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North American Trainer ISSUE 15 (EARLY SPRING 2010)

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THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE FOR THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE THOROUGHBRED

Arctic Winter Conditions

How horses and horsemen cope

Lasix

Is it really the answer?

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GARY CONTESSA

Finding his home in the winner's circle

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Introduction Giles Anderson

Happy New Year! Let’s hope that 2010 proves to be a positive year both on and off the track. We’ve got plenty to look forward to over the coming months and with plenty of exciting editorial plans for the coming year, we’re ready to break from the gate!

Our cover story in this issue is on Gary Contessa. He’s a New York trainer through and through. Born on Long Island, he has worked his way up to the top of his game and over the coming years I truly believe that we are going to see his stable competing more and more on a national level – as long as there are still plenty of traditional, dirt tracks around. Gary isn’t alone with this view and amongst a group of horsemen the subject of synthetic surfaces does evoke emotions. For me, the key to a successful surface is the way that the base is constructed and the way that the tracks are graded. They aren’t dirt surfaces and shouldn’t be treated as such. Personally, I think that the Tapeta surface is the best all-around proven performer that I’ve seen so far.

It’ll be interesting to see how the surface works at the new Meydan complex in Dubai. We’ll be writing plenty about synthetic tracks over the coming months, that’s for sure!

David Marlin has written our main veterinary piece in this issue, and he poses the following question – “If Lasix is the answer, what question are we asking?” To me, this is one of the best articles we have published and its inclusion in the magazine is there to stimulate debate about a subject that affects all trainers – bleeders.

In this issue we also cover the latest research which has taken place in Italy on stem cell treatments, and James Tate looks at condylar fractures, the most common type of fracture in the racehorse. January of 2010 will be remembered across North America as being a particularly cold month; nothing strange there to our friends up North but it got us thinking as to how horses and trainers cope where it’s really, really cold and where racing will continue throughout the winter as long as it’s above 5F. We sent Geir Stabell to Sweden to find out.

Racing is full of people keen to express their opinions.

One such person who does this eloquently on a regular basis is our very own Arnold Kirkpatrick, who in Part Two of his column on being racing’s Czar gives us his own unique perspective on issues in the racing world.

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North American Trainer magazine is published quarterly by Anderson & Co Publishing Ltd, who are based in the United Kingdom with a representative address in Kentucky. This magazine is distributed for free to all CTT members. Editorial views expressed are not necessarily those of Anderson & Co Publishing Ltd. Additional copies can be purchased for $6.95 (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 United States For all editorial and advertising inquiries please contact Anderson & Co Publishing Ltd Tel: 1 888 218 4430 Fax: 1 888 218 4206 email: info@trainermagazine.com www.trainermagazine.com Issue 15

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California Thoroughbred Trainers The new challenges ahead for racing

12 Trainer of the Month

Martin F. Jones has been making waves at Santa Anita, with five wins and earnings of more

than $186,100.

14 Gary Contessa

K.T. Donovan introduces us to the amiable New Yorker Gary Contessa, a hard-working trainer who remains in the top ranks of his profession.

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22 Lasix

Dr. David Marlin dissects the implications of a study on Lasix that may see Europe soon allow race-day dosage of the anti-bleeder medication.

26 Economics of Feeding

Can we realistically cut back on feed expenses for our racehorses without compromising the quality of their nutrition? By Dr. Catherine Dunnett and Dr. Steve Jackson.

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40 30 European Riders

50 Condylar Fractures

36 Stem Cells Research

56 Racing in Arctic Conditions

40 Aiken

64 Product Focus 66 Stakes Schedules

Ken Snyder writes on the migration to the U.S. of foreign exercise riders.

An in-depth look at the developing science of using a foal’s stem cells to aid in treatment of its possible injuries as a racehorse, by Niki Luciani.

The draw of the Aiken Training Track contin ues nearly 70 years after it was established, by Ben Baugh.

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We often hear the term “condylar fracture” but what exactly is it? By James Tate BVMS MRCVS. Geir Stabell gives us a look at training and racing Thoroughbreds in extreme wintertime conditions.

Indexes of forthcoming major stakes races

76 Arnold Kirkpatrick column

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CONTRIBUTORS

Publisher & Editorial Director Giles Anderson Assistant Editors Frances Karon, Sophie Hull Design/Production Neil Randon Advertising Sales Giles Anderson Circulation Pippa Anderson Photo Credits James Tate, David Marlin, Barbara Merlo, Stefan Uppstrom, Geir Stabell, Fiona Boyd, Hugh Routledge, Suzie Picou-Oldham, Maggie Kimmitt, Shutterstock Cover Photograph Eclipse Sportswire

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Ben Baugh is a lifelong racing enthusiast. He interned at Thoroughbred Racing Communications in New York, N.Y. and has worked for Adena Springs South in Ocala, Fla. His work has been published in a number of Thoroughbred racing publications including Thoroughbred Times, The Blood-Horse, Daily Racing Form, The Backstretch, The Florida Horse, California Thoroughbred, Steeplechase and Eventing TImes and El Caballista.

Baugh covers the equine industry for the Aiken Standard in Aiken, S.C.

K. T. Donovan travels domestically and internationally to cover racing through writing, television, and video, and markets farms, stallions, and events, while regularly working sales to make sure she can still put her hands on the horse, the center of it all. As a freelancer, she has written for most of the major racing publications around the world, and contributed in various capacities to live shows and documentaries on several American television networks, as well as for Sky, and RTE (Irish television). She is based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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 industry on product development and technical marketing.

Niki Luciani completed an MA Hons degree at Edinburgh University and successfully qualified as a BHSAI before working for British dual purpose stud Scarvagh House, looking after European and South American markets with Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and then moving to France to work for the Aga Khan Studs. Now based in Italy , motherhood and the demands of keeping the Luciani family breeding operation running smoothly have put an end to her globetrotting days.

Arnold Kirkpatrick in more than 45 years of involvement in the thoroughbred industry, Arnold Kirkpatrick has accumulated a vast experience in most aspects of the business – from being executive vice president of a major breeding farm to president of a race track. He has won major industr y awards both as a writer and as a breeder.

Dr David Marlin is a specialist in exercise physiology, thermoregulation, transport and respiratory physiology. Author of Equine Exercise Physiology, Marline is International Board Chairman of the International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology, editor of Comparative Exercise Physiology and holds visiting Professor positions at the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Oklahoma State. He is consulting for the International League for the Protection of Horses on welfare issues related to transport of horses in Europe.

Ken Snyder is a Louisville, Kentucky based freelance writer.

He is a regular contributor to several other racing publications, a feature writer and essayist for some non-racing magazines, and an advertising marketing writer, as well.

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 & exper t guest in Scandinavia and USA .

James Tate BVMS MRCVS qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Glasgow University. He is from a family steeped in horseracing. His father, Tom Tate, is a dual purpose trainer, his fatherin-law, Len Lungo, is a National Hunt trainer, and his Uncle, the legendary Michael Dickinson, has just retired from the training ranks.

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CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED TRAINERS

It’s every man for himself

By Edward I. Halpern CTT Executive Director & General Counsel

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N THIS my last column for this magazine, I offer some unsolicited advice to those who hope to make a living as a horse trainer. The horse racing business in California, in its current incarnation, is over. Unless and until there is monumental change, there will soon be no more five-day weeks, no more 51 or 52 weeks of racing each year, and no more 8,9,10 or 11 races per card. It is also unlikely that we will continue to see both a northern circuit and a southern circuit running simultaneously.

Just how alarming is the current state of affairs? In the past 18 months, there has been a decline of approximately 28 percent in the on-track population of horses. That rate of attrition appears to be accelerating.

Between December 1, 2009 and January 1, 2010 there was a 7 percent decline in the on-track horse population.

Statistics gathered over a long period of time indicate that there is usually a turnover of approximately 40 percent of the racing stock annually due to injuries, retirement, or movement out of state. In the past, those decreases have been offset by the influx of two-year-olds, three-year-olds, and horses purchased or shipped in from other jurisdictions As if things were not bad enough, the quality of the horse population is also declining. Handle and attendance are slipping with ever increasing speed. The fallout from the financial crisis of 2008 has hastened the process, but is not the sole

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cause of decline. The availability of alternate forms of gaming, changing consumer habits, and a decline in the ability to attract patrons to the racetrack are all part of the mix. No doubt we also shot ourselves in the foot when we “gave away” our product to broadcast distributors such as TVG and ExpressBet. Then, as now, we were looking for a quick fix and the influx of quick money.

This led to agreements with providers that short-changed the horsemen and have helped to hasten our ultimate decline.

Many trainers are keen to blame the decline on the installation of synthetic surfaces. No doubt these surfaces are not the solution that was promised, but nor are they the sole cause of the decline. If they were to be replaced tomorrow the industry would still be in freefall. Whatever the cause of the problem, the solution remains to be found in the economics of owning horses and the economics of training horses.

THE SOLUTION Times like this bring about consolidation, but they also create opportunities for those who choose to accept the challenges and act on them. During the past couple of years, up to half of the automobile dealers in some areas of the United States went out of business. But the converse is that half survived. What did the survivors do that the victims didn’t do? Most likely they were better business people and, in some cases, that included being better sales people.

I have taken to asking trainers what they have done to create new business during this crisis. Have you done any promotion?

Created any promotional material or even made a single phone call to try and get a new client? The answer has routinely been, “no.”

Have you taken this time to reduce expenses? Have you checked feed bills and requested reduced prices? Have you reduced your workforce? How about switching away from hot walkers and to hot walking machines? Again and again the answer is, “no.” I often ask, have you started taking more care to place horses where they are competitive or to send them up North if they are not collecting checks in the South?

Have you dropped “slow pay” or “no pay” owners? You get the point. The California Thoroughbred Trainers is made up of

approximately 600 small business people.

The emphasis for a recovery needs to be on solid business practices. Good business people know how to adapt. They change with the times and they do what is necessary to survive.

When I was practicing law, I saw an ad that read, “You are trained to be a lawyer, but do you know how to attract business?”

That was an enlightening moment for me.

You can be the best lawyer or plumber or horse trainer in the world, but if you don’t know how to get and keep good clients, you will not succeed. One can learn just how to attract business or one can hire someone who is a professional in business development. There are sales and promotional services and business-building educational training companies that are available for lawyers, doctors, chiropractors, and most other professionals. Trainers that I know all use the word of mouth method of attracting business. That is no longer sufficient. Trolling for that one well-heeled owner who brings lots of money and good horses to a barn will work for only a lucky few. The days of trading owners like claiming horses are over. There are fewer and fewer owners who shift from trainer to trainer. The typical owner no longer leaves a trainer, he leaves the business. Putting on a suit, standing at the bar, and trying to lure someone else’s dissatisfied owner is not going to work anymore. You are likely to be drinking alone.

It is delusional to think that the CTT or the TOC or the racing associations or the legislature can fix things. Sure racing may hit the jackpot and get slots or video lottery terminals. That stroke of luck will only cause things to return to those glory days when a few trainers could make a good living, but the vast majority struggled for economic survival. The keys to personal success are good business practices and a professional method of self promotion. The next generation of successful trainers will be the ones who use modern methods of attracting new clients. There are millions of people who don’t currently own race horses but would like to. There are few, if any, trainers that are out there trying to sell them on the opportunity. In that regard, it has always been and still is, every man for himself. I

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CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED TRAINERS

The 2010 California Thoroughbred Trainers Board of Directors *At the time of going to press Officers had yet to be elected

Bob Baffert

Jeff Bonde

Gloria Haley

Terry Knight

Doug O’Neill

John Sadler

John Shirreffs

Darrell Vienna

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CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED TRAINERS

By Steve Schuelein

Ascanio continues the legacy of former boss Bobby Frankel

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ITCHFORK in hand, trainer Humberto Ascanio walked down the shedrow in Barn 70 North at Hollywood Park early this year wearing a purple Ventura Breeders’ Cup cap en route to the stable office.

The royal blue and white tack trunks and stall webbings with the initials R F of former boss Robert “Bobby” Frankel were still visible, as was a winner’s circle photo on the office wall of Frankel winning a stake in New York with Fighting Fit in 1985.

At times, Ascanio can still not believe that his legendary boss of 36 years, who died in November at age 68 after a battle with lymphoma, is really gone.

“The last seven or eight months were tough; he was such a strong man, and for him to deteriorate like that was very sad,” said Ascanio with a sigh. But life goes on.

The stable has shrunk to 15 horses, and the help to three grooms, two hot walkers, and one exercise rider, but Ascanio, 63, is hopeful that he can continue to run a winning stable on his own.

“I’m no Bobby Frankel, but I learned from the Bobby Frankel school,” said Ascanio, noting that the training routine will remain the same, but he will now be placed in the position of deciding where horses run.

The transition will be testing and nervewracking, but four decades on the backside have toughened the Mexican native into believing in himself.

“Bobby was a survivor,” said Ascanio, recalling two major jolts – one in the late 1970’s and the other in the late 1980’s – when key owners transferred their horses away.

“Bobby said not to worry, that we’ll be okay and have good horses someday,” said Ascanio of a vision that came to fruition the past two decades. “Bobby was a fighter and built it up again.”

Ascanio is similarly trying to rebound after the loss of most of the Juddmonte Farms horses and the sale of Frankel-owned horses.

Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte, Frankel’s biggest client since 1990, transferred eight of their nine horses to Hall of Famer Bill Mott, selecting a higher-profile trainer and leaving Ascanio with just one, multiple stakes winner Midships. The five

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Frankel-owned horses were headed by Mast Track, winner of the 2008 Hollywood Gold Cup, sold to Frank Stronach and moved to trainer John Shirreffs.

“Sometimes bad happens and sometimes good happens,” said Ascanio philosophically of the vicissitudes of the sport and hoping that good will be in store in 2010.

“I won a few stakes at the end of last year, and that was good,” said Ascanio modestly.

“So I’ll keep going and see what happens. I hope to make the right decisions. Knock on wood, so far, so good.”

The late Bobby Frankel was Ascanio’s boss for 36 years

Ascanio concluded 2009 in a blaze of glory, both as a memorial for Frankel and a testament to his own skills.

Ascanio was named top trainer at the Hollywood Park Autumn Meet in a media poll after saddling three graded stakes winners after Frankel’s death. He sent out Fluke to an upset victory in the Citation Handicap and Ventura to a popular score in the Matriarch Stakes on consecutive days to highlight the Turf Festival that Frankel had dominated.

He deferred all the credit to Frankel after the emotional victories less than two weeks after his death in the two $300,000 Grade 1 races. The Matriarch was particularly poignant since it had been Frankel’s dying wish to send Ventura out a winner before joining the broodmare ranks.

“This is what Bobby wanted – that she would retire a winner,” said Ascanio, choking back tears after helping to accomplish the mission.

Ascanio continued his hot hand by winning the $100,000 Grade III Native Diver Handicap at Hollywood Park with Mast Track and the $150,000 Grade II San Gabriel Handicap during opening week at Santa Anita with Proudinsky.

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Above: Fluke in the winner ’s circle after his win in the Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park. Left: Emotional hugs between Ascanio and jockey Joe Talamo

Brazilian-bred horse; Proudinsky, a sevenyear-old German-bred horse; and Midships, a five-year-old English-bred horse; form the nucleus of his stable.

Ascanio saddled Midships to victories in the Grade 2 San Luis Rey and San Juan Capistrano handicaps and Grade 1 Charlie Whittingham Handicap in Frankel’s absence last year and hopes to keep the horse on a similar path in distance grass stakes this year.

“A few owners have said they will send me some horses,” said Ascanio, optimistic some newcomers will join the horses left with him by such owners as Alfredo and Patricia Bozzano, Johanna Louise Glen-Teven, Sumaya Us Stable, Agri-Harvest and Michael Bello.

Ascanio is particularly enthused about an unraced homebred three-year-old colt owned

by Bello named Cause It Hertz, by Giant’s Causeway out of Megahertz.

“He’s just like his mom, feisty,” said Ascanio in deference to Megahertz, a compact comet who won several graded turf stakes in Southern California for Frankel. In 2002, Ascanio deputized for Frankel when he was in New York and saddled Megahertz to victory in the rich

American Oaks at Hollywood Park.

Humble Humberto and brash Bobby formed a winning team for more than three decades, the volatile Frankel, the genius calling the shots, and the reserved Ascanio, the glue that held the powerful stable together.

Long before his fatal illness kept him away from the track for most of 2009, Frankel knew he could spend weeks on the Triple Crown trail and summers in New York because of his reliable assistant.

“Humberto is a better trainer than 90 per cent of the trainers in the country,” Frankel was quoted as saying in 1993. “He makes my life a lot easier.”

Ascanio learned from early on that his life was made a lot easier if he talked straight to Frankel and ignored his frequent temper tantrums. “I remember one morning I had to tell him that a filly had a little problem – and then a few minutes later the board went flying,” said Ascanio in reference to a clipboard with training charts he was holding.

“And many times I saw the telephone go flying.”

Yet it was from the stable office that Ascanio observed another example of Frankel’s brilliance. “He could see horses go by here, and he could see if the slightest thing was wrong and get out of his office chair,” said Ascanio.

Ascanio understood some of Frankel’s quirks and seeming contradictions in his enigmatic personality. “When he came to the barn, he was all business,” said Ascanio. “In the morning, he wanted things to go right. I went to a barbecue at Del Mar, and he was a different guy. I’ve been to his house, and you

wouldn’t know it was the same person.”

Ascanio felt lucky that he worked for three top trainers since arriving in this country penniless from Guadalajara in 1968. “I’ve been blessed,” said Ascanio. “I worked for Buster Millerick, who I can’t believe isn’t in the Hall of Fame, and before that for Farrell Jones, another real horseman.

“I learned a lot from those old-timers before I went to work for Bobby in 1973,” said Ascanio. “All three were winners.

“Bobby hated to lose,” continued Ascanio.

“Every morning he wanted things to go according to plan. He wanted his horses taken care of first class. He didn’t care if it was a Grade 1 horse or a claimer, he wanted each taken care of the same way.

“And Bobby would give his horses time. If they weren’t 100 per cent, they wouldn’t run.”

Ascanio and Frankel agreed that their favorite horse was Exbourne, a Grade 1 stakes winner in 1991 whose life each saved on different occasions.

“He was supposed to be going to the Arlington Million and colicked at Del Mar (in 1991),” said Ascanio. “I got a call from the night watchman and rushed over. We had to get him to a van and I saw one parked by the kitchen. I knocked on the door, and luckily the driver was in there sleeping.

“I explained that we had an emergency and he drove him to the hospital at San Luis Rey Downs a half hour away in the middle of the night and they saved his life.”

The following year it was Frankel’s turn following a near-fatal training breakdown.

“Exbourne broke his leg, and Bobby ran onto the track and held his leg up screaming for an ambulance,” recalled Ascanio.

“I could see Bobby was crying while he waited,” said Ascanio, noting his soft heart for animals.

“They took him to the barn, and Dr. (Larry) Bramlage did surgery for a broken cannon bone,” said Ascanio. Frankel talked Juddmonte officials out of putting the horse down, and against all odds, he survived and later sired a small crop of yearlings in Kentucky.

Ascanio, married, father of six and grandfather of eight, has three sons in racing: Matthew, who works with him in the barn; Michael, a blacksmith assisting Wes Champagne; and Mark, who works in a warehouse tack shop.

Ascanio is no stranger to being a head trainer, conditioning a small number under his name while assisting Frankel during the late 1980’s. He won three races with Caballo de Oro and two with Cachuma before Frankel’s stable grew to the point where he was needed full-time again and gave up his small string.

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The TRM Trainer of the Quarter award has been won by Martin F. Jones. Marty and his team will receive a selection of products from the internationally -acclaimed range of TRM supplements, as well as a bottle of fine Irish whiskey .

TRM Trainer of the Quarter

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ARTIN F. “Marty” Jones has a moderatelysized stable of horses in training, but he has been making waves with his starters at the Santa Anita race meeting that began on December 26. From 11 starters through January 25, his runners have registered five wins, two seconds, three thirds and earnings over $186,100. Jones is 9th on the leaders list by wins, but with a win percentage of 45%, he is the leader among all trainers with at least 10 starters.

That Marty Jones is a trainer is probably a surprise to no one. His grandfather, Farrell, was an apprentice rider for owner Charles Howard in the 1930s and even rode work on Seabiscuit when he was 14. He

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obtained his trainer’s license in 1946 and began racing Quarter Horses before transitioning to Thoroughbreds. Farrell Jones garnered multiple honors as leading trainer of the meet at all three Southern California tracks, including 11 at Del Mar (seven of which were in a row). His most successful horse, Manta, won 12 stakes races from 1969 to 1972. Jones retired to run a popular racehorse rehabilitation ranch in Hemet, California in 1980, and bred Grade 1 winner PT’s Grey Eagle.

Marty’s father, Gary, retired on Santa Anita’s closing day in April of 1996, with his last starter, Ski Dancer, winning the San Simeon Handicap.

That victory marked the elder Jones’s 1,457th win after 21 years as a trainer.

Among his best horses were 1986 champion older male Turkoman; Best

Pal, with whom he won the Pacific Classic (Del Mar’s first $1-million race); and Lakeway.

Marty Jones was 24 when he took over his father’s stable, and he had his first Grade 1 win barely two months into his career, when Auriette (Ire) – a former inmate of Gary’s barn – won the Gamely Handicap, one of 28 career stakes winners for Marty.

Another standout is Alphabet Kisses, who won the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes in 2004 and the Grade 2 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap the following season.

Already in 2010, Marty Jonestrainees Compari won the Sensational Star Handicap and Cherokee Heaven scored his first-ever black-type win in the Impressive Luck Handicap. Impressive? Yes. Luck?

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GARY CONTESSA

GARY CONTESSA Racing enthusiast

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ATCH Gary Contessa in the winner’s circle and you feel you are watching a kid who sneaked into the Oscars and is giggling with delight to be where his movie heroes are, pretending to be one of them. This joyfulness he shares with his owners, the thrill of being in the winner’s circle at Saratoga or Belmont Park, even after being New York’s leading trainer for the last three years, sets Contessa apart in the jaded, often cynical world of New York racing.

Perhaps the infectious enthusiasm derives from the deep feeling of gratitude Contessa feels, as he never forgets how far he has come to ride at the top of the heap in the most prestigious racing jurisdiction in America.

“I was a kid growing up in a Cape Cod house on Long Island, poor, the son of a mailman and a mother who drove a school bus, and I’d see these guys at Belmont Park in suits and hats – Woody Stephens, and Mack Miller,” he recalls wistfully. “They always looked so sharp. To think that one day I could be one of them. I wanted to be a trainer and I never stopped. I cherish every moment of what I do now.”

Contessa has enjoyed fifteen individual meeting titles in New York, and his drive for the next one keeps him and his team going.

“Every title means a lot,” he admits. “It invigorates the help, and the owners. The only time you’ll hear a guy say it doesn’t matter is when he’s in a close fight for it.”

Most recently, Contessa led the 2009 Belmont Park spring meeting with 25 wins from 209 starts and $792,809, and he previously led the 2008-09 Aqueduct inner track meeting with 56 wins from 434 starts and $1,739,297, ahead in both earnings and wins. He finished seventh at his beloved Saratoga and seventh in the fall Belmont meeting, but is back making a strong showing at Aqueduct.

Contessa’s stats will reveal an inordinate number of starts compared to his colleagues.

One thing you get with Contessa is a trainer who will run his horses. He grinds out those titles primarily with claiming horses, a game that requires constant turnover and attention to detail. But Contessa is working to build a reputation beyond being the king of the claimers.

“What I really like is training two-yearolds,” he says. “I’m very patient; I like breaking their bad habits. I have owners who like to claim. But now stakes are a part of it, too. I like seeing horses perform after I’ve taught them well. Claiming is tough – you have to watch horses, look at the numbers, but I enjoy every aspect of training.”

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Gary Contessa has been New York’s leading trainer for the past three years based on his ability to get the best out of his horses with hard work. But now he is building a reputation beyond being known as the king of the claimers. By K.T. Donovan breds, explaining that “they are affordable and you can make money with them.” The New York Breeders’ Association named him Trainer of the Year in 2005 and 2007, as his support goes from the sales ring to the winner’s circle. He does not attend the yearling sales, but jumps into the action at the two-year-old level.

“Wayne Lukas talks about ‘seeing the cat’ [the potential in horses at a sale],” he smiles.

“Two-year-old sales are where I see the cat. I sold Peace Rules. I love selling young horses – that’s my thing. I have sold $3 million worth of horses I paid less than $200,000 for.

I like to sell them after one race. [Stakes winner] Lovely Isle is another one. I really

like the Pleasantly Perfects, and I bought a bunch of them. I like the Peace Rules babies, too.”

True to form, he bought Pitched Perfectly, a son of Pleasantly Perfect out of a Deputy Minister mare, for $95,000 at the 2008 Fasig-Tipton February sale and started him five times with two wins. He then sold the colt to Lael Stables for an undisclosed profit in the spring of his three-year-old season and happily watched him go on to be stakes-placed for Barclay Tagg, a winning situation for all.

Over ten years he has purchased 21 horses for less than $50,000 which sold in the high six figures. National Pride he

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for Frank Martin. He was mad at me half the time. He was the greatest vet, the greatest trainer, and the craziest person rolled into one. If you made a mistake, you would know it, and everyone eight barns away would know it.

“He knew where a horse was sore from watching him switch leads, he knew feet, he could say immediately that the upper joint of a knee was bothering the horse from watching a horse walk and the vet would confirm it.”

Contessa took the opportunity and ran with it, and ran around to other trainers, too, never stopping trying to learn, running to catch up to where he thought he should be, leaving the city boy’s lack of horse knowledge as far behind him as he could. “[Martin] was not a teacher, but I stayed glued to him and asked questions,” he said.

“I asked everyone – I asked Woody Stephens and Mack Miller and Johnny Campo questions. If I saw a trainer switched equipment or strategy, or changed shoes, I found that trainer and asked why. I think they answered me because they found it unusual. I have never met anyone as desirous of being a trainer as I was. I stayed up all night with horses.”

When he went out on his own in 1984, h e quickly found himself back where he started, with no respect, no relative to pave his way as was done in those days, no one to sp eak for him, no way in but his own ingenuity and hard work. The racing office in New York wouldn’t give him a stall so he headed south to Monmouth Park in New Jersey. He will never forget those who helped him make his way.

“I saved every penny and bought a $5,000 horse,” he says with his characteristic laugh.

“And I had five, six horses from a lovely lady bought for $60,000 in March 2007, and sold in the fall for over $1 million.

Contessa began his love of seeing and extracting the potential in a horse with the same grinding hard work that results in his wins today. In his mind, the only way to become one of those stylish guys in hats leading a horse into the winner’s circle was to work harder than anyone else, feverishly clean stalls and stay late to learn more.

“I had no horse background, and nobody wanted a trainer from Long Island,” he said.

“I had to prove myself as a hotwalker, as a groom, as a foreman, and as an assistant.”

His life changed when his work ethic caught the eye of Hall of Fame trainer Frank “Pancho” Martin, who still draws a softer sound of awe in Contessa’s fast-paced Long Island patter. From Martin, he learned where to place a horse, when to move him up, and when to sell him. ‘“I had worked for Stan Hough, and Jimmy Picou,” he says proudly, “and I thought I knew how to train. Then I worked

‘Mr. New York’ Gary Contessa checks in on his string at Gulfstream

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named Elizabeth Taylor – not THE Elizabeth Taylor – but a porn director. We ran at Meadowlands. In those days, I owe so much to Johnny Campo and Bobby Ribaudo. If they had horses in New York that didn’t fit, they would send them down to me in Jersey. I grew to six stalls and 26 horses, and would send the others to a farm!

“Once I had one stall open and Johnny Campo sent me eight horses at 9:00pm. I was scrambling trying to find room for them on a farm! Every owner thought their horses were at the track, but I couldn’t get stalls, so I was shuffling them back and forth.”

Those days are long gone now, but to Contessa, they are right behind him all the time. Watching fellow New York trainer Todd Pletcher, the bulk of whose stable is filled with high-priced bloodstock for leading owners, he still feels the vast chasm between himself and the guy in the sharp suit.

“If there was any trainer I wish I had worked for it’s Wayne Lukas,” he says, getting serious for a rare moment. “He dresses right, he’s regimented. I regret never working for him. Look what he turns out.

He even teaches his assistants not to sweat!

You look at Todd Pletcher in the stands on a hot day, with his tie tied perfect, and his suit, and he doesn’t sweat. Me, I’d be pouring perspiration! Lukas is organized, he treats his owners well, he knows his horses.

Every time I’ve heard him talk, I’ve learned from him.

“There are a lot of good trainers with no horses. And there are some trainers with a lot of horses who aren’t as good trainers.

Lukas teaches you why – ‘it’s all about the show.’”

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ARY Contessa is not about the show, but his very essence is that of a people person, telling stories and enjoying his work, and this joie de vivre gained him his biggest client.

His numbers greatly improved in the last few years when he took on Winning Move Stable, led by Steve Sigler and a growing number of other owners as partners.

Beginning with two sore horses, the outfit grew to 90, with 60 on the track. Much to the wrath of former claiming kingpin Richard Dutrow Jr., Contessa became a real force to be reckoned with in New York, particularly during the winter months at Aqueduct. He made an enemy of Dutrow, who took potshots at him in the press, implying that Contessa’s sudden rise to prominence should be looked at more closely. Contessa shrugs it off with his usual positive attitude.

“He’s just a guy who doesn’t care for me,” he says. “Dutrow could run anywhere and no one would claim his horses. I came in and started claiming his horses. And I did well. I challenged his sovereignty in New York.”

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He did so well that he came full circle in 2007, breaking Pancho Martin’s singleseason record of 156 wins in New York with 159 victories. Corresponding to his leading New York trainer titles in 2006-2008 were Winning Move’s titles as leading owner the same years. Businessman Sigler gives his reasons for choosing Contessa as his great ability to communicate, and while obsessed with detail, he nevertheless keeps the fun in the game.

“I have never considered having multiple trainers,” Sigler says. “Gary is right nine times out of ten, but is open to what you suggest. He’s fair to his help, which is important to me. And he is able to balance family and racing with his friends. He’s a wonderful father, and wants to be remembered by his children first, then as a trainer. Our families are close, and this is also important to me. Racing is more than a

hobby. It’s a business, and it’s about friendships.”

Communication is frequently cited by owners as why they enjoy having Contessa train for them. Harold Lerner, co-owner of Grade 2 Stuyvesant Handicap winner Accountforthegold, explains: “I wanted to get into action right away. He’s easy to communicate with and he’s got a great personality. I knew from others that some trainers are not as accessible. He’s made it fun. He’s upfront and straightforward – if a horse is hurt, he’ll tell me. He’s fair.”

That this is out of the ordinary seems to leave Contessa nonplussed. He has made the owners a central part of his stable, noting that they have too much invested to not communicate with them. He has been known to stay up late until he answers every e-mail. Particularly at Saratoga, he manages on little sleep, keeping owners entertained

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“I knew from others that some trainers are not as accessible. He’s made it fun. He’s upfront and straightforward – if a horse is hurt, he’ll tell me. He’s fair” Harold Lerner when they come to the Spa eager to go out to dinner every night. He can handle celebrity owners, like David Cassidy, former owner of Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan winner Sweet Vendetta who keeps about half a dozen horses with Contessa, and those who love racing but might be new to owning.

“Gary teaches you how to take a profit – which is important,” says importer-exporter Sam Chaborda. “It pays for your mistakes, which he teaches you will happen, too.”

Contessa is also not afraid to communicate his opinions on current issues facing racing.

A devotee of New York racing, he is loathe to see any of the tracks there put in a synthetic surface, declaring that not enough is yet known about them for racetrack management to head in that direction.

“Like scoping after they run – there is dirt all down a horse’s throat after a race,” he says, his hands beginning to wave around.

“You’re going to tell me that there’s not these rubber pieces and carpet fibers and plastic in a horse’s trachea after a race over

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synthetics? At least dirt is natural.”

Contessa has declared that unless a horse has proven he likes the synthetic, he would avoid a Breeders’ Cup over the new surfaces, and was absent from the past two held at Santa Anita, despite having horses like multiple Grade 2 winner Rite Moment, and Grade 3 Saranac Stakes winner Mission Approved, who could have participated. He wonders how anyone will now ship a horse halfway around the world to run in Dubai if they have not already proven they can run on it.

“Every horse trains well on it,” he says.

“But ask Steve Asmussen if they also run well on it. I think we should train over it, but run our races on dirt.”

A more practical improvement to New York racing, in Contessa’s opinion, would be to finally install the Video Lottery Terminals that were approved seven years ago.

“NYRA can’t make their budget because of VLT’s, and yet Yonkers, the Saratoga Raceway Casino – they all have them,” he says. “Where are our VLT’s? It’s politics. We

need a governor who will make it happen, and that’s not NYRA’s fault.”

His rare moments of dissidence are tempered, though. While accusing the detention barn at NYRA tracks of being “a big hassle,” he acknowledges that it goes a long way toward restoring the lost trust fans once held for the sport, which makes it important to continue.

And because fan concerns for the horses are shared by him, he works hard to find homes for those in his stable who no longer can or should race, and has been president of the Exceller Fund for over a year now.

Knowing when to run a horse also means knowing when not to, and Contessa is adamant that each horse has its time to race, and its time to do something else.

For himself, there is little else besides family and training. His lifelong ambition to be a Thoroughbred trainer has been fulfilled, but as Sigler says, he makes sure there is a balance. As happy as he is on the racetrack, as competitive and driven, when he leaves the track his life becomes all about his family.

“Breaking Frank Martin’s record of wins in New York for a year was part of this dream,” Contessa says with amazement. “It’s surreal. I’m incredibly appreciative. Now I dream of winning stakes! But I already have a charmed life in this business. Most important to me is that I’m a good father and my wife is #1, and above that, everything else I’m grateful for. I had odds of 200-1 that I’d be here right now. So I’m just enjoying every minute!” I

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If Lasix is the answer... ...what question are we asking?

By David Marlin

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OME of the statements attributed to leading vets and scientists around the world in the last few months would probably lead anyone involved in horseracing to believe that it is only a matter of months or even weeks before the diuretic furosemide (or frusemide), often referred to by the brand name Lasix® or Salix®, becomes permitted raceday medication in the jurisdictions that currently do not allow it (including most of Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan).

The impetus for the statements was the publication of a long-awaited study into the effect of Lasix on exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH or

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“bleeding”) in Thoroughbred racehorses in South Africa.

The South African study was led by Prof.

Ken Hinchcliff, Dean of the Veterinary School in Melbourne, Australia. Additional investigators included Prof. Paul Morley, a veterinary statistician from Colorado State University, and Prof. Alan Guthrie, Dean of the Veterinary School in Pretoria, South Africa. Ken Hinchcliff is rightly considered a world leader in the field of EIPH. He and I organized and co-chaired the first Havemeyer International Workshop on EIPH in Vancouver in March 2006. The recent study was entitled “Efficacy of furosemide for prevention of exerciseinduced pulmonary hemorrhage in

Thoroughbred racehorses” and was published on July 1st, 2009 in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. What was relatively unusual about this study was the number of horses involved – an incredible 167 racehorses. The funding to undertake this study came from the racing industry in South Africa, including the track operators, US funding bodies and private donors. I shudder at the thought of the true bottom line figure. The authors utilized all the appropriate techniques to ensure accurate results, including such things as placebos, not telling the jockeys which horses had which treatment, and running half the horses with Lasix first and half without, and then running them again but

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the ones that had Lasix the first time ran without it the second time. There is no doubt that this study has set a standard which others will find hard to match, at least if the cost is taken into account.

But what were the results and how should we interpret them? Horses that were given Lasix had less blood in the trachea (windpipe) when scoped after racing than when they were given a placebo (salt water).

Lasix did not, however, abolish EIPH completely. The degree of bleeding is most commonly scored by grading the amount of blood in the trachea after exercise on a 0-4 scale, with 0 being no blood and 4 meaning the trachea would be awash with blood. In this study there was a small number of horses that had severe bleeding (grades 3 and 4) when running without Lasix, but none when running with Lasix. In addition, twice the number of horses had no blood in the trachea when they ran with Lasix compared to when they ran without it. This does not mean that Lasix abolished bleeding completely. Blood would still have been present in the smaller airways of the lung, but would not have been visible with a scope in the windpipe. This study is very fortunate for the U.S. racing authorities who originally changed the rules to allow Lasix in the absence of any data on efficacy.

So is this study sufficient grounds for a

reconsideration of Lasix? If so, what could be some of the added complications of such a change in race day medication rules?

There is never such a thing as a perfect experiment. We all strive for it, but usually there are limitations and many of these are not apparent until after we have completed the work. In this study there are very few obvious flaws. The first may be that the use of Lasix in this population of horses before they took part in the study was not described. Therefore some horses would have been trained on Lasix and some would not. This could potentially affect the response to Lasix in the study. Even though Lasix is not permitted for use on race days in South Africa, like the U.K., regulated use of Lasix in training to manage the more severe bleeders is common A second observation concerns the reliability of a single post-race or posttraining scoping to classify a horse’s grade of bleeding. Studies over the past 30 years have suggested that if any population of racehorses anywhere in the world is scoped once after racing, between 40-75% of horses will have some blood in the trachea. But, in a 2002 study by Dr. Ric Birks in the USA, it was shown that if any horse was scoped on three separate occasions after racing, it would have blood in the trachea after at least one of those races. Therefore bleeding is

variable and a single scoping may not be as accurate as multiple assessments in terms of classifying a horse as a bleeder or a horse’s “normal” grade of bleeding.

My third observation is that the dose of Lasix given was 500mg (or 10ml). The normal dose permitted in most U.S. racing jurisdictions is 250mg (or 5ml). Why was double the normal dose chosen for this study? There is no explanation of this as far as I can see in the published paper.

Certainly, one could speculate that a higher dose of Lasix would give a better chance of success. But if other racing jurisdictions decided to implement Lasix in racing, would they choose the commonly used 250mg dose or the 500mg dose used in this study?

If they wanted to be sure of obtaining the same effect as demonstrated in this study then they should go with the 500mg dose.

And now to my major concerns. This study showed that when Lasix was given ONCE it produced a small but significant reduction in the amount of blood in the trachea. But it didn’t show what happens when Lasix is used in training and in racing repeatedly over the course of a number of weeks, months or even a racing season.

Does it have the same effect every time? At present there are no studies that show that Lasix produces the same effect with repeated use. Therefore, we have no evidence that it reduces EIPH by the same amount with repeated use over time. Many racetrack vets have reported that they see a reduction in urine production with long term repeated use of Lasix. This would be consistent with the tolerance that develops from repeated use of many drugs. This fact is particularly well established with Lasix use in humans and other species where repeated use causes the kidney to adapt, resulting in reduced efficacy. That means you give the same dose of furosemide but you get less urine produced and therefore less beneficial effect in terms of reduction in bleeding.

Another major concern is the use of the term “prevention of EIPH” in the Hinchcliff paper. The authors use the words “prevent,” ”prevention,” “preventing,” or “preventative” in the title and throughout the paper a total of 16 times, but we know that Lasix reduces EIPH but has never been shown to prevent it. In fact the authors use “reduction” themselves in relation to their results on around five separate occasions.

Am I being picky? Yes. Is this just semantics? No. Prevention and reduction are not interchangeable words. Lasix may prevent the appearance of blood in the trachea but it will not prevent EIPH. This is because even when there is no blood in the trachea there can still be significant amounts of blood in the smaller airways – it’s just not visible when you scope the horse. In fact, we have observed that normal healthy horses at rest have as few as 10 red blood cells per ISSUE 15 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 23

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Human hair

Blood-Gas Barrier

1/100th of the thickness of a human hair, the blood-gas barrier is very thin

microliter of deep lung wash (known as a bronchoalveolar lavage) and that this can increase after intense exercise to as much as 13,000 red blood cells per microliter, and yet blood will still not be visible in the trachea. This paper showed that Lasix can reduce the amount of blood in the trachea in some horses and it can prevent blood appearing in the trachea in other horses.

They still experience EIPH, but at a reduced severity. This is not semantics but an important difference between reduction of EIPH and prevention of EIPH. There is no current treatment that can prevent EIPH. At this stage it may be useful to explain how Lasix works to reduce EIPH. Lasix is a type of drug known as a loop diuretic.

Normally in the process of filtration of blood by the kidneys to produce urine, a large amount of electrolytes are absorbed back into the body. However Lasix reduces this reabsorption of electrolytes and the fluid (essentially water) “follows” the electrolytes out of the body resulting in an increased volume of urine being produced.

The increased loss of fluids causes a mild dehydration. This dehydration has been shown to reduce the blood pressure in the blood vessels in the lung and this is our understanding of why there is reduced bleeding after Lasix.

However, Lasix also has a performanceenhancing effect that is totally unrelated to reducing EIPH. As any trainer, jockey or gambler will be aware, less weight carried means better performance. Thus a horse that has just urinated half a bucket is suddenly running 16lbs lighter. This performance-enhancing effect has been clearly proven in studies in the U.S., but not considered in this study.

On the face of it should we embrace this

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“Lasix reduces reabsorption of electrolytes and the fluid ‘follows’ the electrolytes out of the body resulting in an increased volume of urine being produced” apparent advance in understanding of the effects of Lasix under field conditions, which of course are similar to those already reported under laboratory (treadmill) conditions? Not before consideration of a few relevant issues. Firstly, is it to be given only to bleeders? If so, simply scope any horse three times and you will have a bleeder, at least by the definition of blood in the trachea after racing. Secondly, what dose of Lasix should be allowed? A common dosing regimen in the U.S. is 250mg of furosemide given intravenously at least 4 hours before racing. Great. All horses can get the same dose, so it’s a level playing field.

Not quite, unfortunately. Studies have demonstrated that even on the same dose of furosemide, some horses will urinate the equivalent of a few pounds and others up to 50 lbs. Sure if you are the trainer of the horse that looses 50lbs you will be very happy. But this unpredictable and variable response between horses complicates matters tremendously.

What about the betting public? It would be presumably stated (if Lasix were introduced in countries which do not currently allow it) in the race card if a horse had been given Lasix. Thus, bettors might feel that they had sufficient information on which to decide how to bet. But the variable

effect of Lasix complicates the matter and there is the potential for the betting public to become rapidly and seriously disillusioned with a subsequent dramatic and potentially crippling loss of income.

This muddying of the waters with respect to performance is possibly the biggest threat to stability. The U.S. has grown up with Lasix and adapted to it over many years. It is now considered a “normal” part of racing. What damage could the sudden introduction of a complicated and poorly understood (at least by the racing public) medication do to racing? And a further complication, at least for the regulatory bodies, is the known effect of Lasix being able to mask other drugs that may have been given to a horse which should not be present on race days.

There is also the additional cost to owners of a system to administer and regulate Lasix use to consider. Lasix also has the potential to cause electrolyte depletion and imbalance in horses being treated regularly, which would be a further complication for trainers and their vets to have to manage.

Now we can turn to consider the welfare angle. Certainly it would be desirable to reduce the level of EIPH in racehorses. As far as epistaxis (blood coming from the nose) is concerned, it’s quite rare – around 1

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per 1000 starts – and not often a cause of fatality. It would certainly be advantageous to reduce the number of horses bleeding visibly on racetracks, but it’s not clear if Lasix would do this. Is there any evidence that Lasix reduces the prevalence of epistaxis in countries where its use is permitted in racing? It doesn’t appear so.

While most focus may actually be on the bleeding that occurs in racing, we may want to equally direct attention to what occurs in training. Even if a horse races 10 times in a season, and even taking into account that the level of bleeding at home would likely be lower than in a race, the cumulative damage done to the lungs over a season by training will almost certainly be in excess of that caused by a few races. So actually, from a welfare and a performance perspective (because accumulated lung damage over time will lead to decreased lung function and performance) we need to manage EIPH in training and racing. The sheer cost of addressing this with Lasix would be prohibitive for all but the richest owners.

What other treatments are available for

bleeders? A quick surf on the web will provide you with perhaps over 50 “guaranteed” treatments for bleeders. These will range from the straightforward such as herbal supplements to the bizarre. One interesting treatment for bleeders is aminocaproic acid, which is permitted to be used on race day in some U.S. jurisdictions.

Aminocaproic acid is interesting because, like Lasix, its use was introduced before any conclusive evidence of efficacy. A study from Kansas State University published in 2008 showed that aminocaproic acid did not reduce bleeding and there was also evidence that it had a negative effect on performance!

It’s also a close relative in terms of its action to tranexamic acid, which although not permitted for raceday use in the U.S. is a widely-used treatment for bleeders in training in some parts of the world.

When it comes to treatments that have undergone scientific scrutiny and have been proven to reduce bleeding, they can be counted on one hand. In addition to Lasix, we have nasal strips and concentrated equine serum. In the case of concentrated

equine serum, there is currently only one scientific study showing a decrease in the numbers of red blood cells in the airways of horses after a five-week course of treatment.

The treatment for which currently there is the best evidence as an effective treatment for bleeding is the nasal strip, with four laboratory and two field studies which demonstrated reduction in bleeding. And in the study where horses were exercised maximally, as in a race, the nasal strip reduced bleeding by the same amount as did Lasix. So on the basis of scientific evidence, if Lasix is to be allowed on race days in Europe and elsewhere, then so should nasal strips. In fact, picking between two treatments which appear to be equally effective in reducing EIPH, one might suggest that a treatment that is visible to all concerned, including the racing and betting public, consistent from race to race and mechanical, and therefore in line with the use of other permitted mechanical devices such as tongue ties, might well have a stronger claim than that being put forward for Lasix. I

“At present there are no studies that show that Lasix produces the same effect with repeated use”

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Economics of Feeding Horses in Training Is there room for savings?

Lower price forage is not worth having if the quality is poor Forage is probably one of the first elements of the diet that should be examined for potential cost savings, given that it represents a large proportion of the annual feeding bill.

Extreme care needs to be taken when reevaluating the stable’s source of forage as there are many factors apart from simply price that need to be considered including: G Microbiological cleanliness G Nutritional content G Palatability G Consistency of supply A lower price is not worth having if, for example, the alternative forage is not consistently clean from a microbiological point of view. Forage that harbors a high mold count or that is contaminated with mycotoxins is known to contribute to respiratory disease. Veterinary management of respiratory conditions can quickly diminish any short-term cost advantage of lower quality forage. American and Canadian hay has a reputation for consistent quality and in general terms can deliver a good balance of nutritional value and microbiological cleanliness. Regular and thorough laboratory analysis is a good investment to establish the continued suitability of forage for a racing yard.

However, laboratory costs are not insignificant and need to be factored in to any price comparisons.

Forage prices will vary not only due to the type of forage but also the quantity purchased in a single lot and also to a certain extent by region primarily due to transport

While economic efficiency within any business is important to maintain profitability, there has been a particular focus on cost saving recently within the racing industry as a result of the underlying economic climate. Feeding is an area where economies can be made, but for best effect any cost savings should not compromise the quality of the ration to the detriment of health or performance. Equally, however, we should not shy away from a critical evaluation of our feeding management on a regular basis, especially if there is an element of sticking to the same way of feeding just because ‘it’s always been done like that.’ In this article, Dr Catherine Dunnett BSc, PhD, R.Nutr. with the contribution of Dr Steve Jackson, focus on areas of potential cost saving within a racing ration, while trying to highlight any possible problems that could arise. and associated costs. For example, for Timothy hay you may expect to pay near to $300 per tonne in Kentucky, but this may be nearer to $380-390 per tonne in New York or California. Similarly Alfalfa hay, which is more expensive could range from $450 in Kentucky to $500 in New York.

Another forage option that is currently little used in the US but which is increasingly popular in racing stables in the UK, is haylage. Haylage offers a good nutritional profile and is more economical than higher-priced hay in the UK where transport costs from the US or Canada must be factored in. Whether in big or small bales, well-made haylage is usually consistently

clean and so can offer a lower respiratory risk than poorer quality hay. The fermentation that occurs during haylage processing involves the production of acids that inhibit the growth of mold and yeast, which are a potential hazard to the horse’s respiratory system. However, one proviso when weighing the cost of haylage versus hay is to consider the difference in dry matter or water content. The dry matter content of hay is usually found between 8590%, leaving a water content of 10-15%. In contrast, much of the haylage fed to horses in training has a 60-70% dry matter, leaving a moisture content of 30-40%. From a health perspective, 25% more haylage than ISSUE 15 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 27

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hay should really be fed to achieve a comparative dry matter intake and this of course needs to be factored into your cost calculations.

There can be opportunities for savings through the racing season by using more than one forage source. Feeding Timothy hay together with alfalfa allows some economy as the ratio fed can be changed for individual horses as work dictates and also at different times of the year e.g. in and out of the racing season. The added benefit of feeding two sources of forage is that the quantity of forage eaten is often improved, which is a great advantage especially in horses at risk of gastric ulceration.

There can be differences in the weight and size of hay bales and so irrespective of the forage type, all cost comparison calculations need to be done on a similar basis i.e. per ton. Consideration must also be given to the dry matter content, particularly with respect to haylage and also the ultimate amount that will be fed daily.

Feeding straights offers cost savings but also some potential problems Concentrate feed is another area to be focused upon. While there may be some differences in price between different manufacturers for similar feeds, again when switching manufacturer there is a lot more than price to consider such as: G Parity of products in terms of ingredients and vitamin and mineral content – lower priced products can often have a lower content of important vitamins and minerals including antioxidants such as vitamin E. G Flexibility and customer service including availability and supply – good customer service and flexibility of supply are intangible but nevertheless worthwhile aspects to consider.

G Quality assurance, especially with respect to naturally occurring prohibited substances in feed (NOPS) – Inadvertent contamination of feed with a prohibited substance e.g. morphine could make ration savings a costly exercise. Trainers need to be aware of manufacturers’ quality assurance processes in this respect. There have been a few high profile cases of morphine contamination of feed in Europe due to the recent increase in licensed production of morphine poppies in some sectors of agriculture.

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little difference between them in terms of nutritional value or quality.

Other feeding regimes involving the use of straight feedstuffs may also be worth consideration. Feeding straights can deliver some cost advantages, especially where economies of scale can be enjoyed. Oats for example are available at between $10-15 for a 50lb sack, whereas a proprietary racing mix may be $14.50-18.00 for a similar sized sack. Again these prices would depend on volume purchased and region of the US. Oats, however, will require further fortification in terms of vitamins and minerals if fed alone. A ration composed partially of straights e.g. oats in conjunction with an oat balancer could be considered, or alternatively a full ration of straights e.g. oats and alfalfa with some additional linseed or vegetable oil.

Any ration that consists exclusively of straight ingredients would require a good vitamin and mineral supplement or balancer to balance the ration. Also in this respect, care is required to ensure that the overall calcium to phosphorus content (Ca/P) of the diet is optimized. A ratio of ~ one pound of alfalfa to each two pounds of oats fed will usually ensure a suitable Ca/P ratio.

If an oat balancer or alfalfa is not fed, then an additional source of calcium such as from limestone is likely to be required above that provided within any broad spectrum vitamin and mineral supplement.

Oat balancers can appear to be expensive in comparison to traditional bagged racing feed; however, this is offset by the lower amount required per day and the lower cost of the accompanying oats. Another word of caution, however, is to choose a balancer that is specified to function as an oat balancer and therefore delivers an appropriate level of calcium and vitamins and minerals to balance the whole diet successfully.

Other common ingredients such as full fat micronized soya or micronized linseed, fed in conjunction with oats, offer good quality protein and a rich source of vegetable oil. An increase in oil intake helps to increase the energy density of the diet and therefore reduces the reliance on feeding large quantities of oats to satisfy the increasing need for energy. Sugar beet is not a traditionally used ingredient in racing, but one which has some excellent properties.

Besides being a relatively inexpensive ingredient, sugar beet delivers a high level of easily fermentable fiber, some simple carbohydrate and bioavailable calcium.

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diet is delivered and some guidance at the start can be helpful. It perhaps also needs to be taken into consideration that in contrast to a more complicated straights ration, the traditional racing cube requires less expertise from the person in charge of feeding and less time to prepare and feed. Also with a straights ration you may be more exposed to the issue of NOPS in feed, as the straight ingredients are less likely to have undergone the relevant quality control analysis prior to sale and such analysis is likely to be cost prohibitive to undertake on small volumes of ingredients as an individual trainer.

A worthwhile supplement will have a proven track record Feed supplements can provide great scope for cost savings within a racing ration. My approach to supplements, where cost savings must be made, is actually quite simple and involves separating the ‘nice to have’ from the ‘need to have’ products. Firstly to justify my continued use of a supplement, I would be looking for some evidence of efficacy from the manufacturing company, either from their own trials or from general scientific published work. Any supplement that had not proven itself to have clear and definable benefits for health and or performance during its practical use in the barn would come under extra scrutiny.

With the exception of products that offer a preventative or protection angle, I would also move away from a ‘blanket’ approach to supplement use, or in other words, I would use specific supplements for particular horses where an issue is identified: for example, a hoof supplement being given to those horses with poor quality or slow growing horn, or those with a history of this problem in the recent past. In horses where gastric ulceration has been a problem, once the ulcers have been treated, I would try making modifications to the diet and management to reduce their likely recurrence thus reducing the need for ongoing veterinary treatment or reliance on ‘antacid’ or other such supplements. For example, meal size can be reduced and meal frequency increased.

The quantity of forage fed can be increased and some alfalfa could be introduced into the diet. Allowing these horses access to grazing within a small paddock and moving them to a quieter part of the yard may also help.

Electrolytes are an important part of the racing diet, but cost savings are possible. The requirement for the major electrolytes potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium is generally met by the basic racing ration when using proprietary feeds and it is quite often only sodium which is normally required in addition. Table salt, which is a good value alternative to proprietary electrolyte, consists of ~40% sodium and so is ideally placed to satisfy this supplementary requirement. Ordinary salt is also likely to contain more sodium than a proprietary electrolyte supplement and so the quantity required is often lower. Horses in training can typically require 25-75g of table salt per day depending on level of training and other factors such as the weather and this should always be split between two to three feeds to prevent any issue with palatability.

When making cost comparisons between supplements, this should always be done by comparing the level of active ingredient delivered, otherwise it is not a fair or useful comparison. Again, consideration needs to be given to quality assurance from the manufacturer. Supplements can also become contaminated inadvertently with prohibited substances and although they may represent a ‘lower risk’ due to the generally small amount fed compared to feed, this risk should not simply be ignored.

In summary, where ‘needs must’ there are many areas of economy within the training diet that can be considered for cost savings and although they may not amount to much on a day-today basis, over a year they can be substantial. However, cost saving needs to be an informed choice to ensure that quality standards and consistency in supply are not compromised. I ISSUE 15 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 29

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IVE me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...” who can gallop Thoroughbreds in early morning darkness, breeze them in desired times over specified distances, break them from a starting gate...

This amended version of the Statue of Liberty’s message might as well be at the gates to any backstretch in America – there are that many foreign exercise riders plying their trade in the United States. English, Irish, even Scandinavian riders, and an occasional South African constitute a modern-day melting pot on American racetracks.

What has brought them to America is not too far from what has always led immigrants “across the pond.” The U.S. is still the “Golden Door,” to borrow again from the Statue of Liberty, or more precisely, the door to gold for “Euros” of the human variety.

Gold as in pay, however, is actually a relative term. Exercise riders in the U.S. earn anywhere from $600 to $800 a week – comparable to what is paid in pounds or euros in, say, Newmarket or Kildare. But what is required to earn the wage is as different as a Newmarket training yard is from a shedrow at Aqueduct.

In simplest terms, exercise riding in the U.S. is, well, riding. In Europe it’s riding plus work, and a lot of it. Speaking of her homeland, Leigh Hogben of Kent, England, said, “It’s more of a farm environment. You have three or four horses to look after, and they are your responsibility. You feed them.

You muck their stalls. Then you ride and come back and groom them. You hold the horses for the blacksmith. You do everything – turn them out, bring them in, take the horses racing.”

Hogben, who rides for Graham Motion at Fair Hills Training Center in Maryland and other U.S. locations where Motion stables, states the obvious: “It’s longer days.”

In the U.S. exercise riders may be on as many as eight horses in a day, but be done by 11 a.m. – all without touching a rub rag, brush or pitchfork. In short, riders in the U.S. earn roughly double what their European counterparts do if a comparison is made on an hourly wage basis.

“I gallop the horses here, and I work in a bar a couple of nights a week and do other stuff. You have a lot more free time,” said Hogben, who travels to the training facility at Palm Meadows in Florida in the winter.

Exercise riding in Europe, on the other hand, according to Hogben, “occupies your whole life.”

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The United States is an increasingly popular destination for foreign exercise riders, despite the difficult process of getting a green card. Ken Snyder finds out why on a set you’re sitting on a horse for 45 minutes to an hour, and it’s a long walk to the exercise grounds and a long walk home.”

Michael Snee, also an Irishman from Dublin in Kenneally’s barn, came to America in September of last year, and recalled times when riding one set might take two hours back home.

“You stay on their back and you just keep walking them around.”

A difference in the amount of work is not the sole reason for moving to America for many Europeans. There is the same pull westward across the Atlantic experienced by the European ancestors of the overwhelming majority of Americans.

“As a young kid, I always wanted to come to America,” said Ken McCarthy, assistant trainer and exercise rider for Bill Mott at Churchill Downs and a native of Tipperary, Ireland.

Michele Devilliers-Brookfield of Capetown, South Africa, who gallops for Kenny McPeek at Keeneland, shared McCarthy’s desire. Given a choice between

college or travel abroad, she chose America.

“I had always wanted to come here,” she said.

A background in Thoroughbred breeding in France led to a natural curiosity in the American racing industry for Christophe Lorieul. “I was very interested in the farms in Kentucky and the stallions,” said Lorieul, who is an assistant trainer and exercise rider for Christophe Clement on the New York racing circuit.

Others, like Hanne Jorgenson, a native of Nittedal, Norway, moved to America for a reason, perhaps understandable given her homeland’s weather. “It was about November 27th or so back home in 1999. I was reducing really hard to make weight [she was a jockey in Norway and Denmark], I was riding a couple of really bad horses, and it was snowing. You couldn't see the quarter pole from where I was on the track that day. I went in, packed up my tack, ordered myself a plane ticket to Miami, and never looked back.”

She had, while still a resident of Norway, learned of the wonders of Miami in the

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Returning from morning exercise in England

In Newmarket, when you go out on a set you’re sitting on a horse for 45 minutes to an hour, and it’s a long walk to the exercise grounds and a long walk home Brendan Walsh

Leigh Hogben and her husband Xavier Aizpuru ride out for fellow expatriate Graham Motion

winter when she would come over and gallop horses for the late Scotty Schulhofer at Hialeah. She has been an exercise rider for 10 years in the U.S., and has worked for Randy Morse, Helen Pitts-Blasi, Kenny McPeek and now Rusty Arnold at his Churchill Downs barn.

A desire to live and work in the U.S. for whatever reason is, of course, only that – a desire – without a visa. Depending on European country of origin, that can be as simple as getting a green card through a lottery, like McCarthy did while in Ireland, or enduring a process that Julia Helbling of Kent, England, described as “very, very tough and very, very expensive.”

Worse still, the process is one without guarantees. “Price is the biggest obstacle.

Many people pick a lawyer who say they know what they’re doing and end up being strung up for it,” said Helbling, who has ridden at private farms in Virginia and racetracks in the Midwestern and Eastern U.S. for 13 years, So difficult is the process, at least for a native of England, Helbling said, that she was advised only half-jokingly by her immigration lawyer to get married as it would be the easiest way of staying legal in the U.S. It took her eight years to get her green card.

Even marriage to an American is not the easy solution it once was as “green-card marriages” have come under scrutiny by immigration authorities. DevilIiersBrookfield, who is married to American Glen Brookfield – an assistant trainer to Albert Stall – attested to how things have changed. “I still have to apply for my green card. I still have to wait, and I have to go for interviews.” U.S. immigration officials, according to DevilIiers-Brookfield, want to see more than just a marriage license. “We have to prove we have a house together;

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they want to see bank statements – anything we have with both our names on it. It’s a pain in the behind, it really is.”

Taking on the challenges and expense of visas and green cards might be necessary, however, for reasons beyond a desire for easier work, travel or better weather. The European racing industry produces, in comparison to the U.S., a ready-made field of trained exercise riders thanks to wellestablished and highly proficient apprentice schools in places like Kildare, Chantilly and Newmarket. By contrast, the U.S. offers Chris McCarron’s North American Racing Academy in Kentucky, which was established in 2005, and a few, much smaller, programs for aspiring riders. The result is ready-to-ride Europeans with, perhaps, too few places to work...unless the U.S. is considered.

Not just the training but the age for matriculation at European apprentice schools might seem to also prepare Europeans for emigration to America.

Christophe Lorieul left his native Mayenne in northwest France for Chantilly at age 14, and Michael Snee departed Dublin for Kildare at 15. Maturity comes quicker to Europeans, in essence, readying them, perhaps, for a transatlantic move. Snee, who is 20 and has been away from hearth and home for a full five years, said without hesitation that he isn’t homesick in the U.S. The European racing industry, too, offers fewer opportunities for well-trained riders seeking career advancement or positions as assistant trainers and trainers.

“It’s a lot more difficult back home for a young guy like me to get started,” said Walsh, who has galloped horses and been an assistant to countryman Kenneally for two years. “If you don’t have a strong training background, it’s very hard. It’s not like here, where you have a dozen horses, you get the stalls at the track, you train at the track. Over there [Europe] you have to have your own facility, in most places. If you don’t have your own facility you can train at one of the major training centers, but you pay huge fees. And then prize money is so much better [in the U.S.] and the whole system in making horses pay here is better. It is so much harder to make horses pay over there.”

Walsh, who learned riding at the apprentice school in Kildare, Ireland, and who, for three years, was an assistant trainer/rider in Newmarket, touched on age-old prejudices and realities peculiar to Irish/English relations. “Especially in England, it is tough for Irish guys. They won’t put you up the ladder too quick.

There’s a bit of that there still, you know. A lot of big English trainers are a little bit still from the old gentry.”

Lorieul, who left France to work with Queen Elizabeth’s horses in West Isley,

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Brendan Walsh and Michael Snee, employees of Irishman Eddie Kenneally, at Gulfstream Park

“You can learn a lot in Europe, but here you learn in a different way because of different training methods. ” Christophe Lorieul England, before coming to America, said opportunities extend beyond the ability to move up the ladder in a training operation.

“I’ve learned a lot as far as my personal horsemanship regarding every aspect of the horse – more leg-wise than anything else because we train on harder surfaces than Europe, so you encounter a lot more problems than you do back in Europe.”

In his 15-year stint working for Christophe Clement, Lorieul has traveled to Japan and Dubai, opportunities he believes he wouldn’t have experienced had he stayed in France. As well, his travels throughout the U.S. have given him a unique perspective on differences between racing in the U.S. versus Europe. “You can learn a lot in Europe, but here you learn in a different way because of different training methods. You see and meet different people and the way they do things. In Europe, if you stay in France, whether you’re going to the south of France or the middle of France, people do things the same. You go to different parts of the U.S., you’re going to see different methods.

I’m talking about East Coast versus West Coast when you go out to California.”

It is the very length and breadth of the U.S. that captivates Julia Helbling. “The horizons are further away. The sky’s bigger.

Everything’s bigger.”

There is for Helbling a sense of a different culture or feel to the U.S. “In England you buy your house at a certain age. You have children at a certain age. It’s not so nomadic.

“Over here, you can be nomadic and it’s acceptable. I’m very much a free spirit and I like that over here.”

With a laugh, she acknowledged that her parents back home wonder when she is going to “leave the ‘circus,’ return home to England and get a ‘proper job.’”

Returning to their native land is, of course, a thing always in the back of any expatriate’s mind, but rarely “top-of-mind” for any number of reasons. Hogben’s husband, Xavier Aizpuru, also a native of England, has been the top steeplechase rider here in the U.S. in two of the last three years. Success, obviously, will prolong a stay in the U.S. for some time if not permanently.

Lorieul, who visits France annually during the December holidays but who has bought a house in New York and has an American-born daughter, doesn’t think he will ever return for good.

One thing is probably certain, though, and that is that scores of Europeans like Lorieul, Helbling and many others, will, if not searching for “liberty,” probably always leave home for America. “It’s a choice you make in life,” said Lorieul. “The U.S., because it’s such a large country, really is the land of opportunity.” I

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I was asked to write this article the day before a child on a bicycle plowed into me, writes Niki Luciani (née Sweetnam), severing the tendon in my right leg. While human beings can be encased in plaster and given a set of crutches to hobble about on for a few months, horses cannot. Forty-eight hours after my accident I heard of a man in Greece who had suffered multiple heart problems and as a result had to have a special pump implanted in his heart to circulate the blood necessary to keep him alive. The medical team then injected stem cells into the muscle tissue to encourage repair so that the heart would eventually regain sufficient strength enough to function properly again.

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N ITALIAN research team has just published a pioneering study of how equine stem cells can best be isolated, cultured and subsequently subdivided for diverse usage to best advance current veterinary treatments for the horse. Equine theriogenologist Professor Gaetano Mari, from the University of Bologna, leads a nine-strong team of specialists who are conducting research in an area of veterinary medicine which is rapidly changing the way equine injuries are treated, and, despite ethical and moral issues surrounding the use of human stem cells, is also rapidly changing the face of human medicine.

Their research is being funded by the MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca), which is the Italian Ministry for Education and Research.

While traditional medicine has been based on improving surgical techniques and trialing and refining the use of drugs, stem cell therapy was first used back in the 1950s when human bone marrow transplants were trialed to cure leukemia sufferers. Stem cell therapy can be defined as the stimulation of previously irreparable organs to heal themselves by stimulating the growth of living tissues to repair or even replace damaged tissues and organs. It thus can be used to treat everything from laminitis to a fractured cannon bone to a weakened heart muscle to a simple skin lesion that refuses to heal. This is an area of medicine that is progressing so rapidly that by the time this article goes to press there will already have been further advancements, such as the use of platelet rich plasma, which is the isolation of platelets from a concentrated blood sample which are then introduced to the injury site, where they release growth factors to speed up repair, a treatment still very much in its infancy. The Bologna team

is one of a number of researchers worldwide racing to make the next breakthrough in stem cell medicine.

Compared to human bone marrow transplants, the use of mesenchymal stem cells (a type of adult stem cell) in the repair of injuries in the horse is a recent field of veterinary therapy that has seen marked reductions in repair time and injury recurrence in the last decade. The high propensity for horses and particularly Thoroughbred racehorses to incur serious tendon lesions that necessitate long rest periods not suited to their hot blood means that there has been no shortage of “guinea pigs.” Even though the injury may be a straightforward and very common one, the complications that stall rest imposes both mentally and physically on a Thoroughbred often turn the treatment time on its head and lead to secondary problems that become insurmountable, such as the welldocumented onset of laminitis in the supporting limb in the case of Barbaro. For Barbara Merlo, a key member of the research group

those managing equine athletes it is not just the speed of the recovery time that matters, it is the quality of this time, and the quality of the repaired damage, too. The tendon must regain full elasticity and the tendon fibers their full strength; a measure of the success of stem cell therapy can be said to be the low recurrence rate of such injuries.

Most mesenchymal stem cells, while found in a variety of different body tissues, are generally isolated from bone marrow or adipose tissue for clinical purposes and have the potential to develop the characteristics of bone, cartilage, muscle or tendon once planted in the seat of injury. However, their quality and quantity decrease with age as does their potential to transform into the specific kind of cell necessary to repair an injury site. The further disadvantage is that isolating bone marrow from a 3-year-old Thoroughbred is not the most straightforward of tasks! This means that alternative sources of stem cells have been sought with the focus on embryonic stem cells which derive directly from the embryo and umbilical cord blood.

At the University of Bologna, Professor Mari’s research team has been working for months on a method of isolating stem cells from amniotic fluid, the birth membrane (placental tissues), the umbilical cord, and Wharton’s jelly (a glutinous substance found within the umbilical cord and a rich cell source) without adverse consequences on the health and well-being of either the mare or the newborn foal because they can be obtained non-invasively. Further isolation of stem cells with very similar qualities to mesenchymal stem cells from those collected at birth from the mare and foal has been difficult in that not enough can be isolated in a sufficiently sterile environment, but it is these placentalderived cells that have greater potential for growth and diversification than cells derived from other tissues or at a later stage in a horse’s life.

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Mesenchymal stem cells isolated in equine amniotic fluid

Professor Mari’s study group sought to investigate whether the donor animal, the tissue from which the cells were isolated and the method of isolation could influence the number of stem cells that would be available for transplantation after a short expansion (multiplication) period. The group focused on a kind of cell found in the amniotic fluid which resembles something between embryonic and adult stem cells in terms of its make-up, but with a higher capacity for proliferation and diversification. The matter is removed by use of a syringe and the cells are then isolated by a process of incubation, followed by repeated centrifuging and resuspension in a culture medium until finally the cell lineages can be incubated in small flasks and cultured at body temperature.

The Bologna team has managed to achieve a 66.7% isolation rate for cell samples taken from amniotic fluid, 85.7% for those taken from Wharton’s Jelly, and 100% from cord blood. Such high isolation rates and the speed at which the cells then proliferate means that within a few days there is a sufficient quantity for a treatment, even if the exact timing, frequency and dosage of the administration is not yet a precise science in this particular field of therapy, but initial results from case studies are highly encouraging.

An important part of the group study was to devise a way of culturing these special cells that would be capable of increasing their lifespan, bearing in mind that those of us who breed an animal of significant value, from the residual value of the broodmare to the investment in a nomination fee and the production of the subsequent foal to its point of sale, need a storage method that would be valid for a minimum of a four-year cycle, i.e. from birth to racetrack performance. Their findings indicate that cells can effectively be isolated from both bone marrow and adipose tissue sources and their proliferation enhanced by use of a

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“The complications that box rest imposes both mentally and physically on a thoroughbred often turn the treatment time on its head and lead to secondary problems that become insurmountable” culture medium without negatively affecting the cells’ potential to divide and multiply further to create the necessary kind of repair tissue required at the injury site. Finally, the study proved that the collection, expansion and subsequent freezing of mesenchymal stem cells could be performed for future therapeutic use and the group examined and identified what were the optimal clinical conditions for such treatment.

For breeders, the determining factor will of course be how much this would cost and whether the animal’s athletic potential warranted the expenditure. Could it be that in ten years’ time a logo will appear on the catalogue page of Thoroughbreds whose cells have been harvested and stored, effectively an insurance against the risk of a career-ending injury? At the rate this field of medicine is progressing it would not be surprising. Doctor Barbara Merlo, a key member of the research group, explained that for less than €1000 the University of

Bologna already offers the isolation and freeze-storage of stem cells in their biotechnology labs, and that in Europe there are already companies specialized in stem cell commerce. She hopes that in five years’ time a standard veterinary protocol will have been established for the most common forms of treatment requiring stem cell therapy, that even more new applications of the technique will have been discovered, and that there will be a network of “banks” for the conservation of different cell types. For those of the old school of medicine who are still skeptical she points out that stem cell therapy is not a replacement for surgical intervention and the correct administration of drugs; rather, it is an enhancement of traditional medicine which maximizes the chances of full recovery, with the additional benefits of a dramatically reduced recovery time and the virtual elimination of scar tissue. I

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Track president Ron Stevens overseas two of his charges on the Aiken Training track

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T’S nestled quietly in the beauty and charm of the Deep South, and for nearly seven decades, some of Thoroughbred racing’s most successful horses have trained over the hallowed ground of the Aiken Training Track. A total of 39 champions have been conditioned over the facility’s surface adding to the mystique of the track in the small southern city as the training facility continues to make a resounding statement in one of the industry’s most idyllic settings: Aiken, South Carolina’s historic horse district.

But it’s not just the track’s rich history that has caught people’s attention, it’s the consistently high level of quality horses that are broken and trained at the Aiken Training Track, and their ability to compete against the nation’s best and on the world’s biggest stages. The 2009 Breeders’ Cup featured five entries who had trained over the facility’s surface: Spring Hill Farm’s Nite Light and Quality Road; Dogwood Stable’s Aikenite; Godolphin’s Midshipman; and Robert and Janice McNair’s Cowboy Cal. The Aiken Training Track was established in 1941 by father-and-son horsemen Fred and William Post. The facility features a one-mile track with a red clay base and sandy loam cushion, and a 5/8-mile sand track.

Those who train there have access to a turf course, and are within hacking distance of Aiken’s renowned Hitchcock Woods, a 2,100-acre urban forest. The city’s horse district offers ample dirt roads to provide trainers with a variety of ways to condition and keep horses fit. The Aiken Training Track also features a six-stall United Puett starting gate and published works.

Such historic owners as Greentree, Rokeby, Charles Engelhard’s Cragwoood, Brookmeade, Phipps, Claiborne, Buckland, Bwamazon, Bostwick, du Pont, William Haggin Perry, Firestone, and Vanderbilt; and trainers MacKenzie “Mack” Miller, Woody Stephens, James Maloney, G.H. “Pete” Bostwick, William Burch, John Gaver, Buddy Raines, Mike Freeman, and Al Darlington, have been associated with Aiken.

The list of champions, Classic winners and stakes performers is a virtual Who’s Who, including Devil Diver, Gallorette, Conniver, Capot, Tom Fool, Kelso, Hawaii, Gamely, Shuvee, Stage Door Johnny, Halo, Relaxing, Smart Angle, Heavenly Cause, Pleasant Colony, Conquistador Cielo, Swale, Java Gold, Forty Niner, Pleasant Tap, Pleasant Stage, and Sea Hero.

Legacy Stable’s Ron Stevens, who is the track’s president, has been based at the Aiken Training Track since 1986, and has had a great deal of success for owners such as Dogwood and Spring Hill. A star-studded roster has gone through his program, among them 1990 Preakness winner Summer Squall; 1996 champion two-year-old filly and

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Set in a small southern town in South Carolina, the Aiken Training Track has developed into one of the world’s best training facilities. Ben Baugh discovers why so many champion racehorses have been associated with Aiken

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Storm Song; millionaires Summer Colony, Limehouse and Gygistar, and Grade 1 winners Christmas Kid, Cotton Blossom and Quality Road.

“I think there are a number of reasons why there’s been so much success with the horses who’ve trained in Aiken,” said Stevens.

“People have said it’s everything from the water to the grass. The racetrack is in wonderful condition and everybody is singing its praises. I think we have enough of

a season here and that’s healthy for the horses. I think the surface of the racetrack has proven itself over the years that it’s a good racetrack. It’s local cushion here. The horses thrive on it and they stay sound. I think the racetrack surface has a lot to do with it, that and the climate.”

And although some of the sport’s major families no longer have barns at the facility, many important owners still send their horses to trainers to be broken by trainers based at the Aiken Training Track, said Stevens.

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The track has nearly 300 horses in training – the most in a long time – for the 2009-2010 season, said Stevens. A new barn that was built in 2006 is completely full.

“I think the number of two-year-old winners that have come off of the training track is the best number we’ve had in years,” said Stevens, who produced 23 juvenile winners in 2009. “The horses are running from here; people seem to recognize that and want to come here. I’ve had to turn people away from the lack of stalls.”

Godolphin’s Midshipman, 2008 champion two-year-old and winner of the Del Mar Futurity and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, became the 39th champion from the Aiken Training Track. The colt was broken and trained by Tim Jones, who had previously worked for Robert and Janice McNair’s Stonerside Stable and is now training for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Darley Stable.

Among others the horses to receive early training from Jones in Aiken are multiple Grade 1 winner Congaree, who earned more than $3 million; Grade 1 winner Bob and John; multiple Grade 1 winner Country Star; and multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Cowboy Cal. “I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with and to continue to be able to work with quality horses,” said Jones. “There are a number of variables of why the Aiken Training Track is a great place to train a horse: the surface of the training track, the weather and the environment.”

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“The surface of the racetrack has proven itself over the years that it’s a good racetrack. It’s local cushion here. The horses thrive on it and they stay sound. I think the racetrack surface has a lot to do with it, that and the climate” Ron Stevens

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South Carolina’s climate is conducive to training Thoroughbreds as the area does experience cooler temperatures, but misses very few days of training. Horses that are conditioned in the Palmetto State seem to acclimate better when returning to the racetracks in the northeast and the Midwest because of having been exposed to the cooler temperatures, said Jones.

“There are successful horses that come from different training centers from all over the country,” said Jones. “I feel very fortunate to be here in Aiken. It’s a horseoriented community. People cater to the horsemen.”

Mike Keogh, who spends spring, summer and fall at Woodbine, winters at the Aiken Training Track. The former assistant to Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield has trained a number of major stakes winners, many of those for Gustav Schickedanz, including 2003 Canadian Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Wando; champion Woodcarver, who won the Queen’s Plate; Canadian champion sprinters Langfuhr and Glanmire; millionaire Mobil; and multiple graded stakes winner Last Answer.

“It’s nice and peaceful. It’s great for the yearlings,” said Keogh. “They get exposure to other horses but not too much exposure.

Some racetracks are really busy, but this is not. I really like it for the yearlings. The turnout facilities enable me to keep the babies out all day, and bring them in at feed time. The track itself is wonderful.”

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NE of Thoroughbred’s most recognizable owners has had its youngsters based in Aiken for nearly a quarter of a century. Dogwood Stable’s president Cot Campbell, the pioneer in Thoroughbred racing partnerships, made the move from Georgia to Aiken in 1986.

“When I decided to sell the farm in Georgia, I was looking for a place for the horses to train,” said Campbell. “Mack Miller was a good friend of mine, as were Mike Freeman and Frank Wright, and I came over here [Aiken] first. They were helpful in bringing us here, and they were anxious to have us, and thought we’d fit in well. They paved the way and made some facilities available for us. So, we came, and it was the logical thing to do. I loved the tradition of Aiken and the good horses that have come out of here. It was just the place you would want to be.”

Campbell is like so many other horsemen who have lauded Aiken for its vast number of variables that have made it a preferred destination to train horses and prepare them for their upcoming campaign.

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“It’s a concentration of high-class facilities and people, good veterinarians, blacksmiths and grooms.”

Cot Campbell in Ocala would have,” said Campbell. “The weather is good, and it’s in a great geographical location. It’s situated on the mainline between Kentucky and Florida and New Orleans and New York. It’s a concentration of high-class facilities and people, good veterinarians, blacksmiths and grooms. There are so many different factors coupled with the ambiance of the city and its appreciation for the horse. That’s what makes Aiken a great place to come to.”

The Aiken Trials have been a fixture at the facility since 1942, and are the first leg of what has come to be known as the Aiken Triple Crown. The event held each March attracts between 5,000 and 10,000 people, and serves as a great way to give young horses additional exposure before they go on to the races, and to tighten older horses as they prepare for their return to competition.

It was one of the sport’s greatest athletes, Bohemia Stable’s five-time Horse-of-theYear Kelso, who served as an inspiration to Campbell.

“I had always known Aiken, and when I was in Atlanta, I had associated it with the greatest tradition of racing,” said Campbell.

“I came to Aiken in 1963 or 1964 to see what I’m sure was the greatest horse who ever lived, Kelso. I came to see him work a half-mile. The son-of-a-gun clipped 47 seconds, just going around the track galloping. I’ll never forget that. It happened during the Aiken Trials.”

Suzy Haslup has conditioned her horses at the Aiken Training Track since 1993 after first looking at several other locations.

“When I came to Aiken, there was no comparison as far as facilities and the ease of making a move to some place for the first time,” said Haslup. “Ron Stevens made it very easy for that to happen.` “I understand Woody Stephens said, ‘If you bring a bad footed horse into Aiken, you’ll come out with a good footed horse.’

That’s true. It’s a great place to train, and there’s a relaxing atmosphere. The town is very horse-friendly, it’s easy to find housing, the help likes it here, and overall it’s just a great place to be,” Haslup concluded. I

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The filly Eight Belles finished a gallant second to Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby before suffering catastrophic condylar frac tures in both front fetlocks leaving the racetrack veterinarians with no option but euthanasia

Condylar fractures are arguably the most common type of fracture suffered by the Thoroughbred racehorse. However, veterinarians have given them a slightly cryptic ‘pet-name’ so that many do not understand them quite as well as they would like.

They are simply fractures of the lower cannon bone that extend into the fetlock joint and there are two types – outside or ‘lateral’ condylar fractures, and inside or ‘medial’ condylar fractures. By James Tate BVMS MRCVS

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RACTURES of the cannon bone are the most common fracture of the racehorse, and by far the most widely-seen type of cannon bone fracture is the ‘condylar fracture’ by which the front legs are more frequently affected than the hind legs, while outside or ‘lateral’ condylar fractures are seen more often than inside or ‘medial’ condylar fractures. All types of condylar fractures are common, from minor stress fractures to more serious displaced fractures. According to David Nunamaker, a leading researcher in the field of equine orthopedics and professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center, lateral condylar fractures are the most common type of fracture with which he is presented.

There are numerous examples of great racehorses that have suffered condylar fractures and had them successfully repaired, such as 2005 Preakness and Belmont winner Afleet Alex. However, severe, displaced, lateral condylar fractures like those suffered

by talented filly Eight Belles are also seen frequently and are in fact the most common cause of equine fatality on the racetrack in the United Kingdom (Parkin et al. Equine Veterinary Journal 2005).

An outside or lateral condylar fracture of the right fore fetlock. There is of ten swelling on the side of the fracture as well as increased joint fluid

Clinical Examination Unsurprisingly, the severity of the fracture determines the level of lameness and the amount of swelling associated with the fetlock joint and lower cannon bone.

Injuries can be caused by repeated stress or a single event but there is usually a specific time when the fracture becomes apparent.

For example, a severe displaced condylar fracture is usually found either during or shortly after exercising or racing; whereas a non-displaced ‘stress’ condylar fracture may be found at evening stables or indeed the day after it actually occurred.

As the fracture extends into the fetlock joint, there is usually an increased amount of joint fluid and the fetlock joint is sore to manipulate and flex. Generally, the more severe the fracture the easier it is to diagnose

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clinically, with displaced condylar fractures having obvious swelling on either the outside or inside of the fetlock joint depending on the location of the injury.

Whether the fracture requires surgical repair using screws or whether it will be managed conservatively with rest, stopping any movement in the horse’s fetlock is vital to prevent further displacement of the injury.

Any horse with a suspected condylar fracture found on the gallops or on the racecourse should have the limb immobilized, usually by means of a ‘Robert Jones’ bandage, and be carefully transported on a van to the nearest x-ray facility. A Robert Jones bandage is simply a thick, solid bandage made up of three layers of cotton wool and cotton bandage with a durable external layer on the outside.

Splints can also be used in conjunction with the bandage as necessary and full limb casts are also occasionally used, particularly after surgery.

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A horse with a condylar fracture arriving at a veterinary x-ray facility (above). Horses with suspected condylar fractures should have the injured limb immobilized using a Robert Jones bandage (left)

straightforward as x-rays will clearly show even a minimally displaced fracture.

However, there are occasions when a condylar fracture is suspected but not seen on x-ray. Sometimes taking extra views of the fetlock can highlight the fracture. On other occasions it is impossible to see the fracture on x-ray at the time of injury. This leaves the vet with two options. Firstly, he can continue to x-ray the fetlock because although the fracture may have been too small to see at the time of injury, as time goes by and the fracture remodels before healing, it may become visible on x-ray.

Secondly, the vet can arrange for the horse to undergo nuclear scintigraphy (‘bone scanning’) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) where any fracture, however small, should be detectable.

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On the left is a specialized flexed view of a left fore fetlock highlighting a medial condylar fracture which was not visible on any other view . On the right is another specialized flexed x-ray of a right fore fetlock showing a ‘stress’ lateral condylar fracture

On the left is an image of a condylar fracture showing up as a ‘hot spot’ on bone scan (nuclear scintigraphy). On the right is an MRI image of a lateral condylar fracture in a right fore fetlock, which was not detectable on x-ray

Treatment The treatment of a condylar fracture depends on the severity of the injury. A tiny stress fracture can be treated with conservative management consisting of a period of stall rest, and a Robert Jones bandage may not even be necessary, whereas a significantly displaced fracture requires repair with screws in order to attempt to maintain the athletic status of the horse. Minimally displaced condylar fractures can be treated either conservatively or with surgery.

Condylar fractures tend to heal well whether they are repaired with surgery or not; however, there are two main advantages of surgery. Firstly, fracture repair with screws usually ensures a speedier recovery and secondly, the actual repair is often improved.

The main problem with condylar fractures is not the bone injury itself but the injury in the

joint. As the fracture extends into the fetlock joint, any displacement here can result in an irregularity in the joint surface and so cause fetlock joint problems in the future. For this reason, condylar fractures are usually repaired under the guidance of arthroscopy (‘keyhole surgery’) to make sure that the fractured pieces of bone are screwed tightly together and the horse is left with a smooth joint surface.

Recently, there has been a move by a few veterinarians to repair condylar fractures with screws while the horse is under standing sedation. However, while it is wise to avoid general anesthesia with horses as much as possible, there is a good reason why a general anesthetic might be preferable.

Surgeons operating under general anesthesia are able to tighten the screws while viewing the fracture in the joint via arthroscopy and so know exactly how far to

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X-ray images of a left hind lateral condylar fracture healing under conser vative management. Note how the fracture line in the middle x-ray has become ‘ wider’ as the bone either side of the fracture remodels to heal the injur y

tighten the screws. In contrast, surgeons repairing condylar fractures under standing sedation are effectively tightening the screws ‘blind’ as they cannot be guided by arthroscopy.

Complications At this point, the reader could start to assume that all condylar fractures heal well and recovered horses always return to racing successfully. However, this is not always the case and there are a variety of common problems that can occur. Firstly, horses can suffer from fetlock joint problems as a result of the injury. As the fracture involves the joint surface, osteoarthritic changes can develop at the injury site which means that the horse is never quite as sound as it was before the injury. This is why many vets recommend surgery on even a minimally displaced condylar fracture as these problems are less likely to occur in horses that have had their fracture repaired using screws guided by arthroscopy.

Secondly, fractures do not always heal as well as anticipated and there are a minority of injuries that heal slowly or even refracture when full training is resumed.

Although less likely, re-fractures can occur even if surgery has been performed and this is not the only potential problem postsurgery. While most horses do not have their screws removed following condylar fracture surgery, sometimes too much new bone forms around the screws and as a result the screws must be taken out.

Finally, any enforced rest period such as that associated with a condylar fracture can cause problems. If a horse is out of work for a prolonged period of time, particularly if it is box rested for a while, then the horse’s skeleton becomes ‘soft’ and the recovery can be littered with niggling bony problems

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X-rays and arthroscopic images of a horse that has had a lef t hind lateral ‘condylar ’ fracture in its fetlock joint repaired using screws inser ted under arthroscopic guidance.

Note the smooth joint sur face after fracture repair (bottom right)

“Condylar fractures are usually repaired under the guidance of arthroscopy to make sure that the fractured pieces of bone are screwed tightly together and the horse is left with a smooth joint surface”

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such as sore shins, splints or tibial stress fractures. Whilst all of these usually settle relatively quickly, they can greatly elongate the time in which the horse recovers from the injury and returns to the racetrack.

Conclusion In summary, condylar fractures are very common and important in Thoroughbred racing. They should always be considered as a possibility for a horse that is lame following work or racing especially when there is filling and soreness associated with the fetlock joint. Each injury must be considered on its merits both with regard to the necessity for surgery and with regard to determining the correct recovery regime.

While horses like Eight Belles warn of the possible catastrophic consequences of condylar fractures, it is possible to make a full and speedy recovery from less serious fractures. I

An x-ray of a horse that suffered a condylar ‘re-fracture’ despite having had the original injury repaired using four screws

Some horses can develop excessive amounts of new bone associated with the screws. Following the x-ray above, the horse in question had its screws removed

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How horses and horsemen cope

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HILE some horsemen and women hardly let their horses out of the stables as soon as the temperature dips under ten or fifteen degrees below zero, wild horses in Northern China are known to survive extremely cold spells with temperatures creeping as low as 40 below Celsius (-40 Fahrenheit), and horses in the Southern Hemisphere get by during lengthy heat waves of 40 plus (104 F).

What exactly is ‘too tough,’ or what are unacceptable conditions for horses? Can Thoroughbreds cope with training and racing under wintry conditions? In Scandinavia, horseracing is disrupted by the winter, but not brought to an absolute halt.

Tæby Galopp outside Stockholm races virtually year round, and experiences made in the Nordic climate tell us that Thoroughbreds can cope very well in cold weather, far colder than what one is used to in leading racing nations such as England, France, Ireland and the U.S. Comparing Thoroughbred racehorses with various types of horses living in the

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In some parts of the world the Thoroughbred is required to run in hostile conditions during the winter months. Geir Stabell looks at how horses deal with racing in Scandinavia wild may not seem to make all that much sense, but even if Thoroughbreds lie ‘somewhere in between’ wild horses and human beings, they are very hardy indeed.

Research has shown that horses living in the wild are about 20 times less sensitive to extreme temperatures than human beings.

In 1879, a group of unknown wild horses were discovered living under incredibly extreme weather conditions in Northern China. These horses inhabit the endless plains embracing the border between Mongolia and China. The terrain is flat, bare and offers next to no vegetation. At first glance, a thought that springs to mind is that it would be easier to survive on the moon. On these uninviting plains, with no trees, the winters are long and typically reach temperatures of 30 to 40 C (-22 to

-40 F) below freezing. With such open landscapes, strong winds are also part of the daily menu, adding a biting wind chill factor making it impossible to believe that any animals could survive. But these wild horses do, and they have been doing so for years – probably several generations – without any help from man. The area gets little snow during these cold winters, which can be both a blessing and a curse, a blessing because no more than about one and a half feet of snow means that the horses are able to ‘dig through’ the white carpet and find at least something to call food, and a curse because if they experience spells of no snow at all, they will often become dehydrated.

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interesting was that the area they roam lies some way east of what is commonly known as Eurasia, where it is believed the modern horse had his ancestors. This suggests that the wild horses, discovered just over 100 years ago, actually do go back a long, long time in history.

Sized about as big as large ponies, they live in herds, with one stallion and one leading mare. The leading mare shows the way when the herd moves along in search of food, and they have been observed to move at a rate of more than 12 miles per day over long periods, sometimes considerably faster – out of necessity, as they simply have to move swiftly in search of food and water or snow. Being constantly on the move also helps them cope with the cold climate.

Naturally, the weaker individuals lose in this fight for survival, and many foals never grow up, sometimes simply as a result of their mother dying. As a group however, these horses have survived for many years, and their existence alone undoubtedly tells us that horses are hardy animals. Nowadays, these horses do get some help from local Mongolians, driving out into the wild with

food and vitamin-rich water during the toughest periods, but it is nevertheless somewhat ironic that several breeds of horses in this world have become ‘soft’ as a result of how human beings have been treating them and changed their lives. The Thoroughbred is probably the best example, though he too is quite tough and hardy. More so than most of us would believe when observing them dancing around in the paddock on sunny summer days.

Thoroughbreds racing in 5 below freezing Racehorses are subject to quite different conditions in Sweden than they are in places like Newmarket or New York during the winter months. Racing takes place at Tæby Galopp on a weekly basis during the months of December, January and February, when one would think it’s impossible to race Thoroughbreds in Scandinavia. Races have been staged in temperatures as low as 15 C (5 F) below freezing. The show must go on, not least in order to compete with harness racing,

“Trotting and cantering in snow of about 10 to 20 cm is very good, as the white stuff keeps the legs nice and cold and I am sure we avoid many injuries by conditioning our horses this way” Jacob Hveding Fretheim which is a sport easily staged year round.

One good reason to race in the winter is to offer more prize money opportunities to trainers, jockeys and owners. Another is the fact that a winter break is damaging to turnover, as many punters turn their attention to the harness circuit. Little or no form studies of harness racing can be adapted to form studies of Thoroughbred racing. To be an expert in both codes is almost unheard of.

Not all racehorses in Sweden are subjected to racing during the winter months. This circuit can be compared to the New York circuit, with mainly run-ofthe-mill performers filling the programs, but like with the New York circuit, winter racing is attracting better class runners these days.

To see a classic winner that began its campaign in January is no longer

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Täby Galopp head groundsman Anders Ekberg and Philip Bond, head of Cushion Track, watch the newly installed synthetic surface being used for the first time

uncommon. In fact, it happened as long ago as 1984, when the gelding Honey Boy landed the Swedish 2,000 Guineas in June, after having won on a straw-covered dirt track in early February. Still, the absolute stars are normally not seen at the races in mid-winter, but they, like any other horse, must get their training, and horsemen and women in the three Scandinavian countries have learned to cope with – or take advantage of – long and biting winter periods, sometimes with masses of snow.

Harrowing and salting Tæby Galopp outside Stockholm is the only course in Scandinavia operating racing year-round, and the track's head groundsman Anders Ekberg explains how they keep the sport going. “Firstly,” he says, “I can tell you that there are limits, even up here. If the temperature dips below 15 minus (5 F), racing is normally cancelled.

The horses can cope with such temperatures but not the riders. Sitting on a horse moving along at up to 60km/h in 15 minus, creates a wind chill factor giving the feeling of 60 to 70 degrees below (-76 to -94 F). Trotting and cantering is fine, so some form of training can continue, but not racing.”

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24/7 during the coldest winter months.

“This is necessary to avoid a frozen track,” Ekberg explains, “and the task is a considerable expense, as the constant harrowing of the track costs us around 800,000 kronor ($120,000) through the winter. We stage around 20 days of racing during these weeks.”

As the dirt track is also being used for training, this endless harrowing process needs to take some breaks, but often the tractor keeps plugging away for 14 hours non-stop through the night, and Ekberg explains that “we harrow the track at least once per hour at any given time, and we also harrow between races.”

Putting salt on the track is another way of beating the frost, but it’s not without its negative side effects. “Salting helps a lot, though salt left behind tends to clog in springtime and block the drainage,” Ekberg says. “Also, the turf course is right next to the dirt, and salt moving across can damage the lawn.” Special types of salt are being used, including a Mediterreanean salt that “is kind to horses’ legs.”

During the first week of October, Tæby Galopp opened a newly-installed training strip of Cushion Track. The Stockholm venue is very much ‘American style,’ with a ten-furlong dirt track embracing the turf course, and the Cushion Track sitting to the

inside of the turf. “The Cushion Track is only 4.5 meters (about 15 feet) wide and purely for training,” Ekberg explains. “It will be interesting to see how this artificial surface copes with our winter.”

Weight issues and proper clothing the keys Around 300 horses are permanently stabled at Tæby Galopp, with an additional number of just over 100 based at stables and farms nearby, meaning that roughly 400 horses train regularly at the track. Former jockey Yvonne Durant, the world’s second female champion rider (Norway, 1990), trains a string of 30 horses at Tæby. A native of Norway, Durant has had her base here since 2006.

“Winter racing was never a problem for me as a jockey,” she recalls. “The key is not to have any weight issues. If you can ride close to your natural weight, the cold should not be too much of a negative factor, and I have often ridden out in the mornings in 20 to 22 minus (-4 to -8 F). Many horses thrive on it and they are happy, so long as you keep them on the move. Horses in full training here are clipped of course.

Interestingly colts and full horses keep warmer and they often look much better during the winter months too, with a real shine to their coats.”

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Durant, daughter of former jump-jockeyturned-trainer Ray Durant, says she feels it is a great advantage to be permanently based at the actual venue when campaigning horses in the winter. “If I had to send my horses to other tracks, I would much prefer to arrive in the morning of the race and stay over the night after the race,” she says, “as transporting tired horses in the cold after winter racing can be asking a bit too much of the animals.”

She continues: “Sure, Scandiavian winters are cold, but we have a dry climate, which is much easier to cope with than the typical European winters dominated by damp and humidity. It is the same with skiing in the cold. Just wear proper clothing and stay dry, and you will be fine. We have a saying up here in the north: ‘There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.’”

Riding weights are put up by 1kg (2lb) during winter racing in Sweden. “That's not much, but it helps,” Durant smiles. She retired from race riding earlier this year, “with no idea” how many winners she partnered. When Durant became champion jockey for the first time, Hayley Turner was seven or eight years old.

Horses with breathing problems often cope better with training and racing during the darker months, in Durant’s opinion.

“They get better breathing when the temperatures drop and the fresh air is dry and clean,” she argues, “and during the winter we keep the temperature in the stable somewhere between 10 and 15 degrees (50 to 59 F). The difference between outdoor temperatures and indoor temperatures must never be too big.”

‘Prepare a training strip wherever you like’ Jacob Hveding Fretheim, training a team of 20 from his farm outside the river city of Drammen, which is just over 40km from Øvrevoll racecourse in Norway, probably has more experience than anyone when it comes to exercising horses on snow. “I would not mind snow year-round,” he says.

“That would be a dream scenario, to have one track of snow right next to a turf course.”

Fretheim explains how snow gives you flexibility. “ You can prepare a training strip wherever you like out on the fields,” he says, “and training on packed snow is excellent for the Thoroughbred. Trotting and cantering in snow of about 10 to 20 cm is very good also, as the white stuff keeps the legs nice and cold and I am sure we avoid many injuries by conditioning our horses this way.” As opposed to Miss Durant, who has to train over the dirt track (and now also Cushion Track) prepared by the track management at Tæby, Fretheim is his own landlord and groundsman. He does not race his horse in the winter, however, which

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Former champion jockey in Norway, Yvonne Durant trains a string of 30 horses at Täby

“I have often ridden out in the mornings in 20 to 22 minus.

Many horses thrive on it and they are happy, so long as you keep them on the move” Yvonne Durant makes a difference. In Norway, racing closes down from mid-December to mid-April.

During these months, the equipments change.

“We shoe our horses with heavier shoes holding six spikes,” Fretheim explains, “and one set of shoes can last through the winter for the horse. That the shoe itself weighs more also gives an extra effect, as the horses

have to work that little bit harder. We never work fast of course. Winter training up here is all about conditioning, trotting and slow canters. The horses normally go out for about one hour six days a week. Sometimes we take our horses up to the forest, where we can use a timber-workers’ road to canter a mile steadily uphill. The climb is about 50 meters (164 feet). Training my horses like this, with about four months of conditioning from January to May, helps me get sound, strong and solid runners through the season.”

“This may all sound nice and easy but it is hard work, and the phase when winter lets go and spring is approaching poses some serious problems,” Fretheim continues.

“Conditions are hopeless when we go through spells of 10 minus (14 F) at night and up to 15 plus (59 F) during the daytime. That is when there is only one thing for it: go steady, steady and wait until springtime.”

To ‘wait until springtime’, as John Faune so famously wrote two years before World War II broke out, requires patience. When springtime finally comes, trainers like Durant and Fretheim have the hardest and most time-consuming work done. As do their horses, who are tough, hardy and versatile. And they are happy. I

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WHOLE BODY VIBRATION Whole body vibration (WBV) is ideally suited to reduce the effects of confinement on racehorses. It could have significant benefits to horses stabled at the racetrack, as well as horses confined to stalls at rehab centers.

One of the immediate effects of WBV is increased circulation of both blood and lymph. This is achieved by the rapid, involuntary contraction and relaxation of muscles. Since racehorses are confined to stalls the vast majority of the day, anything that could improve circulation would be of significant benefit to them. Increased blood flow improves oxygenation of the tissues, removal of toxins and metabolic waste, and enhances the body’s ability to heal itself.

Even horses that are able to walk 15 to 20 minutes per day are likely to experience some loss of minerals from their bones as this amount of exercise doesn’t provide enough stimulation to the bones to signal the need to retain these minerals. WBV provides significant stimulus to the bones and helps prevent loss of bone density due to long periods of inactivity.

Professional athletes, from virtually every sports discipline, are using vibration platforms as a warm-up before competition. Five to ten minutes of vibration will help warm a horse up without utilizing the large amounts of energy expended through excitement during

conventional warm-up exercise.

Horses that have used the vibration platform have taken to it very quickly. After three or four treatments, they look forward to the experience, nickering and greeting the handler at the door. They step up on the platform willingly and stand quietly for the 20 minute sessions.

Whole body vibration is a non-pharmacological intervention for loss of bone density and enhancement of circulation. It is widely accepted by health and fitness, medical and rehabilitation, sports performance and anti-aging professionals. This treatment modality is ideally suited for animals that are confined to stalls most of the day. The significant beneficial effect of treatment has been well demonstrated. Its potential for enhancing the performance of the Thoroughbred athlete is immeasurable.

For more details contact Mary Knight on (626) 487-9960 or email mkbloodstock84@hotmail.com.

Gamma 1150 Forte Gamma 1150 Forte is a nutritional feed supplement for horses manufactured by TRM, the global leader in high quality equine nutrition, and contains only highly concentrated Rice Bran Oil, which provides Gamma Oryzanol, in addition to naturally occurring antioxidants in the form of Tocopherols and Tocotrienols.

Added to the diet of weanlings, yearlings, breeze-ups and store horses, this natural ‘body builder’ is a high energy feedstuff particularly suitable for promoting physical wellbeing and improving overall topline, condition and appearance.

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improve athleticism muscular development and strength, particularly in youngstock. It can also support recuperating horses that have lost condition and weak or backward individuals in training, but not improving as expected.

Gamma 1150 Forte delivers 1150mg of Gamma Oryzonal in each daily feed of ½ fl oz (approximately 15ml) and for best results TRM recommends it is fed continuously for two months.

To find out more, contact TRM’s North American Distributor, TRM-Ireland INC, 10008 State Rte 43, Streetsboro, OH 44241. Customer Service 1-800-TRM-5688

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Water Conditioning, Rehabilitating And Strengthening ThoroughTREAD Aqua utilizes the natural properties of water – buoyancy, resistance and temperature - to assist equine athletes achieve peak performance or rehabilitate an injury.

ThoroughTREAD Aqua is unique in that it is a variable speed treadmill that can be operated with or without water up to 27kph (16.7mph) and it is a deep water vessel that can be filled up to 1300mm (51 inches) with either warm or chilled water for spa operation – salt or fresh water (optional).

There is a reduction of friction between articulating joints when exercising in deep water – it provides the same safe exercise environment as swimming. The resistance of water also

appears to induce specific gait modifications at varying water depths and treadmill speed ensuring that soft tissue, tendons, muscles and ligaments are exercised as on land but without the high impact.

ThoroughTREAD Aqua’s chill pack

option enables chilled salt water use.

Extensive research shows the positive impact of combining chilled salt water with water agitation created by water / air jets.

Excellent for treatment of lower leg injuries by primarily reducing inflammation and removing fluid build-up. The hydrostatic pressure assists with blood circulation around the injury and swelling reduction. Chilled salt water also assists in the treatment of: Tendonitis, Arthritis, Desmitis, Hoof injuries, Jar Up, Bursitis/Synovitis, swelling, open wounds and skin infections. The regular use of chilled salt water therapy immediately following exercise reduces many of the stresses within tissue well before inflammation develops.

The water used is recyclable. It is stored, filtered and maintained in a separate water tank, and then transferred to & from the treadmill vessel to the required depth.

For further information, call 001 310 381 0071 or visit www.hydroco.com

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DISCLAIMER

Races are divided by distance and the relevant surface is indicated as follows: AWT – All Weather Track D – Dirt T –Turf The indexes cover all graded races in North America over $50,000 in value, where information was available at the time of publication. Additionally, all European Group One races have been included as well as major races from Japan.

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.

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51/16f and less (1100m) DIRT Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

Track Delta Downs Delta Downs Sunland Park Oaklawn Park Sunland Park Sunland Park Sunland Park Sunland Park Churchill Downs Turf Paradise Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Ruidoso Downs Mountaineer Ruidoso Downs Lone Star Park River Downs Lone Star Park River Downs Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs

Race Name & (Sponsor) Louisiana Premier Night Matron Louisiana Premier Night Sprint Budweiser H Spring Fever Mt. Christo Rey Handicap La Coneja Stakes Copper Top Futurity Copper Top Futurity Kentucky Juvenile Stakes A.T.B.A. Spring Sales Stakes TTA Sales Futurity TTA Sales Futurity Mountain Top Futurity Dale Baird Memorial Stakes Sierra Blanca Handicap Texas Stallion Stakes - Pan Zareta Division Hoover Stakes Texas Stallion Stakes - Staunch Avenger Division Tah Dah Stakes Rio Grande Senor Futurity Rio Grande Senorita Futurity Road Runner Handicap Sierra Starlet Handicap

Class S S S S S S Gr 3 R R R S S R S R S S S S S

Race Date 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 2-May-10 5-Jun-10 5-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 3-Jul-10 4-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 1-Aug-10 1-Aug-10 1-Aug-10 1-Aug-10

Value $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $60,000 $100,000 $125,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $50,000 $80,000 $80,000 $200,000 $75,000 $50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $200,000 $200,000 $50,000 $50,000

Age 4+ F&M 4+ 3+ 4+ F&M 3+ 4+ FM 2 CG 2F 2 2 2F 2 CG 2 3+ 3+ 2F 2 2 CG 2F 2 CG 2F 3 3F

Surface D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Metres 1000 1000 1000 1100 900 1100 900 900 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100

Furlongs 5 5 5 5 1/16 4 1/16 5.5 4 1/16 4 1/16 5 5 5 5 5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5

Closing 22-Jan-10 22-Jan-10 29-Jan-10 12-Feb-10 12-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 7-Apr-10

21-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 29-Jun-10 14-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 24-Jul-10

51/16f and less (1100m) TURF Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA GB GB GB GB USA JPN GB USA

Track Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Gulfstream Park Tampa Bay Downs Fair Grounds Keeneland Keeneland Churchill Downs Golden Gate Fields Golden Gate Fields Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Arlington Park Niigata Ascot Churchill Downs

Race Name & (Sponsor) Black Gold Stakes Mardi Gras Stakes Colonel Power Stakes Ladies Turf Sprint Turf Dash Bienville Stakes Shakertown Stakes Giant’s Causeway Stakes Churchill Downs Turf Sprint Stakes Soviet Problem Stakes Oriental Magic Stakes Windsor Castle St King’s Stand St Queen Mary St Norfolk St Arlington Sprint Ibis Summer Dash Cornwallis St Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint

Class

Gr 3 Gr 3 L Gp 1 Gp 2 Gp 2 Gr 3 Gp 3 Gr 2

Race Date 6-Feb-10 16-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 21-Feb-10 13-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 10-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 22-May-10 5-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 17-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 18-Jul-10 9-Oct-10 6-Nov-10

Value $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $75,000 $75,000 $60,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $50,000 £50,000 £300,000 £90,000 £90,000 $100,000 $937,000 £45,000 $1,000,000

Age 3 3F 4+ 4+ F&M 3+ 4+ FM 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 4+ FM 4+ 2 3+ 2F 2 3+ 3+ 2 3+

Surface T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T

Metres 1100 1100 1100 1000 1000 1100 1100 1100 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1100 1000 1000 1000

Furlongs Closing 5.5 23-Jan-10 5.5 30-Jan-10 5.5 6-Feb-10 5 6-Feb-10 5 27-Feb-10 5.5 13-Mar-10 5.5 31-Mar-10 5.5 7-Apr-10 5 7-Apr-10 5 15-May-10 5 29-May-10 5 9-Jun-10 5 20-Apr-10 5 10-Jun-10 5 11-Jun-10 5.5 16-Jun-10 5 8-Jun-10 5 4-Oct-10 5 25-Oct-10

6f-61/16f (1200m-1300m) AWT Country Track UAE Meydan UAE Meydan

Race Name & (Sponsor) Al Shindagha Sprint Mahab Al Shimaal

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Class Gr 3 Gr 3

Race Date 11-Feb-10 4-Mar-10

Value $200,000 $200,000

Age Surface NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT

Metres 1200 1200

Furlongs 6 6

Closing 8-Feb-10 1-Mar-10

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Race Name & (Sponsor) Dubai Golden Shaheen

Class Gr 1

Race Date 27-Mar-10

Value $2,000,000

Age Surface NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT

Metres 1200

Furlongs 6

Closing

6f-61/16f (1200m-1300m) DIRT Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN

Track Aqueduct Laurel Park Aqueduct Sunland Park Gulfstream Park Turf Paradise Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Ocala Training Center Ocala Training Center Fair Grounds Aqueduct Oaklawn Park Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Sunland Park Aqueduct Turf Paradise Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Beulah Park Fair Grounds Turfway Park Turfway Park Oaklawn Park Santa Anita Oaklawn Park Santa Anita Tampa Bay Downs Laurel Park Santa Anita Oaklawn Park Lone Star Park Beulah Park Sunland Park Sunland Park Hawthorne Racecourse Hawthorne Racecourse Hawthorne Racecourse Hawthorne Racecourse Turf Paradise SunRay Park Turf Paradise Will Rogers Downs Beulah Park Will Rogers Downs Will Rogers Downs Will Rogers Downs Mountaineer Churchill Downs Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Mountaineer Churchill Downs SunRay Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs SunRay Park SunRay Park Ruidoso Downs Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer River Downs Churchill Downs Aqueduct Aqueduct Mountaineer Aqueduct Aqueduct Nakayama

Race Name & (Sponsor) Darlin Momma S. Marshua Stakes For Really S. El Diario H Hurricane Bertie H Phoenix Gold Cup True n Blue Stakes Dearly Precious Stakes Hollie Hughes Handicap OBS Sprint Stakes OBS Sprint Stakes Pan Zareta S Mommy Dear Stakes Mountain Valley S Broadway Handicap Toboggan Handicap Fred Cappy Capossela Stakes Bill Thomas Memorial Handicap Cicada Stakes Coyote Handicap Hot Springs S Prima Donna S Natural State Breeders Carousel H Rainbow Miss S Royal North Stakes Duncan F. Kenner Stakes Queen Stakes Hansel Stakes Rainbow S Santa Paula Stakes Nodouble Breeders Potrero Grande Breeders’ Cup Handicap Hilton Garden Inn Sprint Primonetta Stakes Las Flores Handicap Count Fleet Sprint H JEH Stallion Stakes Howard B. Noonan Stakes Czaria H KHEY Y-96 Sprint Governor’s Lady Handicap Land of Lincoln Stakes Pretty Jenny Stakes Robert S. Molaro Handicap Joanne Dye Stakes Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff Handicap Sandra Hall Grand Canyon Handicap Clem McSpadden Memorial Route 66 Stakes Babst/Palacios Memorial Handicap Wilma Mankiller Stakes OTA Classics Stakes Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs Classics Stakes Waterford Park Handicap Aristides Stakes Carter McGregor Jr. Memorial Stakes Valid Expectations Stakes Ohio Valley Handicap Winning Colors Stakes Aztec Oaks Debutante Bashford Manor Stakes Dine Stakes Frontier Trophy Buckes Stakes Lincoln Handicap Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies Stakes Harvey Arneault Memorial Breeders’ Cup Stakes Mountaineer Juvenile Stakes West Virginia Secretary of State Stakes Coca-Cola Bassinet Stakes Breeders’ Cup Sprint New York Stallion Series - Fif th Avenue Division New York Stallion Series - Great White Way Division Sophomore Sprint Championship Stakes Fall Highweight Handicap Garland of Roses Handicap Capella Stakes

Class S

Gr 3

S R R R S Gr 3

Gr 3 R

S S S

S Gr 3 S Gr 2

Gr 3 S S

S S S S S S S S S S Gr 3 S

Gr 3 S Gr 3 Gr 3 S S

Gr 1 S S Gr 3 Gr 3

Race Date 5-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 7-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 14-Feb-10 14-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 25-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 28-Feb-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 15-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 4-Apr-10 9-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 1-May-10 1-May-10 1-May-10 15-May-10 15-May-10 18-May-10 29-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 19-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 3-Jul-10 3-Jul-10 4-Jul-10 1-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 4-Sep-10 6-Nov-10 15-Nov-10 15-Nov-10 16-Nov-10 26-Nov-10 5-Dec-10 12-Dec-10

Value Age Surface $60,000 4+ FM D $70,000 3F D $60,000 3 D $50,000 3+ F&M D $125,000 4+ F&M D $100,000 4+ D $60,000 4+ D $65,000 3F D $65,000 3+ D $50,000 3F D $50,000 3 CG D $60,000 4+ F&M D $60,000 4+ FM D $60,000 3 D $65,000 3+ FM D $100,000 3+ D $65,000 3 D $50,000 3+ D $100,000 3F D $50,000 3+ D $60,000 4+ D $60,000 3F D $50,000 4+ F&M (ARK Bred) D $60,000 4+ F&M D $50,000 3 F (Ark Bred) D $50,000 3F D $100,000 3+ D $50,000 4+ FM D $50,000 3 D $50,000 3 C&G (Ark Bred) D $100,000 4F D $50,000 4+ (Ark Bred) D $150,000 4+ D $85,000 4+ D $70,000 3+ FM D $100,000 4+ FM D $150,000 4+ D $50,000 3+ FM D $50,000 3 D $50,000 3+ F&M D $50,000 3 D $100,000 4+ FM D $100,000 3 D $100,000 3F D $100,000 4+ D $50,000 3F D $75,000 3+ FM D $50,000 3+ D $50,000 3+ CG D $50,000 3+ D $50,000 3+ FM D $50,000 3+ CG D $50,000 3+ FM D $75,000 3+ D $100,000 3+ D $50,000 3+ D $75,000 3+ FM D $75,000 3+ FM D $100,000 3+ FM D $75,000 3F D $100,000 2F D $100,000 2 D $75,000 3 CG D $50,000 3F D $50,000 3+ FM D $85,000 2F D $110,000 3+ D $85,000 2 D $85,000 3+ FM D $10,000 2F D $2,000,000 3+ D $100,000 2F D $100,000 2 D $75,000 3 D $100,000 3+ D $65,000 3+ FM D $888,000 3+ D

Metres 1200 1200 1200 1300 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1200 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1200 1300 1200 1200 1300 1200 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1300 1200 1200 1300 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200

Furlongs 6 6 6 6 1/16 6 1/16 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6.5 6 6.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6.5 6 6.5 6 6 6.5 6 6.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6.5 6.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6.5 6 6 6.5 6.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Closing 29-Jan-10 28-Jan-10 31-Jan-10 5-Feb-10 30-Jan-10 5-Feb-10 7-Feb-10 30-Jan-10 30-Jan-10

6-Feb-10 18-Feb-10 19-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 27-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 12-Mar-10 12-Mar-10 24-Mar-10 19-Mar-10 25-Mar-10 17-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 18-Mar-10 18-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 18-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 25-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 25-Mar-10 25-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 1-Apr-10 31-Mar-10 2-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 21-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 4-May-10 15-May-10 20-May-10 20-May-10 17-May-10 15-May-10 12-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 24-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 11-Jun-10 25-Oct-10

2-Nov-10

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6f-61/16f (1200m-1300m) DIRT Country Track USA Aqueduct

Race Name & (Sponsor) Gravesend Handicap

Class

Race Date 26-Dec-10

Value $65,000

Age 3+

Surface D

Metres 1200

Furlongs 6

Closing

6f-61/16f (1200m-1300m) TURF Country JPN UAE JPN USA JPN JPN USA USA USA USA GB JPN GB GB GB JPN GB JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN GB JPN GB JPN

Track Kyoto Meydan Nakayama Santa Anita Chukyo Chukyo Turf Paradise Santa Anita Santa Anita Turf Paradise Ascot Kyoto Ascot Ascot Ascot Hakodate Ascot Hakodate Kokura Sapporo Kokura Hanshin Ascot Nakayama Ascot Kyoto

Race Name & (Sponsor) Silk Road Stakes Al Quoz Sprint Yukan Fuji Sho Ocean Stakes Irish O’Brien Stakes Chunichi Sports Sho Falcon Stakes Takamatsunomiya Kinen Princess of Palms Handicap Las Cienegas Handicap San Simeon Handicap Ann Owens Distaff Handicap Pavilion St CBC Sho Coventry St Albany St Golden Jubilee St Hakodate Sprint Stakes Princess Margaret St Hakodate Nisai Stakes TV Nishinippon Corp Sho Kitakyushu Kinen Keeneland Cup Kokura Nisai Stakes Centaur Stakes Diadem St (John Guest) Sprinters Stakes Bengough St Keihan Hai

Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 S Gr 3 Gr 1 R Gr 3 Gr 3 S L Gr 3 Gp 2 Gp 3 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gp 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gp 2 Gr 1 Gp 3 Gr 3

Race Date 7-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 3-Apr-10 11-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 28-Apr-10 13-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 4-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 8-Aug-10 15-Aug-10 29-Aug-10 5-Sep-10 12-Sep-10 26-Sep-10 3-Oct-10 9-Oct-10 27-Nov-10

Value $937,000 $200,000 $937,000 $100,000 $919,000 $2,227,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 £40,000 $937,000 £100,000 £70,000 £450,000 $937,000 £45,000 $752,000 $937,000 $937,000 $752,000 $1,363,000 £100,000 $2,227,000 £65,000 $937,000

Age Surface 4+ T NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ T 4+ T 4+ FM T 3 T 4+ T 3+ FM T 4+ FM T 4+ T 3+ FM T 3 T 3+ T 2 T 2F T 3+ T 3+ T 2F T 2 T 3+ T 3+ T 2 T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ T

Metres 1200 1200 1200 1300 1200 1200 1200 1300 1300 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200

Furlongs Closing 6 22-Dec-09 6 2-Mar-10 6 19-Jan-10 6.5 11-Mar-10 6 2-Feb-10 6 16-Feb-10 6 26-Mar-10 abt 6.5 1-Apr-10 abt 6.5 8-Apr-10 6 16-Apr-10 6 22-Apr-10 6 27-Apr-10 6 9-Jun-10 6 12-Jun-10 6 20-Apr-10 6 25-May-10 6 19-Jul-10 6 22-Jun-10 6 6-Jul-10 6 20-Jul-10 6 20-Jul-10 6 3-Aug-10 6 24-Aug-10 6 3-Aug-10 6 4-Oct-10 6 12-Oct-10

7f-71/16f (1400m-1500m) DIRT Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

Track Tampa Bay Downs Delta Downs Delta Downs Laurel Park Gulfstream Park Laurel Park Santa Anita Santa Anita Gulfstream Park Laurel Park Laurel Park Laurel Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Aqueduct Tampa Bay Downs Turf Paradise Tampa Bay Downs Aqueduct Charles Town Aqueduct Charles Town Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Lone Star Park Charles Town Charles Town SunRay Park Hanshin Ruidoso Downs Charles Town Charles Town Charles Town Aqueduct Churchill Downs Aqueduct Aqueduct

Race Name & (Sponsor) Super Stakes Louisiana Premier Night Prince Louisiana Premier Night Starlet Barbara Fritchie Handicap Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship General George Handicap San Vicente Stakes San Carlos Handicap Hutcheson Stakes Miracle Wood Stakes Wide Country Stakes Conniver Stakes Sunshine State Inside Information Swale S Bay Shore Stakes Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes Arizona Stallion Stakes Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies Stakes Carter Handicap Blue and Gold Stakes Distaff Handicap Sugar Maple Stakes Humana Distaff Churchill Downs Stakes Eight Belles Stakes Matt Winn Stakes Cinemine Stakes Red Legend Stakes Wild and Wonderful Stakes Dr. O.G. Fischer Memorial Handicap Procyon Stakes Land of Enchantment Handicap Charles Town Juvenile Stakes Pink Ribbon Stakes Charles Town Oaks Bold Ruler Stakes Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint New York Stallion Series - Thunder Rumble Division New York Stallion Series - Staten Island Division

Class S S Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 S S Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 S Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3

Gr 3 S

Gr 3 Gr 1 S S

Race Date 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 6-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 14-Mar-10 14-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 1-May-10 1-May-10 1-May-10 15-May-10 31-May-10 19-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 11-Jul-10 1-Aug-10 18-Sep-10 18-Sep-10 18-Sep-10 31-Oct-10 5-Nov-10 15-Nov-10 15-Nov-10

Value $75,000 $125,000 $125,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $70,000 $70,000 $70,000 $75,000 $150,000 $150,000 $200,000 $85,000 $50,000 $85,000 $250,000 $100,000 $150,000 $250,000 $300,000 $250,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $400,000 $100,000 $50,000 $888,000 $50,000 $100,000 $75,000 $400,000 $150,000 $1,000,000 $75,000 $75,000

Age 4+ 3 3F 3+ FM 4+ 3+ 3 4+ 3 3 3F 3+ FM 4+ 4+ F&M 3 3 3 3 3F 3+ 3 3+ FM 4+ FM 4+ FM 4+ 3F 3 3F 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 2 3+ FM 3F 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM

Surface D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Metres 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 1400 1400 1400 1400 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400

Furlongs Closing 7 23-Jan-10 7 22-Jan-10 7 22-Jan-10 7 4-Feb-10 7 30-Jan-10 7 4-Feb-10 7 4-Feb-10 7 11-Feb-10 7 6-Feb-10 7 18-Feb-10 7 25-Feb-10 7 4-Mar-10 7 27-Feb-10 7 27-Feb-10 7 6-Mar-10 7 20-Mar-10 7 7.5 7 20-Mar-10 7 20-Mar-10 7 7-Apr-10 7 3-Apr-10 7 3-Apr-10 7 7-Apr-10 7 7-Apr-10 7.5 7-Apr-10 7 24-Apr-10 7 20-May-10 7 5-Jun-10 7 9-Jun-10 7 19-Jun-10 7 25-May-10 7.5 24-Jul-10 7 8-Sep-10 7 8-Sep-10 7 4-Sep-10 7 7 25-Oct-10 7 7

7f-71/16f (1400m-1500m) TURF Country JPN JPN USA USA USA JPN

Track Hanshin Hanshin Gulfstream Park Fair Grounds Keeneland Hanshin

Race Name & (Sponsor) Hankyu Hai Hochi Hai Fillies’ Revue Appleton H Grindstone Stakes Beaumont Stakes Sankei Sports Hai Hanshin Himba Stakes

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Class Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2

Race Date 28-Feb-10 14-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 7-Apr-10 10-Apr-10

Value $937,000 $1,221,000 $100,000 $60,000 $150,000 $1,238,000

Age 4+ 3F 4+ 3 3F 4+ FM

Surface T T T T T T

Metres 1400 1400 1500 1500 1400 1400

Furlongs 7 7 7 1/16 7.5 7 7

Closing 19-Jan-10 2-Feb-10 6-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 24-Mar-10 2-Mar-10

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7f-71/16f (1400m-1500m) TURF Country USA USA JPN GB GB GB GB JPN JPN JPN JPN

Track Gulfstream Park Lone Star Park Tokyo Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Kyoto Kyoto Tokyo Hanshin

Race Name & (Sponsor) South Beach S Irving Distaff Stakes Keio Hai Spring Cup Jersey St Chesham St Winkfield St October St (Miles & Morrison) Mainichi Broadcast Swan Stakes KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes Keio Hai Nisai Stakes Hanshin Cup

Class

Gr 2 Gp 3 L L L Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2

Race Date 10-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 15-May-10 16-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 24-Jul-10 25-Sep-10 30-Oct-10 6-Nov-10 13-Nov-10 18-Dec-10

Value $50,000 $50,000 $1,363,000 £80,000 £50,000 £27,000 £40,000 $1,363,000 $703,000 $888,000 $1,652,000

Country UAE UAE UAE UAE

Track Meydan Meydan Meydan Meydan

Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

Track Delta Downs Delta Downs Delta Downs Delta Downs Gulfstream Park Oaklawn Park Santa Anita Santa Anita Aqueduct Tampa Bay Downs Santa Anita Oaklawn Park Aqueduct Fair Grounds Turf Paradise Tampa Bay Downs Turfway Park Sunland Park Ocala Training Center Ocala Training Center Oaklawn Park Aqueduct Aqueduct Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Sam Houston Race Park Sam Houston Race Park Aqueduct Sunland Park Fair Grounds Turfway Park Turf Paradise Tokyo Aqueduct Delta Downs Delta Downs Turfway Park Gulfstream Park Sunland Park Tampa Bay Downs Gulfstream Park Sunland Park Delta Downs Delta Downs Santa Anita Aqueduct Oaklawn Park Tampa Bay Downs Oaklawn Park Turfway Park Gulfstream Park Tampa Bay Downs Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Gulfstream Park Manor Downs Santa Anita Turf Paradise Tampa Bay Downs Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Laurel Park

Age 4+ F&M 3+ FM 4+ 3 2 2 3+ F&M 3+ 2F 2 3+

Surface T T T T T T T T T T T

Race Name & (Sponsor) UAE 1000 Guineas UAE 2000 Guineas Burj Nahaar Godolphin Mile

Class L Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2

Race Date 11-Feb-10 18-Feb-10 4-Mar-10 27-Mar-10

Value $250,000 $250,000 $200,000 $1,000,000

Race Name & (Sponsor) Louisiana Premier Night Championship Louisiana Premier Night Distaff Louisiana Premier Night Gentlemen Star ter Louisiana Premier Night Ladies Star ter Donn H Essex H Las Virgenes Stakes Robert B. Lewis Stakes Whirlaway Stakes Sam F. Davis Stakes Santa Maria Handicap Martha Washington S Busher Stakes Pelleteri Stakes Turf Paradise Handicap Suncoast Stakes Dust Commander Stakes Curribot H OBS Championship Stakes OBS Championship Stakes Southwest S Aloha Hawaii Stakes Shy Dawn Stakes Mineshaft Handicap Risen Star S Jim’s Orbit S Two Altazano S Tinchen’s Prince Stakes Sydney Valentini H Silverbulletday S Valdale Stakes Turf Paradise Derby February Stakes Cliffie Stakes Green Oaks Sportsman’s Paradise John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Sabin Borderland Derby Wayward Lass Stakes Davona Dale Stakes Island Fashion S Goddess Gulf Coast Classic Santa Anita Oaks Gotham Stakes Razorback H Challenger Stakes Azeri S Wintergreen Stakes Ocala Florida Oaks Honeybee S Rebel S Gulfstream Park H Manor Downs Distance Cup San Felipse Stakes Tempe Handicap Tampa Bay Derby TBA-2 S (New Orleans Ladies Stakes) Costa Rising S Private Terms Stakes

Class S S R R Gr 1

Race Date 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 14-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 18-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 21-Feb-10 21-Feb-10 26-Feb-10 26-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 28-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 5-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10

Value Age Surface $200,000 4+ D $150,000 4+F&M D $55,000 4+ D $55,000 4+ F&M D $500,000 4+ D $100,000 4+ D $250,000 3F D $150,000 3 D $100,000 3 D $225,000 3 D $250,000 4+ FM D $75,000 3F D $65,000 3F D $60,000 4+ FM D $50,000 4+ D $75,000 3F D $50,000 4+ D $50,000 3+ D $100,000 3F D $100,000 3 CG D $250,000 3 D $60,000 3 D $60,000 4+ FM D $100,000 4+ D $300,000 3 D $125,000 3 C&G D $125,000 3F D $60,000 4+ D $100,000 4 F&M (Reg NM bred) D $150,000 3F D $50,000 3F D $100,000 3 D $2,212,000 4+ D $60,000 3F D $75,000 3F D $75,000 3 D $100,000 3 D $100,000 4+ F&M D $100,000 3 D $65,000 4+ FM D $150,000 3F D $50,000 3F D $100,000 4+ F&M D $100,000 4+ D $250,000 3F D $250,000 3 D £150,000 4+ D $65,000 4+ D $150,000 4+ F&M D $50,000 4+ FM D $75,000 4+ F&M D $175,000 3F D $125,000 3F D $300,000 3 D $300,000 4+ D $50,000 3+ D $150,000 3 D $50,000 3 D $300,000 3 D $200,000 4+ F&M D $60,000 4+ D $70,000 3 D

Metres 1500 1500 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400

Furlongs 7 1/16 7.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Closing 27-Mar-10 15-Apr-10 30-Mar-10 10-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 19-Jul-10 20-Sep-10 14-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 9-Nov-10

8f-81/16f (1600m-1700m) AWT Age Surface NH 3F SH 3F AWT NH 3yo SH 3yo AWT NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT

Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600

Furlongs 8 8 8 8

Closing 8-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 1-Mar-10

8f-81/16f (1600m-1700m) DIRT

Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2

R R S R Gr 3 Gr 3 S S Gr 3 Gr 1 S

Gr 3 Gr 2

Gr 1 Gr 3

Gr 3 Gr 2 S Gr 2 Gr 3 S

Metres 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1700 1700 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600

Furlongs 8 1/16 8 8 1/16 8 8 1/16 8 1/16 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8 8 1/16 8.5 8.5 8 8.32 8 8.5 8 1/16 8 8 8.5 8 8 1/16 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 8.5 8 8 1/16 8.5 8 8 8 1/16 8 1/16 8.5 8.5 8 1/16 8.5 8 1/16 8 8 8.5 8 1/16 8 1/16 8 8.5 8.5 8 8.5 8 1/16 8 1/16 8

Closing 22-Jan-10 22-Jan-10 22-Jan-10 22-Jan-10 23-Jan-10 29-Jan-10 28-Jan-10 28-Jan-10 23-Jan-10 30-Jan-10 4-Feb-10 5-Feb-10 30-Jan-10 30-Jan-10 5-Feb-10 30-Jan-10 4-Feb-10 5-Feb-10 5-Feb-10 10-Feb-10 11-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 20-Jan-10 20-Jan-10 13-Feb-10 12-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 11-Feb-10 12-Feb-10 5-Jan-10 14-Feb-10 12-Feb-10 12-Feb-10 18-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 19-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 19-Feb-10 19-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 26-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 26-Feb-10 25-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 5-Mar-10 27-Feb-10 3-Mar-10 4-Mar-10 5-Mar-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 6-Mar-10 11-Mar-10

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Track Sunland Park Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Turfway Park Turfway Park Turfway Park Fair Grounds Sam Houston Race Park Sam Houston Race Park Sunland Park Sunland Park Sunland Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Lone Star Park Oaklawn Park Oaklawn Park Aqueduct Manor Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Turf Paradise Churchill Downs Hawthorne Racecourse Lone Star Park Hawthorne Racecourse Aqueduct Fonner Park Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Lone Star Park SunRay Park Churchill Downs Lone Star Park Tokyo SunRay Park Churchill Downs Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Mountaineer Ruidoso Downs Sapporo Hoosier Park Hoosier Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Mountaineer Aqueduct Aqueduct Tokyo Aqueduct Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct

Race Name & (Sponsor) New Mexico State University Handicap Fair Grounds Oaks Crescent City Oaks Fairway Fun Stakes Bourbonette Oaks Breeders’ Cup Rushaway Stakes Crescent City Derby Sam Houston Distaff Maxxam Gold Cup New Mexico Breeders’ Derby New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks Sunland Park Oaks Fantasy S Apple Blossom H Bayakoa S Fifth Season S Premiere Stakes Instant Racing Northern Spur Comely Stakes Tony Sanchez Memorial Mile Alysheba Stakes La Troienne Stakes Arizona Breeders’ Derby The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial Stakes Milwaukee Avenue Handicap Texas Mile Peach Of It Handicap Withers Stakes Bosselman/Gus Fonner Stakes Texas Stallion Stakes - Got Koko Division Lone Star Derby Texas Stallion Stakes - Stymie Division Jack Cole Handicap Dogwood Stakes Lone Star Park Handicap Unicorn Stakes SunRay Park & Casino Handicap Northern Dancer Stakes Valor Farms Stakes Assault Stakes West Virginia Governor’s Stakes Ruidoso Downs Championship Elm Stakes Indiana Derby Michael G. Schaefer Mile Stakes Iroquois Stakes Pocahontas Stakes Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Ack Ack Handicap Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Chilukki Stakes Mountaineer Mile Handicap Tempted Stakes Nashua Stakes Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes Top Flight Handicap Golden Rod Stakes Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap East View Stakes Damon Runyon Stakes Alex M. Robb Handicap

Class S Gr 2 S Gr 3 S S S

S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 S Gr 3 S Gr 3 S Gr 3 R Gr 3 R S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 S S Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 S S S

Race Date 21-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 2-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 7-Apr-10 8-Apr-10 8-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 8-May-10 8-May-10 8-May-10 9-May-10 29-May-10 31-May-10 6-Jun-10 6-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 10-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 7-Aug-10 6-Sep-10 20-Sep-10 2-Oct-10 2-Oct-10 31-Oct-10 31-Oct-10 5-Nov-10 5-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 7-Nov-10 7-Nov-10 14-Nov-10 27-Nov-10 27-Nov-10 27-Nov-10 28-Nov-10 6-Dec-10 6-Dec-10 27-Dec-10

Value $125,000 $400,000 $60,000 $50,000 $150,000 $100,000 $60,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $500,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $50,000 $150,000 $300,000 $50,000 $200,000 $100,000 $200,000 $100,000 $150,000 $75,000 $100,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $300,000 $870,000 $50,000 $125,000 $50,000 $75,000 $125,000 $50,000 $888,000 $500,000 $100,000 $100,000 $150,000 $2,000,000 $100,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $150,000 $125,000 $100,000 $150,000 $888,000 $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $300,000 $65,000 $65,000 $65,000

Age 4+ 3F 3F 4+ FM 3F 3 3 4+ F&M 4+ 3 3F 3F 3F 4+ F&M 4+ F&M 4+ 3+ 3F 3 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3 3 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3 3+ 3F 3 3 CG 3+ 3F 3+ 3 3 3 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ 2 2F 2F 3+ 2 CG 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 2F 2 3+ 3+ FM 2F 2 3+ 2F 2 3+

Surface D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Metres 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700

Furlongs 8 8 1/16 8 8.5 8 8.5 8.5 8 1/16 8 1/16 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 1/16 8 1/16 8 1/16 8 1/16 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8.5 8 8.5 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8 8.50 8 8 8.5 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 1/16 8.5 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8 8.32 8.32 8.5

Closing 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 18-Mar-10 18-Mar-10 18-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 17-Mar-09 17-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 1-Apr-10 1-Apr-10 1-Apr-10 27-Mar-10 7-Apr-10 7-Apr-10 7-Apr-10 7-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 15-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 10-Mar-10 14-Apr-10 29-Apr-10 2-May-10 15-May-10 20-May-10 27-Apr-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 1-Jul-10 1-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 28-Aug-10 3-Aug-10 13-Oct-10 13-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 20-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 20-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 28-Sep-10 10-Nov-10 10-Nov-10

8f-81/16f (1600m-1700m) TURF Country UAE USA USA USA USA UAE JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA UAE USA

Track Meydan Gulfstream Park Turf Paradise Tampa Bay Downs Gulfstream Park Meydan Tokyo Tampa Bay Downs Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Fair Grounds Hanshin Santa Anita Meydan Fair Grounds

Race Name & (Sponsor) Cape Verdi Hallandale Beach S Sun City Handicap Endeavour Stakes Coconut Grove Al Fahidi Fort Daily Hai Queen Cup Tampa Bay Breeders’ Cup Stakes Canadian Turf H Honey Fox H Tallahassee Marion County Allen Lacombe Memorial Handicap Arlington Cup Crystal Water Handicap Zabeel Mile Gentilly Stakes

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Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 S S Gr 3 S Gr 2 S

Race Date 5-Feb-10 7-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 14-Feb-10 19-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 21-Feb-10 21-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 28-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 6-Mar-10

Value Age Surface $200,000 NH F&M 4yo+ SH F&M 3yo+ T $125,000 3 T $50,000 4+ FM T $125,000 4+ FM T $125,000 3F T $250,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T $870,000 3F T $150,000 4+ T $150,000 4+ T $100,000 4+ F&M T $75,000 4+ T $75,000 4+ F&M T $60,000 4+ FM T $919,000 3 T $100,000 4+ T $250,000 NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ T $60,000 3 T

Metres 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700

Furlongs 8 8 1/16 8 8.5 8 1/16 8 8 8.5 8 8 8 8 8.5 8 8 8 8.5

Closing 2-Feb-10 23-Jan-10 5-Feb-10 30-Jan-10 30-Jan-10 16-Feb-10 5-Jan-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 19-Jan-10 18-Feb-10 2-Mar-10 20-Feb-10

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Track Santa Anita Hanshin Fair Grounds Turf Paradise Turf Paradise Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Keeneland Santa Anita Tampa Bay Downs Tampa Bay Downs Nakayama Keeneland Laurel Park Nakayama Keeneland Hanshin Keeneland Gulfstream Park Golden Gate Fields Hanshin Churchill Downs Golden Gate Fields Lone Star Park Turf Paradise Ascot Churchill Downs Tokyo Golden Gate Fields Arlington Park Arlington Park River Downs Tokyo Arlington Park Arlington Park River Downs Mountaineer Mountaineer Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Churchill Downs Tokyo River Downs Churchill Downs Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Arlington Park Arlington Park River Downs Churchill Downs Mountaineer Churchill Downs Ascot Ascot River Downs Mountaineer Mountaineer River Downs Mountaineer Niigata Niigata Arlington Park Mountaineer Mountaineer River Downs Nakayama Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Kyoto Tokyo Doncaster Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Aqueduct Aqueduct Churchill Downs

Race Name & (Sponsor) Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap Tulip Sho Sarah Lane’s Oates Stakes Desert Sky Handicap Scottsdale Handicap Bayou Handicap Red Camelia Stakes Transylvania Stakes Arcadia Handicap Dayton Andrews Dodge Sophomore Turf L&D Farm Turf Distaff Lord Derby Challenge Trophy Maker’s Mark Mile Dahlia Stakes New Zealand Trophy Jenny Wiley Stakes Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) Appalachian Stakes Boynton Beach Golden Poppy Stakes Yomiuri Milers Cup American Turf Stakes San Francisco Mile Grand Prairie Turf Challenge Dwight D. Patterson Handicap Paradise St (Britain’s Got Talent) Churchill Distaff Turf Mile NHK Mile Cup Alcatraz Stakes Illinois Owners Stakes Illinois Owners Stakes Tomboy Stakes Victoria Mile Arlington Classic American 1000 Guineas Green Carpet Stakes Memorial Day Handicap Decoration Day Handicap Dallas Turf Cup USA Stakes Ouija Board Distaff Stakes Early Times Mint Julep Handicap Yasuda Kinen Sydney Gendelman Memorial Handicap Jefferson Cup Queen Anne St St James’s Palace St Windsor Forest St Sandringham Handicap Coronation St Black Tie Affair Handicap Lincoln Heritage Handicap Cincinnatian Stakes Locust Grove Handicap Firecracker Stakes Firecracker Handicap Summer Mile Valiant St (EBF) Horizon Stakes West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker ’s Cup Independence Day Stakes Vivacious Stakes West Virginia Senate President’s Breeders’ Cup Stakes Sekiya Kinen Niigata Nisai Stakes Sea o’ Erin Labor Day Stakes Summer Finale Stakes Budweiser Select Cradle Stakes Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap Queen Elizabeth II St Fillies’ Mile (Meon Valley Stud) Rosemary Handicap Royal Lodge St (Juddmonte) Autumn St Daily Hai Nisai Stakes Saudi Arabia Royal Cup Fuji Stakes Trophy (Racing Post) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Breeders’ Cup Mile Commonwealth Turf New York Stallion Series - Perfect Arc Division New York Stallion Series - Cormorant Division Mrs. Revere Stakes

Class Gr 1 Gr 3 S R S Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 S L Gr 2 Gr 1 R R S Gr 1 S

Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 S Gr 3 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 2 L Gp 1 S S S Gr 3 Gr 2 Gp 2 L S S Gr 3 Gr 3

Gr 3 Gp 1 Gp 1 L Gp 2 Gp 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 3 S S Gr 2

Race Date 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 26-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 2-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 4-Apr-10 9-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 11-Apr-10 15-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 28-Apr-10 1-May-10 9-May-10 15-May-10 15-May-10 15-May-10 15-May-10 16-May-10 22-May-10 22-May-10 29-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 31-May-10 5-Jun-10 6-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 27-Jun-10 3-Jul-10 3-Jul-10 4-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 23-Jul-10 31-Jul-10 7-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 7-Aug-10 8-Aug-10 5-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 12-Sep-10 25-Sep-10 25-Sep-10 25-Sep-10 25-Sep-10 9-Oct-10 16-Oct-10 23-Oct-10 23-Oct-10 5-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 13-Nov-10 15-Nov-10 15-Nov-10 20-Nov-10

Value $250,000 $870,000 $60,000 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $60,000 $100,000 $150,000 $85,000 $85,000 $937,000 $300,000 $70,000 $1,276,000 $200,000 $2,084,000 $100,000 $50,000 $75,000 $1,363,000 $175,000 $150,000 $50,000 $50,000 £40,000 $200,000 $2,161,000 $75,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $2,121,000 $100,000 $200,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 $75,000 $200,000 $100,000 $2,344,000 $50,000 $100,000 £250,000 £250,000 £125,000 £50,000 £250,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $75,000 $175,000 £100,000 £40,000 $50,000 $85,000 $75,000 $50,000 $110,000 $937,000 $752,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $200,000 $937,000 £250,000 £200,000 £40,000 £125,000 £43,000 $888,000 $937,000 £200,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $175,000

Age 4+ 3F 3F 3+ FM 3F 4+ FM 4+ FM 3 4+ 3 4+ FM 4+ 3+ 3+ FM 3 No G 4+ FM 3F 3F 3F 3F 4+ 3 4+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 3+ FM 3 No G 3 3+ 3+ FM 3F 4+ FM 3 3F 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3 4+ 3C 4+ F&M 3F 3F 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 4+ 3+ F&M 3 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 2 3+ 3+ 2F 3+ F&M 2 C&G 2 2 3+ 2 C&F 2F 2 3+ 3 3+ FM 3+ 3F

Surface 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 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 T T T T T

Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1600 1600 1700 1700 1600 1700 1600 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700

Furlongs 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 abt 8.5 abt 8.5 8 8 8.5 8 8.5 8 8 8 8.5 8 8.5 8 8 8.5 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8.5 8 8.5 8 8 8.5 8.5 8 8.5 8 8.5 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8.32 8 8.5 8.32 8 8 8 8.32 8.32 8.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5

Closing 20-Feb-10 19-Jan-10 20-Feb-10 5-Mar-10 5-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 24-Mar-10 25-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 16-Feb-10 24-Mar-10 1-Apr-10 2-Mar-10 31-Mar-10 7-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 2-Mar-10 7-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 15-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 22-Apr-10 7-Apr-10 30-Mar-10 8-May-10 5-May-10 5-May-10 4-May-10 30-Mar-10 9-Apr-10 12-May-10 18-May-10 17-May-10 17-May-10 20-May-10 20-May-10 20-May-10 22-May-10 27-Apr-10 1-Jun-10 29-May-10 20-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 10-Jun-10 20-Apr-10 9-Jun-10 9-Jun-10 17-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 21-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 5-Jul-10 7-Jul-10 20-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 27-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 22-Jun-10 20-Jul-10 25-Aug-10 23-Aug-10 23-Aug-10 11-Jun-10 3-Aug-10 20-Jul-10 20-Jul-10 20-Sep-10 20-Jul-10 4-Oct-10 31-Aug-10 14-Sep-10 25-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 25-Oct-10 27-Oct-10 3-Nov-10

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8f-81/16f (1600m-1700m) TURF Country JPN JPN JPN

Track Kyoto Hanshin Nakayama

Race Name & (Sponsor) Mile Championship Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes

Class Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 1

Race Date 21-Nov-10 12-Dec-10 19-Dec-10

Value $2,344,000 $1,521,000 $1,652,000

Age 3+ 2F 2 No G

Surface T T T

Metres 1600 1600 1600

Furlongs 8 8 8

Closing 5-Oct-10 26-Oct-10 9-Nov-10

9f-91/16f (1800m-1900m) AWT Country UAE UAE UAE UAE

Track Meydan Meydan Meydan Meydan

Race Name & (Sponsor) Al Maktoum Challenge Rd 2 UAE Oaks Al Bastakiya UAE Derby

Class Gr 3 L L Gr 2

Race Date 18-Feb-10 25-Feb-10 4-Mar-10 27-Mar-10

Value $200,000 $250,000 $250,000 $2,000,000

Age Surface NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT NH 3F SH 3F AWT NH 3yo SH 3yo AWT NH 3 SH 3 AWT

Metres 1900 1900 1900 1900

Furlongs 9 1/16 9 1/16 9 1/16 9 1/16

Closing 15-Feb-10 22-Feb-10 1-Mar-10

9f-91/16f (1800m-1900m) DIRT Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA

Track Turfway Park Santa Anita Santa Anita Laurel Park Santa Anita Gulfstream Park Aqueduct Laurel Park Turf Paradise Aqueduct Santa Anita Santa Anita Turfway Park Aqueduct Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Fair Grounds Aqueduct Turfway Park Fair Grounds Laurel Park Nakayama Sunland Park Hawthorne Racecourse Aqueduct Oaklawn Park Gulfstream Park Santa Anita Aqueduct Oaklawn Park Hawthorne Racecourse Charles Town Sunland Park Churchill Downs Kyoto Pimlico Kyoto Churchill Downs Churchill Downs SunRay Park River Downs Mountaineer Niigata Aqueduct Churchill Downs Kyoto Aqueduct Aqueduct Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Hanshin Aqueduct

Race Name & (Sponsor) Likely Exchange Stakes Strub Stakes San Antonio Handicap John B. Campbell Handicap La Canada Stakes Fountain Of Youth Stakes Rare Treat Handicap Maryland Racing Media Stakes Arizona Oaks Stymie Handicap Sham Stakes Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap Tejano Run Stakes Kings Point Handicap Florida Derby Bonnie Miss S The Rampart S Louisiana Derby Ladies Handicap Lane’s End Stakes New Orleans H Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes March Stakes Sunland Derby Illinois Derby Wood Memorial Stakes Oaklawn H The Skip Away S Santa Anita Derby Excelsior Breeders’ Cup Handicap Arkansas Derby Sixty Sails Handicap Charles Town Classic Sunland Park H Kentucky Oaks Antares Stakes Preakness Stakes Tokai TV Hai Tokai Stakes Fleur de Lis Handicap Stephen Foster Handicap San Juan County Commissioners Handicap Norm Barron Queen City aks West Virginia Derby Leopard Stakes Turnback the Alarm Stakes Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic Miyako Stakes Stuyvesant Handicap Discovery Handicap Falls City Handicap Clark Handicap Remsen Stakes Gazelle Stakes Demoiselle Stakes Japan Cup Dirt Queens County Handicap

Class Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2

Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 S Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 3

Race Date 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 7-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 14-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 27-Feb-10 13-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 18-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 25-Apr-10 15-May-10 23-May-10 12-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 4-Jul-10 17-Jul-10 7-Aug-10 22-Aug-10 31-Oct-10 5-Nov-10 7-Nov-10 14-Nov-10 21-Nov-10 25-Nov-10 26-Nov-10 28-Nov-10 28-Nov-10 28-Nov-10 5-Dec-10 12-Dec-10

Value $50,000 $200,000 $150,000 $70,000 $150,000 $250,000 $65,000 $70,000 $50,000 $65,000 $150,000 $250,000 $50,000 $65,000 $750,000 $200,000 $150,000 $750,000 $100,000 $500,000 $400,000 $70,000 $888,000 $800,000 $500,000 $750,000 $500,000 $100,000 $750,000 $200,000 $1,000,000 $200,000 $1,000,000 $100,000 $500,000 $888,000 $1,000,000 $1,238,000 $200,000 $600,000 $100,000 $75,000 $750,000 $1,052,000 $100,000 $2,000,000 $888,000 $100,000 $100,000 $150,000 $500,000 $200,000 $300,000 $200,000 $3,058,000 $100,000

Age 4+ FM 4 4+ 3+ 4F 3 3+ FM 3+ FM 3F 3+ 3 4+ FM 4+ 3+ 3 3F 4+ F&M 3 3+ FM 3 4+ 3+ 4+ 3 3 3 4+ 3+ 3 3+ 3 3+ 4+ 3+ 3F 4+ 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3F 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3 3+ FM 3+ 2 3F 2F 3+ 3+

Surface D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Metres 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1900 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1900 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1900 1900 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1900

Furlongs Closing 8 28-Jan-10 9 28-Jan-10 9 28-Jan-10 9 4-Feb-10 9 4-Feb-10 9 6-Feb-10 9 6-Feb-10 9 11-Feb-10 8 12-Feb-10 9 13-Feb-10 9 18-Feb-10 9 9 4-Mar-10 9 6-Mar-10 9 9-Jan-10 9 6-Mar-10 9 6-Mar-10 9 13-Mar-10 9 13-Mar-10 9 20-Feb-10 9 13-Mar-10 9 18-Mar-10 9 16-Feb-10 9 1-Feb-10 9 5-Feb-10 9 20-Mar-10 9 20-Mar-10 9 1/16 20-Mar-10 9 20-Mar-10 9 20-Mar-10 9 27-Mar-10 9 9-Apr-10 9 3-Apr-10 9 10-Apr-10 9 13-Feb-10 9 16-Mar-10 9.5 27-Mar-10 9 1/16 13-Apr-10 9 29-May-10 9 29-May-10 9 26-Jun-10 9 6-Jul-10 9 26-Jul-10 9 6-Jul-10 9 9 25-Oct-10 9 28-Sep-10 9 9 9 10-Nov-10 9 10-Nov-10 9 9 9 9 12-Oct-10 9.5

9f-91/16f (1800m-1900m) TURF Country USA JPN USA JPN JPN USA USA UAE JPN UAE

Track Gulfstream Park Chukyo Gulfstream Park Tokyo Kyoto Santa Anita Fair Grounds Meydan Nakayama Meydan

Race Name & (Sponsor) Suwannee River Kokura Daishoten Gulfstream Park Turf H Kyodo News Service Hai Kisaragi Sho (NHK Sho) Buena Vista Handicap Fair Grounds Handicap Balanchine Filly & Mare Nakayama Kinen Jebel Hatta

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Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2

Race Date 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 7-Feb-10 14-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 20-Feb-10 25-Feb-10 28-Feb-10 4-Mar-10

Value Age Surface $125,000 4+ F&M T $954,000 4+ T $300,000 4+ T $919,000 3 T $919,000 3 T $150,000 4+ FM T $100,000 4+ T $200,000 NH F&M 4yo+ SH F&M 3yo+ T $1,504,000 4+ T $250,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T

Metres 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1900 1800 1800 1800 1800

Furlongs 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9

Closing 23-Jan-10 22-Dec-09 23-Jan-10 22-Dec-09 5-Jan-10 4-Feb-10 6-Feb-10 22-Feb-10 19-Jan-10 1-Mar-10

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9f-91/16f (1800m-1900m) TURF Country USA USA USA JPN JPN USA JPN UAE USA JPN USA USA USA JPN USA USA JPN JPN USA USA JPN USA USA JPN JPN JPN JPN USA USA JPN JPN

Track Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Tampa Bay Downs Nakayama Nakayama Santa Anita Nakayama Meydan Fair Grounds Hanshin Tampa Bay Downs Santa Anita Santa Anita Fukushima Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Tokyo Fukushima Arlington Park Arlington Park Sapporo Arlington Park Arlington Park Hanshin Sapporo Tokyo Tokyo Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Tokyo Hanshin

Race Name & (Sponsor) The Palm Beach S The Herecomesthebride S Hillsborough Stakes Laurel Racecourse Sho Nakayama Himba Stakes Flower Cup Santa Ana Handicap Fuji TV Sho Spring Stakes Dubai Duty Free Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap Mainichi Hai Kinsman Farm Turf Classic Providencia Stakes La Puente Stakes Fukushima Himba Stakes Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Regret Stakes Epsom Cup Radio Nikkei Sho American Derby Modesty Handicap Hokkaido Shimbun Hai Queen Stakes Beverly D. Stakes Pucker Up Stakes Kansai Telecasting Corp Sho Rose Stakes Sapporo Nisai Stakes Mainichi Okan Fuchu Himba Stakes River City Handicap Cardinal Handicap Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes Naruo Kinen

Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3

Race Date 6-Mar-10 6-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 14-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 21-Mar-10 21-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10 10-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 1-May-10 12-Jun-10 13-Jun-10 4-Jul-10 17-Jul-10 17-Jul-10 15-Aug-10 21-Aug-10 6-Sep-10 19-Sep-10 2-Oct-10 10-Oct-10 17-Oct-10 4-Nov-10 7-Nov-10 20-Nov-10 4-Dec-10

Value $150,000 $150,000 $150,000 $888,000 $870,000 $150,000 $1,276,000 $5,000,000 $400,000 $919,000 $85,000 $150,000 $100,000 $888,000 $500,000 $125,000 $954,000 $919,000 $300,000 $200,000 $888,000 $750,000 $200,000 $1,221,000 $752,000 $1,521,000 $888,000 $100,000 $100,000 $752,000 $954,000

Age Surface 3 T 3F T 4+ FM T 4+ FM T 3F T 4+ FM T 3 C&F T NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T 4+ T 3 T 4+ T 3F T 3 T 4+ FM T 3+ T 3F T 3+ T 3 T 3 T 3+ FM T 3+ FM T 3+ FM T 3F T 3F T 2 T 3+ T 3+ FM T 3+ T 3+ FM T 2 T 3+ T

Metres 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1900 1900 1800 1900 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800

Furlongs Closing 9 20-Feb-10 9 20-Feb-10 9 27-Feb-10 9 2-Feb-10 9 2-Feb-10 9 11-Mar-10 9 2-Feb-10 9 9 13-Mar-10 9 16-Feb-10 abt 9 20-Mar-10 9 25-Mar-10 9 1-Apr-10 9 16-Mar-10 9 13-Feb-10 9 29-May-10 9 27-Apr-10 9 25-May-10 9.5 9-Apr-10 9.5 7-Jul-10 9 6-Jul-10 9.5 23-Apr-10 9 25-Aug-10 9 3-Aug-10 9 17-Aug-10 9 31-Aug-10 9 31-Aug-10 9 20-Oct-10 9 20-Oct-10 9 12-Oct-10 9 26-Oct-10

10f-101/16f (2000m-2100m) AWT Country Track UAE Meydan UAE Meydan

Race Name & (Sponsor) Al Maktoum Challenge Rd 3 Dubai World Cup

Class Gr 2 Gr 1

Race Date 4-Mar-10 27-Mar-10

Value $300,000 $10,000,000

Age Surface NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT

Metres 2000 2000

Furlongs 10 10

Closing 1-Mar-10 13-Jan-10

10f-101/16f (2000m-2100m) DIRT Country USA USA JPN USA

Track Santa Anita Churchill Downs Hanshin Churchill Downs

Race Name & (Sponsor) Santa Anita Handicap Kentucky Derby Sirius Stakes Breeders’ Cup Classic

Class Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1

Race Date 6-Mar-10 1-May-10 2-Oct-10 6-Nov-10

Value $750,000 $2,000,000 $888,000 $5,000,000

Country JPN JPN JPN USA JPN JPN JPN JPN GB GB GB JPN JPN USA JPN JPN USA USA JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN JPN

Track Nakayama Chukyo Hanshin Santa Anita Nakayama Tokyo Niigata Kyoto Ascot Ascot Ascot Hanshin Fukushima Arlington Park Hakodate Kokura Arlington Park Arlington Park Sapporo Niigata Hanshin Kyoto Tokyo Fukushima Kokura Kokura Hanshin

Race Name & (Sponsor) Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Toyota Sho Chukyo Kinen Sankei Osaka Hai Santa Barbara Handicap Satsuki Sho (Japanes 2000 Guineas) Sankei Sports Sho Flora Stakes Niigata Daishoten Kinko Sho Prince of Wales’s St Hampton Court St Wolferton Handicap Mermaid Stakes Tanabata Sho Arlington Handicap Hakodate Kinen Kokura Kinen Secretariat Stakes Arlington Million XXVIII Sapporo Kinen Niigata Kinen Asahi Challenge Cup Shuka Sho Tenno Sho (Autumn) Fukushima Kinen Chunichi Shimbun Hai Aichi Hai Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes

Class Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gp 1 L L Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3

Race Date 7-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 4-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 18-Apr-10 25-Apr-10 8-May-10 29-May-10 16-Jun-10 17-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 20-Jun-10 11-Jul-10 17-Jul-10 25-Jul-10 1-Aug-10 21-Aug-10 21-Aug-10 22-Aug-10 29-Aug-10 11-Sep-10 17-Oct-10 31-Oct-10 20-Nov-10 11-Dec-10 19-Dec-10 25-Dec-10

Value $1,276,000 $954,000 $1,504,000 $200,000 $2,278,000 $1,221,000 $954,000 $1,504,000 £450,000 £50,000 £50,000 $888,000 $1,009,000 $200,000 $1,009,000 $1,009,000 $400,000 $1,000,000 $1,652,000 $1,009,000 $954,000 $2,084,000 $3,099,000 $954,000 $954,000 $888,000 $752,000

Age 4+ 3 3+ 3+

Surface D D D D

Metres 2000 2000 2000 2000

Furlongs 10 10 10 10

Closing 20-Feb-10 27-Mar-10 17-Aug-10 25-Oct-10

10f-101/16f (2000m-2100m) TURF Age 3 4+ 4+ 4+ FM 3 No G 3F 4+ 3+ 4+ 3 4+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 2

Surface 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

Metres 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

Furlongs Closing 10 19-Jan-10 10 2-Feb-10 10 16-Feb-10 10 8-Apr-10 10 10 16-Mar-10 10 30-Mar-10 10 13-Apr-10 10 20-Apr-10 10 11-Jun-10 10 12-Jun-10 10 11-May-10 10 25-May-10 10 7-Jul-10 10 8-Jun-10 10 22-Jun-10 10 9-Apr-10 10 23-Apr-10 10 6-Jul-10 10 20-Jul-10 10 3-Aug-10 10 31-Aug-10 10 14-Sep-10 10 12-Oct-10 10 26-Oct-10 10 9-Nov-10 10 9-Nov-10

11f-111/16f (2200m-2300m) DIRT Country Track USA Turf Paradise USA Gulfstream Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Wildcat Handicap Skipaway

Class 3

Race Date 3-Apr-10 3-Apr-10

Value $50,000 $100,000

Country Track JPN Kyoto USA Gulfstream Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Kyoto Kinen The Very One H

Class Gr 2 Gr 3

Race Date 20-Feb-10 27-Feb-10

Value $1,504,000 $100,000

Age 3+ 4+

Surface D D

Metres 2200 2200

Furlongs 11 11

Closing 26-Mar-10 20-Mar-10

11f-111/16f (2200m-2300m) TURF Age 4+ 4+ F&M

Surface T T

Metres 2200 2200

Furlongs 11 11

Closing 5-Jan-10 13-Feb-10

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11f-111/16f (2200m-2300m) TURF Country USA JPN USA JPN JPN JPN USA USA JPN

Track Gulfstream Park Kyoto Golden Gate Fields Hanshin Nakayama Nakayama Churchill Downs Aqueduct Kyoto

Race Name & (Sponsor) Mac Diarmida H Kyoto Shimbun Hai Golden Gate Fields Turf Takarazuka Kinen RF Radio Nippon Sho St Lite Kinen Sankei Sho All Comers Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Red Smith Handicap Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup

Class Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1

Race Date 28-Feb-10 8-May-10 29-May-10 27-Jun-10 19-Sep-10 26-Sep-10 5-Nov-10 7-Nov-10 14-Nov-10

Value $150,000 $1,276,000 $100,000 $3,099,000 $1,276,000 $1,504,000 $2,000,000 $150,000 $2,121,000

Age 4+ 3 4+ 3+ 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM

Surface T T T T T T T T T

Metres 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200

Furlongs Closing 11 13-Feb-10 11 30-Mar-10 11 22-May-10 11 11-May-10 11 3-Aug-10 11 17-Aug-10 11 25-Oct-10 11 11 5-Oct-10

12f-121/16f (2400m-2500m) DIRT Country Track USA Santa Anita USA Belmont Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Toyko City Cup Belmont Stakes

Class Gr 3 Gr 1

Race Date 27-Mar-10 5-Jun-10

Value $100,000 $1,000,000

Country USA UAE USA USA UAE JPN USA USA USA JPN GB USA JPN JPN JPN GB GB GB GB GB GB GB JPN JPN USA USA USA JPN JPN JPN

Race Name & (Sponsor) San Luis Obispo Handicap City of Gold San Luis Rey Handicap Pan American H Dubai Sheema Classic Nikkei Sho Orchid H Grey Goose Bewitch Stakes Fifth Third Elkhorn Stakes TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho Buckhounds St (John Doyle) Louisville Handicap Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) Meguro Kinen Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) Derby (Investec) Ribblesdale St King Edward VII Hardwicke St King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Princess Royal St Cumberland Lodge St (Grosvenor Casinos) Kobe Shimbun Hai Kyoto Daishoten Long Island Handicap-Div. 1 Long Island Handicap-Div. 2 Breeders’ Cup Turf Copa Republica Argentina Japan Cup Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix)

Class Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 L Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 2 Gp 1 L Gp 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 1

Race Date 21-Feb-10 4-Mar-10 20-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 28-Mar-10 22-Apr-10 23-Apr-10 1-May-10 8-May-10 22-May-10 23-May-10 30-May-10 30-May-10 5-Jun-10 17-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 14-Jul-10 24-Sep-10 26-Sep-10 26-Sep-10 10-Oct-10 1-Nov-10 1-Nov-10 6-Nov-10 7-Nov-10 28-Nov-10 26-Dec-10

Value $150,000 $250,000 $150,000 $150,000 $5,000,000 $1,504,000 $150,000 $150,000 $200,000 $1,276,000 £40,000 $100,000 $2,278,000 $1,363,000 $3,527,000 £1,250,000 £125,000 £150,000 £125,000 £1,000,000 £45,000 £65,000 $1,276,000 $1,521,000 $150,000 $150,000 $3,000,000 $1,363,000 $5,872,000 $4,220,000

Country Track USA Aqueduct USA Aqueduct

Race Name & (Sponsor) Sharp Gary Stakes Gallant Fox Handicap

Class

Race Date 28-Feb-10 31-Dec-10

Value $60,000 $65,000

Country Track USA Arlington Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Stars and Stripes Stakes

Class Gr 3

Race Date 21-Aug-10

Value $150,000

Country Track USA Churchill Downs

Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders’ Cup Marathon

Class Gr 3

Race Date 5-Nov-10

Value $500,000

Country Track USA Santa Anita GB Doncaster

Race Name & (Sponsor) San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap St Leger (Ladbrokes)

Class Gr 2 Gp 1

Race Date 18-Apr-10 11-Sep-10

Value $150,000 £500,000

Age 4+ 3

Surface D D

Metres 2400 2400

Furlongs 12 12

Closing 18-Mar-10 27-Mar-10

12f-121/16f (2400m-2500m) TURF Track Santa Anita Meydan Santa Anita Gulfstream Park Meydan Nakayama Gulfstream Park Keeneland Keeneland Tokyo Ascot Churchill Downs Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo Epsom Downs Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Ascot Hanshin Kyoto Aqueduct Aqueduct Churchill Downs Tokyo Tokyo Nakayama

Age Surface 4+ T NH 4yo+ SH 4yo+ T 4+ T 4+ T NH 4yo+ SH 4yo+ T 4+ T 4+ F&M T 4+ FM T 4+ T 3 T 4+ T 3+ T 3F T 3+ T 3 No G T 3 C&F T 3F T 3 C&G T 4+ T 3+ T 3+ F&M T 3+ T 3 No G T 3+ T 3+ FM T 3+ FM T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ T

Metres 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2500 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2500 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2500 2400 2500

Furlongs 12 12 12 12 12 12 1/16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 1/16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 1/16 12 12 1/16

Closing 11-Feb-10 1-Mar-10 11-Mar-10 13-Mar-10 16-Feb-10 13-Mar-10 14-Apr-10 14-Apr-10 16-Mar-10 3-May-10 8-May-10 13-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 8-Jun-10 18-Sep-10 20-Sep-10 17-Aug-10 31-Aug-10 25-Oct-10 28-Sep-10 12-Oct-10 9-Nov-10

13f-131/16f (2600m-2700m) DIRT Age 4+ 3+

Surface D D

Metres 2600 2600

Furlongs 13 13

Closing 21-Feb-10

13f-131/16f (2600m-2700m) TURF Age 3+

Surface T

Metres 2600

Furlongs 13

Closing 11-Aug-10

14f-141/16f (2800m-2900m) DIRT Age 3+

Surface D

Metres 2800

Furlongs 14

Closing 25-Oct-10

14f-141/16f (2800m-2900m) TURF Age 4+ 3 C&F

Surface T T

Metres 2800 2920

Furlongs abt 14 14.6

Closing

15f-151/16f (3000m-3100m) TURF Country JPN USA JPN

Track Hanshin Turf Paradise Kyoto

Race Name & (Sponsor) Hanshin Daishoten Hasta La Vista Handicap Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger)

Class Gr 2 Gr 1

Race Date 21-Mar-10 2-May-10 24-Oct-10

Value $1,521,000 $50,000 $2,630,000

Country JPN GB JPN GB GB GB JPN

Track Tokyo Ascot Kyoto Ascot Ascot Ascot Nakayama

Race Name & (Sponsor) Diamond Stakes Sagaro St Tenno Sho (Spring) Gold Cup Queen’s Vase St Fenwolf St (SIS) Sports Nippon Sho Stayers Stakes

Class Gr 3 Gp 3 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 3 L Gr 2

Race Date 14-Feb-10 28-Apr-10 2-May-10 17-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 26-Sep-10 4-Dec-10

Value $954,000 £65,000 $3,099,000 £250,000 £70,000 £40,000 $1,504,000

Age 4+ 3+ 3 No G

Surface T T T

Metres 3000 3000 3000

Furlongs 15 15 15

Closing 2-Feb-10 23-Apr-10

16f-20f (3200m-4000m) TURF

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Surface T T T T T T T

Metres 3400 3200 3200 4000 3200 3200 3600

Furlongs 17 16 16 20 16 16 18

Closing 5-Jan-10 22-Apr-10 16-Mar-10 20-Apr-10 12-Jun-10 20-Sep-10 26-Oct-10

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“Once upon a time, a tiny chicken named Chicken Little was walking in the woods when – KERPLUNK– an acorn fell on her head. “‘Oh my goodness!’ said Chicken Little. ‘The sky is falling! I must go and tell the king.’”

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VEN as a child, I thought of Chicken Little as an annoying little twit who spent her time running around causing a commotion and generating fear through dissemination of bad information.

Although she survived in several versions of the ancient fable about courage – and, in the upside down world of political correctness, was even turned into a hero in a Disney film a few years ago –I still view Chicken Little as a panic-stricken busybody, stirring up trouble to little benefit.

Today, there’s actually a Chicken Little Award, a dubious prize given by the National Anxiety Center to people and organizations that they consider to be engaged in deliberately false, media-driven scare campaigns. Recently, some of our leaders have been stricken with what I call the Chicken Little Syndrome, while others more erudite than I might refer to it as the Doomsday Disease.

Now that I’ve been Czar for a couple of months, my patience is wearing thin and anyone who is afflicted with either of those will earn a free trip to Guantanamo, followed by a trip to the guillotine – the one with the dull blade.

Here are a few recent examples: Back in October, a member of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission came out of the annual race dates meeting at which the state’s racetracks had requested 24% fewer dates for 2010 (they probably should’ve asked for 50% fewer dates), and proclaimed, “I feel like we were presiding over the death of racing in Kentucky.”

Later, in an announcement that he was transferring a Standardbred stallion to Canada after the stallion had stood a year in Kentucky, another member of the Commission, said: “This is a sad day for Kentucky, which likes to call itself the Horse Capital of the World, when the greatest

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If I Were Czar – Part 2 The Chicken Little Syndrome trotter ever to stand in the state is forced to move because a small group of arrogant, world-class hypocrites in Frankfort refuse to give the Standardbred breeding industry the support it needs to remain viable.”

In the middle of all this, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) let it be known that, if they didn’t get VLTs at Aqueduct pretty soon, there is “a possibility that Belmont may not open and there will be no third leg of the Triple Crown.”

Bravo! Each of these modern Chicken Littles provided the industry with some entertaining rhetoric and memorable theatre, but I don’t really think they’ll accomplish what they intended with these pronouncements.

There are a number of problems with these predictions that the sky is falling, most notably that anyone who has been around for a more than a couple of years remembers another recent time, and another, and another, when some of our leaders have taken the position that, if we don’t get our way, we’re all going to take our toys and go home.

However, most legislators at which these dire threats are hurled have all heard them – or similar threats – numerous times before, and they generally ignore them, just as a parent ignores a spoiled child having a tantrum over the failure to get a new toy.

Further, the people in the horse industry – particularly the Thoroughbred business – consistently overestimate the level of clout that we carry with our lawmakers. For instance, a retired politician once told me of a person who was highly respected within the horse business for his political stature: “He’ll bug the crap out of you [or words to that effect] for six years, then, when election time comes around, he’ll give you $100... if he can get it from somebody else.”

Meanwhile, the actual participants in the industry buy into these threats wholeheartedly and start running for the

hills. And, as with almost all of these stories, there’s collateral damage in the form of the law of unintended consequences.

As this is being written, we’re one-for-two in Kentucky in the industry’s efforts to spank the legislators who failed to move our slots bill out of committee in 2009. In two special elections held last year to fill seats vacated by members of the legislature who had held up the slots bill in committee, the industry won one and lost one—but the two legislators who were most strongly opposed to the slots bill are still holding firm, despite all the threats and epithets that were thrown at them.

In New York, a member of the legislature (a Republican, yet) has suggested that the state audit NYRA as a first step towards putting it in receivership and/or taking it over. NYRA said that they would refuse to cooperate with an audit, but subsequently backed down when a firestorm of bad publicity greeted their stand.

Meanwhile, several financial institutions here in Kentucky, which have made good profits lending money to horse people over the years, have begun to turn the screws on their equine clients based largely on our own dire predictions of what will happen if we don’t get slots in the state. So, basically, we’re helping to make our doomsday scenario a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In the midst of all this, I am reminded of several axioms I learned when I briefly worked as a bouncer in a bar in New Orleans: Don’t make a threat unless you’ve got a pretty good chance of backing it up; and Don’t start a fight unless you’re pretty certain of winning it.

During my lifetime, the Thoroughbred business has survived a number of crises far worse than the failure to get slots in a couple of states, so put the acorn back in your pocket, Chicken Little; we’ll survive this one, too. I

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