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Changing tack but mindset still the same

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NOTHER Triple Crown season has come and gone. Naturally we were delighted to see Doug O’Neill, our cover profile trainer from early spring (Issue 39), win the 2016 “Run for the Roses.” Nyquist has always been some horse and like everyone, it will be interesting to see how he fares during the later part of the summer and then hopefully at the Breeders’ Cup on his home ground at Santa Anita this November. But before then, an exciting summer awaits and one trainer who is likely to dominate in any number of races is Chad Brown. I’m sure that Chad won’t mind me saying, but it has taken some coaxing to get him to grace the cover of the magazine. We originally had hoped to put him on the cover of our Triple Crown issue but such is the dedication to his stable in the buildup to the Triple Crown season that interviews had to wait. As they say, you can only play the cards you’re given and for me, I’m kind of pleased that fate has played its hand and we have Chad featured now. After all, this is the time of year that his stable simply thrives. It will be nine years this November since Chad starting training in his own name, and during that time he has gone about continuing the legendary legacy left by his longterm mentor, Bobby Frankel. As Frances J. Karon found out when she spent time with him at his New York base, Chad is simply passionately meticulous about his horses. His success has never been as a result of flashy showmanship but more about driven dedication to his chosen career. Chad isn’t the only profile that got bumped back to this issue.

Bode Miller was slated to appear in our Triple Crown issue, but getting time to photograph him in the later part of winter proved to be more difficult than a downhill slalom. Coming into racing from a distinguished career in skiing takes some doing. What will be interesting over time will be to see how some of the methods and practices that Bode used so successfully as an athlete will be adapted for the racing environment. Bode is definitely different from the norm and a genuine “out of the box” thinker. For me, an interesting observation that Bode makes that is bound to cause debate is this: “A really good way to hurt an animal is to train them shorter and slower than what you’re going to ask them to do in a race, and only do it every seven to ten days. The fundamental system that is being applied in the U.S. right now is terrible for preventing injuries. And, ironically, it’s terrible for getting good performances out of a horse, as well.” Surely, this is tied into the fact that horses are being raced less frequently, and the lack of regular races, which undoubtedly help keep horses in peak performance, has a role to play in the debate. But debate like this is certainly good and positive for racing and training. Something that Miller is actively encouraging. He has even gone so far as making sure that some of his contact details get published with the profile on him that he might continue learning and understanding about the theories and practices of racehorse training. Wherever your racing takes you this summer – good luck! n

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Chad Brown

Profile on the trainer driven to success, by Frances J. Karon.

Sales prepping

Frank Mitchell looks at what it takes to get yearlings ready to go through the auction ring.

Bode Miller

The Olympic gold medal-winning athlete with aspiration to change the way racehorses are trained, by Denise Steffanus.

Gut feeling

Dr. Catherine Dunnett with the latest on gastric ulcers and how nutrition can make a difference.

David Hofmans

Huey Barnes

Ed Golden tells the tale of the colorful Huey Barnes, a racetrack staple for more than 60 years.

Joints

Are optimal results for treating joints achieved with one medication, or with a combination? By Dr. Celia Marr.

Handicap racing

Bill Heller weighs up how handicappers have trimmed down the pounds once piled on the top racehorses.

Management of respiratory disease

Dr. Thomas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keeffe on a respiratory disease study he has undertaken.

The legacy of Southern California conditioner David Hofmans, by Ed Golden.

Contributors

Alan Balch

Denise Steffanus on the positive advances that microchipping horses may bring to the industry.

TRM Trainer of the Quarter

Stakes Schedules

Microchipping

The students who helped save Rillito Park

How university students from the Race Track Industry Program in Arizona have breathed life into a dying racetrack, by Bill Heller. 2

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Suppliers Directory

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The Sid Fernando column

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Alan F. Balch was hired as Executive Director of California Thoroughbred Trainers in April 2010. His professional career in racing began at Santa Anita in 1971, where he advanced to the position of Sr. Vice PresidentMarketing and Assistant General Manager, and was in charge of the Olympic Games Equestrian Events for Los Angeles in 1984. He retired in the early ’90s to become volunteer president of the National Equestrian Federation of the USA, as well as of the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. He remains president of USA Equestrian Trust, Inc. 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 (@sidfernando) 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.

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Ed Golden is the author of Santa Anita’s widely acclaimed “Stable Notes,” hailed by peers as “the best in racing.” A native of Philadelphia, he earned Eclipse Award honorable mention while with the Philadelphia Daily News and has written for The Blood-Horse and USA Today. Bill Heller, Eclipse Award winner and author of 25 books including biographies of Hall of Fame jockeys Ron Turcotte, Randy Romero and Jose Santos, is a member of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame Communications Corner. He spends summers in Saratoga and winters in South Florida. His 26-year-old son Benjamin lives in Albany, N.Y., is an accomplished runner and recently won a 5-K race and a mini-marathon.

Frances J. Karon is from 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.

Professor Celia Marr is an equine clinician at Rossdales, Newmarket. She is a RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Medicine and Honorary Professor at the Glasgow University Veterinary School. She has previously worked at veterinary schools in Glasgow, Pennsylvania, Cambridge and London and in racehorse practice in Lambourn. She is Chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board’s Thoroughbred Research & Consultation Group and Editor-in-Chief of Equine Veterinary Journal. Frank Mitchell wrote a column at Daily Racing Form for nearly 15 years. He now pens a column for the online Paulick Report and does conformation and biomechanical analysis for DataTrack International. In his spare time, Frank works with his own horses and livestock on a farm not far from Lexington, Kentucky. Dr Thomas O’Keeffe is a graduate of University College Dublin, working in Ocala, Florida. He worked for Rossdales and Partners in Newmarket, UK as a member of their ambulatory racing veterinary team and in their hospital facility. He was also an associate with Scone Equine Hospital, Australia, as resident veterinary surgeon for Darley’s Kildangan Stud in Ireland and worked in Lexington, Kentucky with Dr Ruel Cowles, DVM. Denise Steffanus is a freelance writer and editor based in Cynthiana, Kentucky. A longtime contributing editor for Thoroughbred Times, she earned the prestigious Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award and the USA Equestrian (now the U.S. Equestrian Federation) Award for Media Excellence. Steffanus, a Pitttsburgh native, is a licensed Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and a member of American Mensa.

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ALAN F. BALCH Marketing and Management Myopia

Echnically speaking, myopia is nearsightedness. More broadly considered, the myopic are lacking in imagination and even intellectual curiosity. and if there’s one starkly visible attribute of american racing’s management and marketing over its most recent history, that describes it. Way back in 1960, Ted leavitt of the Harvard Business Review wrote his landmark paper “Marketing Myopia.” it revolutionized the way many business leaders evaluated their own practices. at least those who thought about such things. Some of us believe it founded modern marketing. in an ironic way, it’s tied indirectly to the boom in american racing we enjoyed well into the 1990s. and to the extent it’s been forgotten in racing (which is largely), it informs why we are now struggling so. i occasionally have the good fortune to visit England. Racing of several levels and varieties is ongoing seemingly every day, flat or jump, somewhere, often at places i’ve never heard of. The papers carry results and entries for these obscure meetings. at peak times, massive crowds pack ascot, or cheltenham, or newbury, or others not-sowell-known. Train stations are jammed with fans and the trains themselves are ongoing handicapping seminars. at first blush, an american thinks, “Oh, that’s because the culture here is so much more agrarian, and there’s so much more tradition. There’s just not the competition we have in the States.” Baloney. Or worse. Racing in the United Kingdom has its problems, to be sure. Serious problems. But consider that there’s all that racing within such a small geographical space – 57% the size of california alone! Moreover, according to the Washington Post, were Britain to join the United States, it would rank at the bottom, around alabama and Mississippi, in terms of per capita Gross Domestic Product. That is shocking. and the British in racing face all the 6

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competitive problems we have: they are at least as connected to the internet, gaming opportunities exceed ours, with off-track betting on everything from racing to elections to the color of the Queen’s hat going on every single day, casinos abound, and all the other sporting and entertainment competition on the continent is a train ride away. you think we in california have a tough competitive environment?! One major defining difference (oversimplifying the situation) is that purses in the UK are not legislated from handle . . . and the total amounts wagered are divided among the Tote and many bookmakers, of course . . . which requires that track managements obtain significant and real sponsorship to supplement purses and drive profit from attendees through non-wagering sources, such as track admission and food/ beverage. Sponsors look to attendance, newspaper and TV exposure as well as public interest, in turn, to justify their spend. The synergy that results is a win/win. By comparison, american racing management and marketing has regressed to the Dark ages. Even in america’s glory days of the 1980s, because handle was booming, purses were skyrocketing, and breeding was at a peak before our tax laws changed, our marketing was just too “easy” to do by comparison to how it is now: we didn’t think it was easy at the time, of course, but we didn’t feel the need to invest in attracting genuine sponsorship and expanded contemporary

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If racing as an

industry is to prosper – not just survive – it must first define its competitive framework properly. Blinkers off!

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marketing. Superficially, we seemed to be growing. as competition from other gaming began and increased, i remember warning that we needed to enhance our own marketing while we could still afford to do it! That warning fell on deaf ears and unseeing eyes. We were myopic, in short. now, by comparison, we are almost blind. Professor leavitt had observed the same things in other “growth” industries, such as ours seemed to be in the 1980s, failures to realize that competitive forces and innovation soon would intrude and multiply. The early railroads, for example, saw themselves in that specific business, defined as such, not transportation! The fact that we are regulated (so are railroads) just increased our myopia, in much the same way that regulation of taxis much more recently left those companies unprepared for Uber and lyft. Racing’s myopia has led it to believe that tracks compete against each other (which they do, of course), and types of racing compete for market share (also true). But the bigger picture is that racing as a whole competes against all other forms of gaming, and even sport or entertainment generally (which could well take this argument too far). all in all, if racing as an industry is to prosper – not just survive – it must first define its competitive framework properly. Blinkers off! Then it must invest in marketing accordingly, modernize its management, and commit to its true business. not to real estate development. arguing these points, decrying our failure to observe and correct the decline in the attraction of our betting propositions because of consolidation of too many horses among too few interests, the deplorable state of our stabling, our antiquated pricing, our lack of enlightened marketing and management, we are met with, “There’s not really anything we can do about it.” as my old eighth-grade-educated horse trainer used to say, “if you say you can’t, you’re already done. if you say you’ll try, you’ve at least begun.” n

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N a serious tear as the leading trainer at Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Pennsylvania, 39-year-old Ron Potts Jr., a thirdgeneration horseman from British Columbia, Canada, is at a good point in his career and not in a rush for whatever comes next. Asked where he wants to be five-to-10 years down the road, he said, “I never really thought about it. I like it here.” He should. Through the first week of July, he’d won 20 of 58 starts, a 34.5 percent clip, with 10 seconds and 11 thirds for an astronomical in-the-money percentage of 70.7 at Presque Isle. “We try to gear our year around this meet,” he said. Even so, he also races his 32-horse stable at Parx, Penn National, Belterra, Mountaineer, Thistledown, and, when Presque Isle Downs’ 100-day meet ends in early October, at Tampa Bay Downs in Florida. His career choice wasn’t a surprise. “I was kind of thrown into the business,” he said. Both his dad, Ron, and mom, Brenda, were trainers, as was his grandfather. “We were pretty young when we started,” he said. He began getting serious responsibilities in the barn when he was eight and joined his

brother Wade galloping horses when he was 11. Potts still gallops six-to-10 of his horses today. “It’s definitely helped,” he said. “It’s a lot easier to know what’s wrong with them if you’re on them.” There’s one big difference. The last two years, his dad has worked as his assistant. “It works out great,” he said. Potts’ family moved to the United States when he was 20, four years after he got his trainer’s license. “I’d already been in the business for years,” he explained. “Some of my horses had been racing in my father’s name and he took a string of horses to Washington State. I took the trainer’s test and passed.” He got a big break 10 years ago when another trainer suggested his name to The Elkstone Group, headed by Stuart Grant, an attorney in Delaware who also uses trainers Rudy Rodriguez, Chad Brown, and Rick Violette. “They had this naughty horse, Windham Hill, who’d been thrown out of two tracks,” Potts said. “I had him about six weeks and he finished second [although he was disqualified], then first. I’ve had as many as 20 horses at one time for Stuart since.” On a memorable two days last September, The Elkstone Group’s colt Duff won the

$107,000 Roanoke Stakes for three-yearolds at Parx by a nose. The next day at Presque Isle, The Elkstone Group was back in the winner’s circle with its two-yearold colt Balk, who captured the $75,000 Mark McDermott Stakes by a length and three-quarters. They ran on the same card at Presque Isle July 10th this year. After Duff finished fourth in a $101,000 stakes, Balk finished second in an allowance race. Together, the two horses have already earned more than $410,000. Other successful Elkstone Group runners trained by Potts are the four-year-old gelding Starling’s Law, who’s won six of 16 starts and earned nearly $170,000, and a trio of two-year-old winners: Political Animal; Crazycantberighted, who is stakesplaced; and Castles in the Air. Potts is helped by his wife Sara; their 15-year-old son Ethan, who works summers but doesn’t see his future with horses; and their 11-year-old son Cody, who’d jump into the business now if he could. And business has never been better. Still, Potts doesn’t dismiss the notion that he may be headed for even more success at bigger tracks. “It’d be nice to be on a better stage,” he said. “Better horses are coming. But I’m kind of content right now.” n

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CHAD BROWN Focused on success

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Creator, the winner of the 148th Belmont Stakes, hadn’t even had time to reach the test barn before the skies let loose on Belmont Park on the Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, New York. Almost as quickly as the storm had begun, it ended, leaving a rainbow suspended over the far end of the racetrack as post time for the 12th race approached. With nine graded stakes races already run, the major headlines were set long before this allowance optional claimer. WORDS: FRANCES J KARON PHOTOS: ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE, FRANCES J KARON, HORSEPHOTOS

LATE move down the stretch of the turf course put Inordinate a nostril ahead of favored Fundamental to give trainer Chad Brown a newsworthy fourth winner on the card, but it was not going to be that simple. Jose Ortiz, on fifthplaced Roman Approval, called in a claim of foul against Javier Castellano and Inordinate, and stewards, to the surprise of many observers, allowed it; Inordinate was brought down and placed fifth while

Fundamental, whose jock Irad Ortiz Jr. had just ridden Creator, was declared the winner. The result had changed, but little else had: Chad Brown, trainer of both Inordinate and Fundamental, had saddled his fourth winner on the card, on one of the biggest days of the year at Belmont. It capped a big three days for Brown, who won the first race, the Easy Goer Stakes, with Economic Model; the second, an allowance, with Connect; and the 10th, the Grade 1 Manhattan Stakes, with Flintshire, Brown’s third consecutive – and fourth overall – Manhattan winner. The 37-year-old trainer had only won a single race the day before – but even then, he did it in style, sending

three horses in the Grade 2 New York Stakes to fill out the trifecta: Dacita over Sea Calisi over Guapaza. And the day before that, it was Zindaya in the Intercontinental Stakes and Billy’s Kitten in an allowance optional claimer. How’s that for a guy who grew up “outside the paddock looking in,” spending August weekends at Saratoga Race Course near his hometown of Mechanicville, New York, when he was a kid? “With only a month of racing you’d go up as much as you could,” Brown says of growing up close to Saratoga, “so on the weekends my family would often go in the picnic area and take me, and I loved doing that. And when they didn’t want to go I started to network and find other friends to see if their parents were going on different days.” As it does to so many, the allure of the paddock drew him, and despite having no experience with horses, he set about getting into racing. “I went as much as I could, learned as much as I could, but I didn’t know anybody. It just so happened that my neighbor at the time, Mary [Beninati], had a son-in-law who was a harness trainer in Saratoga. My parents told her, ‘Our son’s just crazy about horseracing but we don’t know anybody. He’d love to do something, if you know someone.’” She did, but Brown was reluctant when Beninati suggested that he meet Paul Kelley, her son-in-law. It was Thoroughbreds, and not Standardbreds, that had hooked him. “Finally Mary grabbed me and said, ‘Hey, you love horses, and he’s a horse trainer. It might not be what you’re looking for but you’ve got to start somewhere.’” It made sense. Brown relented. “My mom brought me up one day – I didn’t even have a driver’s license, I was 15 – and dropped me off at his barn. It was the best thing I ever did, because I made a lifelong friend who’s still a very good friend of mine. He’s a great horseman, very hands-on, and that’s what I needed at that time, was to learn about horses the right way.” He stayed on with Kelley throughout his last three years of high school, spending summer and school vacations working on the backside of Saratoga Raceway. After high school, he enrolled at the Ivy League Cornell University, eyeing a degree in animal science. And more to the point, he switched tack for his summer jobs. Even while learning his way around Standardbreds, Brown had continued to pursue his interest in Thoroughbred racing by reading and learning as much as he could, trying, he says, “to figure out people that I thought could provide me with the right foundation, with the right education. I picked out all

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Flintshire’s victory in the Manhattan Stakes at Belmont was Brown’s fourth win in the race

the trainers, Shug [McGaughey] being one of them – the main one – who I wanted to work for. Going to the track in the summers with my parents, I had always admired the Phipps horses [trained by McGaughey]. I just thought how well they were bred and how well the operation was run. Everything always looked spot on.” For his transition to Thoroughbreds, Brown wrote letters to “a couple of the top trainers” hoping for a job. Only one replied, but that was just fine with Brown, who got his dream start with that trainer: Shug McGaughey. “I didn’t know anyone. I just worked,” Brown says of his early days in McGaughey’s Belmont shedrow. He started out as a hotwalker, living in a cottage near the tunnel on the backside, and recalls that two of the horses in McGaughey’s barn were Joe Allen’s Starry Dreamer, later the dam of top sire War Front, and Ogden Phipps’ Matlacha Pass, who produced Point of Entry – winner of the only Manhattan that a Brown trainee hasn’t won since 2012. Brown stayed with McGaughey for about a year after graduating from Cornell, then got an internship with veterinarian Dr. Steve Allday, who would take him on client consultations all over the country. It was on one such visit to California that Brown met trainer Bobby Frankel. “I was impressed with his operation,” says Brown. “I felt like he did things differently there, so right away I tried to network with him. After about a year I kind of heard he was maybe looking for an extra person to hire, that he was going to expand in New York a

Stephanie’s Kitten after her Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf win

bit. So I asked for an interview and he’s like, ‘Yeah…I’ll give you a call.’” Frankel’s response sounded more like a brushoff than a promise. A month if not more went by before the phone rang. “When you come out here, call me. I want to talk to you,” Frankel told him, so the next time he was in California, Brown duly sought out the Hall of Famer at his barn, only to be told brusquely that he was busy. Frankel gave him the address of a Thai restaurant in Beverly Hills, with instructions to meet him there for dinner. By the end of the evening, Brown had been hired. “I had to move out to California to work

for Humberto [Ascanio, Frankel’s longtime main assistant] for six months first. I actually went out there three years in a row and worked for Humberto.” And so it was that Chad Brown made sure he got the “right foundation,” studying under what he calls “the two greatest, in my opinion” trainers of our time in Shug McGaughey and Bobby Frankel, with whom he ultimately spent five years. Along with the usual assortment of framed win photos decorating the wall of Brown’s barn office at Belmont is one, just to the right of his desk, of Frankel with an Australian ISSUE 41 TRAINERMAGAZINE.COM

PROFILE Shepherd. Brown points to the picture, reflecting that his mentor was a very private man. “Frankel,” he says, “was an interesting guy. I admire him so much.” Frankel was known for many things: for being a great trainer, for unabashedly loving his horses and his Aussies…but not always for being approachable. Brown offers some insight on this last point, which may also be some insight into Brown himself. “It’s funny, I figured out most stuff about Frankel later in life, now that I run my own business, about how he was to be around,” he says. “I hear things about him, things that are slightly misunderstood. Obviously, he’s widely respected by all, and he was kind of a moody guy. He was thinking all the time. I feel like if you caught him in the middle of that thought process, he might come off as grumpy or rude to you. If you caught him on a day where he was in a good mood or he wasn’t in the middle of something,” he was very generous, says Brown. “If you talked to him about something that was dear to his heart: [Juddmonte Farm’s Grade 1 winner] Exbourne, his dogs, Yankee baseball, [Juddmonte’s Kentucky Oaks winner] Flute. Or if you had an interesting question. He really wanted to go out of his way to help people out. “I feel like I picked up some of his traits just being around him,” he adds. Call it focus; Brown is very focused. With a large stable based at Belmont, Saratoga,

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Did I learn to train horses at Cornell? No. But I learned a lot about business, about being organized

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and Monmouth Park and featuring many graded stakes winners in his care at any given moment, he has to be both focused and organized. “Did I learn to train horses at Cornell? No,” he says. “But I learned a lot about business, about being organized. If you’re not organized in that environment, you’re going to get swallowed up. There was a lot of pressure.” The pressure doesn’t alleviate at the levels at which Brown operates, but he’s better equipped to handle it. He says of his early experience, “When I think back about it now – and the only way I’d even think about it is if somebody pried away the memories, like right now. They’re so buried that I would need somebody to pull it out of me because I don’t talk about it a lot. I’m so focused on the present and the future, I don’t think about the past. “But the only way to do it, if you’re a young person trying to come up with some strategy to build a business like this, is there’s no replacement for putting your time in,” he

says. “No matter what, who you work for, who your connections are, if you think there’s got to be a way to fast-track it to get some good horses or take a crash course in learning from the best people and do a six-month internship in learning it all – it just doesn’t work that way in the horse business. As you start to peel away some of my history, as I think about it, talk about it, it took all those miles, all those days, of working. Now I’m talking about other good horses I worked around or time I spent living on the backside.” Brown leans forward against the rail and watches a set of his horses gallop by on the main track, his riders still and quiet on their mounts, before he continues: “When you put your time in this way, what happens is somewhere along the way you learn something that you use now, if it’s living on the backside and having a better understanding about the grooms’ schedules, or working around the families of certain horses, or hanging around watching Bobby deal with the clients – so many things. When you wake up in the morning you don’t know what you’re going to learn. The only way to do it is to put in your days, hours, minutes, miles, travel, go on the road to run horses.” The osmosis from years of paying his dues under Kelley, McGaughey, and Frankel has paid off. Big time. The last bit of business Brown took care of as Frankel’s East Coast assistant was to cinch the girth on Stronach Stables’ Ginger Punch for her win in the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Lady Eli, Walter Malasquez up, shares a moment with stable pony Jack, ridden by assistant Cherie DeVaux

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at Monmouth Park in October, while Frankel stayed home to be with an ailing dog. After five years with Frankel, Brown took out his license that November. By the end of 2008 – his first full season of training – Brown had saddled a Breeders’ Cup winner in his own right when Maram won the Juvenile Fillies Turf. One of the “good horses” from his Frankel days had been Juddmonte’s Cacique, an Irish-bred full brother to Dansili – the sire of Flintshire – who won two Grade 1s at Belmont in 2007: the Manhattan and the Man o’ War. Eight years later, in 2015, Brown took over the training of Cacique’s Britishbred son Slumber, who bloodstock agent Steve Young had purchased for $200,000 out of the Mill Ridge Farm Keeneland November sale consignment in 2014 as a minor black-type winner in Europe. The bay, bred by Juddmonte affiliate Millsec Limited, had previously raced for Juddmonte – for whom Brown conditions Flintshire – first for Barry Hills and his son Charlie Hills in the U.K., where he was Group 3 placed, and then for Bill Mott in the U.S., where he was Grade 2 placed. Slumber was seven when he emulated his 16

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sire with a win in the Grade 1 Manhattan last season. Stablemate Big Blue Kitten, another then-seven-year-old, was second. Slumber placed in four other Grade 1s in 2015 and at eight in 2016, earning his owners more than $1 million since their purchase. The 2016 Manhattan did not go as well for Slumber, who was pulled up past the wire with a soft tissue injury. “Slumber was scary for a moment,” says Brown. “Flintshire wins and it could be argued that Slumber is the reason we got him, and there’s Slumber out there on the turf course lame. It doesn’t look like it’s that bad, but he’s done enough.” Should the now-retired Slumber have been laid up with something more serious, Brown’s staff has proven more than capable of nurturing a horse back from injury. Case in point: Lady Eli. The filly – a $160,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase from breeder Runnymede Farm and Catesby Clay by Bradley Thoroughbreds, agent, and a $160,000 Keeneland April two-year-old bought by Jay Hanley of Sheep Pond Partners – is six-for-six lifetime, with Grade 1 wins in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at two and the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational at three, earning over $1.4 million.

It was on her walk home to Brown’s barn after the Belmont Oaks (Brown’s fourth consecutive win in the race) on July 4, 2015, that Lady Eli stepped on a nail, which led to laminitic changes in both of her front feet. Once viewed as a legitimate contender for the title of champion turf female, Lady Eli was faced with a new, tougher opponent than any she could meet on the track. Fortunately, Lady Eli is a pretty tough filly. Just step foot on the wrong side of the orange cone in front of her stall and she’ll let you know exactly how tough. “She will get you,” warns Brown, lest anyone venture too close. “She’s all class and she handled [being sick] well, but now that she’s feeling good, she just plays so hard and she has that streak in her. She’ll lure you in, then wham! She’ll get you.” Lady Eli does have a soft spot for Cherie DeVaux, Brown’s assistant of six years who occasionally posted photo updates on Lady Eli’s recuperation via social media until September, when the bay daughter of Divine Park left for two months of ‘R and R’ at Dell Ridge Farm in Kentucky. The irony of the particular holiday may have been a coincidence, but Lady Eli returned to Belmont from Kentucky on Thanksgiving weekend. There have been many milestones achieved in Lady Eli’s recovery: her first breeze, which was on February 29th at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, where she wintered with Brown’s stable; her first turf breeze at Belmont, falling on July 3rd – 364 days after the Belmont Oaks; and her first time reunited with regular rider Irad Ortiz, who clambered aboard for July 10th work. Everyone, from Brown to DeVaux to DeVaux’s OTTB pony Jacques “Jack” Sparrow, is protective of Lady Eli. Ultimately, she will dictate her own schedule, though it’s looking likely she will start at Saratoga. Bobby Frankel, who nursed one of his favorite horses, Exbourne, from the brink of death, passed away in 2009. For Brown, the memory of Frankel is never too far away. An obvious tribute is copying the Europeanstyle banged tails Frankel favored. But Brown channels his old boss, who received five Eclipse Awards as the nation’s leading trainer and compiled a record of 171 Grade 1 wins, in other ways as well. “Much like Frankel,” Brown says, “the assistant trainers and the foremen are really in charge of the ground help. I have a system I put in place and they’re in charge of hiring. We don’t have much turnover. But Frankel was really in charge of the riders, and I like to have an active hand with the riders. I’m happy if they have a lot of experience; I don’t want inexperienced riders. But exactly how they ride or what they do, I want them to do it my way. And every horse is a little different, so we give them a little leeway for special cases. “We try to set the tone here. We don’t use the whips on the horses. They carry them, but I can’t tell you the last time one of my horses got hit with the stick [in the morning]. Just by that alone, that kind of sets

DAT

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12.1

12.2

12.3

DAT

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1.14

1.21

1.28

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C A L E N D A R

CHAMPIONSHIP MEET DECEMBER

FEBRUARY

DATE

STAKES

CONDITIONS

DIST/TURF

PURSE

DATE

STAKES

CONDITIONS

DIST/TURF

PURSE

12.3.16

Jewel (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up

1 1/8 M

$200K

2.4.17

Holy Bull (G2)

3yo

1 1/16 M

$350K

12.10.16

12.17.16

12.26.16 12.31.16

Tiara (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up (F&M)

1 1/16 M (T)

$125K

Forward Gal (G2)

3yo F

$200K

Emerald (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up

1 1/16 M (T)

$125K

Swale (G2)

3yo

$200K

Iron Horse (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up

1 1/16 M

$110K

Sweetest Chant (G3)

3yo F

1 M (T)

$100K

Express (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up

$110K

Kitten’s Joy

3yo

1 M (T)

$100K

Glass Slipper (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up (F&M)

$110K

Rapid Transit (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up

$110K

Canterbury (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up

5 F (T)

$110K

Distaff Dash (Claiming Crown)

3yo & up (F&M)

5 F (T)

$110K

2.18.17 2.20.17

Buffalo Man

2yo

$75K

House Party

2yo F

$75K

1 1/8 M (T)

$350K

Suwannee River (G3)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 1/8 M (T)

$150K

Royal Delta (G2)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 1/16 M

$200K

Old Hickory

4yo & up

1 1/16 M

$60K

Rail Splitter

4yo & up

6 1/2 F

$60K

2yo

$75K

Old Man Eloquent

4yo & up

1 1/16 M (T)

$60K

2yo F

$75K

Queen Mother

4yo & up (F&M)

$60K

Pulpit

2yo

1 M (T)

$75K

Mary Todd

4yo & up (F&M)

1 1/16 M (T)

$60K

Wait a While

2yo F

1 M (T)

$75K

American Fabius

3yo

$60K

Rampart (G3)

3yo & up (F&M)

$100K

Sage of Monticello

3yo

7 1/2 F (T)

$60K

Harlan’s Holiday (G3)

3yo & up

1 1/16 M

$100K

Mrs Presidentress

3yo F

7 1/2 F (T)

$60K

Sugar Swirl (G3)

3yo & up (F&M)

$100K

Rough and Ready

4yo & up

1 1/16 M

$50K

El Prado

3yo & up

7 1/2 F (T)

$100K

Trust Buster

4yo & up

$50K

South Beach

3yo & up (F&M)

7 1/2 F (T)

$100K

Little Magician

4yo & up

1 M (T)

$50K

Mr Prospector (G3)

3yo & up

$100K

Lady Bird

4yo & up (F&M)

$50K

H Allen Jerkens

3yo & up

2 M (T)

$100K

Gulfstream Park Sprint (G3)

4yo & up

6 1/2 F

$100K

Via Borghese

3yo & up (F&M)

1 3/16 M (T)

$75K

Texas Glitter

3yo

5 F (T)

$75K

Melody of Colors

3yo F

5 F (T)

$75K

Tropical Park Derby

3yo

1 1/16 M (T)

$75K

Tropical Park Oaks

3yo F

1 1/16 M (T)

$75K

2.25.17

MARCH DATE

STAKES

CONDITIONS

DIST/TURF

PURSE

3.4.17

Fountain of Youth (G2)

3yo

1 1/16 M

$400K

$100K

Davona Dale (G2)

3yo F

$200K

$100K

Mac Diarmida (G2)

4yo & up

1 3/8 M (T)

$200K

3yo

7 1/2 F (T)

$100K

Very One (G3)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 3/16 M (T)

$150K

Ginger Brew

3yo F

7 1/2 F (T)

$100K

Canadian Turf (G3)

4yo & up

1 M (T)

$150K

Mucho Macho Man

3yo

$100K

Palm Beach (G3)

3yo

1 1/16 M (T)

$100K

Fort Lauderdale (G2)

4yo & up

1 1/16 M (T)

$200K

Herecomesthebride (G3)

3yo F

1 1/16 M (T)

$100K

Marshua's River (G3)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 1/16 M (T)

$150K

Fred Hooper (G3)

4yo & up

$100K

Hal's Hope (G3)

4yo & up

$150K

Sand Springs

4yo & up (F&M)

1 M (T)

$100K

Sunshine Millions Classic

4yo & up

1 1/8 M

$250K

Captiva Island

4yo & up (F&M)

5 F (T)

$75K

Sunshine Millions Distaff

4yo & up (F&M)

$200K

Silks Run

4yo & up

5 F (T)

$75K

Sunshine Millions Turf

4yo & up

1 1/16 M (T)

$150K

3.18.17

Inside Information (G2)

4yo & up (F&M)

$200K

Sunshine Millions F&M Turf

4yo & up (F&M)

1 1/16 M (T)

$150K

3.25.17

Skip Away (G3)

4yo & up

1 1/8 M

$100K

Sunshine Millions Sprint

4yo & up

$150K

Any Limit

3yo F

$75K

Pegasus World Cup (G1)

3yo & up

1 1/8 M

$12M

Spectacular Bid

3yo

6 1/2 F

$75K

WL McKnight Hdcp (G3)

4yo & up

1 1/2 M (T)

$200K

STAKES

CONDITIONS

DIST/TURF

PURSE

1.7.17

Hutcheson (G3)

3yo

Old Hat (G3)

3yo F

Dania Beach (G3)

1.28.17

4yo & up 4yo & up

Smooth Air

DATE

1.21.17

Gulfstream Park Turf Hdcp (G1) Gulfstream Park Hdcp (G2)

Hut Hut

JANUARY

1.14.17

2.11.17

La Prevoyante Hdcp (G3)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 1/2 M (T)

$200K

Hurricane Bertie (G3)

4yo & up (F&M)

$100K

Poseidon

3yo & up

1 1/8 M

$400K

Ladies’ Turf Sprint

4yo & up (F&M)

5 F (T)

$125K

Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint

4yo & up

5 F (T)

$125K

3.11.17

APRIL DATE

STAKES

CONDITIONS

DIST/TURF

PURSE

4.1.17

Florida Derby (G1)

3yo

1 1/8 M

$1M

Honey Fox (G2)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 M (T)

$300K

Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2)

3yo F

1 1/16 M

$250K

Pan American (G2)

4yo & up

1 1/2 M (T)

$200K

Appleton (G3)

4yo & up

1 M (T)

$200K

Orchid (G3)

4yo & up (F&M)

1 3/8 M (T)

$200K

Sir Shackleton

4yo & up

$100K

Cutler Bay

3yo

1 M (T)

$100K

Sanibel Island

3yo F

1 M (T)

$100K

Highlighted dates denote premium stakes days. Racing dates are subject to change. For nomination closing date please contact the Gulfstream Park Racing Office at 954.457.6260

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Wavell Avenue, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint heads out for exercise with Peter Roman up

the tone for [the riders’] conduct, if they’re not supposed to hit the horses. That says a lot about how they’re supposed to carry themselves in general around the barn.” He continues, “We’re looking to get along with these horses every day, so it’s very much the Frankel way: keep the horses happy, love the horses, respect the horses, try to get the most out of them, and be patient with them. That’s the Frankel way. Any roughhousing with the horses, any bad attitudes with them or any bad language out there on the track, it’s not really representing my stable well and it’s not the way to treat the horses. That was absolutely non-negotiable with the boss. If you didn’t carry yourself that way, you weren’t going to last long with him.” Also like Frankel, Brown generally prefers privacy over publicity. The striking record that he’s already compiled, with his career is still in its relative infancy, is publicity enough. Through July 9, 2016, Chad Brown has trained the winners of 113 graded stakes races among a total of 326 overall black-type wins. Lifetime, his runners have finished in the top three of all stakes entries at a remarkable 53% clip, with a 22% rate of stakes 1-2-3s from overall starts in any type of race. Included in those statistics are a dizzying list of horses like Eclipse champions Stacelita (2011 turf female), Zagora (2012 turf

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female), Dayatthespa (2014 turf female), and Big Blue Kitten (2015 turf male); and Breeders’ Cup winners Maram (2008 Juvenile Fillies Turf), Zagora (2012 Filly & Mare Turf), Lady Eli (2014 Juvenile Fillies Turf), Bobby’s Kitten (2014 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint), Dayatthespa (2014 Filly & Mare Turf), Stephanie’s Kitten (2015 Filly & Mare Turf), and Wavell Avenue (2015 Filly & Mare Sprint). Another parallel between Brown and Frankel is their success with European and South American imports. British-bred, international standout Flintshire, who earned black-type in Dubai, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, and the U.S. for Andre Fabre before debuting for Brown in this year’s Manhattan; German-bred Wake Forest and Olorda; French-bred Sea Calisi; and Chileanbred Dacita each has at least one graded win in 2016. Brown gives credit to the bloodstock agents, such as Michel Zerolo of Oceanic Bloodstock and Pete Bradley of Bradley Thoroughbred Brokerage, with whom he has long-established working relationships. “I’ll watch a replay of a race just to see what I think, but generally I defer,” he says, to their judgment. He hasn’t always shopped at the high end, either. He claimed Silver Timber for $25,000 at Gulfstream Park in April of 2009 on behalf of owner Michael Dubb. By year’s end, the six-year-old gelding had won two Grade 3 races, a feat he would one-up the next year. “I think to claim a horse and move him up like that, he was like a walking billboard for getting more business,” says Brown. “You’ve got to always appreciate a horse like that. They do all the hard work and attract more clients for you, and after they’re gone you’re still reaping the rewards.” Although Wavell Avenue and Awesome Feather won Grade 1s on the dirt and threeyear-olds Flexibility, Lewis Bay, and Shagaf are current graded winners on it, Brown tends to be pigeonholed as a turf specialist,

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which is not necessarily a fair assessment. Many of the horses sent to him by Martin Schwartz and others who buy fillies and mares abroad are bred for that surface. Not that Brown’s complaining. Also among his biggest supporters are Ken and Sarah Ramsey, who race a lot of homebreds (with kitten-themed names) by their turf champion and 2013 leading sire Kitten’s Joy. The Ramsey/Kitten’s Joy/Brown combination has teamed up for 17 graded stakes wins, all turf, led by four Grade 1s with Big Blue Kitten (who remains with Brown but is now owned by Calumet Farm) and three with Stephanie’s Kitten. Gone are the days when Chad Brown stood outside the paddock looking in, and it has been a gratifying journey so far. He says, “From all the miles I’ve put in, I feel like I’ve built this vast network of both business relationships and friendships where everyone kind of helps us out. They understand I put my time in and that’s the most rewarding thing about my business right now. It’s

not the wins; it’s that when I can call someone at any location, or I run into other trainers that I admire and I feel a mutual respect there, I feel like it’s been acknowledged that I did put my time in. That’s the best part of my job.” (The wins are pretty great, too.) Brown and wife Terrill, who he married in 2007 and whose grandfather trained fivetime Grade 1 winner Turnback The Alarm in the 1990s, are raising their daughters Ava, 7, and Andi, 4, in Saratoga Springs. “There’s a lot of traveling involved, but it’s quiet there,” Brown says. “It’s just such a nice place to raise your kids.” And much like their father did when he was just about their age, Ava and Andi Brown spend their summer trackside at Saratoga, but with a better vantage point – which is often the view from their dad’s arms while they pet one of his horses in the winner’s circle. Follow the rainbow hovering above Belmont Park and you just might find it ends at Barn 23, home of the Chad Brown Racing Stable. n

Major winners trained by Chad brown Breeders’ Cup and/or Grade 1 winners Alterite (FR) Awesome Feather Ball Dancing *Big Blue Kitten Bobby’s Kitten *Dayatthespa Desert Blanc (GB) Flintshire (GB) Lady Eli Maram Minorette Real Solution Samitar (GB) *Stacelita (FR) Slumber (GB) Stephanie’s Kitten Wake Forest (GER) Watsdachances (IRE) Wavell Avenue *Zagora (FR) *champion

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SALES PREPPING

THE ART OF YEARLING PREPARATION

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The finishing touches being applied at Saratoga last year

When we walk onto the sales grounds for a yearling auction conducted by Fasig-Tipton or Keeneland, buyers and breeders rest assured in the knowledge that some of the best Thoroughbreds in the world are available for purchase. The breeders have produced the horses for whom they have high hopes, and buyers will select the ones they believe will fulfill the hopes of each crop of Thoroughbreds by winning major stakes, earning championships, and retiring in glory after a few years to become breeding stock for the next generation. Getting those promising yearlings to the sales in the condition best suited to attract buyers and likewise promote that young animal’s progress into a top racing athlete is a fine balance. WORDS: FRANK MITCHELL PHOTOS: FRANCES J. KARON, HORSEPHOTOS, CRESTWOOD FARM, GAINESWAy

OT too many decades ago, especially before the 1970s, sales prep was a mostly homegrown, rather relaxed affair. Many yearlings spent their time grazing under the heat of the summer sun and came to the sales with little more than a light trim of their feet, mane, and tail. Lee Eaton, more than any other consignor or horseman, was responsible for the changes in the management of yearlings and evolution of sales prep into what we have today. Neil Howard, now farm manager of Gainesway Farm outside Lexington, recalled that the “program I went into in 1976, basically as the general manager of the farm for Lee Eaton,” was one designed to systematically make every

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yearling as attractive as its natural qualities allowed. Howard said, “Lee saw a need for someone to sell for other people, and with that came responsibilities and expectations. To provide a consigning and prepping service, you had to have a plan. Lee was a very meticulous person; he would send out letters to clients about how to prep each horse, telling everybody what should be done and when it should be done. That way, the yearlings would all come in to the sales grounds looking the same. “For instance, he instructed people to put on the first set of plates 45 days ahead of sale and the last set 10 days ahead of sale. That gave you 30 days of foot protection and growth before that final trim and set of plates. So you had plenty of foot to work with.

“Everything was planned right up to the day they sold.” Not everyone was fully prepared to rise and shine with the new day in yearling prep. Some of those who prepped for themselves but sent yearlings to Eaton Sales for consigning still sent in sunburnt coats and other blemishes. That wasn’t the program for Eaton, however.

Getting with the program

To produce the yearlings who made buyers look twice, Howard recalled, “We had one groom for every four horses. We were walking horses every other day. One day for fillies, the next for colts, then practiced showing them in the rings on the farm, getting them to stand and pose. Allowing them to present themselves properly.” If these things sound surprisingly like common-sense horse management, they are. This wasn’t exactly how Thoroughbred breeders had been accustomed to preparing their yearlings, but it was a highly effective way of presenting young horses at the sale. And the best yearlings, when presented well, began attracting the most important buyers and bringing top dollar. The relationship between financial success at the sales and the visual appeal of the yearlings as they were presented became a driver in the marketplace. Howard noted that “Lee came from a show horse background, and he used professional showmen at the sales, rather than someone who half-showed a horse. It cost more, but he said that it paid him back in the ring.”

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Ventry Bay, a Scat Daddy colt out of Raffishing Look, sold to M.V. Magnier for $325,000 out of last year’s Gainesway’s Keeneland September sale consignment (above); Crestwood Farm manager Marc McLean inspecting his yearlings (right)

Another Lexington-area horseman who worked with Eaton and who now owns his own farm and consignment business is Tom Evans of Trackside Farm. Evans said that the “Eaton horses stood out. People noticed and started prepping their own horses. Then as sales prep became more sophisticated, consignors branched

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out into different modalities for prepping: first hand walking, then the treadmill, the round pen, the walking wheel, ponying horses, and now swimming.” Horse prepping became a big business all to itself, and those well adapted to doing it became premium employees or adjunct staff. Marc McLean, whose family owns Crestwood Farm outside Lexington, said, “I was in high school when we first started ISSUE 41 TRAINERMAGAZINE.COM

INDUSTRY walking yearlings, and we caught on to what that would do for the yearlings. The first year, we walked them in little circles similar to the show ring, and we quickly realized that wasn’t the right thing because it wore their feet down. “Instead, we realized that the best thing was walking them in the fields. We’d get a group of yearlings, and go off around the fields. We did that forever, then people started using walkers, and we started ponying. It seems good for the horses. It’s good for them mentally, although it’s timeconsuming.” One of the benefits to walking the horses is that as they are gaining fitness, they are also learning appropriate interaction with people, which is highly important on the racetrack, as well. That interaction promotes a sort of mental fitness, or perhaps readiness, that allows a horse to become a partner with a person in whatever job it is doing. As McLean said, “When you’re hand walking yearlings, you’re teaching them how to show, keep pace, pose, and interact with a handler. After a good round of walking through the fields, they’d be as tired as we were; so we’d finish the hand walking, stop and get them to pose, teach them to stand for a bit. The purpose was to get the horse to realize that is going to be their job.” Each positive interaction with the yearling helped it to be confirmed with a good response and to gain greater confidence that it would need for the greater stress

and uncertainty they all face at the sales and at the racetrack. The yearling’s greater sense of confidence and certainty of its place in the world are two of the positives of the more detailed and involved yearling prep process.

Challenges in preparation

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In looking back on years of prepping yearlings for the sales, Tom Evans said, “The biggest mistake made along the way was that when the different modalities for prepping came along, we thought that if some is good, a whole lot is better. I think we overcooked a lot of horses along the way, and it has been a learning process for all of us. We try to judge what the horse can handle, either mentally or physically. On the physical side, the question is whether the horse is mature enough to undertake the rigor of some of these more demanding approaches.” On the other hand, the mental side of prepping is more subtle. It’s not like watching for yearlings who might become foot-sore or stiff from too much work. With the people managing the sales prep on the farm, Evans said, “We’d love to be able to run them all through the same program, but the mental and physical aspects both come into play in a big way. “I’ve had horses who love the work and the challenge [of more exercise]. I’ve had others who, when you press on them, they’d just melt down. I’ve also seen a lot

Crestwood Farm manager Marc McLean with Rogelio Castillo, stallion manager schooling a yearling

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The Keeneland sales ring

of yearlings who are too fit, and they aren’t mentally ready to handle the pressures of the sales environment. If you put them into a restricted space, they had too much energy; if you tried to give them a sales walk, they couldn’t handle the need to stand when they wanted to go.” These are issues that consignors and sales prep professionals have learned to adjust for as they work with young horses, and most consignors arrange their prep around a central plan, then tailor it to suit the individual. As Evans noted, “Some of these horses are not mature enough mentally to handle the conditioning to make them truly fit and then to behave sedately in very close quarters at a sale. Trainers at the racetrack know that you don’t wait till your two-yearolds are dead fit to start schooling them at the gate.” Neil Howard also voiced concern that yearlings can be over-prepped for their stage in life. He said, “Experienced horsemen who came before me, like Lee Eaton, Ted Carr, and Ted Hughes, raised good horses on good feed, corn oil, and moderate exercise. We’ve gotten away from raising racehorses; we’re raising show horses.” The reason for this, of course, is money. The cost of land, of bloodstock, of labor, and every other aspect of creating and maintaining a Thoroughbred operation is so high that there is never too much money to be made from selling young prospects. In the effort to leave no money on the table, farms and consignors leave no stones unturned in the truly ceaseless 28

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effort to maximize the return from their yearlings. As a result of this pursuit, the prep and sales process is not the kindest and gentlest of arts. It is an art, though, and part of the finesse of the practice is how much to leave for the buyer to develop further. Both for an end-user who will put a colt into training and for a pinhooker who will rev up a yearling with hopes of showing off high speed at the two-year-old sales, one of the unknowns is how the still-growing animal will respond to the further stresses on its body and mind as it progresses toward becoming a racehorse in training. At Gainesway, Howard said, “We try to present a horse that is going to sell well and also leave plenty for the buyer to develop. So we don’t use a treadmill or have a swimming pool. We do use a walking machine. It’s a

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balance you have to tread between the older ways and the demands to keep everything fully funded.” Likewise, Evans noted that “Trackside does a little round pen work, a lot of hand walking. People tell me they like our horses because they look like horses. Some of our horses look more forward than others after this prep, and buyers usually pay more for the ones that look muscular, with that thickness through the body and the ‘premium sales yearling’ look.” Maintaining this balance between producing a sales yearling and producing a racehorse is a delicate one because of the economic interests involved. Consignors, of course, are not just selling their own horses but those of clients, and consignors have a responsibility to do the best they can for them. In some respects, however, the answers are pretty simple if put in the context of the bigger picture. Marc McLean said, “We want them fit, but this isn’t the Derby. We want to tone and condition but only to the extent that it produces benefit for the horse. “Because we breed a lot of the yearlings we sell and have the mares at the farm, we are looking for the long-term benefit of the horse and the long-term benefit of our mare. The yearling needs to become an athlete, a successful athlete, and within reason, prepping will help the yearling become the best athlete that its physiology will allow.” So, out of the complexities of sales prep comes the most straightforward principle of horsemanship: Do the best you can for your horse, and he will do his best for you. n

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Bringing Olympic Alpine technology to training racehorses

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Olympic Alpine skier Bode Miller cut a swath of bravado on the slopes, often being called a maverick for his seemingly reckless style that earned him six Olympic medals – one gold, three silver, and one bronze – and dozens of world championships. As a young competitor, he designed a training program for himself that drove him to the top of his sport in 2002, where he remained for more than a decade as an Olympic superstar. The 38-year-old athlete now brings that gusto to horseracing as the owner of a 24-horse stable and an aspiring trainer. WORDS: DeniSe SteffanuS PHOtOS: ecliPSe SPORtSWiRe, SHutteRStOck, HORSePHOtOS

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ILLER was a longtime horseracing fan when he decided to plunge headlong into the business in 2012. He enlisted his good friend, trainer Bob Baffert, to help him select his first horse, a bay colt by Any Given Saturday named Carving, for whom Miller paid $55,000 at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-YearOlds in Training Sale. Baffert, a skiing enthusiast, had been a longtime Miller fan, even before the two men met. The Bafferts named their 11-year-old son, Bode, after the Olympic medalist, and Miller accompanied them to several Kentucky Derbys before he decided to get into racing. With Baffert’s wife, Jill, as co-owner and Bob doing the training, the trio scored when Carving won at first asking on August 23, 2012, then captured the C. B. Afflerbaugh and Real Quiet Stakes, all in California. By the time the co-owners sold Carving to Pegasus Syndicate #4 in May 2013, the colt had earned $170,900. The storybook experience with his first horse sparked a new passion for Miller – the sport of horseracing. As an involved owner, the analytical Miller spent mornings observing how various trainers conditioned their horses and asking questions. He soon realized that light years separated

BODE MILLER Technology is key to Miller’s philosophy to training racehorses and includes the use of an Equine Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy treatment chamber

traditional racehorse training and the technology-based training methods he practiced as a highly successful Olympic athlete. “You don’t have to be very educated in sports science or physiology to know that conditioning is important to prevent injury when it comes to horses,” Miller said. He believes traditional conditioning programs, when analyzed from a sportsscience perspective, are not logical. “What [horses] are doing in the race is very close to their maximal effort,” Miller said. “If you’re doing 15% or 20% less than that in training, which is what every trainer in the U.S. is doing, and you’re only doing a single bout, and you’re running a shorter distance, you’re never putting any of the conditioning in there that you would logically put into a horse to make it capable of putting out that maximal effort on race day. I think that’s one of the fundamental parts that needs to be changed in the industry.” That’s exactly what Miller intends to do: develop an improved conditioning program that will change the industry by fine tuning traditional methods using technology. In August of last year, his DB Dojo LLC purchased a 40-stall barn at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland, which he has retrofit with a high-speed treadmill, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, and other modalities. A key feature of the barn is its air-filtration system that removes ammonia and particulates from the air. Plans also include construction of a special stall for simulated high-altitude conditioning.

Miller wintered his young horses in Florida before moving them to Fair Hill.

Can high-tech work?

High-tech training was introduced to horseracing in 1983 by the late Tom Ivers, D.V.M., in his book The Fit Racehorse. Ivers advocated the use of heart-rate monitors, sophisticated blood analysis, bone-density analysis, high-speed treadmills in climatecontrolled rooms, video gait analysis, wireless headsets between trainer and rider, and interval training as many as five miles per day. Despite the science behind Ivers’s ideas, he and his devotees were less than successful on the track. Yet Miller is confident he can make it work because he believes Ivers had the right idea but was limited by that day’s technology. “If you say ‘high-tech’ and you talk about those decades, it’s comedy,” Miller said. “They really weren’t high-tech at all. They couldn’t monitor the horses effectively.”

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For example, the basic task of rating a horse typically relies on a skilled rider’s sense of time and speed. Miller’s program will use a real-time GPS unit worn on the rider’s arm to serve as a speedometer that enables precise training. “So if I say ‘Do not go over 38 mph,’ that makes it a lot easier on the rider to monitor what’s going on and to make the correct adjustments to the horse,” he said. “Plus, we have this heart-rate variability system, where you can pick up on parasympathetic nervous system responses that can identify sicknesses or chronic injuries far before you’d ever have any indication from the traditional methods of looking and palpating and flexing.” A new, exciting technology Miller has chosen is the smartphone application LARC Test, which can analyze a horse’s fitness by calculating how quickly it recovers from exercise. Developed by Argentinian veterinarian Maria Cecilia Tula and used successfully in South America, the LARC Test was introduced to the United States in January. About once a week after a breeze, at five minutes and eight minutes post work, blood and vital signs are taken from the horse and the resulting data is entered into the application along with training conditions, such as level of humidity and track surface. The LARC Test analyzes the data and delivers the results, which the trainer can use to modify the training program for that horse.

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PROFILE M.D., whom he credits with enabling him to apply the most recent sports science and technology, some that most people don’t know exists, to his racehorses. StrayGundersen’s Alter-G Center for Maximal Performance, Nutrition, and Recovery in Frisco, Texas, specializes in cuttingedge sports training for humans. He also authored the award-winning study on altitude training for human athletes that triggered the “live high, train low” concept. The concept is well-known in horseracing. In 1971, Canonero II stormed the Triple Crown after training in the high altitude of Venezuela. He captured the Kentucky Derby in a relatively slow time (2:03 1/5), but he blazed to the wire of the Preakness Stakes in record-setting time (1:54). His feat endures as the eighth fastest Preakness performance. Miller and Stray-Gundersen are constructing their own simulated highaltitude system for horses based on StrayGundersen’s work with human athletes and NASA’s astronauts. “We’ve done it before in different locations just to create an altitude environment for human athletes,” Miller said. “It’s really inexpensive. All you’re doing really to create an altitude environment is pumping in nitrogen.” Some horses benefit from high-altitude the simulated environment, and some do not,

Miller said. He speculates the environment’s air-filtration system is responsible for most of those benefits. “They’re reducing all the particulate matter in the air, so all the dust, and they are also eliminating the ammonia from the urine, and a lot of other things that are poison or very strong irritants for the horse’s

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upper airway and lungs and respiratory system,” he said. Miller and Stray-Gundersen also have developed several inventions for horse training. One of those is based on Kaatsu, a Japanese resistance-training technique for humans that employs restricted blood flow produced by a device similar to a blood-pressure cuff. Studies in humans show that Kaatsu stimulates and increases

muscle size and strength. For horses, the cuffs are worn on the legs. The device achieves results similar to climbing a hill or pulling a wagon. “Just walking a horse with these bloodpressure cuffs on produces enormous muscle growth and lactate loads without risking injury,” Miller said. “If you were to do that at a track, you would have to go maximum speed for a long distance. “It’s good for their mind as well. They really like that hard work, but there’s no chance of injury because they’re not actually doing anything.” Miller is an advocate of interval training, which he calls a “no-brainer” for trainers who don’t want to risk injuring the horse. In The Fit Racehorse, Ivers described interval training as: lMultiple anaerobic heats, shorter than the targeted racing distance, at or even faster than the targeted racing speed; lRest periods between heats long enough for partial recovery, short enough to tie the entire workout together in delivering anaerobic endurance; and lProper warmup and warmdown procedures. Ivers was widely slammed by trainers who were appalled by the number of miles his methods dictated a horse should log daily, sending it out several times a day to accumulate as many as five miles. A 1996 study by University of California’s Susan Stover, D.V.M., Ph.D., one of the leading researchers into catastrophic breakdowns, found that a horse that accumulates a total of 35 furlongs of race and timed-work distance in two months, compared with a horse that accumulates 25 furlongs, is estimated to have 3.9 times the risk for racing-related fatal skeletal injury. “If we train too hard and race too often, it catches up with us,” Stover concluded. Miller scoffed at the study, insisting that technology to precisely monitor a horse’s condition allows the trainer to confidently put more miles into a horse without risk of injury. But he cautioned that interval training can be dangerous in the hands of those uneducated and inexperienced in how it works, and who lack the proper monitoring systems. “That’s how I have such a big

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Bode Miller’s passion for training was ignited during his time as an owner with Bob Baffert (below right)

advantage,” he said, “because not only have I talked to and met with and been educated by some of the top sports scientists in the world over the last 20 years, but I also have experienced it personally by training myself to the very, very highest level, and figuring out how to push the system.”

What’s wrong with traditional methods?

Miller likened traditional horse-training methods, with the horse standing in a stall

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PROFILE every trainer that I know has hurt horses and not just one. They’ve hurt lots and lots of horses … But until we get the system up in place where we can really monitor and do everything the way I want to, I more or less try to communicate on a very regular basis. Miller’s top runner is three-year-old Ravenheart, who won the Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park on December 26 for trainer Francis “Trey” Abbott III. But Miller decided to sideline the Dance With Ravens colt when his veterinarian found microfractures in the horse’s bones. “He didn’t come up really lame, but we really wanted to be safe,” Miller said. “My primary goal with all my horses is to make sure we are very diligent with identifying any early [warning signs] so we don’t end up hurting anyone. We’re pretty conservative with the approach… His fitness is no problem, but I want to really be careful with his bones.” Miller added, “Ravenheart won that stakes race. I think he’s got a lot of potential going longer. Actually, all the horses I bought are kind of the three-year-old classic-distance horse. So, as we move forward, I’m looking forward to seeing what they can all do.”

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Miller enjoyed notable success as an owner with the Baffert-trained Carving

23 hours a day when it isn’t training, to a human couch potato who is asked to run around his house once a day and then lift weights in a gym at 80% maximum effort every seven to 10 days. “A really good way to hurt an animal is to train them shorter and slower than what you’re going to ask them to do in a race, and only do it every seven to ten days,” Miller said. “The fundamental system that is being applied in the U.S. right now is terrible for preventing injuries. And, ironically, it’s terrible for getting good performances out of a horse, as well.” Miller has not obtained his trainer’s license yet, so he relies on several day trainers to condition his horses while he works on designing his unique training program. So for the moment, his horses are trained in much the traditional method. “We’ve had a lot of success with my threeyear-olds currently, and we have a really good group of two-year-olds coming up now,” he said. “But the training program is ironically 36

not very different from what everyone else is doing. As disappointing as that is to me, it is the reality. I don’t feel comfortable switching around that much until I have these other pieces in place. And that, I think, is the challenge of modifying a training program. You can’t just do one part of it right; you have to do every part of it right or it can be worse than what’s currently there.” Miller described his current role in his stable as an overseer. “I don’t let things happen that I really disagree with, but at the same time I don’t push the guys that I use and work with too hard,” he said. “I want to show them the respect for their position, and until we have the full system in place, there just isn’t that much that I would change. “As I said, there is danger as well in modifying what a horseman does. They have experience and they’re comfortable with what they’re doing, and they feel like they’re capable of keeping horses sound even though the evidence is stacked against them, because

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Ravenheart returned to training at Fair Hill in the spring and had his first gate work on July 1 in preparation for his 2016 campaign.

Neophyte eager to learn

Some horsemen have criticized Miller on social media as a neophyte who lacks the horsemanship skills necessary to be a good trainer. Others bristle at some of his comments to the media, perhaps mistaking his high-energy enthusiasm and competitive nature as arrogance. Baffert applauded Miller’s confidence and determination to succeed. “When I won the Triple Crown, Bode was very disappointed because he said he wanted to be the first one to do it,” he said. “That’s Bode. He’s a very positive guy, and you have to be very positive in racing, because it will knock you down a peg or two. It’s easy to get discouraged in this business, and he knows that.” Miller defended his progressive ideas, saying a traditional trainer might use horsemanship to recognize that a horse “just isn’t right,” but without technology

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PROFILE to confirm exactly what the problem is, any decision that trainer makes about the horse is merely guesswork. But with his program that utilizes scientific information for each horse, catalogued in a database, Miller said he can more accurately determine where the horse’s problem lies. “There isn’t a single trainer out there that has a good case to say that somebody who’s using technology to monitor a horse is going to do a worse job than they’re doing with using their eyeballs and horsemanship,” he said. “It’s not a beating on the industry, necessarily. I think horsemanship is 100% needed. But I think it’s very close to useless without balancing it with some technological objectives and scientific information as well.” Baffert sees both sides of the argument. “Some of the stuff he says makes sense, because he’s been around the Olympic team, where they know about heart rates and all that stuff,” Baffert said. “But at the same time, when you’re dealing with horses, there are so many little things that are involved in it that, at the end of the day, you still need the horsemanship part. And he’s getting that down. He loves the horses.”

Old school, new age

Baffert is old school, and Miller is new age. Still, the two men share their knowledge and experience. Baffert said, “He feels that our game is lacking the sports-science part of it, and he reminds me that we’re just dinosaurs, we’re doing it wrong. I just stick to the way I do things because all I can go by is my experience with the horses. But he feels like he can help out, which is good.” Baffert described Miller as a student of the sport, who reads voraciously and asks a lot of questions. He said he’s a very intelligent guy who is diligently learning all he can about the sport. “He has his ideas and theories, but most

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trainers do anyway,” Baffert said. “We all do it differently. I train differently than the next guy, and we only do what works for us. And I explained to him that when I do something, there’s no real logical reason why I do it, it just works. So he’s trying to bring the logical reasons why you do it.” Baffert said he is too old to change the way he does things, and he doesn’t need machines to tell him about a horse. But he and Miller listen to what each other has to say. “I’m very open-minded about his ideas, so we discuss them. Some make sense,” Baffert said. “When he talks to different trainers, he just wants to know what our reasoning is, and nobody really has the answer. We just do it because we do it.” Miller said selecting the right “raw material” is the greatest lesson he learned from the Hall of Fame trainer. “I think it’s really important to buy the best horses you can and make sure the raw material is there,” he said. “And that, in my opinion, is more about heart size and anaerobic capacity and the cardiovascular system and biometrics than it is about pedigree.”

owners will be enticed into the sport. He believes his conditioning program will give owners a better return on their investment by extending the longevity of racehorses’ careers while enabling them to perform better to increase their earnings, and at the same time reducing costly injuries. Another idea he is exploring to get more owners into the sport is a tax exempt, notfor-profit entity, similar to a syndicate, to which owners can donate active racehorses, and those who want to be involved can donate funds to support the stable. All donations would be tax deductible through the 501(c)3 status, and any profit would benefit designated charities. “So it’s a way for people to have a superduper, low-entry point financially and have ownership in horses with it only benefitting charities, not-for-profits,” he said. Although Miller is a fierce competitor, he is so passionate about improving racehorse training and the industry as a whole that he wants to share his sports-science knowledge with everyone who wants to learn about it. “I’m happy to spread the information,” he said. “I’m not trying to keep anything a secret.” Miller welcomes owners and trainers who are interested in his new methods to contact him through his Facebook page, Double Black Diamond Racing, or Twitter @DBDRacing. n

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GUT FEELING Research into gastric ulcers

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Access to pasture reduces the risk and extent of ulceration for stabled horses

For horses in race training and others in hard work, the risk of developing gastric ulcers at some point in their career would seem to be almost inevitable, according to the statistics. Diet has long been suggested to have a significant effect on the occurrence and severity of ulcers, but after many years of studying their etiology, are we any nearer to being able to offer definitive dietary advice?

WORDS: DR. CatheRine Dunnett PhOtOS: FiOna BOYD, PROFeSSOR CeLia MaRR

DEQUATE forage has always been seen as a prerequisite for gastric health, as the incessant chewing involved in its consumption leads to the production of copious quantities of saliva. Saliva has a protective action due to its mucous-like properties and also has an antacid component in the form of bicarbonate. Unlike the lower glandular region of the stomach, the non-glandular portion has no bicarbonate-producing cells and so relies on the protective properties of saliva. German researchers estimated that horses exposed to pasture or hay versus cereal-based concentrate produce nearly twice the volume of saliva. Some forages may, however, be more effective protectants than others. The extent of chewing and saliva production is related to the fiber content of forage. Water is also very important in the fight against gastric ulceration, as consumption increases with increased fiber intake. However, there is a potential catch-22 here as one would assume that a more mature forage would require more chewing and therefore stimulate higher 42

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saliva production, but equally is likely to have a lower energy content necessitating more concentrate feed. Clearly there is a balance to be had between chewing behavior and energy intake from forage. Alfalfa, also known as lucerne, in various forms; hay, chaff, or ensiled has been reported to offer a double whammy of protection. Firstly, it will stimulate saliva production but also it has one of the highest digestible energy contents of forage. Another positive for alfalfa is its high protein content, which offers a higher buffering capacity than most other forages. Buffering capacity refers to the ability of chemical components to latch onto Hâ ş ions, which are the acidic part of gastric acid. Particular amino acids within the alfalfa protein are able to complex with these Hâ ş ions, as are any phosphate, hydroxyl, or carbonate ions associated with the calcium present in alfalfa. Small amounts of alfalfa chaff have been advocated to be fed prior to exercise, as it is believed that the coarse fibers will form an impenetrable mat to cap the gastric juices and prevent encroachment on to the non-glandular parts of the stomach, and certainly this is evident from

examining horses that have been fed prior to gastroscopy. Most of the research with respect to alfalfa and gastric ulceration is positive. However, some recent work suggested that the coarseness of this forage might lead to occasional mechanical damage to the mucosa, although this research was carried out in weanlings. Horses in race training have an energy expenditure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high enough to justify a significant intake of alfalfa / lucerne, as long as the concentrate feed is reduced accordingly to prevent excess condition. However, if overfed, alfalfa / lucerne would severely oversupply both protein and calcium, which is an issue in itself. In my experience, providing 25-50% of the forage in the form of alfalfa or lucerne is acceptable. Interestingly, while the use of a small quantity of alfalfa as chaff or hay is the norm in Europe, its use to partially or completely replace forage in the U.S. and Australasia is more widespread. Forage with a low protein and calcium content, such as straw, will have a low buffering capacity, and it has been reported that it can increase the risk of gastric ulceration if used in isolation as a forage source, which is highly unlikely in racing. So while the type of forage fed is an opportunity to help maintain gastric health, ensuring that horses in training have almost constant access to forage is vital, as an absence of it for more than six hours will substantially increase the risk of occurrence of gastric ulcers. There are not many racehorses in training that have constant access to pasture, although it could help considerably: the rate

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of spontaneous un-medicated healing of ulcers in horses when moved from a stable to a pasture environment is reportedly as high as 55%.

Meal feeding departs from nature’s intentions

Meal feeding is a significant risk factor to gastric ulceration, as it represents a departure from the natural way that horses would feed. Grazing allows horses to chew almost continuously with a constant delivery of saliva and food material to the stomach, which helps buffer the gastric contents and raises pH. This buffering effect should not be dismissed, as even when feed is withheld from horses before racing, for travel, or as a result of time between meals, if forage is not available the pH drops and acidity in the gastric fluid rises significantly. On this basis, the daily ration of a horse in training should ideally be split into as many meals as is practically possible and also evenly spaced out to avoid, for example, large meals in the evening or extended periods without food. Where practically possible, feeding four, five, or six times a day is preferable to the norm of three meals. Where feeding rations are kept simple and cubes or relatively dry course mixes are fed, there is also an opportunity for automation. Automatic feeders can be employed to feed as many times as required, and according to one manufacturer, up to 16 feeds per day can be fed. Small, frequent meals are most important when the non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) content of feed (simplified as starch and sugar) is moderate to high. There is a clear relationship between NSC intake and an increased incidence of 44

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gastric ulceration, with a number of reasons as to why this is the case. Firstly, a concentrate feed requires less chewing than forage and therefore less saliva is produced. In addition, secretion of the hormone gastrin, which stimulates hydrochloric acid secretion in the stomach, is increased with high NSC-containing feeds and the gastrin release often continues, even after the feed has left the stomach. This feed type is also hydrolyzed more quickly and without accompanying forage, will leave the stomach empty for longer. Thirdly, there is some evidence that localized fermentation of starch within the stomach can lead to the accumulation of volatile fatty acids, which in an acidic environment become lipid soluble and can interfere with mucosal cell structure and function. The starch load per meal is the primary issue, which is obviously affected by the percentage of starch content of the feed as well as the meal size. Researchers have suggested that no more than 1g of starch per kilogram bodyweight per meal is advised, as above this level the risk of

clinically significant gastric ulceration is increased by a factor of 2.5. Table 1 sets out some useful figures on this basis. A feed that is low in NSC and therefore suitable for horses at risk of gastric ulcers should not be used as rationale to neglect other areas of management. It’s always good practice to maintain the ‘little and often’ approach to feeding, as this will help optimize digestion by maintaining a slow rate of passage of ingesta through the small intestine.

The key to managing gastric health is management

Medications such as omeprazole are in general effective at normalizing gastric mucosa in affected horses, although in some this may require more than one course of treatment. However, on cessation of treatment, ulcers will quite often return, especially if feed and management issues are not resolved, and sometimes the ulcers do still return despite diligent management. Feed supplements are often used to either reduce the likelihood of development

starch content of concentrate feed to advisable meal size for gastric health

High starch race feed Moderate starch race feed Low starch race feed

500kg horse in training Feed Max meal size starch % starch g/kg 1g starch/ kg bodyweight/meal 35% 350g 1.4kg 20% 200g 2.5kg 10% 100g 5kg

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Caution Federal (USA) law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. Storage Conditions Store at 68°F – 77°F (20-25°C). Excursions between 59°F – 86°F (15-30°C) are permitted. Indications For treatment and prevention of recurrence of gastric ulcers in horses and foals 4 weeks of age and older. Dosage Regimen For treatment of gastric ulcers, GastroGard Paste should be administered orally once-a-day for 4 weeks at the recommended dosage of 1.8 mg omeprazole/lb body weight (4 mg/kg). For the prevention of recurrence of gastric ulcers, continue treatment for at least an additional 4 weeks by administering GastroGard Paste at the recommended daily maintenance dose of 0.9 mg/lb (2 mg/kg). Directions For Use • GastroGard Paste for horses is recommended for use in horses and foals 4 weeks of age and older. The contents of one syringe will dose a 1250 lb (568 kg) horse at the rate of 1.8 mg omeprazole/lb body weight (4 mg/kg). For treatment of gastric ulcers, each weight marking on the syringe plunger will deliver sufficient omeprazole to treat 250 lb (114 kg) body weight. For prevention of recurrence of gastric ulcers, each weight marking will deliver sufficient omeprazole to dose 500 lb (227 kg) body weight. • To deliver GastroGard Paste at the treatment dose rate of 1.8 mg omeprazole/ lb body weight (4 mg/kg), set the syringe plunger to the appropriate weight marking according to the horse’s weight in pounds. • To deliver GastroGard Paste at the dose rate of 0.9 mg/lb (2 mg/kg) to prevent recurrence of ulcers, set the syringe plunger to the weight marking corresponding to half of the horse’s weight in pounds. • To set the syringe plunger, unlock the knurled ring by rotating it 1/4 turn. Slide the knurled ring along the plunger shaft so that the side nearest the barrel is at the appropriate notch. Rotate the plunger ring 1/4 turn to lock it in place and ensure it is locked. Make sure the horse’s mouth contains no feed. Remove the cover from the tip of the syringe, and insert the syringe into the horse’s mouth at the interdental space. Depress the plunger until stopped by the knurled ring. The dose should be deposited on the back of the tongue or deep into the cheek pouch. Care should be taken to ensure that the horse consumes the complete dose. Treated animals should be observed briefly after administration to ensure that part of the dose is not lost or rejected. If any of the dose is lost, redosing is recommended. • If, after dosing, the syringe is not completely empty, it may be reused on following days until emptied. Replace the cap after each use. Warning Do not use in horses intended for human consumption. Keep this and all drugs out of the reach of children. In case of ingestion, contact a physician. Physicians may contact a poison control center for advice concerning accidental ingestion. Adverse Reactions In efficacy trials, when the drug was administered at 1.8 mg omeprazole/lb (4 mg/kg) body weight daily for 28 days and 0.9 mg omeprazole/lb (2 mg/kg) body weight daily for 30 additional days, no adverse reactions were observed. Precautions The safety of GastroGard Paste has not been determined in pregnant or lactating mares. Efficacy • Dose Confirmation: GastroGard ® (omeprazole) Paste, administered to provide omeprazole at 1.8 mg/lb (4 mg/kg) daily for 28 days, effectively healed or reduced the severity of gastric ulcers in 92% of omeprazole-treated horses. In comparison, 32% of controls exhibited healed or less severe ulcers. Horses enrolled in this study were healthy animals confirmed to have gastric ulcers by gastroscopy. Subsequent daily administration of GastroGard Paste to provide omeprazole at 0.9 mg/lb (2 mg/kg) for 30 days prevented recurrence of gastric ulcers in 84% of treated horses, whereas ulcers recurred or became more severe in horses removed from omeprazole treatment. • Clinical Field Trials: GastroGard Paste administered at 1.8 mg/lb (4 mg/kg) daily for 28 days healed or reduced the severity of gastric ulcers in 99% of omeprazole-treated horses. In comparison, 32.4% of control horses had healed ulcers or ulcers which were reduced in severity. These trials included horses of various breeds and under different management conditions, and included horses in race or show training, pleasure horses, and foals as young as one month. Horses enrolled in the efficacy trials were healthy animals confirmed to have gastric ulcers by gastroscopy. In these field trials, horses readily accepted GastroGard Paste. There were no drug related adverse reactions. In the clinical trials, GastroGard Paste was used concomitantly with other therapies, which included: anthelmintics, antibiotics, non-steroidal and steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, diuretics, tranquilizers and vaccines. • Diagnostic and Management Considerations: The following clinical signs may be associated with gastric ulceration in adult horses:inappetence or decreased appetite, recurrent colic, intermittent loose stools or chronic diarrhea, poor hair coat, poor body condition, or poor performance. Clinical signs in foals may include: bruxism (grinding of teeth), excessive salivation, colic, cranial abdominal tenderness, anorexia, diarrhea, sternal recumbency or weakness. A more accurate diagnosis of gastric ulceration in horses and foals may be made if ulcers are visualized directly by endoscopic examination of the gastric mucosa Gastric ulcers may recur in horses if therapy to prevent recurrence is not administered after the initial treatment is completed. Use GastroGard Paste at 0.9 mg omeprazole/lb body weight (2 mg/kg) for control of gastric ulcers following treatment. The safety of administration of GastroGard Paste for longer than 91 days has not been determined. Maximal acid suppression occurs after three to five days of treatment with omeprazole. Safety • GastroGard Paste was well tolerated in the following controlled efficacy and safety studies. • In field trials involving 139 horses, including foals as young as one month of age, no adverse reactions attributable to omeprazole treatment were noted. • In a placebo controlled adult horse safety study, horses received 20 mg/kg/ day omeprazole (5x the recommended dose) for 90 days. No treatment related adverse effects were observed. • In a placebo controlled tolerance study, adult horses were treated with GastroGard Paste at a dosage of 40 mg/kg/day (10x the recommended dose) for 21 days. No treatment related adverse effects were observed. • A placebo controlled foal safety study evaluated the safety of omeprazole at doses of 4, 12 or 20 mg/kg (1, 3 or 5x) once daily for 91 days. Foals ranged in age from 66 to 110 days at study initiation. Gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT) levels were significantly elevated in horses treated at exaggerated doses of 20 mg/kg (5x the recommended dose). Mean stomach to body weight ratio was higher for foals in the 3x and 5x groups than for controls; however, no abnormalities of the stomach were evident on histological examination. Reproductive Safety In a male reproductive safety study, 10 stallions received GastroGard Paste at 12 mg/kg/day (3x the recommended dose) for 70 days. No treatment related adverse effects on semen quality or breeding behavior were observed. A safety study in breeding mares has not been conducted. For More Information Please call 1-888-637-4251 Marketed by: Merial, Inc., Duluth, GA 30096-4640, U.S.A. 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of gastric ulcers, as part of a management regime, or as an adjunct to veterinary therapy to reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence. Seabuckthorne berries and pulp have been hailed as useful for horses with gastric ulcers. A study carried out by Dr. Frank Andrews, a noted veterinary scientist in this area, showed some improvement in ulcers on the lower or glandular part of the stomach but no effect on the more common nonglandular ulcers. In this trial, a relatively high intake of 120ml orally twice daily was used. Conventional antacid ingredients including carbonates, bicarbonates, or phosphate salts have also been used in such supplements, but their ability to temper gastric acidity will depend on the length of time they are retained within the stomach. The nonglandular mucosa is at a disadvantage, as it does not have a significant mucous barrier to help protect it from the ravages of gastric fluid. Ingredients that may coat or adhere to the gastric mucosa or prolong residence time in the stomach such as pectin, lecithin, sucraflate, and aluminosilicates have proved popular ingredients. Inclusion of oil in the diet has also been advocated, as it may delay the rate at which food leaves the stomach and may also blunt the production of gastric acid, as well as contributing to a localized antiinflammatory response. There is also evidence that the proliferation of ‘acid-loving’ bacteria in the stomach, including Streptococcus sp., Lactobaccillus sp., and Escherichia coli species, can inhibit healing of ulcers, and the use of probiotic and/ or prebiotic ingredients have been used to help normalize the population of microflora, allowing healing mechanisms to proceed. Interestingly, a study has just been published by research groups from the veterinary schools in Glasgow

The rate of spontaneous un-medicated healing of ulcers in horses when moved from a stable to a pasture environment is reportedly as high as 55%

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and Liverpool comparing the action of omeprazole with a proprietary supplement that contains a mixture of ingredients including oat oil, oat flour as a source of beta glucan, mannanoligosaccharide-rich yeast derivatives, L-glutamine, and L-Theanine. The sample size of Thoroughbreds in race training was 45 and all had non-glandular ulcers of grade 2 to 4. At 30 days, the proportion of horses with a reduced ulcer score compared to day 0 was significant for both omeprazole and the supplement, although the supplement was considered as statistically inferior to omeprazole on direct comparison at this time. However, by 90 days the supplement was non-inferior to 4mg/kg omeprazole administered daily, in terms of the proportion of horses with complete resolution of squamous (non-glandular) ulceration. This is a very interesting study but with some limitations related to the sample size and noncontinuous use of omeprazole during the 90 days due to racing commitments. When using a feed supplement, I would always advocate one with some published scientific data to show its benefit. Consider it to be part of a trainer’s due diligence process to ask for evidential data or research for their own evaluation, or for someone within their team that has the appropriate expertise. The impact of other non-feed related factors on gastric ulceration such as genetics, environment, stress, and intense exercise itself can’t be discounted. There are many horses that despite good feeding management will still develop gastric ulcers. However, we now have a lot more information regarding feeding and management steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of gastric ulcers as part of a coordinated approach to maintaining gastric health. n

summary of feed management factors to maintain gastric health Continuous access to forage Include some alfalfa / lucerne Access to pasture Avoid straw bedding

Water availability Avoid long periods without feed / forage including overnight Small frequent meals Efficacious supplement

Feed low to moderate in NSC Less than 1g starch/kg bodyweight per meal Added oil

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David Hofmans marches to his own drummer, and the beat is always double time. On any given morning at Santa Anita, the 73-year-old Hofmans and his 34-year-old nephew, Brent Fabbri, his assistant for 15 years, are in lockstep, David at 5-11 and Brent at 6-2, bald pates gleaming in the Southern California sun, as they march to a lookout point on the grandstand steps to watch their horses work. WORDS: ED GOLDEN PHOTOS: EcLiPSE SPORTSWiRE, HORSEPHOTOS

HIS is a routine that began for Hofmans more than four decades ago, when he saddled his first winner, Nu Kali, at Santa Anita in 1974. He since has gone on to establish a résumé some Hall of Fame members might envy, considering his achievements. They include three eyebrow-raising Breeders’ Cup upsets: with Adoration, at 40-1 the longest shot on the board in the 2003 Distaff under Patrick Valenzuela; the 2008 Turf Sprint at 36-1 with Desert Code, ridden by Richard Migliore; and Hofmans’ signature Breeders’ Cup triumph, the $4 million Classic in 1996 when Alphabet Soup, ridden by Chris McCarron, toppled two-time Horse of the Year Cigar at Woodbine, paying $41.70 to win. Hofmans hasn’t lost his touch. On March 12, 2016, he saddled 16-1 outsider Melatonin to win the storied Santa Anita Handicap, leading all the way under Joe Talamo. It was Hofmans’ sixth victory in a race worth at least a million dollars. But by far his favorite horse is an otherwise nondescript California-bred, a salty old campaigner named His Legacy who captured the Cal Cup Starter Handicap three times, in 1991, 1992, and 1994, and ran second in 1993. His Legacy ran his first race on December 5, 1987, when he was two, winning a sixfurlong sprint on a sloppy Bay Meadows track at 14-1 by eight lengths under Tim Doocy. The grand gelding’s final race came on December 29, 1994, at nine, when he won the Cal Cup Starter Handicap at a 48

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DAVID HOFMANS David Hofmans with granddaughter Sally, and assistant trainer, Brent at Del Mar

mile-and-a-half by two lengths with Paul Atkinson in the saddle. The odds were 7-2. In 47 career starts, he was favored only nine times. “He had a winning personality,” Hofmans said of the bay son of Pocketful in Vail bred by Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Kahn and owned by Legacy Ranch. “All he ever wanted to do was try. Whenever he ran a poor race it was because we had him in the wrong spot. If you look at his record, it’s unbelievable. “He started 47 times and won 14, with 11 seconds and six thirds, earning $420,925. He was at the barn all our lives. He was like a member of our family. “I remember his final race, the Cal Cup at Santa Anita. My son and I were standing as he came down the stretch, both crying we were so emotional. His Legacy would be 31 years old now, but I don’t know if he’s still alive.” His Legacy, who is not still alive – he died in the autumn of 2011 – could have been claimed for $10,000 at Del Mar in August of 1989, but there were no takers. David’s son, Grant, soon to be 46, maintains a small stable at HighPointe Farm and Training Center in La Grange, Kentucky, near Louisville. “He trained on his own in Southern California for a number of years but decided to move to Kentucky,” Hofmans said. “He wanted to live there. He liked the slower way of life. He really never cared for the city life, even as a young kid.” David Hofmans has two daughters: Amy, who resides in San Diego, and Jill, who lives in Columbus, Ohio. He is married to Linda Murray, widow of the late, great Los Angeles Times sports columnist, Jim Murray. June 25, 2016, the day Melatonin won

the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita, marked their fourth wedding anniversary. Hofmans also is the proud grandfather of Cody and Aspen (Grant’s children); Sam and Sally (Jill’s); and Audrey and Claire (Amy’s). Born in Los Angeles and a resident of Arcadia, home of Santa Anita, Hofmans attributes his success and longevity in large part to a steady hand gleaned through experience, said to be the best teacher. He and Gary Jones, son of Farrell Jones, worked side by side with the Hall of Fame trainer on their way up. Gary – a Hall of Fame trainer in his own right – and David were classmates at Pasadena College. David was introduced to racing by his father, Eugene, an avid fan. Training racehorses is an all-consuming marathon, fraught with speed bumps and land mines at every turn. Hofmans handles the hurdles with deftness and aplomb. Rarely does he raise his voice. He smiles easily, is polite to a point, but being human, not perfect. “Sure, I get angry,” he said. “In this

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I remember his final race, the Cal Cup at Santa Anita. My son and I were standing as he came down the stretch, both crying we were so emotional

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business there are so many intangibles, things you can’t control, but I’ve learned through the years not to get upset, tense, or angry at things that might push you to your breaking point. “When there are things I can control but don’t, that makes me mad. That’s why one of my priorities has always been to pay attention to details. It helps eliminate some of that anger. “Bad luck occasionally happens in racing and some people act like they’re having a heart attack when it does, but in this business you’re going to lose more than you win so you have to enjoy the good things when they come along. When bad things happen you have to accept it. You can’t let it upset you.” Hofmans has developed many longstanding relationships with owners thanks to his grace under pressure. “Bill Gould and Dick Colvin have been with me for 40 years,” Hofmans said. “They’re wonderful people who understand the game. I’m very fortunate to have owners who understand the business.” Other notable owners he has trained for include celebrity chef Bobby Flay; Frank Stronach; Spendthrift Farm; Golden Eagle; John Amerman; Pete Parrella, who campaigns as Legacy Ranch; Ben and Georgia Ridder; Karen and Mickey Taylor of Seattle Slew fame; and Susan Osborne, who races as Tarabilla Farms. Osborne owns Melatonin, who proved his Santa Anita Handicap victory at 16-1 on March 12 was no aberration by winning the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita as the 9-5 favorite on June 25. Not only was it an anniversary gift for David and Linda Hofmans, it gave Melatonin a feesISSUE 41 TRAINERMAGAZINE.COM

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Melatonin, with Joe Talamo up, after winning the G1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita

from. I own horses, too, so I know what owners go through. It can be very frustrating, especially for people who run big companies. “They’re dealing with a different kind of creature in racing, something you can’t control, and they’re used to controlling their business. That’s difficult in racing and it gets frustrating. I understand that.” Chris McCarron bonded with Hofmans through a long and successful reign that bordered on a father-son relationship during a career that ended in June of 2002 after 28 years, resulting in 7,141 victories. Boston-born McCarron was a polished rider from day one, and along with Jerry Bailey, one of the best positional jockeys ever, seemingly always having his horse in the best spot to win. Now 61 and living in Kentucky, McCarron had milestone victories on horses trained by Hofmans, winning No. 3,000 aboard Aggrandizement in 1982 and No. 6,000 in 1994 on Andestine in the Grade 1 Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park. “He’s a very, very good horseman,” McCarron said. “He’s an excellent caretaker and a very good person, as evidenced by the number of people who have worked

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He’s a very, very good horseman. He’s an excellent caretaker and a very good person, as evidenced by the number of people who have worked for him 25, 30 years Chris McCarron

Touch Gold and Chris McCarron win the 1997 Belmont Stakes

paid berth, saving $150,000 in entry fees, to the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on November 5 at Santa Anita, where Melatonin is unbeaten in four starts. Hofmans nursed the five-year-old son of Kodiak Kowboy through a bout with equine encephalitis before the gelding resumed his racing career. “It helped that he’s a very smart horse, too,” Hofmans said. Anyone who doubts Hofmans is a caring man didn’t see him usher Mrs. Osborne briskly to the winner’s circle in her wheelchair after Melatonin won the Santa Anita Handicap, and it wasn’t because it was a million-dollar race. He was just as conscientious after one of 50

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her horses finished out of the money in a low-end claiming race during a humdrum weekday card, wheeling the septuagenarian with purpose to a vehicle that would take her home. “Susan’s been with me pretty close to 17 years,” Hofmans said. “She had a stroke about 20 years ago and it affected her left side. She’s not confined to a wheelchair, but she walks very slowly. I put her in the wheelchair at the track so we can move faster.” There’s that double time mindset again. “Racing is a business,” Hofmans continued. “You try to get along and recognize where your owners are coming

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for him 25, 30 years. He’s got grooms who have worked for him a long time. That’s a testimony to David’s character and how much he cares for people and appreciates their work. He compensates them well. “His caretaking ability is unquestioned. His horses stand the test of time and he runs them in the right spots. I always enjoyed riding for Dave because he had confidence in me. He would very, very seldom give me instructions, which demonstrated complete confidence. “The only time he would give me instructions was if he wanted to try something different. For instance, if a horse had been going to the front and stopping, he might ask me to take it back and come with a run. It was a lot of fun riding for him through the years.” Perhaps it was Hofmans sweating the small stuff that enabled him to win the 1997 Belmont Stakes with Touch Gold, denying Silver Charm the Triple Crown.

DAVID HOFMANS “Mr. Stronach sent him to me along with other horses, including Awesome Again,” Hofmans said of Touch Gold. “Awesome Again had never started, but Touch Gold had run once or twice. He really liked Southern California and was a good horse to train. Right from the beginning he acted like he was something special. “In the Preakness, he stumbled at the start and grabbed his left front foot, pulling part of it off. He still finished fourth in a great effort. Had it not been for that, he may have won that day. “We patched up the foot and got him ready for the Belmont, which he won under McCarron.” Not to be overlooked, Hofmans saddled Awesome Again to win Canada’s premier three-year-old race, the Queen’s Plate at Woodbine, and the Jim Dandy at Saratoga, but it’s Touch Gold’s dramatic story that still resonates today.

McCarron, a member of the Hall of Fame since 1989, remembered Touch Gold’s nightmare Preakness like he had just dismounted from the son of Deputy Minister. “He went on his head coming out of the gate,” McCarron said. “There was a great photograph in the Daily Racing Form days after the race showing his nose down in the dirt with his forehead in front of his nose. He went so far into the dirt, his head was pointed forward. “I don’t know how I stayed on his back. I was just lucky to keep my balance and not come off. But it got worse. We got to the five-sixteenths pole and (Kent) Desormeaux was out off the fence on Free House. I started to move up on the inside and Kent looks back. I yelled to him, ‘Don’t do it Mo!,’ and sure enough he moved over and brushed me up against the fence. “Touch Gold showed a tremendous

amount of courage staying in there. He was a speed horse and had expended a lot of energy going down the backside. He came out of the gate last and I was trying to hold him, but he was so full of run he made a huge move from the five-eighths pole to the three-eighths pole, and that kind of cost him his energy in the end. “He was very courageous when he won the Belmont. He broke slowly, came out of the gate last, and Jerry Bailey stayed off the fence on Wild Rush, but because Touch Gold was a speed horse, he just pulled me to the lead. “By the time we got to the first turn, I’m in front. Once he got about a length on top he pricked his ears and slowed right down. He relaxed very well. Gary Stevens (going for the Triple Crown aboard Silver Charm) and Desormeaux (on Free House) both sensed the pace was slowing down and they didn’t want to ‘walk the dog,’ as we

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say, being on the lead. “They sort of picked up the pace, and some people thought I took Touch Gold back at that time, but that wasn’t the case. I just didn’t allow him to quicken like the other three horses did. Wild Rush, Silver Charm, and Free House all accelerated from the mile pole to the seven-furlong pole. “I didn’t do that with Touch Gold because it was way too early.” McCarron was represented during Touch Gold’s run by Scotty McClellan, an agent for 44 years, 21 with McCarron, but today still boyish-looking at 62. He currently calls the shots for the 26-year-old Talamo, Melatonin’s regular rider. “David is a great trainer,” McClellan said. “He was brought up the right way. He knows what he’s doing. He knows where to put a horse to win, how to develop young horses, and he’s an easy guy to deal with. “We may not ride every horse he runs but we always seem to win at a high percentage together. He put me on a lot of good horses with every rider I ever had—McCarron, Darrel McHargue, Alex Solis, Talamo. He’s a friend.” Brent Fabbri considers Hofmans more than a relative. He’s a teacher, too. “I used to come to the races when I was young because of David,” Fabbri said. “I didn’t want to miss seeing any of his horses run, so my dad (Fabrizio) used to bring me. “The most important thing I’ve learned from David is to be patient with horses, be gentle with them and handle them correctly. When I took my test for an assistant trainer’s license, some of the negative issues it asked about were strange to me because we never 52

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had to deal with them at David’s barn. “He taught me everything.” A man once said training is much more than a job. He was right. It’s an insatiable master feeding off passion and dedication, adhering to unyielding principles. And it is not a one-person show. Far from it. “Training is not a solitary profession,” Hofmans said. “Without the dedication of barn help (grooms, hot walkers, exercise riders), we would not be successful. This is a total team effort. You’re only as good as your weakest link. “The mornings and the day-to-day training are the most important time of the business, and fortunately for us, it’s usually the cooler time of the day. The afternoons— that’s when you really get stressed out. “You put so much into this, so many hours, and it’s a roller coaster business, full of ups and downs. It’s hard. You have to force yourself to take vacations. “You get a few days off here and a few days off there. Some of the bigger barns have a good assistant trainer, and I have one in my nephew, Brent, so that gives me time

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to get away for a little bit, clear my head and get refreshed.” Hofmans is hopeful about the future of racing, especially in California, but he’s not about to send out his laundry. “At the moment, there’s a gaming bill (Assembly Bill 2863) with an attachment for horseracing in the California Senate that would really infuse money in the game,” Hofmans said. “We’d get $60 million in purses; it’s similar to what they did in New York.” (The bill, which must pass the Assembly and Senate, would require the signature of Governor Jerry Brown. It would call for $60 million to be collected each fiscal year and deposited in the California Horse Racing Internet Poker Account, to be dispersed by the California Horse Racing Board. The annual subsidy would be divided between racetracks and horsemen in purse money). “That would provide a big shot in the arm, because owners have left California to go to New York for the big purses there, thanks to the gaming, and there are more tracks to race at, too, so it’s understandable,” Hofmans went on. “But if we could get passage of this bill, which the Indian lobby is fighting, it would really help the future of our sport. “Other than that, I see it remaining the same as it is now. It’s difficult to compete with all the other options available for the entertainment dollar in a metropolitan city like Los Angeles.” But whatever the outcome, he is not about to give up. Like time, David Hofmans marches on. n

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MICROCHIPPING

MICROCHIPPING More than just a means of identification?

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Just like Americans have a social security number that follows them throughout their lives, American Thoroughbreds will bear a microchip identification number beginning with the foal crop of 2017. But identification is just the first step into this technology that promises to revolutionize horseracing and other facets of the horse industry. WORDS: DeniSe SteffanuS PHOtOS: HORSePHOtOS, JOHn MuRPHy - DataMaRS inc.

N 2019, the first Thoroughbreds mandated by the Jockey Club to be microchipped will be eligible to race. Until then, racing commissions, racetracks, sales companies, transportation companies, veterinarians, breeding farms, and rescue organizations are exploring ways to use microchipping in their daily operations. Microchipping a horse is easy and inexpensive. The Jockey Club is providing microchips at no charge for foals of 2016 and later as part of the registration kit; microchips for Thoroughbreds born before 2016 are $10. Datamars Inc. in Woburn, MA, supplies microchips to the Jockey Club and offers its microchip reader for $249. (For more information, visit www.registry.jockeyclub. com and select “Microchip FAQ” under the “Registration” pull-down menu.) Implanting a microchip is designated as a veterinary procedure. The chip, which is the size of a grain of rice and contains a 15-digit identification number, is inserted into the nuchal ligament under the mane using a syringe-like device. The veterinarian’s fee for the procedure is comparable to a routine vaccination and ideally should be done at the same time the foal’s mane hairs are pulled for DNA typing and photographs are taken for registration. Microchip identification is virtually foolproof and tamperproof. Unlike tattoos, it doesn’t fade over time, it can’t be altered, and it doesn’t require wrestling with a horse’s lip to read it, only passing a microchip reader over the chip. Tampering with or switching microchips—a concern often expressed by horse owners—would require advanced surgical skills to make the correct incision and then hide evidence of the procedure using cosmetic surgery. 56

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“The [nuchal ligament] is a very fibrous tissue and the microchip itself has a coating on it that incorporates into the tissue, so the tissue actually grows in and around it to hold it in place,” said Dr. Mike Cavey, a Lexington veterinarian who bred Nyquist’s sire, champion Uncle Mo. “So you would have to make an incision in the horse’s neck, go in and take out a pretty large portion of tissue, and then try to get the chip out of that tissue. It’s not a matter of poking a little hole. Then the trick is to get that chip out of the tissue intact and put it in the next horse. It would be more difficult than people would think.”

Pilot Program

California is leading the racing industry in implementing microchip technology. The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has joined with the Animal Health Branch of the California Department of Food and Agriculture in a pilot program to microchip all racehorses in California, regardless of age, by January 2018 at no expense to owners. To date, the CHRB has microchipped more than 600 Thoroughbreds. The pilot program uses InCompass

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software, developed by a wholly-owned, commercial subsidiary of The Jockey Club, to link each microchip reader to a tablet computer that takes only 10-20 seconds to retrieve and display the available information about that particular horse. Rick Baedeker, executive director of the CHRB, said the program’s primary goal is to know the number of horses on each CHRB-regulated premises, the identity of those horses, and when they enter and exit the premises. But this is only the beginning of the capabilities. “I think it is very exciting to think about things that can be used by the racing office almost instantaneously when a horse comes onto the grounds,” he said. “They’ll know where that horse fits in their horse population in terms of the condition book. The trainer can do the same thing when a horse first comes onto the grounds, maybe new to the barn. He can get all the information about the horse almost instantaneously. Vets can use the chip to begin the process for their treatment, all the way from diagnosis through billing. So there are a number of things that can be done after the chip is implanted.” CHRB safety steward Jeff Salmon spearheads the pilot program. He said that in addition to providing the stable gate and racing office with readers, some ideas that have been discussed are equipping the horse identifier, the receiving barn, the state veterinarian, the stall manager, and the test barn with microchip readers. He envisions even more novel applications. “I see it becoming commonplace across the racetrack,” he said. “Trainers will have them just to do a spot check for safety purposes. I can see identification of horses in the morning during workouts to establish if there are any questions with regard to the horse on the track. We’ve discussed having a safety steward located at the gap in the morning when the horses enter the racetrack. If a horse displays any kind of lameness or is off in any way, he could walk over and scan the horse and identify the horse immediately and see whether the horse belongs on the racetrack or not. All kinds of applications like that.”

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Use of the microchip injector will be a veterinary procedure

Horse Identifiers

The most logical use for microchip identification at the racetrack would be to place readers in the hands of horse identifiers. These daring individuals are charged with the task of prying up the lip to read the tattoo of a horse cranked up on an adrenaline high as it enters the paddock before a race. “It’s not the most dangerous job in the world, but depending on the demeanor of the horse, it can be pretty hectic,” said Kentucky chief steward Barbara Borden, who formerly was a horse identifier for 22 years. During that time, her fingers were bitten numerous times in the performance of her job, but she said her most harrowing experience was when a two-year-old “came unglued,” reared up, and stood on Borden’s foot with its hind foot, while striking her with its forefoot. “I couldn’t get away from him,” she said. “I was trapped under him and knocked out cold. The valets dragged me out from under the horse and leaned me against a pole until I recovered.” Using a microchip reader would seem to be a safer alternative, but Borden said she has seen horses that shipped from Europe, where microchipping has been required for more than a decade, spook away from the reader. Borden emphasized the importance of having several means of identification— tattoo, markings, and photographs—in addition to the microchip at the horse identifier’s fingertips. “Whether or not the horse is tattooed or microchipped or has a freeze brand—no matter what the identifying criteria is—the most important thing is for the identifier to examine the markings. Any identifier who is not looking at markings isn’t identifying,” she said. The most egregious mix-up in recent years occurred on November 4 at Mahoning Valley Race Course in Ohio when the gelding Leathers Slappin won a maiden race for fillies and mares after slipping past the identifier and two other individuals who failed to recognize that he wasn’t the filly Ruby Queen. Leathers Slappin, a non-winner of three races, won easily by 7¾ lengths at Ruby Queen’s 110to-1 odds. The state veterinarian in the test

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VETERINARY barn discovered that “she” was a he, but only after bettors cashed their tickets. An investigation into the incident found that the mix-up was not intentional— substituting a gelding for a filly to attempt to fix a race would be stupid—but the three individuals involved were suspended. William Crawford, executive director of the Ohio State Racing Commission, said any additional safeguards to prevent another such mix-up are welcome. He is very interested in the California microchip pilot program, and he is talking with CHRB officials about their experiences. In the meantime, Ohio is taking a low-tech approach. “What we’ve done now is we identify the horse in the winner’s circle when it comes off the track,” he said. “If something would happen again, at least we’d catch it before the parimutuels are official.”

Veterinarians

Many veterinarians already use electronic devices to maintain horse health records in their practices. Linking those health records to a horse’s microchip identification number, just like human health records are linked to the patient’s social security number, could provide any veterinarian who treats the horse with its all-important health history. Dr. Vince Baker, a California racetrack practitioner, said the technology would be useful for new patients. He gave cryptorchids and ridglings as one example. “The horse could have one testicle undescended or it could have been removed already,” he said. “Several times in the past 25-30 years that I’ve been around, I’ve seen horses go on the operating table to have it removed, and it’s already been removed. It would help in those situations.” California has an application called Veterinary Confidential, which requires every

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treatment and every medication administered to a racehorse to be reported to the CHRB. As its name implies, the information is confidential. But would health information entered into the microchip-linked database violate the privacy of the patient-doctor relationship? “That’s an issue of client privilege in having that data protected,” Salmon said. “That would be a separate issue to be debated and resolved before we linked it to the microchip program. Baker said he is not concerned about the program breaching veterinarian-patient confidentiality. “But I certainly think between competitors on the racetrack, it is a concern as far as trainer vs. trainer and owner vs. owner,” he said. “Nobody has to be afraid that just because we have a microchip program, anybody can get ahold of their medical records,” Salmon said. “That is not the case. We would follow the law strictly with regard to what information could be made available and what information couldn’t be available.” He explained that restricting access to certain information in the database could

be accomplished easily, such as through limitations placed on individual logins. Dr. Gregory Beroza, a racetrack practitioner and the owner of Long Island Equine Medical Center in New York, said if it becomes prudent to use microchip identification in his practice, he certainly will do so, not only for recordkeeping, but also to protect himself legally. Some trainers cited for banned race-day medications or treatments have attempted to divert the blame to the veterinarian for allegedly treating the wrong horse. “In this way too litigious world, perhaps the cost of a microchip reader is a small price to pay as a liability security investment,” Beroza said. “Unfortunately, this may now further increase transference of the horse ID responsibility onto veterinarians.”

Disease outbreaks

Dr. Kent Fowler, chief of California’s Animal Health Branch, said microchipping to track movement of horses exposed to disease is the wave of the future. “As far as disease traceability goes, it’s important that we are able to identify these horses with a unique individual identification number,” he said. Microchips implanted in animals are too small to have GPS capabilities like wearable microchips, but an indication of the horse’s movement could be determined by the location of the individuals scanning the horse and entering information into the database, such as veterinarians, racetracks, farms, and others. In a hypothetical situation, where a horse comes down with a communicable disease, such as equine herpesvirus, tracking through microchip scans could show where the horse had been, what horses had come in contact with it, the current location of those horses, and what horses they, in turn, had been in contact with. Fowler added, “It certainly has great importance as far as horses that are stolen and horses that are lost during natural disasters, where their owners can more easily be found based on that microchip number.” After Hurricane Katrina, 363 horses in Louisiana were returned to their owners using microchip technology.

Horse Transport

Baker feels microchip identification would be especially useful in keeping track of transported horses. “I’ve heard of farms shipping horses, and one horse is supposed to go to this trainer and the other horse to another trainer, and the farm messes up,” he said. “The trainer ends up training the horse for three months and then enters it for a race, and it’s the wrong horse. So it could alleviate those problems.” Borden agreed that most of the mix-ups she has seen occurred before the horse got to the racetrack. Tracking a horse’s movement during shipping would seem to be a simple procedure. UPS, Federal Express, and the postal service 58

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MICROCHIPPING use bar codes and readers to track the billions of packages that move through their systems. But horse transport companies are reluctant to employ microchip readers until they are convinced the technology will improve the way they do business or they are mandated by the government to do so. For the moment, they are taking a waitand-see approach. “When it becomes commonplace and we see that it would be beneficial for us, we’re always wanting to be on the leading edge of things,” said Robert Clark, president of H. E. “Tex” Sutton Forwarding Company, which air transports about 2,500 elite racehorses and show horses every year. “If we thought that it was going to be something that would be helpful to manage and operate our business, we would probably be more than likely interested in looking into it. But it’s just a little premature, and we haven’t given it enough thought at this point.” Curt Lange, a spokesman for Brook Ledge Horse Transportation, said a significant portion of the 40,000 horses they transport every year are not microchipped. So until microchipping becomes universal for all breeds or is mandated by the government, it would be asking a lot of the company to incur the added expense of equipping its 50+ trucks with microchip readers and requiring all its drivers to add that task to their current responsibilities. “We are not trying to be negative,” Lange said. “We actually sat down and talked about it. What’s it going to do for us? How is it going to make our lives better? In the 24 years I’ve been here, I’ve had less than five or six times where we’ve taken the wrong horse somewhere unless it was a case where we were given the wrong horse.” Nicole Pieratt, owner of Sallee Horse Vans, declined to comment.

Other uses

Breeding farms, horse sales, and other organizations anticipate using microchip technology in their daily operations. Chris Baker, farm manager of Three Chimneys Farm in Central Kentucky, is excited about the opportunities to improve management using microchip identification. Initially, the farm will microchip foals of 2016 and forward, but management has had internal discussions about microchipping all horses on the farm to streamline their business. “If you could go up to a horse where you had an issue, and you could wand it with a scanner and look at the horse’s complete health records while you’re in the field for vaccinations, deworming, for general herd health and wellness issues—we’re looking at things like that,” he said. “To be able to scan a horse in the field with little or no notice, and pull up its record and say, ‘This horse is sick’ or ‘This is a recurrence of an existing issue,’ so you’re not relying just on your memory and your horsemanship skills... You’d have at your fingertips access to that record.” 60

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Horse identifiers believe that the microchip will complement rather than replace existing practices

But he said Three Chimneys is not going to embrace technology just for the sake of technology. “It’s got to be more than a distraction,” Baker said. “It has to be something that’s improving results. With time to think about it, there are a lot of ways it could improve our standard of care.” Fasig-Tipton plans to use microchip readers initially just for identification, but as the technology advances, the sale company looks to incorporate it into other facets of its business. “We’ve reached out and spoken to them at The Jockey Club, but it sounds like initially there will be some limitation about what is feasible,” said Max Hodge, vice-president of client services. “We currently use the Jockey Club certificates for markings to confirm each horse. I would hope eventually our horse identifier would just be going to barns and scanning the horses and double-checking what comes up on its screen.” Fasig-Tipton has no current plans to link repository information, pedigree pages, or other information to the microchip identification number of horses going through the sale. Geoffrey Russell, director of sales for the Keeneland Association, said, “At the present time we’re going to use it for identification. I’m sure as we find new uses for microchipping, we will expand it to that.

I think it is a very useful technology that we should be embracing. “I think we’re all looking forward to the day that all horses universally will be microchipped. I think it is a very good step for all the Thoroughbred industry. The U.S. has been a little bit behind on it. Europe has been much more advanced than us.” Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, South Africa, Japan, and Australia are among the countries that require Thoroughbreds to be microchipped. In the show world, beginning 2013, all horses newly registered with the Fédération Equestre Internationale must be microchipped. The United States Equestrian Federation requires horses competing in USEF-sanctioned hunter, jumper, and equitation competitions to be microchipped beginning December 1, 2017; all horses participating in USEF competitions must be microchipped beginning 2019. Most rescue organizations scan horses for microchips upon arrival and, when finding a chip, notify the contact person listed in the microchip database. These organizations urge owners to microchip all their horses and to keep current their contact information to help locate horses that are lost, stolen, or surrendered by a subsequent owner. These organizations also are working to require horses destined for slaughter to be scanned for a microchip and the listed owner notified. n

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RILLITO PARK

THE STUDENTS WHO HELPED SAVE THE RACETRACK

How University of Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Race Track Industry Program put theory into practice

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Twice on the doorstep of oblivion, historic Rillito Park Racetrack in Tucson, Arizona, was saved by a couple dozen of its youngest neighbors, all students in the University of Arizona’s unique Race Track Industry Program (RTIP). They didn’t do a bake sale or a car wash. Rather, they manned key positions at the track for last year and this year’s successful Thoroughbred/Quarter Horse weekend meets, ensuring Rillito Park’s survival after separate long-term details with Pima County, which was gifted the track in 1971, fell through. WORDS: BILL HELLER PHOTOS: MIkE WEISS - GEnERaL ManaGER RILLITTO PaRk, aLExa RavIT - RTIP STuDEnT, DEnISE a PHaRRIS - MaRkETInG fOR RTIP

ILLITO Park averaged 2,575 fans for 19 dates in 2015 and a robust 4,014 for 12 days this year in February and March. A fall meet may or may not happen as track officials continue to seek a long-term deal with the county. “I had my reservations about bringing kids into important positions,” said Jaye Wells, the president of the non-profit Rillito Park Foundation, charged with preserving racing at the 73-year-old track, and chairman of the board of non-profit Rillito Racing, Inc., which now operates the track. “But they brought in passion. They were incredible. It’s a win-win.” Imagine that: millennials involved in racing. Many had never even heard of Rillito Park; nor were they aware of just how much history they were about to embrace as they began what they hoped would be the first step in a successful, lifelong career in racing. It worked for trainer Bob Baffert, an alum of the RTIP who won his first race at Rillito

on January 28th 1979 with Flipper Star to begin his Hall of Fame career. Hall of Fame jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela, who won the 1958 Kentucky Derby and Preakness on Tim Tam and rode five-time Horse of the Year Kelso for three years, and his brother Angel, also a jockey, got their foundation at Rillito Park. Known as the birthplace of Quarter Horse racing, Rillito Park was preceded by Hacienda Moltacqua Racetrack two-and-a-half miles from its present site northeast of Tucson. A group of wealthy ranch and cattle farm owners who would help start the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) and come to be known as “The Four Horsemen” opened Hacienda Moltacqua in 1941. One of the quartet, Robinson “Bob” Locke, built the track. Rillito Racetrack opened two years later on a stud farm owned by J. Rukin Jelks, another of the four horsemen. Jelks, who had journeyed to Tucson in the 1920s to recover from tuberculosis, was the new track’s operator. Locke was a steward and starter.

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Melville Haskell, who had also traveled to Arizona to recover from tuberculosis, was the racing secretary, and A.M. “Jake” Meyer, the final member of the group, served as announcer. In 1953, a five-eighths oval was added to accommodate Thoroughbreds and Rillito Park offered both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing daily. Rillito Park was the first track to have a three-eighths of a mile “chute” straightaway, a standard for Quarter Horse racing. Quarter Horse futurities, derbies, and stakes races originated at Rillito. Other innovations affected all horseracing, such as a photoelectric timer system that combined a highspeed clock with a movie camera at the finish line, leading to the photo finish cameras used at every racetrack. Graded races and weighted handicaps trace back to Rillito. In 1986, Rillito Racetrack was added to the National Registry of Historic Landmarks. Ten years later, the AQHA created a historical marker at Rillito Park celebrating its many contributions to racing. That same year, many of the students in the RTIP who would work at Rillito Park were born. Their timing couldn’t have been better. After taking ownership of the track in 1971, Pima County leased Rillito Park to various operators on the condition of improving the track’s facilities. But in 1982, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to rezone Rillito Park for commercial development. The residents felt otherwise, and, two years later, a county referendum passed requiring 25 years of county fair racing at the track, which was designated as the official racetrack of Pima County. Rillito Park was safe through 2009. The Pima County Horsemen’s Association took over as track manager from 1984 through 2014, when the non-profit group headed by Wells was awarded the contract. Regardless, since 2005, Rillito Park has been targeted for destruction several times by Tucson soccer organizations whose officials claim the track property is the only parcel of country land in Tucson large enough to house 17 soccer fields, the minimum needed to be eligible to host regional and national tournaments, tournaments which could produce additional county revenue. Management of Rillito Park tried to work out a compromise with the soccer organizations, establishing fields in the track’s infield. But the pressure to get year-round use of Rillito Park continued to increase. This storied track needed help. In December, 2014, Frank DeFazio, a member of the Rillito Park Board, called racing executive Mike Weiss in Florida to ask him if he’d be interested in working there in 2015. Weiss, who was operating his own racing consulting company, didn’t hesitate. “I saw them trying to save this historic track,” he said. “I just said, ‘Yes.’” When Weiss hung up, his wife asked him a follow-up question: Can you ever say, ‘No?’” They both knew the answer to that

RILLITO PARK question. And she did have a point. A 58-year-old native of Cleveland, Ohio, Weiss got involved in horseracing in his senior year in high school thanks to his dad, who owned a handful of Thoroughbreds. Weiss got to be friends with Thistledown trainer Alan Sobol. He worked for him one summer and then took off to Arizona to enlist in the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program, which had started just two years earlier. “I always wanted to go to Arizona,” he said. “I visited some cousins there as a kid.” Weiss continued his education at Ohio State, then got a job at Thistledown as a clocker and assistant starter. “I got a call from the racing secretary, Guy Klank,” Weiss said. “I said, ‘What did I do now?’” Weiss’ concerns were unwarranted. Weiss related: “He said, ‘I’ve been watching you. As of tomorrow, I’m moving you inside as a horse identifier.’” Weiss was on his way. He would work at Hialeah Park, Gulfstream Park, and Monmouth Park as an assistant starter, horse identifier, clocker, placing judge, paddock judge, and stable superintendent. But Ohio was his home. Weiss had a 23-year run at Beulah Park as director of racing, general manager, and vice president. Under his leadership, Beulah Park became the first track to use Equibase Past Performances in 1991. Weiss was also adept at promotion. Finding attractive twin sisters who enjoyed handicapping, Weiss sent them around the country in the mid-’90s promoting Beulah Park. “Before, nobody knew where Beulah Park was,” he said. “But they knew then. The numbers took us to a new level.” While working at Beulah Park, he was director of racing at Birmingham Race Course in Alabama from 1991 to ’93. He was executive vice president and general manager of the advance deposit wagering company AmericaTAB. As track manager at North Dakota Horse Park, Weiss helped return racing there in 2013 after a long absence. Along the way, he served on the Equibase board of directors for 10 years, earning an award of merit when he left in 2011, and was presented the University of Arizona Alumni Award for his contribution to racing. He currently owns and operates a racing consultant, promotion, and management company. The guy’s been around. But he still wasn’t prepared for what he encountered when he visited Rillito Park for the first time, prior to taking over as president and general manager. “It was one of the worst surfaces I’d ever seen,” Weiss said. “It was in terrible condition. I said to Frank and Jaye, ‘If you don’t put money into this track, I’m not coming.’ And they did. When I got to see Rillito, I saw a diamond in the rough.” Before he started there just three weeks after behind hired in January, 2015, he reached out to Doug Reed, the longtime director of the RTIP. “When I did get the job, I had to hire people for the short term,” Weiss said. “I went to Doug and said, ‘What

The handicapping seminar held each raceday at 12:15 pm providing race analysis, presented here by Joe Longo & Kevin Schnoor.

kind of relationship do you have with this track?’ He laughed. He said, ‘None.” Reed, who has been the RTIP’s director since August, 1994, didn’t take long to warm to the idea of having his students involved at Rillito Park. “I saw it as a working lab, not only where they gain work experience, but where we could literally conduct business experiments to bring back fans,” Reed said. Weiss, though, was under a crushing deadline. “For some reason, the new management couldn’t take occupancy until the first of the year,” Reed said. “They literally had less than a month to get it ready. They had a lot to do, just getting TVs in there, fixing all the teletimers, painting, fixing windows. I give all the credit to Mike and Jaye.” A successful 2015 meet didn’t guarantee there’d be a meet in 2016. The day after the 2015 meet ended, Pima County razed a dozen barns at the track. The 2016 meet wasn’t approved until last January 19th when the Pima County Supervisors voted to extend the current track’s management contract through 2017. One of the women who had spoken at that

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crucial meeting was Yolanda Herrera, whose father had worked at the track. She said, “We have now four generations who attended those racetracks and pardon me if I’m getting emotional, but this is very … it means a lot to me.” She’s not alone. “I have the lowest per capita in the country, but I have huge crowds that are really into racing,” Weiss said. “I saw a 1-9 shot in the stretch with a 10-length lead and everybody was screaming like it was American Pharoah. We had a mariachi band playing in between races. Everybody was dancing. It’s exciting. That’s what enticed me.” Wells knows. “We do throw a party!” he said. “It’s a lot of fun. This place has never lacked a crowd. We believe that racing has lost its charm. We consider ourselves a boutique track.” Weiss, who had only three weeks to launch the 2015 meet, had a whopping three-anda-half weeks to get ready for the 2016 meet opener on February 13. Fortunately, he had a lot of high-energy RTIP students eager to actually work at a racetrack. Twenty-three-year-old Alexa Ravit, who served as Rillito Park’s director of social media, was delighted to be one of them. A native of Bellmore, New York, Ravit, whose family has no involvement in racing, remembers watching Fusaichi Pegasus win the 2000 Kentucky Derby on TV, but she didn’t get excited about the sport for another three years. “I was 10 when I fell in love with horseracing with Funny Cide in 2003 because he was a New York-bred and I am a New York-bred,” she said. She made her first visit to a racetrack when ISSUE 41 TRAINERMAGAZINE.COM

RACING Alexa Ravit, then Manager of Rillito’s social media accounts, posing with “Manson” a Budweiser Clydesdale who made an appearence at the Farmers Market adjacent to the track

learn about racing in the classroom. What Rillito gave me, was I got to hear the stewards, watch horsemen’s ID, walk around in the paddock. That’s an experience you can’t get in every program, horseracing or not. This is an experience that Rillito gives.” Ravit sent out blurbs about Rillito on Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat. She also did an excellent blog about her experiences there. “For any level of racing fan, my last two weekends have been paradise,” she said. She particularly enjoyed the visit to the track by the Budweiser Clydesdales. “Once people realized that they could pet Manson the Clydesdale, mild hysteria ensued. Fortunately, a line formed and I took pictures of hundreds of people who wanted to meet Manson. All 2,200 pounds of him.” Ravit wrote about several of her RTIP

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Funny Cide attempted to complete the Triple Crown in the 2003 Belmont Stakes. She was obviously disappointed when Funny Cide finished third on a cold, wet afternoon at Belmont Park. “It was pretty bad,” she said. “I couldn’t understand it all, but I loved it. I remember the rain. I remember the race. And we couldn’t find our car for an hour. But it worked. It didn’t deter me at all.” A decade later at Cornell University, Ravit had a realization. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life,” she said. “Maybe my sophomore year, I realized I wanted to work in horseracing.” She sent batches of letters out hoping to find summer work in 2013 on a racing farm. “Darley in Kentucky wrote back,” she said. “They said, `We can offer you a position as a groom. We can house you. We can pay you.’” Three years later, she sounds like she still can’t believe that it actually happened. Besides Darley, Ravit worked with The Jockey Club and did an internship at Claiborne Farm. Currently doing an internship with the New York Racing Association for its Belmont Park summer meet, Ravit loved her time at Rillito, a track she had never heard of before she got there. “I had a great time,” she said. “That was my first experience of being paid to work at the racetrack. To be paid to watch horses run? That was nothing I’d ever experienced before. “With RTIP, we had an opportunity to experience the racetrack. It’s one thing to

colleagues, including Joe Longo and Kevin Schnoor, grad students who did a daily handicapping seminar; horse identifier Sarah Crane, who has already landed a job in the industry; Mitch Gerson, who operated the photo finish camera; Kassidie Hulse, who did race charts, which were sent on to Equibase, and took entries for races; and Nick Fanucchi, a freshman, who did graphics. Ravit concluded her blog saying, “Despite my exhaustion at the end of the weekend, it is hard to complain when you’re getting paid to be at a racetrack and to promote the best sport in the world.” Next fall, Ravit will return to RTIP to get her Master’s Degree. Asked if she’ll stay in racing for the rest of her life, she said, “Oh, for sure. I can’t imagine my life without it.” Crane doesn’t have to imagine the next step in her life. She’s already living it. After graduating from RTIP in May, she landed a job with the Maryland Thoroughbred Racing and Protective Bureau. She started June 6th. In the 2015 Rillito meet, Crane, a native of Boise, Idaho, who had been a groom, pony person, clocker, and identifier at Les Bois Park, served as the head of admissions. “It was something I’d never done,” she said. “It was a little crazy to tell you the truth. We had to make it up on the way. It was a blank slate. I had about 10 to 12 employees. Everything went well.” She enjoyed the setting at Rillito Park. “The people, they love the racing,” she said. “It’s a small facility. There’s a local band. A lot of times, the party kept going after the racing was over. It’s well liked. It’s busy.” Seeking a different experience this year at Rillito, she took a job as horse identifier, working out of an office she shared with the stewards. “It’s a huge difference here because the students use it as a lab,” she said. “It’s really unique. There was a student in almost every department who was enrolled in the Race Track Industry Program.” After graduating in May, she accepted the job in Maryland, moving there with her husband, a former jockey who landed a job at Tapeta Farm. “We’re brand new to Maryland,” Crane said. “It’s a huge change.” It’s one she is thrilled to experience in her new career. “I didn’t expect to get a job like this,” she said. “Who comes out of college with their dream job? Not many people do that.” Asked about racing’s future, she said, “It has to evolve with technology, but I think the industry in whole has to do more to appeal to a younger crowd. There’s where the future is: getting younger people into the game.” Weiss, Wells, and Reed did exactly that and they’re still smiling about the results. “I interviewed every kid individually, one-onone, and it was so much fun,” Weiss said. “I put these students in situations where I thought they’d thrive. These kids are enthusiastic. They love horseracing. They really stepped it up. “These kids are our future. We need these kids if we’re going to keep this sport going.” n

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INDUSTRY Huey Barnes in his capacity as starting assistant at Santa Anita

The Huey Barnes story begins on October 3, 1933. Nearly 83 years later, it’s still got legs. When he’s not handling Thoroughbreds in the mornings, he’s out playing golf. When he’s not on the links, he’s caring for old friends. When he’s not caring for old friends, he’s spinning yarns with racetrack cronies, and he’s got lots of yarns and lots of cronies. WORDS: ED GOLDEN PHOTOS: ZOE METZ PHOTOGRAPHY, HORSEPHOTOS

UEY Barnes has seen it all, from the glory days of Charlie Whittingham to the gory days of segregation in the South and North. Work at the racetrack for 62 years, you know where all the bodies are buried. When you’ve been around since before the Hindenburg disaster, before Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific, before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line, you’re a treasured piece of Americana, a mirror to history. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Huey Evans Barnes quit school when he was in the sixth grade. Too small to be the next Joe Louis, Kenny Washington, or Earl Lloyd and not good enough to be the next Jackie Robinson, he and his lifelong friend, Eugene “Snake” McDaniel, hightailed it west to make their mark in Thoroughbred racing. “We both came out with Charlie Whittingham in 1954,” related Barnes, who

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was with Whittingham more than a dozen years until going on his own to freelance. He also had tours with trainers Jerry Fanning and Chay Knight, the father of Bay Areabased trainer Terry Knight, in addition to Hall of Fame trainer Buster Millerick, who conditioned the great Native Diver. “I had been working back east for Kay Jensen,” Barnes went on. “He was a trainer and a good polo player. We used to go to Florida every winter, but I didn’t want to go anymore because it was pretty rough down there with the prejudice part, and I had heard so much about California, I decided to try and go there. “My grandfather, Ed Lambert, was Whittingham’s foreman, and I knew he had been to California, so I talked to him and asked if he was going back and he said, ‘Yeah,’ so I told Kay Jensen I didn’t want to go to Florida no more and he said, ‘Well, what are you going to do?’ and I said, ‘Well, I’m going to try and go to California with Mr. Whittingham.’ Mr. Jensen said, ‘Well, I know Charlie real well. I’ll talk to him.’

“So he talked to Charlie and Charlie said he was looking for some workers. Mr. Jensen said he had an exercise boy and he’s a good kid on a horse, do you want to give him a try? Charlie said, ‘Yeah, send him down,’ so I left Kay Jensen and went to work for Whittingham in New York and after that it was just smooth sailing. “He said, ‘Do you want to go California?’ and I said, ‘I would like to go. I heard a lot about it but I’ve never been there.’ It sounded like to me it was on the other side of the world. I didn’t know where it was. “I heard a lot of people mention California, so I came with him in ‘54. We brought 46 horses out here on a train. He had Mrs. Tippetts’ horses for Llangollen Farm. We slept right with the horses in the middle of the train on a mattress and blankets. The horses, they rode good. “We would eat when the train stopped at places for 35 or 40 minutes to water the horses. We’d find a place to get some food, run in and get a couple samwich or a hamburger or a cheeseburger or whatever they was serving or selling, and then we’d get back on the train. “Snake came out with me, and he was a groom. I started out learning as a hotwalker, then a pony boy, and went from there to galloping horses. I galloped Porterhouse, and that was the horse that made Charlie Whittingham, Porterhouse. “He was favored to win the Derby, and

HUEY BARNES they took him to Kentucky from New York but he reared up and hurt his back, so they had to scratch him and Charlie Whittingham brought him to California. After that, all his races were in California. He never did run back east.” A curious aside, all these years, Barnes never learned the origin of “Snake’s” nickname. “We met in New York and he already was called ‘Snake’ by these guys from Virginia, but I never did know why.” “Snake” had his right leg amputated due to a blood clot in 2015, and Barnes understandably looked after him like a brother until he died on February 19th 2016. Before McDaniel died, Barnes had asked one of the country’s leading trainers if he would contribute for a motorized chair that would provide “Snake” mobility. Revealing the respect Barnes has earned from peers of all colors and ethnic backgrounds, the trainer agreed without hesitation, adding, “Get him the best one there is.” Some octogenarians wind their way through life in wheelchairs or walkers, but not Barnes. Call it good genes or good luck or a combination of both, but Barnes has the mind and maneuverability of a scholar/athlete, a rare cognate in any era. Every morning at Santa Anita, he can be found at his day job: assistant starter. “I worked for a lot of different starters,” he said. “Tucker Slender, Jay Slender’s dad, give me my first job here. I worked for Tucker with Quarter Horses up at Bay Meadows when they had night racing back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I was the first black guy to work on a starting gate in the United States. “When horses come to us on the track in the mornings, they’re at what is called a ‘petting gate.’ Horses that have caused a problem at the gate in the afternoon are on the starter’s list and are brought to the petting gate to try and settle them down and find out exactly what’s wrong before they go back to the main gate for Jay to see and get them off the list. “But first we have to be satisfied the horse has done well at the petting gate before we OK it for Jay to look at and he clears it to start again.” Barnes also lends his services when there are full fields on race days. “If it’s a 13- or 14-horse field, I’ll help the other assistant starters,” Barnes said. “Otherwise, my day starts at seven in the morning when horses are being schooled, until 9:30. After that, if they’ve got big fields, I’ll work in the afternoons. If they don’t, then I’ll just come on home.” Best place to find him when not at the track? The golf course. “I’ve been playing 25 or 30 years,” he said. “I had a 12-handicap when I was younger and once shot an 80.” Barnes has escaped more than one dangerous incident dealing with rampageous Thoroughbreds all these years. His most serious happened in 1994. “A horse turned over in the gate with me and broke my left leg in seven places,” he said. “I still got a plate and screws in it from my knee to my ankle. “I was out probably a year. But I came back. It’s part of the job. I rode horses all my life and it’s like I told my wife when it happened, ‘It’s not about getting old in the game; the law of average catches up with you when you mess with these horses over a period of years.’ “That’s what I tell anybody. A guy says, ‘Oh, I work with horses and never got hurt.’ Well, you never worked with horses, because if you work with these animals, the law of average catches up with you and you WILL get hurt.” But his most famous escape act bordered on Houdini-esque and brought to mind Al Capone’s 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, only Huey, fortunately, lived to tell the tale, which also emanated in the Windy City, circa 1971.

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BREEDERS’ CUP FRIDAY

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Sat, Nov 5 SEN KEN MADDY STAKES (GIII) $100,000

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PROFILE “Ivan Puhich (a tall, lean, no-nonsense former Marine who fought on Okinawa in 1945) saved my life in a dice game at Washington Park in Chicago in the early ‘70s,” Barnes recalled. “I was working for a trainer called Buddy Hirsch at that time, and Ivan had jockey Bill Mahorney and we was just gambling, and I was winning probably, 17, 18 hundred dollars. “Those guys who were losing wanted me to keep gambling. They didn’t have nothing but nickels and dimes and quarters, but they wanted me to keep gambling so they could get their money back, but I said, ‘I’m not going to gamble here. You ain’t got no money to gamble with.’ “So one guy got mad at me and told me I couldn’t leave and he drew a straight razor on me. They were from East St. Louis and I knew they meant business. I saw Ivan and I hollered for him and he was getting a Racing Form out of one of those little metal contraptions you get a newspaper out of, and he said, ‘Who is that?’ and I said, ‘It’s Huey.’ He said, ‘Well, what do you want?’ I said, ‘Well, come over here, Ivan, I want to talk to you.’ “So he came over and said, ‘What do you want?’ I said, ‘Ivan, I done win all the money in the crap game and this guy sittin’ over here on the bucket, he don’t want me to leave.’ Ivan said, ‘Well, why?’ I said, ‘Because he told me I had to stay there so he can get his money back and I said they don’t have nothing but nickels and dimes.’ “Ivan said, ‘Are they your dice?’ and I told Ivan, ‘No. Them dice belong to them.’ So Ivan asked the guy, ‘Why can’t he leave?

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Barnes and the Charles Whittingham-trained Porterhouse

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He won the money with your dice.’ So the guy told Ivan, ‘Hey. I’m going to tell you the same thing I told him. He ain’t goin’ nowhere ‘cause if does’ -- and he cussed -‘I’ll pull your head off just like I’ll pull his off.’ “So Ivan grabbed a gun from inside his jacket and shot down in the ground right in front of all of us, and they backed up, and I just told Ivan, ‘Shoot that big fat sonofabitch on the bucket there,’ and Ivan said, ‘Get in the car,” and I said, ‘No, shoot him.’ He said, ‘Get in the car.’ I said, ‘Well give me the gun. I’ll shoot him.’ “That’s how Ivan saved my life. I went and got in the car and that was the end of that. I’m sorry Ivan’s in the shape he’s in now (on a walker after hip replacement surgery at the age of 89), but I love him.” Chalk that episode up to the ignorance of youth. “I was a young man when I came out here,” Barnes said. “I was like a wild horse

in a big field.” Barnes picked up a few shekels more legitimately than he did by shooting craps when he boxed as a bantamweight for three years in the 1950s and ‘60s in towns like Albany and Schenectady, on the outposts of Saratoga. “We weren’t pros,” he said. “We had no record. We just fought for the side money. (Eddie) Arcaro would bet a lot of money on this man here.” Barnes pointed to his friend, 83-year-old agent Vince DeGregory, who played basketball on the Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, Army team with legendary baseball underachiever Bob Uecker and three-time Duke All-American Dick Groat. Groat would go on to star at shortstop with the Pittsburgh Pirates and double play partner and 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski. “I haven’t talked to Groat since 1955,” said DeGregory, still a task master as an agent. But all these years later, DeGregory has pictures on his iPhone of him and Groat in their basketball skivvies and their starched military uniforms, eternally transfixed in youth. “Aside from the money,” Barnes said, “I liked to box to show what skills I had.” Before and after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Barnes experienced firsthand racial maelstroms from Florida to California. “Miami, they didn’t even allow a black man on the street at 12 o’clock in the afternoon in the ‘50s,” he said. “They would stop you and they would tell you quick, ‘Hey, we gonna go down the street here and turn around, and when we come back, we don’t want to see no shadow.’

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PROFILE “They meant it. ‘Cause if you didn’t, them cops down there would hit you upside the head with a nightstick, or on the leg or knee. They didn’t care whether they broke your arm or what. “In a way it’s improved all these years later, but in a way, it hasn’t. When I came to California in ‘54, this place was the most prejudiced place in the world. They had bathrooms for white women and white men and bathrooms for black women and black men. “The kitchen had ropes up where blacks could sit, and when Arcaro talked to us when we had coffee in the mornings, he said, ‘Well why are you guys all sitting over here like this?’ “We said, ‘People don’t like us over there.’ Arcaro would sit and talk with us when we was in New York every morning, but when he saw us here, he said, ‘What kind of s— is this?’ “I said, ‘I don’t know, but I been through it once. I just do what they say.’ And he went and told the owner of a two-year-old I was riding that he ‘couldn’t talk to them boys from New York I came out here with.’ “When the owner went there and seen it for herself, she told them in the office, ‘When I come back here in the afternoon I don’t want to see a sign nowhere, black or white.’” Trainer Bruce Headley, now 82, remembers Hollywood Park when he was just a naïve teenager of 16. “I saw signs on the restrooms for blacks and whites, so I went into one for blacks to see what the difference was,” he said. “There wasn’t no difference.” Whittingham, who died on April 22, 1999, set the global standard for trainers. His records are the stuff of legend, but the jaw-dropper is this: He won the San Juan Capistrano Handicap an amazing 14 times, starting in 1957 with Cornhusker and Arcaro, and through 1989 with Nasr El Arab and Patrick Valenzuela. (The next year, 1990, Charlie’s son, Michael, won it with Delegant, ridden by a 20-year-old Kent Desormeaux). Whittingham won the San Juan five straight years from 1983 through 1987. Barnes credits another Whittingham star, Mister Gus, winner of the 1956 San Antonio Stakes, as a motivating force behind the greatness of Swaps, the California-bred that won the Kentucky Derby in 1955. “Mister Gus is the horse that made Swaps,” Barnes said. “Mister Gus would have the lead but when Swaps saw that, he would come after him and win the race. Swaps carried 130 pounds and Bill Shoemaker when he beat Mister Gus with 115 in the 1956 Hollywood Gold Cup, and Swaps beat him again with 130 when Mister Gus carried 111 in the 1956 American Handicap at Hollywood. Charlie got tired of it. “‘You know what?’ he said. ‘I can’t beat that sonofabitch, but next time we run, I’m going to send two horses after him,’ and he 74

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Willie Shoemaker, Charles Whittingham and connections following Ferdinand’s Breeders’ Cup Classic win in 1987

did. “That was in the Californian in 1956. Mister Gus went out there and the jock let him run, and Charlie’s other horse, Porterhouse, with Milo Valenzuela, set right next to Swaps and beat him, and they all blamed ‘Shoe,’ saying, ‘He went to sleep.’ You know how people are when you get beat on a good horse like that.” Believe it or not, Barnes says, Whittingham once had a dog named Mustache that could climb a ladder, fetch a bucket, and loved to mug for the camera in front of a TV crew. Barnes was devoted to Whittingham for more than his horsemanship. “He was like a father to me,” Barnes said. “I loved him. He cared about the sport. It wasn’t all about him. “Mr. Whittingham used to tell me, ‘You can’t run this game without the little man. I’ve got lots of good horses, but I’m not going to run them every day. You need the little guy to fill those races. Whittingham had so many good horses he used to flip a coin to see which one would run in what

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I taught Louie Cenicola how to ride. He became the exercise rider for John Henry. He was a great horse who won with a lot of weight

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stakes.” And horses back in the day carried weight. Ack Ack, Horse of the Year in 1971, toted 130 pounds to victory for Whittingham in the 1970 Santa Anita Handicap. Don’t hold your breath till a horse carries that impost again, although Barnes says weight is overrated and misconceived. “The only weight that hurts horses is dead weight,” he said. “Live weight doesn’t hurt ‘em. When I came out here I weighed 116, 117 pounds galloping horses.” Barnes, at 5’8½”, is about 40 pounds over his galloping weight these days. “I taught Louie Cenicola how to ride. He became the exercise rider for John Henry. He was a great horse who won with a lot of weight.” John Henry carried 130 when he won the 1982 Santa Anita Handicap through the disqualification of Perrault. Barnes, who wasn’t exactly a teetotaler, also had a good run with Fanning. “When he quit drinking, he was great,” Fanning said with an ear-to-ear smile at the recollection. “I don’t know how long he worked for me. It seemed like forever, until he got with the gate crew. But even when he was drinking, he was fun to be around.” Barnes has kinder memories. “Fanning put me on the map,” he said. “He showed me the way to go. He was like a father to me, too.” With common sense, human decency, and rock-ribbed values of yesteryear seemingly spurned today by cultures worldwide, Huey Barnes is an exception. He still stands tall. He has no intention of abandoning the principles that are his gold standard. His rod and his staff, they comfort him.

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PROFILE The past is the past. His future is now. “My father showed me how to be a man,” Barnes said. “He told me you’re not a man just because you can jump in a pair of pants. You have to respect yourself and respect other people.” Barnes has 48 years of longevity in his interracial marriage to his second wife, Jane, who hails from a town in North Dakota called Air, population 300. She is a librarian in Duarte, a few furlongs from Santa Anita. His first marriage of seven years was to Carla, a native of Puerto Rico. It wasn’t all Ozzie and Harriet. Carla once tried to take his life. “We were going through a divorce at the time,” Barnes remembered, “and she wanted to take the car, not for alimony, but to use it, and I needed it to go to the track. I told her to take a bus. I thought that was the end of it, but as I was shaving, she started calling me names and snuck up behind me with a butcher knife. “She was a good woman, but on the mean side.” Huey’s father, Frank Evans Barnes, was a New York cop for 27 years. Huey has three sons: Brian, 50, a motorcycle policeman with the Los Angeles Police Department; Lance, 40, who owns a silk screening business called LB Embroidery Company in the Bay Area; and Anthony, 45, who lives in Las Vegas. Barnes also has a daughter,

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I love the racetrack. It’s given me everything I’ve got. It took me places I couldn’t afford to go to or didn’t have the money to go, a lot of different places all over the world

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Leslie, 38, manager of a posh women’s shop in an upscale outdoor mall called The Grove in Beverly Hills. Barnes has six grandchildren, three boys and three girls, and two great-grandchildren. “I learned a lot of values from my father,” he said. “Then when I got to California, my grandfather, he taught me more, because my dad didn’t have that much time around me, but I was around that old man Ed Lambert till he died in the early ‘80s from a stroke. I went to the hospital to see him every day. “They don’t have values like that today, because these here young people respect nobody, not even themselves. This is what’s so bad about young people coming up these days. To have respect for other people,

you have to respect yourself first. When you respect yourself, then you can respect anything or everything. “I love the racetrack. It’s given me everything I’ve got. It took me places I couldn’t afford to go to or didn’t have the money to go, a lot of different places all over the world. There aren’t too many racetracks I haven’t been to, so I think I’m very fortunate. “A lot of guys around today, they might not never have the chance that I had. I went to different cities and different countries with good horses, some of the best horses in the country. “As long as I’m healthy and I’ve got the feelin’ and the desire to be here, I’m going to stay with it. But once you get that feeling that it’s nothing that interests you no more or you’re not happy with it, it’s time to do something else.” Despite more than eight decades fraught with transgressions, transformations, and now thankfully tranquility that brings peace of mind, Huey Barnes will never be in the Hall of Fame. But his memories should be. “I wouldn’t change my life for nothing,” he said, “except to save more money. But you don’t worry ‘bout that when you’re young. You think it’s gone on forever. “But would I have done anything else? “No.” n

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JOINT INJECTIONS Which medications give the best results?

Joint injuries are common conditions in all types of horses, and this very definitely includes the racehorse. There are always two or more bones coming together at a joint but joints are composed of various additional tissues: cartilage covers the end of the opposing bones and forms a smooth gliding surface for movement, and the joint capsule and ligaments support the joint, holding everything in place. Joints are lined by a synovial membrane. Cells within this membrane are responsible for producing synovial fluid, the lubricating fluid that is essential for joint health and movement. Any or all of these tissues can be involved in injury. When inflammation is confined to the lining membrane, this is termed “synovitis” and generally involves excessive fluid within the joint, and the chemical make-up of that fluid can be disrupted. The term “arthritis” implies that additional tissues are inflamed and can involve cartilage or bone. WORDS: PROFESSOR CElia M MaRR, EquinE VEtERinaRy JOuRnal PHOtOS: PROFESSOR CElia M MaRR, SaRaH POWEll, PEtER RaMzan (ROSSDalES llP, nEWMaRkEt, SuFFOlk)

OINT medications allow targeted treatment of one or more specific joints, particularly if initial rest and anti-inflammatory therapy do not resolve lameness. Drugs from the corticosteroid family are often used, in particular triamcinolone. Corticosteroids are very potent anti-inflammatories, reducing lameness and joint effusion in horses with synovitis arthritis and decreasing the production of destructive and proinflammatory factors in cartilage and synovial membrane. However, corticosteroids also have the potential to do harm and can have especially detrimental effects on cartilage. These negative effects are related to the type and dose of corticosteroid used, the frequency of repeated administration, and to joint loading after injection. Research studies indicate that triamcinolone (TA), a corticosteroid with medium duration of action, has the most favorable effect in terms of equine cartilage metabolism compared to other corticosteroid preparations like methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) and betamethasone, and therefore, most vets choose to use TA in preference to other preparations. Joint injection with hyaluronate (HA) is another popular treatment that can reduce lameness and provide clinical antiinflammatory and analgesic effects, without

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detriment to cartilage or the synovial membrane morphology. HA is not a corticosteroid. In fact, HA is made by the body naturally, and it acts as a “goo” within synovial fluid to maintain its lubricating function. When used as a medication, HA reduces joint friction and pain, and research suggests it blocks the release of inflammatory products from the synovial lining and might have a protective effect on cartilage. A common treatment strategy is to combine a corticosteroid with HA in a single joint injection. The theory is that addition of HA might minimize any potential negative effect of the corticosteroid on cartilage metabolism and/ or that the drug combination provides more effective alleviation of lameness than the corticosteroid alone. However, theories are not facts and, until recently, this assumption was never investigated in a large-scale randomized clinical trial in horses.

The Utrecht Joint Medication Study

A report recently published in Equine Veterinary Journal set out to find out whether the combination of TA and HA produced better long-term effects than TA alone. The

research study was led by Dr. Janny De Grauw from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and involved a collaborative effort with colleagues from local veterinary practices. Dr. De Grauw’s study was ambitious because it involved recruiting a large number of horses with naturally occurring joint inflammation whose owners were prepared to allow the vets not only to examine their horses on several occasions but also to randomly allocate the horses for treatment with either TA or TA plus HA. The study was actually performed in pleasure and sports horses but the results are also informative for racehorse trainers.

How was the clinical trial performed?

Horses and ponies aged two years and older were screened for eligibility for the clinical trial based on the following four criteria: 1. The horse had lameness of at least grade 2 on a 0-5 scale, lameness localized to one limb only; 2. Only one joint was involved of pastern, fetlock, middle carpal, or antebrachiocarpal joints, which make up the knee; 3. Joint blocks confirmed that the lameness was localized to this joint; 4. The owner was willing for the horse to receive intra-articular medication. Horses were excluded from their trial if they had a joint injection in the same joint within four weeks prior to screening or if

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there were any specific reasons why joint medication with corticosteroids might be harmful to that individual, such as if there was joint infection, fractures or fissures, or laminitis. Some horses were initially included but had to be excluded after treatment began, for example if they developed additional lameness relating to another joint before the trial was finished. Horses were also excluded if they were given additional medications such as phenybutazone (bute), polysulphated glycosaminoglycans, or nutraceuticals within three weeks of the trial joint medication. The medications were injected into the injured joint in a routine manner and afterwards horses were restricted to stall rest for the day of treatment, then underwent a controlled walking exercise program for three weeks. They were then re-examined by the same vet to assess lameness and effusion scores. Three months later, the owners

completed a standardized questionnaire by phone.

How was success measured?

Clinical success rate was defined as the proportion of patients that showed > 2 grades reduction of lameness three weeks after treatment compared to pre-treatment lameness score. Dr. De Grauw also looked at reduction in lameness and effusion scores at three weeks compared to baseline, and the proportion of horses that had returned to their previous level of performance at three months.

And the results wereâ&#x20AC;Ś

After randomization, 41 patients were assigned to the TA group and 39 to the TA plus HA group but because a few horses dropped out along the way, by the end of the three-month trial, there were 37 in the TA group and 34 in the TA plus HA

group. Lameness and effusion scores were lower at three weeks compared to baseline in both, indicating that both treatments were effective for short-term reduction of lameness and effusion. However, significantly more horses that received IA injection of TA alone were classified as treatment success after three weeks than horses receiving TA plus HA. Indeed, 35.9% in the TA plus HA group had no or only a partial response compared to 12.2% in the TA group. Despite this, by three months there was no difference found between the medication groups: around half the horses had returned to their previous level of performance, and this was 51.4% in the TA alone horses and 48.5% in the TA plus HA horses.

Adverse events

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VETERINARY to skin and subcutaneous swelling only, and one horse also had fever. Of these four patients, three had received TA alone and one had received TA plus HA. The incidence of adverse drug-related events was not statistically different between treatment groups.

What conclusions can be drawn from this clinical trial?

Swelling is the hallmark of joint injury

This x-ray shows osteophytes or â&#x20AC;&#x153;bone spursâ&#x20AC;? at the joint margins that are evidence of chronic joint damage

This difference in short-term clinical efficacy was substantial with TA alone producing the better short-term effects. However, by three months, only half the horses were back in full work regardless of treatment assignment. This long-term outcome is in line with other studies but it is important to bear in mind that these were mainly sport horses treated with one injection, and the long-term effects of synovitis and arthritis cannot be directly extrapolated to racehorses. But relevant conclusions that racehorse trainers can draw from the study are that corticosteroids provide their potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects for a limited period of time after joint injection. In this patient population, there was no added benefit in terms of lameness reduction in combining TA plus HA for treatment of joint lameness, and that in fact fewer horses responded favorably to the combination treatment in the short term. This outcome was unexpected, as previous small studies in human patients and horses with traumatic joint injury suggested that HA did provide benefit. Dr. De Grauw speculated on potential causes for the poorer results with combination therapy. It is possible that each drug was blocking the otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chemical action, and injecting two drugs involves a greater volume and might cause dilution of the active ingredients or even leakage of drugs out of the joint through the needles as one is injected after the other. Dr. De Grauw also suggested it was possible the HA, which was injected second, might be causing inflammation either directly or because this involved more manipulation of the needle.

The future?

In this horse with coffin joint arthritis, the x-ray reveals the bones only, and the extent of the cartilage damage can only be seen with MRI. Compare the irregular appearance of the cartilage (white band) in the damaged lower joint with the much more uniform appearance of the joint surface in the pastern joint above 80

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Much of the evidence we use to support treatment decisions in equine medicine comes from small-scale studies or often, studies performed on experimental animals. This study is important because it shows that clinical trials in naturally occurring cases may produce unexpected results. Testing treatment outcomes in large-scale trials using real cases is much the best way to gather evidence for or against treatments. This can be very difficult to achieve because it involves considerable time and money, and horse owners and trainers are naturally concerned about allowing their horse to have its treatment determined by a random process. This trial was performed in sport horses but it shows that it can be done and there is a need for a similar trial in racehorses. n

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HANDICAPS

An international perspective Owners and trainers have been skirmishing with race secretaries over weight assignments for their horses forever. This isn’t a battle confined to North America. In the United Kingdom, horsemen must deal with the handicappers of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) who give horses a rating after every single race on a weekly basis. Other countries in Europe do too. And in Hong Kong, racing secretaries from more than 20 countries gather every December to produce worldwide ratings, which they do after much squabbling. What’s a horseman to do?

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FTER Sam Riddle’s threeyear-old Man o’ War won the 1920 Potomac Handicap by a length and a half carrying 138 pounds – spotting secondplace finisher Wildair 30 pounds – Riddle asked Racing Secretary Walter Vosburgh what weight he would assign Man o’ War if he returned to race as a four-year-old. Vosburgh said since Man o’ War had already won with 138, he’d have to give Man o’ War more weight than he’d ever assigned. Riddle responded by retiring his great champion, with a final record of 20 victories and one second in 21 starts. Nearly a century later, handicaps are an endangered species in North America. You can almost hear Kelso and Forego snickering at the winning horse’s weight in many of racing’s most prestigious and historic handicaps. This year, Melatonin won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap carrying 115 pounds. Seven prior Santa Anita Big Cap winners carried 130 pounds to victory: Seabiscuit (1940), Thumbs Up (1945), Mark-Ye-Well (1953), Round Table (1958), Ack Ack (1971), Spectacular Bid (1980), and John Henry (1982). Since John Henry, 18 Big Cap winners carried 120 pounds or less. Frosted won this year’s Grade 1 Met Mile in spectacular fashion carrying 120. Thirteen different horses carried 130 or more to win the Met, including Forego, who won the ’76 Mile carrying 130 and the ’77 Mile toting 133. Devil Diver won three consecutive Miles from 1943-45. In ’44, he won with 134. Kelso won in 1961 with 130. Last year, Green Gratto won the Grade 3 Fall Highweight Handicap at Aqueduct carrying 124 pounds. First run at Belmont Park in 1914, the Fall Highweight Handicap was devised to test accomplished horses with the racing secretary assigning the highweight at least 140 pounds. That, of course, didn’t mean the highweight always competed in the

stakes. Ironically, the first Fall Highweight Handicap winner carried 110 pounds: the two-year-old filly Comely. She is one of four Fall Highweight Handicap winners who have a graded New York stakes named for them, along with True North, King’s Bishop, and Honorable Miss. Before the Breeders’ Cup Sprint was first run in 1984, the Fall Highweight Handicap had a major influence on the Sprint Championship. Four Fall Highweight Handicap winners, all fillies, accounted for five championships: Ta Wee (1969 and 1970), Chou Croute (1972), What a Summer (1977), and Gold Beauty (1982). Ta Wee won carrying 130 and 140 pounds. The days of horses carrying 140 pounds or even more than 130 seem long gone. “Handicaps are really a thing of the past,” said Santa Anita’s director of racing Mike Lakow, who also worked for the New York Racing Association (NYRA) for 15 years.

“I do miss the old days. The foal crop was 50 percent larger then. There were stronger high-end horses. Now we’re struggling. Some of the Grade 1s appear to be weak.” But Lakow is also a realist. “Things always seem great in the past,” he said. “It’s just a new ballgame.” Martin Panza, who was the racing secretary at Hollywood Park before becoming the NYRA’s senior vice president of racing operations in October, 2013, couldn’t agree more. “It’s just a completely different game than it was 30 or 40 years ago,” he said. “There weren’t that many races, that many opportunities. They had no choice but to put the grandstand on Kelso. We don’t live in that world anymore. Now, Kelso would run five times a year and point to the Breeders’ Cup and the Dubai World Cup. He wouldn’t run carrying a ton of weight and he wouldn’t need to. Back then, those opportunities didn’t exist. It was a different world.”

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Forego carrying 137 pounds, and jockey Bill Shoemaker, caught Honest Pleasure at the wire on a sloppy Belmont Park track to win the 1976 Marlboro Cup

Tom Robbins, the racing secretary at Del Mar, put it this way: “You had a more trapped audience. You could get away with 130 because there weren’t so many opportunities and people didn’t want to fly to another track. In handicap races today, you’re really trying to satisfy the horsemen and owners to think they have a chance. The guy at the top (in weights) doesn’t feel penalized, so he’ll compete. We’re trying to create a more equal field.” Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, whose twotime Horse of the Year Cigar twice carried 130 pounds to victory during his recordtying 16-race winning streak, suggests Grade 1 stakes shouldn’t be handicaps. “I think all the Grade 1s should be equal weight,” he said. “You’re trying to bring them all together. For a handicapper or a player, it’s a different perspective. I understand that. But I am a trainer. The handicaps should be saved for Grade 2 and Grade 3s.” The idea of the handicap persists: make races as competitive as possible, not only for horsemen, but bettors as well. “We have people gambling on this,” Panza said. “You wouldn’t have Tiger Woods equal weights with Joe Blow. Our purse money comes from our handle, so you have to weigh them so a lightweight should have a shot to win. You’re trying to make it enticing so they can bet on it. If it’s weight-for-age, wagering vs. a 1-9 shot doesn’t really cut it.” Yet racing secretaries have to be judicious. “When you put a lot of weight on a horse, even if it’s Cigar or Zenyatta, you don’t want to put dead weight on them to make them lose,” Panza said. “It can affect the outcome of the race. We’re not in the breeding business. You try to look at horses and say, ‘Look, this is what the horse should weigh.’ Every horse gets beat sometimes. Was it the weight, or was it because he was five-wide on the turn or his last work wasn’t good?” Lakow is still kicking himself for his weight assignment for the 1992 Met Mile: “I assigned Dixie Brass, a three-year-old, 84

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107, and he won and I never forgave myself. He got a lot of weight (12 from secondplace Pleasant Tap and 14 from third-place In Excess). It’s good for the bettors and the handicappers, but I don’t like the low weight winning the race.” That’s exactly what happened in the 1977 Whitney Handicap on a sloppy track when another three-year-old, Nearly On Time, won with 103 pounds including jockey Steve Cauthen. In one of the classiest decisions ever made by an owner, Martha Gerry let Forego run on a track she knew he probably would dislike. She didn’t want to disappoint fans at Saratoga, where Forego had raced only once four years earlier when he finished third in an allowance race. Carrying a career-high-tying 138 pounds, 35 more than Nearly On Time, Forego never handled the track, finishing last in the field of seven, breaking a streak of 15 consecutive finishes in the money and 46 races finishing fourth or better. Left unexplained is how racing demands that three-year-olds carry 126 pounds in all three Triple Crown races, including the mileand-a-half Belmont Stakes, and that older horses very rarely carry that much weight even as the top weight in handicaps. “They (three-year-olds) can carry 126 pounds in all the Triple Crown races,” Panza said. “Now a trainer has a heart attack if you put 123 on them.” Lakow said, “I remember putting 129 pounds on an Allen Jerkens mare, a real good mare, and he didn’t blink. If you assign that weight these days, I expect the horse would get on a van and go somewhere else to run. A majority of the races in New York when I was there were handicaps. I probably lost a lot of years in my life from talking to trainers afterwards.” Panza mentioned another factor in the decline of handicaps: “Jockeys can’t do light weights.” Lakow added, “The jocks are bigger. They don’t make the weight.” Of course, steeplechase riders never have that problem. Be it incongruous or irrelevant

that steeplechase horses routinely carry 150 pounds while jumping over a dozen or so fences in distance races longer than two miles, the inference is that horses in handicap races wouldn’t break down from carrying more weight than they do. It’s a different world in the United Kingdom, where handicappers for the BHA rate every horse after every race, not just handicaps and stakes, every week. During the height of the flat season, nine handicappers work on the flat and three on the jump ratings. In the winter, the three jump handicappers switch to the flat. In the BHA’s own words, the handicappers’ goals include “achieving a competitive race with a close finish with a view to providing an exciting sporting spectacle. We want owners, trainers and the betting public to feel their horse has a chance of winning for as long as possible in a race” and “to set an interesting puzzle that the public finds intriguing to solve.” At the same time, the BHA wants “to be as open as possible with trainers and owners seeking information about their horse’s handicap rating.” To qualify for a rating, a horse must race at least three times in a flat race in Britain. So a first-time starter must race three times to get

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When you put a lot of weight on a horse, even if it’s Cigar or Zenyatta, you don’t want to put dead weight on them to make them lose

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his first rating. And that can cause problems. “If we were starting from scratch, this wouldn’t be the program we’d start with because I believe to have competitive racing, you need to get as many horses with a chance of winning,” English trainer Stuart Williams, who has a stable of 40 horses, said. “With the system we have now, 50 percent of our horses in maiden races really don’t have a chance to win. I think there should be a variety of races. This is a personal view of mine. “We used to have auction races, maiden races where the weight you carry relates to what sales price your horse had. There was a sliding scale with a 12-to-14 pound split. They used to do that quite a lot. Now the guy who spends £5,000 on a horse is going to run in a maiden race against a millionpound horse. I don’t think that’s fair.” Williams believes that English racing is too dependent on handicaps. “I think we kind of rely a little too much on handicaps,” he said. “I’d say 90 percent of our races are handicaps. I think that’s to our detriment. They want races that suit the punters.” Ilka Gansera-Leveque, who is the only

HANDICAPS female trainer in the U.K. who is also a veterinarian, voiced a similar concern. “The whole game here is about the gambler,” she said. Gansera-Leveque, who is 39 and has a stable of 12 horses in Newmarket, spent 12 years in the United States working for Tom Skiffington, Angel Penna Jr., Christophe Clement, Mike Hushion, Chuck Simon, and Monty Roberts. “I wish it was like America in Europe,” she said. “I kind of hate the handicapping system. Trainers are constantly trying to beat the handicapper. Some guys are known for this. They say `Give him three quiet runs.’” The logic is simple: poor performances result in lower ratings. “They always think things are better here,” Gansera-Leveque said. “You need to lose to win. I want to win every time. So I wish I was in an American world where I can try to win every time. If an offer came from America, I would take it.” Even so, trainers in the U.K. and other

racing countries throughout Europe and Asia know how their horses are rated. Surprisingly, North American’s racing secretaries have also been rating top horses since 1998 in almost absolute anonymity under the auspices of The Jockey Club. Nuclear launch codes should be as hard to find as these numbers. These are not to be confused with the Experimental Free Handicap, which annually weighs top two-year-olds before their threeyear-old season begins but are never updated; nor with the North American Graded Stakes Committee, which annually reviews graded and non-graded stakes to see if they should be changed for the following year. These are weekly ratings of the North American Rating Committee (NARC), composed of five racing secretaries. To find the figures, go online to www. Equineline.com, then click on “Free Services.” At the very bottom of the second

column, you’ll see “NARC Ratings.” For a racing entity, “NARC” could be the worst acronym ever. But even though you might first think you’re going to see a Hall of Fame of drug agents and officers, you will see the North American ratings for six divisions for both horse sexes at various distances on both dirt and turf. NARC, which has excellent geographical representation, is chaired by Tom Robbins of Del Mar. He’s currently joined by Martin Panza from New York, P.J. Campo from Gulfstream Park, Ben Huffman from Kentucky, and Steve Lym from Woodbine. Previously, Lakow served on the committee, from 1994 to 2005. “I was impressed that no one had done that before,” Lakow said. “That’s one tool the Graded Stakes Committee uses.” Why does virtually no one know about it? The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s weekly Top Ten and Three-

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RACING Year-Old Top Ten lists are widely followed. “It’s public information, but it’s not easy to find,” Robbins, who chairs the committee, laughed. “Some people know about it. We get calls from English and Irish trainers asking what our ratings are for certain horses. It was a committee that was formed before my time by Howard Battle. The purpose of it was to integrate our racing with international racing. Our jobs as race secretaries are different than in Europe.” Robbins said the NARC ratings are used for reference material in compiling the

Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, which was formed in 2003. The rankings are done twice annually. In the 2016 rankings announced in January, A Shin Hikari of Japan was top-rated at 129. America’s own California Chrome and the Australian horse Winx were rated at 126. Four horses were tied at 124: Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, Maurice from Japan, British-trained Postponed, and the Hong Kong-based Werther. The next rating was scheduled to be released on July 14th.

The iconic Australian racehorse Phar Lap, with champion heavyweight jockey Jim Pike up

The Great Weight Don’t we all miss the days of Kelso and Forego? “Probably everyone does,” Martin Panza, the New York Racing Association’s senior vice president of racing operations, said. “But doesn’t that happen with everyone remembering their childhood? Maybe every generation does that.” Tom Robbins, the racing secretary at Del Mar and chairman of the North American Rating Committee, remembers it this way about weight-carrying champions and their connections: “Some felt honored to be weighted so high; others would scream if they’re one or two pounds too high.” Kelso, a five-time Horse of the Year, and three-time Horse of the Year Forego became racing legends in the early 1960s and mid-1970s, respectively. But there were many great weight carriers before these two geldings dominated horseracing. In handicaps through today, 130 pounds has been a benchmark, frequently separating good horses and champions. That’s what two-time Horse of the Year Cigar carried twice to victory in 1996, capturing the Mass Cap by 2¼ lengths and the Citation

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Challenge by 3½ during his record-tying 16-race winning streak. “He was a good enough horse,” his Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said. “It was good to see him do it.” Asked if Cigar would have raced carrying more than 130, Mott said, “He would have run.” But 140? That’s the weight the brilliant mare Ta Wee carried when she beat males for the second consecutive year in the 1970 Fall Highweight Handicap. Exterminator carried 140 in the 1922 Independence Handicap and finished sixth by 12 lengths. Earlier that year, he had won the Kentucky Handicap with 138. In 1968, Dr. Fager delivered a performance which rivals Secretariat’s 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes as perhaps the most impressive single race ever run. Making his final career start in the 1968 Vosburgh Handicap at Aqueduct on November 2nd, 1968, Dr. Fager carried a career-high 139 pounds to a six-length victory in an incredible, track-record 1:20 1/5 for seven furlongs. It was Dr. Fager’s fourth consecutive victory,

Last year, Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner American Pharoah was the top-rated horse in the world at 134 for intermediate distances, four more pounds than Great Britain’s Golden Horn. For the past 12 years, Robbins has been involved in those international ratings. “In early December, for about five or six days, every country that does the ratings get together in Hong Kong,” he said. “For 10 hours a day, 22 countries argue about horseracing. We might argue for two hours about a single number. It’s brutal.” n following one win with 132 and two with 134. Two other legendary horses won stakes carrying 138 pounds: Man o’ War when he captured the 1920 Potomac Handicap; and Phar Lap, the Australian sensation who won the 1930 Melbourne Cup – the twomile race that “stops a nation” on the first Tuesday in November – as a four-year-old with 138 pounds. Phar Lap, who was third the year before, was the shortest-priced favorite in the history of the race first run in 1861. He won despite a failed effort to shoot him. He was kept in hiding and showed up at Flemington Racecourse an hour before the race. As a five-year-old in 1932, Phar Lap was assigned a shocking 150 pounds, five more than Carbine carried on the way to his Melbourne Cup victory in 1890, still the most carried by a winner. Phar Lap finished eighth. Phar Lap’s next race was his last, the Agua Caliente Handicap in Tijuana, Mexico. Phar Lap set a track record winning for the 37th time in his 51-race career, but died 16 days later under mysterious circumstances either by poison or illness. How have other champions performed carrying 130 pounds or more? Here’s a rundown in alphabetical order, with the horse’s top weight in parentheses and best finish position, if not a victory, at that high weight: Affirmed: 2-for-2 (132); Assault: 3-for-3 (135); Buckpasser: 2-for-4 (136 – second); Cigar: 2-for-2 (130); Citation: 0-for-4 (132 – second); Curlin: 1-for-1 (132); Damascus: 3-for-6 (134 twice); Dr. Fager: 7-for-8 (139); Equipoise: 3-for-5 (134 – second); Exterminator: 20-for-35 (140 – sixth); Forego: 13-for-22 (138 twice – second); Goldikova: 1-for-2 (131); John Henry: 1-for-3 (130); Kelso: 10-for-20 (136 twice); Man o’ War: 8-for-9 (138); Nashua: 0-for-2 (130 – fourth); Native Dancer: 2-for-2 (137); Omaha: 1-for-2 (134 – second); Ouija Board: 1-for-3 (131); Seabiscuit: 7-for-12 (133 twice); Seattle Slew: 1-for-1 (134); Sir Barton: 5-for-9 (135 – third); Skip Away: 1-for-1 (131); Spectacular Bid: fivefor-five (132 twice); Swaps: 6-for-7 (130); Tom Fool: 4-for-4 (136); Twilight Tear: 0-for-1 (130 – fourth); War Admiral: 3-for-4 (132); Whirlaway: 5-for-11 (132 twice – second).

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Management of respiratory disease

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Respiratory disease is common in racehorses in training, as it is in most young domestic animal species. Both the incidence and prevalence of respiratory disease in racehorses vary widely between yards and between years, but the reasons, including causes of the disease, underlying this variation are not defined. WORDS: THOMAS O’KEEFFE PHOTOS: THOMAS O’KEEFFE

LARGE thoroughbred galloping at full speed consumes huge amounts of oxygen. Maximal airflow at full speed can exceed 1,800 litres of air per minute, and during this type of exercise the horse will seek each minute to extract in excess of 70 litres of pure oxygen. Anything that impairs the amount of air delivered to the lung from the nostrils will negatively impact athletic ability. Similarly anything that limits the amount of oxygen, which can diffuse across the membrane into the bloodstream itself, may cause the horse to fatigue and reduce speed. Inflammatory airway disease (IAD) is characterised by poor exercise performance in association with the presence of excessive amounts of tracheal mucopus in the small airways. IAD is a syndrome rather than a disease and the aetiology has been shown to be multifactorial. Studies focusing on individual agents suggest the possible involvement of viral infection, bacterial infection, and environmental loading of the respiratory system as well as dysregulation of inflammatory processes. Previous studies focusing on the aetiology of IAD have shown a strong association between bacteria isolated from tracheal wash fluid and the occurrence of disease. As a result of the common occurrence of IAD in young racehorses in training and the debilitating effect it has on performance, I have undertaken a study reviewing the antimicrobial sensitivity data from all tracheal lavage samples submitted to Beaufort Cottage Laboratories in Newmarket, England over a two-year period. I aimed to identify the commonly isolated pathogens from young racehorses in training and to assess their sensitivity to commonly used antibiotics in the treatment of respiratory disease in the racehorse. It has been proven that bacteria play a significant role in the inflammatory airway disease syndrome in young thoroughbreds. My principal goal was to demonstrate that knowledge of isolate prevalence and anti-microbial susceptibility data aids the clinician in managing racehorse respiratory health. 90

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Introduction to current study

Respiratory disease is a major source of wastage in the racing industry, being implicated as second only to musculoskeletal disease as a cause of lost training days and significant veterinary costs. As a result of the difficulty in defining the exact causative agent of lower respiratory tract disease in many cases, the term “inflammatory airway disease” has gained parlance. In clinical practice, respiratory diseases are often poorly characterised. Failure to identify causal agents accurately may lead to inappropriate therapeutic and preventative measures being undertaken. This, in turn, may delay recovery, increase incidence of disease in the population, and incur additional costs. Moderate to high levels of mucus have been shown to have a negative effect on performance; with the theory proposed that mucus can interfere with O2 exchange. The primary objective of the study

was to document aerobic bacterial isolate and antimicrobial susceptibility data obtained from thoroughbred racehorses, in order to assist with practical decision making in management of barn respiratory health.

Study design

A retrospective analysis of bacteriological data from all tracheal aspirates submitted from local thoroughbred racehorses by veterinarians from a single practice to Beaufort Cottage Laboratories from 20142015 was undertaken. Bacterial isolates and results from disc diffusion (Kirby-Bauer method) sensitivity tests were analysed. In this study there was no attempt made to correlate bacteriological findings with cytological assessment of disease status.

Results

During the period of analysis, 220 samples were submitted from thoroughbred

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It has been proven that bacteria play a significant Thomas O’Keeffe performs an role in the inflammatory endoscopy; when conducted on a sample airway disease syndrome in of horses it’s a useful way of assessing a young thoroughbreds yard’s health

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Clinicians are currently unable to provide even basic evidence-based advice on the prevalence of bacteria species in horses affected with IAD and the efficacy of commonly used antibiotics against routinely isolated respiratory pathogens. This study has provided answers to some of these questions. It has been demonstrated that an accurate diagnosis of lower respiratory disease is achieved by performing both tracheal wash and bronchoalveolar lavage simultaneously. However, this is rarely practicable in a first opinion setting. The only practical and rapid method of sampling lower airway secretions is transendoscopic tracheal lavage (tracheal wash). Mucus and inflammatory cells accumulate in the natural “sump” of the trachea at the thoracic inlet; instillation of 10-30mls isotonic saline into the lower trachea through a catheter passed from the working channel of the endoscope allows harvesting of this material. A limitation of this study is that the indication for endoscopic examination and tracheal lavage collection and submission in these cases is unknown. Whilst it may be presumed correctly that it is in the management of IAD, factors such as the horse’s clinical signs, stage of treatment, and exercise level were unknown at the time of sample submission. However, despite these limitations, it is my opinion that the information yielded by this study is valuable in advising clinicians on bacterial prevalence and anti-microbial efficacy in a clinical practice setting.

Conclusions and practical significance

racehorses. Of these, 194 (88%) samples yielded bacterial growth with the total number of bacterial isolates identified being 479. Antimicrobial sensitivity testing was performed on 153 samples. Alphahaemolytic streptococci cultured from 59% of samples accounted for 27% of the isolates, beta-haemolytic streptococci cultured from 38% of samples, accounted for 17.5%, pasteurella spp. cultured from 54% of samples accounted for 25%, and actinobacillus spp cultured from 8% of samples accounted for 4% of the isolates. Near-total susceptibility of betahaemolytic streptococci isolates to enrofloxacin and ceftiofur was documented, with oxytetracycline and trimethoprim/ sulfa showing comparatively less efficacy. Pasteurella spp. displayed similar neartotal susceptibility to enrofloxacin, oxytetracycline, and ceftiofur. There was no observed trend of increasing antimicrobial resistance of any major isolate.

Discussion

The effective management of lower respiratory tract disease is one of the primary day-to-day challenges encountered by clinicians working with thoroughbreds in training. It is now broadly accepted that the aetiology of lower respiratory tract disease in thoroughbreds in training, although multifactorial, has a large infectious component and that bacterial infection is implicated to a greater extent than viral infection.

The results should be considered as in vitro bacteriological data from horses across a range of disease states. The relative prevalence of the major isolates was consistent with bacterial species known to be associated with respiratory disease in thoroughbreds. The antimicrobial susceptibility data is of use in planning the management of respiratory health in groups of young thoroughbreds.

Significant for Racehorse Health and Performance

Young immunologically naïve racehorses entering the training environment and exposed to respiratory challenge (mixing populations, housing, and exercise) are susceptible to opportunistic pathogens and may develop lower airway

Anti-microbiAl susceptibility dAtA Anti-microbial Trimethoprim/sulfa Oxytetracycline Doxycycline Ceftiofur Enrofloxacin

Total Isolates Sensitive 109 129 140 146 148

Total isolates 153 153 153 153 153

% Efficacy 71% 84% 91% 95% 97%

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VETERINARY infection. The principal bacteria species involved (streptococcus zooepidemicus, streptococcus pneumoniae, pasteurella spp.) occur widely in normal racehorse populations but particular strains may act as opportunistic pathogens. Other bacteria (i.e. bordatella) may be primary respiratory pathogens. The risk of developing lower airway disease has been shown to decrease with age and time in training, as immunity to common bacterial and viral pathogens develops. Management of lower airway disease in the racehorse is influenced by the age of the horse, stage of racing season, proximity to race targets, and economic constraints. Endoscopic findings and clinical history help clinicians determine whether to treat as primarily an infectious or inflammatory condition. The results of this study help guide clinicians in their decision-making regarding treating horses in training. Aggressive treatment is usually reserved for horses in fast exercise when poor performance or interruption to training is undesirable. This study has shown that broad spectrum antimicrobials (oxytetracycline, fluoroquinolones) and third generation cephalosporins have greater efficacy than potentiated sulphonamides for common respiratory pathogens. Validated protocols do not exist regarding exercise programs for racehorses that are

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suffering from lower airway disease and are on treatment; however, usually a reduction in the level of exercise that the horse is on is commonly observed. Cantering may continue, but avoidance of fast exercise and racing during course of disease is recommended. A generalised increase in coughing or poor racing performance may warrant wider investigation and/or treatment within the yard. Endoscopy, including tracheal lavage collection, of a sample of horses, including those thought to be healthy, is a useful method of assessing yard health. The laboratory data from this study is useful in guiding clinicians as bacterial opportunistic pathogens naturally circulate in racing yards. Biosecurity measures intended to eradicate infection are unrealistic but minimising shedding, spread, and exposure may be beneficial. It is inevitable that a large proportion of

two-year-olds will be affected at some stage in the racing season. It is preferable to introduce yearlings into the yard only after the end of the main racing season, especially if there is to be close proximity to older horses. Establishing a quarantine protocol for new entrants during racing season is also important.

Conclusions

The first aim of clinicians in the management of respiratory health of racehorses is to reduce susceptibility to disease with appropriate vaccination programs, biosecurity, and air hygiene. Secondly, they aim to speed recovery time with appropriate medication and exercise modification so that total lost training days are minimised. Most episodes of lower airway disease are self-limiting, and regardless of management resolve within several weeks. A small proportion of horses display persistent disease due to either recurrent infections or to non-septic lower airway reactivity. The racehorse clinician must work in collaboration with the trainer to ensure that management practices are optimal for reducing the incidence of disease, and that when presented with clinical cases, the horses are treated effectively to minimise lost training days. Hopefully, the data from this study will help clinicians in their decisionmaking with respect to management of yard respiratory health. n

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S S R R R

Gr 3 L

01-Aug-16 03-Aug-16 04-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 17-Aug-16 19-Aug-16 20-Aug-16 28-Aug-16 04-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 24-Sep-16 24-Sep-16 24-Sep-16 08-Oct-16 14-Oct-16

$100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $175,000 $175,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $150,000 $100,000

3F 2 3 2F 2 3+ 2F 2 3+ 3 + FM 2F 2 CG 3+ 2 2F 2 2 F&M 3+ 2 (VA bred) 3+ F&M (VA bred) 3+ (VA bred) 3+ 3+ F&M

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06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 12-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16

$100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $200,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 €50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000

3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3F 2F 2 3+ F&M (LA Bred) 2 (LA Bred) 2 F (LA Bred) 3+ ( LA Bred) 3F 2 (OH Bred) 2F 2 CG 2CF 3+ 2 3+ 2 C&G (IA bred)

28-Jul-16 04-Aug-16 21-Jun-16 20-Aug-16 20-Aug-16 01-Sep-16 24-Aug-16 10-Oct-16 15-Jan-17 15-Jan-17 12-Feb-17 12-Feb-17 26-Feb-17 26-Feb-17

5½f (1100m)

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Closing 25-Jul-16 07-Sep-16 07-Sep-16 07-Sep-16

28-Jul-16 29-Jul-16 29-Jul-16 05-Aug-16

25-Aug-16 29-Aug-16 29-Aug-16 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-16 07-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 28-Sep-16

6f (1200m) 25-Jul-16 25-Jul-16 25-Jul-16 25-Jul-16 CALL OFFICE CALL OFFICE CALL OFFICE 23-Jul-16 23-Jul-16 23-Jul-16 23-Jul-16

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Track Prairie Meadows Thistledown Arapahoe Park Monmouth Park Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Deauville Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Del Mar Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Belterra Park Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Monmouth Park Monmouth Park Woodbine Del Mar Parx Racing Parx Racing Haydock Park Presque Isle Downs Saratoga Monmouth Park Ruidoso Downs Laurel Park Finger Lakes Finger Lakes Delaware Park Delaware Park Belterra Park Woodbine Zia Park Woodbine Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Churchill Downs Thistledown Canterbury Presque Isle Downs Parx Racing Newmarket Newmarket Remington Park Remington Park Remington Park Finger Lakes Laurel Park Thistledown Finger Lakes Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Keeneland Keeneland Thistledown Zia Park Zia Park Woodbine Finger Lakes Ascot Woodbine Woodbine Moonee Valley Remington Park Remington Park Remington Park Remington Park Woodbine Finger Lakes Flemington Mahoning Valley Zia Park Zia Park Zia Park Zia Park Zia Park Zia Park Woodbine Flemington Santa Anita

Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders’ Cup Iowa Sorority Honey Jay St Gold Rush Futurity Blue Sparkler St Crocrock MN Sprint MN Distaff Sprint Championship Northern Lights Debutante St Northern Lights Futurity St Prix Morny (Darley) Shelby County S William Henry Harrison Generous Portion St Evangeline Downs Princess Evangeline Downs Prince Tah Dah St WA Cup WA Cup New Jersey Breeders H Eleven North H'cap Kenora S I'm Smokin St Banjo Picker Sprint Dr Theresa Garofalo Mem Sprint Cup The Mark Mcdermott St Prioress St Sorority St Ruidoso Downs Championship Laurel Dash Aspirant St Lady Fingers St Tax Free Distaff The New Castle Loyalty St Ontario Debutante S Premiere Cup H'cap Colin S Brickyard S City of Anderson S Hillsdale S Merrillville S Open Mind Scarlet & Gray H'cap Shakopee Juvenile Stakes Mrs Henry D. Paxson Mem St Gallant Bob H'cap Cheveley Park St Middle Park St (Juddmonte) David M Vance Stakes Flashy Lady Stakes Kip Deville Stakes New York Breeders' Futurity Politely Emerald Necklace St Arctic Queen H'cap Indiana Stallion Fillies The Crown Ambassador S Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Sprint Thoroughbred Club of America S F&M Sprint Diana St Governor's Cup Permian Basin S Bull Page S Leon Reed Memorial H'cap QIPCO British Champions Sprint S Ontario Fashion S Nearctic S Turf Sprint Manikato Stakes Oklahoma Classic Juvenile Oklahoma Classics Lassie Oklahoma Classics Distaff Sprint Oklahoma Classics Sprint Fanfreluche S Shesastonecoldfox S Linithgow Stakes Best of Ohio Sprint New Mexico Classic Cup Distaff Sprint Championship New Mexico Classic Derby Championship New Mexico Classic Cup Lassie Championship New Mexico Classic Cup Oaks Championship New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile For Colts and Geldings New Mexico Classic Cup Sprint Championship Victorian Queen S Darley Classic BC Sprint Sprint

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Class S S

S S S S Gp 1 R R S R

S R S S S Gp 1 S Gr 2 L

S S R R

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

S R S Gr 3 Gr 2

R S Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 1

S S Gr 2

S S R Gr 1 Gr 1

Race Date 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 24-Aug-16 24-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 28-Aug-16 28-Aug-16 28-Aug-16 28-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 02-Sep-16 03-Sep-16 03-Sep-16 03-Sep-16 04-Sep-16 04-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 11-Sep-16 11-Sep-16 14-Sep-16 14-Sep-16 14-Sep-16 14-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 18-Sep-16 24-Sep-16 24-Sep-16 24-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 01-Oct-16 01-Oct-16 01-Oct-16 03-Oct-16 05-Oct-16 05-Oct-16 07-Oct-16 08-Oct-16 08-Oct-16 10-Oct-16 10-Oct-16 10-Oct-16 12-Oct-16 15-Oct-16 16-Oct-16 16-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 23-Oct-16 24-Oct-16 29-Oct-16 29-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 30-Oct-16 05-Nov-16 05-Nov-16

Value $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $85,000 $85,000 €350,000 $100,000 $100,000 $150,000 $60,000 $60,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 $60,000 $60,000 CAN125,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 £260,000 $100,000 $300,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 CAN125,000 $50,000 CAN125,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $300,000 £180,000 £180,000 $150,000 $50,000 $75,000 $200,000 $75,000 $75,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $250,000 $75,000 $50,000 $50,000 CAN125,000 $50,000 £600,000 CAN150,000+ CAN300,000+ AUS$1,015,000 $100,000 $100,000 $130,000 $130,000 CAN150,000 $50,000 AUS$302,000 $150,000 $140,000 $140,000 $140,000 $140,000 $140,000 $170,000 CAN125,000 AUS$1,002,500 $1,500,000

6f (1200m) Age Surface 2F D 3+ (OH Bred) D 2 T 3+ FM T 3+ C&G D 3+ F&M D 2F D 2 CG D 2 CF T 3+ F&M D 3+ D 2F D 2F T 2 D 2F T 2F D 2 C&G D 3+ D 3+ FM D 3+ AWT 2 D 3+ D 3F D 3+ T 2 AWT 3F D 2F D 3+ D 3+ T 2 C&G D 2F D 3+ F&M D 3+ D 2 T 2F AWT 3+ D 2 AWT 3+ D 2F D 2 D 3+ F&M D 3+ F&M D 3+ FM (OH Reg) D 2 D 2F AWT 3 D 2F T 2C T 3+ 3+ F + M 2 2 D 3+ (MD bred) 2F (Ohio bred) T 3+ FM D 2 D 2 D 3+ AWT 3+ F&M AWT 3 + FM (Ohio bred) T 2 D 2F D 2 C&G AWT 3+ D 3+ T 3+ F&M AWT 3+ T T 2C+G 2 F (OK bred) 3+ F + M (OK bred) 3+ (OK bred) 2F AWT 2F D T 3+ D 3+ F&M D 3 C&G D 2F D 3F D 2 C&G D 3+ D 2F AWT T 3+ 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

Furlongs 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 7f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f

Closing 16-Jul-16

05-Aug-16

03-Aug-16 10-Aug-16 10-Aug-16 18-Aug-16 12-Aug-16 12-Aug-16 31-Aug-16

19-Aug-16 19-Aug-16 10-Aug-16 25-Aug-16

05-Jul-16 24-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 01-Sep-16

29-Aug-16 29-Aug-16 02-Sep-15 24-Aug-16 01-Sep-16 24-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 03-Sep-16

07-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 09-Aug-16 09-Aug-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 22-Sep-16

21-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 26-Sep-16 26-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 02-Aug-16 28-Sep-16 28-Sep-16 20-Sep-16 13-Oct-16 13-Oct-16 13-Oct-16 13-Oct-16 05-Oct-16 24-Oct-16 19-Oct-16 17-Oct-16 17-Oct-16 17-Oct-16 17-Oct-16 17-Oct-16 17-Oct-16 12-Oct-16 20-Sep-16

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Track Woodbine Laurel Park Laurel Park Laurel Park Churchill Downs Mahoning Valley Woodbine Mahoning Valley Mahoning Valley Penn National Penn National Zia Park Zia Park Churchill Downs Mahoning Valley Woodbine Mahoning Valley Laurel Park Laurel Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Mahoning Valley Gulfstream Park Laurel Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Albuquerque

Race Name & (Sponsor) Clarendon S The Smart Halo Stakes The James F.Lewis III Stakes The Frank J.De Frances Memorial Dash The Bet On Sunshine Cardinal H Kennedy Road S Steel Valley Sprint Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Distaff Blue Mountain S The Fabulous Strike H'Cap Zia Park Distaff S Zia Park Sprint The Dream Supreme First Lady St Swynford S Glacial Princess St The Willa on the Move Stakes Howard M Bender Memorial The Buffalo Man The House Party Sugar Swirl Joshua Radosevich Memorial St Mr Prospector The Daves Friend Stakes Hutcheson St Old Hat St Florida Sunshine Millions Sprint Florida Sunshine Millions Distaff The Any Limit New Mexico State Fair Thoroughbred Futurity

CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN USA CAN FR USA USA CAN USA CAN USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN CAN USA CAN CAN USA USA CAN CAN USA CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Northlands Park Northlands Park Northlands Park Del Mar Woodbine Deauville Del Mar Saratoga Woodbine Saratoga Woodbine Del Mar Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Albuquerque Woodbine Woodbine Kentucky Downs Canterbury Northlands Park Northlands Park Kentucky Downs Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Northlands Park Northlands Park Northlands Park Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Presque Isle Downs Presque Isle Downs Remington Park Santa Anita Parx Racing Remington Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Albuquerque

British Columbia Cup Debutante (AlwS) British Columbia Cup Nursery (AlwS) Sales Stakes Sales Stakes Fillies Sun Sprint St Sorrento St Shepperton S Larc Prix Maurice de Gheest Best Pal St Adirondack St Shady Well S Saratoga Special Vandal S Rancho Bernardo H'cap Union Avenue St Funny Cide Seeking the Ante CTHS Sales CTHS Sales CTHS Sales (AlwS) CTHS Sales (AlwS) Carlos Salazar Muskoka S Simcoe S The Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint MTA Stallion Auction S Bird of Pay St Birdcatcher St Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint Champions Distaff Starters Series Final Champions Starters Series Final Premier's Futurity Red Diamond St Sturgeon River St Jack Diamond Sadie Diamond Presque Isle Downs Masters S Fitz Dixon Mem S E L Gaylord Mem Stakes BC Turf Sprint Christopher Elser Mem SC Residence (C & G) Silver Goblin S Gulfstream Park Sprint The Spectacular Bid Casino at The Downs Thoroughbred Derby

Breeders’ Cup

Class S

Gr 2

Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 3 S S

Race Date Value 05-Nov-16 CAN150,000 19-Nov-16 $100,000 19-Nov-16 $100,000 19-Nov-16 $250,000 19-Nov-16 $70,000 19-Nov-16 $75,000 20-Nov-16 CAN200,000+ 21-Nov-16 $200,000 21-Nov-16 $75,000 23-Nov-16 $100,000 23-Nov-16 $200,000 23-Nov-16 $75,000 23-Nov-16 $75,000 25-Nov-16 $70,000 26-Nov-16 $75,000 27-Nov-16 CAN125,000 03-Dec-16 $75,000 10-Dec-16 $100,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 17-Dec-16 $100,000 17-Dec-16 $75,000 26-Dec-16 $100,000 31-Dec-16 $100,000 07-Jan-17 $100,000 07-Jan-17 $100,000 21-Jan-17 $150,000 21-Jan-17 $200,000 25-Mar-17 $75,000 25-Sept-2016 $50,000

6f (1200m)

Age 2 2F 2 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3 3+ F M 2 F (PA bred) 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ FM 3F 2 2 F (Ohio bred) 3+ FM 3+ (MD bred) 2 2F 3+ F&M 2 3+ 3+ 3 3F 4+ 4+ F&M 3F 2

Surface AWT D D D D D AWT

2F 2 CG (BC Bred) 2 C&G 2F 3+ 2F 3+ 3+ 2 2F 2F 2 2 3+ F&M 3+ FM 2 2F 2 2F 2F 2 3+ F&M 2F 2 C&G 3+ 3 2F 2 C&G 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ 2 3+ 2F 2 2F 3+ F&M 2 2F 3+ 2 3+ OK Bred 4+ 3 3

D D T T D D AWT T D D AWT D AWT D D D D D D D D D AWT AWT T D D D T D D D D D D D AWT AWT

D D D D D T AWT T D D D D T D D 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

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

S S S S S R R

S S S S S Gr 2

Turf Sprint

Gr 1 R S Gr 3

01-Aug-16 01-Aug-16 01-Aug-16 01-Aug-16 01-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 17-Aug-16 18-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 31-Aug-16 03-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 05-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 18-Sep-16 18-Sep-16 19-Sep-16 06-Oct-16 14-Oct-16 05-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 18-Nov-16 25-Feb-17 25-Mar-17 4-Sept-2016

CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $200,000 CAN125,000 €380,000 $200,000 $200,000 CAN150,000 $200,000 CAN150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $200,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $60,000 CAN 200,000 CAN 200,000 $350,000 $55,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 $350,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 100,000 CAN 100,000 $400,000 $100,000 $50,000 $1,000,000 $75,000 $50,000 $100,000 $75,000 $50,000

Saratoga Gulfstream Park Charles Town Saratoga Ellis Park

Shine Again Florida Sire St - Unbridled Div Robert G Leavitt St Test Ellis Park Juvenile

R S Gr 1

03-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16

$100,000 $150,000 $50,000 $500,000 $75,000

Closing 19-Oct-16 22-Sep-16 22-Sep-16 22-Sep-16 12-Nov-16 09-Nov-16 02-Nov-16 07-Nov-16 07-Nov-16 16-Nov-16 16-Nov-16 07-Nov-16 07-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 16-Nov-16 09-Nov-16 23-Nov-16 01-Dec-16 01-Dec-16 27-Nov-16 27-Nov-16 04-Dec-16 07-Dec-16 11-Dec-16 22-Dec-16 26-Dec-16 26-Dec-16 08-Jan-17 08-Jan-17 12-Mar-17

6½f (1300m)

T D D D D D

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 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300

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Furlongs 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f 6f

6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f 6½f

28-Jul-16 20-Jul-16 20-Jul-16 04-Aug-16 27-Jul-16 27-Jul-16 11-Aug-16

17-Aug-16 10-Aug-16 10-Aug-16 24-Aug-15

30-Aug-16

07-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 06-Oct-16

10-Nov-16 12-Feb-17 12-Mar-17

7f (1400m) 3 + FM 3 3 3F 2

D D D D D

1400 1400 1400 1400 1400

7f 7f 7f 7f 7f

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Track Woodbine Charles Town Charles Town Woodbine Del Mar Charles Town Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Woodbine Gulfstream Park Del Mar Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Saratoga Kentucky Downs Kentucky Downs Woodbine Del Mar Saratoga Arlington Park Arlington Park Laurel Park Curragh Curragh Remington Park Remington Park Charles Town Charles Town Charles Town Churchill Downs Laurel Park Chantilly Newmarket Keeneland Charles Town Woodbine Saint-Cloud Remington Park Santa Anita Laurel Park Laurel Park Charles Town Woodbine Woodbine Parx Racing Laurel Park Laurel Park Charles Town Laurel Park Laurel Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Duchess S Sadie Hawkins St Frank Gall Memorial Play the King S Pat O'Brien H'cap Sylvia Bishop Memorial Ballerina St Ketel One King's Bishop NYRA.com King's Bishop The Priority One Jets Forego Seaway S Florida Sire St - Prized Div. Del Mar Debutante Florida Sire St - Affirmed Div Florida Sire St - Susan's Girl Div Spinaway St Kentucky Downs Juvenile Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Jammed Lovely S Del Mar Futurity Hopeful St Arlington-Washington Futurity Arlington-Washington Lassie Shine Again Moyglare Stud St National St (Goffs Vincent O'Brien) Oklahoma Stallion Stakes Oklahoma Stallion Stakes Pink Ribbon St Wild and Wonderful St Charles Town Oaks Dogwood St Challedon Prix de la Foret (Qatar) Dewhurst (Dubai) Lexus Raven Run Tri-State Futurity Overskate S Criterium International Clever Trevor S BC Filly & Mare Sprint The Safely Kept Stakes The City of Laurel Stakes West Virginia Futurity (WV) Glorious Song S Bessarabian S Pennsylvania Nursery St The Maryland Juvenile Futurity Stakes The Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship Stakes Eleanor Casey Memorial Gin Talking The Marylander Stakes Hurricane Bertie Forward Gal S Swale S Inside Information Sir Shackleton

USA USA USA USA USA USA

Remington Park Remington Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park

Bob Barry Mem Red Earth Stakes El Prado South Beach S Dania Beach Ginger Brew

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA FR USA USA

Indiana Downs Ellis Park Mountaineer Mountaineer Saratoga Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Presque Isle Downs Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Del Mar Emerald Downs Deauville Del Mar Del Mar

Governor's St The Groupie Doll West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker's Cup West Virginia Senate President's Cup Fasig-Tipton De La Rose St Eight Miles East Soaring Softly Malvern Rose S New York Stallion Series - Cab Calloway Division New York Stallion Series - Statue of Liberty Division Fourstardave H'cap Iowa Breeders' Oaks Donna Reed Solana Beach H'cap Longacres Mile H'cap Prix Jacques le Marois (Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard) Del Mar Mile Harry F. Brubaker H'cap

Breeders’ Cup

Dirt Mile F&M Sprint

Sprint

Juvenile Fillies

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

S Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 3 L Juv F Turf

Gp 1 Gp 1

Gr 3 Gr 3 Mile

Gp 1 Gp 1 Gr 2 R R Gp 1

F & M Sprint

Gr 1

Gr 2 S

Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 2

Race Date Value 07-Aug-16 CAN125,000 13-Aug-16 $50,000 20-Aug-16 $50,000 20-Aug-16 CAN200,000+ 27-Aug-16 $200,000 27-Aug-16 $50,000 27-Aug-16 $500,000 27-Aug-16 $500,000 27-Aug-16 $500,000 27-Aug-16 $700,000 27-Aug-16 CAN150,000 03-Sep-16 $150,000 03-Sep-16 $300,000 03-Sep-16 $300,000 03-Sep-16 $300,000 03-Sep-16 $350,000 03-Sep-16 $350,000 03-Sep-16 $350,000 04-Sep-16 CAN150,000 05-Sep-16 $300,000 05-Sep-16 $350,000 10-Sep-16 $100,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 11-Sep-16 €350,000 11-Sep-16 €350,000 16-Sep-16 $50,000 16-Sep-16 $50,000 17-Sep-16 $100,000 17-Sep-16 $100,000 17-Sep-16 $350,000 24-Sep-16 $100,000 01-Oct-16 $75,000 02-Oct-16 €300,000 08-Oct-16 £500,000 22-Oct-16 $250,000 29-Oct-16 $50,000 29-Oct-16 CAN125,000 30-Oct-16 €250,000 04-Nov-16 $100,000 05-Nov-16 $1,000,000 19-Nov-16 $100,000 19-Nov-16 $100,000 19-Nov-16 $50,000 19-Nov-16 CAN125,000 19-Nov-16 CAN200,000 03-Dec-16 $100,000 10-Dec-16 $100,000 10-Dec-16 $100,000 10-Dec-16 $50,000 31-Dec-16 $100,000 31-Dec-16 $100,000 28-Jan-17 $100,000 04-Feb-17 $200,000 04-Feb-17 $200,000 18-Mar-17 $200,000 01-Apr-17 $100,000

7f (1400m)

Age 3F 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ 3+ 3F 3+ FM 3 3 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ 2F 2 2F 2F 2 2 F&M 3F 2 2 2 2F 3+ F&M 2F 2 CF 3C+G 3F 3+ FM 3+ 3F 3F 3+ 3+ 2 C&F 3F 2 3+ 2 CF 2 3+ F&M 3+ F 3 2 2F 3+ F&M 2 2 (MD bred) 2 F (MD bred) 2 2F 2 4+ F&M 3F 3 4+ F&M 4+

Surface AWT D D T D D D D D D AWT D D D D D T T AWT D D AWT AWT

T T AWT D AWT T D D D D D AWT AWT D D D D D D D D D D D

Metres 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 1400 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

3+ F + M (OK bred) 3+ (OK bred) 3+ 3+ F&M 3 3F

T T T T T T

1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500

3 3+ FM 3+ 3+ FM 4 + FM 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3 3F 3+ 3 F (IA bred) 4+ F&M (IA Bred) 3+ F&M 3+ 3+ CF 3+ 3+

D D T T T T T AWT T T T D D T D T T T

1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600

T T

D D D D

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25-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 17-Dec-16 17-Dec-16 07-Jan-17 07-Jan-17

$50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000

7½f (1500m)

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R Gr 3

Mile Turf

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

03-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 08-Aug-16 11-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 24-Aug-16

$150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $500,000 $88,000 $90,000 $150,000 $200,000 €700,000 $200,000 $75,000

Furlongs Closing 7f 20-Jul-16 7f 03-Aug-16 7f 10-Aug-16 7f 03-Aug-16 7f 18-Aug-16 7f 17-Aug-16 7f 7f 7f 7f 7f 10-Aug-16 7f CALL OFFICE 7f 15-Jun-16 7f CALL OFFICE 7f CALL OFFICE 7f 7f 24-Aug-16 7f 24-Aug-16 7f 17-Aug-16 7f 15-Jun-16 7f 7f 31-Aug-16 7f 31-Aug-16 7f 01-Sep-16 7f 25-May-16 7f 25-May-16 7f 08-Sep-16 7f 08-Sep-16 7f 03-Sep-16 7f 03-Sep-16 7f 27-Aug-16 7f 10-Sep-16 7f 22-Sep-16 7f 24-Aug-16 7f 09-Aug-15 7f 05-Oct-16 7f CLOSED 7f 12-Oct-16 7f 12-Oct-16 7f 26-Oct-16 7f 7f 22-Sep-16 7f 22-Sep-16 7f CLOSED 7f 02-Nov-16 7f 02-Nov-16 7f 7f 01-Dec-16 7f 01-Dec-16 7f 30-Nov-16 7f 22-Dec-16 7f 22-Dec-16 7f 15-Jan-17 7f 22-Jan-17 7f 22-Jan-17 7f 05-Mar-17 7f 19-Mar-17

7½f 7½f 7½f 7½f 7½f 7½f

15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 04-Dec-16 04-Dec-16 26-Dec-16 26-Dec-16

1m (1600m) 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m

20-Jul-16 23-Jul-16 25-Jul-16 25-Jul-16 24-Jul-16 24-Jul-16 27-Jul-16

16-Jul-16 05-Aug-16 04-Aug-16 27-Jul-16 11-Aug-16 18-Aug-16

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Track Saratoga Del Mar Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Del Mar Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Woodbine Saratoga Del Mar Woodbine Del Mar Gulfstream Park Kentucky Downs Monmouth Park Del Mar Parx Racing Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Kentucky Downs Kentucky Downs Kentucky Downs Delaware Park Louisiana Downs Louisiana Downs Leopardstown Kentucky Downs Chantilly Northlands Park Woodbine Presque Isle Downs Woodbine Woodbine Laurel Park Louisiana Downs Louisiana Downs Woodbine Milan Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Newmarket Chantilly Chantilly Woodbine Zia Park Presque Isle Downs Newmarket Keeneland Keeneland Northlands Park Northlands Park Ascot Remington Park Moonee Valley Doncaster Woodbine Flemington Zia Park Zia Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Santa Anita Santa Anita Santa Anita Santa Anita Churchill Downs Remington Park Remington Park Delta Downs Laurel Park Zia Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Remington Park Remington Park Remington Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders’ Cup Riskaverse Shared Belief Mystic Lake Derby Brooks Fields St HBPA Distaff Torrey Pines St WA Cup WA Cup La Prevoyante S Better Talk Now Tranquility Lake S Halton S Del Mar Juvenile Turf Florida Sire St - Jewell Princess Div Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Sapling St Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Smarty Jones Centaur S Indiana Grand The Old Friends St The One Dreamer The More Than Ready Mile DTHA Governors Day St Happy Ticket Sunday Silence Matron St (Coolmore Fast Net Rock) F & M Turf The Dueling Grounds Oaks Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Qatar) Alberta Oaks Ricoh Woodbine Mile Mile Presque Isle BC Mile Summer S Juv Turf Natalma S Juv F Turf Commonwealth Turf Cup A L Red Erwin S Elge Rasberry S Ontario Colleen S Premio Vittorio di Capua Ack Ack H'cap Jefferson Cup Florida Sire St - Foolish Pleasure Div Forida Sire St - Meadow Star Div. Armed Forces Mr. Steele Our Dear Peggy Panama City Sun Chariot St (Kingdom of Bahrain) Prix Marcel Boussac (Total) Juv F Turf Jean-Luc Lagardere (Grand Criterium) (Qatar) Juv Turf Vice Regent S Chaves County S HBPA S Fillies' Mile (Dubai) Shadwell Turf Mile Mile First Lady S Canadian Juvenile St Freedom of the City St Queen Elizabeth II St (Qipco) Oklahoma Classics Distaff Schweppes Crystal Mile Trophy (Racing Post) Bunty Lawless S Longines Mile Peppers Pride New Mexico Classic Championship for Fillies & Mares New Mexico Classic Cup Rocky Gulch Championship Rags & Riches Overnight S Street Sense Overnight S BC Dirt Mile BC Juvenile Turf Juv Turf BC Juvenile Fillies Turf Championship Juv F Turf BC Mile MIle Chilukki St Don C. McNeill Slide Show Delta Downs Princess Geisha Eddy County Stakes The Hut Hut The Pulpit The Smooth Air The Wait A While She's All In The Trapeze Remington Springboard Mile

Class

Gr 3

L L Gr 3

Gp 1 Gp 1 S Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 2 R/S R/S Gr 3 Gp 1 Gr 3 Gr 3

Gp 1 Gp 1 Gp 1 R

Gp 1 Gr 1 Gr 1

Gp 1 Gr 2 Gp 1 R Gr 1 S S

Gr 1 Gr 2 Gr 1 Gr 1 Gr 2

Gr 3

Race Date Value 25-Aug-16 $100,000 26-Aug-16 $100,000 27-Aug-16 $200,000 27-Aug-16 $75,000 27-Aug-16 $75,000 28-Aug-16 $100,000 28-Aug-16 $50,000 28-Aug-16 $50,000 28-Aug-16 CAN125,000 29-Aug-16 $100,000 31-Aug-16 $75,000 31-Aug-16 CAN125,000 03-Sep-16 $100,000 03-Sep-16 $150,000 03-Sep-16 $350,000 04-Sep-16 $100,000 05-Sep-16 $100,000 05-Sep-16 $300,000 07-Sep-16 $200,000 07-Sep-16 $200,000 08-Sep-16 $150,000 10-Sep-16 $150,000 10-Sep-16 $400,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 €350,000 11-Sep-16 $200,000 11-Sep-16 €450,000 17-Sep-16 CAN 50,000 17-Sep-16 CAN1,000,000+ 18-Sep-16 $200,000 18-Sep-16 CAN200,000+ 18-Sep-16 CAN250,000+ 24-Sep-16 $200,000 24-Sep-16 $75,000 24-Sep-16 $75,000 24-Sep-16 CAN150,000+ 25-Sep-16 €275,000 01-Oct-16 $100,000 01-Oct-16 $100,000 01-Oct-16 $150,000 01-Oct-16 $150,000 01-Oct-16 $75,000 01-Oct-16 $75,000 01-Oct-16 $75,000 01-Oct-16 $75,000 01-Oct-16 £250,000 02-Oct-16 €300,000 02-Oct-16 €350,000 02-Oct-16 CAN125,000 03-Oct-16 $50,000 06-Oct-16 $100,000 07-Oct-16 £500,000 08-Oct-16 $1,000,000 08-Oct-16 $400,000 10-Oct-16 CAN 50,000 10-Oct-16 CAN 50,000 15-Oct-16 £1,100,000 21-Oct-16 $145,000 22-Oct-16 AUS$225,000 22-Oct-16 £200,000 22-Oct-16 CAN125,000 29-Oct-16 AUS$1,005,000 30-Oct-16 $170000 30-Oct-16 $180,000 30-Oct-16 $70,000 30-Oct-16 $70,000 04-Nov-16 $1,000,000 04-Nov-16 $1,000,000 05-Nov-16 $1,000,000 05-Nov-16 $2,000,000 05-Nov-16 $200,000 18-Nov-16 $75,000 18-Nov-16 $75,000 19-Nov-16 $400,000 19-Nov-16 $75,000 23-Nov-16 $140,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 10-Dec-16 $75,000 11-Dec-16 $100,000 11-Dec-16 $100,000 11-Dec-16 $300,000

Age Surface 3F T 3 D 3 T 3+ T 3+FM T 3F D 3F D 3 C&G D 3F T 3 T 3+ F D 3+ T 2 T 3F D 3+ F&M T 2 D 2F T 3 D 3 T 3F T 3+ T 3+ FM T 3+ T 3+ D 2F T 2 T 3+ F T 3F T 3 + CF T 3F D 3+ T 3+ AWT 2 T 2F T 3+ T 3 (LA Bred) T 3 F (LA Bred) T 3F T 3+ T 3+ D 3 T 3 D 3F D 2 T 3+ T 2F T 3+ F&M T 3+ F T 2F T 2 CF T 3 T 3+ F&M D 3+ F&M AWT 2F T 3+ T 3+ F&M T 2 D 2F D 3+ T 3+ F + M (OK bred) T 2 C&F T 3+ T T 3+ F&M D 3+ D 2F D 2 D 3+ D 2 CG T 2F T 3+ T 3+ FM D 2 (OK Bred) D 2 F (OK Bred) D 2F D 3+ F&M (MD bred) 2 D 2F D 2 T 2 D 2F T 3+ F+M D 2F D 2 D

1m (1600m) 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

Furlongs Closing 1m 1m 18-Aug-16 1m 1m 1m 1m 18-Aug-16 1m 1m 1m 10-Aug-16 1m 1m 25-Aug-16 1m 10-Aug-16 1m 25-Aug-16 1m CALL OFFICE 1m 24-Aug-16 1m 21-Aug-16 1m 25-Aug-16 1m 20-Aug-16 1m 24-Aug-16 1m 24-Aug-16 1m 30-Aug-16 1m 30-Aug-16 1m 30-Aug-16 1m 29-Aug-16 1m 27-Aug-16 1m 27-Aug-16 1m 29-Jun-16 1m 30-Aug-16 1m 24-Aug-16 1m 1m 31-Aug-16 1m 07-Sep-16 1m 31-Aug-16 1m 31-Aug-16 1m 15-Sep-16 1m CLOSED 1m CLOSED 1m 07-Sep-16 1m 01-Sep-16 1m 17-Sep-16 1m 17-Sep-16 1m CALL OFFICE 1m CALL OFFICE 1m 18-Sep-16 1m 18-Sep-16 1m 18-Sep-16 1m 18-Sep-16 1m 02-Aug-16 1m 24-Aug-16 1m 24-Aug-16 1m 14-Sep-16 1m 19-Sep-16 1m 21-Sep-16 1m 09-Aug-16 1m 21-Sep-16 1m 21-Sep-16 1m 1m 1m 02-Aug-16 1m 13-Oct-16 1m 17-Oct-16 1m 06-Sep-16 1m 05-Oct-16 1m 17-Oct-16 1m 17-Oct-16 1m 17-Oct-16 1m 22-Oct-16 1m 22-Oct-16 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 22-Oct-16 1m 10-Nov-16 1m 10-Nov-16 1m 22-Oct-16 1m 22-Sep-16 1m 07-Nov-16 1m 27-Nov-16 1m 27-Nov-16 1m 27-Nov-16 1m 27-Nov-16 1m 02-Dec-16 1m 02-Dec-16 1m 02-Dec-16

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Track Remington Park Remington Park Gulfstream Park Laurel Park Laurel Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Jim Thorpe S Useeit Stakes Rampart Thirty Eight Go Go The Jennings H'cap Stakes Mucho Macho Man Hal's Hope H Sweetest Chant Kitten's Joy Gulfstream Park H Sand Springs Fred W Hooper H'cap Canadian Turf Davona Dale St Cutler Bay Sanibel Island Appleton Honey Fox St

CAN CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA CAN USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN USA USA USA USA USA

Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Woodbine Penn National Louisiana Downs Saratoga Saratoga Del Mar Mountaineer Louisiana Downs Louisiana Downs Del Mar Belterra Park Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Thistledown Belterra Park Finger Lakes Monmouth Park Evangeline Downs Evangeline Downs Northlands Park Northlands Park Northlands Park Canterbury Canterbury Finger Lakes Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Emerald Downs Emerald Downs Monmouth Park Saratoga Woodbine Woodbine Saratoga Parx Racing Parx Racing Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Woodbine Saratoga Ellis Park Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Laurel Park Delaware Park Louisiana Downs Louisiana Downs Emerald Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Northlands Park Northlands Park Northlands Park Parx Racing Parx Racing Parx Racing Laurel Park Laurel Park

British Columbia Cup Dogwood St British Columbia Cup Stellar's Jay St Seagram Cup S Robellino S Super Derby Prelude Fasig-Tipton Lure Lure La Jolla H'cap West Virginia Governor's St Louisiana Cup Distaff Louisiana Cup Turf Classic Osunitas St Vivacious H'cap Iowa Breeders' Derby Gov. Terry E Branstad Horizon Horizon St Jack Betta Be Rite H'cap Monmouth Oaks Owners Day Cup Owners Day Distaff Sonoma St Westerner St City of Edmonton Distaff St MN Classic Championship MN Distaff Classic Championship Genesee Valley Breeders' H'cap Hong Kong JC Sir Winston Churchill Derby Trial West Point presented by Trustco Bank Yaddo (NYB) Ketel One Ballston Spa Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa Muckleshoot Tribal Classic WA Cup Charles Hesse H'cap With Anticipation St Algoma S Elgin S P.G. Johnson S Mrs. Penny St Roanoke S The Vid The Wasted Tears La Lorgnette S Bernard Baruch H'cap Cliff Guilliams H A J Foyt Florence Henderson Lady Baltimore George Rosenberger St River Cities Unbridled Hcap Gottstein Futurity Locust Grove Iroquois St Pocahontas St Beaufort St Breeders' H'cap Fall Classic Distaff Cotillion St Alphabet Soup H'cap PA Derby Champion St Brookmeade Stake Bert Allen

Breeders’ Cup

Class S Gr 3

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

Gr 3 Gr 2

Race Date 11-Dec-16 11-Dec-16 17-Dec-16 31-Dec-16 31-Dec-16 07-Jan-17 14-Jan-17 04-Feb-17 04-Feb-17 11-Feb-17 04-Mar-17 04-Mar-17 04-Mar-17 04-Mar-17 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17 01-Apr-17

Value $50,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $100,000 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $250,000 $100,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000

1m (1600m) Age 3 3 F (OK bred) 3+ FM 3+F&M 3+ (MD bred) 3 4+ 3F 3 4+ 4+ F&M 4+ 4+ 3F 3 3F 4+ 4+ F&M

Surface D D D D D D T T D T D T D T T T T

Metres 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600

3F 3 3+ 3+ 3 4 + FM 4+ 3 3+ 3+ F&M (LA Bred) 3+ (LA Bred) 3+ F&M 3 + FM 3 C&G 4+ C&G (IA Bred) 3 3 3+ FM 3 3+ 3 + FM 3F 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ CG 3+ FM 3+ 3F 3 3+ 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ FM 3+ WA Bred 3+ F&M 3+ 2 3+ F&M 3+ C&G 2F 3+ FM 3+ 3+ 3+ FM 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M 3+ F&M 3+ FM 3+ F&M 3+ 2 WA 3+ F&M 2 2F 3 3+ 3+ F&M 3F 3+ 3+ 3+ F&M (VA bred) 3+ (VA bred)

D D AWT T T T T T D T T T T D D T T D D T T D D D D D D D D T T T T D D D T AWT AWT T T D T T AWT T T T T T T T T D D D D D D D D T D T T

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

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S S Gr 3 R

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

S S S

S S Gr 2 Gr 2 S

Gr 2 R R S S

Gr 2 R R R

Juv Juv F

R L Gr 3 Gr 2 S S S Gr 1

01-Aug-16 CAN 50,000 01-Aug-16 CAN 50,000 01-Aug-16 CAN150,000+ 06-Aug-16 $100,000 06-Aug-16 $100,000 06-Aug-16 $100,000 06-Aug-16 $100,000 06-Aug-16 $150,000 06-Aug-16 $200,000 06-Aug-16 $75,000 06-Aug-16 $75,000 07-Aug-16 $75,000 07-Aug-16 $75,000 13-Aug-16 $88,000 13-Aug-16 $90,000 14-Aug-16 $75,000 14-Aug-16 $75,000 15-Aug-16 $50,000 20-Aug-16 $100,000 20-Aug-16 $60,000 20-Aug-16 $60,000 20-Aug-16 CAN 50,000 20-Aug-16 CAN 50,000 20-Aug-16 CAN 75,000 21-Aug-16 $50,000 21-Aug-16 $60,000 22-Aug-16 $50,000 22-Aug-16 CAN 50,000 22-Aug-16 CAN 50,000 26-Aug-16 $150,000 26-Aug-16 $150,000 27-Aug-16 $400,000 27-Aug-16 $400,000 28-Aug-16 $50,000 28-Aug-16 $50,000 28-Aug-16 $60,000 31-Aug-16 $200,000 31-Aug-16 CAN125,000 31-Aug-16 CAN125,000 01-Sep-16 $100,000 03-Sep-16 $100,000 03-Sep-16 $100,000 03-Sep-16 $75,000 03-Sep-16 $75,000 03-Sep-16 CAN125,000 05-Sep-16 $250,000 05-Sep-16 $50,000 07-Sep-16 $100,000 07-Sep-16 $100,000 10-Sep-16 $150,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 $75,000 11-Sep-16 $65,000 17-Sep-16 $100,000 17-Sep-16 $150,000 17-Sep-16 $200,000 17-Sep-16 CAN 50,000 17-Sep-16 CAN 50,000 17-Sep-16 CAN 50,000 24-Sep-16 $1,000,000 24-Sep-16 $100,000 24-Sep-16 $150,000 24-Sep-16 $60,000 24-Sep-16 $60,000

Furlongs 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m

Closing 02-Dec-16 02-Dec-16 04-Dec-16 22-Dec-16 22-Dec-16 26-Dec-16 01-Jan-17 22-Jan-17 22-Jan-17 29-Jan-17 19-Feb-17 19-Feb-17 19-Feb-17 19-Feb-17 19-Mar-17 19-Mar-17 19-Mar-17 19-Mar-17

1m ½m (1700m) 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f 1m½f

13-Jul-16 27-Jul-16 23-Jul-16

28-Jul-16 25-Jul-16 23-Jul-16 23-Jul-16 28-Jul-16 28-Jul-16 16-Jul-16 05-Aug-16 04-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 05-Aug-16 05-Aug-16

19-Aug-16 10-Aug-16 10-Aug-16

21-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 17-Aug-16 20-Aug-16 24-Aug-16 24-Aug-16 01-Sep-16 29-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 03-Sep-16 03-Sep-16 03-Sep-16

10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 10-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16

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Track Thistledown Remington Park Remington Park Woodbine Woodbine Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Woodbine Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Keeneland Parx Racing Keeneland Woodbine Keeneland Woodbine Northlands Park Hastings Racecourse Hastings Racecourse Keeneland Hastings Racecourse Remington Park Remington Park Keeneland Remington Park Woodbine Indiana Downs Indiana Downs Zia Park Santa Anita Santa Anita Charles Town Woodbine Churchill Downs Charles Town Woodbine Delta Downs Mahoning Valley Penn National Zia Park Zia Park Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Woodbine Woodbine Woodbine Gulfstream Park Mahoning Valley Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park

Race Name & (Sponsor) Catlaunch Stakes Remington Park Oaks Ricks Mem Stakes Classy 'n Smart S Kingarvie S Florida Sire St - My Dear Girl Div Florida Sire St - In Reality Div CTHS Sales CTHS Sales South Ocean S Gus Grissom S The Richmond S Darley Alcibiades S Plum Pretty St Claiborne Breeders' Futurity Mazarine BC S Dixiana Bourbon S Grey BC S Harvest Gold Plate Ascot Graduation St Fantasy St JP Morgan Chase Jessamine S BC Cup Distaff Oklahoma Classics OKC Turf Classic Oklahoma Classics Distaff Turf Pin Oak Valley View Oklahoma Classics Cup Cup and Saucer S Francis Slocum S Too Much Coffee S Veterans S BC Juvenile BC Juvenile Fillies A Huevo St Autumn S Commonwealth Turf My Sister Pearl Princess Elizabeth S $1,000,000 Delta Downs Jackpot Ohio Debutante H The Swatara Zia Park Derby Zia Park Oaks Golden Rod Kentucky Jockey Club St Sir Barton S Ontario Lassie S Display S Harlan's Holiday Bobbie Bricker Memorial H'cap Tropical Park Derby Tropical Park Oaks Marshua's River St Fort Lauderdale St Florida Sunshine Millions F&M Turf Florida Sunshine Millions Turf Holy Bull S Royal Delta Herecomesthebride S Palm Beach S Fountain Of Youth St The Gulfstream Oaks

Breeders’ Cup

Class R

R S R R

Juv F Juv Juv Turf

Juv F Turf

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

Gr 3 S

Gr 3 R R R Juv Juv Fillies

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

Gr 2 Gr 2 S S

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

Race Date 24-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 01-Oct-16 01-Oct-16 01-Oct-16 01-Oct-16 01-Oct-16 05-Oct-16 05-Oct-16 07-Oct-16 08-Oct-16 08-Oct-16 08-Oct-16 09-Oct-16 09-Oct-16 10-Oct-16 10-Oct-16 10-Oct-16 12-Oct-16 16-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 21-Oct-16 22-Oct-16 29-Oct-16 29-Oct-16 31-Oct-16 05-Nov-16 05-Nov-16 05-Nov-16 06-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 19-Nov-16 19-Nov-16 23-Nov-16 23-Nov-16 23-Nov-16 26-Nov-16 26-Nov-16 26-Nov-16 30-Nov-16 03-Dec-16 17-Dec-16 17-Dec-16 31-Dec-16 31-Dec-16 14-Jan-17 14-Jan-17 21-Jan-17 21-Jan-17 04-Feb-17 18-Feb-17 04-Mar-17 04-Mar-17 04-Mar-17 01-Apr-17

Value $75,000 $200,000 $75,000 CAN125,000 CAN125,000 $500,000 $500,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 50,000 CAN125,000 $100,000 $100,000 $400,000 $100,000 $500,000 CAN150,000 $250,000 CAN150,000 CAN 50,000 CAN 75,000 CAN 75,000 $150,000 CAN 50,000 $130,000 $130,000 $150,000 $175,000 CAN250,000 $150,000 $150,000 $50,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $50,000 CAN200,000 $100,000 $50,000 CAN250,000 $100,0000 $75,000 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $200,000 $200,000 CAN125,000 CAN150,000 CAN125,000 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $150,000 $200,000 $150,000 $150,000 $350,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $400,000 $250,000

1m ½f (1700m)

Age Surface 3 + (Ohio bred) D 3F 3+ F + M T 3+ F&M AWT 2 AWT 2F D 2 D 3 D 3F D 2F AWT 3+ D 3+ F&M D 2F AWT 3+ F&M D 2 AWT 2F AWT 2 T 2 AWT 3+ D 2 D 2F D 2F T 3+ F&M D 3+ T 3+ F + M (OK bred) T 3F T 3+ 2 T 3+ F&M D 3+ D 3+ D 2 C&G D 2F D 3+ D 3+ AWT 3 T 3+ F&M D 2F AWT 2 D 3 + FM (Ohio bred) T 3+ D 3 D 3F D 2F D 2 D 3+ AWT 2F AWT 2 AWT 3+ D 3 + FM T 3 T 3F T 4+ F&M T 4+ T 4+ F&M T 4+ T 3 D 4+ FM D 3F T 3 T 3 D 3F 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

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Pacific Customs Broker Classic Pacific Customs Broker Distaff Manitoba Derby National Museum Racing Hall of Fame St Whitney H'cap Downs at Albuquerque H West Virginia Derby Alydar Pucker Up St Emerald Distaff Saratoga Dew St Del Mar Oaks Cliff Hanger St Maker's Mark Lake Placid Summer Colony Fleet Indian Albany St (NYB) Washington Park H'cap Philip H. Iselin St Pay the Man S

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01-Aug-16 01-Aug-16 01-Aug-16 05-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 06-Aug-16 07-Aug-16 13-Aug-16 14-Aug-16 15-Aug-16 20-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 21-Aug-16 22-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 26-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 27-Aug-16

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1m 1f (1800m) 3+ 3+FM 3 3 3+ 3+ 3 4+ 3F 3+ FM 3+ FM 3F 3+ 3F 3 + FM 3F 3 3+ 3+ 3 + FM

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Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders’ Cup Personal Ensign Distaff Evan Shipman (NYB) The Violet St Saranac St The Woodward John C. Mabee H'cap Del Mar Derby PTHA President's Cup Super Derby British Columbia Breeders' Cup Oaks British Columbia Derby Delta Colleen H'cap SW Randall Plate H'cap Ontario Derby Canadian S F&M Turf Pennsylvania Derby Commonwealth Oaks Commonwealth Derby Durham Cup S Remington Green Stakes Govenor's Cup Oklahoma Derby Lukas Classic Ballerina Breeders' Cup St Juddmonte Spinster Distaff Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S (by invitation only) BC Cup Classic Carotene S Best of Ohio Distaff John W. Galbreath Memorial St Juvenile St Hagyard Fayette BC Distaff Championship Coronation Futurity Cardinal H'cap The Richard W. Small Zia Park Distance Championship River City H'cap Falls City H'cap Clark H'cap Ruff/Kirchberg Memotial H'cap Prairie Bayou St Florida Sunshine Millions Classic Pegasus World Cup The Poseidon Suwannee River Gulfstream Park Turf H Skip Away Florida Derby

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Arlington Park Gulfstream Park

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Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 2 Gr 3 Gr 2 Gr 3

Gr 3 Gr 3 Gr 1 Gr 1 S S

Gr 2 Gr 1 R Gr 3

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

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13-Aug-16 04-Mar-17

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York Kentucky Downs Kentucky Downs

International St (Juddmonte) The Dueling Grounds Derby Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon

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

07-Aug-16 CAN250,000 13-Aug-16 $1,000,000 13-Aug-16 $450,000 20-Aug-16 $1,000,000 20-Aug-16 $600,000 21-Aug-16 €250,000 21-Aug-16 CAN200,000 27-Aug-16 $1,250,000 03-Sep-16 $75,000 10-Sep-16 €1,250,000 02-Oct-16 €400,000 15-Oct-16 £1,300,000 16-Oct-16 CAN500,000 22-Oct-16 AUS$3,050,000 23-Oct-16 €275,000 29-Oct-16 $150,000 30-Oct-16 €250,000 05-Nov-16 AUS$2,000,000 05-Nov-16 $2,000,000 05-Nov-16 $5,000,000 05-Nov-16 CAN150,000 06-Nov-16 €275,000

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17-Aug-16 11-Sep-16 15-Sep-16

£850,000 $350,000 $350,000

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25-Aug-16 25-Aug-16 27-Aug-16 13-Aug-16

8/31/16 31-Aug-16 10-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 07-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 15-Sep-16 17-Sep-16 21-Sep-16

05-Oct-16 19-Oct-16 19-Oct-16 19-Oct-16 12-Oct-16 26-Oct-16 05-Nov-16 22-Sep-16 07-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 12-Nov-16 23-Nov-16 08-Jan-17 INV CLOSED 29-Jan-17 29-Jan-17 12-Mar-17 19-Mar-17

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21-May-16 19-Feb-17

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20-Jul-16 21-May-16 21-May-16 11-Aug-16 03-Aug-16 03-Aug-16

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19-Oct-16 13-Oct-16

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John's Call St Queen Elizabeth Stakes

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06-Aug-16 $200,000 14-Aug-16 €175,000 18-Aug-16 £340,000 21-Aug-16 CAN500,000 27-Aug-16 $1,000,000 04-Sep-16 €250,000 05-Sep-16 $200,000 10-Sep-16 $100,000 10-Sep-16 $600,000 11-Sep-16 €350,000 17-Sep-16 CAN300,000+ 25-Sep-16 €155,000 02-Oct-16 €5,000,000 15-Oct-16 AUS$3,150,000 15-Oct-16 £550,000 16-Oct-16 €275,000 16-Oct-16 CAN1,000,000 19-Oct-16 AUS$315,000 20-Oct-16 $100,000 23-Oct-16 $125,000 26-Oct-16 AUS$303,500 01-Nov-16 €155,000 05-Nov-16 $3,000,000 12-Nov-16 AUS$301,000 28-Jan-17 $200,000 28-Jan-17 $200,000 01-Apr-17 $200,000

22-Oct-16 29-Oct-16

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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

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Gp 1

10-Sep-16

£700,000

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Gp 1

23-Oct-16

€350,000

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2900

Flemington Gulfstream Park

Emirates Melbourne Cup H Allen Jerkens

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Prix du Cadran (Qatar)

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02-Oct-16

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25-May-16 16-Nov-16

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19-Jul-16

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05-Oct-16

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ORTH American horsemen and horses have taken a beating in international media in recent years, with part of the “shaming” aided by a powerful local lobby of elite owners and breeders who’d like to attribute the waning of North American influence abroad strictly to the rise of race-day medication here, specifically of Lasix, which was legalized in many states in the early-to-mid 1970s. They contend that Lasix has weakened the breed and eroded the appeal of North Americanbred bloodstock. But there’s more to this story, and the bigger part of it has to do with pedigree, buying power, and a shift in attitude. Long story short, in recent decades North America hasn’t been able to replace the depletion of turf/stamina bloodstock once imported regularly from abroad. As a result, the composition of pedigrees here has changed significantly from the types that once succeeded in Europe. This happened in part when the number and type of wealthy owners who raced abroad and controlled many significant European-raced stallion prospects, people like John Galbreath (Roberto), Paul Mellon (Mill Reef), Charles Engelhard Jr. (Nijinsky II), Raymond Guest (Sir Ivor), Nelson Bunker Hunt (Vaguely Noble), etc., disappeared from the landscape and weren’t replaced by like-minded types. These old guard owner-breeders had an appreciation for Europe’s classic traditions, but the newer groups of owners were more focused on racing in North America, more enamored by the Kentucky Derby, and more interested in ROI. As a result, commercial breeders, whose ranks swelled as those of owner-breeders thinned, fed the demands of the new, and the types of horses produced were not generally those that suited turf or distance, like the produce of Galileo, currently the greatest source of classic blood in the world. Things, however, are changing, and 2016 might end as a watershed year. There have been signs over the last few years of attitudinal shifts in horsemen, who are once again entering the international arena and flashing the will, talent, and buying power to 104 TRAINERMAGAZINE.COM ISSUE 41

Rise and fall and rise again of US bloodstock During the 1970s, five North American-breds won the Epsom Derby; in the 1980s, six turned the trick; in the 1990s, the figure dropped to three; and since 2000, only one, Kris Kin in 2003, has won the race. This is the overall arc of North American-bred performance in Europe during the time frame. impact the worldwide game again. They are purchasing foreign-bred bloodstock behind a strong U.S. dollar, foraying into international waters with North American-trained horses, and laying the groundwork that could put the continent back on top again. Here’s some of what’s been going on lately: l Canadian owner-breeder Charles Fipke purchased a Deep Impact filly out of U.S.-bred Topliner for the equivalent of $1.25 million at the Japan Racing Horse Association (JHRA) Select sale in July on his first trip to Japan. Fipke also breeds to Galileo and will send a homebred daughter of that sire to Deep Impact next spring. l Elliott Walden of WinStar became the first American buyer at the JRHA sale last year where he spent about $760,000 for a Heart’s Cry colt out of U.S. G1 winner Hilda’s Passion. Walden also bought two colts by Empire Maker. l Gainesway repatriated Empire Maker from Japan and secured Bernstein’s European classic winner – and winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile – Karakontie for 2016. l North American-breds made a splash at the Royal Ascot meeting this year, headed by Bernstein’s champion daughter Tepin, trained by Mark Casse and owned by Bat Masterson, in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes; and Scat Daddy’s Lady Aurelia, owned by Stonestreet, George Bolton, and Peter Leidel and trained by Wesley Ward, in the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes, a race Ward won last year with Scat Daddy’s

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Acapulco. Ward, of course, has pioneered the new trend of sending raiders to Europe and also is responsible for, among others, 2013 Group 1 Prix Morny winner No Nay Never, also by Scat Daddy. l Owner-breeder Ken Ramsey, who stands Kitten’s Joy, has reportedly given an ultimatum to his trainers that he wants success at Royal Ascot next year. l Kitten’s Joy had his first British Group 1 winner this year when Hawkbill won the Coral-Eclipse at 10 furlongs at Sandown in July – the first Group 1 win in Britain by a U.S.-bred at the distance since War Front’s Declaration of War won the Juddmonte International at York in 2013. l Claiborne’s War Front has three U.S.bred Group winners in Europe to date this year, two of which are out of mares by Sadler’s Wells and his son Galileo. l Claiborne’s Walker Hancock paid about $1.8 million for the Galileo filly Long View at the 2014 Tattersalls December sale to breed to War Front. l Mandy Pope paid $5.2 million for the Galileo mare Betterbetterbetter and $3.9 million for the Galileo mare Aloof, both in foal to War Front, at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton and 2014 Keeneland November sales, respectively. l Lane’s End imported Goup 1 winner Noble Mission, a son of Galileo and full brother to Frankel, to stand at stud in 2015. l Billionaires Brad Kelley of Calumet and John Malone of Bridlewood also have Galileo stock and involvement in Ireland, where Kelley has horses in training and Malone owns Ballylinch Stud. l Billionaire B. Wayne Hughes of Spendthrift has established a sister facility in Australia, where John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale bought two mares for about a total of $2.4 million in 2014 at the Magic Millions National Broodmare sale. At the same sale, Stonestreet purchased Group 1 winner Miracles of Life for about $830,000. n

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