on a synthetic surface (right)
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“According to landmark research in 1981, the horse does not pull itself forward as it gallops. The horse may be moving forward at 55 feet per second, but the hoof is moving downward at 20 feet per second. The hoof is actually moving faster than the horse’s body” preached against toe grabs, calks, and stickers, which he felt would interrupt the foot’s ideal contact with and departure from the ground. “It is imperative that the hoof be allowed to slip forward”, Pratt wrote in 1981. But, he would have added, not forward too much. The intense light that the WSS rule shone on one shoeing modification opened Pandora’s Box, to be sure, but concurrent events showing that artificial surfaces were not a one-stop solution to end breakdowns helped temper the apprehension that banning toe grabs wasn’t enough—but what’s left? Peterson, Thomason, Back and their students are what’s left. They are still out there, measuring and recording how the horse’s foot is impacted by racetrack surfaces. “We need to measure what the horse feels”, says Peterson, who has become a de facto spokesman for the new spirit of proactive research and collaboration in racing science.
“We (now) have synthetic surfaces…but we do not have engineered surfaces (yet)”, he warns. “We need to change some things.” Look closely and you’ll see the word “can” inside “change”. Speaking in Saratoga Springs in August 2008, Taylor noted, “High speed video indicates that, at midstance, feet do not penetrate into the cushion as much as on traditional dirt surfaces; therefore, one can assume that the toe is less able to penetrate the surface during the breakover phase and the limb has to rotate over the toe instead of the toe rotating into the surface as in dirt. The result of such an alteration would be that stabilising muscles are being asked to function as propulsion-generating muscles. This theory is strengthened by the observation that there is less kick back on SRS. “Because of the fibrous make-up and more resilient characteristics the foot would logically have a harder time breaking through the surface, unlike sand, which shears away easily.” I
Video research The reality of the racetrack brings us back to Taylor and his high-tech camera. At seminars across the United States, his video clips show trainers, veterinarians, farriers and racing officials what they have been looking at, in some cases, all their lives, but are seeing for the first time. High speed video (which offers many more frames per second, making even the most minute movement of the hoof or kickup of dir t observable) raises the bar. While it is not practical to use such an expensive piece of equipment regularly on the track, seeing clips of different horses – or even the same horse on different surfaces – has shown that there is tremendous variation in how horses run and what happens to the foot under the surface. Taylor is not conducting research, but rather recording variations. He speaks repeatedly of the “snowplow” effect, referring to the cloud of dir t kicked up by the hoof’s braking action. The more immediate the slowdown of the hoof, the more snowplow. Taylor repeatedly recorded the toe grab impeding the sliding motion on landing; he and others contend that the grab required more fetlock angulation to push the hoof back off the ground. This is easy to see with the video, but hard to explain without it. An immediate distinction visible in all of Taylor’s videos are that the synthetic track impedes the sliding action of the hoof, but perhaps more strikingly, shows that the hoof does not penetrate as deeply into the sur face.
Synthetic vs Dirt What’s the difference to the average hoof? Mitch Taylor filmed the same horses on both surface and recorded these subtle locomotion changes. Synthetic racing surface (SRS) characteristics: Decreased slide phase Increased flexion of the pastern joint Decreased penetration into the cushion upon impact Decreased shear and penetration into the cushion at breakover Decreased kick back
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Spring meet stakes schedule LATE NOMINATIONS KENTUCKY DERBY - CLOSING 28th MARCH ($6,000 FEE) Race Name
Class
Race Date
Kentucky Derby
Gr1
2-May-09
Value
$2,000,000
Age
Surface
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Closing Date
3
D
2000
10
28-Mar-09
Closing Date
DERBY WEEK STAKES - CLOSING ON WEDNESDAY 8th APRIL Race Name
Class
Race Date
Value
Age
Surface
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Derby Trial
Gr 3
25-Apr-09
$100,000
3
D
1500
7.5
8-Apr-09
Kentucky Juvenile
Gr 3
30-Apr-09
$100,000
2
D
1000
5
8-Apr-09
1-May-09
$100,000
3F
T
1700
8.5
8-Apr-09
Edgewood Alysheba Stakes
Gr 3
1-May-09
$150,000
3+
D
1700
8.5
8-Apr-09
Aegon Turf Sprint
Gr 3
1-May-09
$100,000
3+
T
1000
5
8-Apr-09
Louisville Distaff
Gr 2
1-May-09
D
1700
8.5
8-Apr-09
Crown Royal American Turf
Gr 3
1-May-09
$150,000
3
T
1700
8.5
8-Apr-09
Kentucky Oaks
Gr 1
1-May-09
$500,000
3
D
1800
9
Supplementary only
Churchill Downs
Gr 2
2-May-09
$250,000
4+
D
1400
7
8-Apr-09
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile
Gr 2
2-May-09
$200,000
3+ FM
T
1600
8
8-Apr-09
Humana Distaff
Gr 1
2-May-09
$300,000
4+ FM
D
1400
7
8-Apr-09
Eight Belles
Gr 3
2-May-09
$100,000
3F
D
1500
7.5
Woodward Reserve Turf Classic Gr1
2-May-09
*$350,000 (*incl. $150,000 BC) 3+ FM
$500,000
3+
T
1800
9
8-Apr-09 Supplementary only
GRADED STAKES AFTER DERBY WEEK Race Name
Class
Matt Winn
Race Date
Value
Age
Surface
Distance Metres
16-May-09
$100,000
3
D
1200
Distance Furlongs
6
Closing Date
6-May-09
Louisville Hcp
Gr 3
23-May-09
$100,000
3+
T
2400
12
9-May-09
Winning Colors
Gr 3
25-May-09
$100,000
3+ FM
D
1200
6
9-May-09
Aristides Stakes
Gr 3
30-May-09
$100,000
3+
D
1200
6
16-May-09
Dogwood
Gr 3
30-May-09
$100,000
3F
D
1600
8
16-May-09
Early Times Mint Julep Hcp
Gr 3
06-Jun-09
$150,000
3+ FM
T
1700
8.5
23-May-09
Northern Dancer Stakes
Gr 3
13-Jun-09
$150,000
D
1700
8.5
30-May-09
Regret
Gr 3
13-Jun-09
$150,000
3F
T
1800
9
30-May-09
Fleur de Lis Hcp
Gr 2
13-Jun-09
$300,000
3+ FM
D
1800
9
30-May-09
Jefferson Cup
Gr 2
13-Jun-09
$200,000
3
T
1800
9
30-May-09
Stephen Foster Hcp
Gr 1
13-Jun-09
$750,000
3+
D
1800
9
30-May-09
Debutante
Gr 3
27-Jun-09
$100,000
2F
D
1200
6
13-Jun-09
Bashford Manor
Gr 3
3-Jul-09
$100,000
2
D
1200
6
20-Jun-09
Firecracker Hcp
Gr 2
4-Jul-09
$175,000
3+
T
1600
8
20-Jun-09
Locust Grove Hcp
Gr 3
5-Jul-09
$150,000
3+ FM
T
1600
8
20-Jun-09
3
Contact Churchill Downs Tel: 001-502-636-4470 Fax: 001-502-636-4598 or visit www.churchilldowns.com
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LIGAMENT INJURIES By James Tate BVMS MRCVS
A winner of his last four races, Jack the Giant was well-fancied for the King George before being ruled out for the rest of the season with a suspensory ligament injury. Not all horses who suffer ligament injuries make it back to the racecourse, so connections will be hoping that everything goes to plan with the recovery of this exciting young chaser.
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LIGAMENT is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or cartilages. There are approximately one hundred different types of ligament in the horse but a select few cause equine veterinary surgeons problems time and time again. These ligaments are anatomically designed to be tough and relatively inelastic, the side-effect of which is that they do not heal well from injury and as a result have disappointing recovery rates. If the horse is fortunate, the injury may become apparent at a relatively early stage when it is no more than a simple inflammation or ‘desmitis’. However, if the horse is not so fortunate, it may suffer from a ligament tear, which is a very serious injury. Given the large variety of ligaments in the horse it is difficult to group them together; however, ligament injuries do tend to behave in similar ways. Diagnosis is usually straightforward as an affected ligament is hot, swollen and painful and the difference in diagnosis only comes from the position of the ligament. For example, a suspensory ligament injury is usually obvious for all to see as its position makes it easy to feel and an ultrasound scan is only required to establish the severity of the injury and to monitor healing. However, diagnosis of a joint ligament injury is more challenging and relies either on an assumption or a good ultrasonographer to pinpoint the affected area. Suspensory Ligament Injuries The suspensory ligament is perhaps the best-known ligament of the horse. Strictly speaking, the ligament is the equivalent of an interosseus muscle found in other animals, but in the horse it is composed of tough fibres and there is only a small amount of muscle tissue present. It originates from the back of the knee (or hock in the hind leg) and runs down the back of the cannon bone until splitting into two suspensory branches in the lower third of the cannon. Each branch then has a
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The suspensory ligament is found just behind the cannon bone. It originates as one body just below the knee or hock but splits into two branches that r un either side of the fetlock joint
portion that attaches to a sesamoid bone with the remaining ligament travelling round to the front of the pastern. This complex anatomy creates two common different injuries – upper suspensory body injuries and suspensory branch injuries. Injuries at both sites can be mild or severe although generally the younger the horse, the better its chance of recovery. Injury to the upper body of the suspensory ligament is a common event in the thoroughbred as it is caused by stress, which the limbs of the racehorse receive in abundance. Affected horses are often lame with an enlarged, hot, painful upper suspensory ligament. The lameness improves quickly with rest and regional nerve blocks confirm that this is the area of pain. Ultrasound scans of the suspensory ligament and x-rays of the cannon bone allow the veterinary surgeon to ascertain the exact nature and severity of the injury and hence give the recovery regime and prognosis for a return to training and racing. Upper suspensory ligament injuries can vary significantly as can their severity. In a straightforward upper suspensory injury, there is inflammation, pain and disruption of the normal fibre pattern of the ligament and in more serious cases, there are torn ligament fibres shown on ultrasound as a hole or ‘core lesion’. A suspensory ligament
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The ultrasound images below were taken from a horse with an obviously enlarged right fore upper suspensory body (see arrows comparing the left fore with the right fore). Whilst there is no core lesion in the ligament it is swollen and of poor fibre quality and is therefore refer red to as a ‘suspensory desmitis’, which simply means inflammation of the suspensor y ligament
injury is a serious injury; however, some are less concerning than others. For example, the least serious suspensory ligament injury is a slight suspensory desmitis in the front leg of a two-year-old flat horse occurring in the spring when the horse’s workload is increased for the first time. The combination of the animal’s young age and the mild nature of the problem give this injury a fairly good prognosis. There is also an upper suspensory ligament problem that involves the cannon bone, which is not surprising considering that the upper suspensory ligament attaches to the upper cannon bone. An avulsion injury of the origin of the suspensory ligament occurs where the upper suspensory ligament attaches to the cannon bone and there is a ‘pulling’ or ‘tearing’ injury, which damages both the cannon bone and the suspensory ligament. As bone heals better than ligament, the cannon bone injury tends to recover well but the suspensory ligament injury struggles to repair itself so quickly or effectively. Hence, the prognosis of such an injury depends on the extent of damage to the ligament which is revealed by an ultrasound scan. The second area of the suspensory ligament that is prone to injury is the branch. Affected horses have a hot, swollen painful suspensory branch, which is obvious by its comparison with the unaffected branch. An ultrasound scan reveals the extent of the damage, which is usually general enlargement, poor fibre pattern and often a core lesion. Most horses with a core lesion require a lot of time off as healing is slow and unpredictable and there is a high rate of recurrence when training or racing is resumed. There is a unique injury to the suspensory branch that occurs at its insertion on the sesamoid bone. The injury
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is known as a suspensory branch avulsion injury as the suspensory literally ‘pulls off’ a fragment from the sesamoid bone. The major problem here is not the damaged piece of bone, which can be resorbed, removed or screwed back on depending on its size, but the damage to the suspensory ligament. Such injuries often need lots of rest and their prognosis often depends on the animal’s age as well as the severity of the injury to the suspensory branch. Treatment of Suspensory Ligament Injuries Treatment of any ligament injury involves rest and anti-inflammatory therapy. Even in mild injuries, the racehorse should be stopped from exercising at least until ultrasound scans reveal the severity of the injury. Every effort should be made to reduce inflammation within the ligament, which will limit further damage and minimise scarring in the hope of restoring relatively normal ligament structure. Horses should receive cold therapy, bandaging and anti-inflammatory drugs such as phenylbutazone. The exact recovery programme of a ligament injury varies with each individual case and a two-year-old with mild upper suspensory desmitis may need as little as a couple of weeks off ridden exercise, whereas a thirteen-year-old National Hunt horse with a large core lesion in its suspensory branch may never be fit to ride again. A few specific treatments have been attempted for suspensory ligament injuries with variable success rates. In the past, some veterinary surgeons attempted the injection of the ligament with corticosteroids and others tried to surgically ‘split’ the ligament to promote good healing. However, neither of these treatments are widely used and more recently, two new treatments have come to the forefront – ‘shockwave’ therapy and ‘stem cell’ therapy. In 2004, the veterinary surgeons Crowe, Dyson, Wright, Schramme and Smith submitted a paper to the British Equine Veterinary Journal that studied the treatment of 65 horses with upper suspensory desmitis using shockwave
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This x-ray was taken from a horse with an avulsion injury of the origin of the upper suspensory ligament. The crescentshaped darker area (circled) is where the suspensory inserts on the upper cannon bone and a ‘pulling’ or ‘tearing’ injur y has occurred. The horse in question fortunately had very little damage to its suspensory ligament and hence recovered quite quickly and was back racing successfully three months af ter injury
therapy and found that it improved the prognosis of injured horses, particularly in case of hind leg problems. The knock-on effect of this study was that shockwave therapy has now become widely used in the treatment of many ligament injuries. However, whilst it may help, it is fair to say that it has not turned out to be the ‘miracle cure’ that some had hoped. ‘Stem cell’ therapy has been used successfully in the treatment of many superficial digital flexor tendon core lesions and therefore it makes sense that it should also be useful in treating a ligament core lesion injury, most commonly found in the suspensory branch. Veterinary surgeons have been trying this technique of injecting the horse’s own stem cells into the lesion in order to produce a ligament that has ‘normal’ ligament fibres rather than simply a section of scar tissue holding the ligament
together. Bone marrow is taken from the horse’s sternum under standing sedation, cultured at a laboratory into millions of mesenchymal stem cells and then these are injected into the core lesion in the suspensory branch approximately one month after the injury has occurred. At present, there have not been enough of these procedures carried out to be sure just how effective it is, but anecdotal evidence is encouraging. In addition, the same company that markets stem cell therapy (VetCell®) has just brought out a new procedure called platelet rich plasma (PRP), which aims to enhance healing and so induce tissue regeneration. A blood sample is taken from the injured horse and concentrated until it is rich in a blood structure called a platelet. Once these platelets are introduced into a ligament lesion they release growth factors which accelerate healing and this has been shown to increase the quality of repair in the treatment of suspensory ligament injuries. The technique is in its infancy but it is interesting and is currently being used by several veterinary surgeons. Check Ligament Injuries The suspensory ligament is perhaps the most important ligament in the racehorse’s body due to the frequency of problems and poor recovery rates associated with it. However, it is far from the only ligament at the back of the horse’s lower limb that is commonly injured. The check ligament, or accessory ligament of the deep digital flexor tendon as it is more accurately known, originates from the knee and inserts into the A portion of each suspensory ligament branch attaches to each sesamoid as they run either side of the fetlock and this attachment is relatively prone to injur y. The x-ray and ultrasound images were taken from a horse with an ‘avulsion ’ injury to its inside (medial) sesamoid and suspensory branch. The suspensory branch has ‘pulled off ’ a tiny chip from the sesamoid (see arrow). Whilst the tiny chip is not a big problem in itself , the damage to the suspensory ligament (circled) is a big issue for the horse
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San Siro Racecourse Eight great days racing this Spring CLASS
RACE DATE
VALUE
Coppa d’Oro
L
02-May-09
€ 61,600
4+
3000
15
22-Apr-09
Baggio
L
10-May-09
€ 61,600
3F
2000
10
30-Apr-09
Bereguardo
L
16-May-09
€ 61,600
4+
1600
Oaks d’Italia
Gp 2
24-May-09
€ 440,000
3F
2200
Royal Mares
L
24-May-09
€ 77,000 3+ F&M
1600
8 14-May-09
Gp 2
31-May-09
€ 154,000
3+
1600
8
Merano
L
31-May-09
€ 61,600
3
2000
10 21-May-09
Nogara
L
07-Jun-09
€ 61,600
3F
1400
7 27-May-09
Bersaglio
L
14-Jun-09
€ 61,600
3+
1200
6
03-Jun-09
Crespi V.
L
14-Jun-09
€ 61,600
2F
1200
6
03-Jun-09
Italia
L
14-Jun-09
€ 89,100
3
2000
10
03-Jun-09
Gran Premio Milano
Gp 1
14-Jun-09
€ 297,000
3+
2400
12 14-May-09
Premio Mario Incisa
Gp 3
21-Jun-09
€ 88,000
3F
2000
10 21-May-09
Premio Primi Passi
Gp 3
21-Jun-09
€ 88,000
2
1200
6 21-May-09
L
21-Jun-09
€ 61,600
3
1600
8
RACE
Premio Carlo Vittadini (ex Turati)
Estate
DISTANCE AGE DISTANCE FURLONGS
CLOSING DATE
8 06-May-09 11
31-Mar-09
30-Apr-09
11-Jun-09
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The ultrasound images compare two suspensor y branches from the same leg. This horse has an obviously enlarged inside (medial) suspensor y branch with a large core lesion in it (see ar row)
deep digital flexor tendon near the middle of the cannon bone. Over-extension of the fetlock, particularly in horses with long toes, can cause injury to this ligament and the result is usually a lame horse with heat, pain and swelling in the region of the check ligament just below the knee. Ultrasound scans usually show an enlarged ligament – large core lesions are uncommon. Rest and anti-inflammatory therapy is the treatment and fortunately recovery rates are generally good, with horses often requiring three to six months off. Pastern and Foot Ligament Injuries When examining the horse’s leg from the fetlock down, the list of ligaments becomes quite lengthy. Veterinary surgeons have diagnosed problems with each and every one of these ligaments; however, to try and keep it as simple as possible these problems can be grouped into pastern ligament injuries and foot ligament injuries. Most pastern ligament injuries are thought to result from over-extension of the fetlock resulting in a hot, swollen, painful pastern. A well-trained ultrasonographer is then able to pin-point the affected ligament and thereby reaches a diagnosis, occasionally with the aid of x-rays to look for any new bone forming at ligament insertions. As with any ligament injury, treatment centres on rest and anti-inflammatory therapy. If the horse was never lame initially, then the prognosis can be quite good. However, in horses that are lame with a pastern ligament injury, there is a high recurrence rate of lameness when returned to work. Foot ligament injuries present an even greater challenge: firstly, because they are more difficult to diagnose due to their
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position within the hoof, and secondly, because they have a nasty habit of not healing. Affected horses tend to have a recurrent lameness that is often worse when turning and is exacerbated by increased work. Nerve blocks are performed injecting local anaesthetic into various parts of the foot to try and pin-point the exact area of the problem, but until recently the diagnosis of exactly which ligaments are involved has been difficult. The advent of more advanced imaging techniques such as nuclear scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionised the diagnosis of such problems. Regrettably, this has not as yet helped many more horses return to racing successfully. Other Important Ligaments No ligament article could be complete without touching on ligament injuries associated with joints. Every joint in the body contains many ligaments holding it together; for example, over thirty separate ligaments have been described in the hock.
Occasionally, veterinary surgeons know exactly which ligament has been damaged either because the ligament in question is easily accessible with an ultrasound scanner, or because the ligament damage is seen during ‘key-hole’ surgery. However, the possible diagnosis of a joint ligament injury should not be ruled out in any horse proven to have pain associated with a particular joint but no significant changes visible on x-ray. There is one specific ‘joint’ problem that is mainly caused by ligament damage. The sacroiliac joint is formed by the vertebral column (sacrum) joining the hind leg (ilium of the pelvis) and contains many intra-articular ligaments. Pain is commonly diagnosed here with very little evidence, however, in affected horses, desmitis and elongation of the sacroiliac ligaments is often seen on ultrasound examination. The reader could be forgiven for thinking that nearly every ligament in the equine musculoskeletal system is crucial given some of the career threatening injuries highlighted above. However, the common ‘curb’ is an obvious exception. A curb is a swelling found at the back of the hock, which is caused by inflammation or desmitis of a small hock ligament called the plantar ligament. Lameness is mild or non-existent, rest and anti-inflammatory therapy settles the problem quickly (although some swelling always remains), and the horse in question usually has a good prognosis for soundness, making it one of the most ‘desirable’ ligament injuries in the horse. However, the fact that the horse has developed a curb is held against it as a marker of poor weight bearing through its limb. There are a few ligaments that are so unimportant that they can actually be cut in the treatment of other problems. These On ultrasound, the ‘check’ ligament is found just below the knee between the flexor tendons and the upper suspensor y ligament body. The arrows show an enlarged check ligament
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Ultrasound images of a horse with enlarged pastern ligaments in the right fore when compared to the lef t fore. The arrows point to two small ligaments called the oblique distal-sesamoidean ligaments, which are both much larger than they should be
include the annular ligament and the accessory ligament of the superficial digital flexor tendon in the treatment of flexor tendon problems, as well as the medial patellar ligament in the treatment of horses that have problems with their stifle becoming ‘locked’. The horse has an ingeniously designed apparatus that enables it to sleep standing up and one part of this anatomy is the locking of the patella over a notch on the femur so that the horse requires no energy to keep the stifle fully extended. However, some horses can develop a problem of doing this when trying to move. Often the problem resolves when the horse becomes fitter, but if not, cutting the medial patellar ligament cures the condition instantaneously. Surprisingly, there seems to be no significant adverse affects of such a surgery and hence there are a few trainers who have this minor procedure performed routinely.
Conclusion In summary, a ligament is a tough fibrous structure that can resist considerable forces before succumbing to injury. However, due to the anatomical design of the racehorse, there are a few ligaments in the equine limb which are particularly prone to injury. It is at this point that the tough anatomy of the ligament becomes a disadvantage as its poor ability to remodel and heal means that recovery rates are disappointing. Although new treatments are being developed, ligament injuries remain a huge challenge to the veterinary profession. I
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FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
The German racing industry is going through difficult times. A marked decrease in betting turnover and race dates at racecourses means that everyone involved must look closely at their livelihoods. By Daniel Delius
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T will be an easy task to manage horses for the duration of this winter season in Germany: there are hardly any races anymore. In March there will only be three fixtures in the whole country. “Normally”, says Andreas Wöhler, one of the leading trainers with some 120 horses in his yard, “we start with our better three-year-olds at the end of March. That is impossible nowadays, because there are no possibilities to run them. The first races are in April.” The reason for the lowest number of fixtures in years is simple: a lack of money. The financial situation of the German racing industry continued to deteriorate in 2008. Total betting turnover, including onand off-track, was just over €39 million, a decrease of about 19% on the previous year. In 2000, the betting turnover was €125 million, down from €143 million in 1994. The punters are betting on the internet,
through dubious channels. Internet bookmakers normally pay their taxes in destinations like Malta or Gibraltar and give only a small amount back to the sport. As German racing has suffered steep declines in betting turnover on-track – a turnover on which the racetracks still depend – a turning point for the industry is important for survival. The members of the Direktorium
(German racing’s ruling body) voted unanimously to agree upon a joint venture with foreign investors in the form of betting chains from abroad. However, this “structural reform” (the plan was to create a company that would lead the future development of German racing, with the Direktorium keeping 51% of shares and the investors sharing the rest) did not seem to make any progress in the months after it was conceived two years ago. The future looks uncertain for most of the racetracks. The “Internationaler Club” running the prestigious and well-known races in Baden-Baden has debts of €10 million. Not hard to understand why many believe that the “Club” has to go under administration. Fifteen race days, as usual, are planned this year, but nobody knows who will run them. Frankfurt went under administration in November, and a new club was founded and will probably host
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Leading jockey Adrie de Vries (right) spent a lucrative six months in Qatar, while Andrasch Starke (centre) is also considering his future riding options
seven fixtures in 2009. The Cologne racing club sold its track to the town for €15 million. But Cologne (12 days of racing planned in 2009) and Düsseldorf (10) are facing their fewest days on the calendar in years. “We could only host race days with sponsors”, says Cologne’s chairman Claas Kleyboldt. In the past, it was mainly the car companies and banks that sponsored racing, but after 18 years, BMW cancelled their sponsorship of the German Derby. Now, Qatar could become the new financier of the most important race of the year. “The situation is not too bad”, says EugenAndreas Wahler, chairman of the racetrack in Hamburg, which as usual hosts seven fixtures at the end of June, “with a couple of new sponsors”, says Wahler. But Hamburg is unique in that: Munich, for example, will hold only 12 race days, the lowest number since World War II. In total, there will be only 180 meetings (small tracks included), whereas six or seven years ago there were some 320 in Germany. In 2008, 1,573 races were run (2007: 1,736),
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“When I have a look around in the weighing room, the future doesn’t look very bright” Andrasch Starke and this year the number will go down again. Some 3,000 horses will be trained in Germany. Many small trainers had to give up. “If we have no races, we will have no owners and no horses”, is the reality looming for trainers like Andreas Wöhler. To survive they have to go abroad. In 2008, one of the shrewdest trainers in Germany, Mülheim-based Werner
Baltromei, won 28 races in France and amassed prize money of nearly €750,000. He saddled Lady Marian to win the Prix de l’Opéra (Gr. I) before she was sold for 1.8 million guineas to Darley at the December Sale in Newmarket. Baltromei has leased some boxes in Chantilly, and most of his eighty horses run more often in France than in Germany. In his native country last year, he saddled just eight winners. “It makes no sense to run only in Germany”, he argues. “Sure, the owners want to see the horses, but if you win an ordinary handicap here, the first prize is about 3,000 Euros, minus the percentage for trainer and jockey, minus the transport fee. And the handicapper is punishing the horse with three to five kilos. In France the first prize in an ordinary handicap is some 9,000 euro, sometimes more, and you get only two or three kilos. The system with the claiming races doesn’t exist in Germany. In France, you have a realistic chance to sell the horses.” But Baltromei has no plan to settle in France, although the distance from Mülheim to the tracks in Paris is about 400
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miles. “I would have to increase my training fee”, he said, “Staff is by far more expensive in France than in Germany. Therefore we stay here. But if we have no races anymore in Germany, we have to think about going to France.” The breeders’ premium scheme in France will be a plus for the sales in Deauville, because more and more German owners are looking for French-bred horses. “The mares of some of my owners are already stabled in the Normandy area”, he says. “The foals are French-bred and qualified for the premium scheme.” Baltromei’s home track of Mülheim is a good example of the downfall of German racing: only three fixtures are planned for 2009, and of those, “only one is sure”, he said. “They have a sponsor, but the others are not certain.”
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HE lack of races has consequences: there is a handful of jockeys up to the European standard: Andrasch Starke, Andreas Suborics, Filip Minarik and Panama-born Eduardo Pedroza (stable jockey to Andreas Wöhler), who could compete against French or English colleagues, but that is all. Netherland-born Adrie de Vries, one of the best Germanbased jockeys, left the country in October for a lucrative stay in Qatar. “In six months in Qatar I earn more money than in Germany in six years”, he explains. “I’m forty this year and have to look to my future. Everything is free here, the family is
“Staff is by far more expensive in France than in Germany. Therefore we stay here. But if we have no races anymore in Germany, we have to think about going to France” Werner Baltromei staying with me and there is no difference, whether you are riding thoroughbreds or Arab horses.” De Vries is coming back in April because he got a contract with the Ullmann family (Gestüt Schlenderhan), one
of the leading owners in Germany. “I’ll ride for them in the summer and will be back in Qatar in the winter”, he says, “It makes no sense to stay in Germany the whole year.” Andrasch Starke, 35, one of the rare stars on the riders’ scene, is thinking about his future, too. “Normally I have to go to Hong Kong, ride there five years and close the door. But I’m German and prefer to ride in Germany.” Starke is stable jockey for Peter Schiergen, who is currently running the greatest yard in the country. Some 120 horses are stabled in Cologne, and Schiergen provides “the only stable in Germany I could ride for”, says Starke. “When I have a look around in the weighing room, the future doesn’t look very bright.” The profession of ‘jockey’ does not seem to have a bright future. Nowadays only some twenty apprentices, most of whom are girls, work in the stables. The National Hunt scene has nearly broken down completely. Some of the clubs even sold their fences and installed golf courses in the middle of the tracks. In total only 70 hurdle races and steeplechases are run in Germany throughout the year. Dirk Fuhrmann, the best NH-rider in Germany, is now living in Italy. Two years ago, he was champion in both countries. In contrast to the poor state of German racing, the standard of the horses is quite high. Gestüt Schlenderhan’s stallion Monsun is one of the most influential sires in Europe, quite probably the best on the continent, although he had a quiet year in
Lady Marian with Dominique Boeuf and trainer Werner Baltromei (right) after winning the Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp
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London-based Gerhard Schöningh bought Hoppegarten, to make it the first privately-owned racecourse in Germany
2008. His son Samum, winner of the German Derby, is sire of 2008 German Derby winner Kamsin and Group I-winning filly Baila Me. German-bred Lady Marian (see above) was one of the highlights of the December sale. The Maktoums are steady customers at the Baden-Baden Yearling Sale. “We must keep the standard of our breeding high”, says Karl-Dieter Ellerbracke, Chairman of the Sales Company BBAG (Baden-Badener Auktions-Gesellschaft) and himself a leading breeder. “Surely, we need more German buyers, but exports nowadays play an important role. We sell horses from Scandinavia to Asia. The Eastern European countries especially have enormous success with horses bought in Baden-Baden.” But the financial crisis will hit the sales, too. “Some small breeders will give up”, fears Ellerbracke, “but most of the studs reinvest the money in stallion fees at home and abroad.” He himself just transferred King George winner Doyen from Dalham Hall Stud to his Gestüt Auenquelle. “A Group Iwinning son of Sadler’s Wells with a superb pedigree has to have supporters on the continent”, he says hopefully. Doyen is leased for one year. “If his progeny goes well this year”, Ellerbracke fears, “the stallion will be back in England as soon as possible.” Silvano is another new recruit to the stallion roster in Germany. After two years as a stallion at Gestüt Fährhof he was sent to the family’s Maine Chance Farm in South Africa. As a sire of a couple of group
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“Between the first and second World Wars, some thousand horses were in training in Hoppegarten. We will work hard and I’m sure that it will pay dividends” Gerhard Schöningh winners (Mi Emma, Proudinsky) there is a lot of interest in him. He will shuttle from South Africa “for one year”, says Dr. Andreas Jacobs from Fährhof, and “he will cover around 100 mares. The leading studs in Germany have already made nominations.” On the other hand a lot of German mares will travel to England and Ireland. Coolmore and Darley are familiar to the breeders. “There is no reduction of quality”,
guesses Ellerbracke. “That is very important for our sale. But we need positive signals from the Direktorium. When there are no races any more, nobody will buy horses.” He is more on the positive side. In the end of 2007 he closed one of his stables in Hoppegarten near Berlin and went to Baden-Baden with forty horses. “The French border is only a few miles away”, he argued, “it makes sense to run more and more horses there.” In the meantime Hoppegarten was sold to London-based Gerhard Schöningh, a German-born funds manager, who has horses with Henry Cecil under the name Ennismore Racing. Hoppegarten is the first privately-owned racetrack in Germany and perhaps an example of how it could work in the future. Schöningh is investing a lot of money in his new recruit. “Berlin needs a racetrack”, he says. “Between the first and second World Wars, some thousand horses were in training in Hoppegarten. We will work hard and I’m sure that it will pay dividends.” The first success: the end of May will see a new Group race run in Hoppegarten, a trial for the German Oaks. Hope will be the last thing to die. Only good managers will survive. Christian von der Recke, two-time champion trainer in Germany on the flat and over the sticks, will again have runners in more than ten different countries, on every track here or thereabouts, whether the winning fee is €500 or €50,000. To survive in racing in Germany you have to be clever. Fortunately, many people are. I
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IGH-speed treadmills have been used for performance testing horses for the past two decades and as a result can be found around the world in many of the major equine hospitals. The introduction of the equine high-speed treadmill brought about the possibility of using traditional veterinary tools, such as the flexible endoscope and the electrocardiograph (ECG), to examine horses whilst exercising at near racing speed. This, combined with the control and repeatability of the treadmill test, made the equine high-speed treadmill an excellent research and diagnostic tool and resulted in incredible advances in veterinary medicine. However, technology does not stand still and the introduction of the portable ECG machine nearly five years ago has recently been followed up with the advent of the over -ground endoscope. These advances are now challenging the high-speed treadmill and its position as the gold standard for the dynamic diagnosis of equine respiratory and cardiovascular problems. Could this mark the end of highspeed treadmill testing?
“Reports of horse and operator injury during treadmill testing have simply served to make owners and trainers more cautious to use them”
Horses are introduced to a treadmill gradually and the time taken for a horse to become comfortable enough with the treadmill to exercise freely at high speeds varies between individuals. Testing is often carried out on the third day after the introduction of a horse to a treadmill for the first time. Perhaps one of the main advantages of high-speed treadmill exercise is that it provides a controlled and repeatable test. Veterinary surgeons are able to accurately measure how hard a particular horse is being pushed. The speed and incline of the treadmill is both recordable and repeatable and unlike turf or synthetic surfaces, the going on which the horse exercises does not vary at all either with the weather or different sections of the gallop. As horses are going ‘nowhere fast’ on the treadmill, it is possible to assemble a wide range of recording equipment close by and this produces the opportunity to record a variety of data simultaneously in order to achieve a comprehensive assessment of a horse’s athletic ability and identify any abnormalities. The control and repeatability of treadmill testing combined with the ease with which equipment can be gathered around a fastmoving horse has made it an excellent tool with which to conduct research. During the last two decades, research has been carried out on high-speed treadmills into several body systems of the horse. For example,
Gleadhill et al. analysed kidney function during exercise back in 2000 and found that the thoroughbred is able to dramatically reduce its kidney function to allow itself to exercise to a high level. In 2001 Geor et al. used a treadmill to study the effects of Lasix® and nasal strips on bleeding and in 2002 Nyman et al. used a treadmill to study water intake and fluid shifts in horses at exercise. The equine gait has also been studied in detail on high-speed treadmills and work has been carried out into the effects of variables such as lameness and shoeing/trimming. Butcher et al. used a treadmill in 2007 to study digital flexor tendons in motion and they produced a theory as to why such injuries might occur – essentially that the deep digital flexor tendon becomes fatigued first leading to overloading of the superficial flexor tendon and the potential for injury. The controlled environment in which treadmill testing takes place has made them excellent for many ‘fair’ tests and one excellent example is ‘head-shaking’. This condition can be investigated whilst lunging or exercising outside, but several veterinary centres have used treadmills for the testing of ‘head-shakers’ to see what stimulates each individual. As the external environment remains completely consistent (the treadmill room remains the same), various stimuli, for example, light or noise, can be tested to see their effect on the individual horse. However, although the treadmill has been used as a tool
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for gathering information about several body systems of the equine athlete, by far the most common uses of the treadmill are for the investigation of a horse with either cardiovascular or respiratory disease leading to poor performance. It is a common scenario – a horse that gallops spectacularly well at home but in a race turns into the straight and stops like it has been shot. The jockey struggles to explain it; the trainer asks whether the horse made a noise to which the jockey replies “a little”. The racecourse veterinary surgeon is then sent to examine the animal but comes back some while later with no explanation because its heart, lungs and larynx all seem fine one hour after the race. If only we could know what is going on inside that horse during the last two furlongs of the race. This is exactly where high-speed treadmills revolutionised diagnostic veterinary medicine back in the early 1990s. The equine heart is capable of increasing its resting heart rate by as much as six to ten times when at peak exercise and hence it stands to reason that some cardiovascular abnormalities are not apparent until the horse is pushed hard. Perhaps the classic example of such a problem is atrial fibrillation. This is a rhythm disorder of the heart where it beats far too fast at a random and irregular rate. The result of this is that the chambers of the heart are emptied before they have filled completely, leading to poor blood flow and a lack of oxygen. Whilst some severely affected horses can be diagnosed by listening to their heart at rest, others only fibrillate when put under the pressure of a race. The diagnosis of such a condition became straightforward with the introduction of the equine treadmill. However, in the last five years the emergence of the digital ambulatory ECG recorder (portable ECG machine) has enabled the diagnosis of this condition with a horse exercising on its home track. In hindsight, this may have marked the beginning of the threat to the existence of the equine highspeed treadmill. Ever since its introduction, the number On the left is an endoscopic photograph of a normal larynx. On the right is a endoscopic image of a horse with dynamic airway collapse – something that cannot be diagnosed at rest. Its left arytenoid (right as we view it) and both vocal folds are collapsing therefore dramatically reducing the amount of oxygen it receives
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Horses do not seem to mind the new technology and it can be fitted with their regular tack. The horse in the photograph is wearing a cross-noseband and a spoon-bit
one use for high-speed treadmills has been in the dynamic diagnosis of equine wind problems. Since the 1970s, veterinary surgeons have been using flexible endoscopes to diagnose problems associated with the equine larynx. However, as it is not possible to scope a horse in the final two furlongs of a race, veterinary surgeons were using a combination of the findings of a resting endoscopic examination and trainer/rider reports to ‘guess’ at the most likely wind problem. The introduction of the equine high-speed treadmill revolutionised this as for the first time they allowed us to view the equine larynx whilst the horse was exercising at near-racing speed. As was so eloquently described by
Franklin and Lane at the recent 2008 Cheltenham Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding Seminar, oxygen is the essential fuel for the muscular propulsion of the equine athlete. The horse has a massive, powerful cardio-respiratory system, but unfortunately air is inhaled and exhaled through a small unreliable larynx and a rather narrow complex nasal system, especially considering that the horse is an obligate nasal breather and thus does not receive any air through its mouth. It is for this reason that any abnormality in the upper respiratory tract of the horse causes a reduction in the amount of oxygen it receives. The result is that horses with wind problems tend to have reduced stamina through an inability to sustain
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Over-ground endoscopy in use at a training facility in North Yorkshire, England
oxygen-driven muscle function and the associated audible respiratory noises are caused by increased turbulence within the respiratory tract, usually originating in the throat area (pharynx and larynx). The volume of air that is moved in and out of the lungs every minute increases dramatically from a mere 80 litres in a resting horse to as much as 2,500 litres in a racehorse during fast exercise. Unsurprisingly, this puts huge pressure on the walls of the airway and they have to withstand large ‘collapsing forces’ especially when breathing in, not to mention the importance of maintaining an open airway when breathing out. The majority of the nasal passageways and the windpipe can withstand these pressures but certain sections of the respiratory tract such as the nostrils, pharynx and larynx only have soft muscular walls and as a result, are most vulnerable to dynamic collapse during exercise. Endoscopy performed during high-speed treadmill exercise has been the gold standard for the diagnosis of such problems for the last two decades. In 2006 Lane et al. reported on the findings of 600 thoroughbred racehorses that were scoped on a high-speed treadmill at Bristol University. Perhaps the single most important finding of their work was the conclusion that resting endoscopy is unreliable in the diagnosis of wind problems and should not be used in isolation in surgical
decision-making or in the assessment of horses at the time of sale. Diagnosis of soft palate displacement from a resting scope was unsurprisingly poor but also notable was that nineteen percent of horses with a severe paralysis at rest were actually ‘normal’ at exercise and seven percent of horses with acceptable scopes at rest were obviously paralysed at exercise. It is findings like these that convinced veterinary surgeons around the globe that dynamic endoscopy was far more accurate than resting endoscopy; however, equine high-speed treadmills did not conquer the globe for a few reasons.
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VERY specialist equine veterinary surgeon has a flexible endoscope yet there are only a few equine high-speed treadmills scattered around the world. It is possible to conclude from this that one of the main reasons why treadmill testing has not become more widespread is its lack of availability, but there are other reasons. The procedure is labour intensive, time-consuming and relatively expensive but the multi-million pound industry that is horseracing would have embraced treadmills nevertheless if the idea of a horse galloping and becoming exhausted whilst exercising on an artificial rotating mat had sat more easily with the horsemen. The basic fact is that horsemen have not been satisfied that exercising a thoroughbred on a treadmill until it is
exhausted is either a comparable test to a race or a safe thing to do. The lack of a jockey, lack of other horses and difference in racing surface and environment means that treadmill endoscopy may not result in the same wind problems that would be seen whilst galloping at home or in a race. Wh en horses gallop on the racecourse they are capable of reaching speeds in excess of 40mph. However, an equine treadmill cannot operate as fast (many struggle to exceed 30mph) so instead operators make horses fatigued by increasing the incline of the treadmill and simply exercising the horse until it is exhausted – some argue that this is a different type of fatigue to a race. Indeed, research into the comparison between exercising on a treadmill and ‘normal’ exercise has highlighted differences in heart rate, blood lactate and stride analysis and so it is not unreasonable to think that there may also be a difference in wind disorders. In addition, reports of horse and operator injury during treadmill testing have simply served to make owners and trainers more cautious to use them. The result of this is that veterinary surgeons have been searching for an alternative and they now appear to have found one – the over-ground endoscope. Over-ground endoscopy A prototype of the over-ground endoscope was fine-tuned using standardbreds in
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France in 2007 and the first equine overground scope was purchased jointly by the large flat trainer, Mark Johnston, and Glasgow University Veterinary School. The traditional flexible endoscope is made up of fibre-optics, which are essentially a system of multiple mirrors. However, the over-ground endoscope is actually a camera, which is inserted up the horse’s nostril and stabilised by attachments on the bridle. This, along with a pack on the rider’s back, transmits a signal to a monitor, which can be viewed as the horse does any work that the trainer wishes. Hence, it is possible to watch the horse working and visualise exactly what the larynx is doing when a horse is put under pressure and an abnormal noise is being made. Every small detail has been considered in its conception right down to automatic water flushes to clean the camera every few seconds with a further option to flush at the push of a button should the view be less than perfect for even a second. Just in case the findings are not straightforward, the video is also recorded and so can be analysed, assessed in great detail and sent to as many specialist wind surgeons for opinions as required. In addition, if the rider is equipped with a GPS wristwatch, the exact location and speed of the horse can be correlated to any endoscopic abnormality seen.
A horse exercising on the treadmill at the Veterinary Hospital of the University College Dublin, Ireland. Training a horse to exercise at high-speeds on a treadmill can take a few days and is not without risk to both the horse and the people operating the treadmill
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seem to be fairly ‘happy’ with endoscopy in general, it seems that there is little doubt that more horses will be over-ground scoped in the next few years than would have been subjected to high-speed treadmill endoscopy. Whilst it is exciting that the wind operations which our horses receive are likely to be the right ones, it is possible that we may start to ‘over-diagnose’ problems and horses which are racing well but making audible respiratory noises may end up receiving wind surgery that could do more harm than good. In addition to this, although over-ground endoscopy will represent an equivalent test to a morning gallop, unless trainers are going to run ‘trial races’ especially for the diagnosis of a particular horse, then yet again it is not an equivalent test to a race. As a result, there are some who believe that in five years time over-ground endoscopy will be in use all over the world, but that high-speed treadmills will still be used for the cases
which over-ground endoscopy cannot solve. When a horse is on a treadmill, the veterinary surgeon is able to watch both the horse and its larynx very closely and hence can keep the horse going for as long as necessary to obtain a diagnosis. However, when a horse is over-ground scoped, it is the rider that determines how hard the horse is pushed and the veterinary surgeon is powerless to influence the test. In summary, high-speed treadmills have revolutionised equine veterinary medicine over the past two decades. Research performed using them has been groundbreaking and diagnoses have been made, particularly with regard to cardiovascular and respiratory systems, that otherwise would not have been possible. However, technology waits for no man and the advent of the portable ECG machine and most recently the over-ground endoscope is now challenging the existence of treadmill testing. We are set for fascinating times ahead. I
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Feeding to support immunity A horse’s immune system is an exciting yet difficult area of research. Dr Catherine Dunnett takes a closer look into the potential ingredients that may offer highly beneficial support to horses in training Can diet affect immune status during training? The immune system in horses is complex and relies upon many functional elements to deliver a comprehensive defence against infection and disease. Foals are born with some natural immunity, which passes from mare to foal during gestation. Mare’s milk, particularly colostrum, also provides a further boost to early immunity through the presence of antibodies IgG, IgA and IgE and potentially some other components such as fructooligosaccharides, which are found in human breast milk. The horse’s immune system continues to develop through life, as exposure to different infectious agents leaves a legacy in terms of a ‘learned’ immune response. A well-tuned immune system in horses in training will ensure that many potential pathogens are prevented from gaining a foothold and causing infection or disease, whilst others are dealt with efficiently to minimise the effects of infection and to enhance the rate of recovery. It has been suspected for many years that both intense training and frequent travel can adversely affect the capabilities of the immune system, and the early stages of training seem to be particularly problematic in this respect. This is perhaps not surprising and, to draw an analogy, anyone with small children will appreciate the effect on health of their introduction to
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nursery or school. This situation is not unlike the initial stages of training where many relatively immunologically naive yearlings are thrust into a close environment and placed under some degree of physiological stress. Traditionally, feeding horses in training has primarily been about providing a balanced diet, in terms of nutrients including vitamins and minerals, with the emphasis being on providing an adequate intake of nutrients whilst avoiding excessive intake. Recently, however, the impetus in human nutrition has developed further to place greater emphasis on optimising the diet in order to maximise quality of life and resistance to disease. These goals are of great value to horses and additionally also offer the promise of ensuring that genetic performance potential is fulfilled. Immunity is of particular concern for racehorses, as it is for human athletes, as many days of training are lost through illness and no doubt many races have been lost due to horses performing below their ability due to sub clinical health issues. As a result, there continues to be great interest in the ability of both mainstream nutrients and functional foods, or nutraceuticals, to support the immune system. Dietary immunomodulation The impact of diet on immunity in horses is
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Table 1: Typical ingredients found in UK feeds supplements marketed to suppor t immunity Product 1
Product 2
Product 3
Product 4
Glutamine MSM Polar lipids Prebiotics
Echinacea Live yeast Whey powder
Vitamin C Prebiotics Korean Ginseng Liquorice Golden seal
Indian Gooseberry Indian ginseng Tinospora cordifolia Ocimum sanctum
*Prebiotics may include fructooligosaccharides or mannanoligosaccharides
a relatively new and emerging area of research, but one which, judging by the enthusiasm for such products from horse owners and trainers, is warranted. There are already some feed supplements that claim to support immune function, containing ingredients such as those described above (Table 1), and there is no doubt that this is likely to be an area of growth for the supplements sector in the future. In terms of evidence for their beneficial effects on immunity, it is interesting to look at the small number of studies that have been specifically carried out in horses, but also to reference some of the headline studies carried out in humans, which may be of relevance. In these harsher economic times, it stands to reason that it is prudent to have an increased awareness of the ingredients that have some scientific backing rather than just being based on anecdote or hype. Ingredients that have a positive impact on the immune system may simply overcome undernutrition or a marginal deficiency of a particular nutrient or group of nutrients. Inadequate or suboptimal intake of certain nutrients such as antioxidants or their trace mineral cofactors can impair immune function. Mainstream micronutrients Micronutrients such as zinc, copper, selenium, iron and the vitamins B-carotene, vitamin A, C and E as well as folic acid are reported to influence several components of the immune system in other species. Ensuring optimum intake of these micronutrients and providing them in a bioavailable form is therefore important. For example, trace minerals such as copper, zinc, manganese and iron are likely to be more available in horses as ‘chelates’ or ‘proteinates’, where their travel across the gut lumen and mucosa is helped by their protein or amino acid carrier. Selenium, an important antioxidant cofactor, is also generally found in organic form e.g. from a selenium-enriched yeast. Work in ponies has previously indicated that inadequate selenium in the diet can adversely affect immunity. Vitamin C is relatively unavailable to horses as ascorbic acid, coming instead as
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calcium ascorbyl-2-monophosphate or ascorbyl palmitate, and the antibody response to vaccine is reported to improve through vitamin C supplementation. Continuing the theme, vitamin E has been shown in horses to be more available in the form found in nature, compared to the synthetic alternative. The level of vitamin E in many racing feeds has increased in recent years which is good news for immunity as research in chickens, pigs, turkeys, mice and cattle has shown that increased vitamin E intake promotes resistance to diseasecausing pathogens. However, as with most micronutrients, more is not necessarily better, and there is some suggestion that excessive intake of vitamin E or zinc, for example, can undo all the good work and have a negative impact on immunity. Likewise, with conventional forms of selenium, care needs to be taken not to feed excessive amounts where toxicity can be an issue. Glutamine Glutamine is an amino acid, which is naturally present in the diet, but is considered to be conditionally essential. This means that increased dietary intake of glutamine may be beneficial under certain circumstances such as infection, stress or hard training. Glutamine is central to the provision of energy for cells of the digestive tract, as well as the immune system. Reduced availability of glutamine during times of increased requirement may compromise the immune system. In humans, a reduction in the level of glutamine in plasma is associated with a decrease in the ability of lymphocytes
(white blood cells) to multiply themselves in response to an invading pathogen. In horses, plasma glutamine is severely depleted during viral infection but can be boosted through the use of supplemental glutamine in the diet. Glutamine can be fed either as the amino acid itself, or by incorporating glutamine rich protein, for example from hydrolysed wheat protein into the ration. Whilst some equine feeds and supplements contain glutamine, its effect on the immune system has not as yet been fully evaluated. However, human studies suggest that there may be a role for glutamine during training as glutamine status is reduced with prolonged intensive training, where overtraining is a risk. Immune effects of probiotics and prebiotics Latterly pre and probiotics have become relatively commonplace in training diets, which is good as they also have a strategic role to play with regards to immunity. Probably the most frequently encountered probiotic used in racing diets is the live yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae, and prebiotics commonly used include fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and mannanoligosaccharides (MOS). The digestive tract represents an important first line of defence against many potential disease-causing agents and consequently has a very well-developed immune capability, which includes the gut-associated lymphoid tissue that represents the largest component of the immune system. In other species, both pre and probiotics have been suggested to improve the gut’s immune defences by a number of different mechanisms: Inducing positive change to the bacteria and the substances they produce in the gut, which effects antibody production and other immune-regulating substances such as cytokines. Increasing the protective action of the mucous layer within the digestive tract. Direct interaction with pathogens which prevents their attachment to the gut and ability to cause disease.
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Unfortunately, there is little evidence currently available to support the effect of pre and probiotics on the immune system specifically in horses due to the few speciesspecific studies carried out. Whilst there is much evidence to extol the benefits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast in other areas of nutrition, immunomodulatory effects have yet to be investigated. Mannanoligosaccharides, which can be derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cell walls, are classified as prebiotics and have been reported to increase the IgG and IgA content of colostrum following foaling and to reduce the incidence of treatable diarrhoea, although there is no effect on the immunolglobulin concentration in a mare’s serum. Herbs and Plants Moving on to herbs and other plants, the most widely used and most recognised ingredient – for its reputed effects on immune function – is probably Echinacea. This plant, which is indigenous to North America, is described in herbal texts as being beneficial during chronic viral and bacterial infections and where immunosupression is identified. There is a single double-blind placebo controlled study that has been carried out in horses using a standardised powdered root extract of Echinacea angustifolia. The authors reported an improvement in the infectionfighting capacity of white blood cells, indicated by an increase in circulating lymphocyte count, an increased phagocytic ability of neutrophils, and greater ability of neutrophils to move from the blood to the tissues. Whilst these results seem encouraging, more evidence in horses is probably required to be certain of its true effects. However, many of the recent studies involving Echinacea supplementation in human subjects have been collated into what is called a meta-analysis. This provides very interesting data, as overall a 65% reduction in the incidence of the common cold was noted where Echinacea was
Ginseng is a perennial plant that grows primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and is characterised by the presence of ginsenosides
provided as a preventative in the diet. This figure became even more significant (85%) when subjects were given a combination of Echinacea and vitamin C. Additionally, in patients that succumbed to the cold, the duration of symptoms was reduced in the Echinacea supplemented group by nearly 1.5 days. Ginseng Another plant that frequently features in equine supplements claiming immune support is Ginseng. Ginseng is a perennial plant that grows primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and is characterised by the presence of ginsenosides. There are several different types of true ginseng and most are described as being ‘adaptogenic’, which means that they increase the body’s resistance to stress, anxiety and fatigue. The use of ginseng by human athletes is relatively well documented, with a few studies reporting improved resistance to infection and/or improvements in performance, although overall the results seem to be quite mixed. In horses, two supplementation studies have been published. The first was an investigation on the effect of a supplement containing Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng), amongst other
ingredients, on the immune response to 24 hours of road transport. This supplement had no effect on the immunological parameters measured, either before or during transportation. In a more recent trial, horses fed a relatively low dose of ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) (~18g/day) showed an improved antibody response to vaccination for equine herpes virus (EHV-1) compared to a control group of horses. Nucleotides Another group of ingredients that are worthy of mention, but which have not been used extensively in horses, are nucleotides. Nucleotides are found ubiquitously through the body, as they help form the basic structure of both DNA and RNA. Cells that have a high rate of turnover, such as those of the immune system and the enterocytes in the digestive tract, have a higher requirement for nucleotides. Nucleotides are found naturally in the diet but do offer potential for further supplementation. Nucleotides have been added to infant milk replacers and to diets for young animals, with beneficial effects reported on response to vaccine and immune status. Whilst I could not find any trials in horses that explored the potential immunological benefits of nucleotides, two studies have been carried out to look at the effect of ribose, which is a sugar required for nucleotide synthesis, on exercise performance. The results from these trials by the same research group were contradictory and so no firm conclusion could be drawn. In conclusion, whilst there are many potential ingredients that may offer immune support to horses in training, the number of studies carried out, and the level of evidence for many of these ingredients, is poor. It is an exciting yet equally difficult area of research, but one that should be developed as positive results for individual ingredients or groups of ingredients could be highly beneficial.
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THE RISE OF AQPS HORSES Autre Que Pur Sang horses used to be considered the Thoroughbred’s poor relation, but the success of horses such as Neptune Collonges, First Gold, The F ellow and Edredon Bleu has resulted in the BHA re-classif ying French Races. By Katherine Ford
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ONE are the days when Autre Que Pur Sang horses were considered the poor relation of their thoroughbred counterparts. The exploits of dual Punchestown Gold Cup hero Neptune Collonges, the latest in a line of top chasers featuring the likes of First Gold, The Fellow and Edredon Bleu, bear witness to the fact that there is no shortage of class to be found among the nonthoroughbred breed. However this was not always the case and the “Autre Que Pur Sang”, which translates as “Other Than Thoroughbred”, has come a long way since a motley selection of equines, including trotters, cavalry horses and work horses, lined up against each other in informal races going back to before the French revolution. The first official races were organised a century ago and the breed society dates back to 1922. Just four
years later the nonthoroughbred Uncas lifted the Prix du Président de la République (French Grand National), but there was a long time to wait until the AQPS was to become part of the décor at the highest level at Parisian tracks. In 1981 Isopani, trained by future 21-time flat champion trainer André Fabre, was the first of the eleven AQPS horses to lift the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris to date. Of course, the increased success of the AQPS has been accompanied by a finetuning of the breed. To qualify for inclusion in its stud book, which was inaugurated in 2005, an AQPS must possess at least 87.5% thoroughbred blood. The non-thoroughbred influence almost invariably comes from the dam’s side as AQPS mares are bred to selected stallions. These stallions are chosen for their soundness and must have shown
quality on the flat, usually being Group winners over at least a mile or else talented jumping performers, although in reality the AQPS market can provide a second opportunity for sires which may not fill their books in the thoroughbred breeding industry. With the AQPS, the theory of improving the breed through the use of top stallions has less relevance than with the thoroughbred as male produce are destined for the jumping circuit and as such are usually gelded before seeing a racecourse. There are one or two exceptions to this rule, but at the present time only a handful of the 1100 AQPS foals born each year are products of the “inverse” cross, by a non-thoroughbred sire. However as bloodstock agent Hubert Barbe, one of the first to bring AQPS horses across the Channel with the likes of Challenger du Luc and latterly Osana, points out, “The maternal bloodline is
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dominant. A good AQPS broodmare does not need to go to a top stallion and she can often produce several good offspring. This phenomenon is illustrated by the brothers Cyborgo and Hors la Loi III, as well as Al Capone II and The Fellow.” Traditionally, the strength of the AQPS comes from generations of nurturing the best fillies and mares of the breed, which were rarely raced
“It is a great commercial and practical advantage that AQPS horses which have run on the flat will now be able to run in bumpers and in National Hunt Novice Hurdles” Francois Doumen in the past. Today, they are still renowned for their robustness and this is enhanced by a specific programme in their native France to cater for the late-maturing characteristics of the breed. France Galop has a reserved flat calendar for three- to five-year-old AQPS horses, and for thee-year-olds alone there were 90 races restricted to this breed in 2008. Prize money ranged from 8,000 Euros at smaller provincial tracks to 44,000 Euros for the championship of the Classic generation, the Prix Jacques de Vienne in November. The older horses’ highlight is the Prix de Craon, held at Longchamp with a prize fund of €45,000. When is a flat race not a flat race? Although these races fit perfectly into the French system, they have been rather more problematic in recent years for future jumpers crossing the Channel after participating in what were considered in Britain as flat events. The British Horseracing Authority made an important change to their rulings concerning these races last autumn, and as of 1st January of this year the events have the same status as Irish National Hunt Flat races on a horse’s CV. This will mean that French non-
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thoroughbred recruits having run in the AQPS contests are no longer excluded from British National Hunt Flat races and National Hunt Novice Hurdles which are restricted to animals which have never run under flat rules. Count Michel de Gigou, President of the AQPS Breeders’ Society, has been lobbying for this move for some time. “I believe the rule change was completely necessary. The flat programme for AQPS in France is purely for preparation for a future jumping career, in rather a British spirit. It allows youngsters to mature and gain experience before affronting thoroughbreds which are more precocious and have been in training since an earlier age. The programme is not designed to be selective in any way and even if some AQPS are better than others on the flat, they soon reach their limits.” The fact that it is virtually unheard of for an AQPS to progress from the restricted circuit into thoroughbred flat competitions is further vindication of the reclassification, according to which the AQPS races are now treated in the same way as Irish National Hunt Flat races and are no longer considered valid for qualification purposes on the flat. François Doumen has shown great savoir faire with AQPS stars such as his four King George VI Chase winners Nupsala, Algan, The Fellow and First Gold, the last of which also lifted the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris like stablemates Ubu III and Ucello II. Doumen says, “I always like my horses, whether AQPS or thoroughbreds, to have had some experience on the flat when they make their debuts over hurdles, so that they are not completely green. The AQPS programme does not present an advantage over thoroughbreds as there are plenty of races over distances exceeding 2600 metres available for thoroughbreds with jumpingorientated pedigrees.” Indeed the French AQPS circuit, which includes races from nine furlongs upwards for three-year-olds, is a source of frustration for Doumen. “I’ve
always fought to have the minimum distance for these races raised to 2600 metres as I think the pace corresponds to the jumping discipline and after all these are all jumping horses.” A new window of opportunity Another more recently developed function of the AQPS flat races is as a shop window.
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François Doumen says, “It is a great commercial and practical advantage that AQPS horses which have run on the flat will now be able to run in bumpers and in National Hunt Novice Hurdles. From a commercial point of view it is always encouraging for sales for potential buyers to see that a horse has already won or at least raced and now life will be easier for the
English trainers as their options are no longer restricted by these outings on the flat.” Doumen particularly appreciates the possibility of exploiting the National Hunt Novice Hurdle route as he explains, “these races are open to horses which have never run on the flat or in more than four National Hunt flat races or AQPS flat races and they present a good opportunity for
First Gold won both the King George VI Chase and the Grand Steeple- Chase de Paris
this type of horse. Even though the prize money is not high, they allow English trainers to see the horses in action.” Ferdy Murphy knows both the Irish and the French markets well and agrees with the reasoning behind the change. “There’s no point not having a level playing field. You can go to Ireland and buy a bumper horse and then run him here in England, so it was unfair that it was impossible to do the same with a French bumper horse.” The very description of a French AQPS flat horse as a ‘bumper horse’ says it all. A win or any outing in an AQPS race on the level simply does not equate to a similar performance in thoroughbred company, and French AQPS horses are raised in similar fashion to Irish National Hunt stores. Murphy continues, “Any new ruling which opens up opportunities has got to be a good thing. Owners want to see their horses in action on the racecourse and now we have an additional option of running AQPS purchases in bumpers which will give them the time they often need to grow and acclimatise before hurdling. It is very beneficial to be able to give horses an extra year before going into novice hurdle company, as if they do too much too soon it
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makes things difficult later on.” A similar AQPS-exclusive programme exists over jumps in France, and this is orientated around young horses and females. The aim is to preserve future breeding stock and once again to give youngsters time to reach maturity before racing in open company, as in France thoroughbreds race over hurdles from the spring of their three-year-old season and over fences from the autumn of the same year. The most valuable of these AQPS hurdle and steeplechase contests take place at Auteuil, while the majority are run on France’s provincial tracks. Usually with quite low prize money by French standards, they provide an easier option for AQPS which have not been pushed along from an early age as, like Murphy, Michel de Gigou reminds us. “The AQPS are raised outside, like Irish store horses, and they take longer to come to hand. Of course this toughness and a later start to their racing career help them to last longer on the racecourse.” While the AQPS have never been in a stronger position thanks to their advantageous race programme, success on the track, and popularity, it should be remembered that they are far from taking the place of the thoroughbred. Still, in nine Grade 1 races contested at Auteuil during 2008, two were won by the AQPS horses Questarabad and Monoalco and four other
“Owners want to see their horses in action and now we have an additional option of running AQPS purchases in bumpers which will give them the time they often need to grow and acclimatise before hurdling” Ferdy Murphy
horses of the breed also took places at this level. Some racing jurisdictions from further afield remain closed to the AQPS and these include America’s National Steeplechase Association and the Japan Racing Association. The JRA’s Parisian representative Aki Akitani states, “No horse is bred exclusively for jumping purposes in Japan. One of the most important factors of racing is to select the best horses to improve the standard of racing, and as such there is no place for AQPS horses, whose bloodlines do not contribute to Japanese breeding.” Interestingly there is an exception to this rule as Akitani explains that those AQPS whose non-thoroughbred influence comes exclusively from Arabian or Anglo-Arab bloodlines are accepted as “quasithoroughbreds”. The stud book will go some way to help with international recognition of the breed, and from this year the first horses bearing the (AQPS) suffix after their names will be seen on the racecourse. Michel de Gigou of the breeders’ association has further positive news for the owners of AQPS exported to Britain and Ireland. “We are working with Weatherbys to make it possible to register AQPS births across the Channel in the AQPS stud book.” Like the AQPS horses themselves, it seems that the enduring nature of the entire breed itself is tough and determined to succeed. I
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Contaminants from stable staff Picture the scenario. A post-race test comes up positive as a result of a trainer’s employees having left traces of drugs on feed and tack that have found their way into the horse’s bloodstream – should the trainer take the blame? By Geir Stabell
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ACEHORSE trainers are responsible for the actions of all members of their teams, and mistakes made by staff can cost the trainer dearly. We are not just talking about a slipping saddle or bad handling of a runner in the paddock that may contribute to certain defeat where victory should have been within grasp. After all, it is part of a racehorse trainer’s job to avoid such mishaps, and the trainer should be able to do so, but what if a postrace test comes up positive as a result of his employees having left traces of drugs on feed and tack, traces that in turn have found their way into the horse’s bloodstream? In such cases, is it fair to declare the trainer liable? In a situation like this – obviously a true nightmare – the worst-case scenario for the trainer is a big fine, suspension, perhaps losing a valuable Group race or even an owner. The worst-case scenario for the staff member, if found out, is losing his or her job and looking for another. Have we had many such cases within the sport over the years in Europe, and how worried should we be about future cases? The question goes to Rupert Arnold, chief executive of the National Trainers
Federation in England. “To my knowledge there have been only two such cases in England”, Arnold says. “One was a horse a few years ago, which was shod by a blacksmith who had been applying a cream to treat back or neck stiffness. The explanation put forward was that the horse had licked the blacksmith and the contents of the cream found its way into the horse’s blood, but this was never proved. “My view on this matter is that, although it can happen, I believe it is a fairly theoretical problem. I think more cases would come to light if it were a big problem. Usually, when horses test positive it can be traced back to the feed, or it has been caused by a drug not having been withdrawn within the right timeframe.” Whether cases of horses testing positive for illegal substances as a result of contaminants from stable staff is a bigger problem abroad, such as in North America, also appears to be unclear. “There are stories and rumours of horses that have tested positive for cocaine in America”, Arnold explains, “and one explanation often heard is that many banknotes carry traces of the drug over there.” Should the trainer be held responsible if
a case like this occurs? “Well, there are two ways of looking at that”, Arnolds responds. “Firstly, the trainer is responsible, because under our rules trainers are responsible for any sample taken from a horse in his or her yard. Secondly, under British Rules of Racing, trainers can escape fines if it is reasonable that the cause of the positive test was beyond the trainer’s control. I think this would be a fairly marginal decision but, although the trainer can go unpunished, the horse will be disqualified.” A disqualification of a horse that has won or been placed for prize money is a punishment in itself. It also punishes the owner and jockey, and sometimes the breeder, of the horse in question. These parties will all feel particularly hard done by, if the disqualification comes as a result of contamination from stable staff. Of course, they feel that way in all cases of disqualifications but there can be little doubt that it hits even harder if the villain in the plot turns out to have been a member of the yard’s staff, a person who is often, quite wrongly, seen as a relatively small player of the team. This leads to the valid point that stable staff should never be seen as small players. Indeed, they are very important members of the team. We have all heard the old saying “happy lads, happy horses” and surely, one can assume that it is also always a case of “healthy lads, healthy horses”. It goes without saying that there is precious little a trainer can do to prevent all members of his staff getting involved in drugs, at some point or another. After all, an unsatisfactorily high percentage of the
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“There is very little a trainer can do. I can’t screen all my staff when they come into work, I can’t force them to shower…” Luca Cumani human population does try illegal drugs at least once. What can trainers do, or what are trainers doing, to help combat the drug threat, and prevent it from becoming a bigger problem in our sport? “We are advising trainers in these matters”, Arnold says, “and making sure that all yards have the correct policy in place. Here in England we, and the National Association of Stable Staff, are also working with The Newmarket Racing Partnership, led by Racing Welfare in Newmarket, and addressing such issues.” “Trainers always worry” Luca Cumani, a leading trainer based in Newmarket, says that, although this subject has been discussed among his fellow trainers, the only thing he can do is worry. “Trainers always worry about everything, you know”, Cumani says, “although there is very little a trainer can do, as abuse of drugs
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is hard to prove. I can’t prevent it from happening, I can’t screen all my staff when they come into work, I can’t force them to shower…” Cumani agrees that a positive test as a result of contaminants from stable staff could become a nightmare. “One can be disqualified from winning a Group One”, he reflects, “and I wish we could be able to prevent it. But, can we? If the whole world can’t solve the problem with drugs, how can racehorse trainers be expected to? “I do not agree that a trainer should be held responsible”, he continues, “simply because it is impossible for us to stop such things from happening.” He also tells us he once put one of his staff through a threemonth rehabilitation course. “He was a good man, and I wanted to help him get rid of the problem”, Cumani says, “so we had him on full pay while he was at this course. As far as I know, he has not reoffended.” Cumani sees alcohol as a problem, but also a problem that it is easier to deal with, since it is easier to discover. “If a person misuses alcohol, what normally happens is that he fails to turn up for work in time”, he says, “and after two warnings you may sack him. But it is difficult to sack people and with drugs being so hard to prove one has to be very careful when employing people.” Cumani employs 50 staff and 47 of them are directly involved with the horses, by way of riding out in the mornings and travelling to the races in the afternoons and evenings. “About 50 per cent are from Britain and Ireland”, he says, “and we also have staff from France, Brazil, Eastern Europe and Japan.” One point that strikes here is that of cultural differences. Traditions and attitudes count for a lot in our societies, and attitudes towards drug use/misuse are very different around the world. Add in the factor of language problems, and you will soon see that a racehorse trainer has a lot more to worry about than legs, handicap ratings, changing ground conditions and unpaid trainers’ fees. “Not much evidence” The Chief Executive to the National Association of Stable Staff in England, Jim Cornelius, says that his organisation – a union serving around 8,000 stable staff in England, Scotland and Wales – does not view the staff contaminant issue as a major problem. “Quite frankly, I do not see this as an important matter”, he says. “There have hardly been any cases at all in England. A separate issue is that regarding whether employers have the right to ask for drug testing of staff. We do know that some stable staff lead a lifestyle that is not healthy
for them, nor for the workplace and yes, if horses start testing positive to post-race tests as a result of contaminations from staff, I would become concerned, but I have not seen any worrying evidence thus far.” Mark Tompkins, chairman of the Newmarket Trainers’ Association, takes a similar view and tells us that the matter has been discussed among trainers, but also that testing staff for drugs is something one cannot do, “as it would be an intrusion into their privacy”. Tompkins says that he is not particularly worried about this as a problem. “Keeping an eye on your staff is part of my job”, he says. “If a person comes in drunk one morning, you send him home”, he says, but agrees that abuse of drugs can be more difficult to spot. Smaller units easier to monitor Björn Eklund, Secretary General to the Swedish Jockey Club in Stockholm and a
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central figure within Scandinavian horseracing, tells us that problems with contamination from stable staff have not occurred in Sweden. “The threshold must be high”, Eklund says, “but my initial reaction to this matter is that if it is, or becomes, a problem, that is more likely to happen in countries with trainers of larger strings, employing a substantial staff force. Our biggest yards in Sweden at the moment house around 40 horses, and the racing community is very transparent, something that clearly has its advantages in matters like these, with drug abuse, alcohol and other security issues.” Perhaps a move towards smaller yards, or smaller units, could be beneficial in many ways but touching too much on this subject would soon lead us into an altogether different debate. “I do not believe trainers should be held responsible in cases where it is clear that a horse has tested positive as a result of circumstances outside of the trainer’s control”, Eklund states. “We had a case last year where it turned out that a trainer had bought contaminated feed. The Jockey Club issued no punishment and the feed suppliers compensated the connections to the equivalent of lost prize money.” Would Swedish law allow for drug testing of stable staff? “Not at all”, Eklund replies, “not carried out by the Jockey Club and hardly by an employer. It would be an infringement of privacy, and the only way one can arrange for a test is to contact the police. The only other scenario I can think of is that we could demand a test in a case where we are supported by the law on protection of animals, but it is farfetched and a route we would not be likely to take. It would be a matter for the police.”
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Horses tested positive for cocaine Valfredo Valiani, among the top trainers in Italy and a former chairman of the European Trainers’ Federation, explains that “about five or six years ago we did have quite a few such cases in Italy, where horses tested positive for small amounts of cocaine. We, the trainers, called in vets and experts to make enquiries and it soon came to light that the traces of illegal substances must have come from staff. Our attempts at convincing UNIRE that this was indeed the explanation were not successful, but they now concede that this can happen. This has been a bigger problem within trotting in Italy, and we have had no cases in thoroughbred racing over the past few years.” What were the implications for trainers involved? “The horses were disqualified, and the trainers hit with fines of between €3,000
and €6,000, plus suspensions from a month to three months. My personal view on this is that it is difficult to say that the trainer is not responsible, because the trainer must try to do everything to prevent such things, but you can never be sure and it is impossible to monitor staff 24 hours a day.” Valiani, whose staff are mainly Italians, with three Polish members, says that he feels a fine is in order in cases like these, but not a suspension. “I will never forget one day I had a winner in Milan”, he reflects. “After the race a man I had never seen before – probably only a happy gambler who had backed my horse – came up to the winner and patted him. On my way home I thought to myself how easy it would have been for such a person to do or give something to the horse, but it was fine.” On the subject of suspensions in connection with positive tests and otherwise, Valiani makes an interesting observation: “I may be wrong but I believe we are the only profession where, as employers, we can be suspended. Think about it: if a trainer is suspended for three months, in effect all his staff should also be out of work for three months. But that is not possible. He cannot, under Italian law, lay off his staff for three months. That would be illegal, making a suspension virtually impossible, so it’s an absolute ‘catch twenty-two’, don’t you think?” It most certainly seems to be, just like the world’s fight against drugs, an evil that repeatedly raises its ugly head, and always as a result of a combination of pure greed and ignorance. That, as we all know, can be a dangerous mix, and horseracing circles should perhaps be a little bit more aware of that. I
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HE 11th AGM of the ETF took place in Cologne on Saturday 13th December. Delegates from across Europe gathered on a seasonally cold day to discuss issues affecting trainers across Europe. The dialogue between trainers has always led to a greater understanding of each other’s problems but has also served as a forum which allows countries to work together to find common goals. At the meeting, the Czech Republic Trainers Federation became a full member of the ETF and trainers discussed applications from other countries who would also like to join the federation. Subjects which were discussed in detail included: G the rights of governing bodies to gain access to trainers accounts and telephone records G the work done in the UK between the
Owners and Breeders associations to encourage leasing of horses that failed to sell at yearling sales G the ETF’s position on the proposed opening up of betting markets in countries where only a pari-mutuel platform is available G the future of steeplechasing in Scandinavia G the harmonization and adoption of a common rulebook across Europe G the European Union directive on the transportation of horses across Europe and how this will affect racing G the creation of an exchange programme for apprentices between trainers across Europe After the meeting, delegates were taken to the prestigious Gestüt Röttgen, home of Soldier Hollow and Kallisto. They were given a tour of the historic farm by Dr. Günter Paul and followed this with dinner at the farm.
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Would you like increased carrying capacity? Recently, JSW have been busy looking into getting better carrying capacities in their transporter horseboxes, and the launch of their latest Ryedale Transporter is proof it can be done. Looking at the different 7.5 ton chassis on the market it was found that the Iveco EuroCargo E5 75E16 was an excellent choice because it is lightweight. Being constructed from aluminium planking section gives the benefit of a very str ong and low maintenance exterior, which cuts down the problems (which may occur with GRP glassonite) of bubbling, water penetration to the core and starring from internal impact. Based on a 5.490 metre body length, this four stalled horsebox has standard items such as full height blocking doors, robust aluminium planking partitions on a multi-track system, aluminium planking floor overlaid with heavy duty rubber cushioned matting and a rear impact wall. It also includes windows, roof vents, electric fans and a temperature probe, as well as an internal grooms’ area with seating. Finally, it also includes a full fibreglass dome front, with JSW’s own proven engine
access system, the full-tilt cab. All-in-all the weight of this body stands at a mere 2000 kg; hence the given payload on the said Iveco EuroCargo with the body is allowing an actual 2380 kg carrying capacity. JSW Coachbuilders are launching this horsebox body at a fantastic promotional price
of £34,000 + vat (chassis extra). If a 7.5 ton horsebox is too big for your staff to handle, then their newly transformed ‘Cleveland Two’ could be a little something to think about. Building on the Renault Master 150 3.5ton chassis, the new concept of this box is that they have designed the horse carrying area into a ‘funnel mode’ which means that there is no breast barrier at the horses’ chests, but lar ge blocking doors and head dividers with full depth & height partition - the advantage of this stalling is that it avoids horses getting caught over the breast barrier, and keeps both horses in two separate cubicles at all times. With this 3.5ton horsebox we can give a carrying capacity of approx. 1000kg. For further information please call JSW Coachbuilder on +44 (0)1609 772449 or visit www.jswhorseboxes.co.uk
Power up your yard chores with Zallys It’s so easy these days to get carried away with the more technical side of racing, basics can be very easily ignored. Now and again a product comes along which is so obvious it gets ignored. The Zallys range of electrically powered equipment is not one of those products! Giving you instant controllable power, Zallys is the obvious way to get your yard chores done quickly and with ease. Zallys electrically powered machines use the best and most reliable technology available today. This technology makes the electrically powered vehicle the transport of the future. Clean, quiet and with incredibly low operating costs, charging from a regular domestic mains plug means no fuel storage is required. All you need to do is switch on and set your speed to start saving time and effort. Size of loads can be increased to a level that can’t normally be managed safely by one person, reducing the number of journeys and saving time. The powered barrow (the Dumper-Jet, which can carry up to 400kg) as seen in the photo is so quiet, you can drive right up to livestock without causing stress. In our experience the Dumper-Jet, as with all Zallys equipment, can easily do 8 hours work without re-charging. And remember – it’s only running when it’s moving so there are no fumes or wasted fuel. That’s the green bit. The Zallys range of equipment is so extensive, as well as being easy and fun to use, that the problem is knowing when to stop looking for applications. From the small powered trailer to the
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ride-on equipment, you will find a Zallys machine built to ease your load and save you time. For further information please call West Manufacturing Ltd on +44 (0)1684 850101 visit www.zallys.co.uk
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AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel It is now commonly recognised that up to 75% of all racehorses and competition horses suffer from Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS). This is a staggering statistic and contributes to a range of symptoms including lack of appetite, loss of condition, under-performance, lethargy, teeth grinding and colic. AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel for Horses has been formulated to provide a natural, effective and value-for-money way to help treat EGUS which could then avoid veterinary bills and the use of expensive medications. Research has shown that Aloe Vera gel has also proved reliable in the treatment of other ailments such as Lethargy Syndrome and ulcerous wounds. Because it is palatable and improves the appetite, it is a very effective conditioning aid. It is beneficial at weaning time (minimising snotty noses and pot bellies), and can be used topically for ringworm, rainscald, sarcoids and sunburn. Why is Aloe Vera so effective? Aloe Vera contains over 75 naturally occurring ingredients including vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids, enzymes and sugars. Due to the complex nature of its make-up, Aloe Vera has been found to have many positive effects such as stimulation of antioxidant production, stimulation of the immune system, and acceleration of wound healing; it has anticarcinogenic, antiviral and antibacterial properties and prevents the formation of histamine. The enzymes in Aloe Vera include Amylase and Lipase, which aid digestion by breaking down fats and sugars, together with Carboxypeptidase, which has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Anthraquinones are present, which in small amounts (as found in the gel) are said to aid gut absorption and relieve pain. Studies have shown that Tritepenes, contained in the gel, protect against gastric ulcers forming. Aloe Vera contains complex sugars, most importantly Glucomannans, which are known to boost the immune system, increase wound healing, are antiviral and help absorption of nutrients. Aloe Vera also kills Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Pseduomonas aeruginosa and E-Coli. Why AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel? As active members of the International Aloe Science Council, our Aloe Vera Gel goes through rigorous testing for content and purity in order for it to be awarded their seal of approval. These tests are carried out on every batch of AloeQuine Aloe Vera Gel for Horses that is produced – ensuring consistent high standards. For further information please call Aloenterprises Ltd on +44 (0)1962 883893 or visit www.aloequine.com 74 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com ISSUE 25
Activo-Med Therapy System Investment in equine therapy systems is a decision not taken lightly, but when it comes to versatility and value for money, the popular Activo-Med Combi system is outstanding and has proved its worth to many top trainers. Practical and effective for rehabilitation or every day use, the Activo-Med Combi Pro is a unique rug that provides sequenced pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) and cyclonic massage therapy. PEMF and massage units are placed strategically along the horse’s neck and back to provide comprehensive therapy from poll to tail, and on the shoulders and hind quarters to deliver therapy to these hard working muscle groups. The system offers pre-set warm-up and post exercise programmes, plus options to change therapy time, frequency and intensity to create individual therapy programmes to suit specific horses or conditions. The battery operated control box is fitted neatly and securely to the rug and provides at least 15 treatments when fully charged. Optional therapy leg wraps, hoof pads and lasers run off the same control box. The system is lightweight, easy to use and horse friendly with no trailing cables, and a new compact carry bag and detachable trolley ensure portability and easy storage. The system is becoming increasingly popular with riders and trainers and is used by many professionals including Champion National Hunt Trainer Paul Nicholls, who says; “Since using the Activo-Med Combi rug on the horses I have
noticed an improvement in their ability to get over muscle problems. They come out looser after treatment and look better in themselves generally and are very relaxed when being treated. A few whose coats have not kept as well as others have done better in that aspect too. We use the rug regularly on horses more prone to the small niggles of daily training and find it fits in easily with their routine. We use the massage post exercise and the full programs in the afternoon on the horses which need some assistance, there is an advantage to being able to set up individual programmes for certain horses. We have also been very impressed with the Activo-Med Laser and feel it has speeded up the healing process on several horses. A common condition some racehorses suffer from is sore girth areas and the laser has definitely helped the recovery time on these horses.” The rug is now also available as the Activo-Med Combi Sport, a basic version that makes PEMF and cyclonic massage therapy available at a lower price point. In a traditional rug shape without the neck extension, the Activo-Med Combi Sport delivers PEMF and cyclonic massage therapy to the back and hind quarter areas. It offers a range of pre-set programmes designed to suit the day-today needs of most horses, with warm up therapy programmes for use before exercise or racing and pre-set programmes for after exercise. For further information please call 01628 472440 or 07885 539312 or visit www.fmbs.co.uk
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Hay Bar Feeds as Nature Intended The slogan “Feed As Nature Intended” has been used by Park Feeders to promote their forage feeder Hay Bar since it was first introduced in 2003, and for good reason. A huge amount of time and money has been spent in all disciplines, but especially in the racing industry, trying to improve performance by fine-tuning diet and supplements. Sometimes we miss the obvious. We are all creatures of habit and once in a routine we are very loath to alter our ways. Do we even stop to consider not only what we feed but also how we feed it? The feeding position has a huge impact on a horse’s welfare. The dental profession strongly advise feeding from the floor. As soon as a horse raises its head to feed its jaw goes out of alignment and this causes uneven wear on the teeth, which results in dental abnormalities such as hooks and ramps. We all know what a nightmare bitting can be: when a horse is not comfortable with its mouth, its mind in not on its job. Feeding forage from the floor can be a very wasteful and costly exercise and we can also lose touch with how much forage is actually being taken in and how much is being wasted. This is wher e Hay Bar proves its worth: helping to stop cross-contamination, it saves waste not only on hay/haylage but also on bedding and time taken mucking out. The Hay Bar system is truly the way for ward, or rather the way back – to what NATURE INTENDED. For further information please call +44 (0)1723 882434 or visit www.haybar.co.uk
Equine Careers – Find your future A new website is set to change the way we find professional staff with equestrian knowledge, the people behind the scenes that make the industry evolve. Equine Careers will provide a one stop shop for advertising office type careers within the equestrian industry. Vacancies can range from Secretaries to Accountants, web designers to College lecturers, as long as it is equine related. Emma Dyer, the creator of Equine Careers, is extremely positive about the website: ‘I have managed to capture a niche in the market’ says Emma, ‘ there are so many equestrian related jobs out there but no one place to advertise or find them.’ Having worked in professional yards after completing her ‘A’ Levels, Emma later swapped her jodhpurs for a computer, to work behind a desk – this is where she has gained all her experience and made all her contacts. Launch is set for 17th March and the main focus will be quality of adverts rather than quantity. ‘I quite realise in the current economic conditions, there are not going to be as many vacancies available to advertise; however there are still keen and experienced job seekers searching for their next step on the ladder, or simply a change of s cenery, and they need this one stop shop to concentrate their search’. For further information please call +44 (0)7818 455309 or visit www.equine-careers.co.uk
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Races are divided by distance and the relevant surface is indicated as follows: AWT - All Weather Track D - Dirt T - Turf European counties covered in this issue are: Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom. The indexes also include Grade 1 races from North America as well major races from Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.
Under Copyright law, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means. This includes but not limited to; photocopying for commercial redistribution and or facsimile recording without the prior permission of the copyright holder, application for which should be addressed to the publisher.
CLOSING DATES Closing dates for all Irish races are set for international entry dates. For certain races, Irish trained horses, may be able to enter after the published dates. Please check dates with the relevant issue of The Racing Calendar. All main French races have been given an eight day closing date with provincial races set to a ten day closing date. The Italian authority (UNIRE) do not publish closing dates for Listed races but we have been advised to set each race closing date ten days in advance of the race.
DISCLAIMER Whilst every effort has been made to publish correct information, the publishers will not be held liable for any omission, mistake or change to the races listed in all published indexes.
IMPORTANT NOTICE At time of going to press, the closing dates for Irish Listed races were not available. Closing dates for French Listed races were not available beyond August.
5f-6.8f (1000m-1360m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
UAE AUS FR FR GB JPN UAE GB JPN FR GER JPN GB ITY IRE ITY FR IRE GER GB FR GB GB ITY GB FR GB
Mahab Al Shimaal VRC Newmarket Hcp Montenica Ronde de Nuit Hever Sprint Chunichi Sports Sho Falcon Stakes Dubai Golden Shaheen Cammidge Trophy (williamhill.co.uk) Tamakatsunomiya Kinen Cor de Chasse Bremer Oster Sprint-Preis Syunrai Stakes Abernant St Certosa Woodlands St Premio Carlo Chiesa Servanne Navan St Fruhjars Sprint-Preis Lansdown St (EBF) Sigy Pavilion St Palace House St (Stan James) Premio Tudini Kilvington St (totetentofollow.co.uk) Prix de Saint-Georges Duke of York St (Hearthstead Homes)
Gr 3 Gp 1 L L L Gr 3 Gr 1 L Gr 1 L L
05-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 19-Mar-09 19-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 30-Mar-09 10-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 16-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 23-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 28-Apr-09 28-Apr-09 29-Apr-09 02-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 10-May-09 13-May-09
$200,000 AUS$1,000,000 €55,000 €55,000 £40,000 $940,000 $2,000,000 £45,000 $2,240,000 €52,000 €20,000 $510,000 £50,000 €61,600 €45,000 €88,000 €52,000 €45,000 €20,000 £40,000 €55,000 £45,000 £65,000 €88,000 £40,000 €80,000 £100,000
Nad Al Sheba Caulfield Deauville Deauville Lingfield Park Chukyo Nad Al Sheba Doncaster Chukyo Fontainebleau Bremen Nakayama Newmarket Milan Naas Rome Chantilly Navan Cologne Bath Chantilly Ascot Newmarket Rome Nottingham Longchamp York
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L L L Gp 3 L L L L L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 2
Age
Surface
NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ D 3+ T 3 C&G AWT 3F AWT 4+ AWT 3 T NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ D 3+ T 4+ T 3+ T 4+ T 4+ T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ F&M T 4+ T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ F&M T 3 T 3 T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ F&M T 3+ T 3+ T
Distance Metres 1200 1200 1300 1300 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1100 1300 1200 1200 1000 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1200 1200 1000 1200 1200 1000 1200
Distance Furlongs 6 6 6.5 6.5 5 6 6 6 6 5.5 6.5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6
Closing Date 02-Mar-09 11-Mar-09 11-Mar-09 16-Mar-09 03-Feb-09 07-Jan-09 23-Mar-09 17-Feb-09 23-Mar-09 31-Mar-09 03-Mar-09 10-Apr-09 08-Apr-09 19-Mar-09 15-Apr-09 14-Apr-09 22-Apr-09 20-Apr-09 23-Apr-09 27-Apr-09 09-Apr-09 04-May-09 22-Apr-09 31-Mar-09
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5f-6.8f (1000m-1360m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
GB GB GER JPN GER SWE GB IRE IRE JPN GB GB GB GB GB FR IRE GB IRE ITY ITY SWE
York Newbury Baden-Baden Kyoto Baden-Baden Jagersro Haydock Park Curragh Curragh Chukyo Haydock Park Beverley Sandown Park Haydock Park Haydock Park Chantilly Naas Windsor Naas Rome Rome Taby Galopp
Marygate St (Langleys Solicitors EBF) Ultimate Travel St Benazet-Rennen Ritto Stakes Lanson-Cup (ex Scherping-Rennen) Jagersro Sprint Temple St Marble Hill St Greenlands St (Weatherbys Ireland) TV Aichi Open Cecil Frail St (Betfred) Hilary Needler Trophy National St Achilles St Sandy Lane St (Rectangle Group) Prix du Gros Chene Naas Sprint St Leisure St Naas Juvenile Fillies’ Sprint St Perrone A. Giubilo Alberto Taby Varsprint
L L Gp 3
L L L L L Gp 2 L L Gr 3 L L L
15-May-09 15-May-09 16-May-09 17-May-09 17-May-09 19-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 27-May-09 28-May-09 30-May-09 30-May-09 31-May-09 01-Jun-09 01-Jun-09 01-Jun-09 02-Jun-09 02-Jun-09 02-Jun-09
IRE GB GB GER NOR
Leopardstown Epsom Downs Sandown Park Hannover Ovrevoll
Ballyogan St Woodcote St Scurry St Sprintpreis Norsk Jockeyklubs Sprintlop
Gp 3 L L L L
04-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 14-Jun-09
L L Gp 2 L Gp 3
Age
Surface
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Closing Date
£30,000 £40,000 €50,000 $510,000 €20,000 SEK 400,000 £100,000 €50,000 €72,500 $510,000 £40,000 £30,000 £30,000 £40,000 £40,000 €130,000 €45,000 £40,000 €80,000 €61,600 €61,600 SEK 400.000
2F 3 3+ 4+ 3 3+ 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 3 + F&M 2F 2 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 2F 2F 2C 4+
T T T D T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1000 1200 1200 1200 1000 1000 1000 1200 1000 1000 1200 1200 1100 1100 1150
5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 5.5 5.5 5.75
09-May-09 09-May-09 07-Apr-09 31-Mar-09 07-Apr-09
€65,000 £30,000 £40,000 €20,000 NOK 180,000
3+ F&M 2 3 3+ 3+
T T T T T
1200 1200 1000 1300 1200
6 6 5 6.5 6
29-Apr-09 01-Jun-09 08-Jun-09 02-Jun-09 20-Apr-09
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T
1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1000 1200 1000 1000 1000 1000 1200 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1200 1200 1000 1000 1000 1200 1200 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000
6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5
03-Jun-09 08-Jun-09 03-Jun-09
05-May-09 15-Apr-09 14-Apr-09 18-May-09 21-May-09 22-May-09 25-May-09 25-May-09 13-May-09 26-May-09 27-May-09 22-May-09 22-May-09 23-Mar-09
€ 20,600
ITY GB ITY IRE JPN GB GB GB GB FR GB FR GB GB GB ITY IRE GB GB IRE IRE GER GB GB FR GER USA FR JPN GB GB GB GB GB
Milan Salisbury Milan Cork Chukyo Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Maisons-Laffitte Ascot Chantilly Ascot Ayr Ascot Milan Curragh Newcastle Newmarket Curragh Curragh Hamburg Sandown Park Sandown Park Deauville Hamburg Belmont Park Chantilly Sapporo Newmarket Newmarket Newmarket York Chester
Bersaglio Cathedral St Crespi V. Rochestown St CBC Sho King’s Stand St Windsor Castle St Coventry St Queen Mary St La Fleche Norfolk St Hampton Albany St Land O’Burns St (EBF) Golden Jubilee St Premio Primi Passi Balanchine St Chipchase St (journal) Empress St Sapphire St (Netjets) Railway St Sierstorpff-Rennen Dragon St (Aaim) Sprint St (Coral) Yacowlef LOTTO-Hamburg Trophy Prioress Stakes Prix du Bois Hakodate Sprint Stakes Cherry Hinton (Irish Thoroughbred Marketing) July (TNT) July Cup (Darley) Summer St (Cuisine de France) City Wall St (toteswinger)
L L L L Gr 3 Gp 1 L Gp 2 Gp 2 L Gp 2 L Gp 3 L Gp 1 Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 2 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gr 3 Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 3 L
14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 18-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 20-Jun-09 20-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 26-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 03-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 09-Jul-09 10-Jul-09 10-Jul-09 11-Jul-09
€61,600 £40,000 €61,600 €50,000 $1,000,000 £300,000 £60,000 £100,000 £90,000 €55,000 £90,000 €52,000 £70,000 £40,000 £450,000 €88,000 €50,000 £75,000 £30,000 €80,000 €120,000 €25,000 £30,000 £65,000 €55,000 €75,000 $300,000 €80,000 $960,000 £80,000 £80,000 £400,000 £65,000 £40,000
3+ 3+ 2F 2 3+ 3+ 2 2 2F 2 2 3+ 2F 3+ F&M 3+ 2 2F 3+ 2F 3+ 2 2 2 3+ 2 3+ 3F 2 3+ 2F 2 C&G 3+ 3+ F&M 3+
28-Apr-09 21-Apr-09 10-Jun-09 10-Jun-09 11-Jun-09 09-Jun-09 12-Jun-09 11-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 15-Jun-09 21-Apr-09 21-May-09 22-Jun-09 22-Jun-09 20-May-09 20-May-09 16-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 29-Jun-09 26-Jun-09 19-May-09 20-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 26-May-09 02-Jul-09 03-Jul-09 05-May-09 04-Jul-09 06-Jul-09
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Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
FR IRE GER GB GB ITY JPN IRE FR GB IRE FR IRE IRE GER GER GB GB NOR
Prix du Ris-Orangis Anglesey St Niedersachsen Stuten-Sprint Rose Bowl St Hackwood St (Uplands Racing) Citta di Napoli Ibis Summer Dash Belgrave St Reves d’Or - Jacques Bouchara Princess Margaret St (Independent Newspapers) Curragh St Prix Robert Papin Sweet Mimosa EBF St Phoenix St Silberne Peitsche Oppenheim-Rennen Molecomb St (Betfair) King George St (Audi) Polar Cup
Gp 3 Gp 3 L L Gp 3 L Gr 3 L L Gp 3 L Gp 2 L Gp 1 Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 3
12-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 17-Jul-09 18-Jul-09 19-Jul-09 19-Jul-09 19-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 28-Jul-09 30-Jul-09 30-Jul-09
€80,000 €65,000 €20,000 £30,000 £65,000 €89,100 $960,000 €45,000 €55,000 £55,000 €45,000 €130,000 €65,000 €250,000 €50,000 €20,000 £60,000 £70,000 NOK 500,000
Maisons-Laffitte Curragh Hannover Newbury Newbury Naples Niigata Fairyhouse Vichy Ascot Curragh Maisons-Laffitte Curragh Curragh Koln Cologne Goodwood Goodwood Ovrevoll
Age
Surface
3+ 2 3+ F&M 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 2F 2 2 CF 3+ F&M 2 CF 3+ 2 2 3+ 3+
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
2 C&G 3+ 2 2 3+ 2+ 3+ 3+ 2F 2 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2 2 C&G 2F 2+ 2 CF 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 2 2F 3+ F&M 2 3+ 2+ 2 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 2 3+ 2F 2 3+ 2 3+
T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Closing Date
1200 1260 1300 1200 1200 1000 1000 1200 1000 1200 1000 1100 1200 1200 1300 1300 1000 1000 1350
6 6.3 6.5 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 5.5 6 6 6.5 6.5 5 5 6.75
24-Jun-09 07-Jul-09 30-Jun-09 11-Jul-09 13-Jul-09 09-Jul-09 09-Jun-09
1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1000 1200 1300 1000 1000 1200 1200 1200 1000 1200 1200 1000 1200 1000 1000 1200 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1000 1200 1000 1000 1150 1200 1200 1200 1300 1100 1000 1000 1200 1200 1000 1300 1200
6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6.5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5.75 6 6 6 6.5 5.5 5 5 6 6 5 6.5 6
25-Jul-09 27-Jul-09 15-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 27-Jul-09
15-Jul-09 20-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 01-Apr-09 02-Jun-09 14-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 24-Jul-09 01-Jun-09
€ 57,400
GB GB FR FR FR IRE SWE FR GB FR IRE GB JPN GB GB GB GB FR IRE GB GB IRE IRE FR GER JPN GB GER GB GER GB GB GB GB GB ITY FR SWE IRE IRE JPN GER FR GB GB GB GB ITY FR GB
Goodwood Chester Deauville La Teste de Buch Deauville Tipperary Jagersro Deauville Newbury Deauville Curragh Pontefract Kokura York York York York Deauville Tipperary Beverley Newmarket Curragh Curragh Deauville Baden-Baden Sapporo Ripon Baden-Baden Salisbury Baden-Baden Kempton Park Haydock Park Doncaster Doncaster Goodwood Rome Longchamp Taby Galopp Curragh Curragh Hanshin Munich Chantilly Ayr Newbury Ayr Newbury Milan Maisons-Laffitte Ascot
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Richmond St Queensferry St Prix de Cabourg Criterium du Bequet (Chateau Font-Merlet) Cercle Abergwaun St Zawawi Cup Prix Maurice de Gheest St Hugh’s St La Vallee d’Auge Phoenix Sprint St (Patrick P O’Leary Memorial) Flying Fillies’ St (EBF) TV Nishinippon Corp Sho Kitakyushu Kinen Roses St (Julia Graves) Gimcrack St (Irish Thoroughbred Marketing) Lowther St (Jaguar Cars) Nunthorpe St (Coolmore) Prix Morny (Darley) Tipperary St Beverley Bullet Sprint St (totespor t) Hopeful St (Countrywide Steel and Tubes) Flying Five St Round Tower St (Go and Go) Prix Meautry (Lucien Barriere) Goldene Peitsche Keeneland Cup Ripon Champion Two-Year-Old Trophy 2009 Kronimus-Rennen Dick Poole St (EBF) Coolmore Stud - Baden-Baden Cup Sirenia St (totesswinger) Sprint Cup (Betfred) Scarbrough St Flying Childers St (Polypipe) Starlit St Divino Amore Prix du Petit Couvert (Qatar) Taby Open Sprint Championship Blenheim St Renaissance St Centaur Stakes Bayerischer Fliegerpreis Prix d’Arenberg Harry Rosebery St World Trophy (Dubai Duty Free) Firth of Clyde St (Laundry Cottage Stud) Mill Reef St (Dubai Duty Free) Cancelli Saraca Diadem St (John Guest)
Gp 2 L Gp 3 L L L L Gp 1 L L Gp 3 L Gr 3 L Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 1 L L L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gr 3 L L L L Gp 3 Gp 1 L Gp 2 L L Gp 3 L L Gp 3 Gr 2 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 2 L L Gp 2
31-Jul-09 02-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 04-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 14-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 20-Aug-09 21-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 27-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 31-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 03-Sep-09 04-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 09-Sep-09 11-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 17-Sep-09 18-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 20-Sep-09 25-Sep-09 27-Sep-09
£85,000 £40,000 €80,000 €55,000 €52,000 €50,000 SEK 200,000 €250,000 £30,000 €55,000 €70,000 £45,000 $960,000 £30,000 £140,000 £100,000 £240,000 €350,000 €55,000 £40,000 £45,000 €65,000 €75,000 €80,000 €65,000 $960,000 £30,000 €20,000 £35,000 €20,000 £50,000 £300,000 £40,000 £80,000 £40,000 €61,600 €80,000 SEK 800,000 €50,000 €65,000 $1,420,000 €20,000 €80,000 £35,000 £65,000 £80,000 £80,000 €61,600 €55,000 £100,000
08-Jun-09 22-Jul-09 08-Aug-09 07-Aug-09 08-Jul-09 10-Aug-09 07-Jul-09 13-Aug-09 30-Jun-09 07-Jul-09 23-Jun-09 05-Aug-09 24-Aug-09 24-Aug-09 22-Jul-09 25-Aug-09 12-Aug-09 21-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 25-Aug-09 21-Jul-09 28-Aug-09 21-Jul-09 31-Aug-09 07-Jul-09 03-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 07-Sep-09 03-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 06-Jul-09 05-Aug-09 04-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 02-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 14-Sep-09 14-Sep-09 28-Jul-09 10-Sep-09 25-Aug-09
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5f-6.8f (1000m-1360m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
GB GB GB ITY USA GB GER FR JPN GER FR GB GB GB IRE FR GB ITY IRE GER GB ITY GB ITY FR FR USA GB USA FR FR GB GER JPN JPN
Rous St Middle Park St (Shadwell) Cheveley Park St Eupili Vosburgh Stakes Two-Year-Old Trophy (totescoop6) Sprint-Cup Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp (Qatar) Sprinters Stakes Hannoverscher Herbst-Stutenpreis Bonneval Cornwallis St (Willmott Dixon) Bengough St (Willmott Dixon) Rockingham St Waterford Testimonial St Prix Eclipse Boadicea St (EBF) Premio Omenoni Mercury St Flieger-Preis Doncaster St (Racing Post) Pandolfi Ubaldo Bosra Sham St (EBF) Premio Carlo & Francesco Aloisi Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte Prix de Seine-et-Oise BC Sprint Wentworth St (totesportgames.com) BC Turf Sprint Zeddaan Contessina Golden Rose St Bremer Sprint-Cup Keihan Hai Capella Stakes
L Gp 1 Gp 1 L Gr 1 L L Gp 1 Gr 1 L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L L L L L Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gr 1 L BC L L L L Gr 3 Gr 3
01-Oct-09 02-Oct-09 02-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 06-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 12-Oct-09 16-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 23-Oct-09 23-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 30-Oct-09 01-Nov-09 03-Nov-09 03-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 16-Nov-09 19-Nov-09 21-Nov-09 22-Nov-09 28-Nov-09 13-Dec-09
£45,000 £170,000 £170,000 €61,600 $400,000 £150,000 €20,000 €250,000 $2,240,000 €20,000 €52,000 £55,000 £65,000 £30,000 €45,000 €80,000 £45,000 €88,000 €45,000 €20,000 £40,000 €61,600 £30,000 €88,000 €190,000 €80,000 $2,000,000 £50,000 $1,000,000 €55,000 €52,000 £40,000 €20,000 $960,000 $925,000
Newmarket Newmarket Newmarket Milan Belmont Park Redcar Hoppegarten Longchamp Nakayama Hannover Chantilly Ascot Ascot Ayr Curragh Chantilly Newmarket Milan Dundalk Baden-Baden Doncaster Rome Newmarket Rome Maisons-Laffitte Maisons-Laffitte Oak Tree at Santa Anita Doncaster Oak Tree at Santa Anita Fontainebleau Fontainebleau Lingfield Park Bremen Kyoto Nakayama
Age
Surface
3+ 2C 2F 2 3+ 2 3+ 2+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2 3+ 2 3+ 2 3+ F&M 3+ 2+ 3+ 2 2F 2F 2+ 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+
T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T T T T T T AWT T T T T AWT T T D
Distance Metres 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1000 1200 1300 1100 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1000 1000 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
Distance Furlongs 5 6 6 6 6 6 6.5 5 6 6.5 5.5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 1/16 6 6 6 6 6 6
Closing Date 25-Sep-09 21-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 23-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 21-Apr-09 22-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 22-Sep-09 05-Oct-09 05-Oct-09 05-Oct-09 23-Sep-09 10-Oct-09 17-Sep-09 13-Oct-09 19-Oct-09 15-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 01-Oct-09 21-Oct-09 21-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 02-Nov-09 26-Oct-09
16-Nov-09 10-Nov-09 13-Oct-09 27-Oct-09
7f-7.5f (1400m-1500m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
GB ITY GB ITY IRE ITY GER JPN USA IRE IRE ITY USA FR FR JPN ITY GB GB GB GB GB USA JPN IRE IRE GB GB GER FR JPN ITY GB FR JPN GB GER
Lady Wulfruna Regoli Federico Spring Cup Trattato di Roma 1000 Guineas Trial Pisa Preis der Dreijahrigen Coral Stakes Carter Handicap Loughbrown St Gladness St (Castlemartin & la Louviere Studs) Daumier Vinery Madison Stakes Djebel Imprudence Sankei Sports Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes Torricola Nell Gwyn St (Leslie Harrison Memorial) European Free Handicap Greenham St (Bathwick Tyres) Fred Darling St (Dubai Duty Free) Leicestershire St (totesport.com) Humana Distaff Stakes Tanigawadake Stakes Tetrarch St (Dylan Thomas EBF) Athasi St (Oratorio EBF) Chartwell St Spring Trophy Fruhjars Stuten-Sprint Pont Neuf Keio Hai Spring Cup Baldassarri (ex WWF) King Charles II St (coral.co.uk) Prix du Palais Royal Keyaki Stakes John of Gaunt St TNT-Stuten-Cup
L L L L Gp 3 L L
07-Mar-09 08-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 22-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 04-Apr-09 04-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 09-Apr-09 10-Apr-09 10-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 15-Apr-09 15-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 25-Apr-09 02-May-09 03-May-09 04-May-09 04-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 10-May-09 14-May-09 16-May-09 17-May-09 23-May-09 30-May-09 30-May-09 30-May-09 01-Jun-09
£40,000 €61,600 £60,000 €61,600 €65,000 €89,100 €20,000 $510,000 $300,000 €45,000 €65,000 €61,600 $300,000 €55,000 €80,000 $1,300,000 €61,600 £65,000 £50,000 £65,000 £65,000 £40,000 $300,000 $510,000 €85,000 €85,000 £65,000 £40,000 €20,000 €55,000 $1,420,000 €61,600 £45,000 €80,000 $510,000 £70,000 €20,000
Wolverhampton Pisa Lingfield Park Rome Leopardstown Pisa Dusseldorf Hanshin Aqueduct Curragh Curragh Rome Keeneland Maisons-Laffitte Maisons-Laffitte Hanshin Rome Newmarket Newmarket Newbury Newbury Leicester Churchill Downs Niigata Curragh Curragh Lingfield Park Haydock Park Hannover Longchamp Tokyo Rome Newmarket Longchamp Tokyo Haydock Park Cologne
Gr 1 L Gp 3 L Gr 1 L Gr 3 Gr 2 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 3 L L L Gr 2 L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L
Age
Surface
4+ 4+ 3 4+ 3F 3 3 4+ 3+ 3 4+ 3 C&G 4+ FM 3 C&G 3F 4+ FM 3F 3F 3 3 C&G 3F 4+ 4+ FM 4+ 3 CF 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ 4+ F&M 3 4+ 4+ 3 3+ 3+ 4+ 4+ F&M
AWT T AWT AWT T T T D D T T T AWT T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T D T T
Distance Metres 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1500 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400
Distance Furlongs 7 7.5 7 7 7 7.5 7.5 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Closing Date 02-Mar-09 26-Feb-09 16-Mar-09 12-Mar-09 24-Mar-09 19-Mar-09 17-Mar-09 17-Feb-09 21-Mar-09 25-Feb-09 26-Mar-09 01-Apr-09 02-Apr-09 25-Mar-09 03-Mar-09 02-Apr-09 09-Apr-09 09-Apr-09 13-Apr-09 13-Apr-09 20-Apr-09 08-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 29-Apr-09 01-Apr-09 04-May-09 04-May-09 28-Apr-09 06-May-09 31-Mar-09 07-May-09 18-May-09 13-May-09 14-Apr-09 25-May-09 19-May-09
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7f-7.5f (1400m-1500m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
GB ITY IRE GB GB GER FR GB GB IRE IRE ITY ITY GB GB FR IRE JPN FR IRE GB IRE GB GER ITY GB FR GB GB IRE USA GB IRE IRE GB GB FR ITY GB GB FR GB IRE GER FR GB USA USA GB IRE GER USA FR FR USA ITY USA GB GB IRE GB GB GB ITY GB IRE GER GB GB GB FR ITY FR IRE IRE FR GB
Surrey St Nogara Ballycorus St Jersey St Chesham St BMW Preis Dusseldorf Prix de la Porte Maillot CommScope (ex Eternal) St Criterion St Golden Fleece St Brownstown St (Irish Stallion Farms EBF) De Montel Mantovani Superlative St City Plate (totescoop6) Amandine Minstrel St (Keeneland) Procyon Stakes Roland de Chambure Silver Flash St Star St Tyros St Winkfield St (Andrex) Dallmayr Prodomo Trophy Criterium Partenopeo Lennox St (Betfair Cup) Jouvenceaux et Jouvencelles Vintage St (Veuve Clicquot) Oak Tree St Debutante St (Ballygallon Stud) Test Sweet Solera St (skybet.com) El Gran Senor St Fairy Bridge EBF St Washington Singer St (Usk Valley Stud) Hungerford St (CGA) Francois Boutin Criterium Labronico Acomb St (Tattersalls Millions) City of York St (newitts.com) Prix du Calvados (Haras des Capucines) Solario St Futurity St (Galileo EBF) Grosser Preis der Stadtsparkasse Dusseldorf Haras de la Huderie Prestige St NetJets King’s Bishop Stakes Ballerina Stakes Supreme St Moyglare Stud St Zukunfts-Rennen Forego Handicap Prix du Pin Prix La Rochette Spinaway Stakes Toscana Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes Stardom St Sceptre St (JRA) National St Cup (Dubai Duty Free) Champagne St Park St Repubbliche Marinare October St (Miles & Morrison) Park St (CL Weld) Preis des Union Gestuts (ex Berberis-Rennen) Somerville St (Tattersall) Oh So Sharp St (Shadwell) Guisborough St Prix de la Foret (Qatar) Coolmore Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Grand Criterium Concorde St (Coolmore Stud Home of Champions) Star Appeal EBF St Saint-Cyr Dewhurst St (Darley)
L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L L Gp 2 L L Gp 3 Gr 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L L L Gp 2 L Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gr 1 Gp 3 L L L Gp 2 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 2 L L Gp 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gr 1 L Gr 1 L L Gp 1 L Gp 2 Gp 2 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gp 1 L Gp 1 Gp 3 L L Gp 1
05-Jun-09 07-Jun-09 11-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 20-Jun-09 20-Jun-09 22-Jun-09 25-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 01-Jul-09 01-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 10-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 14-Jul-09 16-Jul-09 23-Jul-09 23-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 28-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 31-Jul-09 06-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 13-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 21-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 28-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 04-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 07-Sep-09 08-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 27-Sep-09 27-Sep-09 01-Oct-09 02-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 09-Oct-09 15-Oct-09 17-Oct-09
£40,000 €61,600 €65,000 £80,000 £60,000 €20,000 €80,000 £40,000 £65,000 €45,000 €85,000 €61,600 €61,600 £80,000 £40,000 €55,000 €70,000 $920,000 €55,000 €65,000 £30,000 €65,000 £30,000 €20,000 €61,600 £155,000 €55,000 £85,000 £70,000 €120,000 $300,000 £50,000 €50,000 €65,000 £30,000 £100,000 €55,000 €61,600 £50,000 £45,000 €80,000 £50,000 €120,000 €30,000 €55,000 £55,000 $300,000 $300,000 £65,000 €275,000 €50,000 $300,000 €80,000 €80,000 $300,000 €61,600 $300,000 £30,000 £40,000 €250,000 £40,000 £100,000 £160,000 €61,600 £45,000 €75,000 €50,000 £60,000 £50,000 £40,000 €250,000 €61,600 €350,000 €75,000 €65,000 €55,000 £300,000
Epsom Downs Milan Leopardstown Ascot Ascot Dusseldorf Longchamp Warwick Newmarket Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Milan Milan Newmarket Chester Deauville Curragh Hanshin Longchamp Leopardstown Sandown Park Leopardstown Ascot Munich Naples Goodwood Vichy Goodwood Goodwood Leopardstown Saratoga Newmarket Tipperary Tipperary Newbury Newbury Deauville Livorno York York Deauville Sandown Park Fairyhouse Dusseldorf Deauville Goodwood Saratoga Saratoga Goodwood Curragh Baden-Baden Saratoga Longchamp Longchamp Saratoga Florence Saratoga Goodwood Doncaster Curragh Newbury Doncaster Doncaster Rome Ascot Curragh Cologne Newmarket Newmarket Redcar Longchamp Milan Longchamp Tipperary Dundalk Chantilly Newmarket
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Age
Surface
3 3F 3+ 3 2 3+ F&M 3+ 3F 3+ 2 3+ F&M 2C 2F 2 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ 2 2F 2F 2 2 3+ 2 3+ 2 2 3+ F&M 2F 3F 2F 2 3+ F&M 2 3+ 2 2 2 3+ 2F 2 2 3+ F&M 2 2F 3 3+ FM 3+ 2F 2 3+ 3+ 2 2F 2 2 2 3+ F&M 2 CF 3+ 2 C&G 3+ 2F 3+ F&M 2F 2F 2 C&G 2F 3+ 3+ 2F 2 CF 3+ 2 3F 2 C&F
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D D T T T D T T D T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T
Distance Metres 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1490 1400 1400 1400
Distance Furlongs 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 7.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7 7.5 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7.4 7 7 7
Closing Date 30-May-09 27-May-09 06-May-09 11-Jun-09 15-Jun-09 09-Jun-09 03-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 22-Jun-09 27-May-09 24-Jun-09 24-Jun-09 04-Jul-09 06-Jul-09 03-Jul-09 03-Jun-09 26-May-09 06-Jul-09 09-Jul-09 17-Jul-09 16-Jul-09 20-Jul-09 16-Jun-09 16-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 23-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 01-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 03-Aug-09
10-Aug-09 28-Jul-09 07-Aug-09 06-Aug-09 12-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 17-Aug-09 15-Jul-09 30-Jun-09 20-Aug-09 24-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 24-Aug-09 27-May-09 21-Jul-09 22-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 26-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 02-Sep-09 04-Sep-09 27-May-09 12-Sep-09 21-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 03-Sep-09 21-Sep-09 22-Sep-09 31-Mar-09 25-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 28-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 23-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 26-Aug-09
04-Aug-09
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7f-7.5f (1400m-1500m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
GB GB FR GB GB GER IRE JPN IRE FR USA ITY ITY FR FR ITY GB JPN
Challenge St (VC Bet) Rockfel St Herod intercasino.co.uk St Horris Hill St (Mountgrange Stud) Badener Sprint-Cup Killavullan St Mainichi Broadcasting System Sho Swan Stakes Knockaire St Prix Miesque BC Filly & Mare Sprint Premio Chiusura Criterium Femminile Ceres Luthier Criterium di Pisa Sunbury St Hanshin Cup
Gp 2 Gp 2 L L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gr 2 L Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 3 L L L L L Gr 2
17-Oct-09 17-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 31-Oct-09 01-Nov-09 03-Nov-09 06-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 08-Nov-09 24-Nov-09 03-Dec-09 13-Dec-09 16-Dec-09 20-Dec-09
£100,000 £80,000 €55,000 £30,000 £50,000 €50,000 €65,000 $1,420,000 €45,000 €80,000 $1,000,000 €88,000 €61,600 €55,000 €52,000 €61,600 £40,000 $1,660,000
Newmarket Newmarket Longchamp Newbury Newbury Baden-Baden Leopardstown Kyoto Leopardstown Maisons-Laffitte Oak Tree at Santa Anita Milan Rome Saint-Cloud Deauville Pisa Kempton Park Hanshin
Age
Surface
3+ 2F 2 2 2 C&G 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 2F 3+ F&M 2+ 2F 3F 3+ 2 3+ 3+
T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T T AWT T AWT T
Distance Metres 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1500 1500 1400 1400
Distance Furlongs 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7.5 7 7.5 7.5 7 7
Closing Date 22-Sep-09 12-Oct-09 19-Oct-09 19-Oct-09 15-Sep-09 21-Oct-09 15-Sep-09 21-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 08-Oct-09 29-Oct-09
03-Dec-09 10-Dec-09 10-Nov-09
8f-8.5f (1600m-1700m) Country Code
Track Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
UAE UAE FR USA USA GER JPN IRE FR FR UAE UAE IRE FR GB ITY USA USA JPN USA GB JPN GB AUS FR GER FR ITY GB JPN GB IRE ITY ITY GER FR GB GER HK GB ITY FR GB GB ITY GB FR IRE IRE GER GER FR JPN
Nad Al Sheba Nad Al Sheba Saint-Cloud Santa Anita Santa Anita Hannover Nakayama Curragh Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Nad Al Sheba Nad Al Sheba Leopardstown Saint-Cloud Lingfield Park Milan Oaklawn Park Keeneland Nakayama Keeneland Kempton Park Nakayama Kempton Park Randwick Longchamp Dusseldorf Longchamp Milan Newmarket Hanshin Doncaster Leopardstown Rome Rome Krefeld Toulouse Sandown Park Cologne Sha Tin Ascot Rome Saint-Cloud Goodwood Newmarket Rome Newmarket Longchamp Leopardstown Leopardstown Koln Koln Longchamp Tokyo
Burj Nahaar Jebel Hatta Altipan Frank E Kilroe Mile Santa Anita Oaks Hannoverscher Stuten-Preis Kochi Stakes Park Express St (Lodge Park Stud EBF) La Camargo Omnium II Godolphin Mile Dubai Duty Free Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial Prix Edmond Blanc International Trial Gardone Apple Blossom H Ashland Stakes Lord Derby Challenge Trophy Maker’s Mark Mile Snowdrop St New Zealand Trophy Easter St Doncaster Hcp Prix Fontainebleau Dusseldorfer Stutenpreis Prixe de la Grotte Seregno Craven St (banshahousestables.com) Yomiuri Milers Cup Doncaster Mile Heritage St Premio Parioli Natale di Roma Dr. Busch-Memorial Aymeri de Mauleon (FBA) Sandown Mile Excelsior Hotel Ernst Meile Champions Mile Paradise St (Britain’s Got Talent) Premio Regina Elena Prix du Muguet Conqueror St. (betdirect.com EBF) 2000 Guineas St (Stan James) Tadolina Memorial P. Galli 1000 Guineas St (Stan James) Montretout 1000 Guineas Trial (Derrinstown Stud) Amethyst St Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen - German 2,000 Guineas Schwarzgold-Rennen (ex Kolner-Herbst-Stuten-Meile) Poule d’Essai des Pouliches NHK Mile Cup
Class
Race Date
Value
Gr 3 Gr 2 L Gr 1 Gr 1 L
05-Mar-09 05-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 13-Mar-09 14-Mar-09 22-Mar-09 23-Mar-09 23-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 04-Apr-09 04-Apr-09 04-Apr-09 04-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 10-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 13-Apr-09 16-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 24-Apr-09 25-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 29-Apr-09 01-May-09 01-May-09 02-May-09 02-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 07-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09
$200,000 $250,000 €52,000 $300,000 $300,000 €20,000 $500,000 €90,000 €55,000 €55,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 €65,000 €80,000 £40,000 €61,600 $500,000 $400,000 $960,000 $300,000 £40,000 $1,285,000 £40,000 AUS$2,000,000 €80,000 €20,000 €80,000 €61,600 £65,000 $1,400,000 £40,000 €45,000 €187,000 €61,600 €50,000 €55,000 £100,000 €20,000 HK$12,000,000 £45,000 €187,000 €130,000 £40,000 £400,000 €61,600 £400,000 €52,000 €80,000 €65,000 €165,000 €65,000 €400,000 $2,180,000
Gp 3 L L Gr 2 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 L L Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 L Gr 2 L Gp 1 Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gr 2 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 2 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gp 2 L Gp 1 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 1 Gr 1
Age
Surface
NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ 4+ 4+ 3F 4+ F&M 4+ 3+ F&M 3F 3 C&G NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ 3 CG 4+ 3 3 C&G 4+ F&M 3F 4+ 4+ 4+ F&M 3 No G 3 C&G 3+ 3C 3F 3F 3F 3 C&G 4+ 4+ 4+ C&G 3C 4+ 3 3 4+ 4+ 3+ 4+ 3F 4+ 3+ F&M 3 C&F 4+ F&M 3F 4+ 3F 3+ 3 CF 3F 3F 3 No G
D T T T AWT T T T T T D T T T AWT T D AWT T T AWT T AWT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Distance Metres 1600 1777 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1777 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600
Distance Furlongs 8 8.9 8 8 8 1/16 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.9 8 8 8 8 8 1/16 8 1/16 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Closing Date 02-Mar-09 02-Mar-09 27-Feb-09 21-Feb-09 21-Feb-09 31-Mar-09 03-Feb-09 17-Mar-09 16-Mar-09 16-Mar-09 07-Jan-09 07-Jan-09 24-Mar-09 11-Mar-09 30-Mar-09 25-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 18-Feb-09 17-Feb-09 01-Apr-09 06-Apr-09 03-Mar-09 06-Apr-09 25-Mar-09 31-Mar-09 25-Mar-09 03-Apr-09 10-Apr-09 03-Mar-09 13-Apr-09 31-Mar-09 09-Apr-09 03-Mar-09 16-Apr-09 20-Apr-09 14-Apr-09 06-Mar-09 23-Apr-09 31-Mar-09 15-Apr-09 27-Apr-09 02-May-09 23-Apr-09 03-Mar-09 29-Apr-09 05-May-09 01-Apr-09 17-Feb-09 17-Mar-09 18-Feb-02 31-Mar-09
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8f-8.5f (1600m-1700m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
Age
Surface
FR JPN JPN GB GB GB GB FR ITY GER JPN ITY FR SWE
Longchamp Kyoto Tokyo Windsor York York Newbury Maisons-Laffitte Milan Baden-Baden Tokyo Rome Chantilly Jagersro
Poule d’Essai des Poulains Miyakooji Stakes Oasis Stakes Royal Windsor St Hambleton Handicap (Bank of Scotland Corporate) Michael Seely Memorial St Lockinge St (Juddmonte) Pontarme Bereguardo Badener Meile Victoria Mile Righetti T. Volterra (ex Angerville) Pramms Memorial
Gp 1
L L L Gp 1 L L Gp 3 Gr 1 L L L
10-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09 11-May-09 14-May-09 15-May-09 16-May-09 16-May-09 16-May-09 17-May-09 17-May-09 17-May-09 19-May-09 19-May-09
IRE IRE IRE IRE ITY IRE USA GB GB FR ITY IRE GB GB JPN USA USA FR JPN GER GB FR GER USA NOR
Curragh Curragh Curragh Curragh Milan Curragh Belmont Park Sandown Park Goodwood Chantilly Milan Leopardstown Epsom Downs Epsom Downs Tokyo Belmont Park Belmont Park Chantilly Tokyo Dusseldorf Pontefract Saint-Cloud Frankfurt Belmont Park Ovrevoll
Irish 2000 Guineas (Boylespor ts) Irish 2000 Guineas (Boylespor ts) Ridgewood Pearl St Irish 1000 Guineas (Boylespor ts) Royal Mares Irish 1000 Guineas (Boylespor ts) Shadwell Metropolitan Handicap Heron St On the House St Prix de Sandringham Premio Carlo Vittadini (ex Turati) Glencairn St Diomed St Princess Elizabeth St Unicorn Stakes Acorn Stakes Just a Game Stakes Prix Paul de Moussac (ex La Jonchere) Yasuda Kinen German 1,000 Guineas Pipalong St (Weatherbys Bank) Lilas Frankfurter Stuten-Meile-Grosser Preis der Frankfurter Volksbank Ogden Phipps Handicap Polar Mile Cup
Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gp 1 L Gp 1 Gr 1 L L Gp 2 Gp 2 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 2 L L L Gr 1 L
23-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 24-May-09 24-May-09 24-May-09 25-May-09 28-May-09 30-May-09 31-May-09 31-May-09 04-Jun-09 05-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 07-Jun-09 07-Jun-09 07-Jun-09 08-Jun-09 08-Jun-09 11-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 14-Jun-09
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
€400,000 $510,000 $510,000 £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 £250,000 €55,000 €61,600 €50,000 $2,140,000 €61,600 €55,000 SEK 1,000,000
3C 4+ 4+ 3+ C&G 4+ 3F 4+ 3 C&G 4+ 3+ 4+ FM 3 3F 4+
T T D T T T T T T T T T T D
1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1730
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.6
€400,000 €400,000 €65,000 €400,000 €77,000 €400,000 $600,000 £40,000 £40,000 €130,000 €154,000 €45,000 £65,000 £65,000 $895,000 $300,000 $400,000 €80,000 $2,360,000 €125,000 £45,000 €55,000 €40,000 $300,000 NOK 200,000
3 C&F 3 CF 4+ F&M 3F 3+ F&M 3F 3+ 3 3+ 3F 3+ 4+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3 3F 3+ FM 3 CG 3+ 3F 4+ F&M 3F 4+ F&M 3+ FM 3+
T T T T T T D T T T T T T T D D T T T T T T T D T
1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 1/16 8
Closing Date 18-Feb-09 31-Mar-09 31-Mar-09 05-May-09 08-May-09 09-May-09 31-Mar-09 07-May-09 06-May-09 07-Apr-09 31-Mar-09 07-May-09 11-May-09 30-Mar-09
03-Sep-08 15-Apr-09 14-May-09 03-Sep-08 09-May-09 22-May-09 25-May-09 13-May-09 30-Apr-09 30-May-09 01-Jun-09 28-Apr-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 20-May-09 28-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 02-Jun-09 01-Jun-09 02-Jun-09 30-May-09 20-Apr-09
ONE OF TWO LISTED RACES ON THE DAY! FR SWE GB GB GB GB GB ITY FR FR GB GER IRE GER GB FR FR ITY GB GB SWE
Chantilly Taby Galopp Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Milan La Teste de Buch Nantes Windsor Hamburg Curragh Hamburg Sandown Park Deauville Chantilly Milan Newmarket Ascot Taby Galopp
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Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord Bloomers’ Vase Queen Anne St St James’s Palace St Windsor Forest St Sandringham Handicap Coronation St Estate La Sorellina Grand Prix d’Anjou Bretagne Midsummer St (toteexacta) Hamburger Meile Celebration St Preis der Spielbank Hamburg (Hamburger Stutenpreis) Distaff St (Coral) Saint-Patrick Prix Jean Prat Del Giubileo Falmouth (UAE Hydra Properties) Summer Mile Swedish Open Mile
Gp 3 L Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 2 L Gp 1 L L L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L L Gp 1 L Gp 1 Gp 2 L
14-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 25-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 01-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 13-Jul-09
€80,000 SEK 300,000 £300,000 £300,000 £140,000 £60,000 £300,000 €61,600 €55,000 €52,000 £40,000 €50,000 €75,000 €50,000 £40,000 €55,000 €400,000 €61,600 £200,000 £100,000 SEK 300,000
4+ 4+ F&M 4+ 3C 4+ F&M 3F 3F 3 3F 4+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3 C&G 3 CF 3+ 3+ F&M 4+ 3+
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
27-May-09 23-Mar-09 21-Apr-09 21-Apr-09 28-Apr-09 11-Jun-09 21-Apr-09 11-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 22-Jun-09 19-May-09 19-May-09 29-Jun-09 26-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 24-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 06-Jul-09 25-May-09
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8f-8.5f (1600m-1700m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
NOR
Morten & Torvald Klaveness’ Minnelop
Ovrevoll
Class L
Race Date
Value
Age
Surface
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Closing Date
16-Jul-09
NOK 250,000
3+
T
1600
8
25-May-09
3+ 3+ 4+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3+ 3 2 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3 C&G 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3+ C&G 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 2 3+ 3+ F&M 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ F&M 2 3+ 3+ 3 + CF 2 2F 2F 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 2C 3+ 3+ 2F 2 2 CG 2 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ F&M 2C 2 C&G 2F 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 2 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 2F
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1730 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1650 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1650 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.25 8 8 8 1/16 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.25 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
01-Jul-09 09-Jun-09 15-Jul-09 18-Jul-09 20-Jul-09 16-Jun-09 20-Jul-09 26-May-09 27-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 15-Jul-09
€ 28,600
FR GER FR GB GB GER FR GB GB ITY FR DEN IRE FR JPN GER SWE FR GB FR FR GB IRE IRE GB GB GB FR GB GER FR GER FR IRE GB GB ITY FR FR GB IRE USA JPN IRE GER ITY SWE GB FR FR FR GER CAN FR FR GB GB ITY GB GB GER GER ITY IRE GB FR GB FR
Maisons-Laffitte Frankfurt Vichy Ascot Pontefract Munich Chantilly Goodwood Goodwood Varese Deauville Klampenborg Cork Deauville Niigata Hannover Jagersro Deauville Salisbury Deauville Deauville Bath Leopardstown Killarney Salisbury York Sandown Park Deauville Goodwood Baden-Baden Deauville Baden-Baden Chantilly Leopardstown Haydock Park Haydock Park Milan Longchamp Craon Doncaster Curragh Belmont Park Nakayama Curragh Hannover Rome Taby Galopp Sandown Park Chantilly Lyon-Parilly Longchamp Dusseldorf Woodbine Craon Saint-Cloud Ascot Ascot Milan Ascot Ascot Koln Cologne Milan Curragh Newmarket Longchamp Newmarket Longchamp
Prix Messidor Grosse Hessen Meile Jacques de Bremond Valiant St (EBF) Pomfret St Dallmayr Coupe Lukull-Riemer Stuten-Meile Bagatelle Sussex (BGC) Premier St (Blue Square) Criterium Varesino Prix de Rothschild (ex d’Astarte) Copenhagen Golden Mile Platinum St Tourgeville Sekiya Kinen Hannoversche Meilen Trophy (ex Berlin Brandenburg Trophy) Margareta Wettermarks Minneslopning Lieurey (Shadwell) Sovereign St (toteswinger) Grand Handicap de Deauville Prix Jacques le Marois (Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard) Dick Hern St (EBF) Desmond St Ruby St Stonehenge St (Weatherbys Bank) Strensall St Atalanta St (IVECO) Criterium du FEE Celebration Mile (totesport.com) Preis des Casino Baden-Baden Prix Quincey (Lucien Barriere) Oettingen-Rennen (Darley) La Cochere Matron St (Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus) Ascendant St Superior Mile (Betfredpoker) Del Piazzale Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Criterium de l’Ouest May Hill St Flame of Tara EBF St Ruffian Handicap Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap Solonaway Stakes September Stuten-Meil Rumon Nickes Minneslopning Fortune St Prix d’Aumale Criterium de Lyon Prix des Chenes Junioren-Preis Woodbine Mile Point du Jour Coronation Queen Elizabeth II St (Sony) Rosemary Handicap V. Riva (ex del Dado) Royal Lodge St (Juddmonte) Fillies’ Mile (Meon Valley Stud) Grosse Europa-Meile Preis der Spielbank Bad Neuenahr Bessero P. Beresford St (Juddmonte) Joel St (Nayef) Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Qatar) Sun Chariot St (Kingdom of Bahrain) Prix Marcel Boussac (Qatar)
Gp 3 Gp 3 L L L L L Gp 1 L L Gp 1 L L L Gr 3 Gp 2 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 L L Gp 3 L L Gp 2 L Gp 3 Gp 2 L Gp 1 L L L Gp 1 L Gp 2 L Gr 1 Gr 3 Gp 3 L L L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gr 1 L L Gp 1 L L Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 2 L L Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 1
18-Jul-09 19-Jul-09 23-Jul-09 24-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 27-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 01-Aug-09 01-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 03-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 13-Aug-09 13-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 21-Aug-09 21-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 04-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 07-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 16-Sep-09 17-Sep-09 18-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 20-Sep-09 20-Sep-09 21-Sep-09 24-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 27-Sep-09 27-Sep-09 27-Sep-09 27-Sep-09 02-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 04-Oct-09
€80,000 €50,000 €52,000 £45,000 £45,000 €20,000 €55,000 £300,000 £50,000 €61,600 €250,000 DKK 150,000 €45,000 €55,000 $960,000 €65,000 SEK 400,000 €80,000 £65,000 €100,000 €600,000 £40,000 €65,000 €50,000 £30,000 £100,000 £40,000 €122,000 £100,000 €20,000 €80,000 €65,000 €55,000 €225,000 £35,000 £40,000 €61,600 €400,000 €55,000 £80,000 €70,000 $300,000 $960,000 €65,000 €20,000 €61,600 SEK 500,000 £40,000 €80,000 €55,000 €80,000 €20,000 CAN1,000,000 €52,000 €55,000 £250,000 £45,000 €61,600 £125,000 £200,000 €65,000 €20,000 €61,600 €120,000 £65,000 €130,000 £200,000 €300,000
28-Jul-09 23-Jun-09 16-Jun-09 08-Jun-09 29-Jul-09 07-Aug-09 29-Jul-09 10-Aug-09 08-Jul-09 15-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 17-Aug-09 14-Aug-09 07-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 12-Aug-09 21-Jul-09 01-Jul-09 31-Aug-09 31-Aug-09 26-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 04-Sep-09 29-Aug-09 04-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 03-Sep-09 06-Jul-09 10-Sep-09 02-Sep-09 02-Sep-09 08-Sep-09 02-Sep-09
21-Jul-09 21-Sep-09 16-Sep-09 21-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 18-Aug-09 15-Sep-09 17-Sep-09 19-Aug-09 26-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 28-Jul-09 26-Aug-09
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8f-8.5f (1600m-1700m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
FR FR FR USA GB USA ITY ITY IRE ITY SWE GER IRE ITY GER IRE GER GB FR JPN GB GER ITY FR GB GB GB FR GER FR FR USA USA USA JPN USA USA ITY GER FR IRE JPN FR USA GB ITY ITY
Grand Criterium de Bordeaux Prix Thomas Bryon Ranelagh Frizette Stakes Autumn St (Deloitte) Champagne Stakes Gran Criterium Premio Vittorio di Capua Silken Glider St Premio Sergio Cumani Lanwades Stud St Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf Navigation St Premio Dormello Preis der Winterfavoriten Garnet EBF St Weidenpescher Stutenpreis Silver Tankard St (totepool) Prix des Reservoirs (Haras d’Etreham) Saudi Arabia Royal Cup Fuji Stakes Trophy (Racing Post) Preis der Winterkonigin Nearco Sablonnets Fleur de Lys St (EBF) Montrose St (bet365.com EBF) Ben Marshall St (bet365) Prix Perth Neue Bult Herbst Stuten-Meile Criterium International Isola-Bella BC Juvenile Fillies Turf BC Juvenile Fillies BC Dirt Mile Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes BC Mile BC Juvenile Premio Ribot Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen Criterium du Languedoc Cooley EBF St Mile Championship Isonomy Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap Hyde St Criterium Aretuseo Criterium Mediterraneo (ex Ippodromi e Citta)
L Gp 3 L Gr 1 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L L Gp 3 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gp 3 L L L L L Gp 3 L Gp 1 L BC Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gp 2 Gp 3 L L Gr 1 L Gr 1 L L L
08-Oct-09 09-Oct-09 09-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 17-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 19-Oct-09 20-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 24-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 29-Oct-09 31-Oct-09 31-Oct-09 01-Nov-09 01-Nov-09 01-Nov-09 04-Nov-09 06-Nov-09 06-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 08-Nov-09 08-Nov-09 11-Nov-09 13-Nov-09 22-Nov-09 24-Nov-09 28-Nov-09 29-Nov-09 06-Dec-09 06-Dec-09
€55,000 €80,000 €52,000 $400,000 £50,000 $400,000 €297,000 €297,000 €50,000 €88,000 SEK 300,000 €55,000 €45,000 €121,000 €155,000 €65,000 €20,000 £35,000 €80,000 $960,000 £200,000 €105,000 €61,600 €55,000 £40,000 £30,000 £40,000 €80,000 €20,000 €250,000 €55,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $925,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 €154,000 €50,000 €55,000 €45,000 $2,360,000 €55,000 $300,000 £40,000 €61,600 €61,600
Bordeaux Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Belmont Park Ascot Belmont Park Milan Milan Curragh Milan Taby Galopp Dusseldorf Cork Milan Koln Naas Cologne Pontefract Deauville Tokyo Doncaster Baden-Baden Rome Nantes Lingfield Park Newmarket Newmarket Saint-Cloud Hannover Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Oak Tree at Santa Anita Oak Tree at Santa Anita Oak Tree at Santa Anita Tokyo Oak Tree at Santa Anita Oak Tree at Santa Anita Rome Krefeld Toulouse Dundalk Kyoto Saint-Cloud Aqueduct Kempton Park Siracusa Siracusa
Age
Surface
2 2 3+ 2F 2 2 2 C&F 3+ 2F 3+ F&M 3-5 F&M 3+ 3+ 2F 2 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 2 2F 3+ 2 C&F 2F 3 2 3+ F&M 2F 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 2 CF 3F 2F 2F 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 C&G 3+ 2 2 3+ F&M 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 2F 2 C&G
T T T D T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T T T T T T AWT AWT D T AWT T T T AWT T T D AWT T T
Distance Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600
Distance Furlongs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 1/16 8 8 8 8 1/16 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Closing Date 23-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 05-Oct-09 26-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 24-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 17-Sep-09 15-Dec-08 06-Oct-09 13-Oct-09 07-Oct-09 15-Sep-09 11-Aug-09 15-Dec-08 15-Oct-09 23-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 20-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 29-Sep-09 26-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 08-Oct-09 18-Aug-09
13-Oct-09 14-Nov-09 23-Nov-09 26-Nov-09 26-Nov-09
9f-10.75f (1800m-2150m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
UAE UAE USA AUS USA JPN FR FR FR JPN JPN GB JPN UAE USA GB UAE JPN FR ITY USA USA FR FR JPN IRE
Al Bastakiya Al Maktoum Challenge Rd 3 Santa Anita H Australian Cup Santa Margarita Invitational H Toyota Sho Chukyo Kinen Prix Exbury Maurice Caillault Rose de Mai Laurel Racecourse Sho Nakayama Himba Stakes Flower Cup Winter Derby (lingfieldpark.co.uk) Mainichi Hai UAE Derby Florida Derby Magnolia St (InterCasino.co.uk) Dubai World Cup March Stakes Francois Mathet (ex Courcelles) Regione Toscana (ex Andred) Wood Memorial Stakes Santa Anita Derby Finlande Prix Harcourt Sankei Osaka Hai Alleged St
L Gr 2 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gp 3 L L Gr 3 Gr 3 Gp 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 L Gr 1 Gr 3 L L Gr 1 Gr 1 L Gp 2 Gr 2 L
05-Mar-09 05-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 07-Mar-09 14-Mar-09 14-Mar-09 14-Mar-09 14-Mar-09 14-Mar-09 15-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 29-Mar-09 04-Apr-09 04-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 05-Apr-09
$250,000 $300,000 $1,000,000 AUS$1,000,000 $300,000 $1,000,000 €80,000 €55,000 €55,000 $920,000 $895,000 £100,000 $940,000 $2,000,000 $750,000 £40,000 $6,000,000 $925,000 €55,000 €61,600 $750,000 $750,000 €55,000 €130,000 $1,500,000 €45,000
Nad Al Sheba Nad Al Sheba Santa Anita Caulfield Santa Anita Chukyo Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Nakayama Nakayama Lingfield Park Hanshin Nad Al Sheba Gulfstream Park Kempton Park Nad Al Sheba Nakayama Saint-Cloud Pisa Aqueduct Santa Anita Longchamp Longchamp Hanshin Curragh
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Age
Surface
NH 3yo SH 3yo NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ 4+ 3+ 4+ F&M 4+ 4+ 3 C&G 2F 4+ FM 3F 4+ 3 NH 3 SH 3 3 4+ NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ 4+ 3 C&G 4+ 3 3 3F 4+ 4+ 4+
D D AWT T AWT T T T T T T AWT T D D AWT D D T T D AWT T T T T
Distance Metres 1800 2000 2000 2000 1800 2000 2000 2100 2100 1800 1800 2000 1800 1800 1800 2000 2000 1800 2000 2000 1800 1800 1800 2000 2000 2000
Distance Furlongs 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10.5 10.5 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10
Closing Date 02-Mar-09 02-Mar-09 21-Feb-09
03-Feb-09 25-Feb-09 06-Mar-09 06-Mar-09 03-Feb-09 03-Feb-09 17-Feb-09 17-Feb-09 07-Jan-09 14-Mar-09 23-Mar-09 07-Jan-09 17-Feb-09 20-Mar-09 19-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 21-Mar-09 27-Mar-09 18-Mar-09 17-Feb-09
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9f-10.75f (1800m-2150m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
FR FR USA IRE JPN FR ITY FR GB GB ITY IRE ITY FR FR GB FR JPN GB JPN ITY FR HK ITY FR FR FR USA USA USA IRE ITY GB DEN GB GER GER IRE FR GB FR GB JPN ITY IRE FR IRE GB GB GB GB FR ITY FR GB GER GER FR GB IRE IRE GB GB FR JPN ITY GER GER FR SWE
Prix Noailles Jacques Laffitte Toyota Blue Grass Stakes Salsabil EBF St Fukushima Mimpo Hai Prix La Force Circo Massimo Prix Penelope Feilden Earl of Sefton St (Weatherbys) Filiberto Ballysax St (P W McGrath Memorial) Botticelli Suresnes Le Vase d’Argent Classic Trial Caravelle (Haras des Granges) Australia Trophy Gordon Richards St Antares Stakes Zanoletti di Rozzano Prix Vanteaux Audemars Piguet QE II Cup Premio Ambrosiano Prix Ganay Prix Allez France Prix Cleopatre Kentucky Oaks Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Kentucky Derby Victor McCalmont Memorial EBF St Signorino Dahlia St (StanJamesUK.com) Dansk Jockey Club Cup Pretty Polly St (Stan James) Fruhjahrs-Preis des Bankhaus Metzler Henkel-Trial Mooresbridge St (High Chaparral EBF) Georges Trabaud Huxley St Prix de Guiche Dee St (Addleshaw Goddard) Niigata Daishoten Baggio Derby Trial (Derrinstown Stud) Prix de Greffulhe Blue Wind St Musidora St (Tattersalls) Dante St (totesport.com) Middleton St (totescoop6) Fillies’ Trial (Swettenham Stud) Prix d’Ispahan Premio Presidente della Repubblica Prix Saint-Alary (Montjeu Coolmore) Height of Fashion St Grosser Preis der Sparkasse Dor tmund Preis der BHF-Bank (ex Festa-Rennen) Grand Prix de Bordeaux Fairway St (National Express) Gallinule St (Airlie Stud) Gold Cup (Tattersalls) Festival St Brigadier Gerard St Prix Corrida Kinko Sho Merano Diana Trial (ex Schwarzgold-Rennen) Bavarian Classic Matchem Stockholms Stora Pris
Gp 2 L Gr 1 L
05-Apr-09 06-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 13-Apr-09 15-Apr-09 16-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 19-Apr-09 23-Apr-09 24-Apr-09 24-Apr-09 24-Apr-09 25-Apr-09 25-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 28-Apr-09 01-May-09 02-May-09 02-May-09 02-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 03-May-09 04-May-09 07-May-09 07-May-09 08-May-09 08-May-09 09-May-09 10-May-09 10-May-09 12-May-09 13-May-09 13-May-09 14-May-09 14-May-09 15-May-09 17-May-09 17-May-09 17-May-09 20-May-09 21-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 24-May-09 24-May-09 25-May-09 28-May-09 28-May-09 30-May-09 31-May-09 31-May-09 01-Jun-09 01-Jun-09 02-Jun-09
€130,000 €52,000 $750,000 €65,000 $510,000 €80,000 €61,600 €80,000 £50,000 £65,000 €61,600 €65,000 €61,600 €55,000 €52,000 £65,000 €55,000 $510,000 £65,000 $920,000 €61,600 €80,000 HK$14,000,000 €88,000 €300,000 €80,000 €80,000 $500,000 $500,000 $2,000,000 €65,000 €61,600 £65,000 DKK 150,000 £50,000 €50,000 €20,000 €85,000 €55,000 £70,000 €80,000 £75,000 $960,000 €61,600 €120,000 €130,000 €85,000 £65,000 £150,000 £65,000 £40,000 €250,000 €297,000 €250,000 £40,000 €20,000 €20,000 €60,000 £45,000 €72,500 €275,000 £40,000 £65,000 €130,000 $1,510,000 €61,600 €65,000 €50,000 €55,000 SEK 1,050,000
Longchamp Maisons-Laffitte Keeneland Dundalk Fukushima Longchamp Rome Saint-Cloud Newmarket Newmarket Milan Leopardstown Rome Chantilly Toulouse Sandown Park Toulouse Kyoto Sandown Park Kyoto Milan Longchamp Sha Tin Milan Longchamp Chantilly Saint-Cloud Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Gowran Park Rome Newmarket Klampenborg Newmarket Frankfurt Dusseldorf Curragh Marseille Borely Chester Chantilly Chester Niigata Milan Leopardstown Saint-Cloud Naas York York York Newbury Longchamp Rome Longchamp Goodwood Dortmund Baden-Baden Bordeaux Newmarket Curragh Curragh Goodwood Sandown Park Saint-Cloud Chukyo Milan Hoppegarten Munich Saint-Cloud Taby Galopp
Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gr 3 L Gp 3 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 1 L L Gp 3 L L Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gr 3 L Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 3 L Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 L L L L L Gp 3 Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gp 2 Gr 2 L Gp 2 Gp 3 L Gp 3
Age
Surface
3 CF 4+ 3 3+ F&M 4+ 3 4+ 3F 3 4+ 3 C&G 3 3 C&G 3 C&G 4+ 3 3F 4+ 4+ 4+ 3F 3F 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ F&M 3F 3F 3+ 3 3+ F&M 4+ 4+ F&M 4+ 3F 3 3F 4+ 3 4+ 3C 3 C&G 4+ 3F 3 3 CF 3+ F&M 3F 3 4+ F&M 3F 4+ 4+ 3F 3F 3 3F 4+ 3 3 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ F&M 3+ 3 3F 3 3 C&G 4+
T T AWT AWT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T D T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Distance Metres 2100 1800 1800 2000 2000 2000 2100 2100 1800 1800 2000 2000 2100 2000 2000 2000 2100 1800 2000 1800 1800 1850 2000 2000 2100 2000 2100 1800 1800 2000 1800 1800 1800 1800 2000 2000 2100 2000 2000 2000 1800 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1850 2000 2000 1800 2000 1800 1900 2000 2000 2100 1800 2000 2100 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1950
Distance Furlongs 10.5 9 9 10 10 10 10.5 10.5 9 9 10 10 10.5 10 10 10 10.5 9 10 9 9 9.25 10 10 10.5 10 10.5 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10.5 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9.25 10 10 9 10 9 9.5 10 10 10.5 9 10 10.5 10 10 10 10 10 9.5
Closing Date 18-Feb-09 30-Mar-09 18-Feb-09 03-Mar-09 25-Mar-09 02-Apr-09 25-Mar-09 09-Apr-09 10-Apr-09 08-Apr-09 14-Apr-09 09-Apr-09 15-Apr-09 16-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 16-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 20-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 16-Apr-09 08-Apr-09 06-Mar-09 26-Mar-09 08-Apr-09 15-Apr-09 15-Apr-09 14-Feb-09 14-Feb-09
23-Apr-09 27-Apr-09 27-Apr-09 10-Mar-09 21-Apr-09 01-Apr-09 29-Apr-09 01-May-09 22-Apr-09 02-May-09 31-Mar-09 30-Apr-09 01-Apr-09 18-Feb-09 08-Apr-09 07-May-09 31-Mar-09 08-May-09 09-May-09 29-Apr-09 16-Apr-09 18-Feb-09 14-May-09 12-May-09 07-Apr-09 15-May-09 18-May-09 19-May-09 18-Mar-09 19-May-09 22-May-09 13-May-09 14-Apr-09 21-May-09 10-Mar-09 10-Mar-09 25-May-09 20-Apr-09
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9f-10.75f (1800m-2150m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
FR USA IRE FR GB USA GER JPN JPN ITY GER FR GB GB IRE FR GB GB GER JPN ITY GER FR GB USA IRE DEN FR GB GB FR JPN FR IRE IRE JPN GER GB FR IRE GB USA FR GB GER FR JPN FR FR USA GB FR USA JPN GER USA USA USA USA GB GB IRE FR FR JPN FR IRE GB USA NOR
Grand Prix de Fontainebleau Melisande Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap Silver St Prix du Jockey Club Ballymacoll Stud St (Lord Weinstock Memorial) Stephen Foster Handicap Grosser Freiberger Premium Preis Brilliant Stakes Epsom Cup Italia bwin Sachsen Preis Prix de Diane Warwickshire Oaks Prince of Wales’s St Nijinsky St Prix La Coupe Hampton Court St Wolferton Handicap Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft Mermaid Stakes Premio Mario Incisa SWB Derby Trial Prix de Daphnis Hoppings St (National Express EBF) Mother Goose Stakes Pretty Polly St (Audi) 108th Pokallob Grand Prix de Compiegne Gala St (William Ewar t Properties) Eclipse St (Coral) Prix Chloe Radio Nikkei Sho Pelleas International St (Keeneland) Kilboy Estate St Tanabata Sho Grosser Canon-Preis Steventon St (David Wilson Homes) Grand Prix de Vichy - Auvergne Meld St Lyric St Coaching Club American Oaks Madame Jean Couturie York St (Sky Bet) Grosser Dallmayr-Preis-Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Prix Eugene Adam Hakodate Kinen La Pepiniere Ridgway Diana Stakes Nassau (Blue Square) Prix du Psyche Go For Wand Handicap Kokura Kinen Henkel-Trophy Whitney Handicap Beverly D. Secretariat Stakes Arlington Million XXVII Rose of Lancaster St (toteswinger) Upavon St (EBF) Hurry Harriet EBF St Grand Prix du Lion d’Angers Prix du Gontaut-Biron Hokkaido Shimbun Hai Queen Stakes Prix Guillaume d’Ornano Royal Whip St International St (Juddmonte) Alabama Stakes Marit Sveaas Minnelop
L Gr 1 L Gp 1 L Gr 1 L
03-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 07-Jun-09 11-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 15-Jun-09 17-Jun-09 18-Jun-09 18-Jun-09 18-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 22-Jun-09 25-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 30-Jun-09 03-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 06-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 18-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 23-Jul-09 24-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 27-Jul-09 01-Aug-09 01-Aug-09 01-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 08-Aug-09 12-Aug-09 12-Aug-09 12-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 23-Aug-09
€55,000 $400,000 €45,000 €1,500,000 £40,000 $750,000 €20,000 $510,000 $960,000 €89,100 €20,000 €800,000 £40,000 £450,000 €45,000 €80,000 £60,000 £60,000 €50,000 $920,000 €88,000 €20,000 €80,000 £50,000 $300,000 €225,000 DKK 200,000 €60,000 £40,000 £500,000 €80,000 $940,000 €55,000 €75,000 €55,000 $1,000,000 €20,000 £40,000 €80,000 €65,000 £40,000 $300,000 €55,000 £100,000 €155,000 €400,000 $1,000,000 €52,000 €55,000 $500,000 £200,000 €80,000 $300,000 $1,000,000 €20,000 $750,000 $750,000 $400,000 $1,000,000 £70,000 £50,000 €45,000 €55,000 €80,000 $920,000 €130,000 €120,000 £600,000 $600,000 NOK 1,500,000
Fontainebleau Belmont Park Curragh Chantilly Newbury Churchill Downs Dresden Tokyo Tokyo Milan Dresden Chantilly Warwick Ascot Leopardstown Longchamp Ascot Ascot Dortmund Hanshin Milan Bremen Longchamp Newcastle Belmont Park Curragh Klampenborg Compiegne Sandown Park Sandown Park Chantilly Fukushima Compiegne Curragh Curragh Fukushima Munich Newbury Vichy Leopardstown York Belmont Park Vichy York Munich Maisons-Laffitte Sapporo Maisons-Laffitte Chantilly Saratoga Goodwood Deauville Saratoga Kokura Dusseldorf Saratoga Arlington Park Arlington Park Arlington Park Haydock Park Salisbury Gowran Park Le Lion d’Angers Deauville Sapporo Deauville Curragh York Saratoga Ovrevoll
Gr 3 L L Gp 1 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 L L Gp 3 Gr 3 Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gr 1 Gp 1 L L L Gp 1 Gp 3 Gr 3 L Gp 3 L Gr 3 L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gr 1 L Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 2 Gr 3 L L Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 L Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gp 3 L L L Gp 3 Gr 3 Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gp 3
Age
Surface
3F 3+ 3+ 3 CF 3F 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3 4+ 3F 4+ F&M 4+ 3+ 4+ 3 4+ 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3 3 CG 3+ F&M 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 4+ 3+ 3+ 3F 3 3 C&G 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3F 3+ 3+ 3 3+ 4+ F&M 3 C&G 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3F 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3 4+ 3+ FM 3 3+ 3+ 3F 3+
T T T T T D T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T D T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T D T
Distance Metres
Total value: NOK 1,300,000 – € 149,400 of which NOK 1,000,000 € 94,117 to the winner 1800m / 9 furlongs – Ovrevoll Racecourse – Free air transport First entry June 22nd 3 yo+. Weight 3 yo’s 56 kgs – 4 yo+ 59 kgs
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Distance Furlongs 10 10 10 10.5 10 9 10 10 1/16 9 10 10 10.5 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10.5 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10.5 10 9 10 10 9 10 10.5 9 9 1/16 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9
Closing Date 26-May-09 23-May-09 18-Feb-09 05-Jun-09 30-May-09 02-Jun-09 28-Apr-09 28-Apr-09 03-Jun-09 02-Jun-09 18-Feb-09 09-Jun-09 21-Apr-09 03-Jun-09 12-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 12-May-09 12-May-09 21-May-09 09-Jun-09 03-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 13-Jun-09 22-Apr-09 22-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 28-Apr-09 17-Jun-09 26-May-09 29-Jun-09 03-Jun-09 26-May-09 30-Jun-09 13-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 17-Jun-09 18-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 17-Jul-09 20-Jul-09 26-May-09 08-Jul-09 09-Jun-09 17-Jul-09 20-Jul-09 18-Jul-09 07-Jul-09 15-Jul-09 18-Jul-09 23-Jun-09 21-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 17-Apr-09 27-Mar-09 17-Apr-09 03-Aug-09 06-Aug-09 04-Aug-09 29-Jul-09 07-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 23-Jun-09 08-Aug-09 22-Jun-09
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9f-10.75f (1800m-2150m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
JPN FR FR JPN USA GER GB GB IRE USA JPN FR GER USA IRE IRE FR GER FR USA FR IRE JPN GB SWE GB FR GB JPN GER JPN GB FR IRE NOR
Leopard Stakes Prix Jean Romanet (Darley) Prix de la Nonette (Darley) Sapporo Kinen Shadwell Travers Stakes Preis der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe (ex Spreti-Rennen) Winter Hill (toteswinger) Alice Keppel Handicap (EBF) Dance Design St Personal Ensign Stakes Niigata Kinen Liancourt Furstenberg-Rennen Woodward Stakes Kilternan St Irish Champion St (Tattersalls Millions) Boulogne Preis der Peter Deilmann Reederei (ex JRA Trophy) Coupe de Marseille Garden City Stakes Occitanie Blandford St (Irish National Stud) Asahi Challenge Cup Select St (Racing UK On Sky 432) Matchmaker St (Coolmore) John Musker (attheraces.com Best Odds EBF) Prix du Prince d’Orange Doonside Cup Kansai Telecasting Corp Sho Rose Stakes Euro-Cup Elm Stakes Foundation St La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies St Semb Hovedgard Hoppelop
Gp 1 Gp 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 L Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 1 L L L Gr 1 L Gp 2 Gr 3 Gp 3 L L Gp 3 L Gr 2 Gp 3 Gr 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L
23-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 30-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 02-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 05-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 11-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 16-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 19-Sep-09 20-Sep-09 20-Sep-09 21-Sep-09 23-Sep-09 25-Sep-09 26-Sep-09 27-Sep-09
$1,060,000 €250,000 €80,000 $1,660,000 $1,000,000 €55,000 £70,000 £40,000 €75,000 $400,000 $1,000,000 €55,000 €50,000 $500,000 €75,000 €1,000,000 €52,000 €20,000 €55,000 $300,000 €55,000 €120,000 $960,000 £65,000 SEK 300,000 £40,000 €80,000 £60,000 $1,230,000 €50,000 $925,000 £40,000 €80,000 €90,000 NOK 200,000
Niigata Deauville Deauville Sapporo Saratoga Baden-Baden Windsor Goodwood Curragh Saratoga Niigata Longchamp Baden-Baden Saratoga Leopardstown Leopardstown Longchamp Baden-Baden Marseille Borely Belmont Park La Teste de Buch Curragh Hanshin Goodwood Taby Galopp Yarmouth Longchamp Ayr Hanshin Frankfurt Niigata Goodwood Maisons-Laffitte Gowran Park Ovrevoll
Age
Surface
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
3+ 4+ F&M 3F 3+ 3 4+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ 3F 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 3F 3 3F 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M
D T T T D T T T T D T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T
1800 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1800 1800 2000 2000 2100 2000 1800 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1800 1900 2000 2000 1900 1950 2000 2000 2000 1800 2000 1800 1800 2000 1890 1800
9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10.5 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9.5 10 10 10 9.5 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 10 9.4 9
T AWT D T T T D D T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
2100 2000 1800 1950 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2100 1800 1800 2000 2000 2150 1800 2000 2000 2000 1800 1800 1800 2000 2000 1800 2000 2000 2000 2100 2000 1800 1800
10.5 10 9 9.5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10.5 9 9 10 10 10.75 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10.5 10 9 9
Closing Date 07-Jul-09 05-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 07-Jul-09 15-Aug-09 21-Jul-09 24-Aug-09 24-Aug-09 22-Jul-09 15-Aug-09 21-Jul-09 21-Jul-09 22-Aug-09 29-Jul-09 01-Apr-09 21-Jul-09 29-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 04-Aug-09 07-Sep-09 06-Jul-09 10-Sep-09 02-Sep-09 14-Sep-09 04-Aug-09 11-Aug-09 04-Aug-09 17-Sep-09 09-Sep-09 19-Aug-09 27-Jul-09
Norway – September 27th – Total value NOK 200,000 – € 23,000 1800m / 9 furlongs – Ovrevoll Racecourse – First entry July 27th. 3 yo+ FILLIES & MARES Weight 3 yo’s 56 kgs – 4 yo≠ 58 kgs FR IRE USA FR GER USA JPN USA ITY ITY FR FR FR USA JPN ITY SWE GER GB GB CAN GB JPN FR FR GER JPN FR ITY IRE FR FR GB IRE ITY
Strasbourg Dundalk Belmont Park Longchamp Hoppegarten Belmont Park Hanshin Belmont Park Rome Rome Longchamp Chantilly Saint-Cloud Belmont Park Tokyo Milan Taby Galopp Frankfurt Newmarket Newmarket Woodbine Newmarket Tokyo Longchamp Longchamp Munich Kyoto Longchamp Rome Leopardstown Lyon-Parilly Saint-Cloud Newmarket Leopardstown Rome
Grand Prix de la Region d’Alsace Diamond St Beldame Stakes Prix Dollar (Qatar) Preis der Deutschen Einheit Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes Sirius Stakes Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes Archidamia Villa Borghese Memorial F. Cadoni Prix de l’Opera (Qatar) Charles Laffitte Tantieme Jamaica Handicap Mainichi Okan Premio Verziere Songline Classic Frankfurter Stutenpreis Darley St Severals St (Lanwades Stud) E P Taylor S Champion (Emirates Airline) Fuchu Himba Stakes Le Fabuleux Prix de Conde Nereide-Rennen Shuka Sho Casimir Delamarre Premio Lydia Tesio Trigo St Prix Andre Baboin Prix de Flore James Seymour St (bet365) Eyrefield St Premio Guidi Berardelli
L Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 L L Gp 1 L L Gr 1 Gr 2 Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gr 1 Gp 1 Gr 3 L Gp 3 L Gr 1 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L Gp 3
27-Sep-09 02-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 06-Oct-09 09-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 11-Oct-09 16-Oct-09 16-Oct-09 17-Oct-09 17-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 18-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 28-Oct-09 31-Oct-09 01-Nov-09 01-Nov-09
€60,000 €65,000 $600,000 €130,000 €50,000 $600,000 $925,000 $750,000 €61,600 €61,600 €250,000 €55,000 €52,000 $300,000 $1,530,000 €88,000 SEK 300,000 €55,000 £65,000 £45,000 CAN1,000,000 £400,000 $925,000 €55,000 €80,000 €20,000 $2,100,000 €55,000 €297,000 €45,000 €80,000 €80,000 £40,000 €45,000 €88,000
3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3 3+ F&M 3F 4+ 3 3+ 3+ F&M 4+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ FM 3 2 3+ F&M 3F 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2 2
26-Aug-09 26-Aug-09 11-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 24-Sep-09 24-Sep-09 26-Aug-09
26-Sep-09 01-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 24-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 10-Oct-09 10-Oct-09 30-Sep-09 04-Aug-09 01-Sep-09 30-Sep-09 08-Sep-09 01-Sep-09 24-Sep-09 14-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 01-Oct-09
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9f-10.75f (1800m-2150m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
JPN USA ITY GB USA IRE FR ITY FR FR FR FR GER ITY FR JPN GB USA JPN JPN FR FR JPN JPN GB
Tenno Sho (Autumn) BC Ladies Classic Campobello Gillies St (totesport EBF) BC Classic Carlingford St Grand Prix du Nord Premio Roma Prix Fille de l’Air Delahante Criterium de Saint-Cloud Grand Prix de Marseille Hessen-Pokal G, Valiani (ex Buontalenta) Solitude Fukushima Kinen Churchill St Gazelle Naruo Kinen Japan Cup Dirt Petite Etoile Lyphard Chunichi Shimbun Hai Aichi Hai Quebec St
Gr 1 Gr 1 L L Gr 1 L L Gp 1 Gp 3 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 L L Gr 3 L Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 L L Gr 3 Gr 3 L
01-Nov-09 06-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 07-Nov-09 08-Nov-09 11-Nov-09 14-Nov-09 14-Nov-09 14-Nov-09 15-Nov-09 15-Nov-09 19-Nov-09 21-Nov-09 21-Nov-09 28-Nov-09 05-Dec-09 06-Dec-09 09-Dec-09 10-Dec-09 12-Dec-09 19-Dec-09 19-Dec-09
$3,120,000 $2,000,000 €61,600 £40,000 $5,000,000 €45,000 €55,000 4297,000 €80,000 €55,000 €250,000 €60,000 €50,000 €61,600 €55,000 $960,000 £40,000 $300,000 $960,000 $3,080,000 €55,000 €52,000 $960,000 $925,000 £40,000
Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
UAE GB FR UAE JPN AUS GER JPN AUS FR GER GB JPN GER GB FR FR GB GB GB GB JPN ITY GB ITY FR GB
Nad Al Sheba Kempton Park Saint-Cloud Nad Al Sheba Nakayama Rosehill Koln Hanshin Randwick Longchamp Cologne Newbury Tokyo Koln Newmarket Longchamp Longchamp Chester Chester Lingfield Park Lingfield Park Kyoto Rome Ascot Rome Longchamp Hamilton Park
City of Gold Dragonfly St (InterCasino.co.uk) La Porte de Madrid Dubai Sheema Classic Nikkei Sho HE Tancred S Grand Prix Aufgalop Osaka-Hamburg Cup AJC Australian Derby Lord Seymour Kolner Oster Stutenpreis John Porter St (Dubai Tennis Championships) Tokyo Grand Open (Metropolitan Stakes) Gerling-Preis Jockey Club St (StanJamesUK.com) Prix d’Hocquart Prix d’Hedouville Cheshire Oaks (Weatherbys Bank) Chester Vase (Bank of America) Oaks Trial Derby Trial Kyoto Shimbun Hai Derby Italiano Buckhounds St (John Doyle) Premio Carlo d’Alessio La Seine Glasgow St
Gr 2 L L Gr 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 Gp 3
Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 3 L Gp 3 L Gp 3 Gr 2 Gp 2 L Gp 3 L L
05-Mar-09 18-Mar-09 23-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 28-Mar-09 04-Apr-09 05-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 11-Apr-09 12-Apr-09 13-Apr-09 18-Apr-09 25-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 02-May-09 04-May-09 04-May-09 06-May-09 07-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 09-May-09 10-May-09 15-May-09
$250,000 £40,000 €52,000 $5,000,000 $1,500,000 AUS$2,250,000 €50,000 $510,000 AUS$1,800,000 €52,000 €20,000 £65,000 $510,000 €65,000 £100,000 €130,000 €80,000 £45,000 £75,000 £50,000 £65,000 $1,285,000 €814,000 £40,000 €88,000 €55,000 £52,000
GB NOR
Hamilton Park Ovrevoll
Braveheart Handicap (McGrattan Piling) Walter Nilsens Minnelop
L L
15-May-09 17-May-09
£42,000 NOK 1,000,000
Tokyo Oak Tree at Santa Anita Milan Doncaster Oak Tree at Santa Anita Dundalk Le Croise-Laroche Rome Toulouse Marseille Borely Saint-Cloud Marseille Borely Frankfurt Rome Fontainebleau Fukushima Lingfield Park Aqueduct Hanshin Hanshin Deauville Deauville Chukyo Chukyo Lingfield Park
Age
Surface
3+ 3+ F&M 2 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3 3+ 3+ F&M 2 2 CF 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+
T AWT T T AWT AWT T T T T T T T T T T AWT D T D AWT AWT T T AWT
Distance Metres 2000 1800 1800 2000 2000 2000 2100 2000 2100 1800 2000 2000 2000 2000 1800 2000 2000 1800 1800 1800 1900 1900 2000 2000 2000
Distance Furlongs 10 9 9 10 10 10 10.5 10 10.5 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 9 9 9.5 9.5 10 10 10
Closing Date 15-Sep-09 26-Oct-09 28-Oct-09 02-Nov-09 26-Oct-09
08-Oct-09 28-Oct-09 28-Oct-09 06-Oct-09 05-Nov-09 13-Oct-09 16-Nov-09 14-Nov-09 27-Oct-09 13-Oct-09
27-Oct-09 10-Nov-09 14-Dec-09
11f-12.5f (2200m-2500m)
Gp 1 L L Gp 3
Age
Surface
NH 4yo+ SH 4yo+ T 4+ AWT 4+ T NH 4yo+ SH 4yo+ T 4+ T 3+ T 4+ T 4+ T 3 T 4+ T 4+ F&M T 4+ T 4+ T 4+ T 4+ T 3 CF T 4+ T 3F T 3 C&G T 3F T 3 C&G T 3 T 3 C&F T 4+ T 4+ T 3F T 3 C&G T
4+ 4+
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Closing Date
2400 2400 2400 2400 2500 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400 2200 2400 2200 2200 2200 2200 2400 2400 2200 2200
12 12 12 12 12 1/16 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 11 11 11 11 12 12 11 11
02-Mar-09 12-Mar-09 16-Mar-09 07-Jan-09 17-Feb-09
03-Apr-09 31-Mar-09 13-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 17-Mar-09 14-Apr-09 18-Feb-09 15-Apr-09 30-Apr-09 01-May-09 04-May-09 04-May-09 31-Mar-09 31-Mar-09 04-May-09 09-Apr-09 30-Apr-09 09-May-09
T T
2400 2400
12 12
09-May-09 02-Mar-09
T
2200
11
14-May-09
24-Feb-09 03-Mar-09
€ 114,800
GB
Goodwood
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L
20-May-09
£40,000
3 C&G
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11f-12.5f (2200m-2500m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
Age
Surface
FR FR GER FR GER ITY JPN FR GB FR JPN GER GB GB GB USA GB
Lyon-Parilly Lyon-Parilly Baden-Baden Bordeaux Baden-Baden Milan Chukyo Longchamp Haydock Park Chantilly Tokyo Hannover Epsom Downs Epsom Downs Goodwood Belmont Park Epsom Downs
Coupe des Trois Ans Rene Bedel Preis der Hotellerie Baden-Baden Derby du Midi Grosser Preis der Badischen Unternehmen Oaks d’Italia Tokai TV Hai Tokai Stakes L’Avre Pinnacle St (Joan Westbrook EBF) Grand Prix de Chantilly Meguro Kinen Neue Bult Derby-Trial Coronation Cup Oaks Hildon St Belmont Stakes Derby
L L L L Gp 2 Gp 2 Gr 2 L L Gp 2 Gr 2 L Gp 1 Gp 1 L Gr 1 Gp 1
21-May-09 22-May-09 23-May-09 23-May-09 24-May-09 24-May-09 24-May-09 26-May-09 30-May-09 31-May-09 31-May-09 01-Jun-09 05-Jun-09 05-Jun-09 05-Jun-09 06-Jun-09 06-Jun-09
FR GER FR GER ITY FR IRE GB IRE GB FR GB FR GB GB FR JPN IRE IRE FR FR GER NOR
Chantilly Mulheim Le Lion d’Angers Koln Milan Chantilly Cork Ascot Limerick Ascot Toulouse Ascot Lyon-Parilly Pontefract Newmarket Nantes Hanshin Curragh Curragh Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Hamburg Ovrevoll
Prix du Royaumont Berberis-Rennen Urban Sea Oppenheim-Union-Rennen Gran Premio Milano Prix du Lys Noblesse St (Kerry Group) Ribblesdale St Martin Molony St King Edward VII Derby du Languedoc Hardwicke St Grand Prix de Lyon (Merial) Pontefract Castle St (toteswinger) Fred Archer St Derby de l’Ouest-Grand Prix de l’Asselco Takarazuka Kinen Irish Derby Irish Derby Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Prix du Malleret Hansa-Preis (IDEE) Valley Chapel Memorial
Gp 3 L L Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 2 L Gp 2 L Gp 2 L L L L Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 2 Gp 2 L
07-Jun-09 11-Jun-09 12-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 18-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 20-Jun-09 20-Jun-09 21-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 28-Jun-09 02-Jul-09
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
Closing Date
€55,000 €52,000 €20,000 €55,000 €65,000 €440,000 $1,300,000 €55,000 £60,000 €130,000 $1,370,000 €20,000 £250,000 £350,000 £40,000 $1,000,000 £1,250,000
3 4+ 4+ F&M 3 4+ 3F 3+ 3 4+ F&M 4+ 3+ 3 4+ 3F 4+ 3 3 C&F
T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T D T
2400 2400 2200 2400 2200 2200 2300 2400 2200 2400 2500 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400
12 12 11 12 11 11 11 1/16 12 11 12 12 1/16 11 12 12 12 12 12
13-May-09 14-May-09 07-Apr-09 15-May-09 07-Apr-09 31-Mar-09 14-Apr-09 18-May-09 25-May-09 13-May-09 14-Apr-09 19-May-09 07-Apr-09 17-Mar-09 30-May-09 24-Jan-09
€80,000 €20,000 €55,000 €100,000 €297,000 €80,000 €90,000 £150,000 €45,000 £200,000 €55,000 £150,000 €60,000 £45,000 £45,000 €55,000 $3,120,000 €1,500,000 €1,500,000 €400,000 €130,000 €100,000 NOK 750,000
3F 3F 3F 3 3+ 3 CG 3+ F&M 3F 3+ 3 C&G 3 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 3 3+ 3 CF 3 CF 4+ 3F 3+ 3+
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
2400 2200 2300 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200
12 11 11.5 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 11
20-May-09 02-Jun-09 04-Jun-09 24-Mar-09 14-May-09 27-May-09 06-May-09 28-Apr-09
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
2200 2200 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2250 2400 2400 2200
11 11 12 11 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11.25 12 12 11
19-May-09 23-Jun-09 29-Jun-09 24-Jun-09 03-Jun-08
28-Apr-09 11-Jun-09 28-Apr-09 12-Jun-09 15-Jun-09 22-Jun-09 19-Jun-09 12-May-09 03-Sep-08 10-Jun-09 10-Jun-09 07-Apr-09 04-May-09
Norway – July 3rd – Total value: NOK 750,000 – € 86,100 2200m / 11 furlongs – Ovrevoll Racecourse – First entry May 4th 3 yo+. Weight 3 yo 53 kgs – 4 yo 59 kgs GER GER GB ITY GER IRE GB USA IRE FR FR GB GER FR GB ITY GB GB GER
Hamburg Hamburg Haydock Park Milan Hamburg Roscommon Newmarket Belmont Park Curragh Longchamp Longchamp Newmarket Dusseldorf Vichy Ascot Naples Goodwood Goodwood Dusseldorf
Grosser Preis Jungheinrich Gabelstapler (ex Fahrhofer Stutenpreis) Credit Suisse-Rennen - Hanshin-Cup Lancashire Oaks (bet365) Paolo Mezzanotte (ex FIA EBF) Deutsches Derby Lenabane St Princess of Wales’s St (WBX.com) Man o’ War Stakes Irish Oaks (Darley) Grand Prix de Paris (Juddmonte) Thiberville Plantation Stud St (Aphrodite) Deutschland-Preis Frederic de Lagrange King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Unire Gordon St Glorious St (Coutts) Henkel Preis der Diana (Deutsches Stuten-Derby - German Oaks)
Gp 3 L Gp 2 L Gp 1 L Gp 2 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 L L Gp 1 L Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gp 3 Gp 1
03-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 04-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 05-Jul-09 06-Jul-09 09-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 12-Jul-09 14-Jul-09 14-Jul-09 18-Jul-09 19-Jul-09 24-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 26-Jul-09 28-Jul-09 31-Jul-09 02-Aug-09
€50,000 €25,000 £100,000 €61,600 €500,000 €45,000 £100,000 $500,000 €500,000 €600,000 €55,000 £45,000 €155,000 €55,000 £1,000,000 €61,600 £70,000 £70,000 €400,000
3F 4+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3 CF 3+ 3+ 3+ 3F 3 CF 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3 4+ 3F
16-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 03-Sep-08 18-Feb-09 06-Jul-09 13-Jul-09 28-Apr-09 16-Jul-09 09-Jun-09 16-Jul-09 22-Jul-09 25-Jul-09 03-Jun-08
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11f-12.5f (2200m-2500m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
GB DEN IRE FR SWE IRE FR ITY USA FR GER GB GB GB GER NOR
Chalice St (EBF) Scandinavian Open Championship Give Thanks St Reux Swedish Derby Ballyroan St Prix Minerve (Shadwell) EBF Terme di Merano Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes Prix de Pomone (Haras d’Etreham) Rheinland-Pokal der Sparkasse KolnBonn Great Voltigeur St (Ladbrokes) Galtres St (EBF) Yorkshire Oaks (Darley) Walther J Jacobs - Stutenpreis Erik O Steens Memorial
L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gr 1 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 2 L Gp 1 Gp 3 L
02-Aug-09 02-Aug-09 03-Aug-09 07-Aug-09 09-Aug-09 13-Aug-09 13-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 15-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 20-Aug-09 20-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 23-Aug-09
£40,000 DKK 500,000 €90,000 €52,000 SEK 500,000 €65,000 €80,000 €61,600 $500,000 €130,000 €155,000 £140,000 £40,000 £310,000 €50,000 NOK 400,000
Newbury Klampenborg Cork Deauville Jagersro Leopardstown Deauville Merano Saratoga Deauville Koln York York York Bremen Ovrevoll
Age
Surface
3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3 3+ 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3 C&G 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ F&M
T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T
Distance Metres
Distance Furlongs
2400 2400 2400 2500 2400 2400 2500 2200 2400 2500 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400
12 12 12 12.5 12 12 12.5 11 12 12.5 12 12 12 12 11 12
2200 2400 2500 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2500 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2500 2200 2400 2400 2200 2400 2200 2400 2400 2400 2500 2200 2400 2500 2400 2400 2400
11 12 12.5 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12.5 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12.5 11 12 12 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 1/16 11 12 12.5 12 12 12
Closing Date 27-Jul-09 12-Jun-09 01-Jul-09 30-Jul-09 08-Jul-09 29-Jul-09 05-Aug-09 29-Jul-09 26-May-09 30-Jun-09 14-Aug-09 23-Jun-09 30-Jun-09 22-Jun-09
Erik O Steens Memorial (L)
Norway – August 23rd – Total value: NOK 400,000 – € 46,000 2400m / 12 furlongs – Ovrevoll Racecourse – First entry June 22nd 3 yo+. FILLIES & MARES Weight 3 yo’s 52.5 kgs 4 yo+ 57 kgs
GB FR FR IRE FR GB GER FR GB FR FR FR SWE FR GB ITY CAN FR FR SWE GB JPN GB GER FR GB USA FR FR IRE JPN GB CAN FR ITY FR GER GB FR GER GB USA USA ITY SWE JPN JPN FR FR JPN GB FR
Windsor Clairefontaine Deauville Galway Chantilly Kempton Park Baden-Baden La Teste de Buch Chester La Teste de Buch Longchamp Longchamp Taby Galopp Longchamp Newbury Milan Woodbine Chantilly Saint-Cloud Jagersro Ascot Nakayama Ascot Koln Toulouse Newmarket Belmont Park Longchamp Longchamp Curragh Kyoto Newmarket Woodbine Longchamp Milan Deauville Baden-Baden Newbury Nantes Hannover Kempton Park Oak Tree at Santa Anita Oak Tree at Santa Anita Milan Jagersro Tokyo Kyoto Lyon-Parilly Fontainebleau Tokyo Kempton Park Toulouse
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August St (totepool) Grand Prix de Clairefontaine Grand Prix de Deauville (Lucien Barriere) Oyster St Tourelles September St (totesport.com) Grosser Preis von Baden (Mercedes Benz) Grand Prix du Sud-Ouest Stand Cup (Carlsberg) Grand Prix Inter Regional de 3 Ans Prix du Niel (Qatar) Prix Foy (Qatar) Stockholm Cup International Prix Vermeille (Qatar) Arc Trial (Dubai Duty Free) Premio Federico Tesio Northern Dancer BC Turf Turenne Joubert Skanska Faltrittklubbens Jubileumslopning Princess Royal St (Pricewaterhousecoopers EBF) Sankei Sho All Comers Cumberland Lodge St (Grosvenor Casinos) Preis von Europa (IVG) Panacee Godolphin St (Shadwell) Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Prix Royallieu (Qatar) Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Qatar) Finale St Kyoto Daishoten Pride St Pattison Canadian International Prix du Conseil de Paris Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro Vulcain Baden-Wurttemberg-Trophy (Heel) St Simon St Grand Prix de la Ville de Nantes Neue Bult Stuten Steher-Preis Floodlit St BC Filly & Mare Turf BC Turf Falck G. Jockeyklubbens Avelsopning Copa Republica Argentina Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Grand Camp Belle de Nuit Japan Cup Wild Flower St Max Sicard
L L Gp 2 L L Gp 3 Gp 1 L L L Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 1 Gp 3 Gp 3 Gr 1 L L L L Gr 2 Gp 3 Gp 1 L L Gr 1 Gp 2 Gp 1 L Gr 2 Gp 2 Gr 1 Gp 2 Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L L Gr 1 Gr 1 L L Gr 2 Gr 1 L L Gr 1 L L
24-Aug-09 £40,000 29-Aug-09 €55,000 30-Aug-09 €200,000 31-Aug-09 €55,000 02-Sep-09 €52,000 05-Sep-09 £65,000 06-Sep-09 €250,000 12-Sep-09 €52,000 12-Sep-09 £40,000 12-Sep-09 €55,000 13-Sep-09 €130,000 13-Sep-09 €130,000 13-Sep-09 SEK 1,100,000 13-Sep-09 €300,000 18-Sep-09 £65,000 20-Sep-09 €88,000 20-Sep-09 CAN100K (BC)/CAN650K 22-Sep-09 €55,000 24-Sep-09 €55,000 25-Sep-09 SEK 300,000 25-Sep-09 £45,000 27-Sep-09 $1,500,000 27-Sep-09 £65,000 27-Sep-09 €155,000 01-Oct-09 €52,000 02-Oct-09 £45,000 03-Oct-09 $600,000 03-Oct-09 €130,000 04-Oct-09 €4,000,000 11-Oct-09 €50,000 11-Oct-09 $1,530,000 17-Oct-09 £100,000 17-Oct-09 CAN2,000,000 18-Oct-09 €130,000 18-Oct-09 €297,000 22-Oct-09 €55,000 24-Oct-09 €50,000 24-Oct-09 £65,000 27-Oct-09 €60,000 01-Nov-09 €20,000 04-Nov-09 £40,000 06-Nov-09 $2,000,000 07-Nov-09 $3,000,000 07-Nov-09 €61,600 08-Nov-09 SEK 200,000 08-Nov-09 $1,370,000 15-Nov-09 $2,140,000 21-Nov-09 €52,000 27-Nov-09 €52,000 29-Nov-09 $5,920,000 29-Nov-09 £40,000 06-Dec-09 €60,000
3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 4+ 3+ 3 3 CF 4+ CF 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 C&G 3F 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ CF 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+
T T T T T AWT T T T T T T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T T D T T T T T AWT T
24-Aug-09 21-Aug-09 12-Aug-09
31-Aug-09 16-Jun-09 07-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 26-Aug-09 06-Jul-09 26-Aug-09 12-Sep-09 20-Aug-09 02-Sep-09
10-Aug-09 19-Sep-09 18-Aug-09 21-Sep-09 07-Jul-09 26-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 06-May-09 01-Sep-09 22-Sep-09 30-Sep-09 30-Sep-09 17-Sep-09 15-Sep-09 19-Oct-09 20-Oct-09 29-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 28-Oct-09 14-Sep-09 29-Sep-09 13-Oct-09
13-Oct-09 23-Nov-09
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11f-12.5f (2200m-2500m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
ITY ITY JPN
Mediterraneo - Memorial Faraci Andred (ex Regione Toscana) Arima Kinen
Siracusa Pisa Nakayama
Class
Race Date
Value
L L Gr 1
08-Dec-09 13-Dec-09 27-Dec-09
€61,600 €61,600 $4,260,000
Age
Surface
3+ 3+ F&M 3+
T T T
Distance Metres 2300 2200 2500
Distance Furlongs 11.5 11 12 1/16
Closing Date 27-Nov-09 03-Dec-09 10-Nov-09
13f-15.5f (2600m-3100m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
JPN FR GB IRE FR GER ITY GB GB GB FR IRE GB GER FR IRE GB GB FR IRE FR GB GB FR GB IRE FR GB GER FR GB IRE GB FR GB ITY FR GER FR FR GB ITY USA FR ITY
Hanshin Daishoten Right Royal Further Flight St (Weatherbys Bank) Vintage Crop St Prix Barbeville Silbernes Band der Ruhr Coppa d’Oro Ormonde St Yorkshire Cup (Emirates Airline) Enter the Flat totetentofollow St Prix de la Vicomtesse Vigier Saval Beg St Grand Cup St (Stowe Family Law) Grosser Preis der Nurnberger Versicherungsgruppe - Riemer Steher Trophy La Moskowa Curragh Cup (attheraces) Trophy St (Bahrain) Silver Cup Handicap (John Smith’s Extra Smooth) Prix Maurice de Nieuil Challenge St Carrousel Lillie Langtry St Geoffrey Freer St (CGA) Michel Houyvet Chester Handicap (corbettsports.com) Ballycullen St Prix du Kergorlay (Darley) March St (Windflower) KABA Badener Steher-Cup Prix de Lutece Park Hill St St Leger (Irish Field) St Leger (Ladbrokes) Prix Gladiateur (Qatar) Noel Murless St Duca d’Aosta Prix Chaudenay (Qatar) Grosser Preis von DSW 21 - Deutsches St Leger Scaramouche Prix Royal-Oak River Eden St (EBF) St Leger BC Marathon Denisy Roma Vecchia
Gr 2 L L L Gp 3 L L Gp 3 Gp 2 L Gp 2 L L L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L Gp 2 L L Gp 3 Gp 3 L L L Gp 2 L L Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 3 L L Gp 2 Gp 3 L Gp 1 L L BC L L
22-Mar-09 06-Apr-09 08-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 26-Apr-09 01-May-09 02-May-09 08-May-09 15-May-09 16-May-09 17-May-09 27-May-09 30-May-09 11-Jun-09 14-Jun-09 27-Jun-09 09-Jul-09 11-Jul-09 14-Jul-09 16-Jul-09 28-Jul-09 30-Jul-09 15-Aug-09 16-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 22-Aug-09 23-Aug-09 29-Aug-09 02-Sep-09 06-Sep-09 10-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 12-Sep-09 13-Sep-09 01-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 03-Oct-09 04-Oct-09 06-Oct-09 25-Oct-09 29-Oct-09 31-Oct-09 07-Nov-09 14-Nov-09 15-Nov-09
$1,500,000 €52,000 £40,000 €45,000 €80,000 €20,000 €61,600 £85,000 £140,000 £40,000 €130,000 €60,000 £40,000 €20,000 €52,000 €70,000 £65,000 £44,000 €130,000 €45,000 €52,000 £70,000 £65,000 €55,000 £40,000 €45,000 €130,000 £50,000 €20,000 €80,000 £100,000 €275,000 £500,000 €80,000 £45,000 €61,600 €130,000 €55,000 €52,000 €250,000 £40,000 €61,600 $500,000 €52,000 €61,600
Hanshin Maisons-Laffitte Nottingham Navan Longchamp Mulheim Milan Chester York Newbury Longchamp Leopardstown York Munich Chantilly Curragh Newmarket York Longchamp Leopardstown Maisons-Laffitte Goodwood Newbury Deauville Chester Fairyhouse Deauville Goodwood Baden-Baden Longchamp Doncaster Curragh Doncaster Longchamp Newmarket Milan Longchamp Dortmund Chantilly Longchamp Lingfield Park Milan Oak Tree at Santa Anita Saint-Cloud Rome
Age
Surface
4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 3+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 4+ 3+ 3 3+ 4+ 3+ 4+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ F&M 3+ 3 C&F 4+ 3 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT T AWT T T
Distance Metres 3000 3100 2800 2600 3100 2950 3000 2600 2800 2600 3100 2800 2800 2800 3000 2800 2600 2800 2800 2800 3100 2800 2600 3000 2600 2800 3000 2800 2800 3000 2800 2800 2920 3100 2800 2800 3000 2800 3000 3100 2600 2800 2800 3100 2800
Distance Furlongs 15 15.5 14 13 15.5 15 15 13 14 13 15.5 14 14 14 15 14 13 14 14 14 15.5 14 13 15 13 14 15 14 14 15 14 14 14.6 15.5 14 14 15 14 15 15.5 13 14 14 15.5 14
Closing Date 03-Feb-09 30-Mar-09 02-Apr-09 08-Apr-09 21-Apr-09 22-Apr-09 02-May-09 31-Mar-09 11-May-09 29-Apr-09 25-May-09 02-Jun-09 05-Jun-09 20-May-09 03-Jul-09 06-Jul-09 24-Jun-09 20-Jul-09 24-Jul-09 10-Aug-09 07-Aug-09 17-Aug-09 05-Aug-09 24-Aug-09 25-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 04-Sep-09 01-Apr-09 30-Jun-09 26-Aug-09 25-Sep-09 23-Sep-09 26-Aug-09 11-Aug-09 07-Oct-09 23-Oct-09 21-Oct-09 26-Oct-09 05-Nov-09
16f-20f (3200m-4000m) Country Track Code Name
Race Name & (Sponsor)
Class
Race Date
Value
Age
Surface
GB JPN GER GB GB GB GER GB GB GB GB GB FR GB JPN
Sagaro St (Woodcote Stud) Tenno Sho (Spring) Betty Barclay-Rennen Henry II St Gold Cup Queen’s Vase St Langer Hamburger Esher St (Coral) Goodwood Cup Lonsdale Cup (Weatherbys Insurance) Doncaster Cup Fenwolf St (SIS) Prix du Cadran (Qatar) Jockey Club Cup Sports Nippon Sho Stayers Stakes
Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gp 2 Gp 1 Gp 3 L L Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 2 L Gp 1 Gp 3 Gr 2
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GLANCE at the 2008 end-ofseason list of leading 2-year-old sires by British and Irish earnings reveals that four of the top five stallions were represented by winners of juvenile sales races, skewing the stallion tables with inflated prize monies. Despite this, the list isn’t far off the mark. The headliner, Danehill Dancer, consistently sires class, including last year’s Group 1 juveniles Mastercraftsman and Again; No. 2 Elusive City had two Group winners; Hawk Wing, at third, was the least accomplished, with a pair of juvenile stakes horses; Invincible Spirit sired five two-yearold black-type winners; and Galileo, without a sales races winner but perennially a leading sire, had three Pattern-winning two-year-olds. Incentive programmes have come a long way since their major-scale introduction courtesy of Garden State Park racecourse. Spend a Buck, one of the most impressive winners of the Kentucky Derby, was lured away from a bid at the 1985 Triple Crown by a $2-million bonus were he to win the Jersey Derby, inconveniently sandwiched between the final two legs of the Triple Crown. The Derby winner chose money over history, sidestepping the Preakness. For Garden State to set out to undermine the Triple Crown was not racing’s finest moment. One could hardly blame the connections of Spend a Buck for his defection – well, maybe a little. But for the gates and betting handle of Garden State, busier than on the average Jersey Derby day, the bonus served its purpose. Yet in terms of what it had done for racing, it was disastrous. No racecourse should be attempting to detract from the greater good of horseracing.
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FRANCES KARON’S COMMENT Striking a balance – incentive programmes versus black type races The bad feeling did not improved when Creme Fraiche, second to Spend a Buck in the Jersey Derby, won the Belmont Stakes on his next outing. At year’s end, Spend a Buck’s sire was, farcically, leading sire in the U.S., with 85% of his winnings down to one horse. The Spend a Buck debacle led to a quick fix promising the winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes a $5million bonus. When the sponsorship quietly ran its course after 19 years, even without the bonus money the Triple Crown maintained its lustre: it was, after all, the ultimate goal of every owner in the country. The prize never was, or never should have been, about the money, and racing shouldn’t have to effectively bribe owners at that level. In the ensuing years, racing came up with a constructive use of the incentive. Just ask Richard Hannon. The two-year-old specialist targeted yearling sales races with 16 individual horses in 2008, sending off 18 runners in seven races, winning three – twice running one-two – and in the process earning the equivalent of £2,000,000, or €2,200,000, for various owners. What could be better for business from a recruiting standpoint? Is there any more convincing way to sell the sport to a potential investor? Hannon’s Minor Vamp, a €45,000
yearling, won the Parknasilla Hotel Goffs Fillies Million and placed in a Group 3, banking the equivalent of £735,000. By contrast, undefeated champion Rainbow View, with three Pattern wins, earned £192,522. Is this discrepancy fair? No – and yes. The draw of these lucrative programmes is that horses needn’t be championship calibre to be eligible; winning one of these events doesn’t necessarily make a horse worth more, while Rainbow View’s blacktype enhances her paddock value considerably. It’s a trade-off: massive purses versus black-type and prestige, instant gratification versus long-term reward. In a perfect world, there’s even room for both. Breeders’ Cup winner Donativum (although with limited value as a gelding) and Group 3 winner Soul City are two of the 2008 success stories from the Doncaster, Goffs and Tattersalls races. Previous horses include triple Group 1 winners Lush Lashes and Somnus, and among those not quite up to the task were dual Guineas winner Cockney Rebel and 2008 Dewhurst conqueror Intense Focus. These races provide the best of both worlds, with enough depth to satisfy a need for quality racing, and enough remuneration to satisfy the owners injecting capital into our game. I
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