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North American Trainer ISSUE 16 (TRIPLE CROWN 2010)
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Synthetic Surfaces Are they the future for racing?
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CARL NAFZGER A career built on traditional values
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Welcome to our Triple Crown issue of North American Trainer. This for me, is a lways an exciting issue to work o n. We start planning it in Januar y and enjoy the game of tr ying to pick subjects that we feel will be current by the time we publish in April. I hope we’ve hit the mark this year. With our cover story on Carl Nafzger we have gone for a trainer who is respected by his peers and the wider racing community for his methods and values. It’s interesting to read about how his career in the training game began and how the famous words of Robert the Bruce could easily be applied to Carl – “if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” The one subject that has dominated my mailbox this spring has been the contentious one of artficial surfaces and whether or not they are good for racing. I realize that this is a subject that most people have an opinion on but without the benefit of experiencing all different surfaces it is very hard to ever have a consensus of what is best for racing. So to cover it, we chose to give two well-respected trainers the opportunity to discuss what’s best. The format of the article gives Darrell Vienna first call at putting forward his thoughts on synthetic surfaces and then for Eoin Harty to respond to them. The final piece is Darrell’s reaction to Eoin’s comments. It’s certainly a thought provoking piece and a format we look forward to using on different subjects over forthcoming issues. Much has been written in the wider news this spring about the state of racing in New York and the crazy pattern that has developed where the government seems intent on wrapping up its legislation in bureaucracy. Instead of being able to provide not only a new revenue stream for itself and racing, it manages to continually dig its own hole and jump into it head first. For this issue, we’re not focusing on the potential for slot revenue but instead on the role of the New York OTB’s and the wider impact their fight for survival has on the racing industry. On a national scale, Kathleen Donovan has put together an excellent article on takeout rates from state to state and it soon becomes obvious that a nationally adopted takeout plan would be for the best of racing. I finish my introduction for this issue by paying my respects to our friend Richard “Dick” Broadbent who passed away at the end of March. Over time, Dick proved to be a real inspiration to the industry and had a real knack for being ahead of the way people were thinking on many different subjects. Time in his company was often time well spent. He was a great help to me when setting up this magazine and was one of the first to agree to advertise in it. We spoke three weeks before his passing about racing, his prayer book publishing, and his dogs. I’m just sorry I never got to say goodbye. Good luck wherever your racing takes you this spring! I ISSUE 16 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 01
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California Thoroughbred Trainers The new CTT Executive Director is announced.
10 Trainer of the Month
Shannon Ritter has a potential Kentucky Derby runner in Endorsement, winner of the Sunland Derby.
12 Carl Nafzger
Frances J. Karon meets with the old school trainer who has built up a Hall of Fame career.
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 16
18 Gambling On Racing’s Future K.T. Donovan gets a handle on takeout percentages across the U.S.
26 Why Do Horses Lug?
James Tate pinpoints the common problems that can cause horses to lug, and how to treat them.
34 Front Wraps
Now that we’ve seen front bandages on so many recent Kentucky Derby winners, Ken Snyder asks, do the wraps have a bad rap?
40 In Focus
Racing insiders Darrell Vienna and Eoin Harty sound off on synthetic surfaces.
46 Tying Up Some Loose Ends
“Tying up” is a frequent occurrence for horses in training, especially fillies. Dr. Catherine Dunnett examines some ways in which this condition might be alleviated.
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50 NYC OTB
Sid Fernando sits in and reports on the bankruptcy hearings for the New York City OTB and what the future could hold for New York racing.
58 Mark Johnson
Step into the announcer’s booth at Churchill Downs and meet racecaller Mark Johnson, by Geir Stabell.
62 Product Focus 66 Stakes Schedules
Indexes of forthcoming major stakes races.
80 Arnold Kirkpatrick column
Racing is heading in the right direction.
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Publisher & Editorial Director Giles Anderson Assistant Editors Frances Karon, Sophie Hull Design/Production Neil Randon Advertising Sales Giles Anderson Circulation Pippa Anderson Photo Credits Suzie Picou-Oldham, Frances J Karon, James Tate, Keeneland Library, Geir Stabell, Horsephotos, Eclipse Sportswire, Shutterstock Cover Photograph Suzie Picou-Oldham An Anderson & Co Publishing Ltd publication Main Address – United Kingdom 3 Stibb Hill, West Lavington SN10 4LQ Representative Address – North America PO Box 13248, Lexington, KY 40583-3248 Contact details Tel: 1 888 218 4430 Fax: 1 888 218 4206 info@trainermagazine.com www.trainermagazine.com
North American Trainer is the official magazine of the California Thoroughbred Trainers. It is distributed to all ‘Trainer’ members of the Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and all members of the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association
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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. Sid Fernando is president of eMatings LLC and Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc. He is the former bloodstock editor of Daily Racing Form and also blogs about racing and breeding. Frances J. Karon, is a native of Puerto Rico and graduate of Maine’s Colby College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She operates Rough Shod LLC based in Lexington, Kentucky and specializes in sales, pedigree research and recommendations.
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. 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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Barba looks to apply the Gregson touch on her Triple Crown hopes
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LEXIS Barba picked a good year to join the Eddie Gregson stable as an exercise rider in Southern California. It was 1981, when Gato Del Sol was a two-year-old, and Barba was able to observe first-hand how the colt was meticulously developed into a Kentucky Derby winner the following spring. Now, 29 years later, trainer Barba has her own Triple Crown aspirations with a pair of stakes-winning colts, Alphie’s Bet and Make Music For Me, with whom she also hopes to apply the Gregson touch. “Gato had just won the Del Mar Futurity,” recalled Barba of her timely introduction to the Gregson barn as she returned to her stable office at Hollywood Park recently after helping groom Juan Orozco give Make Music For Me a morning bath. “I was just galloping horses at the time and not Gato’s regular exercise rider, but I did have the luxury of getting on him a couple of times,” said Barba under a ‘Dream On’ baseball cap from an office chair. “Just for Gato to go to the Derby, and not being expected to win, and pulling it off, it was so exciting,” said Barba with a nostalgic smile of the colt’s 21-1 upset victory under Eddie Delahoussaye that highlighted Gregson’s career. The Gregson influence is still apparent in Barn 61 South, where Barba conditions six horses. Brown tack trunks and lockers with the white initials EJG were inherited by Barba when she went on her own in 2000 following Gregson’s suicide. “Eddie was easy to work for if he liked you,” said Barba of the tall erudite Stanford graduate who was one of the most respected horsemen on the circuit. “He was very articulate but he mostly left you alone to learn by observation.” Barba was as stunned as the rest of the
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racing world when Gregson mysteriously took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 61. “I had an assistant trainer’s license, but I had never thought about going on my own,” said Barba. “I galloped and ran Eddie’s second string, and later became assistant with his main string. “I was in survival mode,” continued Barba. “I had a son to raise. Eddie died – and everybody was in shock the way he died. I was made offers by a lot of the owners. “Obviously, I trained sort of like Eddie with the work schedule,” added Barba. “It’s pretty basic for everyone. It’s just when you’re thrown curves, how you deal with them.” Barba thanked Gail Gregson, Eddie’s widow, for helping her through that challenging time and owner Jacqueline Peralta-Ramos for supporting her through another difficult period when her supply of horses nearly dried up. Luckily, she retained contact with Teresa McWilliams, a long-time owner-breeder
from Montecito, California, who was an old friend of Gregson. Through McWilliams, Barba also met Peter and Ellen Johnson, a Wisconsin couple who spent part of the year in Montecito and entered racing six years ago. The Johnsons first became involved in the sport when they bought a half interest in Miss Alphie, a filly that McWilliams owned and bred and named after Ellen’s mother. Barba trained Miss Alphie, who was retired after seven maiden starts in 2005. “She fractured a foot on a sealed Santa Anita main track when she finished second in her last race,” said Barba with a wince. Miss Alphie, a daughter of another Gregson-trained star, Candi’s Gold, was bred to the Storm Cat stallion Tribal Rule in California to produce Alphie’s Bet, who races for McWilliams and the Johnsons. The Johnsons also campaign Music For Me, a Kentucky-bred son of Bernstein who was purchased for them by Barba at the 2009 Barretts March Sale for $95,000. “Sometimes you get lucky,” said Barba.
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Alphie’s Bet won the Grade 3 Sham Stak es to become a Kentucky Derby prospect
Make Music For Me broke his maiden in his seventh star t and first on tur f
“We got ‘Music’ for the price we were willing to go. He had a great way of previewing, a big stride and an early auction number.” Barba said the two colts are equally talented but very different. “Alphie’s Bet came in last summer,” said Barba. “He was a big awkward baby, but he went through the paces non-stop. He’s got a quieter easy demeanor and is easy to be around. “‘Music’ is a little smaller and a little more
Alexis Barba as a teenager with Oakland A’s baseball team mascot Charlie- O
on the hot side,” said Barba. “He’s a little more on the muscle.” Both colts showed promise as two-yearolds, although neither broke his maiden until early in their three-year-old campaigns. Make Music for Me may have been the most accomplished maiden in the country last year, three times placing in graded stakes behind two-year-old champion Lookin at Lucky. He rallied to finish second at Del Mar in both the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes and Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity and third in the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park. Alphie’s Bet also demonstrated his future promise by closing from far back to finish second as a maiden in his third start in the California Breeders Champion Stakes at Santa Anita in December behind the highly regarded Caracortado. Barba enjoyed the day she always dreamed about on March 6 at Santa Anita when she starred in the Santa Anita Handicap undercard by recording her first stakes wins in consecutive races.
Just beating the rain under threatening clouds, Barba stole the thunder from Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert and Richard Mandella and would have made Gregson proud. Make Music for Me broke his maiden in his seventh start and first on turf, rallying under Mike Smith to defeat Baffert-trained favorite Macias by one length in 1:35.30 for one mile in the $68,710 Pasadena Stakes. Thirty minutes later, Barba returned to the winner’s circle to clutch the winning bouquet in the $150,000 Grade 3 Sham Stakes after Alphie’s Bet rallied to overtake Mandellatrained favorite Setsuko for a 2 1/4 length victory in 1:48.72 for 1 1/8 miles on synthetic Pro-Ride. “He reminds me a lot of Candi’s Gold,” jockey Alex Solis told Barba after the race of the colt’s grandfather that Gregson trained to an eighth-place finish in the 1987 Kentucky Derby won by Alysheba. “He’s big, strong and can run any distance.” Barba thought she was on the Derby trail once before with Victory Pete after he finished an encouraging third behind winner Colonel John and El Gato Malo in the Sham two years ago. “He was named for Peter (owner Johnson), who was relatively new in the game,” said Barba, who thought the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park would be the best fit for his final prep before Louisville. “He got hurt the day before the race,” said the brunette trainer, recounting the agony in Arkansas. “ESPN had just interviewed us that morning. Andy Durnin, his exercise rider, led him out of the stall, he took one deep step, and we both went white. “I don’t smoke, but I had a cigarette that day,” said Barba of her reaction to the badly bruised foot that kept Victory Pete out until the end of that year. He was turned out again last summer after Del Mar and is nearing another return. Barba is using Durnin to exercise both her three-year-olds in hopes that he can supply the same magic that he used in helping Fusaichi Pegasus to victory in the 2000 Kentucky Derby. “He seems to know how to handle the naughty ones,” said Barba in reference to Durnin’s skill with the strongwilled and mischievous Fusaichi Pegasus. Barba, born Alexis Paras, knew from a young age growing up in the Oakland hills that her life would be around horses. “When I was a little girl, I was a horse nut and drove my family crazy,” said Barba with a laugh. “Nobody else was involved with horses. My father was in the camera business. “Oakland at that time was a big equestrian area, and I started showing horses during my teen years,” said Barba. “During that time, I took care of CharlieO, the mascot of the Oakland A’s, who was in our stable, for five years,” said Barba of the I continued on page 8 ISSUE 16 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 07
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mule named for Charlie Finley, the colorful owner of the baseball team that won the World Series three times during that period from 1972-74. Charlie-O was paraded around the outfield, into cocktail parties and hotel lobbies, and into the press box after a large feeding to annoy reporters. Barba moved from Charlie-O to Jack Utley when she started working in the stable area at Golden Gate Fields for the veteran trainer in 1977. “I always had a broodmare and got interested in pedigrees; that’s what motivated me to see the racetrack,” explained Barba. “The mare was named French Dish. I named her first foal Lepta – Greek for money – and she won her first start at Caliente. The mare had several nice horses, including Ondarty, who finished third in the 1986 Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar.” Barba credited Utley for teaching her the fundamentals. “Jack taught me how to hold a pitchfork in the stall,” said Barba of the old-timer. “He was the one who really taught me how to groom a racehorse.” Barba then worked for Jerry Dutton and Charlie Friday in Northern California before moving to Southern California and hooking on with Bill Spawr and Tommy Doyle before her long stay with Gregson. Barba was married for a time to trainer Trino Barba and had a son, George, now 21. Barba also has two sisters, who live in the Northern California town of Clayton. “They weren’t in racing, but they’re all excited about this,” said Barba about the Derby fever generated by the two colts. The 57-year-old trainer knows there will never be another Barbaro in the Derby winner’s circle but she hopes there will be a Barba. “I’ve been to Churchill before, but just as a tourist and have never seen the races,” said Barba, hoping the Derby will provide the first of many memorable visits. I 08 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com ISSUE 16
Racing needs legislation to help build shrinking purses Northern California Report By Charles E. Dougherty, Jr CTT Deputy Director
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E ALL hear the daily stories about horses leaving our state by the day, you continue to hear about owners no longer able to afford the horses, or you hear about one breeder after the next cutting back on the amount of horses they plan to breed. Unfortunately, this has become everyday talk amongst the horsemen both North and South. Is there any hope? Well, if the message being sent from the State Capital in Sacramento that Governor Schwarzenegger wants to help racing in his final year in office is true, yes, there is hope. Racing is in desperate need of some legislation that will help build our purses that continue to shrink. To have the Governor personally backing legislation can only help, right? Here is what we know: The racing lobbyists were called to a meeting with the Governor’s staff in January. They were told to get all the industry members to reach a consensus and bring back language on legislation that the industry could support. The CHRB then followed that meeting with a Legislative Committee meeting on March 4 at the Capital in which all segments of the industry were asked for ideas and/or a wish list for legislative action. The most common
themes expressed centered on instant racing machines, establishing a betting exchange, and rewording the mileage restrictions concerning the mini-satellites. The CHRB, under its new chairman, Keith Brackpool, is determined to put forth a comprehensive legislative package that all of racing could support, but more importantly, get the Governor’s backing. Rest assured, the CTT is very much involved and engaged in all these talks! The surface at Golden Gate Fields (GGF) got a much needed re-application of wax and new fibers on March 15 and 16. Over the past few months, the track superintendant at GGF constantly had to apply band-aid techniques to keep the surface together as it seemed like the materials had completely been washed away. In fact, an application of wax never did take hold in November. Management is keenly aware that many trainers had lost confidence in the surface since so many horses were being injured and/or just not liking the surface itself. They have assured us that they will apply wax and fibers as many times in a given year that is necessary. The surface will be re-evaluated this summer and it will be then determined when a new application of materials is necessary. Meanwhile, the CTT will be working very closely with the GGF management to communicate any lingering problems with the surface. Unfortunately, the purses at GGF were cut by approximately 8% when the most recent condition book was released. The TOC and GGF management decided to cut four stakes and reduce two others. The 8% cut was applied across all categories except that the bottom purse was not affected. It is hoped that this action will stabilize the purse pool all the way thru the Fall meet. Hopefully by that time, we will have some positive news regarding some legislative relief to help enhance our purses. We sure need it! I
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Balch is the new CTT Executive Director
Board of Directors also appoint Carlo Fisco to serve as General Director
New CTT Executive Director Alan F. Balch
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he Board of Directors of the California Thoroughbred Trainers (CTT) announces the appointment of Alan F. Balch to serve as Executive Director. Also joining the CTT is attorney Carlo Fisco who will serve as General Counsel. In announcing the selections, CTT President John Sadler said, “The CTT is fortunate to have engaged the services of these extraordinarily qualified individuals to provide management and counsel to ensure the efficient and effective operation of our association. “We feel that Alan and Carlo form an impressive team of professionals who can articulate and promote the interests not only of the CTT but the entire California racing industry.” A longtime leader in equestrian sports, Alan Balch has served as President of The USA Equestrian Trust, Executive Secretary of the American Saddlebred Horse Association, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Horse Show Association of America. His background includes vast experience with California Thoroughbred racing having served as Senior Vice President-Marketing for the Los Angeles Turf Club (Santa Anita), where he led the development of the first professional marketing organization in American Thoroughbred racing. Carlo Fisco has a long history in horse racing. For over 15 years, he was intimately involved in California harness racing, where as an owner, trainer, and driver, he managed a prominent California public stable. He graduated from law school while simultaneously operating a public racing stable. His legal practice, specializing in criminal law and civil litigation, has included the defense of many licensees in administrative actions before the California Horse Racing Board. He brings a wealth of hands-on horse experience and legal expertise to hit the ground running on behalf of the CTT. The new appointees assume their duties in April. I
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From left to right: Susan and Bill Casner, Shannon Ritter, and Robby Albarado
The TRM Trainer of the Quarter award has been won by Shannon Ritter . Shannon and her team will receive a selection of products from the internationally -acclaimed range of TRM supplements, as well as a bottle of fine Irish whiskey .
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WELVE female trainers have sent a horse to the Kentucky Derby starting gate; Shelley Riley recorded the best finish of these when Casual Lies finished second in 1992. On May 1, Shannon Ritter hopes to go one better. With his victory in the $800,000, Grade 3 Sunland Derby on March 28, Endorsement did his part to give Ritter a chance at becoming the 13th female to saddle a horse in the Kentucky Derby. The son of Distorted Humor had recently graduated from the maiden ranks, winning on February 20th at Oaklawn Park in his third start. “When he ran second at the Fair Grounds in January [in his second start],” Ritter said, “we thought he ran a good race, and it was the time of the year when you have to take a shot in bigger races.” Ritter began as a jockey, recording her biggest successes at Portland Meadows, where she earned leading rider honors. Following that stint, she went to work for Elliott Walden; now vice-president and
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racing manager of WinStar Farm, which owns Endorsement, Walden was then training horses full time. Ritter began as an exercise rider but soon became what Walden termed a “shipping assistant.” “She went everywhere with Victory Gallop,” Walden recalled. “Dubai, all the Triple Crown races. She was with Distorted Humor, too.” Later, as a full-time assistant trainer for Walden, Ritter was frequently based at Arlington Park and Fair Grounds. Walden praised Ritter, saying, “She can understand horses, how they’re doing: their health, their attitude. She can assess ability, and she transfers what she feels on a horse’s back to what she sees on the ground.” Walden also extolled Ritter’s integrity. “Shannon’s honest and straightforward; she’s not a great promoter of herself, and she’s a great team player.” Ritter laughed at the idea that Endorsement’s victory has made her a racing celebrity. “Everything’s still the same at the barn. I gallop my own horses in the morning, which keeps me out of the scenario a little bit.” In early April, she was grateful that the mornings were still pretty
quiet, though she admitted that the media attention was a daily reminder that her horse may be Kentucky Derby-bound. “It’s really weird how I feel,” she said. “I don’t really feel the excitement quite yet because the routine is still the same. I’m kind of numb. “At Sunland, I was only thinking about winning that race. It was a pretty good field, and I thought that finishing first or second would be really great. Then as he was coming down the lane, I had a really good feeling that he was going to win. And I thought, ‘We’re going to the Derby!’” Ritter said that she got involved with horses “because I really love them,” and that the satisfaction of training is “being able to work with the horses, to see the results.” Her work and its results have been most visible in the achievements of Victory Gallop, who won the Belmont Stakes after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. “He was a wonderful horse to be around,” Ritter said. “That was the highlight of everything.” Perhaps not for much longer. I
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CARL NAFZGER Carl and Wanda Nafzger stand trackside with Ian Wilkes, monitoring the horses training under the white saddlecloths with a red border. That some of these are marked with a plain “N” and others a “W” comprised of two boomerangs is irrelevant. It may be four years since Australian Wilkes officially took over as trainer for the bulk of Nafzger’s stable, but little has changed around their barn, where Wilkes has, for a while, been the more hands-on of the two. By Frances J. Karon
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MONG these close friends, the mood is light, easy. There’s a lot of teasing, but there’s also a solid groundwork of mutual respect and admiration that enables them to thrive in the climate they’ve created. And Nafzger is more relaxed than ever these days. “I’m at a stage now,” he says, “that I’m learning faster than I’ve learned in a long time, and I’m enjoying what I’m doing because I’m at a place removed – I’m at a place now I can only learn and enjoy and… I like that. I like being able to work with Ian and I like the deal that I don’t have to fight for stalls anymore.” The thought of even this Hall of Famer – he was enshrined in both the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2008, and in the Professional Bull Riders’ Ring of Honor in 2007 – having to “fight” for stall space is surprising. But Wanda points out, “There’s nothing complacent about being a trainer.” The blanket statement about
complacency wouldn’t apply to all trainers at this level of success, but it’s true that there’s nothing complacent about Carl Nafzger. They don’t make ‘em much like him anymore. Among fellow trainers, no one is more loved than Nafzger. Nick Zito pulls over in his SUV to say, as only he can, “When I grow up I want to be just like him!” Nafzger shoots back, “Don’t believe a word he says!” A filly from the Nafzger/Wilkes barn gallops by and Nafzger clocks her time in his head. “She looked like she did the half in forty-nine. Forty-eight and change?” he asks Bob, who works for Nafzger and Wilkes. “She was traveling well.” Bob checks his watch and answers 1:01 and one for fiveeighths. Nafzger nods. “You only use a clock for one thing, to make sure the horse is not lying. That’s why I was checking with Bob, because she looked like she actually worked about :50 and change, and yet I knew when she covered the ground quicker that she went faster. “The day Ian worked Unbridled before
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Nafzger has only a handful of racehorses lef t while Ian Wilkes (left) has already won two Grade Ones from his own account
the [1990] Breeders’ Cup I told him, ‘Let him do a half mile. Don’t ask him but let him do what he wants to do,’ and I sat there and watched, cussing and throwing my watch down. I was mad, screaming at Ian. Here we are at the Breeders’ Cup, and he’s going to take care of him, going down there in :52 or :51? Then I looked down at my watch and it was like forty-nine and one. I went, ‘Oooooh!’ He was so sharp that he was doing nothing, just floating over the ground. So you use a clock to check your eye.” Unbridled was sharp indeed – his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic sealed champion three-year-old honors and an Eclipse Award for Nafzger as leading trainer. Nafzger’s eye is very practiced, and one wouldn’t expect it to need more calibration than an occasional visit to the optometrist. He also relies on good instincts to allow him to see with pinpoint accuracy. In his book “Traits of a Winner,” which was published in 1994, Nafzger wrote: “My wife, Wanda, and I have as our desire and goal, the development of both horses and people to the fullest potential.” Whether that full potential is as a bottom-level claimer or a graded stakes winner is secondary to the challenge, and while Eclipse Award-winning champions Unbridled, Banshee Breeze, and Street Sense, and Grade 1-winning trainer Ian Wilkes and his wife Tracy – who was the regular rider of Street Sense and still gets on horses for the stable in the mornings – are the most prominent of these, Nafzger and
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“When I get to the paddock, what I try to do Derby Day is tone everything down like we’re at another horse race and just stay out of all this other stuff. I’m pretty boring when you really get down to it” Wanda are equally proud of everyone who has grown along with them. Nafzger has only a handful of racehorses left, all for his Kentucky Derby-winning clients Bentley Smith (son-in-law of Frances Genter) and Jim Tafel, and Wilkes has quietly gone out and started winning races for his own account. On opening weekend of the spring meet at Keeneland, Nafzger deputized in the saddling paddock for Wilkes, who was in New York about to win a second Grade 1 in his name, with Warrior’s Reward in the Carter Handicap. The first, Capt. Candyman Can, won the King’s Bishop at Saratoga last season. Nafzger’s own career got off to a much different start than Wilkes’. One of two future Hall of Famers – the other is in drag racing’s version – to graduate from his class of 42 in Olton, Texas, it hit home at their 50th reunion last year how many of them had been “unbelievably successful” in their
chosen careers. “Olton was quite a little town,” he recalls. “We were back to the old values there. You know: church, work, earn your way, learn, build, go.” “Go” he did, traveling across rodeos in the U.S. and Canada to make a living on the pro circuit at 18, barreling out of a chute on the back of a frenzied bull, then dusting himself off and doing it all over again. Nafzger counted out his life, his meals, and his barebones survival eight seconds at a time. The concussions, broken noses, broken teeth, broken limbs – those lingered longer, but such trivialities never got in the way more than they needed to. “You’re a cowboy,” he says of those days. “You live what you are. You’re everything that you are. You ride bulls, and you win if you ride good. If you don’t ride good, you don’t win, and nobody pays you anything, so you learn a lot about life there. “To me, everything breaks down to a very
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Ian Wilkes leads wife Tracy on Steet Sense – she was the colt’s regular rider
simple equation in life, and that’s it. Life’s so simple, people run past it.” When he quit rodeoing in 1971, he had been on the road 80,000 miles per year and sat on some 1,500 bulls all told. The simple equation of Nafzger’s life as a bull rider shows just how tough it can be: fifteen hundred bulls over 12 years at eight seconds each – 12,000 seconds, and a lifetime of wear and tear. He had met Wanda, a schoolteacher for special needs children, on his cross-country tour and wrote her letters in his downtime (he also tried his hand at poetry), and they married in 1968. That same year, he took out his trainer’s license while cutting back on the bulls, though he continued to rodeo for a few more years. The Nafzgers made their first foray to the Keeneland September sale in 1970, purchasing a $5,000 filly by Malicious and a $3,000 daughter of Li’l Fella with his father and two brothers. Carl was the trainer,
exercise rider, and blacksmith – somehow, after going to junior college on a rodeo scholarship, he had found time to learn farriery at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo – and Wanda was the groom. A year later, Pretty Li’l Bessie became their first winner, setting a five-furlong track record of :59 at Santa Fe Downs in the process. Wyoming-bred Speedy Karen became the first of their 74 stakes winners in spectacular fashion. She was the longest shot on the board at 17-1 in the La Fiesta Derby against colts at Santa Fe, drafting behind the frontrunners in a 40 mph headwind to nail 1-5 favorite Side Door by a neck. Nafzger reminisces, “We paid like slot machines!” But lean years ensued; the Nafzgers’ Broke N Stable was down to one horse, family-owned Las Profesoras, in 1977. She turned out to be a good servant, winning three times that season in allowance races at Oaklawn, Keeneland, and Churchill. Having
placed in a stakes in 1976 and earning in excess of $67,000 lifetime, she more than repaid her $4,000 purchase price from Keeneland in 1974. With Wanda’s staunch faith in her husband’s ability, she retired from teaching in 1977 to help him get off the ground. Stakes win number two, courtesy of Nalees Miss, came along in 1978. But their big break was William Floyd’s Fairway Phantom, who won the Grade 2 Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland, in which he chipped a knee, and the Grade 1 Arlington Classic the following year, in 1981. John Nerud, who trained Dr. Fager, Ta Wee, and Gallant Man, took notice of Nafzger’s handling of Fairway Phantom and approached the trainer at Saratoga in 1981. Nerud was so impressed that he hooked him up as the Midwest conditioner for both Tartan Farms and the Frances Genter Stable in 1982. This move set the stage for the scene with the Tartan-bred, Genterowned Unbridled not too many years later. Back in 1963, the first of three consecutive years he reached the national finals, Nafzger was the third-ranked bull rider on the pro circuit, leaving no doubt that this cowboy was as tough as they come. So it may be hard to reconcile that this is the same man who moved an entire television audience to tears when he won his first Kentucky Derby, in 1990. For many, the defining Carl Nafzger moment will forever be his Derby call for Unbridled’s 92-year-old owner Frances Genter. Nafzger, who notoriously dislikes and mistrusts the press, was ironically exposed by an NBC camera and microphone. In his rawest, most pure form, he was shown to be a man who, having just won the nation’s ultimate horse race, cared more about his owner’s happiness than his own. Who could forget his emotional “Oh Miz Genter, I love you!” as he hugged and kissed the stunned lady?
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ET for all the sentimentality of the 1990 Derby, Nafzger is not given to getting caught up in emotion. He doesn’t, for instance, make the Derby walkover. “If I have to go back to the barn before a horse race, I’ve got to fire somebody. When I get to the paddock, what I try to do Derby Day is tone everything down like we’re at another horse race and just stay out of all this other stuff,” he says. “I’m pretty boring when you really get down to it,” he claims. “I try to keep my mind focused on what’s happening right then and there, and then when you get to that box, you can get as sick and scared as you want to.” Even now that Nafzger has started three horses in the Derby – Florida Derby winner Vicar finished 18th in 1999 – he still says,
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“We think humans are going to improve the horse. That’s the biggest mistake we’ve got in racing right now: thinking that humans are going to solve the problem. Humans will screw up racing. Just leave it to the horse – the horse will take care of itself”“ “And you do get sick and scared.” The trainer’s wariness of the media goes back to Unbridled, when Nafzger’s every move was scrutinized and questioned and criticized. When his horses ran one-two in the $1-million, Grade 1 Super Derby with Home At Last edging out Unbridled, the negativity was more than he could bear. “It was about this time that I decided an unlisted phone number was a good idea,” he wrote in his book. His experience with 2006 two-year-old champion and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Street Sense wasn’t much better. “You know,” he says, “you can’t imagine the press going in to the Derby if you’ve never been there.” Talk of the “Juvenile Jinx” and no-horse-can-win-the-Derby-with-onlytwo-preps was incessant, but Nafzger and Tafel had the last laugh when favored Street Sense slipped through on the rail to win. Vaulted into celebrity along his journey to being a Hall of Fame, Eclipse Awardwinning trainer, conditioner of three Eclipse champions, two Kentucky Derby winners, and the recipient of two Big Sport of Turfdom Awards, Nafzger feels his obligation to represent horseracing honestly and in the best possible light. “Success is not less responsibility; it’s more responsibility,” he says. “When you become responsible, when you become successful, you have more responsibility to put the essence and the truth of the sport in front of everybody in the best way you can. And that causes a lot of conflict because a lot of people have a delusion of what they want out of this business and it’s not what the business is.” Nafzger is unapologetic, uncomplaining, and the power of his philosophy is the positivity of his perspective. If you don’t rethink your attitude on life after listening to him, then you weren’t listening. What of Nafzger’s disappointments? “They’re not disappointments. They were learning lessons. You don’t learn in the good times. You become smart; you get to be so intelligent, but when you get your ass kicked, you learn something. You learn not to drop your left hook. And you build off of it.”
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He says, “The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that adversity is the key to success. Once you get these things in rhythm then you can only succeed, be who you really are, and that’s all life’s about. If you had to boil it down, life is a learning lesson you cannot fail. I tell everybody around here, ‘If you learn, you cannot fail. But if you don’t, then you’ll fail.’” The core of most of Nafzger’s statements is the concept of life as having this simple formula. He likes to say, “A man’s only got two choices in this life: he’s got to have a choice to succeed or fail.” In Nafzger’s world, all is possible, and his own success is the only proof he needs that it can work for anyone. “You don’t build confidence if you don’t accomplish, and you can’t accomplish if you’re not doing something. As long as [people] are doing something, they’re getting confident, and then you can build something,” he says. “We have our
problems – we’ve all got problems, but we all build something. Everybody gets to build their own world – that’s one thing you get to do. If you don’t like your world, guess who screwed it up?” In the barn, he addresses a groom in halfSpanish, “You comprende?” If you make the assumption that he speaks Spanish, he has a creative way of telling you you’re wrong. He asks, “Kohee wa ikaga desu ka?” After a short pause for effect, he adds, “Oh, you don’t understand Japanese?” and translates: “Would you like a cup of coffee?” It transpires that Nafzger once trained for Tadehiro Hotehama, capturing the 1985 Washington Park Stakes-G2 with the owner’s Par Flite, and although Hotehama had a translator, the Nafzgers learned conversational Japanese, squeezing in time to take night classes together. There’s no doubt that details like this have contributed in large part to the Nafzgers’ success. What does Nafzger anticipate for horseracing in five years? “The best horseracing that you’ve ever seen.” It’s a somewhat surprising answer for these pessimistic times, but true to Nafzger’s belief that we can choose our destiny. His solution is simple: “Go back to the horse, the very essence of the horse, and you will have horseracing again. It’ll be great. It really will. “Zenyatta’s proved what she can do for the fan base. So has Rachel Alexandra. Learn from it – don’t depend on it. Learn from what they’re giving – take what they’re giving you, and understand it –
Nafzger (centre) with his wife Wanda and James Tafel at the Hall of Fame ceremonies at Saratoga Springs in 2008
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and evolve from there to understanding the essence of the value of the horse. Just build on what they’re telling you, what they’re showing you, what the people want to see. “We think humans are going to improve the horse. That’s the biggest mistake we’ve got in racing right now: thinking that humans are going to solve the problem. Humans will screw up racing. Just leave it to the horse – the horse will take care of itself. Make the rules and get out of the way.” ‘Going back to the horse’ is also Nafzger’s take on soundness issues. “We never give a horse a break anymore. Soundness? Go look at Street Sense. Street Sense retired totally sound. Totally sound! And he was on one of the most rigorous, hard campaigns you can be on as a racehorse, and could have
run as a four-year-old, no problem. Is it the horse, or is it humans’ involvement and management? I’m not answering that. I’m just asking you. “The horse trains you, you put the horse first, you listen to the horse, and it falls all into place. What gets it out of kilter is track managers, owners, people trying to win and trying to do something with a horse they shouldn’t be trying to do, but the point is everybody’s at fault some. So I’m not laying it on anybody. We don’t have unsound horses. We’ve just got unsound management of horses. And that’s not pointing the finger at anybody but at everybody.” Thus are the reflections of the semiretired legend who says, “At the Hall of Fame, they asked me, ‘What’s your greatest accomplishment?’ And I said, ‘Well, being
here right now and being happy I’m here.’” Wanda Nafzger, who has quietly ‘been here’ with and for her husband through the years, says that for her, there has been no one defining moment, that Carl has “always rolled with the punches.” Making a sweeping gesture towards the track, the barns, and the horses, she says that this is her own favorite part. “All of this! It’s been quite a ride.” Nafzger is content to move along at a slower pace and enjoy Wilkes’ rising star. This morning, someone stops Nafzger at the rail for a conversation, so he stays behind and gives his car key to Wilkes to drive back to the barn with Wanda between sets. Wilkes slides in behind the wheel with a laugh hinting at dizzying speeds ahead. “Seatbelts on?” This ride ain’t over yet. I
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HEN it comes to racing pricing itself, there is a tug-of-war between horsemen, racetracks, and horseplayers, all wanting a bigger piece of a rapidly dwindling pie and each making a legitimate case that racing could not take place without their contribution. The irony is that instead of arguing whether the tires, the chassis, or the engine is more important, if all three would unite, all could benefit from the same solution to the problem of racing’s evolving place in the sports and wagering markets. Like any industry, pricing is of paramount importance in attracting and keeping customers, who drive the market based on what they feel a certain product is worth. When racing hits its optimal pricing point, it will maximize its revenues for all parties in the game. But what is that point? Takeout – the percentage deducted from a mutual pool before it’s paid back to the winners – is the number one concern of horseplayers, according to research conducted by Jeff Platt, founder of Horseplayers Association of North America (HANA), the voice of the wagering fan. HANA now has 1500 members that bet $65 million annually, and to them, takeout means everything. There are people who will find a price that enables them to bet
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Takeout – the percentage deducted from a mutual pool before it’s paid back to the winners – is the number one concern of horseplayers, writes K.T. Donovan large amounts, sometimes even millions a year, whether horsemen get a cut or not. Tracks often use rebates, given to bettors who hit a certain level of regular, annual betting, as a compromise measure, but other players feel slighted. “Rebates are about 10%,” Platt said. “You don’t have to go offshore to get rebates, and you can be betting $80,000 a year and find rebates. They weren’t always for the big bettor. Once bettors started to get a price break, they started to bet more. In the mid1990s, rebated bettors were betting $70,000-90,000 a year. Now they are wagering ten times that.” As more options have become available to them, horseplayers have bet elsewhere, and handle across North America has dropped considerably. Casinos typically offer a low takeout of 8%, for example. But horseplayers are not typical gamblers – they prefer the cerebral challenge of
handicapping – and rather than walk away completely, they have become more organized and vocal in their demand for racetracks to lower their price. “With lotteries like Powerball, you are willing to have a higher takeout for such a great return,” says Platt in his contention that racing has not remained competitive. “When you bet football, there is only a 5050 choice, so a low takeout is very important. This is why win-place-show wagers are much more sensitive to takeout than the Pick Six, and why short fields are of great concern to players.” When betting pattern exotics like Pick 3s, finding the best takeout structure is the only way to beat the bet, even though the takeout is much higher on these types of wagers. Most players do not simply wager at the win, place, and show level, but play multiple exotics, so when these wagers started to catch on 20 years ago, higher takeout also caught on. “The maximum pricing point before you are losing customers has been shown to be 12-14% blended takeout,” Platt said. “American tracks are averaging 21% blended takeout, however.” In the 1980s the average (blended) takeout was 18% and by 2002 was 21.3%, an increase from previous decades at 14-15%. Racetracks are already dealing with a slim margin, and raising takeout seems to them the only way to maximize revenue. While horsemen and tracks thought that they were
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receiving increased revenue from this, they actually barely maintained, and in many cases dropped, their status quo in inflationadjusted dollars because handle fell as the takeout rose. In 2004, the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) commissioned a study by Will Cummings of Cummings Associates to determine why purses have not kept pace with the rise in costs, particularly when handle has gone up in certain areas. Cummings noted that the costs for racetracks to generate each dollar have risen exponentially since the 1970s, particularly in the area of simulcast and account wagering, so their share of the takeout increased just to cover expenses, and horsemen have felt the pinch in lower purses despite the added income from these outlets. The addition of slot machines at some racetracks have artificially helped keep purses afloat, while hiding how extreme the problem of the racetrack’s own increasingly slim margin has become. Additionally, the danger is that racinos often become casinos with some sort of equine activity going on outside which the management cares less and less about preserving. Because of this trend across the nation, tracks started to raise their prices – the takeout – in order to increase their margins, with long term counterproductive results as handle has decreased in the last decade. Margins will never be what they were when pari-mutuel wagering on horses was a monopoly. Competitive markets have slim margins, and horseracing is now a competitive market. Platt cited studies saying that a 1% change in takeout, either way, moves handle 2.3% and purses .06%. The Cummings Report found that, “… customers respond to a change in the takeout by returning 65% to 180% of their added winnings in the form of revenues to the industry (or if in the other direction, cutting back their wagering to reduce their losses, and hence the industry’s revenues, by that proportion). If one takes the low end of this range, the rise in average takeout from roughly 18% to 21% over the past quarter-century has depressed total handle by ten percent. At the high end of the range, handle has been depressed by nearly thirty percent.” In many jurisdictions, the choice is not even in the hands of the racetracks. They are not allowed to set their own prices like any other business would, because the government takes a share of the profits and thus seeks to control that revenue stream. Nor can racetracks work together to set a uniform price even within one state, because of anti-trust issues. In New York, the situation is even more unusual, because the Off-Track Betting (NYC OTB) shops are run in direct
““When you bet football, there is only a 50-50 choice, so a low takeout is very important. This is why win-place-show wagers are much more sensitive to takeout than the Pick Six, and why short fields are of great concern to players.” Jeff Platt, founder of Horseplayers Association of Nor th America
Jeff Platt of HANA. The association’s 1,500 members bet more than $65million annually
competition to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) racetracks. The state opened the NYC OTB in 1971, and three years later raised its prices with a 5% surcharge on winning bets. Telephone accounts disappeared and handle plummeted 20%, never to regain its early growth pattern. Lost revenue was recouped by opening more and more shops, often close together. In 2001 and into 2002, NYRA lowered takeout to 14% on WPS and 17.5% on exactas, Daily Doubles, and quinellas. NYRA paid out $95 million more than before, which came back in increased handle. The NYC OTB objected, however, because it felt the decrease reduced their stake of simulcast handle. Currently, NYRA’s takeout structure is 16% on winplace-show, and 18.5% on Daily Doubles, exactas, and quinellas. NYRA gives a
compromise break to Pick Six players, whereby they charge 26% on carryover days, but only 16% on non-carryover days. The NYC OTB is currently in bankruptcy proceedings, yet NYRA cannot change its takeout without the approval of the state. [For more detail on the NYC OTB bankruptcy, see page 50.] This early failed experiment with raising prices on wagers taught New York politicians nothing. Most have no idea what the facts are regarding racing. In a recent speech before New York state lawmakers, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) President Alex Waldrop educated them on the impact of racing on the state’s economy, the jobs at stake, and what effect the strangling regulations have on their own revenue. New York bettors account for 20% of national handle, which was down 10% in 2009 to $12.3 billion, the lowest since 1997. While the industry has been appreciative of Waldrop’s efforts, and some of the politicians were grateful for the enlightenment, he is careful at this time not to go where uninvited, or pressure for too much change at once. “State governments need money more than ever, and we’re not in a good position to push the politicians,” he said, noting that steps are being taken on issues of safety and health regulations, establishing a good working relationship with the states while proving that racing can police itself first. According to Waldrop, New York paid $112 million in 2007 to state and local governments, which accounts for more than a third of ALL revenue paid to ALL governments in all 38 racing jurisdictions COMBINED. New York generates THAT much income for the state, which is why the government is loathe to reduce takeout. Southern California’s Los Alamitos is the latest racetrack to resort to raising its takeout in the face of an economic crisis. Dr. Ed Allred, owner and chairman of Los Alamitos, said that despite being fundamentally against takeout increases, he was “desperate” because not only was Los
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horsemen and racetracks are seeing is that players make decisions that WILL affect your income.” The CHRB is not ready to concede that raising takeout reduces handle because there are myriad factors that go into determining revenue. With weather affecting racing everywhere, and the change from four days to three until April 1, the numbers are not clear. “It’s not a fair comparison yet,” Marten said. “The handle went up for those three days, with the larger fields, so for those opposing raising the takeout, that’s not fair. And with the rain, the handle went down, so for those in favor of raising the takeout, those figures aren’t fair. So we want to have a fair comparison before we make judgments, and that might take well into the summer.”
“I would like to go away from states setting takeout at all. We can possibly set a uniform ceiling – not a uniform minimum – but tracks need to set it themselves, according to their own individual market” Alex Waldrop – NTRA President (pictured) Alamitos not making money, it was subsidizing some off-track simulcast locations to ensure they could stay open to take the mixed breed track’s signal. In California, a law needed to be passed for the racetrack to raise its own price. According to California Horse Racing Board spokesman Mike Marten, AB246 authorizes either the track or horsemen to ask for a change in takeout up or down, make their case, and the CHRB votes on it. Right now, it only applies to harness and Quarter Horse meetings, and it can only be raised 2%, but after Los Alamitos was approved for its request, Thoroughbred meetings in California are watching carefully. The 2% will be split with half going to satellite wagering facilities, a quarter to horsemen, and a quarter to the track, with hopes for an increase of more than $3.5 million in new revenue. Enacted on January 16, and in effect five days later, the takeout went from 16% on win-place-show to 17.43%, and 21.53% on exotic wagers. The built-in expiration of September 8, 2010 has not eased the worries of horseplayers who fear that this is the start down a slippery slope toward similar takeout increases at the Thoroughbred
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meetings at other Southern California racetracks. “In direct response to what horseplayers tell us are their concerns we have put in the sunset provision, which was not part of the original plan,” said Marten. “We listened to Jeff Platt from HANA, and have tried to satisfy both horseplayers and the racetrack.” Platt did not agree, saying that he felt only a couple of Board members really listened to what he was saying, one of them being Keith Brackpool, the lone dissenting vote. Brackpool is now Chairman of the CHRB. “They raised it 2% and they think it will mean 2% more revenue, but it will drop handle 2.3 times that,” Platt said, then went on to describe how handle actually has been off 22% over last year. “I compared like days – they went to three days, so I threw out Thursdays, and just compared Friday to Friday on the same date last year, Saturday to Saturday. The first week I called for a boycott, then I backed off. I have other things to do, and it will take care of itself naturally. It is not my goal to cause horsemen to leave, or to lower handle. We just want to be heard, not dictate terms. I don’t have to have a campaign against a track – it will happen naturally. What
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N Florida, the takeout is solely at the discretion of the racetrack. No governing body, no racing commission, no politicians can interfere. The racetrack sets its own price. In this environment, one can see how racetracks differ according to their individual philosophy, regardless of the government. Calder Race Course is owned by Churchill Downs Inc., and Gulfstream Park by Magna Entertainment Corp., both corporations having their signals governed by TrackNet. Calder set its win-place-show rate at 18%, 20% on Daily Double and Exactas, 24% on Pick 3 and Pick 4 wagers, and a zesty 27% on Trifectas and Superfectas. Gulfstream has win-place-show at 17%, 20% on Daily Double, Exacta, Pick 3 and Pick 4 wagers, 25% on Trifectas and Superfectas, but an enticing 15% on its Pick 6. From the horseplayers’ perspective, TrackNet tracks “feel they put on a show and have a monopoly, so they can set their prices high,” says Platt. “They do give rebates, but only to the high-end players. Peter Berube [general manager of Tampa Bay Downs] is an independent. He gets it and is player friendly.” Tampa Bay Downs runs as the poor relative opposite the elite stables of Gulfstream. It has gradually decreased its takeout over seven years, particularly over the last four. Berube started doing this with little fanfare, just small incremental changes to see what happened. This year he reduced takeout percentages from 20% to 19% on Pick 3, Pick 4, Super High Five, and Pick Six. Takeout also decreased from 21.5% in 2009 to 20.5% on exactas. Win-place-show is at 17.5%, and Daily Doubles at 18%, making it very competitive with Gulfstream. “I did notice that average daily handle on track decreased, but it has everywhere,” Berube said about monitoring his results over the years. “At the end of the day, I’m
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looking at average daily handle overall, and it’s gone up. If you put more money in the players’ pockets, then you get greater churn. We have never felt a reduction in revenue by lowering takeout.” According to the Cummings Report, Tampa Bay Downs increased its handle from all sources in 2004 by 24%, but purses only rose 5.5%, because accessing wider distribution channels created additional costs that the track needed to cover first. In 2009, purses dropped approximately 6%, but the whole world was hit hard at that time, particularly early 2009, so it is difficult to say whether it was takeout adjustment or the economy that caused it. Berube acknowledges that on occasion handle has gone down, but does not attribute it to the takeout reduction. “There are many factors that go into calculating revenue,” Berube said. “There’s the weather, field size, the economy, competition. But what has happened is that when we started this, we were averaging $2.5 million a day, and now we’re averaging $4.1 million a day. That’s a 60% increase. Can you attribute it all to takeout reduction? No, not ALL of it, because we also have wider distribution, our field sizes are larger, and there are so many factors. But the bottom line is that handle has consistently gone up as our takeout has gone down.” Tampa Bay is in international as well as domestic pools, although California did not take its signal in 2009. However, when their share was reduced by the takeout going down, little was said by simulcast outlets until this year. “There was some push back over it, but no one stopped taking our signal, and now no one is complaining,” Berube said. Keeneland did not have the same experience when it tried to reduce its takeout from 19% to 16% across all bets during 2001’s Fall meeting, making it extremely low for exotics. Often simulcast
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outlets and Account Deposit Wagering (ADW) companies object to another track’s trying to reduce takeout without also reducing the rate charged for its signal, which cuts into their profits. NYC OTB and ten Mid-Atlantic tracks attacked Keeneland, refusing to take the signal. The Mid-Atlantic tracks negotiated collectively to have a reduction on their rate. While NYC OTB refused to budge, the Mid-Atlantic tracks began receiving the signal again, but the damage was done. Handle dropped at Keeneland 16.4%, but whether reduced distribution or reduced takeout was the cause was impossible to determine. Keeneland now offers 16% on win-placeshow bets, and 19% on all exotics. The betting exchange Betfair, which now owns TVG, has traditionally offered a very low takeout, so they make less money per wager, but make a lot more handle based on high volume attracted by their low price. They are the Wal-Mart of ADW’s and demonstrate the value of low takeout in attracting customers.
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equivalent of 19% sales tax in New York, where it is 3.89%, and the equivalent of 17% sales tax in Kentucky, where it is 3.5%, but can slip to 1.5% if on-track handle dips below a certain level. Complicated, and horrifyingly out of whack, right? But taxes are a different battle altogether. Revenue sharing within the takeout extends to horsemen’s complaints as well. Horsemen in 2008 refused to let TrackNet racetracks (Magna and Churchill tracks) send their signal without increasing the share to horsemen’s groups. TrackNet was charging not only host site charges, but a surcharge on wagers within 25 miles of the track, which horsemen wanted a part of. Waldrop is unequivocal in what he sees as the only way around the takeout dilemma. “I would like to go away from states setting takeout at all,” he said firmly. “We can possibly set a uniform ceiling – not a uniform minimum – but tracks need to set it themselves, according to their own individual market. It differs by market, and even by race. They will increase volume by lowering takeout, or they can make a bigger profit on smaller handle by raising it. I think they should find a middle point. The optimum takeout rate needs to be hit for handle to be maximized, which is when revenue is maximized.” “It’s a matter of philosophy,” Berube theorizes. “It’s been proven time and time again that if you give more money back to the players, you receive more in greater handle. It’s basic economic sense.” Waldrop has a message for each faction: “To horsemen, I would say that finding that optimum level is not as easy as it looks,” he said. “Dropping a price is risky. This makes rebates less desirable to the big players, and the price is not acceptable to ADW’s. There is a ripple effect. “To racetracks, I would encourage them to explore their options. Find the time to do the research to find your optimum rates. “To players, I would say play the tracks with the best takeout. Use your collective power to send a message. Churchill and Keeneland have lower takeouts than other places, but they don’t get all the handle. If the lowest takeout had the highest handle, this argument would be settled, but it’s not that simple.” The fractious tug of war among horsemen, racetracks and players, even when all want the same result and could reach it the same way, is a symptom of racing’s inability to unify to the betterment of the sport overall. Platt expressed the wishful thinking of the idealist when he said, “Everyone has to be on the same page. If New York, Kentucky, Southern California, and Florida all agreed to lower their takeout, racing would be in great shape.” Yes, we can all agree on that, but it’s not that simple… I
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A horse with a small wolf tooth (circled) and some sharp teeth (arrows). Teeth problems like these can make a horse lug
Lugging is a common problem. In some horses it occurs as a one-off event due to a new injury while in other horses it can b ecome a ‘normal’ trait. There are many possible causes of lugging but these can be broadly grouped into mouth problems, front and hind limb pain, other musculo skeletal problems, temperament/vision problems and cardiovascular or respiratory problems. By James Tate BVMS MRCVS Mouth Problems Perhaps the most obvious cause of a horse carrying its head to one side and lugging is a mouth or tooth problem. ‘Wolf teeth’ are the rudimentary first upper premolar teeth. Not all horses get them but when present they are found in front of the cheek teeth. The wolf tooth is the most common individual tooth to cause pain because it is found exactly where the bit sits and hence most people remove them, particularly if a horse shows any sign of pain or lugging. Horses can also lug as a result of problems associated with their cheek teeth. Due to the way in which the horse grinds its food, moving its jaw from side to side, the upper cheek teeth tend to become sharp on the outside and the lower cheek teeth tend to become sharp on the inside. If teeth are left sharp for too long, they can cause
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painful wounds which make the horse favor one side of its mouth more than the other and so lug at exercise. Furthermore, the problem can develop into a vicious cycle because if a horse starts to put too much pressure on the ‘good’ side of its mouth then a wound can also form here, leaving the horse with wounds on both sides. Treatment of such problems involves addressing the mouth wounds, correcting the tooth abnormalities and taking appropriate action with regard to the horse’s bit. Mouth wounds should be flushed daily with warm, salty water and some also advocate the application of human mouth ulcer ointments on cheek wounds or creams containing corticosteroids for mouth angle cuts. With regard to the teeth, the sharp edges should be rasped smooth and if any deciduous/‘milk’ cheek teeth (otherwise
known as ‘caps’) are coming loose then these should be taken out. Finally, a decision must be made as to whether it is still reasonable to continue riding the horse in a normal bit. If not, a straight rubber bit could be used or perhaps in severe cases a Hackamore or bitless bridle might be used, at least until the wounds have healed. Pain associated with a front leg can often cause a horse to lug, especially when under pressure in the final stages of a race. When a horse has a front leg problem it tends to lug away from the pain and so a horse with a left fore injury will lug to the right and vice versa. There is an endless list of problems that can cause front limb pain but with regards to causing lugging they can be grouped into new, acute injuries and long-term, chronic problems. A common example of a new,
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“Having finished a disappointing third in his reappearance while lugging right throughout, Master Minded underwent a thorough investigation that led to a bone scan. This diagnosed him with a stress fracture of his tenth rib”
Horses that sustain a bowed tendon injur y towards the end of a race can of ten lug quite severely away from the injured leg in the final stages
An x-ray of a horse with chronic joint disease in its knee. A problem lik e this often causes the horse to lug away from the side of the pain, especially when track conditions are not ideal, and the lugging is usually worse in the final stages of a race
An x-ray of a horse with ar thritis in its right hock. A horse with a right hock problem will often lug towards the side of the pain
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acute injury is a bowed tendon, which often occurs towards the end of a race and can cause a horse to lug quite severely away from the injured leg in the final stages. The most common chronic front leg problem to cause lugging is joint pain, which often makes a horse lug in or out up the stretch depending on which leg is painful. For example, a horse with chronic left knee pain may lug out up the stretch because it is more comfortable for them to lead on their right fore. In addition, track conditions can affect the degree of lugging (for example, some horses may lug more on muddy tracks) and this lugging can also be quite noticeable at obstacles in steeplechase racing as the horse may want to take off or land on a particular leg. Hind leg pain can also cause a horse to lug; however, unlike with front leg pain, a horse with a hind leg problem generally lugs towards the side of pain – something that many people find surprising. The most common cause of lugging due to a hind leg problem is joint pain and one of the most frequent examples of a hind leg problem that causes a horse to lug is arthritis of the hock joint. This may only cause mild lameness but it can often make a horse lug quite severely, particularly towards the end of a race. While it is generally accepted that front leg pain commonly causes horses to lug away from the cause of pain and hind leg pain causes horses to lug towards the side of pain, what is less well understood is why some problems cause lugging and others do not. There are many horses with painful joints racing every day, but why do some lug and not others? Are the horses that lug in more pain than the ones that do not or are some horses simply tougher than others? Other Musculoskeletal Problems The horse’s musculoskeletal system does not simply comprise of the legs and there are several other musculoskeletal problems that can cause lugging. One of the best steeplechase horses in the world, Master Minded – two-time winner of the prestigious Group 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham – had a well-publicized lugging problem recently.
Having finished a disappointing third on his reappearance at Cheltenham in November 2009 while lugging right throughout, he underwent a thorough investigation that led to a ‘bone scan’ (nuclear scintigraphy). This diagnosed him with a stress fracture of his tenth rib. Having undergone an appropriate period of rest, he returned to the track successfully at Newbury in February and is now a hot favorite to make it three Champion Chases in a row at the worldfamous Cheltenham Festival in March. Of the other musculoskeletal problems that can cause lugging, the most commonly diagnosed is back pain. A horse that is lugging is often examined after it has run by a ‘back manipulator,’ chiropractor or physiotherapist who unsurprisingly diagnoses the horse with a sore back, which they then ‘correct,’ and this is blamed for the problem. However, the horse’s back is a very difficult area to assess both clinically and using x-rays or ultrasound scans, and so while it may be undeniably sore after a race, is this the primary problem or is the back soreness simply secondary to the horse lugging due to another problem? Nevertheless, in spite of this concern that back pain may be over-diagnosed, the area cannot be overlooked and there are a few serious back conditions that can cause lugging, such as a ‘kissing spine’ where a horse’s back vertebrae ‘rub’ together, or even a pelvic stress fracture. Temperament and Vision Some argue that all horses which look ungenuine and lug have a problem and that we are just incapable of finding it. Nevertheless, certain horses simply do not wish to be racehorses and a horse carrying its head to one side looking everywhere but the direction in which it is meant to be racing is a sign of lack of resolve. Excuses might be made for a few races and the lugging might be put down to the horse being ‘green’ or perhaps not liking the kickback if the horse broke slowly out of the gates. However, there comes a point when all the excuses run out and the horse is simply labeled as ungenuine and unwilling. In the wild, the horse is a ‘prey’ or ‘flight’
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A ‘bone scan’ (nuclear scintigraphy) image of a horse with a rib fracture lik e the one diagnosed in Master Minded, which caused him to lug badly
looking behind. The famous racehorse and sire Broad Brush was racing successfully in blinkers but the decision was made before he ran in the 1986 Pennsylvania Derby that his headgear would be left off. This led to one of the most memorable races of all time as he lugged out so badly off the final turn that he ended up racing on his own up the stands rail, but still managed to win. Headgear is not the only thing that can affect a horse’s field of vision and headcarriage. For example, a horse with a visual impairment such as blindness in one eye or having a large eye scar usually has an awkward head-carriage that should not be confused with lack of resolve. There is a one-eyed filly called Barshiba racing in the UK at the moment who is now both a Group winner and a Royal Ascot winner despite carrying her head to the side to make up for the fact that she only has one eye.
animal and so is designed to have a wide field of vision to see its predators early and outrun them. As a result, the horse has two large eyes each placed on the widest part of its head, giving it almost a 360-degree field of vision. It is for this reason that trainers use different types of tack to try and change the way a horse carries its head and races. Different bits can help different horses, a shadow roll can help keep a horse from holding its head too high, and headgear like blinkers can force a horse to concentrate and look straight ahead. Indeed, it is interesting how often the application of headgear can straighten a horse’s headcarriage as it prevents the horse from
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Problems It is difficult to cover every possible cause of lugging but I would suggest that the majority of them have been discussed above with the exception of one category: severe exhaustion due to cardiovascular or respiratory problems. All horses are tired after a race but a horse with such a condition can suffer from severe exhaustion in the latter stages of a race – something that causes them to become distressed and lug in or out. The most common cardiovascular condition that causes severe exhaustion and lugging is atrial fibrillation. It is an irregular
The horse in the photograph has a large scar in the middle of its eye that prevents it from having a normal range of vision. As a result, it races with quite a high head-carriage and its head tilted to one side so that it can see as much as possible – something that should not be confused with lugging or lack of resolve
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An endoscopic image of the lar ynx of a horse suffering from dynamic lar yngeal collapse. Horses with severe respirator y problems often become exhausted and lug when put under pressure due to a lack of oxygen
heart rhythm that results in poor circulation and therefore the horse does not receive enough oxygen, leading to an exhausted horse that is unlikely to run in a straight line if indeed it can run at all. Respiratory problems are also well known for causing severe exhaustion, which in turn causes lugging. These respiratory problems can be split into two groups – infectious conditions such as bacterial or viral infections and laryngeal/pharyngeal conditions such as paralysis of the left side of the larynx or soft palate displacement. Horses that become exhausted due to a respiratory condition often carry their heads up high in an attempt to receive more air. Conclusion When a horse is lugging, a thorough investigation considering all of the most likely causes should be performed. First, the mouth should be checked. Then the horse’s musculoskeletal system should be assessed – is the horse lame, or are there any other signs of a musculoskeletal problem? Front leg pain generally causes a horse to lug away from the pain and hind leg pain usually causes a horse to lug towards the side of pain, while other musculoskeletal problems such as a rib fracture or a back problem are less predictable and more difficult to diagnose accurately. Could the horse be lugging due to exhaustion as a result of a cardiovascular or respiratory condition? Is there any problem with the horse’s vision or, if the horse is just ungenuine and temperamental, would the application of headgear or a different bit help? I hope that this article has given the reader some ideas for when they are next faced with this familiar problem. I
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HESE questions may always persist as turf writers, probably with arched eyebrows and maybe with an audible “hmmm...,” note the presence of front wraps on Kentucky Derby and Grade I starters each year. And don’t forget, fronts are important enough to handicappers that they’re included in the equipment line of past performance along with blinkers and types of shoes. An answer to whether front wraps are evidence of a problem is unequivocally disputed by, of all horses, the last three Derby winners. Mine That Bird, Big Brown, and Street Sense all ran in them. Before that, Smarty Jones in 2004 and Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000 won their respective Derbies in front wraps. In a sport where numbers, as in running times, are of paramount importance, that’s half of the Derby winners in the most recent decade. Maybe more startling is that the last horse to win in front wraps prior to Fusaichi Pegasus was Tomy Lee, way back in 1959. Reasons why recent Derby winners wore wraps varied from horse to horse and from
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If front wraps are on, all bets are off . So says conventional wisdom among many handicappers who suspect trouble when they see a horse running in “fronts,” writes Ken Snyder. But is the suspicion grounded in fact? (They are, after all, referred to also as front “bandages.”) Are the wraps a trifle or a tactical decision with trainers to improve performance? Or are they part of a sometimes “shell game” played by conditioners? trainer to trainer. For Neil Drysdale, the “trailblazer,” of sorts, for front wraps, they are a matter of individual decision. “If we feel that their fetlocks are a little bit weak then we’ll go ahead and run them in bandages if we feel it gives the fetlock joint support,” Drysdale said. The need for additional support shouldn’t be associated with risk of injury, nor should it be a source for suspicion, at least according to Dr. Rick Fischer, veterinarian, who has cared for Carl
Nafzger’s horses, including Street Sense and 1990 Derby winner, Unbridled, for 35 years. “It’s kind of like taping the ankles on a football player, you know. It’s just support,” Fischer said. Support necessitated by conformation was the issue for Mine That Bird, according to trainer Chip Woolley. Long pasterns produced extra flexion in Mine That Bird’s ankles leading Woolley to believe the horse needed, as he put it, “a hair of support.” “With a little extra flexion, they kind of go
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down and their ankles have a tendency to kind of make maybe a hair more contact with the top part of the surface than a horse that doesn’t,” Woolley elaborated. He added that his Derby winner never hit front hooves with hind hooves, the typical reason for using front wraps. Running down on his right front was the reason Rick Dutrow ran Derby winner Big Brown in fronts. “I hated to do it because I didn’t like the look it would give. But I didn’t care. I just wanted the best way of me knowing I could protect him in that race [the Derby] from running down,” Dutrow said. While running down or hitting wasn’t a problem with 2007 Derby winner, Street Sense, brushing front hooves with the rear ones was. “He was brushing on the inside – not every stride, but every now and then,” said Hall of Fame trainer Carl Nafzger. “It caused the horse to travel a little wider and so we put them [front wraps] on him and that was it.” In the case of Street Sense, the use of front wraps was, indeed, a tactical decision. “We put them on between the Breeders’
“It’s kind of like taping the ankles on a football player. It’s just support” Dr. Rick Fischer Futurity at Keeneland and the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile,” recalled Nafzger. “He didn’t run in them at Keeneland and he brushed a couple of times.” Speculating that Street Sense was “sort of losing interest,” as Nafzger put it, he began working the horse in front wraps. “He didn’t brush, so I said, let’s just run him in them, so we did and he won the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile. “Now whether that did it or not, he never did brush any more after that, and we never did take them off,” said Nafzger matter-offactly. He also dismisses speculation about injury connected with front wraps. “The old theory, ‘Oh, he must have something wrong with his legs; he’s got front wraps on,’ that’s all b.s.,” said Nafzger. “You’ve got a sore ankle and you wrap it. How much support is it going to help you to run really hard? None. It’s still going to hurt like hell.” So, were front wraps uncharacteristic equipment choices for some of these trainers? Hardly. Drysdale estimates he runs about half of his horses in his stable in front wraps (and all run in hind wraps). With characteristic English dryness, Drysdale, almost taking a note from Rick Fischer’s football analogy, observed, “It works with humans and I’m presuming it works with horses.” For Chip Woolley, like Drysdale, fronts are not part of every horse’s equipment. “It depends on the individual,” he said. The decision to run Mine That Bird had already been made for Woolley, however. When asked if the horse had always run in them, and despite his own incisive analysis of why the horse needed front wraps, the laconic cowboy responded with a typical Chip Woolley answer, “I never paid much attention. By the time I got him he ran in front wraps.” Mine That Bird, of course, came to Woolley’s barn as a two-year-old from Dave Cotey at Woodbine in Canada. Nafzger also makes individual decisions regarding front wraps and is, perhaps, disposed to use them because of how they have changed over the years. “The material is so good nowadays--it can be raining, it can be anything,” he said. “Used to, you had to put cotton on them and they’d get wet or soggy, but nowadays we don’t have to use
cotton. They’re a little elastic. They have a little give to them. You don’t have to worry about them now.” While the trainers all had good reasons for front wraps on their Derby starters, they are, if not necessarily a trifle, then an experiment for many trainers and standard operating procedure for others. “A lot of times it’s just a trainer guessing and saying to themselves, ‘Well hell, let’s try this and see if those won’t make a difference,’” said Rick Fischer. Trainers may do the experimenting, but it will generally be an experienced groom or barn foreman to do the wrapping. That’s because there are some risks involved with the practice. “The right way to do it is to put the snugness around the actual ankle joint,” said Fischer. “If you put the snugness around the tendon you take the chance of causing a bowed tendon.” Front wraps have definitely been part of the aforementioned shell game played by trainers to either discourage or encourage claims by fellow trainers in races at the claiming level. The question is whether the “game” is still being played.
Chip Woolley, trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, said his horse needed the support of wraps due to his long pasterns
Basically, chicanery with front wraps works like this: a trainer wanting to discourage a claim of his horse runs in front wraps (ideally after the horse has run without them) to suggest an injury. Of course, the horse doesn’t need them but appearances, as they say, can be deceiving as can the power of suggestion be, indeed, powerful. Using wraps to get a horse claimed is a longer process. A poor-running plater runs in front wraps for any number of races. The horse is then dropped into a claiming race with front hooves as unadorned as the day the horse was foaled. The idea is to convince other trainers that the horse was formerly injured but is now healthy and a great claiming prospect. ISSUE 16 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 37
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Games played with front wraps might be receding into the past as fast as front wraps, it would seem, are becoming ascendant, at least in the Kentucky Derby. “As far as camouflaging, that kind of went out with high-button shoes,” Fischer believes. “You just don’t see that anymore.” Removal of front wraps with higher caliber horses for legitimate reasons is rare, at least with Drysdale, Woolley and Nafzger. In other words, once you’ve seen a horse of theirs in front wraps, it’s likely you’ll always see them running in them. Drysdale only recalls “once or twice” removing front wraps from a horse that he evaluated initially as needing them. “I think one filly, maybe she wasn’t reaching out as well as she should have been.” Woolley said for him also it is “very seldom” that he goes from front bandages to none. “You might see a horse climb a little bit in bandages when he might not otherwise or something like that,” he added, detailing the reasons why he might choose to remove them. Nafzger, like probably every trainer, evaluates effectiveness of front wraps in workouts first before sending out a horse to race in them, and the decision to remove wraps is an easy one. “They won’t travel as good. Their action is different. They won’t be forward. Maybe they won’t want to go on,” he said. One situation where front wraps might not possibly appear after being used previously, at least for Nafzger, is when one of his horses goes from dirt to a synthetic surface. “A lot of synthetic tracks, if you’re using [front wraps] for support, you don’t need them because you get a good grip on that track,” he said. Nafzger believes synthetic surfaces support a pastern a little longer and keep the horse from going down into the track surface deeply enough to hit the track with their sesamoids. Front wraps will also come off a horse going from dirt to turf. This was the case with Big Brown when Rick Dutrow sent
Running down on his right front was the reason Rick Dutrow ran Derby winner Big Brown in fronts
“I hated to do it because I didn’t like the look it would give. But I didn’t care. I just wanted the best way of me knowing I could protect him in that race [the Derby] from running down” Rick Dutrow him out to finish his racing career on the grass in the Monmouth Stakes. “On grass they’re not going to sink all the way down in like they do on the dirt,” said Dutrow. Given the 50% rate of front wrap usage
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over the last decade in Kentucky Derby winners, the obvious question is, are we going to see more Derby starters wrapped “like mummies,” to use the exaggeratedly derisive description of biased handicappers? Racing, like a lot of things, is “monkey see, monkey do,” according to Fischer. He tells a story of trainer Vester “Tennessee” Wright, whose heyday was in the 50s and 60s and who led all trainers in the U.S. in wins four times. “He would stand every horse that he ran in ice for two hours before the race.” Of course, Wrights’ success moved a lot of wash tubs off the shelves into the barns of competing trainers, according to Fischer. Yet, “we found out that two hours in an ice tub does absolutely nothing.” It remains to be seen whether front wraps could become vogue, and whether the stigma and bias connected to them will ever go away. But as for the Kentucky Derby, it would appear that at least on racing’s biggest day the stigma has gone away. I
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Darrell Vienna currently serves as Southern California vice president of CTT, and is a former board member of the California Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association. He has trained in California since 1976.
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Eoin Harty is a fifth-generation trainer from Ireland who lives in Southern California. He has trained champion two-year-old filly Tempera, Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed, and Travers winner Colonel John.
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The Synthetic Argument
“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable” by Darrell Vienna
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ORSEMEN want to race and train their horses upon the safest and kindest surface possible, whether a synthetic surface or natural soil. In search of that ideal, many were drawn to reports of the virtues of synthetic racing surfaces. In California, trainers had been going through a few terrible years (2004-2007) with horse fatalities rising to new heights. A clamor arose from California horsemen calling for improved track surface conditions. A synthetic surface had been installed at Turfway Park in August, 2005, and by early 2006 installation of synthetic surfaces were scheduled for Woodbine Race Course, Keeneland, and Hollywood Park. Early reports were promising. Turfway Park reported a stunning drop in horse casualties after installing a new synthetic track.
In May of 2006, the California Horse Racing Board conditioned licensing of major race meets upon installation of a “polymer synthetic type racing surface” by January 1, 2008. The purpose of this mandate requiring all of California’s major tracks to switch from dirt to engineered surfaces was to reduce injuries. Interestingly, each of California's four major racetracks ended up with a different synthetic surface. Hollywood Park chose Cushion Track; Del Mar opted for Polytrack®; Golden Gate Fields went with TapetaTM; and Santa Anita finished with a hybrid mixture of Cushion Track and ProRide. Shortly after California's major tracks completed installation of these new engineered surfaces, Turfway Park reported a 100% increase in on-track fatalities from 2007 to 2008. This spike in on-track fatalities on the
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previously touted synthetic surface baffled track officials, state veterinarians, and horsemen. The first reported chink in the synthetic armor had appeared. As horsemen began empirically amassing experience with these new surfaces, dissatisfaction began to rise. The synthetic surfaces, although distinct from each other, both in design and composition seemed to follow the same trajectory. Initially, they worked well in reducing fatalities and injuries. Although horses took some time to adapt to the new footing, injuries lessened noticeably. As these new surfaces aged; however, fatalities began to rise and new types of injuries developed and increased. The California Horse Racing Board published statistics in their 2008 Annual Report indicating the fatality rate per thousand starts in fiscal year 2007-08 was significantly lower on synthetic surfaces than on dirt. Unfortunately, this conclusion
The Synthetic Facts by Eoin Harty
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HE utmost concern of all trainers is the safety and soundness of their horses, but the trainers at Santa Anita have not been in agreement on the racing surface in the 27 years that I’ve been here. The prodirt argument is calling for “newly designed natural soils,” indicating that the common denominator of agreement is that the old dirt surfaces are unacceptable. We have a newly designed surface, and we should consider only the science and the facts when determining which surface is superior with regard to safety, handle and public perception. A review of the data from North American racetracks, as supported by Equibase, shows unequivocally that racing fatalities have dropped dramatically at every track that switched from dirt to synthetic. Combined fatality numbers per 1,000 starts at Arlington, Keeneland, Turfway and Woodbine dropped from 1.82 on dirt to 0.95 on synthetic, while the number of starters increased at each one of them, making the results quite compelling. High speed videos were done by the Welfare and Safety of the Horse Summit
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which showed the foot slide on dirt to be between six to twelve inches. On a properly maintained synthetic track, it averages three inches. Slide magnifies conformational faults and exaggerates forces on limbs. This is simple physics. If a horse toes in or out, there is an increase in torque on the medial or lateral aspect of the limb as the foot slides. A decrease in slide also decreases the hyper-extension of the fetlock because breakover is quicker. This is why we do not see the catastrophic suspensory apparatus failures on synthetics that we see on dirt. We also see less heal bruising, ostensibly showing there is less force being applied to the lower limb. Synthetic tracks are more evenly level than dirt tracks after heavy traffic, resulting in significant improvement in stability and energy absorption. The field spread has diminished by one third and winning margins have decreased on synthetics tracks, indicating that there are more horses competitively getting over the surface well. The integrity of engineered tracks in wet weather is another aspect of their safety for horses and jockeys. At the University of California at Davis, Dr. Sue Stover directed a study on hoof acceleration and ground force reaction on
dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces, and came to this conclusion: “The relatively low hoof accelerations, vibrations, and peak ground force reactions associated with the synthetic surface evaluated in the present study indicated that synthetic surfaces have potential for injury reduction in Thoroughbred racehorses.” The assertion that synthetic tracks experience more injuries and fatalities as they age is not supported by any valid data. Turfway Park saw a drastic reduction in fatalities immediately upon its installation of Polytrack and in subsequent years the total per meet has never approached the levels previously seen on dirt. After five years, it is still performing very well, so the synthetic experiment at Turfway – a year-round facility with no turf course or training track – has been extraordinarily successful considering its age and the amount of use it has experienced. The racetrack is not always the primary cause of break downs on either dirt or synthetic, but it’s often trainer mismanagement, and partly, the business model of our industry which treats horses as a commodity. The Career Ending Did Not Finish (CEDNF) study for the 2008 racing year commissioned by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association found
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was extraordinarily misleading. Included in the 77 racing fatalities reported on dirt during that period were 50 deaths attributed to Los Alamitos Race Course. Absent the inclusion of these 50 deaths which occurred primarily to quarter horses racing on a 5/8-mile oval, the statistics would not have cast a favorable light on the synthetics. In California, the comparison between pre-synthetic fatalities and post-synthetic fatalities are continually based on comparisons from 2004-2007 (presynthetic) against 2007-2009 (postsynthetic). The figures show a slight decrease in racing or training related horse fatalities subsequent to the installation of synthetic surfaces. However, if the comparison is based upon 1999-2007 (pre-synthetic) against 2007-2009 (post-synthetic), the annual averages show that racing and training fatalities have increased since the installation of synthetic surfaces. Leaving the interpretation of figures behind, horsemen were reporting increased hind leg injuries and new types of injuries, which, while not fatal, were oftentimes, career ending. A report presented by the University of
California Postmortem Examination Program for the year 2008 supported the experience of the horsemen when it documented a significant increase in the proportion of rear limb injuries to the total number of musculoskeletal injuries seen in previous years. In recent polls conducted by the California Thoroughbred Trainers, the association representing California thoroughbred trainers, the trainers have voted 2 to 1 against retaining these synthetic surfaces. The majority has called for the installation of newly designed natural soil surfaces. What must be considered is that these horsemen are not selling a product. Unlike the sellers of the synthetic surfaces, no profit motive influences their perception. Nor do they gain an edge by engaging in the selective interpretation of data. Horsemen’s highest and sole concern is for the safety and longevity of the racing lives of their horses. Their conclusion based upon personal experience rather than unvalidated pseudo-statistical analysis, is that these engineered surfaces have fallen far short of the promise and that natural soils will most likely provide a gentler, kinder, surface for training and racing.
over 78% of career-ending injuries had Claiming or Maiden Claiming race types. Short routes had higher indexes, as did horses that went off at odds greater than 20-1. Two and three-year-old horses had lower indexes than older horses Horses that made their first start as two-year-olds also had lower indexes. These findings can also be overinterpreted, but the most important aspect of protecting horses is sound management. Still, any tool that facilitates horses’ health should be welcomed by horsemen, and the overall improvement of injury rates on synthetics must be considered a positive contribution to racing conditions. The perception that career-ending soft tissue injuries have increased with the advent of engineered surfaces is not validated by Equibase data over the past ten years. Records show that the percentage of horses that returned to the track before the end of the year after a race or recorded workout has held steady throughout the decade. A look at Del Mar shows that from 2000 to 2009, a consistent average of 84% of horses returned to the track and the national average has also remained steady at 78.5%. Perceptions of a higher attrition rate may be attributed to other factors, as one industry
insider put it, “I tend to think that memories are short and that the immediate creates more of an impression than the historical. I think it is particularly true when horsemen don't have a bench to draw on, as may have been the case in better economic times. Simply put, the loss of a horse in training is more painful now than perhaps it was ten years ago.” The Thoroughbred Times article “Cushion to recession’s blow,” published on February 20th, reported this: that a “review of pari-mutuel handle at the eight North American tracks that switched from dirt to synthetic surfaces reveals these tracks have increased handle 1.28% since making the change.” Fewer injuries have increased field sizes and benefitted handle; evidently, bettors have not abandoned wagering on synthetics, even during a recession. Wherever possible around the country, I stable at synthetic tracks because they have been an indisputable benefit to the soundness of my horses. Those of us at Santa Anita who take this position have no agenda other than the welfare of our horses. While we still have much to learn about synthetics and the many factors surrounding injuries, the data can help us make wiser decisions.
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The Synthetic Rebuttal by Darrell Vienna
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HE claim of my friend, Eoin Harty, that the “common denominator of agreement” in our positions is that “old dirt surfaces are unacceptable” is a misstatement. The true common denominator among horsemen is a deep and abiding desire to race and train their horses on the safest surfaces. All dirt surfaces are not the same and all synthetic surfaces are not the same. Some synthetic surfaces are safer than some natural surfaces and some natural surfaces are safer than some synthetic surfaces. General statements about dirt and synthetic surfaces must be tempered by an underlying understanding that such generalizations are of little or no value. It is also not particularly instructive to compare racing fatalities from old, tired, poorly maintained, and notoriously unsafe tracks with newly installed and engineered surfaces. The question therefore is how to identify the safest and kindest surfaces. Eoin suggests that we consider only the science and the facts. We couldn’t agree more. It has been said that in science, “facts” are things that are confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent. The issue here is to determine whether the safety of synthetic tracks has been proven to the point where it would be unreasonable to hold to the contrary. The primary assertion of the pro-synthetic advocates is that racing fatalities have dropped at every track that switched from dirt to synthetic. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that this statement is correct, a scientific approach requires a determination as to whether there any other variables apart from the change in surface contributing to or resulting in the findings. There appear to be other variables involved. For example, in California, concomitant with the introduction of the synthetic surfaces, every potential starter was subjected to a heightened level of prerace inspection that included hands-on scrutiny by highly qualified equine veterinary practitioners. Any horse with even the slightest hint of unsoundness was not permitted to race. The evidence seems to indicate that prerace scrutiny is, in fact, a substantial variable. Statistics published by the University of California, Davis and the California Horse Racing Board show that
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while racing fatalities dropped on synthetic surfaces, training fatalities increased. Is heightened pre-race scrutiny, rather than the switch to a synthetic surface, the controlling variable? According to a 2009 Associated Press report on track fatalities in all racing states, the biggest improvement was reported in Louisiana where fatalities were reduced by a whopping 41%. No Louisiana racetrack had changed to a synthetic surface. Dr. Tom David, Louisiana’s Equine Medical Director, attributed the change to a new pre-race examination program. The largest drop in horse fatalities in the United States resulted not from a change in surface but from a change in pre-race examination procedures. In California, the synthetic surface experience of an overwhelming majority of thoroughbred trainers has led them to call for the installation of natural soil surfaces. Many trainers have expressed the notion that while the number of injuries have remained relatively constant between dirt and synthetic, the type of injury horses are experiencing on the synthetic surfaces are more devastating. How can the experience of the majority of horsemen differ so markedly from what is reportedly the “science”? Scientific findings cannot be trusted if they have not appeared in peer-reviewed journals. Until such publication, carefully tailored interpretations emanating from groups sponsored by the purveyors of synthetic tracks must be considered suspect. This is not to claim that all the interpretations coming from these groups or individuals are bogus. In what appears to be more “selling” than “science” the prosynthetic advocates selectively use data, obscure or ignore contradictory data, and relentlessly promote the selected favorable data. It is not the time to support a particular surface but to reasonably and fairly conduct an objective, unbiased evaluation of what nature and science have to offer. There was a rush to judgment to install the synthetic tracks. Now there is a push to judgment to validate the synthetic tracks. Until such time as the science is validated, the unsubstantiated claims must not be weighted over the rationally based observation of horsemen. It is foolhardy to ignore their experience and to adopt conclusions based on statistics selectively chosen and pervasively promoted by the selfinterested. I
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A horse with raised muscle enzymes, whether it is a single isolated incident or a regular occurrence, is always a cause for concern for trainers. When present at a high level in blood, the muscle enzymes aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and creatine phosphokinase (CPK) usually indicate muscle damage. This may simply indicate overexertion during training but can also signify a more serious issue in the form of exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) or ‘tying up.’ These horses, which are quite often fillies, can be notoriously difficult to train with many lost training days resulting in a decreased opportunity to race. By Dr Catherine Dunnett BSc, PhD, R.Nutr.
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HERE has been a slow but steady increase in our knowledge of this disease or syndrome, which in more recent years has been helped by the application of genetic-based tests for some forms. An increase in our understanding of the metabolic basis for the syndrome is imperative and will help us to better manage these horses in terms of nutrition and training. Characteristics of ERS ER is a metabolic disorder involving the musculature which is characterized by some of the following clinical signs: sweating; a raised respiratory rate; stiffness of gait and/or a reluctance or inability to move; and hard and painful muscle groups usually but not limited to the quarters. In severe cases the urine may be discolored or reddened due to the excretion of myoglobin (the oxygen-carrying pigment in muscle). It is this myoglobinurea which is of greatest clinical risk, as it can precipitate kidney damage and even death. One of the most commonly noted signs of ER is muscle damage, as evidenced by the ‘leakage’ of the two muscle enzymes AST and CPK into blood. Classification ER is not a single disease, but a syndrome consisting of different sub-types with some common clinical signs. ER can be described as sporadic, where episodes are isolated or infrequent; or chronic, where horses have repeated episodes nearly always accompanied by raised muscle enzyme concentration in blood. Sporadic rhabdomyolysis – this is the term used to describe occurrences of muscle damage in horses where there is no prolonged previous history of ER. These cases can often be explained by muscle strain due to overexertion or overtraining and sub-optimal dietary intake of electrolytes, vitamin E and or selenium are sometimes apparent. In addition, it is not unusual for individual horses to
Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic winner Life is Sweet was retired in March due to a mild bout of tying up af ter a workout. Earlier in the year, she had been scratched from her intended 2010 debut for the same reason
exhibit sporadic ER where a viral challenge such as influenza or herpes virus is present. Chronic rhabdomyolysis is characterized by a genetic metabolic defect that leads to two quite different forms of ER, namely polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM), which is primarily found in Quarter Horses, Warmbloods and draft breeds; and, in Thoroughbreds in race training, the more prevalent chronic form of ER is recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER). When presented with a Thoroughbred in training with raised muscle enzymes in blood, we are likely to be dealing with either sporadic ER or recurrent ER and it is upon these two sub-types that this article will now focus. The prevalence of ER in horses in training in a study from the United Kingdom has been reported to be about 7%, with 80% of trainers stating that they had at least one horse within the barn with ER. Within this group of horses, the chance of more than one episode of ER occurring was a high 74% and the average
number of training days lost was six days. Progress has been made in recent years in understanding the genetic basis and metabolic defect involved in chronic ER. Studies in the US have suggested that this form is triggered by abnormal calcium regulation within muscle cells. Calcium is intimately involved in muscle contraction, and every time a muscle contracts, calcium is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, a storage site within the muscle. The calcium is then slowly taken back up and re-stored within the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the muscle in order for the muscle to relax. In horses with the chronic form of ER, it is believed that calcium is released too readily from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, leading to excessive muscle contraction. It should be made clear, however, that this mechanism is completely unconnected to dietary calcium intake, which will not modify this process. Although this mechanism is not completely proven it is supported by the relative success of dantrolene sodium to help control this
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Salt blocks are a useful source of sodium, which is often found at sub-optimum levels in horse diets
also help to improve forage intake, although an excess of alfalfa should be avoided.
“Inadequate intake or an imbalance in the ratio of calcium to phosphorus has been shown to be significant in some cases of ER” condition both practically in horses in training and in controlled scientific studies. Dantrolene sodium acts on intramuscular calcium, effectively regulating its uncontrolled release in affected horses. Genetics Data from breeding trials and pedigree studies in the US propose that chronic ER is almost certainly genetic and is inherited on a non-sex linked basis in a dominant fashion. This effectively means that chronic ER can be passed on by sire or dam and that animals can have either a single or two copies of the defective gene, but all will be susceptible to the disease in association with certain trigger factors. A sobering thought is that in the case of the horse with two copies of the defective gene, the genetic predisposition will always be passed onto their offspring. However in the horse with a single copy of the affected gene there is a 50% chance that this will not be passed on, assuming the mate (sire or dam) is unaffected. Despite carrying the defective gene, however, horses will only express that abnormal gene and show signs of ER in certain conditions, which can be related to trigger factors such as diet, excitability, stress and exercise regime. Unfortunately, there is not a simple genetic diagnostic test for chronic RER, but with the advent of the sequenced equine genome and many studies ongoing in this area, we may not have to wait long. A new and exciting area of nutritional research known as nutrigenomics can also be used to investigate the effect of diet or particular individual nutrients on expression of genes and hence the development of disease. Chronic ER may be an area of interest in this respect.
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Diet and management Although the causes of both the sporadic and chronic forms of ER are not fully understood, a number of dietary and other management risk factors have been implicated, including: Excessive energy intake – associated with high energy intake. Source of energy – associated with high starch intake. nadequate or unbalanced macro minerals in the diet, particularly calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. Insufficient electrolyte supply to replenish losses in sweat – sodium, chloride and potassium. Inadequate or sub-optimal antioxidant provision – particularly selenium and vitamin E. Stress and excitable behavior. Level of work and training characteristics. Age and sex, younger animals being at greater risk with two-year-old fillies being at a high risk. More recently it has been proposed that stress, nervousness or excitability are in fact the key factors in triggering an ER attack in affected individuals and so feeding and management strategies now often target behavior.
Practical feeding strategies for ERS Forage For horses with ER, adequate quality forage is essential. This is because a good forage, fed at a generous level, will contribute a greater amount of energy per day in the form of fiber. This in turn reduces the requirement for concentrate feed. Multiple forms of forage such as hay, haylage and alfalfa can
Concentrate feed Concentrate feed should provide sufficient energy for the work undertaken, and the main source of that energy should be digestible fiber and oil. Additionally, the starch content of the ration (i.e. cereals) should be minimized. Typically such concentrate feeds may have a starch content below 15%, with oil being present between 6-14%. There are a number of suitable commercial feeds of this type available, but practically, palatability can sometimes be a problem when the oil content is very high, especially in horses in full work. Meals should be small and fed on a regular basis. The addition of soaked unmolassed sugar beet with feed can also help to improve palatability when fed together with concentrate feeds. Addition of oats to the feed is not advised, due to their relative high starch content. The thinking behind this type of diet is to reduce excitability and promote calmness. It has been demonstrated that horses with a susceptibility to RER fed a high concentrate intake are less excitable and exhibit lower post-exercise blood CK levels when fed a low-starch, high-fiber, high-oil ration compared to those same horses when fed a high-starch, low-oil, low-fiber feed. In horses where maintaining condition is a struggle, high-oil ingredients such as straight vegetable oil, micronized linseed, or rice bran can be useful for topdressing. Vegetable oil obviously has a zero starch content, while that of micronized linseed and rice bran, although low, can vary between sources. While total energy intake and energy source appear to be the most important dietary factors with respect to ER, attention to the provision of antioxidants, mineral balance and electrolytes is also warranted, especially to minimize the risk of sporadic ER. In addition, use of ingredients that promote calmness and reduce excitability are also worth investigating. Antioxidants Antioxidant deficiency is not thought to contribute to ER, but antioxidant requirement may be higher due to the process involved in ongoing muscle damage. A well-balanced diet will provide an adequate intake of the main antioxidant co-factors copper, zinc, manganese and selenium, but additional vitamin E may be required depending on the concentrate product used. For horses in training, total vitamin E intake has been advocated at 1600-2500IU/horse/day. There is also some rationale for ensuring that selenium is provided in an organic form and that a natural form of vitamin E is used
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as both are more available than conventional sources of these antioxidants. Mineral balance The calcium content of the diet does not affect calcium regulation within muscle, with respect to chronic ER. However, inadequate intake or an imbalance in the ratio of calcium to phosphorus has been shown to be significant in some cases of ER, particularly the sporadic subtype. Careful attention is needed to maintain an adequate intake of both calcium and phosphorus and to ensure a suitable ratio (2:1) between these two minerals in the total diet. Adequate intake of magnesium is also likely to be important, especially as anecdotally, magnesium supplementation has been suggested to moderate excitable behavior, although some controlled scientific studies are needed to support this premise. Electrolytes Horses lose a large amount of electrolytes in sweat and the losses may be heightened where sweat rate is increased e.g. in hot weather or in anxious or excitable horses. The major electrolytes lost in sweat are sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium. Generally speaking the losses with respect to potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium are replenished easily by the forage and concentrate feeds. However, in my experience sodium is very
often present at sub-optimal levels in racing diets. Even where salt is provided as an additional source of sodium, the level of intake is typically low. While salt intake should be adjusted according to work rate, weather and individual sweating rates, in general terms 25-75g per day is usually warranted. This quantity of salt fed should not be added to a single feed but split between two or three feeds during the day. Calmers This is a potentially interesting area of management for horses predisposed to ER, but one which has received very little attention scientifically, either in normal horses or those with ER. A single trial has suggested that diets supplemented with about 500g of soy-lecithin can reduce excitable behavior, measured as spontaneous movement and reactivity, in horses. Other ingredients that have been anecdotally suggested to promote calmness include magnesium, chromium yeast, tryptophan, valerian and GABA, although currently the science in horses is simply not there to support these assertions. Management Certainly with respect to chronic ER, management strategies aim to reduce stress and excitability and this encompasses both aspects of feeding and training. Recommendations include that horses with
ER should not be fed more feed in anticipation of exercise and feed intake should always be reduced on rest days or periods of reduced work. Feed quantity needs to be tailored to maintain good body condition, without promoting excess weight gain. Feed also needs to be provided on a little and often basis, and there is some merit in ensuring these horses are fed first to avoid undue anxiety. If there is the opportunity for turnout at grass and this does not result in separation anxiety then this can also be beneficial. Other management factors such as stabling these horses in a quiet part of the yard and allowing them to be exercised first rather than last are also advocated. Avoiding rest days and ensuring that re-introduction to work is gradual following essential rest days is also important. There is also some belief that these horses should not be held back during fast work as far as practical, as this can lead to excitability and stress. Exertional rhabdomyolysis is a complicated syndrome and its associated symptoms are not always nutritional in origin, but despite this, a well-balanced and appropriate diet can often aid conventional veterinary therapy in some individuals. It is likely that the trigger factors for ER episodes are different between individuals and so it is not surprising that there is variability in the success of the management of this condition through dietary means.
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New York Racing is in poor health, with the New York City off-track betting Corp (NYC OTB) in debt to the tune of more than $230 million. The question of whether it lives or dies will have significant consequences for the entire racing industry in the U.S. By Sid Fernando
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OURTROOM 501 of US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, at 1 Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan, was awash in a sea of gray-blue banker suits on Monday, February 22. The two sides gathered before the white-haired and bearded Judge Martin Glenn were executives of the New York City Off-Track betting Corp. (NYC OTB) and the New York Racing Association (NYRA); both sides were indistinguishable in appearance and were represented by similar white-shoe law firms, but they were ideological studies in contrast. What they both confirmed, however, was the poor health of New York racing, specifically of the NYC OTB, which, according to both sides, is on its deathbed. The NYC OTB, however, would like last-
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minute, drastic surgery for a chance at survival; NYRA, on the other hand, believes that NYC OTB is past the point of no return and wants nature to take its course without intervention. This, in essence, was the legal issue that was argued before the court by attorneys from Cravath, Swaine & Moore for NYC OTB and by lawyers from Weil, Gotshal & Manges for NYRA. NYRA, which is owed about $15 million from NYC OTB and is its second largest creditor, believes that NYC OTB should not have been allowed to file for Chapter 9 protection as a municipality, which it did on December 3, 2009, from an executive order issued from Governor David A. Paterson. “We believe it was an unauthorized filing,” argued Weil, Gotshal to Cravath’s contention that “the Governor was empowered by state law to issue executive
order.” At the time this article went to press, Judge Glenn had not interpreted the arcane legalese to decide whether NYRA had a case to take NYC OTB off life support, although his mannerisms, sardonic comments, and contentious questioning of Weil, Gotshal attorneys gave the impression that he favored keeping the patient alive. For five consecutive years now, NYC OTB, a NY state public benefit corporation originally under the jurisdiction of the Mayor of New York City, has been losing money to the tune of about $45 million in operating expenses, with an overall deficit of more than $230 million, despite an annual handle of about a billion dollars in recent years – about half of all monies wagered in New York. The situation had become dire enough over the last few years that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had threatened to shutter the hemorrhaging organization in 2008; this very real possibility, which also was approved by the Bloomberg-appointed board of NYC OTB, led to the state-enacted emergency legislation that put it under its umbrella as of June 17, 2008. A year after assuming control of NYC OTB, Governor Paterson appointed Meyer “Sandy” Frucher as Chairman of the Board of the wobbling corporation, which had originated in 1971
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through state legislation as the first legal offtrack pari-mutuel wagering entity in the US. Columbia-educated Sandy Frucher is physically unprepossessing but speaks confidently and has an air of noblesse oblige to him. He’d been associated with the regimes of former Democrat governors and senators – he was Chief Labor Negotiator for New York State from 1978 to 1983 – and most recently had turned around the fortunes of The Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He took on NYC OTB in June of 2009, he said, after being “asked by the Governor and chief of staff, [who described a] perilous situation that would have a serious negative impact, especially on the upstate economy where agribusiness and breeding is” a large part of the economy. He said he quickly realized that the public benefit corporation’s mode of operation was flawed and that NYC OTB “was in effect bankrupt.” He said, “Expenses were exceeding revenues, much to my dismay,” and it was “cascading toward the abyss – literally running out of cash.” He felt NYC OTB would run out of cash by November of 2009 unless some changes were made. NYC OTB filed for bankruptcy protection and reorganization on December 3, 2009, Frucher said, partly because Monticello Casino and Raceway, a creditor, was going to sue. He now feels the company will be out of money and business by the first week of April if changes to the NYC OTB business model that have to originate in the state legislature are not made. The health of NYC OTB has far-reaching ramifications, and not just for New York. Its interconnectedness to other racing jurisdictions around the country, for example, is illustrated by its relationship to Hawthorne Park, whose signal it takes from Illinois. At the end of the Hawthorne meet this past winter, on January 30, 2010, the track found that it was unable to pay breeder awards in a timely manner as mandated by the state of Illinois because it said it was owed $10 million from various sources, including monies from NYC OTB. Likewise, the New York Breeding and Development Fund said recently that it could not make payments of $2.4 million in awards to breeders because NYC OTB owes it money. In a similar vein, the three in-state NYRA tracks – Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga – will be severely compromised without the $15 million that’s owed to NYRA by NYC OTB, said Charlie Hayward, President and CEO of NYRA. “We are taking every contingency to get us through the Saratoga meet,” he said via e-mail. Meanwhile, the video lottery terminals (VLTs) that were anticipated to boost NYRA’s bottom line will not materialize any time soon, either. Governor Paterson had awarded the VLT contract in January to 54 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com ISSUE 16
“The health of NYC OTB has far-reaching ramifications, and not just for New York. Its interconnectedness to other racing jurisdictions around the country, for example, is illustrated by its relationship to Hawthorne Park”
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Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG), but with several stiff requirements imposed on it by the legislature, the deal fell through. The state, city, and the breeding industry in New York also count on the monies that NYC OTB is legislatively obligated to distribute in New York – statutory payments. For NYC OTB, however, Frucher testified that the only way for short-term survival was by “delaying payments to creditors and using that money to operate NYC OTB, pursuant to law.” While buying NYC OTB time through Chapter 9, he’s put together a team of consultants with whom he’s worked with before to design a plan for restructuring a behemoth he calls outdated and out of sync technologically. One name that came up repeatedly in Frucher’s cross examination was that of Bret Engelkemier, who’d worked with Frucher during his latter days at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Engelkemier, who’s had restructuring experience at Citi, sat in the back row of the courtroom with several
others that Frucher had brought aboard, including the JPMorgan Chase banker Kent Hiteshew and Ben Branham of the swanky Edelman PR firm. Hiteshew had testified on behalf of NYC OTB that there was viability to reorganization and capitalization if certain contingencies were met – namely legislative changes that would lower the statutory payments NYC OTB had to make. Branahan arranged a private conversation with Engelkemier a few days after the court appearance, and Engelkemier, a former head of systematic trading at Citi, was nonplussed by the tasks at hand to technologically overhaul and streamline NYC OTB, if given a chance to proceed. He reiterated that NYC OTB was bloated with a workforce of 1,300 and was operating a model that hadn’t accounted for technological innovations available to streamline and trim its operational bottom line. “My experience is from the business/finance side,” Engelkemier said, “having managed businesses that had significant revenue and were highly technological. The problems that face this industry are not that complicated. The process engineering that has taken place through the financial industry just really hasn’t taken hold here. Technology in this business is like the early ‘90s from the financial world.” That said, the major piece to Frucher’s reorganization plan hinges on changing – lowering – the statutory payment scheme currently in place. Some, including NYRA, consider this a massive longshot because legislative change is required, and the state legislature has shown no inclination in the past to lessen the monies that it now receives. Nevertheless, Frucher believes he has a chance to change NYC OTB’s operational model, which mandates by law that it make statutory payments to the industry, state, and local governments on a formula based on gross revenues, instead of net revenues. “The company is giving a dividend before determining what operating costs would be,” Frucher testified. “We need to go from gross to net” as most private businesses operate, he said, and called the existing
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formula debilitating to NYC OTB’s existence. Part of the problem for racing in New York is its bureaucratic reliance and relationship to state government – and its key players – and the $9 billion budget deficit the state faces. Chris Smith is the political columnist for New York Magazine and covers the scene and its players, and he says that nothing will get done in New York with the proposed NYC OTB issues unless Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the State Assembly, approves the deal. “Basically, Shelly Silver is the single most important person in New York state government. He has iron control of his side of the legislature – the assembly members are almost exclusively Democrats and loyal to him. He’s a tough negotiator, and he’s got the votes to back him up. For Shelly, it all comes down to what increases his power. And any alteration in the formula comes down to Shelly. If it’s not in his interest to change the formula, it won’t take place.” Smith said, in contrast, that the State Senate is split between Democrats and Republicans and “can’t agree when to go to lunch.” Meanwhile, Governor Paterson, a rival of Silver’s and the man who appointed Frucher to NYC OTB, is under daily siege and is for the most part a lame duck. When Governor
Paterson awarded the VLT contract to AEG, “Shelly was furious, and he’s refusing to sign off,” Smith said. “And Paterson is totally incapable of making a decision; he’s broken his word repeatedly to the legislature, so they refuse to deal with him on basically everything. Now, Paterson has collapsed completely, and that just paralyzes things even more.” It’s under this suffocating political climate that NYC OTB and NYRA exist, and perhaps it’s no wonder why neither organization has thrived in recent years. On the face of it, then, Frucher appears to be in a no-win situation, but he doesn’t act like someone who’d walk into a gunfight without a gun. Smith thinks that Frucher’s ace in the hole is Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch, who was appointed to the post in July of 2009 by Govenor Paterson. An attorney with financial crisis experience, Ravitch, Smith said, was the behind-thescenes backer of NYC OTB’s Chapter 9 filing in December. “Ravitch and Frucher are very close and go back a very long way. They both worked together for Pat Moynihan in the mid-70s, and when Frucher was the chief Labor Negotiator for Hugh Carey in the late 70s and the city and the state were nearly bankrupt, Frucher hired Ravitch to run the
MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority),” Smith said. “Ravitch did a terrific job of turning around MTA, which was falling apart. Now, all these years later, if Ravitch were somehow to become governor, it would be much to Frucher’s advantage.” Plus, Ravitch would be a better negotiator with Silver than Govenor Paterson. Given Govenor Paterson’s downward trajectory – he’s under an ethics investigation now – it’s not out of the question that Ravitch could ascend, but Sandy Frucher needs things to happen fast to save NYC OTB. Over the next few weeks, Judge Glenn will decide the fate of NYC OTB’s Chapter 9 filing, but the company’s cash reserves may be gone before then. What happens next will have huge ramifications for racing and breeding in New York and beyond. I *On March 22, US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan), upheld NYC OTB's Dec 3. petition for Chapter 9 protection and reorganization. Without the legislative support needed to put its reorganization plan in motion, however, NYC OTB announced five days later that it would lay off it 1300-strong workforce and shutter operations on April 11. An 11th hour intervention by the State Legislature was a remote possibility as we went to press.
A year after assuming control of NYC OTB, Governor Paterson appointed Meyer “Sandy” Frucher as Chairman of the Board
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“My first season at Churchill Downs exceeded my expectations a thousand-fold.” These words belong to 43-year-old Mark Johnson, the Londoner who took up the position as racecaller at Churchill last spring, writes Geir Stabell.
ITH his arrival “the voice of the Kentucky Derby” was given an English accent, while Trevor Denman’s South African tone is part of the Breeders’ Cup. These are changing times in horseracing, right from the track surfaces up to the caller’s booth at the top of the grandstand. No doubt, calling races has become an international profession, and why not. If a man can do a good job at Newmarket or Stratford-on-Avon in England, he will probably do a good job also at Churchill Downs. Without having done any research on the subject, it is my guess that Johnson is the most versatile of all racecallers in this world. Having started off at point-to-point meets, which are amateur races over fences, in England, he became the first man to have called both the great Grand National steeplechase in England and the Kentucky Derby, and it is a fair bet that he will, for some time to come, be the only one to have Churchill Downs on a résumé already including Aintree – where the Grand National is contested – and Epsom, home of the English Derby. His passion for the sport shows a mile off and is heard even further away, while his interest in North American racing goes back a long way. “It has been my lifelong ambition to call at a major venue in the U.S.A.,” Johnson reflects, “but when I applied for this job [at Churchill] I did agree with bookmakers in Las Vegas as they chalked me up at 33-1 to actually get it.” However, and perhaps for a change, the bookies did not know enough about the form. After a two-week trial in competition with four other callers, Johnson was offered the job and, in his own words, “thought about it for about five seconds before accepting.” It meant reorganizing his life somewhat, with three long spells in Louisville and the rest of the year in England, where his wife Catherine is still based. “It suits us well,” Johnson says, “I am very fortunate, as I get the best of both worlds. I have my cake and eat it too. Last spring, I married Catherine and I got my dream job. It must have been the best year of my life!” The enthusiastic Johnson has some observations on his job, his input to a raceday in the U.S. compared to in the UK and racing in general: “Firstly, one thing I really enjoy at Churchill Downs is that I am being used more, my homework is being put to much better use,” he explains. “I am part of the handicapping team with Jill Byrne, and racecallers here also get the chance to inform the public much better during the post parades, and as we greet every winner back in the winners’ circle. No race is too small to make a bit of fuss about the winner and its
connections. What happens before and after each race is important, in my view.” For instance, in England, unlike in North America, the runners go directly to the start from the saddling paddock, says Johnson. “Often they don’t even canter past the stands but disappear around the bend across to the backside. People do not get to see the horse move. Racing is so much more consumer driven in the U.S., and, as ‘the voice,’ all callers are part of it. For example, I also write on Twitter [username: churchillmark] between races, from my booth, and I am part of the simulcasting show. I give selections between races. Do I bet? Yes I do, but not when I am working, it just becomes distracting. Remember, racecallers probably come better prepared than anybody to each raceday, so why not use us in the same way also in Britain? At
I am very fortunate, as I get the best of both worlds. I have my cake and eat it too. Last spring, I married Catherine and I got my dream job. It must have been the best year of my life!” Churchill I am provided with all the tools to give the public, on track and off track, good information; back home [in England] I am not.” He still sounds totally British of course, but when he travels back to work in England, many of his phrases are very North American these days. The British public now often hear lines like “he sits five off the speed” and this is just one of many lines new to them. One has heard no complaints. In a way, the racecallers are probably the best equipped to provide explanatory links between racing jargons on both sides of the Atlantic. After all, when you are being told a horse is five off the speed and you see he is five lengths behind the leader, you get it. Equally when you get the description ‘running in snatches’ about a horse you see racing in a kind of a ‘stop-start-manner’ you will understand. You will learn, and it will be easier to follow, and appreciate, global
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horseracing. Johnson is quite right. This must be a no-brainer. Use the racecallers more, more, more, in promoting horseracing. Johnson already considers himself as part of the family at Churchill. “One of the vice presidents here suggested I should come out early and get to know the horsemen and others at Churchill before my first meet,” he tells us, “and that was a great piece of advice. I love the mornings when I am out with my coffee watching horses work, and I feel that I get on really well with the racing office, trainers, jockeys, agents, owners and stable staff.” Johnson was himself an assistant trainer in England before taking up racecalling and TV presenting full time. Does his background help? “One would hope so,” he says. “Having worked with horses makes one understand and appreciate all the hard work that goes into every barn. Everyone involved in horseracing should try to connect with the horsemen and women. People like Dale Romans, Kenneth McPeek, Calvin Borel and his agent Jerry Hissam have all been very supportive and helpful. Borel did not mind too much when I gave him the nickname ‘the paint stripper’ and people seem to enjoy a racecaller that tries to add some color. All Calvin said was that he had been called worse things, by the way. He’s a great guy, still mucking out when his brother needs a hand.” Johnson feels that U.S. trainers have “a bit more power” than what seems to be the case in England. “Let me use the word ‘power’ in a nice kind of way,” he stresses, “and what I mean by that is that they are being consulted more by the track management and in particular by the racing secretary, who writes races to suit what horses are on the grounds for each meet.” Perhaps it would be a good idea for racetracks in European regions to emulate North America and ensure that they have races that suit locally based runners, although because most of the trainers are within walking distance of the racing secretaries’ offices – unlike in Europe – the task is naturally easier in North America. “Of course it is,” Johnson says. “The fact that trainers are based [at the track] has many positive effects. There is more of a team spirit in U.S. racing circles.” What can racing on the two continents learn from each other? “Lots of things,” Johnson says, “and communication is the key.” He is himself a great communicator, as well as a wellknown TV presenter on Racing UK – which is the British version of HRTV or TVG – where his expertise is international racing. “I have also done some point-to-point shows,” he tells us.
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A few days after our talk Mark Johnson is off to call the races at Tweeseldown pointto-point (comparable to the High Hope Steeplechase at the Kentucky Horse Park), the track where it all began back in 1986. “It is not well paid but I love it,” he explains with a big smile. “In fact, my last job in England before the Kentucky Derby meet last year was at a point-to-point, on the day after I had been part of the Grand National commentary team.” Arriving at Churchill, with a bit of a jetlag, a few days after having been to a point-to-point, amateur steeplechasing out on a field, must have felt like landing on a different planet. Racecallers must be adaptable. Returning to the subject of comparing North American and European racing, Johnson continues: “I feel that there are too many handicaps in England; racecourses should be able to copy some of the U.S. style conditions, with ‘non-winners of two’ and so on. That way
the horses can graduate naturally, without the trainers having to worry about handicap ratings.” Horses in England receive official ratings from the handicapper and compete in races graded for their level. “Handicaps are fine, but not too many. “One type of races I would simply ban are the selling races. They have no function, but are just another way for the courses to make some money.” The winner of a selling race is auctioned off when it returns to the winners’ circle; if an owner is looking to give his horse an easy win over low-quality competition, he is frequently the highest bidder in the aftermath. “The whole concept is so heavily in the favor of the owners, and nice winners are always bought back in. Sellers have no place in modern racing, in my opinion, and I also like the U.S. claiming races better – as horses must be claimed before the event, not after the race. Let both sellers and buyers take a gamble.” Touching on betting products, Johnson quickly confesses that “the Pick 4 is my favorite wager, it offers good value. Many of
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the exotic bets in America make wagering on horseracing a thinking man’s game. In England punters are obsessed with the fixed odds markets, where they can take a price. Ante-post betting is popular, and the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is a great idea here at Churchill. More diverse types of betting products make betting more interesting. But they must also be affordable. For example, I have never played the Scoop6 in England, as the minimum stake is £2 ($3) per line. That does not give the small players much of a chance.” The Tote Scoop6 is a variation of the Pick 6 wager. It’s contested only on Saturdays and spread across six races at different televised racetracks, with an extraordinarily large pot, often in the vicinity of £500,000 (more than $750,000). Carryovers of £1,000,000 ($1.5 million) are commonplace, and winners have the opportunity to pick a bonus winner the following Saturday for an even more lucrative payout. “Some courses in the U.S. have 50 cents as the minimum for their Pick 6, also for Pick 4 wagering, and it creates huge pools. I can’t see why the Tote in England can’t operate a Pick 4, and if they decide to one day make sure all races are at the same
course, that is very important.” A racecaller’s job is very different, in so many ways, on opposite sides of the pond. A day at Newmarket or Ascot typically has six races, sometimes seven or eight, while North American tracks often put on a tenrace card. “We have up to 13 races at Churchill, which means a lot of homework and a tough day for me,” Johnson says. “It may seem long but I believe in this concept, as it makes going racing more of a ‘flexible day out’ if you like. With three Pick 4s on each day there is something for everyone. People arrive after race two or three, some go home after the feature, which may be race eight or nine. If you want to play the Jackpot in England, you must be there for race one. How many make it to the first race at Windsor on a Monday night?” Which could also be phrased, how many people make it to the first race at Turfway Park on a weeknight? How much does a racecaller have to adapt to racing at different surfaces? “Not as much as he has to adapt to the layout of the course, and the distance of the race,” Johnson says. “For me the main thing is that it is a fair track. Churchill Downs is very fair, and the dirt track is also regarded as one of the safest tracks in the world. That means a lot to me. If you ask me what races I enjoy the most the answer is the routes. I really like races over 1 1/16 miles plus. When the race starts right under the Twin Spires you get a feel and a flow, it becomes natural to get into the action and I feel my commentary benefits from this.” An aspect of European racing Johnson hopes will be adopted into North American racing is programs showing colored jockey silks. “I don’t mind too much,” he says. “I always do my own color sheets anyway when I prepare, but silks in the program is obviously consumer friendly. One thing I would like to see, however, is fewer color changes. Shippers often arrive without their own silks, and run in the house colors. Perhaps owners and trainers could take a bit more pride in running in their own colors.” How about the stars, the ‘wow experiences,’ did he have many of those in his first year at Churchill? “Quite a few,” Johnson says and first and foremost thinks back to the Kentucky Oaks. “Calling Rachel Alexandra home was a great thrill, as was calling Mine That Bird and Calvin Borel in the Derby.” Looking ahead, Johnson admits to having a soft spot for the Dale Romans-trainee Lost Aptitude, a three-year-old son of Jockey Club Gold Cup winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Aptitude. Johnson says: “When he won the Grand Canyon [Handicap] I immediately got the feeling that he was a serious horse. He ran too freely in the Fountain of Youth
“Racing is so much more consumer driven in the U.S., and, as ‘the voice,’ all callers are part of it. For example, I also write on Twitter [username: churchillmark] between races, from my booth, and I am part of the simulcasting show” and perhaps he will always be a turf horse. He corners so well, I would not be surprised to see him develop into a strong contender for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Mile.” The Breeders’ Cup is some way off, and 33-1 is certainly the minimum you would want if placing a future wager on Lost Aptitude for the BC Turf Mile. If you do, make sure not to tell the bookmaker the tip came from Mr. Johnson, however as some of those guys in Vegas may remember this 33-1 shot all too well. Those he may have cost money are consistently reminded of Mark Johnson’s existence. And as they say, “that ain’t gonna change any day soon.” I
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4.5f (900m) Country USA USA USA USA USA USA
Track Charles Town Charles Town SunRay Park SunRay Park Mountaineer Charles Town
Race Name & (Sponsor) Lady Charles Town Stakes Charles Town Invitational Dash C.O. Ken Kendrick Memorial Stakes Totah Stakes West Virginia Legislature Chairman’s Cup Miss Shenandoah Stakes
Class S S
Race Date 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 3-Jul-2010 7-Aug-2010 18-Sep-2010
Value $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $85,000 $100,000
Age 3F 3+ 2F 2 CG 3+ 2F
Surface D D D D D D
Metres 0900 0900 0900 0900 0900 0900
Furlongs 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
Closing 09-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jul-10 08-Sep-10
5f (1000m) Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA GB CAN USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA GB USA USA USA USA USA FR USA USA USA
Track Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Evangeline Downs Turf Paradise Pimlico Pimlico Golden Gate Fields Indiana Downs Golden Gate Fields Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Indiana Downs Golden Gate Fields Ascot Woodbine Ruidoso Downs Woodbine Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Calder Colonial Downs Niigata Penn National Penn National York Calder Calder Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park Longchamp Delaware Park Delaware Park Churchill Downs
Race Name & (Sponsor) Kentucky Juvenile Stakes Churchill Downs Turf Sprint Stakes Need for Speed Stakes A.T.B.A. Spring Sales Stakes The Very One Stakes Jim McKay Turf Sprint Soviet Problem Stakes Shelby County Boys & Girls Club S Oriental Magic Stakes TTA Sales Futurity TTA Sales Futurity Shelby County Lost in the Fog Stakes King’s Stand St Victoria S Mountain Top Futurity My Dear S Attaway Darbonne Mem Star ter Sprint D.S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity D.S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity Gene Norman Mem Starter St Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint Handicap Punchline Stakes Ibis Summer Dash The Jennie Wade Handicap Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup Nunthorpe St (Coolmore) Catcharisingstar Stakes Fasig-Tipton Turf Dash Turf Monster Handicap Mr. Jenney Handicap Turf Amazon Handicap Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp (Qatar) First State Dash Stakes Small Wonder Stakes Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Class Gr 3 Gr 3 R
S R R S Gp 1 S S S S S S Gr 3 Gp 1
S Gp 1 S S Gr 2
Race Date 30-Apr-2010 30-Apr-2010 2-May-2010 2-May-2010 14-May-2010 14-May-2010 22-May-2010 26-May-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 9-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 15-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 18-Jul-2010 30-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 20-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 6-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 3-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 6-Nov-2010
Value $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $50,000 USD70,000 USD70,000 $50,000 USD75,000 $50,000 $80,000 $80,000 USD75,000 $50,000 £300,000 CAN150,000 $200,000 CAN150,000 USD50,000 $100,000 $100,000 USD50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $937,000 $100,000 $200,000 £240,000 $100,000 $100,000 $250,000 $100,000 $200,000 250,000 $75,000 $75,000 $1,000,000
Age 2 3+ 3+ 2 3+ FM 3+ 4+ FM 3+ 4+ 2 CG 2F 3+ F&M 2 3+ 2 2 2F 3+ 2F 2 CG 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2+ 2F 2 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 2+ 2 2F 3+
Surface D T D D T T T T T D D T AWT T AWT D AWT D D D D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Metres 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Furlongs 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 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Closing 07-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 23-Apr-10 03-May-10 03-May-10 15-May-10 15-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 05-Jun-10 20-Apr-10 02-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 16 Apr 2010 16 Apr 2010 14-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 08-Jun-10 21-Jul-10 22-Jul-10 22-Jun-10 14-Aug-10 14-Aug-10 17-Aug-10 01-Jun-10 04-Sep-10 8/25/2010 05-Oct-10 05-Oct-10 25-Oct-10
5.5f (1100m) Country Track USA Colonial Downs USA Colonial Downs
Race Name & (Sponsor) John D Marsh Stakes Oakley Stakes
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Class Race Date S 29-May-2010 S 5-Jun-2010
Value $50,000 $50,000
Age 3+ 3+ F&M
Surface T T
Metres 1100 1100
Furlongs 5.5 5.5
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5.5f (1100m) Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
Track Monmouth Park Presque Isle Downs Hollywood Park Presque Isle Downs Monmouth Park Colonial Downs Monmouth Park Arlington Park Monmouth Park Mountaineer Woodbine Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Ruidoso Downs Prairie Meadows Lone Star Park Lone Star Park River Downs Monmouth Park Colonial Downs Colonial Downs Monmouth Park Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Woodbine Colonial Downs Colonial Downs River Downs Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Evangeline Downs Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs Evangeline Downs Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Saratoga Monmouth Park Calder Calder
Race Name & (Sponsor) Wolf Hill Stakes Satin & Lace S Cinderella Stakes Karl Boyes Mem S Candy Eclair Stakes Buckland Stakes Anderson Fowler Stakes Arlington Sprint Crank It Up Stakes Dale Baird Memorial Stakes Clarendon S Pierre LeBlanc Memorial St Junius Delahousse Memorial Sprint St Sierra Blanca Handicap Iowa Stallion Futurity Texas Stallion Stakes - Pan Zareta Division Texas Stallion Stakes - Staunch Avenger Division Hoover Stakes John McSorley Stakes Chenery Stakes Tippett Stakes Klassy Briefcase Stakes Prairie Gold Lassie Prairie Gold Juvenile Shady Well S Sissy Woolums Memorial Jamestown Stakes Tah Dah Stakes Tyro Stakes Mongo Queen Stakes John Franks Memorial Sales Stakes Rio Grande Senorita Futurity Sierra Starlet Handicap Rio Grande Senor Futurity Road Runner Handicap John Franks Memorial Sales Stakes Colleen Stakes My Frenchman Stakes Incredible Revenge Stakes Troy Stakes Gilded Time Stakes Birdonthewire Stakes Cassidy Stakes
Class
R S S S R R R S
R S S S R S S S S R
Race Date 5-Jun-2010 8-Jun-2010 9-Jun-2010 9-Jun-2010 13-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 20-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 27-Jun-2010 3-Jul-2010 3-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 9-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 18-Jul-2010 19-Jul-2010 21-Jul-2010 24-Jul-2010 25-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 15-Aug-2010 18-Aug-2010 6-Sep-2010 16-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010
Value USD100,000 $100,000 USD60,000 $100,000 USD100,000 $50,000 USD100,000 $100,000 USD100,000 $75,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $100,000 $50,000 $60,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 USD100,000 $50,000 $50,000 USD100,000 USD75,000 USD75,000 CAN150,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $50,000 $200,000 $50,000 $100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 $80,000 USD100,000 USD65,000 USD65,000
Age 3+ 3+ F&M 2F 3+ 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3 3+ 3F 3+ 2 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 2 2F 2 CG 2 3+ 2 2F 3+ FM 2F 2 2F 3+ F&M 2 2F 2 3F 2F 2F 3F 2 CG 3 2 CG 2F 3+ 3+ FM 4+ 3 2 2F
Surface T AWT AWT AWT T T T T T D AWT D D D D D D D T T T T D D AWT D T D D D D D D D D D D T T T T D D
Metres 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100
Furlongs Closing 5.5 28-May-10 5.5 28-May-10 5.5 02-Jun-10 5.5 29-May-10 5.5 04-Jun-10 5.5 5.5 11-Jun-10 5.5 16-Jun-10 5.5 18-Jun-10 5.5 21-Jun-10 5.5 16-Jun-10 5.5 14-Jun-10 5.5 14-Jun-10 5.5 26-Jun-10 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 29-Jun-10 5.5 02-Jul-10 5.5 5.5 5.5 09-Jul-10 5.5 09-Jul-10 5.5 09-Jul-10 5.5 30-Jun-10 5.5 5.5 5.5 14-Jul-10 5.5 16-Jul-10 5.5 23-Jul-10 5.5 21 May 2010 5.5 5.5 24-Jul-10 5.5 5.5 24-Jul-10 5.5 21 May 2010 5.5 30-Jul-10 5.5 30-Jul-10 5.5 06-Aug-10 5.5 11-Aug-10 5.5 27-Aug-10 5.5 02-Oct-10 5.5 02-Oct-10
6f (1200m) Country USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN 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 CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA
Track Hawthorne Racecourse Hawthorne Racecourse Hawthorne Racecourse Prairie Meadows Turf Paradise Turf Paradise Woodbine Beulah Park Delaware Park Thistledown Will Rogers Downs Will Rogers Downs Emerald Downs Evangeline Downs Indiana Downs Presque Isle Downs Philadelphia Park Indiana Downs Presque Isle Downs Pimlico Pimlico Prairie Meadows Pimlico Pimlico Prairie Meadows Will Rogers Downs Will Rogers Downs Emerald Downs Mountaineer Monmouth Park Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Thistledown Woodbine Emerald Downs Penn National Penn National Penn National Churchill Downs Monmouth Park
Race Name & (Sponsor) Robert S. Molaro Handicap Governor’s Lady Handicap Pretty Jenny Stakes Golden Circle Sandra Hall Grand Canyon Handicap Ann Owens Distaff Handicap Woodstock S Babst/Palacios Memorial Handicap Vincent Moscarelli Stakes Angenora Stakes Wilma Mankiller Stakes Clem McSpadden Memorial Route 66 Stakes Hastings Park Handicap Tellike Stakes Ma Kettle S Inaugural S Foxy J G Stakes James Whitcomb Riley S Tom Ridge S Miss Preakness S Skipat Stakes Mamie Eisenhower Hirsch Jacobs Stakes Maryland Sprint Handicap John Wayne Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs Classics Stakes OTA Classics Stakes Seattle Handicap Waterford Park Handicap Decathlon Stakes Prairie Express Prairie Rose Dr TF Classen Memorial Stakes Ballade Stakes Auburn Stakes Danzig S Wonders Delight The Changing Times Aristides Stakes John J Reilly Handicap
Class S S S S S S S
S
S Gr 3 Gr 3 S S S
S R S S Gr 3
Race Date 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 25-Apr-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 2-May-2010 3-May-2010 3-May-2010 7-May-2010 8-May-2010 12-May-2010 12-May-2010 14-May-2010 14-May-2010 14-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 16-May-2010 18-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 23-May-2010 28-May-2010 28-May-2010 28-May-2010 29-May-2010 29-May-2010
Value $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 USD60,000 $50,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 $50,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 USD75,000 $100,000 $75,000 USD75,000 $100,000 USD70,000 USD70,000 USD70,000 $100,000 $100,000 USD70,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $75,000 USD100,000 USD60,000 USD60,000 USD50,000 CAN125,000 $50,000 USD75,000 USD75,000 $60,000 $100,000 USD100,000
Age 4+ 4+ FM 3F 3 3+ 3+ FM 3 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ CG 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3 3F 3+ FM 4+ F&M 3 3+ 4+ C&G 3+ FM 3+ CG 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3 CG 3 3F 3+ 3+ 3+
Surface D D D D D T AWT D D D D D D T D AWT D D AWT D D D D D D D D D D D D D D AWT D D D D D D
Metres 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
Furlongs 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Closing 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 21-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 21-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 25-Apr-10 4/21/2010 30-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 5/3/2010 01-May-10 03-May-10 03-May-10 07-May-10 03-May-10 03-May-10 07-May-10 27-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 04-May-10 14-May-10 14-May-10 14-May-10 11-May-10 05-May-10 5/19/2010 5/19/2010 19-May-10 15-May-10 21-May-10
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6f (1200m) Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA GB USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA JPN USA CAN USA USA GB USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA IRE USA USA JPN USA USA
Track Philadelphia Park Thistledown Hollywood Park Churchill Downs Finger Lakes Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Monmouth Park Mountaineer Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Belmont Park Hollywood Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Woodbine Woodbine Calder Calder Calder Calder Finger Lakes Hollywood Park Monmouth Park Kyoto Monmouth Park Arlington Park Arlington Park Ascot Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Presque Isle Downs Presque Isle Downs Churchill Downs Hollywood Park Monmouth Park Churchill Downs Woodbine Belmont Park Finger Lakes Hakodate Monmouth Park Woodbine Hollywood Park Monmouth Park Newmarket Calder Calder Calder Calder Calder Calder Hollywood Park Penn National Belmont Park Finger Lakes Woodbine Monmouth Park Colonial Downs Saratoga Saratoga Penn National Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park Finger Lakes Penn National Woodbine Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Ruidoso Downs Woodbine Calder Calder Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Thistledown Curragh Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Hakodate Monmouth Park Saratoga
Race Name & (Sponsor) My Juliet Stakes Michael F Rowland Memorial Handicap Manhattan Beach Stakes Winning Colors Stakes George W Barker Handicap Carter McGregor Jr. Memorial Stakes Valid Expectations Stakes Just Smashing Stakes Ohio Valley Handicap Gray’s Lake Bob Bryant True North Handicap Los Angeles Handicap Red Cross Stakes Rumson Stakes Bold Ruckus S New Providence S U Can Do It Handicap Unbridled Stakes Ponche Handicap Leave Me Alone Stakes Susan B Anthony Handicap Desert Stormer Handicap Longfellow Stakes CBC Sho Open Mind Handicap Isaac Murphy Handicap White Oak Handicap Golden Jubilee St Iowa Sprint H Saylorville Leematt S Northern Fling S Debutante Robert K Kerlan Memorial Handicap Blue Sparkler Stakes Bashford Manor Stakes Achievement S Prioress Stakes Niagara Stakes Hakodate Sprint Stakes Jersey Shore Stakes Highlander S Hollywood Juvenile Championship Mr. Prospector Stakes July Cup (Darley) Princess Rooney Handicap Smile Sprint Handicap Carry Back Stakes Azalea Stakes J J’s Dream Stakes Frank Gomez Memorial Stakes Landaluce Stakes Day Lilly Jaipur Stakes Arctic Queen Handicap Colin S Dearly Precious Stakes Chesapeake Stakes Schuylerville Stakes Sanford Stakes Femme Fatale S Roanoke S Power By Far S Ontario County Stakes East Hannover Township S Vandal S Teddy Drone Stakes Regret Stakes Lincoln Handicap Royal North S Florida Stallion Stakes - Deser t Vixen Division Florida Stallion Stakes - Dr. Fager Division Harvey Arneault Memorial Breeders’ Cup Stakes West Virginia Secretary of State Stakes Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies Stakes Mountaineer Juvenile Stakes Iowa Sorority Iowa Classic Sprint Iowa Cradle S Cleveland Kindergarten Stakes Phoenix St Premio Esmeralda Stakes Angie C Stakes Hakodate Nisai Stakes Select Stakes Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap
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Class S Gr 3 S S
S S Gr 2 Gr 3 R R
S Gr 3 S S Gp 1 S S Gr 3 Gr 3 R Gr 1 S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3
Gr 3 S
Gr 3 Gr 2 S S S R S Gr 3 R R
S S S S Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 1
Race Date 29-May-2010 29-May-2010 30-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 9-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 13-Jun-2010 13-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 25-Jun-2010 25-Jun-2010 25-Jun-2010 25-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 27-Jun-2010 27-Jun-2010 3-Jul-2010 3-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 5-Jul-2010 5-Jul-2010 9-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 16-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 18-Jul-2010 20-Jul-2010 23-Jul-2010 25-Jul-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Jul-2010 30-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010
Value $250,000 USD50,000 USD60,000 $100,000 $50,000 $50,000 $75,000 USD100,000 $75,000 USD60,000 USD60,000 $250,000 $100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 CAN125,000 CAN125,000 USD65,000 USD85,000 USD65,000 USD85,000 $50,000 USD60,000 USD100,000 $937,000 USD100,000 $100,000 $100,000 £450,000 $125,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 USD60,000 USD100,000 $100,000 CAN150,000 $250,000 $50,000 $937,000 USD200,000 CAN200,000 $100,000 USD100,000 £400,000 $350,000 $350,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $60,000 $150,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 USD100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $75,000 USD75,000 USD75,000 $50,000 USD75,000 CAN150,000 USD150,000 USD150,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $75,000 $110,000 $85,000 $85,000 $85,000 USD75,000 USD60,000 USD75,000 $50,000 EUR200,000 $50,000 $50,000 $752,000 USD100,000 $250,000
Age 3+ FM 3+ 3F 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3+ FM 3 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3 3 3+ 3+ FM 3 3+ 3F 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 2F 3+ 3+ FM 2 3 3F 3F 3+ 3 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3 3F 2F 2 2F 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ FM 2 3F 3+ 2F 2 3F 3F 3 3 3 2 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ F&M 2F 2 3+ 3+ FM 2F 2 2F 3+ 2 2 2 CF 2 CG 2F 2 3 3+
Surface D D T D D D D D D D D D AWT D D T AWT D D D D D AWT D T D AWT AWT T D D AWT AWT D T D D AWT D D T D T AWT D T D D D D D D AWT D T D AWT D D D D D D D D D AWT D D D T D D D D D D D D D D T D D T D D
Metres 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
Furlongs 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Closing 15-May-10 18-May-10 19-May-10 15-May-10 17-May-10 20-May-10 20-May-10 21-May-10 17-May-10 01-Mar-09 01-Mar-09 22-May-10 26-May-10 28-May-10 28-May-10 19-May-10 26-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 02-Jun-10 04-Jun-10 27-Apr-10 04-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 20-Apr-10 15-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 18-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 21-Jun-10 25-May-10 19-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 23-Jun-10 25-Jun-10 04-May-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 30-Jun-10 07-Jul-10 03-Jul-10 03-Jul-10 30-Jun-10 09-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 10-Jul-10 21-Jul-10 16 Jul 2010 16 Jul 2010 17-Jul-10 7/22/2010 14-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 14-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 26-Jul-10 30-Jul-10 27-Jul-10 31-Mar-10 22-Jun-10 30-Jul-10 24-Jul-10
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Track Saratoga Woodbine Woodbine Kokura Finger Lakes Thistledown Deauville Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Saratoga Thistledown Monmouth Park Saratoga Sapporo Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Haydock Park Monmouth Park River Downs Kokura Monmouth Park Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Hastings Racecourse Monmouth Park Woodbine Delaware Park Emerald Downs Hanshin Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Presque Isle Downs Turfway Park Hastings Racecourse Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Newmarket Newmarket Belmont Park Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Monmouth Park Thistledown Woodbine Nakayama Monmouth Park Philadelphia Park Hastings Racecourse Woodbine Delaware Park Delaware Park Finger Lakes Monmouth Park Woodbine Delaware Park Woodbine Finger Lakes Woodbine Philadelphia Park Churchill Downs Monmouth Park Calder Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Aqueduct Aqueduct Mountaineer Woodbine Penn National Aqueduct Kyoto Turfway Park Aqueduct Nakayama Aqueduct Turfway Park Turfway Park
Race Name & (Sponsor) Honorable Miss Handicap Nandi S Ontario Debutante S TV Nishinippon Corp Sho Kitakyushu Kinen Leon Reed Memorial Handicap Miss Ohio Stakes Prix Morny (Darley) Trenton Stakes Colts Neck Handicap Union Avenue Stakes Honey Jay Stakes Miss Woodford Stakes Victory Ride Stakes Keeneland Cup Opelousas Stakes Lafayette Stakes Sprint Cup (Betfred) Sapling Stakes Coca-Cola Bassinet Stakes Kokura Nisai Stakes Icecapade Stakes Aspirant Stakes Lady Fingers Stakes PNE President’s Speed Stakes Sorority Stakes Kenora S Endine Stakes Chinook Pass Sprint Centaur Stakes Jersey Breeders Handicap Eleven North Handicap Presque Isle Debutante S Kentucky Cup Sprint Derby Bar and Grill Express Monmouth Park NATC Futurity (F) Monmouth Park NATC Futurity Cheveley Park St Middle Park St (Shadwell) Vosburgh Stakes New York Breeders’ Futurity Proud Puppy Handicap Princeton S Best of Ohio Sprint Handicap Victorian Queen S Sprinters Stakes Eillo S Gallant Bob Handicap Premier’s Handicap Bull Page S Tax Free Shopping Distaff New Castle Hcp Finger Lakes Juvenile Fillies College of New Jersey S Nearctic S Sweet N Sassy Stakes Fanfreluche S Finger Lakes Juvenile Ontario Fashion S Parfaitment Stakes Breeders’ Cup Sprint Rutgers S Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap Jersey Juvenile Colts Jersey Juvenile Fillies New York Stallion Series - Great White Way Division New York Stallion Series - Fif th Avenue Division Sophomore Sprint Championship Stakes Kennedy Road S Blue Mountain S Fall Highweight Handicap Keihan Hai Holiday Inaugural Stakes Garland of Roses Handicap Capella Stakes Gravesend Handicap Gowell S Holiday Cheer Stakes
Class Gr 2 R Gr 3 S S Gp 1 S S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 S S R Gr 3 S Gr 2
Gr 3
Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 1 S S R Gr 1 Gr 3 R R R Gr 1 R S Gr 1 S S S S S Gr 3 S Gr 3 Gr 3 S Gr 3 S
Race Date 8-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 14-Aug-2010 15-Aug-2010 21-Aug-2010 21-Aug-2010 22-Aug-2010 22-Aug-2010 22-Aug-2010 23-Aug-2010 27-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 29-Aug-2010 30-Aug-2010 1-Sep-2010 4-Sep-2010 4-Sep-2010 4-Sep-2010 5-Sep-2010 5-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 26-Sep-2010 26-Sep-2010 26-Sep-2010 1-Oct-2010 1-Oct-2010 2-Oct-2010 2-Oct-2010 2-Oct-2010 2-Oct-2010 2-Oct-2010 2-Oct-2010 3-Oct-2010 9-Oct-2010 9-Oct-2010 10-Oct-2010 11-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 23-Oct-2010 24-Oct-2010 30-Oct-2010 31-Oct-2010 2-Nov-2010 6-Nov-2010 6-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 15-Nov-2010 15-Nov-2010 16-Nov-2010 20-Nov-2010 24-Nov-2010 26-Nov-2010 27-Nov-2010 4-Dec-2010 5-Dec-2010 12-Dec-2010 26-Dec-2010 26-Dec-2010 1-Jan-2011
Value $150,000 CAN125,000 CAN150,000 $937,000 $50,000 $50,000 EUR350,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 $80,000 $50,000 USD100,000 $100,000 $937,000 USD75,000 USD100,000 £275,000 $150,000 $10,000 $752,000 USD100,000 $100,000 $100,000 CAN 50,000 $100,000 CAN125,000 $150,000 USD40,000 $1,363,000 $60,000 USD100,000 $100,000 $100,000 CAN 50,000 $200,000 $200,000 £170,000 £170,000 $350,000 $200,000 $50,000 USD60,000 $75,000 CAN125,000 $2,227,000 USD60,000 $250,000 CAN 100,000 CAN125,000 $75,000 $75,000 $50,000 USD60,000 CAN500,000 USD125,000 CAN150,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $2,000,000 USD60,000 USD125,000 $60,000 $60,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $100,000 $937,000 $50,000 $65,000 $888,000 $65,000 $50,000 $50,000
Age Surface 3+ FM D 2F AWT 2F AWT 3+ T 3+ D 2F D 2 CF T 3+ F&M D 3+ D 3+ FM (NY bred) D 3+ D 3F D 3F D 3+ T 2F D 2 D 3+ T 2 D 2F D 2 T 3+ D 2 C&G D 2F D 3+ D 2F D 3+ AWT 3+ FM D 3+ D 3+ T 3+ D 3+ FM D 2F AWT 3 AWT 3+ D 2F D 2C D 2F T 2C T 3+ D 2 D 3+ FM D 3F D 3+ D 2F AWT 3+ T 3+ D 3 D 3+ D 2 C&G AWT 3+ F&M D 3+ D 2F D 3+ F&M D 3+ T 3+ FM D 2F AWT 2 D 3+ F&M AWT 2 D 3+ D 3 D 3+ D 2 C (NJ bred) D 2 F (NJ bred) D 2 D 2F D 3 D 3+ AWT 2F D 3+ D 3+ T 3+ F&M AWT 3+ FM D 3+ D 3+ D 2F AWT 3+ AWT
Metres 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
Furlongs Closing 6 24-Jul-10 6 21-Jul-10 6 28-Jul-10 6 06-Jul-10 6 07-Aug-10 6 12-Aug-10 6 8/4/2010 6 13-Aug-10 6 13-Aug-10 6 16-Aug-10 6 17-Aug-10 6 20-Aug-10 6 14-Aug-10 6 20-Jul-10 6 22-Aug-10 6 23-Aug-10 6 06-Jul-10 6 22-Aug-10 6 11-Jun-10 6 20-Jul-10 6 27-Aug-10 6 01-Jan-10 6 01-Apr-10 6 6 22-Aug-10 6 18-Aug-10 6 31-Aug-10 6 6 03-Aug-10 6 11-Sep-10 6 11-Sep-10 6 15-Sep-10 6 15-Sep-10 6 6 15-May-10 6 15-May-10 6 20-Jul-10 6 20-Jul-10 6 18-Sep-10 6 01-Jan-10 6 18-Sep-10 6 9/25/2010 6 22-Sep-10 6 15-Sep-10 6 03-Aug-10 6 02-Oct-10 6 25-Sep-10 6 6 22-Sep-10 6 05-Oct-10 6 05-Oct-10 6 02-Oct-10 6 10/9/2010 6 29-Sep-10 6 12-Oct-10 6 06-Oct-10 6 16-Oct-10 6 13-Oct-10 6 6 25-Oct-10 6 10/30/2010 6 30-Oct-10 6 06-Nov-10 6 06-Nov-10 6 6 6 02-Nov-10 6 03-Nov-10 6 16-Nov-10 6 6 12-Oct-10 6 25-Nov-10 6 6 26-Oct-10 6 6 17-Dec-10 6 23-Dec-10
6.5f (1300m) Country USA USA USA USA CAN USA
Track Hollywood Park Hollywood Park SunRay Park Turf Paradise Hastings Racecourse Emerald Downs
Race Name & (Sponsor) NTRA Stakes Alphabet Kisses Stakes Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff Handicap Joanne Dye Stakes George Royal Stakes Federal Way Handicap
Class R S S S
Race Date 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 8-May-2010 9-May-2010
Value $60,000 $60,000 $75,000 $50,000 CAN 50,000 $50,000
Age 3+ CG 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3F 3+ 3F
Surface AWT AWT D D D D
Metres 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300
Furlongs 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5
Closing 02-Apr-10 02-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 16-Apr-10
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6.5f (1300m) Country CAN CAN CAN USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN CAN USA CAN USA FR USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA CAN CAN USA CAN CAN USA USA
Track Hastings Racecourse Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Belmont Park Emerald Downs Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Philadelphia Park SunRay Park Emerald Downs SunRay Park SunRay Park Emerald Downs Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Saratoga Woodbine Saratoga Deauville Saratoga Saratoga Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Presque Isle Downs Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Presque Isle Downs Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park
Race Name & (Sponsor) Brighouse Belles Stakes Hendrie S Emerald Downs Handicap Vagrancy Handicap Washington State Legislators Stakes Jim Coleman Province Handicap Senate Appointee Handicap Jostle Stakes Aztec Oaks Pepsi-Cola Handicap Dine Stakes Frontier Trophy Buckes Stakes Governor’s Handicap Bold Venture S British Columbia Cup Nursery Stakes British Columbia Cup Sprint Handicap British Columbia Cup Debutante Stakes Amsterdam Stakes Shepperton S John Morrissey Stakes Prix Maurice de Gheest Adirondack Stakes Saratoga Special Stakes Lassie Handicap New Westminster Handicap Presque Isle Downs Masters S Dennis Dodge Stakes Diane Kem Stakes CTHS Sales Stakes CTHS Sales Stakes Fitz Dixon Mem S Jack Diamond Futurity Sadie Diamond Futurity Donna Fryer South Carolina Residence Christopher Elser Mem South Carolina Residence
Class Gr 3 Gr 2
S S
S S S Gr 2 R S Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 S S S S S S R R
Race Date 9-May-2010 16-May-2010 24-May-2010 29-May-2010 31-May-2010 5-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 27-Jun-2010 3-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 2-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 4-Aug-2010 5-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 15-Aug-2010 16-Aug-2010 26-Aug-2010 26-Aug-2010 11-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 11-Oct-2010 11-Oct-2010 14-Nov-2010 14-Nov-2010
Value CAN 50,000 CAN150,000 CAN 50,000 $150,000 $50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $200,000 $75,000 $50,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $150,000 CAN125,000 $80,000 EUR250,000 $150,000 $150,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $400,000 USD40,000 USD40,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $100,000 CAN 100,000 CAN 100,000 USD75,000 USD75,000
Age Surface 3+ FM D 4+ F&M AWT 3F D 3+ FM D 3+ FM D 3 D 3+ FM D 3F D 3F D 3 CG D 3 CG D 3F D 3+ D 3+ AWT 2 CG BC bred D 3+ D 2 F BC bred D 3 D 3+ AWT 3+ (NY bred) D 3+ T 2F D 2 D 2F D 2 D 3+ F&M AWT 2 CG WA bred D 2 F WA bred D 2 CG D 2F D 2 AWT 2 CG D 2F D 2F D 2 CG D
Metres 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300
Furlongs Closing 6.5 6.5 28-Apr-10 6.5 6.5 15-May-10 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 29-May-10 6.5 12-Jun-10 6.5 6.5 26-Jun-10 6.5 26-Jun-10 6.5 6.5 30-Jun-10 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 17-Jul-10 6.5 21-Jul-10 6.5 28-Jul-10 6.5 21-Jul-10 6.5 31-Jul-10 6.5 31-Jul-10 6.5 6.5 6.5 01-Sep-10 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 15-Sep-10 6.5 6.5 6.5 30-Jun-10 6.5 30-Jun-10
7f (1400m) Country USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA CAN USA JPN CAN USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA CAN CAN USA CAN USA USA USA USA IRE CAN USA CAN USA USA
Track Hollywood Park Hollywood Park Hollywood Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Woodbine Philadelphia Park Hollywood Park Woodbine Churchill Downs Tokyo Woodbine Hollywood Park Belmont Park Belmont Park Woodbine Lone Star Park Belmont Park Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Charles Town Charles Town Belmont Park Belmont Park Philadelphia Park SunRay Park Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park Arlington Park Belmont Park Hollywood Park Hanshin Hollywood Park Evangeline Downs Woodbine Woodbine Saratoga Woodbine Calder Calder Saratoga Saratoga Curragh Woodbine Saratoga Woodbine Saratoga Saratoga
Race Name & (Sponsor) Warren’s Thoroughbred Stakes B. Thoughtful Stakes Grey Memo Stakes Humana Distaff Churchill Downs Stakes Fury S Lyman Handicap Railbird Stakes Vigil S Matt Winn Stakes Keio Hai Spring Cup Queenston S Lazaro S Barrera Memorial Stakes New York Stallion Series - Spectacular Bid Division New York Stallion Series - Cupecoy’s Joy Division Lady Angela S Cinemine Stakes Woody Stephens Stakes Salute Stakes Acclaim Stakes Wild and Wonderful Stakes Red Legend Stakes Mike Lee Stakes Bouwerie Stakes Donald LeVine Memorial Handicap Dr. O.G. Fischer Memorial Handicap Caught in the Rain Stakes Peppy Addy Stakes Chicago Handicap First Flight Handicap Triple Bend Handicap Procyon Stakes A Gleam Handicap Oak Hall Stakes Passing Mood S Deputy Minister S Test Duchess S Florida Stallion Stakes - Susan’s Girl Division Florida Stallion Stakes - Affirmed Division NetJets King’s Bishop Stakes Ballerina Stakes Moyglare Stud St Play the King S Forego Handicap Seaway S Spinaway Stakes Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes
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Class R S S Gr 1 Gr 2 R S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 R Gr 3 R R R Gr 2 S S S S S S Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 2 R R Gr 1 R R Gr 1 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1
Race Date 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 8-May-2010 9-May-2010 9-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 22-May-2010 23-May-2010 23-May-2010 24-May-2010 31-May-2010 5-Jun-2010 13-Jun-2010 14-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 20-Jun-2010 20-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 3-Jul-2010 3-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 4-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 19-Jul-2010 21-Jul-2010 28-Jul-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 29-Aug-2010 29-Aug-2010 4-Sep-2010 4-Sep-2010 5-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010
Value $70,000 USD125,000 $70,000 $300,000 $250,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $100,000 CAN150,000 $100,000 $1,363,000 CAN150,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 CAN125,000 $75,000 $250,000 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $400,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 $150,000 USD250,000 $888,000 $150,000 $50,000 CAN125,000 CAN125,000 $250,000 CAN150,000 USD125,000 USD125,000 $250,000 $250,000 EUR235,000 CAN200,000 $250,000 CAN150,000 $250,000 $250,000
Age Surface 3+ FM AWT 4+ FM CA bred AWT 3+ AWT 4+ FM D 4+ D 3F AWT 3+ D 3F AWT 4+ AWT 3 D 4+ T 3 AWT 3 AWT 3 T 3F T 3F AWT 3F D 3 D 3F D 3 D 3+ D 3 D 3 (NY bred) D 3 F (NY bred) D 3+ D 3+ FM D 3F D 3 D 3+ FM AWT 3+ FM D 3+ AWT 3+ D 3+ FM AWT 3+ D 3F T 3 AWT 3F D 3F AWT 2F D 2 D 3 D 3+ FM D 2F T 3+ T 3+ D 3+ F&M AWT 2F D 2 D
Metres 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400
Furlongs 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Closing 02-Apr-10 02-Apr-10 02-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 14-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 28-Apr-10 21-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 30-Mar-10 28-Apr-10 12-May-10 05-May-10 20-May-10 22-May-10 04-Jun-10 06-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 05-Jun-10 05-Jun-10 05-Jun-10 12-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 23-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 30-Jun-10 25-May-10 07-Jul-10 11-Jul-10 07-Jul-10 14-Jul-10 24-Jul-10 21-Jul-10 14-Aug-10 14-Aug-10 26-May-10 11-Aug-10 21-Aug-10 18-Aug-10 21-Aug-10 21-Aug-10
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7f (1400m) Country CAN CAN IRE USA CAN USA USA USA CAN FR FR GB JPN USA CAN USA JPN USA USA JPN CAN USA USA CAN CAN USA USA JPN
Track Woodbine Woodbine Curragh Philadelphia Park Woodbine Charles Town Charles Town Charles Town Woodbine Longchamp Longchamp Newmarket Kyoto Aqueduct Woodbine Churchill Downs Kyoto Calder Calder Tokyo Woodbine Aqueduct Aqueduct Woodbine Woodbine Philadelphia Park Calder Hanshin
Race Name & (Sponsor) Muskoka S Simcoe S National St PHBA Distaff Swynford S Charles Town Juvenile Stakes Pink Ribbon Stakes Charles Town Oaks Overskate S Prix de la Foret Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Grand Criterium Dewhurst St Mainichi Broadcast Swan Stakes Bold Ruler Stakes Frost King S Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint KBS Kyoto Sho Fantasy Stakes Jack Price Juvenile Joe O’Farrell Juvenile Fillies Keio Hai Nisai Stakes Glorious Song S New York Stallion Series - Staten Island Division New York Stallion Series - Thunder Rumble Division Jammed Lovely S Bessarabian S Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes Kenny Noe Jr Handicap Hanshin Cup
Class R R Gp 1 S
R Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 R Gr 1 Gr 3 S S Gr 2 S S S S Gr 3 Gr 2
Race Date 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 29-Sep-2010 3-Oct-2010 3-Oct-2010 16-Oct-2010 30-Oct-2010 31-Oct-2010 3-Nov-2010 5-Nov-2010 6-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 14-Nov-2010 15-Nov-2010 15-Nov-2010 17-Nov-2010 21-Nov-2010 27-Nov-2010 4-Dec-2010 18-Dec-2010
Value CAN125,000 CAN125,000 EUR235,000 USD150,000 CAN150,000 $100,000 $75,000 $400,000 CAN125,000 250,000 350,000 £300,000 $1,363,000 $150,000 CAN125,000 $1,000,000 $703,000 USD125,000 USD125,000 $888,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $75,000 CAN150,000 CAN150,000 $75,000 $100,000 $1,652,000
Age 2F 2 C&G 2 CF 3+ F&M 2 2 3+ FM 3F 3+ 3+ 2 CF 2 C&F 3+ 3+ 2 3+ FM 2F 2 2F 2 2F 3+ FM 3+ 3F 3+ F&M 2 3+ 3+
Surface AWT AWT T D AWT D D D AWT T T T T D AWT D T D D T AWT D D AWT AWT D D T
Metres 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400
Furlongs Closing 7 18-Aug-10 7 18-Aug-10 7 26-May-10 7 01-Jun-10 7 25-Aug-10 7 08-Sep-10 7 08-Sep-10 7 04-Sep-10 7 15-Sep-10 7 8/25/2010 7 8/25/2010 7 03-Aug-10 7 14-Sep-10 7 7 13-Oct-10 7 25-Oct-10 7 28-Sep-10 7 30-Oct-10 7 30-Oct-10 7 28-Sep-10 7 27-Oct-10 7 7 7 03-Nov-10 7 03-Nov-10 7 31-Aug-10 7 20-Dec-10 7 09-Nov-10
7.5f (1500m) Country USA USA USA USA
Track Hollywood Park Lone Star Park Churchill Downs Ruidoso Downs
Race Name & (Sponsor) Tiznow Stakes Irving Distaff Stakes Eight Belles Stakes Land of Enchantment Handicap
Class S Gr 3 S
Race Date 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 1-May-2010 1-Aug-2010
Value USD125,000 $50,000 $100,000 $50,000
Age 4+ CA bred 3+ FM 3F 3+
Surface AWT T D D
Metres 1500 1500 1500 1500
Furlongs 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5
Closing 02-Apr-10 15-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 24-Jul-10
8f (1600m) Country USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA GB USA GB USA USA JPN USA GB USA FR FR JPN USA USA IRE IRE USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA JPN JPN USA GB GB
Track Aqueduct Churchill Downs Golden Gate Fields Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Calder Belmont Park Churchill Downs Hollywood Park Newmarket Hollywood Park Newmarket Indiana Downs SunRay Park Tokyo Belmont Park Newbury Pimlico Longchamp Longchamp Tokyo Indiana Downs Arlington Park Curragh Curragh Arlington Park Churchill Downs Monmouth Park Belmont Park Hollywood Park Lone Star Park Mountaineer Mountaineer Belmont Park Belmont Park Belmont Park Hollywood Park Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Woodbine Emerald Downs SunRay Park Tokyo Tokyo Colonial Downs Ascot Ascot
Race Name & (Sponsor) Withers Stakes The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial Stakes San Francisco Mile Texas Mile Grand Prairie Turf Challenge Miami Mile Handicap Westchester Handicap Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Wilshire Handicap 2000 Guineas St (Stan James) Senorita Stakes 1000 Guineas St (Stan James) Distaff S Jack Cole Handicap NHK Mile Cup Shuvee Handicap Lockinge St (Juddmonte) James W Murphy S Poule d’Essai des Poulains Poule d’Essai des Pouliches Victoria Mile Indiana Live! Casino S American 1000 Guineas Irish 2000 Guineas Irish 1000 Guineas Hanshin Cup Dogwood Stakes Little Silver Stakes Metropolitan Handicap Shoemaker Mile Ouija Board Distaff Stakes Memorial Day Handicap Decoration Day Handicap Hill Prince Stakes Acorn Stakes Just a Game Stakes Redondo Beach Stakes Panthers Prairie Mile Nassau S Irish Day Handicap SunRay Park & Casino Handicap Unicorn Stakes Yasuda Kinen Da Hoss Stakes St James’s Palace St Queen Anne St
Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gp 1 S S Gr 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 1 S Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 R Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1
Race Date 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 25-Apr-2010 30-Apr-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 2-May-2010 2-May-2010 5-May-2010 9-May-2010 9-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 16-May-2010 16-May-2010 16-May-2010 19-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 23-May-2010 29-May-2010 29-May-2010 30-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 4-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 15-Jun-2010 15-Jun-2010
Value $150,000 $200,000 $150,000 $200,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $100,000 £400,000 $100,000 £400,000 $100,000 $100,000 $2,161,000 $150,000 £200,000 USD70,000 450,000 450,000 $2,121,000 $75,000 $200,000 EUR325,000 EUR325,000 $100,000 $100,000 USD100,000 $500,000 USD250,000 $200,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $300,000 $400,000 USD60,000 USD60,000 USD60,000 CAN300,000 $50,000 $50,000 $870,000 $2,344,000 $50,000 £250,000 £250,000
Age 3 3 4+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3 C&F 3F 3F 3F 3+ 3 No G 3+ FM 4+ 3 3C 3F 4+ FM 3+ F&M 3F 3 CF 3F 3+ 3F 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM 3 3F 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3F 3 3+ F&M 3F 3 3 3+ 3+ 3C 4+
Surface D D T D T T D T T T T T T D T D T T T T T T T T T AWT D T D T T T T T D T T D D T D D D T T T T
Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600
Furlongs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Closing 10-Mar-10 07-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 15-Apr-10 15-Apr-10 14-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 21-Apr-10 02-Mar-10 21-Apr-10 02-Mar-10 24-Apr-10 02-May-10 30-Mar-10 01-May-10 30-Mar-10 03-May-10 17-Feb-10 17-Feb-10 30-Mar-10 08-May-10 12-May-10 19-May-10 15-May-10 21-May-10 15-May-10 19-May-10 20-May-10 17-May-10 17-May-10 22-May-10 22-May-10 22-May-10 26-May-10 28-May-10 28-May-10 19-May-10 29-May-10 27-Apr-10 27-Apr-10 20-Apr-10 20-Apr-10
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Track Indiana Dowsn Ascot Arlington Park Arlington Park Emerald Downs Hollywood Park Colonial Downs Woodbine Churchill Downs Hollywood Park Monmouth Park Mountaineer Chantilly Churchill Downs Emerald Downs Newmarket Lone Star Park Woodbine Evangeline Downs Presque Isle Downs Goodwood Penn National Deauville Saratoga Prairie Meadows Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer Niigata Monmouth Park Deauville Emerald Downs Calder Calder Woodbine Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Monmouth Park Saratoga Istanbul Saratoga Saratoga Leopardstown Longchamp Monmouth Park Niigata Woodbine Arlington Park Mountaineer Mountaineer Woodbine Presque Isle Downs Arlington Park Arlington Park Woodbine Emerald Downs Nakayama Woodbine Woodbine Woodbine Ascot Ascot Hoosier Park Newmarket Longchamp Belmont Park Belmont Park Milan Milan Kyoto Doncaster Monmouth Park Tokyo Woodbine Monmouth Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Monmouth Park Saint-Cloud Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Mountaineer Aqueduct
Race Name & (Sponsor) Golden Bear S Coronation St Springfield Stakes Purple Violet Stakes Budweiser Handicap Will Rogers Stakes Brookmeade Stakes King Edward BC S Locust Grove Handicap Royal Heroine Mile (ex CashCall Mile) Salvator Mile Firecracker Stakes Prix Jean Prat Firecracker Handicap King County Handicap Falmouth Valor Farms Stakes Ontario Damsel S Matron Stakes Windward S Sussex Capital City Prix de Rothschild (ex d’Astarte) De La Rose Stakes Prairie Meadows Juvenile Mile West Virginia Senate President’s Breeders’ Cup Stakes West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker ’s Cup Independence Day Stakes Sekiya Kinen Continental Mile Stakes Prix Jacques le Marois (Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard) Longacres Mile BC Handicap Lindsay Frolic Stakes Seacliff Stakes Ontario Colleen S Barbara Shinpoch Stakes WTBA Lads Stakes Junior Champion Stakes P.G. Johnson Stakes Topkapi Trophy Riskaverse With Anticipation Stakes Matron St (Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus) Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Red Bank Stakes Niigata Nisai Stakes Vice Regent S Sea o’ Erin Summer Finale Stakes Labor Day Stakes Halton S Presque Isle BC Mile Arlington-Washington Futurity Arlington-Washington Lassie La Prevoyante S John & Kitty Fletcher Stakes Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap Summer S Natalma S Woodbine Mile Queen Elizabeth II St Fillies’ Mile (Meon Valley Stud) Michael G. Schaefer Mile Stakes Sun Chariot St (Kingdom of Bahrain) Prix Marcel Boussac Frizette Stakes Champagne Stakes Gran Criterium Premio Vittorio di Capua Daily Hai Nisai Stakes Trophy (Racing Post) Seton Hall University S Saudi Arabia Royal Cup Fuji Stakes Bunty Lawless S Monmouth University S Pocahontas Stakes Iroquois Stakes Witches Brew S Criterium International Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Chilukki Stakes Breeders’ Cup Mile Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Mountaineer Mile Handicap Nashua Stakes
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Class S Gp 1 S S Gr 3 S Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 S R Gp 1 Gp 1
Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 3
Gr 3 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 R
R Gr 3 Gr 3 R S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 Gr 3 R Gr 2 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2
Race Date Value 16-Jun-2010 $75,000 18-Jun-2010 £250,000 19-Jun-2010 $100,000 19-Jun-2010 $100,000 20-Jun-2010 $50,000 20-Jun-2010 $100,000 26-Jun-2010 $50,000 27-Jun-2010CAN50K (BC)/CAN250K 3-Jul-2010 $100,000 3-Jul-2010 USD150,000 3-Jul-2010 $250,000 3-Jul-2010 $75,000 4-Jul-2010 EUR400,000 4-Jul-2010 $175,000 4-Jul-2010 $50,000 7-Jul-2010 £200,000 10-Jul-2010 $50,000 10-Jul-2010 CAN150,000 26-Jul-2010 USD60,000 27-Jul-2010 $100,000 28-Jul-2010 £300,000 31-Jul-2010 $75,000 1-Aug-2010 EUR300,000 4-Aug-2010 $80,000 6-Aug-2010 USD60,000 7-Aug-2010 $110,000 7-Aug-2010 $85,000 7-Aug-2010 $75,000 8-Aug-2010 $937,000 14-Aug-2010 USD100,000 15-Aug-2010 EUR600,000 22-Aug-2010 USD250,000 28-Aug-2010 $100,000 28-Aug-2010 $100,000 28-Aug-2010 CAN150,000 29-Aug-2010 USD50,000 29-Aug-2010 $50,000 29-Aug-2010 USD100,000 1-Sep-2010 $80,000 2-Sep-2010 2-Sep-2010 $80,000 3-Sep-2010 $100,000 4-Sep-2010 200,000 5-Sep-2010 450,000 5-Sep-2010 USD200,000 5-Sep-2010 $752,000 5-Sep-2010 CAN125,000 6-Sep-2010 $100,000 6-Sep-2010 $75,000 6-Sep-2010 $75,000 6-Sep-2010 CAN125,000 10-Sep-2010 $225K/$25K (BC) 11-Sep-2010 $150,000 11-Sep-2010 $150,000 11-Sep-2010 CAN125,000 12-Sep-2010 USD40,000 12-Sep-2010 $937,000 18-Sep-2010 CAN250,000 18-Sep-2010 CAN200,000 19-Sep-2010 CAN1,000,000 25-Sep-2010 £250,000 25-Sep-2010 £200,000 2-Oct-2010 $100,000 2-Oct-2010 £200,000 3-Oct-2010 300,000 9-Oct-2010 $350,000 9-Oct-2010 $350,000 9-Oct-2010 297,000 9-Oct-2010 297,000 16-Oct-2010 $888,000 23-Oct-2010 £200,000 23-Oct-2010 USD60,000 23-Oct-2010 $937,000 23-Oct-2010 CAN125,000 24-Oct-2010 USD60,000 31-Oct-2010 $150,000 31-Oct-2010 $100,000 31-Oct-2010 $60,000 31-Oct-2010 250,000 5-Nov-2010 $1,000,000 6-Nov-2010 $1,000,000 6-Nov-2010 $150,000 6-Nov-2010 $2,000,000 6-Nov-2010 $1,000,000 6-Nov-2010 $125,000 7-Nov-2010 $150,000
Age 3+ 3F 3 3F 3+ 3 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ FM 3 CF 3+ 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3F 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3+ 3 3+ F&M 4+ FM 2 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 2F 2 3F 2F 2 CG 2F 2F 3+ C&F 3F 2 3+ F&M 3 + CF 3+ 2 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 2 2F 3F 3 F WA bred 3+ 2 2F 3+ 3+ 2F 3+ 3+ F&M 2F 2F 2 2 C&F 3+ 2 2 C&F 2 3+ 3+ 2F 2F 2 3F 2 CF 2F 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 2 3+ 2
Surface T T AWT AWT D T T T T T D T T T D T D T T AWT T T T T D T T T T T T D D D T D D T T T T T T T T T T T T T T AWT AWT AWT T D T T T T T T D T T D D T T T T D T T D D D D T T D D T T D D
Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600
Furlongs Closing 8 05-Jun-10 8 20-Apr-10 8 09-Jun-10 8 09-Jun-10 8 8 09-Jun-10 8 8 09-Jun-10 8 19-Jun-10 8 8 19-Jun-10 8 21-Jun-10 8 16-Jun-10 8 19-Jun-10 8 8 15-Jun-10 8 01-Jul-10 8 23-Jun-10 8 18-Jul-10 8 17-Jul-10 8 25-May-10 8 22-Jul-10 8 14-Jul-10 8 26-Jul-10 8 7/30/2010 8.32 26-Jul-10 8.32 26-Jul-10 8 26-Jul-10 8 22-Jun-10 8 06-Aug-10 8 28-Jul-10 8 8 14-Aug-10 8 14-Aug-10 8 11-Aug-10 8 8 8 20-Aug-10 8 25-Aug-10 8 04-Aug-10 8 26-Aug-10 8 21-Aug-10 8 30-Jun-10 8 8/18/2010 8 22-Aug-10 8 20-Jul-10 8 18-Aug-10 8 25-Aug-10 8.32 23-Aug-10 8.32 23-Aug-10 8 18-Aug-10 8 31-Aug-10 8 01-Sep-10 8 01-Sep-10 8 25-Aug-10 8 8 03-Aug-10 8 01-Sep-10 8 01-Sep-10 8 01-Sep-10 8 20-Jul-10 8 20-Jul-10 8 8 27-Jul-10 8 8/25/2010 8 25-Sep-10 8 25-Sep-10 8 09-Sep-10 8 09-Sep-10 8 31-Aug-10 8 10-Aug-10 8 23-Oct-10 8 14-Sep-10 8 06-Oct-10 8 10/23/2010 8 13-Oct-10 8 13-Oct-10 8 23-Oct-10 8 10/13/2010 8 25-Oct-10 8 25-Oct-10 8 20-Oct-10 8 25-Oct-10 8 25-Oct-10 8 25-Oct-10 8
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8f (1600m) Country USA JPN JPN USA USA USA USA USA JPN JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
Track Aqueduct Tokyo Kyoto Monmouth Park Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Hanshin Nakayama Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Calder Calder Monmouth Park Presque Isle Downs Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows
Race Name & (Sponsor) Tempted Stakes Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino Stakes Mile Championship Honey Bee S Top Flight Handicap Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile Handicap Damon Runyon Stakes East View Stakes Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes Spend a Buck Stakes Monmouth Beach Stakes Bernie Dowd Stakes Lighthouse Stakes Spruce Fir Handicap Serena’s Song Stakes Foolish Pleasure Stakes Brave Raj Stakes Frisk Me Now Stakes HBPA S Iowa Stallion S Donna Reed Iowa Breeders’ Oaks
Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 S S Gr 1 Gr 1
R S S
Race Date 7-Nov-2010 14-Nov-2010 21-Nov-2010 21-Nov-2010 27-Nov-2010 28-Nov-2010 6-Dec-2010 6-Dec-2010 12-Dec-2010 19-Dec-2010 23-May-2010 30-May-2010 20-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 11-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 25-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 20-Nov-2010 25-Sep-2010 10-Jul-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010
Value $100,000 $888,000 $2,344,000 $60,000 $150,000 $300,000 $65,000 $65,000 $1,521,000 $1,652,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD85,000 USD85,000 USD60,000 $100,000 $60,000 USD85,000 USD75,000
Age 2F 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ 2 2F 2F 2 No G 3 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3F 2 2F 3+ 3+ F&M 3 4+ F&M 3F
Surface D D T D D D D D T T D D D D D D D D D AWT D D D
Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1625 1650 1664 1664 1664
Furlongs Closing 8 8 28-Sep-10 8 05-Oct-10 8 21-Nov-10 8 8 8.32 8.32 8 26-Oct-10 8 09-Nov-10 8.32 14-May-10 8.32 21-May-10 8.32 11-Jun-10 8.32 18-Jun-10 8.32 02-Jul-10 8.32 09-Jul-10 8.32 11-Sep-10 8.32 11-Sep-10 8.32 13-Nov-10 8.32 15-Sep-10 8.32 8.32 30-Jul-10 8.32
8.5f (1700m) 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 CAN USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA
Track Fonner Park Hawthorne Racecourse Hawthorne Racecourse Hollywood Park Turf Paradise Turf Paradise Hollywood Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Belmont Park Belmont Park Hollywood Park Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Pimlico Arlington Park Arlington Park Golden Gate Fields Pimlico Pimlico River Downs Hollywood Park Arlington Park Monmouth Park Pimlico Hollywood Park Woodbine Monmouth Park Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows River Downs Woodbine Belmont Park Belmont Park Woodbine Calder Golden Gate Fields Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Lone Star Park Monmouth Park Churchill Downs Delaware Park Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Hollywood Park Prairie Meadows Belmont Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Prairie Meadows River Downs Woodbine Arlington Park Arlington Park Delaware Park Hollywood Park
Race Name & (Sponsor) Bosselman/Gus Fonner Stakes Peach Of It Handicap Milwaukee Avenue Handicap Melair Stakes Arizona Breeders’ Derby Dwight D. Patterson Handicap Inglewood Handicap La Troienne Stakes Alysheba Stakes American Turf Stakes Beaugay Fort Marcy Mervyn LeRoy Handicap Lone Star Derby Texas Stallion Stakes - Stymie Division Texas Stallion Stakes - Got Koko Division Hilltop Stakes Illinois Owners Stakes Illinois Owners Stakes Alcatraz Stakes William Donald Schaefer BC Stakes Gallorette Handicap Tomboy Stakes Milady Handicap Arlington Classic Elkwood Stakes Shine Again Stakes Fran’s Valentine Stakes La Lorgnette S Lamplighter Stakes Jim Rasmussen Mem Wild Rose Green Carpet Stakes Marine S Mount Vernon Handicap Kingston Handicap Connaught Cup S Memorial Day Handicap Berkeley Stakes Lone Star Park Handicap Dallas Turf Cup USA Stakes Eatontown Stakes Early Times Mint Julep Handicap Go for Wand Stakes Eclipse S John Longden 6000 Handicap Hollywood Oaks Hawkeyes H Ogden Phipps Handicap Northern Dancer Stakes Jefferson Cup Cyclones H Sydney Gendelman Memorial Handicap Steady Growth S Lincoln Heritage Handicap Black Tie Affair Handicap John W Rooney Stakes Affirmed Handicap
Class S S S S S Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 R R R R Gr 3 Gr 3 S Gr 2 R S
S S S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 S Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 S S R S S Gr 3
Race Date 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 24-Apr-2010 25-Apr-2010 30-Apr-2010 30-Apr-2010 30-Apr-2010 1-May-2010 1-May-2010 8-May-2010 8-May-2010 8-May-2010 8-May-2010 14-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 15-May-2010 16-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 22-May-2010 23-May-2010 23-May-2010 29-May-2010 29-May-2010 29-May-2010 29-May-2010 29-May-2010 30-May-2010 30-May-2010 30-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 31-May-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 5-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 6-Jun-2010 11-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 12-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010
Value $75,000 $100,000 $100,000 USD150,000 $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $300,000 $150,000 $175,000 $100,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 USD70,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $50 K / $50 K (BC) $100,000 $50,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 USD60,000 CAN150,000 USD100,000 USD60,000 USD60,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 $100,000 $100,000 CAN150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $300,000 $150,000 $75,000 $150,000 $100,000 $75,000 CAN150,000 CAN 50,000 $150,000 USD75,000 $250,000 $125,000 $100,000 USD75,000 $50,000 CAN125,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $100,000
Age Surface 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3 F CA bred AWT 3 D 3+ T 3+ T 3+ FM D 3+ D 3 T 3+ FM T 3+ T 3+ AWT 3 D 3 CG D 3F D 3F T 3+ T 3+ FM T 3 T 3+ D 3+ FM T 3F T 3+ FM AWT 3 T 3+ T 3+ FM D 4+ FM CA bred T 3F AWT 3 T 3+ D 3+ F&M D 3 T 3 AWT 3+ FM T 3+ T 4+ T 3+ D 4+ AWT 3+ D 3+ T 3 T 3+ FM T 3+ FM T 3F D 4+ AWT 3+ D 3F AWT 3+ F&M D 3+ F&M D 3 D 3 T 3+ D 3+ T 3+ AWT 3+ FM T 3+ T 3+ FM T 3 AWT
Metres 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700
Furlongs 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5
Closing 14-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 02-Apr-10 16-Apr-10 14-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 07-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 17-Apr-10 28-Apr-10 29-Apr-10 03-May-10 05-May-10 05-May-10 08-May-10 03-May-10 03-May-10 04-May-10 09-Apr-10 14-May-10 14-May-10 12-May-10 5/-May-10 21-May-10 21-May-10 21-May-10 18-May-10 12-May-10 15-May-10 15-May-10 12-May-10 17-May-10 22-May-10 20-May-10 20-May-10 20-May-10 16-May-10 22-May-10 25-May-10 19-May-10 26-May-10 04-Jun-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 04-Jun-10 01-Jun-10 26-May-10 09-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 08-Jun-10 09-Jun-10
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8.5f (1700m) Country USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA CAN USA USA CAN CAN CAN USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA CAN
Track Monmouth Park Thistledown Woodbine Prairie Meadows Monmouth Park Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows River Downs Indiana Downs Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Colonial Downs Philadelphia Park Indiana Downs Delaware Park Delaware Park Delaware Park Lone Star Park Monmouth Park Emerald Downs Hastings Racecourse Woodbine Indiana Downs Colonial Downs Delaware Park Finger Lakes Hastings Racecourse Calder Monmouth Park Emerald Downs Woodbine Saratoga Penn National River Downs Thistledown Belmont Park Emerald Downs Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Saratoga Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Penn National Penn National Finger Lakes Mountaineer Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows River Downs Woodbine Saratoga Saratoga Monmouth Park Woodbine Presque Isle Downs Presque Isle Downs Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Finger Lakes Saratoga Monmouth Park Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Philadelphia Park River Downs Ruidoso Downs Woodbine Woodbine Delaware Park Monmouth Park Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Monmouth Park Finger Lakes Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Sapporo Calder Calder Delaware Park Hastings Racecourse
Race Name & (Sponsor) Pegasus S J William Petro Memorial Handicap Hill ‘n’ Dale S Iowa Distaff Boiling Springs Stakes Iowa Derby Iowa Oaks Cincinnatian Stakes Oliver S Vancouver Sun Handicap Supernaturel Stakes DG Van Clief Stakes Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap Shelby County Arts H Barbaro Stakes Delaware Oaks Sussex Stakes Assault Stakes Long Branch Stakes Washington’s Lottery Handicap Chris Loseth Bison City S Tony Hulman H Kitten’s Joy Stakes RRM Carpenter Stakes New York Derby Strawberry Morn Handicap Nancy’s Glitter Handicap Desert Vixen S Seattle Slew Handicap Ontario Matron S Lake George Stakes Red Carpet S Horizon Stakes Ohio Derby Ruffian Handicap Boeing Handicap Majestic Light S Lady’s Secret Stakes Oceanport Stakes Jersey Derby Fourstardave Handicap British Columbia Cup Stellar’s Jay Stakes British Columbia Cup Dogwood Stakes Robellino S Russian Rythm S Genesee Valley Breeders’ Handicap West Virginia Governor’s Stakes Iowa Breeders’ Derby Ralph Hayes Vivacious Stakes Seagram Cup S New York Stallion Series - Cab Calloway Division New York Stallion Series - Statue of Liber ty Division Monmouth Oaks Victoriana S Lil E Tee Hcap Malvern Rose S Eternal Search S CTHS Sales Stakes CTHS Sales Stakes New York Oaks Ballston Spa Handicap Molly Pitcher Stakes Richmond Derby Trial Hong Kong Jockey Club Handicap Smarty Jones Budweiser Select Cradle Stakes Ruidoso Downs Championship Algoma S Elgin S George Rosenberger Stakes Revidere Stakes PHBA Classic Mrs. Penny Stakes Muckleshoot Tribal Classic Belle Roberts Handicap Formal Gold Stakes Jack Betta Be Rite Handicap Charles Hesse Handicap Jersey Girl Handicap Politely Stakes Elm Stakes Needles Stakes Judy’s Red Shoes Stakes Kent BC Stakes Fantasy Stakes
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Class S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 S S S
S
R
S
Gr 2 S Gr 3 Gr 1
Gr 3 Gr 2 S S S S S S S S Gr 3 R R R S S R S S S Gr 2 Gr 2 S R R R S S S S S
Gr 3 Gr 3
Race Date 19-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 20-Jun-2010 25-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 27-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2010 1-Jul-2010 1-Jul-2010 3-Jul-2010 5-Jul-2010 7-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 11-Jul-2010 14-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 24-Jul-2010 24-Jul-2010 25-Jul-2010 25-Jul-2010 28-Jul-2010 30-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 31-Jul-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 1-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 2-Aug-2010 6-Aug-2010 6-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 7-Aug-2010 8-Aug-2010 11-Aug-2010 12-Aug-2010 14-Aug-2010 15-Aug-2010 19-Aug-2010 19-Aug-2010 21-Aug-2010 25-Aug-2010 25-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 28-Aug-2010 29-Aug-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 6-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 11-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 12-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 18-Sep-2010 19-Sep-2010 20-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010
Value USD200,000 $50,000 CAN100,000 USD100,000 $150,000 $250,000 $200,000 $50,000 $200,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $50,000 $200,000 USD75,000 $100,000 $250,000 $150,000 $75,000 $175,000 $50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN250,000 USD75,000 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 CAN 55,000 USD65,000 USD100,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 $150,000 USD75,000 $50,000 $100,000 $300,000 $50,000 USD150,000 USD150,000 $200,000 USD100,000 $150,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 USD75,000 USD75,000 $50,000 $125,000 USD75,000 USD85,000 $50,000 CAN150,000 $150,000 $150,000 USD200,000 CAN125,000 USD75,000 USD75,000 CAN125,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $75,000 $200,000 USD300,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 USD300,000 $200,000 $50,000 CAN125,000 CAN125,000 $75,000 USD60,000 USD100,000 $100,000 $50,000 USD40,000 USD60,000 $50,000 USD100,000 USD100,000 USD60,000 $888,000 USD65,000 USD65,000 $50K (BC)/$200K CAN 75,000
Age Surface 3 D 3+ FM D 3+ F&M AWT 3+ F&M D 3F T 3 D 3F D 3F T 3 T 3+ FM D 3F D 3+ T 3+ FM T 3+ F&M D 3 D 3F D 3+ T 3+ D 3 D 3F D 3 D 3F AWT 3+ D 3+ T 3+ D 3 D 3+ FM D 3+ F&M D 3F T 3 CG D 3+ F&M AWT 3F T 3+ F&M T 3 T 3 D 3+ FM D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ T 3 T 3+ T 3 CG BC bred D 3 F BC bred D 3+ T 3+ F&M T 3+ D 3+ D 3 D 4+ D 3+ FM T 3+ AWT 3 T 3F T 3F D 3+ F&M T 3 AWT 3F AWT 3F AWT 3 CG D 3F D 3F D 3+ FM T 3+ FM D 3 D 3F D 3 D 2 T 3+ D 3+ F&M AWT 3+ C&G AWT 3+ FM T 3+ FM T 3+ D 3+ FM T 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3 T 3F T 3 T 2F D
Metres 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700
Furlongs Closing 8.5 6/5/2010 8.5 10-Jun-10 8.5 02-Jun-10 8.5 15-Jun-10 8.5 12-Jun-10 8.5 15-Jun-10 8.5 15-Jun-10 8.5 17-Jun-10 8.5 19-Jun-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 21-Jun-10 8.5 6/30/2010 8.5 26-Jun-10 8.5 26-Jun-10 8.5 26-Jun-10 8.5 01-Jul-10 8.5 26-Jun-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 23-Jun-10 8.5 7/3/2010 8.5 8.5 03-Jul-10 8.5 03-Jul-10 8.5 8.5 10-Jul-10 8.5 7/16/2010 8.5 8.5 07-Jul-10 8.5 17-Jul-10 8.5 7/21/2010 8.5 20-Jul-10 8.5 7/20/2010 8.5 17-Jul-10 8.5 8.5 7/24/2010 8.5 24-Jul-10 8.5 18-Jul-10 8.5 24-Jul-10 8.5 17-Jul-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 7/28/2010 8.5 7/28/2010 8.5 24-Jul-10 8.5 26-Jul-10 8.5 8.5 30-Jul-10 8.5 27-Jul-10 8.5 21-Jul-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 7/31/2010 8.5 28-Jul-10 8.5 09-Aug-10 8.5 09-Aug-10 8.5 04-Aug-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 14-Aug-10 8.5 14-Aug-10 8.5 15-Aug-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 17-Aug-10 8.5 11-Jun-10 8.5 28-Aug-10 8.5 18-Aug-10 8.5 18-Aug-10 8.5 31-Aug-10 8.5 04-Sep-10 8.5 1 Jun 2010 8.5 01-Jun-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 04-Sep-10 8.5 04-Sep-10 8.5 11-Sep-10 8.5 11-Sep-10 8.5 12-Sep-10 8.5 03-Aug-10 8.5 11-Sep-10 8.5 11-Sep-10 8.5 14-Sep-10 8.5
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Track Turfway Park Emerald Downs Woodbine Delaware Park Hoosier Park Philadelphia Park Philadelphia Park Thistledown Thistledown Woodbine Delaware Park Woodbine Woodbine Penn National Penn National Calder Calder Calder Woodbine Delaware Park Monmouth Park Woodbine Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Woodbine Calder Calder Calder Churchill Downs Woodbine Aqueduct Aqueduct Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Woodbine Woodbine Woodbine Woodbine Turfway Park Calder Aqueduct Calder
Race Name & (Sponsor) Kentucky Cup Distaff Gottstein Futurity Selene S Blue Hen Stakes Indiana Derby Fitz Dixon Cotillion Stakes Alphabet Soup Handicap John W Galbreath Memorial Stakes Juvenile Stakes Classy ‘n Smart S Dover Stakes Mazarine BC S Grey BC S Nepal S Ligature S Spend a Buck Handicap Florida Stallion Stakes - In Reality Division Florida Stallion Stakes - My Dear Girl Division Cup and Saucer S Brandywine Stakes Big Brown S Princess Elizabeth S Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Ack Ack Handicap Breeders’ Cup Juvenile South Ocean S Elmer Heubeck Distaff Handicap John Franks Juvenile Fillies Turf Arthur I Appleton Juvenile Turf Commonwealth Turf Autumn S New York Stallion Series - Cormorant Division New York Stallion Series - Perfect Arc Division Mrs. Revere Stakes Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Golden Rod Stakes Kingarvie S Display S Sir Barton S Ontario Lassie S My Charmer Stakes Stage Door Betty Handicap Alex M. Robb Handicap Tropical Park Oaks
Class Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 S S S R Gr 3 Gr 3 S S Gr 3 R R R R Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 1 S S S S Gr 3 Gr 2 S S Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 S S S S Gr 3 S
Race Date Value 25-Sep-2010 $100,000 26-Sep-2010 $75,000 26-Sep-2010 CAN250,000 2-Oct-2010 $75,000 2-Oct-2010 $500,000 2-Oct-2010 $750,000 2-Oct-2010 $75,000 2-Oct-2010 $75,000 2-Oct-2010 $75,000 6-Oct-2010 CAN125,000 9-Oct-2010 $75,000 9-Oct-2010CAN25K(BC)/CAN200K 10-Oct-2010CAN25K (BC)/CAN200K 15-Oct-2010 USD75,000 15-Oct-2010 USD75,000 16-Oct-2010 $100,000 16-Oct-2010 USD375,000 16-Oct-2010 USD375,000 17-Oct-2010 CAN250,000 30-Oct-2010 USD125,000 30-Oct-2010 USD60,000 30-Oct-2010 CAN250,000 5-Nov-2010 $2,000,000 5-Nov-2010 $100,000 6-Nov-2010 $2,000,000 10-Nov-2010 CAN125,000 13-Nov-2010 $150,000 13-Nov-2010 $100,000 13-Nov-2010 USD125,000 13-Nov-2010 $100,000 13-Nov-2010 CAN150,000 15-Nov-2010 $75,000 15-Nov-2010 $75,000 20-Nov-2010 $175,000 27-Nov-2010 $150,000 27-Nov-2010 $150,000 27-Nov-2010 CAN125,000 28-Nov-2010 CAN150,000 1-Dec-2010 CAN125,000 4-Dec-2010 CAN150,000 11-Dec-2010 $50,000 18-Dec-2010 $100,000 27-Dec-2010 $65,000 1-Jan-2011 USD65,000
Age 3+ F&M 2 3F 2F 3 3F 3+ 2F 2 3+ F&M 2 2F 2 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2 2F 2 3+ 3 2F 2F 3+ 2 CG 2F 3+ FM 2F 2 3 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3F 2 2F 2 2 3+ 2F 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ 3F
Surface AWT D AWT D D D T D D AWT D AWT AWT D D D D D T D D AWT D D D AWT D T T T AWT T T T D D AWT AWT AWT AWT AWT D D T
Metres 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700
Furlongs Closing 8.5 15-Sep-10 8.5 8.5 08-Sep-10 8.5 21-Sep-10 8.5 8.5 18-Sep-10 8.5 18-Sep-10 8.5 22-Sep-10 8.5 22-Sep-10 8.5 22-Sep-10 8.5 28-Sep-10 8.5 22-Sep-10 8.5 22-Sep-10 8.5 10/6/2010 8.5 10/6/2010 8.5 02-Oct-10 8.5 14-Jun-10 8.5 14-Jun-10 8.5 8.5 19-Oct-10 8.5 10/23/2010 8.5 8.5 25-Oct-10 8.5 20-Oct-10 8.5 25-Oct-10 8.5 27-Oct-10 8.5 30-Oct-10 8.5 30-Oct-10 8.5 30-Oct-10 8.5 27-Oct-10 8.5 27-Oct-10 8.5 8.5 8.5 03-Nov-10 8.5 10-Nov-10 8.5 10-Nov-10 8.5 10-Nov-10 8.5 10-Nov-10 8.5 17-Nov-10 8.5 17-Nov-10 8.5 02-Dec-10 8.5 04-Dec-10 8.5 8.5 12/18/2010
9f (1800m) Country JPN USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN CAN CAN USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA
Track Fukushima Hollywood Park Kyoto Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Pimlico Belmont Park Pimlico Pimlico Arlington Park Hollywood Park Belmont Park Hollywood Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Delaware Park Hollywood Park Monmouth Park Hollywood Park Tokyo Woodbine Woodbine Colonial Downs Belmont Park Prairie Meadows Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Arlington Park Thistledown Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Finger Lakes Fukushima Hollywood Park SunRay Park Monmouth Park
Race Name & (Sponsor) Fukushima Himba Stakes Snow Chief Stakes Antares Stakes Kentucky Oaks Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Federico Tesio Stakes Peter Pan Stakes Black-Eyed Susan BC Stakes Dixie Stakes Arlington Matron Gamely Stakes Sands Point Stakes Honeymoon Hcap Stephen Foster Handicap Fleur de Lis Handicap Regret Stakes Obeah Stakes Californian Stakes Monmouth Stakes Vanity Handicap Epsom Cup Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser Plate Trial S All Along Breeders’ Cup Mother Goose Stakes Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H Victoria Park S Lt Governors’ Handicap Arlington Oaks Cleveland Gold Cup Handicap BB 60 Rayburn St J Archie Sebastian Memorial St Pola Benoit Memorial St Mervin Muniz Mem Star ter S Wadsworth Memorial Handicap Radio Nikkei Sho American Hcap San Juan County Commissioners Handicap Choice Stakes
Class Gr 3 S Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 R R Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 S S S S S Gr 3 Gr 2
Race Date Value 24-Apr-2010 $888,000 24-Apr-2010 USD200,000 25-Apr-2010 $888,000 30-Apr-2010 $500,000 1-May-2010 $500,000 1-May-2010 USD70,000 8-May-2010 $200,000 14-May-2010 $150 K / $25 K (BC) 15-May-2010 USD200,000 29-May-2010 $150,000 29-May-2010 USD250,000 31-May-2010 $150,000 31-May-2010 $150,000 12-Jun-2010 $600,000 12-Jun-2010 $200,000 12-Jun-2010 $125,000 12-Jun-2010 $150,000 12-Jun-2010 USD150,000 12-Jun-2010 USD250,000 13-Jun-2010 USD250,000 13-Jun-2010 $954,000 13-Jun-2010 CAN500,000 13-Jun-2010 CAN150,000 19-Jun-2010 $150,000 26-Jun-2010 $250,000 26-Jun-2010 $300,000 27-Jun-2010 CAN150,000 1-Jul-2010 CAN 100,000 3-Jul-2010 $150,000 3-Jul-2010 USD75,000 4-Jul-2010 $75,000 4-Jul-2010 $100,000 4-Jul-2010 $100,000 4-Jul-2010 $50,000 4-Jul-2010 $50,000 4-Jul-2010 $919,000 4-Jul-2010 $150,000 4-Jul-2010 $100,000 5-Jul-2010 USD100,000
Age 4+ FM 3 CA bred 4+ 3F 3+ 3 3 3F 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3F 3F 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3F 3 3+ F&M 3F 3+ 3 3+ 3F 3 3 4+ FM 4+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3
Surface T AWT D D T D D D T AWT T T T D D T D AWT T AWT T AWT AWT T D D AWT D AWT D D D D T D T T D T
Metres 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800
Furlongs 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
Closing 16-Mar-10 02-Apr-10 16-Mar-10 13-Feb-10 13-Feb-10 23-Apr-10 24-Apr-10 03-May-10 03-May-10 19-May-10 19-May-10 15-May-10 19-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 29-May-10 01-Jun-10 02-Jun-10 29-May-10 02-Jun-10 27-Apr-10 26-May-10 12-Jun-10 15-Jun-10 09-Jun-10 23-Jun-10 24-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 14-Jun-10 21-Jun-10 25-May-10 23-Jun-10 26-Jun-10 25-Jun-10
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9f (1800m) Country USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA CAN CAN GB USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN CAN CAN CAN USA USA CAN CAN CAN JPN USA CAN CAN USA CAN USA JPN USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA JPN CAN USA USA USA JPN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA JPN JPN USA USA USA FR
Track Monmouth Park Thistledown Colonial Downs Hollywood Park River Downs Hastings Racecourse Woodbine Saratoga Woodbine Woodbine Goodwood Saratoga Saratoga Emerald Downs Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Mountaineer Saratoga Saratoga Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Sapporo Evangeline Downs Saratoga Saratoga Monmouth Park Emerald Downs Niigata Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Monmouth Park Thistledown Saratoga Monmouth Park Saratoga Arlington Park Delaware Park Philadelphia Park Belmont Park Hanshin Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Philadelphia Park Turfway Park Woodbine Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Sapporo Thistledown Woodbine Woodbine Belmont Park Hastings Racecourse Monmouth Park Tokyo Calder Calder Tokyo Aqueduct Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Kyoto Woodbine Calder Calder Aqueduct Tokyo Aqueduct Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Aqueduct Aqueduct Aqueduct Calder Calder Hanshin Hanshin Calder Turfway Park Calder Longchamp
Race Name & (Sponsor) Battlefield Stakes George Lewis Memorial Stakes Virginia Oaks Swaps Stakes Norm Barron Queen City aks SW Randall Plate Handicap Dance Smartly S Coaching Club American Oaks Nijinsky Stakes Toronto Cup S Nassau (Blue Square) Jim Dandy Stakes Diana Stakes Mt Rainier Handicap Haskell Invitational (INV) Taylor Made Matchmaker British Columbia Cup Distaff Handicap British Columbia Cup Classic Handicap West Virginia Derby Whitney Handicap National Museum Racing Hall of Fame Stakes Washington Oaks Emerald Downs Derby Hokkaido Shimbun Hai Queen Stakes Evangeline Mile West Point Handicap Yaddo Handicap Philip H. Iselin Stakes Emerald Breeders’ Cup Distaff Leopard Stakes Lake Placid Stakes Albany Stakes Bernard Baruch Handicap Restoration Stakes Rose DeBartolo Memorial Stakes Saratoga Dew Stakes Twin Light Stakes Woodward Stakes Pucker Up Stakes DTHA Governors Day Stakes PTHA President’s Cup Garden City BC Stakes Kansai Telecasting Corp Sho Rose Stakes Canadian S British Columbia Breeders’ Cup Oaks Delta Colleen Handicap Pennsylvania Derby Kentucky Cup Classic Ontario Derby British Columbia Derby Sir Winston Churchill Handicap Sapporo Nisai Stakes Best of Ohio Distaff Handicap Durham Cup S Carotene S Jamaica BC Handicap Ballerina Breeders’ Cup Stakes Monmouth Cup Mainichi Okan Calder Derby Calder Oaks Fuchu Himba Stakes Turnback the Alarm Stakes River City Handicap Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic Cardinal Handicap Miyako Stakes Coronation Futurity Carl G Rose Classic Bonnie Heath Turf Cup Stuyvesant Handicap Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes Discovery Handicap Falls City Handicap Clark Handicap Gazelle Stakes Remsen Stakes Demoiselle Stakes My Charmer Handicap Tropical Turf Handicap Naruo Kinen Japan Cup Dirt Fred W Hooper Handicap Prairie Bayou Stakes Tropical Park Derby Prix d’Ispahan
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Class S Gr 3 Gr 2 S Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 S S Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 S S Gr 3 Gr 2 S Gr 2 S S Gr 1 Gr 3 R Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 S Gr 3 R Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 R S S Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 3 S Gr 3 Gp 1
Race Date Value 10-Jul-2010 USD100,000 10-Jul-2010 $50,000 17-Jul-2010 $150,000 17-Jul-2010 USD200,000 17-Jul-2010 $75,000 18-Jul-2010 CAN 50,000 18-Jul-2010 CAN300,000 24-Jul-2010 $250,000 24-Jul-2010 CAN300,000 24-Jul-2010 CAN150,000 31-Jul-2010 £200,000 31-Jul-2010 $500,000 31-Jul-2010 $500,000 1-Aug-2010 $50,000 1-Aug-2010 USD1,000,000 1-Aug-2010 $200,000 2-Aug-2010 CAN 50,000 2-Aug-2010 CAN 75,000 7-Aug-2010 $750,000 7-Aug-2010 $750,000 13-Aug-2010 $150,000 14-Aug-2010 $75,000 15-Aug-2010 $75,000 15-Aug-2010 $888,000 16-Aug-2010 $100,000 19-Aug-2010 $100,000 20-Aug-2010 $100,000 21-Aug-2010 USD300,000 22-Aug-2010 USD75,000 22-Aug-2010 $1,052,000 22-Aug-2010 $150,000 25-Aug-2010 $150,000 27-Aug-2010 $200,000 28-Aug-2010 USD100,000 28-Aug-2010 USD50,000 30-Aug-2010 $80,000 4-Sep-2010 USD100,000 4-Sep-2010 $750,000 6-Sep-2010 $200,000 11-Sep-2010 $75,000 11-Sep-2010 $250,000 18-Sep-2010 $250,000 19-Sep-2010 $1,221,000 19-Sep-2010 CAN300,000 25-Sep-2010 $20K (BC)/ CAN 100K 25-Sep-2010 CAN 50,000 25-Sep-2010 $1,000,000 25-Sep-2010 $350,000 25-Sep-2010 CAN150,000 26-Sep-2010 CAN 200,000 26-Sep-2010 CAN 50,000 2-Oct-2010 $752,000 2-Oct-2010 USD75,000 3-Oct-2010 CAN150,000 3-Oct-2010 CAN150,000 9-Oct-2010 $250,000 9-Oct-2010 $20K (BC)/ CAN 120K 9-Oct-2010 USD300,000 10-Oct-2010 $1,521,000 16-Oct-2010 USD75,000 16-Oct-2010 $75,000 17-Oct-2010 $888,000 31-Oct-2010 $100,000 4-Nov-2010 $100,000 5-Nov-2010 $2,000,000 7-Nov-2010 $100,000 7-Nov-2010 $888,000 7-Nov-2010 CAN250,000 13-Nov-2010 USD150,000 13-Nov-2010 USD125,000 14-Nov-2010 $100,000 20-Nov-2010 $752,000 21-Nov-2010 $100,000 25-Nov-2010 $150,000 26-Nov-2010 $500,000 28-Nov-2010 $300,000 28-Nov-2010 $200,000 28-Nov-2010 $200,000 4-Dec-2010 $100,000 4-Dec-2010 $100,000 4-Dec-2010 $954,000 5-Dec-2010 $3,058,000 11-Dec-2010 $100,000 18-Dec-2010 $50,000 1-Jan-2011 $100,000 23-May-2010 250,000
Age Surface 3+ T 3+ D 3F T 3 AWT 3F D 3+ D 3+ F&M T 3F D 3+ T 3 T 3+ F&M T 3 D 3+ FM T 3+ D 3 D 3+ FM T 3+ FM D 3+ D 3 D 3+ D 3 T 3F D 3 D 3+ FM T 3+ D 3+ (NY bred) T 3+ FM (NY bred) T 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3F T 3 (NY bred) D 3+ T 3 T 3+ FM D 3+ FM (NY bred) D 3F T 3+ D 3F T 3+ D 3+ T 3F T 3F T 3+ F&M T 3F D 3+ FM D 3 D 3+ AWT 3 AWT 3 D 3+ D 2 T 3+ FM D 3+ AWT 3F T 3 T 3+ FM D 3+ D 3+ T 3 T 3F T 3+ FM T 3+ FM D 3+ T 3+ FM D 3+ FM T 3+ D 2 AWT 3+ D 3+ T 3+ D 2 T 3 D 3+ FM D 3+ D 3F D 2 D 2F D 3+ FM T 3+ T 3+ T 3+ D 3+ D 3+ AWT 3 T 4+ T
Metres 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1850
Furlongs Closing 9 02-Jul-10 9 01-Jul-10 9 9 07-Jul-10 9 06-Jul-10 9 9 30-Jun-10 9 10-Jul-10 9 07-Jul-10 9 07-Jul-10 9 06-Jul-10 9 17-Jul-10 9 17-Jul-10 9 9 9 18-Jul-10 9 9 9 26-Jul-10 9 24-Jul-10 9 31-Jul-10 9 9 9 06-Jul-10 8 08-Aug-10 9 07-Aug-10 9 07-Aug-10 9 07-Aug-10 9 9 06-Jul-10 9 07-Aug-10 9 14-Aug-10 9 14-Aug-10 9 20-Aug-10 9 19-Aug-10 9 23-Aug-10 9 27-Aug-10 9 21-Aug-10 9 25-Aug-10 9 31-Aug-10 9 04-Sep-10 9 04-Sep-10 9 03-Aug-10 9 01-Sep-10 9 9 9 04-Sep-10 9 15-Sep-10 9 08-Sep-10 9 9 9 17-Aug-10 9 22-Sep-10 9 15-Sep-10 9 15-Sep-10 9 25-Sep-10 9 9 9/25/2010 9 31-Aug-10 9 02-Oct-10 9 02-Oct-10 9 31-Aug-10 9 9 20-Oct-10 9 25-Oct-10 9 20-Oct-10 9 28-Sep-10 9 9 30-Oct-10 9 30-Oct-10 9 9 12-Oct-10 9 9 10-Nov-10 9 10-Nov-10 9 9 9 9 20-Nov-10 9 20-Nov-10 9 26-Oct-10 9 12-Oct-10 9 11/27/2010 9 09-Dec-10 9 18-Dec-10 9.25 28-Apr-10
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9.5f (1900m) Country USA JPN USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA
Track Pimlico Kyoto Colonial Downs Arlington Park Arlington Park Woodbine Arlington Park Arlington Park Saratoga Aqueduct
Race Name & (Sponsor) Preakness Stakes Tokai TV Hai Tokai Stakes Colonial Turf Cup American Derby Modesty Handicap Prince of Wales S Beverly D. Stakes Washington Park Handicap Saranac Stakes Queens County Handicap
Class Race Date Gr 1 15-May-2010 Gr 2 23-May-2010 Gr 2 19-Jun-2010 Gr 2 17-Jul-2010 Gr 3 17-Jul-2010 S 25-Jul-2010 Gr 1 21-Aug-2010 Gr 3 4-Sep-2010 Gr 3 5-Sep-2010 Gr 3 12-Dec-2010
Value $1,000,000 $1,238,000 $500,000 $300,000 $200,000 CAN500,000 $750,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000
Age 3 3+ 3 3 3+ FM 3 3+ FM 3+ 3 3+
Surface D D T T T AWT T AWT T D
Metres 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
Furlongs 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5
Closing 27-Mar-10 13-Apr-10 09-Apr-10 07-Jul-10 23-Apr-10 25-Aug-10 21-Aug-10
10f (2000m) Country JPN USA JPN ITY FR JPN USA USA GB USA JPN IRE USA CAN USA USA GB CAN USA JPN USA USA USA USA JPN GER JPN CAN GB USA USA USA FR JPN USA JPN USA IRE USA JPN USA USA JPN USA FR GB CAN JPN ITY JPN USA CAN ITY FR JPN JPN JPN JPN
Track Tokyo Churchill Downs Niigata Rome Longchamp Kyoto Belmont Park Hollywood Park Ascot Belmont Park Hanshin Curragh Hollywood Park Woodbine Belmont Park Hollywood Park Sandown Park Woodbine Hollywood Park Fukushima Arlington Park Colonial Downs Delaware Park Prairie Meadows Hakodate Munich Kokura Woodbine York Arlington Park Arlington Park Saratoga Deauville Sapporo Saratoga Niigata Saratoga Leopardstown Thistledown Hanshin Belmont Park Belmont Park Hanshin Thistledown Longchamp Newmarket Woodbine Kyoto Rome Tokyo Churchill Downs Woodbine Rome Saint-Cloud Fukushima Kokura Kokura Hanshin
Race Name & (Sponsor) Sankei Sports Sho Flora Stakes Kentucky Derby Niigata Daishoten Premio Presidente della Repubblica Prix Saint-Alary (Montjeu Coolmore) Kinko Sho Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap Prince of Wales’s St New York Stakes Mermaid Stakes Pretty Polly St (Audi) Beverly Hills Handicap Dominion Day S Suburban Handicap American Oaks Eclipse St (Coral) The Queen’s Plate S Hollywood Gold Cup Tanabata Sho Arlington Handicap Virginia Derby Delaware Handicap Prairie Meadows H Hakodate Kinen Grosser Dallmayr-Preis-Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Kokura Kinen Wonder Where S International St (Juddmonte) Arlington Million XXVIII Secretariat Stakes Alabama Stakes Prix Jean Romanet (Darley) Sapporo Kinen Shadwell Travers Stakes Niigata Kinen Personal Ensign Stakes Irish Champion St (Tattersalls Millions) Governor’s Buckeye Cup Asahi Challenge Cup Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes Sirius Stakes Best of Ohio Endurance Handicap Prix de l’Opera Champion (Emirates Airline) E P Taylor S Shuka Sho Premio Lydia Tesio Tenno Sho (Autumn) Breeders’ Cup Classic Maple Leaf S Premio Roma Criterium de Saint-Cloud Fukushima Kinen Chunichi Shimbun Hai Aichi Hai Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes
Class Race Date Gr 2 25-Apr-2010 Gr 1 1-May-2010 Gr 3 8-May-2010 Gp 1 16-May-2010 Gp 1 23-May-2010 Gr 2 29-May-2010 Gr 1 5-Jun-2010 Gr 1 5-Jun-2010 Gp 1 16-Jun-2010 Gr 2 19-Jun-2010 Gr 3 20-Jun-2010 Gp 1 26-Jun-2010 Gr 3 26-Jun-2010 Gr 3 1-Jul-2010 Gr 2 3-Jul-2010 Gr 1 3-Jul-2010 Gp 1 3-Jul-2010 R 4-Jul-2010 Gr 1 10-Jul-2010 Gr 3 11-Jul-2010 Gr 3 17-Jul-2010 Gr 2 17-Jul-2010 Gr 2 17-Jul-2010 24-Jul-2010 Gr 3 25-Jul-2010 Gp 1 25-Jul-2010 Gr 3 1-Aug-2010 R 1-Aug-2010 Gp 1 17-Aug-2010 Gr 1 21-Aug-2010 Gr 1 21-Aug-2010 Gr 1 21-Aug-2010 Gp 1 22-Aug-2010 Gr 2 22-Aug-2010 Gr 1 28-Aug-2010 Gr 3 29-Aug-2010 Gr 1 29-Aug-2010 Gp 1 4-Sep-2010 S 4-Sep-2010 Gr 3 11-Sep-2010 Gr 1 2-Oct-2010 Gr 1 2-Oct-2010 Gr 3 2-Oct-2010 S 2-Oct-2010 Gp 1 3-Oct-2010 Gp 1 16-Oct-2010 Gr 1 16-Oct-2010 Gr 1 17-Oct-2010 Gp 1 24-Oct-2010 Gr 1 31-Oct-2010 Gr 1 6-Nov-2010 6-Nov-2010 Gp 1 7-Nov-2010 Gp 1 13-Nov-2010 Gr 3 20-Nov-2010 Gr 3 11-Dec-2010 Gr 3 19-Dec-2010 Gr 3 25-Dec-2010
Value $1,221,000 $2,000,000 $954,000 297,000 250,000 $1,504,000 $400,000 USD250,000 £450,000 $250,000 $888,000 EUR200,000 USD100,000 CAN200,000 $400,000 USD250,000 £500,000 CAN1,000,000 USD500,000 $1,009,000 $200,000 $600,000 USD750,000 USD100,000 $1,009,000 155,000 $1,009,000 CAN250,000 £650,000 $1,000,000 $400,000 $500,000 EUR250,000 $1,652,000 $1,000,000 $1,009,000 $300,000 750,000 $75,000 $954,000 $750,000 $500,000 $888,000 USD75,000 300,000 £350,000 CAN1,000,000 $2,084,000 297,000 $3,099,000 $5,000,000 CAN175,000 297,000 250,000 $954,000 $954,000 $888,000 $752,000
Age 3F 3 4+ 4+ 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ 4+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ 3 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ 3+ 3 3F 4+ F&M 3+ 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2 CF 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 2
Surface T D T T T T T T T T T T T AWT D T T AWT AWT T T T D D T T T T T T T D T T D T D T D T D T D D T T T T T T D AWT 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 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 2000 2000 2000 2000
Furlongs 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Closing 16-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 30-Mar-10 15-Apr-10 17-Feb-10 13-Apr-10 22-May-10 19-May-10 20-Apr-10 05-Jun-10 11-May-10 16-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 19-Jun-10 6/23/2010 27-Apr-10 30-Jun-10 25-May-10 07-Jul-10 03-Jul-10 16-Jul-10 08-Jun-10 01-Jun-10 22-Jun-10 14-Jul-10 22-Jun-10 23-Apr-10 09-Apr-10 07-Aug-10 06-Jul-10 14-Aug-10 20-Jul-10 14-Aug-10 31-Mar-10 26-Aug-10 03-Aug-10 18-Sep-10 18-Sep-10 17-Aug-10 22-Sep-10 25-Aug-10 03-Aug-10 29-Sep-10 31-Aug-10 23-Sep-10 14-Sep-10 25-Oct-10 20-Oct-10 07-Oct-10 27-Oct-10 12-Oct-10 26-Oct-10 09-Nov-10 09-Nov-10
10.5f (2100m) Country FR IRE FR FR
Track Longchamp Curragh Chantilly Chantilly
Race Name & (Sponsor) Prix Ganay Gold Cup (Tattersalls) Prix du Jockey Club Prix de Diane
Class Race Date Gp 1 2-May-2010 Gp 1 23-May-2010 Gp 1 6-Jun-2010 Gp 1 13-Jun-2010
Value 300,000 EUR225,000 EUR1,500,000 EUR800,000
Age 4+ 4+ 3 CF 3F
Surface T T T T
Metres 2100 2100 2100 2100
Furlongs 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5
Closing 07-Apr-10 17-Mar-10 17-Feb-10 17-Feb-10
11f (2200m) Country JPN USA USA
Track Kyoto Belmont Park Golden Gate Fields
Race Name & (Sponsor) Kyoto Shimbun Hai Sheepshead Bay Handicap Golden Gate Fields Turf
Class Race Date Gr 2 8-May-2010 Gr 2 22-May-2010 Gr 3 29-May-2010
Value $1,276,000 $150,000 $100,000
Age 3 3+ FM 4+
Surface T T T
Metres 2200 2200 2200
Furlongs Closing 11 30-Mar-10 11 08-May-10 11 22-May-10
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Track Hanshin Monmouth Park Belmont Park Delaware Park Dusseldorf Monmouth Park Woodbine Saratoga Nakayama Nakayama Churchill Downs Aqueduct Kyoto
Race Name & (Sponsor) Takarazuka Kinen United Nations Stakes Man o’ War BC Stakes Robert G Dick BC Stakes Henkel Preis der Diana (Deutsches Stuten-Derby - Ger man Oaks) Omnibus Stakes Sky Classic S Glens Falls Handicap 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 1 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1
Race Date 27-Jun-2010 3-Jul-2010 10-Jul-2010 17-Jul-2010 1-Aug-2010 21-Aug-2010 22-Aug-2010 6-Sep-2010 19-Sep-2010 26-Sep-2010 5-Nov-2010 7-Nov-2010 14-Nov-2010
Value $3,099,000 $750,000 $500K/BC 100K $50K (BC)/$150K EUR400,000 USD100,000 CAN250,000 $100,000 $1,276,000 $1,504,000 $2,000,000 $150,000 $2,121,000
Age 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM
Surface T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Metres 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200
Furlongs Closing 11 11-May-10 11 19-Jun-10 11 26-Jun-10 11 03-Jul-10 11 11 13-Aug-10 11 04-Aug-10 11 21-Aug-10 11 03-Aug-10 11 17-Aug-10 11 25-Oct-10 11 11 05-Oct-10
12f (2400m) Country JPN USA USA JPN JPN USA GB GB USA GB ITY IRE FR CAN GB FR GER USA IRE GER USA USA USA GER CAN GB TKY GER USA FR CAN JPN GER USA FR JPN CAN ITY USA USA USA JPN USA USA
Track Tokyo Hollywood Park Churchill Downs Tokyo Tokyo Belmont Park Epsom Downs Epsom Downs Belmont Park Epsom Downs Milan Curragh Saint-Cloud Woodbine Ascot Longchamp Hamburg Philadelphia Park Curragh Hamburg Hollywood Park Saratoga Saratoga Koln Woodbine York Istanbul Baden-Baden Turfway Park Longchamp Woodbine Hanshin Koln Belmont Park Longchamp Kyoto Woodbine Milan Aqueduct Aqueduct Churchill Downs Tokyo Calder Calder
Race Name & (Sponsor) TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho Jim Murray Memorial Handicap Louisville Handicap Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) Brooklyn Handicap Coronation Cup Oaks Belmont Stakes Derby (Investec) Gran Premio Milano Irish Derby Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Singspiel S King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Grand Prix de Paris (Juddmonte) Deutschland-Preis Greenwood Cup Irish Oaks (Darley) Deutsches Derby Sunset Hcap Waya Stakes Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes Rheinland-Pokal Breeders’ S Yorkshire Oaks (Darley) Bosphorus Cup Grosser Preis von Baden (Mercedes Benz) Turfway Park Fall Championship Prix Vermeille (Qatar) Northern Dancer BC Turf Kobe Shimbun Hai Preis von Europa Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Qatar) Kyoto Daishoten Pattison Canadian International Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro Long Island Handicap-Div. 1 Long Island Handicap-Div. 2 Breeders’ Cup Turf Japan Cup La Prevoyante Handicap WL McKnight Handicap
Class Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gp 1 R Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 Gr 2
Race Date Value 1-May-2010 $1,276,000 15-May-2010 USD150,000 22-May-2010 $100,000 23-May-2010 $2,278,000 30-May-2010 $3,527,000 4-Jun-2010 $200,000 4-Jun-2010 £225,000 4-Jun-2010 £350,000 5-Jun-2010 $1,000,000 5-Jun-2010 £1,250,000 13-Jun-2010 297,000 27-Jun-2010 EUR1,250,000 27-Jun-2010 400,000 4-Jul-2010 CAN150,000 14-Jul-2010 £1,000,000 14-Jul-2010 600,000 17-Jul-2010 155,000 17-Jul-2010 USD250,000 18-Jul-2010 EUR425,000 18-Jul-2010 500,000 18-Jul-2010 USD100,000 9-Aug-2010 $80,000 14-Aug-2010 $500,000 15-Aug-2010 155,000 15-Aug-2010 CAN500,000 19-Aug-2010 £310,000 2-Sep-2010 5-Sep-2010 EUR250,000 11-Sep-2010 $100,000 12-Sep-2010 350,000 19-Sep-2010CAN100K (BC)/CAN650K 26-Sep-2010 $1,276,000 26-Sep-2010 155,000 2-Oct-2010 $500,000 3-Oct-2010 4,000,000 10-Oct-2010 $1,521,000 16-Oct-2010 CAN2,000,000 17-Oct-2010 297,000 1-Nov-2010 $150,000 1-Nov-2010 $150,000 6-Nov-2010 $3,000,000 28-Nov-2010 $5,872,000 11-Dec-2010 $100,000 18-Dec-2010 $150,000
Age 3 3+ 3+ 3F 3 No G 3+ 4+ 3F 3 3 C&F 3+ 3 CF 4+ 3+ 3+ 3 CF 3+ 3+ 3F 3 CF 3+ 4+ FM 3+ 3+ 3 3+ F&M 3+ C&F 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3 No G 3+ 3+ 3+ CF 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3+
Surface T T T T T D T T D T T T T T T T T D T T T T T T T T T T AWT T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Metres 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400
Furlongs 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Closing 16-Mar-10 05-May-10 08-May-10 22-May-10 06-Apr-10 16-Mar-10 27-Mar-10 13-May-10 09-Jun-10 16-Jun-10 08-Jun-10 17-Feb-10 27-Apr-10 03-Jul-10 07-Jul-10 01-Aug-10 25-May-10 22-Jun-10 04-Aug-10 15-Jun-10 01-Sep-10 8/25/2010 01-Sep-10 17-Aug-10 06-Jul-10 18-Sep-10 05-May-10 31-Aug-10 29-Sep-10 16-Sep-10 25-Oct-10 12-Oct-10 27-Nov-10 04-Dec-10
12.5f (2500m) Country JPN JPN JPN
Track Tokyo Tokyo Nakayama
Race Name & (Sponsor) Meguro Kinen Copa Republica Argentina Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix)
Class Race Date Gr 2 30-May-2010 Gr 2 7-Nov-2010 Gr 1 26-Dec-2010
Country USA USA USA
Track Saratoga Arlington Park Aqueduct
Race Name & (Sponsor) John’s Call Stakes Stars and Stripes Stakes Gallant Fox Handicap
Class
Value $1,363,000 $1,363,000 $4,220,000
Age 3+ 3+ 3+
Surface T T T
Metres 2500 2500 2500
Value $80,000 $150,000 $65,000
Age 4+ 3+ 3+
Surface T T D
Metres 2600 2600 2600
Furlongs 12.5 12.5 12.5
Closing 13-Apr-10 28-Sep-10 09-Nov-10
13f (2600m) Gr 3
Race Date 6-Aug-2010 21-Aug-2010 31-Dec-2010
Furlongs 13 13 13
Closing 24-Jul-10 11-Aug-10
14f (2800m) Country IRE USA CAN
Track Curragh Churchill Downs Woodbine
Race Name & (Sponsor) St Leger (Irish Field) Breeders’ Cup Marathon Valedictory S
Class Gp 1 Gr 3
Race Date 11-Sep-2010 5-Nov-2010 5-Dec-2010
Value EUR240,000 $500,000 CAN150,000
Age 3+ 3+ 3+
Surface T D AWT
Metres 2800 2800 2800
Furlongs 14 14 14
Closing 31-Mar-10 25-Oct-10 17-Nov-10
14.6f (2920m) Country Track GB Doncaster
Race Name & (Sponsor) St Leger (Ladbrokes)
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Race Date 11-Sep-2010
Value £500,000
Age 3 C&F
Surface T
Metres 2920
Furlongs 14.6
Closing 29-Jun-10
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15f (3000m) Country Track USA Turf Paradise JPN Kyoto
Race Name & (Sponsor) Hasta La Vista Handicap Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger)
Class Gr 1
Race Date 2-May-2010 24-Oct-2010
Value $50,000 $2,630,000
Age 3+ 3 No G
Surface T T
Metres 3000 3000
Furlongs 15 15
Closing 23-Apr-10
15.5f (3100m) Country Track FR Longchamp
Race Name & (Sponsor) Prix Royal-Oak
Class Gp 1
Race Date 24-Oct-2010
Value 250,000
Age 3+
Surface T
Metres 3100
Furlongs 15.5
Closing 10/6/2010
16f (3200m) Country Track JPN Kyoto
Race Name & (Sponsor) Tenno Sho (Spring)
Class Gr 1
Race Date 2-May-2010
Value $3,099,000
Age 4+
Surface T
Metres 3200
Furlongs 16
Closing 16-Mar-10
18f (3600m) Country Track JPN Nakayama
Race Name & (Sponsor) Sports Nippon Sho Stayers Stakes
Class Gr 2
Race Date 4-Dec-2010
Value $1,504,000
Age 3+
Surface T
Metres 3600
Furlongs 18
Closing 26-Oct-10
20f (4000m) Country Track GB Ascot FR Longchamp
Race Name & (Sponsor) Gold Cup Prix du Cadran (Qatar)
Class Gp 1 Gp 1
Race Date 17-Jun-2010 3-Oct-2010
Value ÂŁ250,000 250,000
Age 4+ 4+
Surface T T
Metres 4000 4000
Furlongs 20 20
Closing 20-Apr-10 8/25/2010
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T WAS a dreary ol’ winter in the country, with snow piled derrièredeep on a giraffe throughout most of the country, while the rest of the Northern Hemisphere was suffering from floods, mudslides, etc., as if the snow weren’t bad enough. But, despite being one of the worst of what Spiro Agnew’s speechwriters called “the nattering nabobs of negativism,” I began to see some encouraging signs for the Thoroughbred business as we cast off the doldrums of last year and the previous decade. There have been several things to happen in this young New Year that led me to think we in the horse business might even be headed in the right direction for a change. First, early results of this year’s sales of two-year-olds in training have been pretty encouraging. Despite a high number of withdrawals, the number of horses which were bid in declined more than 14% and the average for those sales rose almost 8%, good news for pinhookers and breeders alike, who had been taking a major beating at the sales for the past two years. There are other encouraging aspects of these numbers for those wild-eyed dreamers like me who believe in silly theories like the law of supply and demand and live in the futile hope that one fine day all of this might just result in breeders and pinhookers developing a little empathy for the poor owners who fight the Sisyphean battle of racing’s economics every day. Another bit of news on the less-meansmore/good-news-for-owners front – in early
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Heading in the right direction March Monmouth Park announced that they were going to cut their racing days nearly in half and offer $1-million in daily average purses, which should attract some major stables and horses to the Jersey Shore. For instance, the plan vaults Monmouth into position as the perfect spot for the showdown that was proposed for Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra, which, to me, was one of the most promising opportunities for racing to build excitement among fans and the public to come along in a long, long time. Of course the neighboring states screamed like stuck pigs, but I think it’s brilliant – particularly with NYRA threatening that they won’t have enough money to run the Belmont Stakes or the Saratoga meeting if they don’t get slots at Aqueduct, IMMEDIATELY. After all, why continue to wallow in a morass of doom, self-pity, and blame of others, when you can try something innovative which, like it or not, may be a step toward putting racing back on a sound financial footing. Apropos of a sound financial footing, Centaur LLC, the company which owns Hoosier Park Casino and Horse Track and is building Valley View Downs and Casino in Pennsylvania, declared bankruptcy in March, another warning perhaps that casinos and slot machines at racetracks may not be the Second Coming of Christ insofar as the future of racing is concerned.
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“The expansion of gambling does not bring more customers into the market,” noted a senior analyst for the Rockefeller Institute of Government. “There are only so many customers, so with every new casino [including, presumably, those at race tracks] there are only marginal increases.” Reading between the lines, it is entirely possible that the combination of racinos and casinos may have already reached the saturation point beyond which opening new outlets willynilly around the country may result in more harm than good. In short, installing some slot machines at the track is no substitute for making racing fans feel welcome, providing customer service, and serving up an attractive product for the people who bother to show up instead of a steady diet of $10,000 claimers going six furlongs. Finally, with respect to marginal gains, there have been decreases in the numbers of catastrophic injuries at the racetracks which have installed synthetic surfaces around the country, but they have been overshadowed to a substantial extent by complaints of horsemen over different, albeit less serious, injuries – primarily soft-tissue injuries behind. In fact, in California there was a movement called “California Horsemen for Change,” which wanted to promote change... back to the dirt tracks which trainers were complaining about so bitterly prior to the installation of the synthetics. To my way of thinking it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to keep changing racing surfaces like a harlot’s underwear – particularly at a couple of million dollars a pop (no pun intended). Possibly, it would be more simple and cost-effective to accept the fact that it is the nature of the horse business that a lot of the people involved are going to be angry and dissatisfied – and very vocal about it – no matter what anyone does, so simply ignore them and go on with what you think is best. I
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