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Monomoy Girl Returns to Action Talented Trio Headlines Ashland Guarana, Mia Mischief in Madison City Boy Makes Seasonal Debut Not This Time Filly Fastest at OBS FTBOA Encourages Nominations Zulu Alpha Headlines Elkhorn Stakes EEE Confirmed in Three Counties Gulfstream Park Charts Track Results & Entries Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida Breeders’ List Wire to Wire Business Place Swiss Skydiver (#3)/COADY PHOTO Featured Advertisers Swiss Skydiver Takes On The Bloodstockauction USA Covert Appraisal Services Boys In Blue Grass Stakes FTBOA BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE____ on Keeneland’s main track. Florida Department of Agriculture A major steppingstone for the $3 mil- Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company LEXINGTON, KY—Peter Callahan’s Swiss lion Kentucky Derby to be run Sept. 5 at de Meric Thoroughbred Sales Skydiver will try to put herself on the road Churchill Downs, the Toyota Blue Grass Eddie Woods Stables to the Kentucky Derby presented by offers 170 points toward qualification to Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) trail Saturday this year’s Derby with 100 points going to RiceHorse Stables when she takes on males in a field of 13 the winner, 40 to the runner-up, 20 to third entered for the 96th running of the place and 10 points to fourth. The Derby is Six K’s Training & Sales, LLC $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass (Grade 2) for limited to the top 20 point earners that pass Seminole Feed Showcase Properties 3-year-olds going a mile-and-one-eighth See KEENELAND on page 3
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Continued from COVER the entry box. First post for the card that features six graded stakes is 1:05 p.m. Trained by two-time Toyota Blue Grass-winner Kenny McPeek, Swiss Skydiver will be seeking her initial Kentucky Derby points in her first test against males. She has won three graded stakes this year and compiled 310 points toward the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) to be run Sept. 4. Winner of the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), the Fantasy Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) in her past three starts, Swiss Skydiver will get a five-pound weight allowance Saturday and carry 118 pounds. Mike Smith has the mount and will break from post position seven. Smith is a two-time Toyota Blue Grass winner, having scored in 1993 with Prairie Bayou and in 1994 with Florida-bred Holy Bull. No filly has won the Toyota Blue Grass and only one filly (Harriet Sue, 1944) has run in the race since it debuted at Keeneland during the track’s inaugural Spring Meet in April 1937. In 1948, future Hall of Fame female Bewitch was scratched from the Blue Grass. Another accom- plished runner in the field is Jackpot Farm’s Basin. Winner of the Runhappy Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Basin/COADY PHTOO Saratoga and most recently second in a division of the Arkansas Derby (G1), Basin ranks ninth on the Derby leaderboard with 50 points. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Basin will be ridden Saturday by Ricardo Santana Jr. and break from post position eight. Representing Florida is Shivaree, a homebred for Jacks or Better Farms Inc. The chestnut son of Ocala Stud stallion Awesome of Course was most recently third in a top level, optional claiming race won by Sole Volante at Gulfstream on June 10 after finishing second to Kentucky Derby point-leader Tiz the Law in the Grade 1 Curlin Florida Derby. John Velazquez will ride Shivaree for trainer Ralph Nicks. Invading from California is Jim and Donna Daniell’s Rushie. Trained by Michael McCarthy, Rushie finished third in last month’s Santa Anita Derby (G1) in his stakes debut to gain 20 Derby points. Javier Castellano has the mount and will break from post position 10. Also looking to add to his Derby points total is John Oxley’s Enforceable. The winner of the Lecomte Stakes (G3) and runner- up in the Risen Star Stakes (G2), Enforceable is trained by Mark
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Back to Top Page 5 Keeneland page 3 Continued from Casse and will be ridden by Joel Rosario. Enforceable is 14th on the Derby leaderboard with 33 points. Rosario is seeking his second Toyota Blue Grass victory to go with the triumph in 2011 on Brilliant Speed. Enforceable, third in last fall’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1), will break from post 12. Seeking his initial Derby points is Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector. Trained by Tom Drury, Art Collector enters Saturday’s race off two allowance victories at Churchill Downs this year by a combined nine-and-three-quarters lengths. Brian Hernandez Jr. has the mount and will break from post position three. Nick Zito will saddle Dream Walkin Farms’ Hunt the Front. A maiden winner at Oaklawn, Hunt the Front will be ridden by Corey Lanerie and break from post 11. Trainer Dale Romans will send out graded stakes-placed Attachment Rate. Owned by Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister, Attachment Rate will be ridden by Luis Saez and break from post nine. Saez won the 2016 Blue Grass for Romans on Brody’s Florida-bred Shivaree/LAUREN KING PHOTO Cause. Dominican, has the call on Partner Stable’s Hard Lighting who Bill Mott, who won the Toyota Blue Grass in 1984 with will break from post six. Ortiz, who took the 2018 race on cham- Taylor’s Special, will send out LNJ Foxwoods and NK Racing’s pion Good Magic, will be aboard Arnaldo Monge and trainer Rey maiden winner Tiesto. Flavien Prat has the mount and will break Hernandez’s Finnick the Fierce and break from post two. from post 13. The field for the Toyota Blue Grass, with riders and weights Three other riders with previous wins – John Velazquez, Rafael from the rail out, is: Shivaree (Velazquez, 123 pounds), Finnick Bejarano and Jose Ortiz – will be seeking additional Toyota Blue the Fierce (Ortiz, 123), Art Collector (Hernandez Jr., 123), Mr. Grass victories. Big News (Mitchell Murrill, 123), Man in the Can (Tyler Velazquez, who rode Bandini in 2005 and Carpe Diem in 2015 Gaffalione, 123), Hard Lighting (Bejarano, 123), Swiss Skydiver to victory for Todd Pletcher, has the call on Jacks or Better Farm’s (Smith, 118), Basin (Santana Jr., 123), Attachment Rate (Saez, Shivaree, who will break from the rail. 123), Rushie (Castellano, 123), Hunt the Front (Lanerie, 123), Bejarano, who won the Toyota Blue Grass in 2007 aboard Enforceable (Rosario, 123), Tiesto (Prat, 123).
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Back to Top Page 7 Champion Monomoy Girl Returns to Graded Stakes Action in Ruffian BY RYAN MARTIN, NYRA PRESS OFFICE ______ELMONT, NY—Eclipse Award-winning mare Monomoy Girl will attempt to bolster her bid for another championship season in headlining a five-horse field in the 42nd running of Saturday's $150,000 Ruffian Stakes (Grade 2) for older fillies and mares over Belmont Park's main track. Trained by Brad Cox, Monomoy Girl arrives at the event off an allowance victory on May 16 at Churchill Downs contested at the Ruffian distance of a one-turn mile. Her two-and-three-quarters- length score off a nearly 18-month layoff marked the 5-year-old debut for the chestnut daughter of Tapizar, whose previous start was a one-length victory in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff in November 2018 at Churchill Downs. That Breeders' Cup win secured honors for Champion 3-Year- Old filly thanks to a sophomore campaign that featured five Grade 1 wins including the Ashland at Keeneland, the Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the Acorn at Belmont Park and the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. She was sent to WinStar Farm in the spring of 2019 after a mild case of colic and suffered an injury to her hamstring last fall when preparing for a potential comeback. Despite several setbacks in her return bid, Monomoy Girl made a strong return to action, winning over a sloppy and sealed
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page 7 Continued from Churchill track in May. "I talked to Brad and he's expecting her to run well, she's train- ing as well as she has ever trained," Monomoy Stables’ Sol Kumin said. Kumin co-owns Monomoy Girl with Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables. "She obviously ran that first race but you still have your fingers crossed until Saturday. It's a good post, a good distance. "We thought about the [June 13 Ogden Phipps], but after such a long layoff, it was a little quick back," he added. "She's giving all the right signs and at this point she has to stay sound and do it. Saturday will be the next step. She went to allowance company now she's in a Grade 2 and we'll progress from there." The long-term goal for Monomoy Girl is an attempt at a repeat victory in the Grade 1, $3 million Breeders' Cup Distaff on Nov. 7 at Keeneland Race Course. "I think the ultimate goal Is the Breeders Cup and the shot at another championship," Dubb said. "There's no reason to stretch her out to two turns in her second start in 18 months. This seems Piedi Bianchi (white cap)/CHELSEA DURAND PHOTO like the logical spot. I've seen her and physically she looks fantas- Harmony Lodge on June 5 last out. tic. She's large, she's powerful and she's beautiful." Owned by Jay Oringer, Jack Bick and Madaket Stables, Piedi Regular rider Florent Geroux will return to the irons aboard Bianchi has won four of 15 career starts. Monomoy Girl from post five. "She's doing great. I really wanted to stretch her out further and Four other fillies and mares will take on the champion, includ- she's training well in blinkers," Martin said. "It's an opportunity in ing Piedi Bianchi for trainer Carlos Martin, who won last year's a small field to get a big graded-stakes placing. I know Monomoy Ruffian with Come Dancing. Girl on paper looks imposing, but my dad always said, 'if The Indiana-bred daughter of Overanalyze won the Correction Stakes at Aqueduct two starts back before finishing sixth in the See RUFFIAN on page 11
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page 9 Jockey Manny Franco will pilot Mother Mother from post two. Continued from Mike Repole's Always Shopping, who won last year's Grade 2 Secretariat can get beat, anybody can get beat.' So, we'll take our Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct, will look to add a graded stakes vic- chances. I think a one-turn mile at Belmont will really suit her and tory to her ledger. Following the Gazelle, the daughter of Dylan Davis is a great young rider who will give it all he's got." Awesome Again was sixth in the Grade 2 Black Eyed Susan last Martin is influenced by the training style of the late Hall of May at Pimlico and did not return until April of this year, where Famer Allen Jerkens, who was known for not being afraid to face tough competition. she was third as the favorite in a one-mile allowance optional "When his horses were doing well, he only worried about his claiming event at Gulfstream Park. She arrives at the Ruffian off horse and he took some chances and often was rewarded," Martin a fourth in the Treasure Coast Stakes on June 4 over the turf at the said. "You can't ever not run because of one horse. We're going to South Florida oval. go for it." A Kentucky homebred, Always Shopping is out of the multiple A victory with Piedi Bianchi in the Ruffian would make graded stakes-placed More Than Ready broodmare Martin the first trainer to score back-to-back editions of the race Stopshoppingmaria. since Kiaran McLaughlin won with Wedding Toast (2015) and Always Shopping will leave from post four under Eric Cancel. Cavorting (2016). Completing the field is Calumet Farms' well-bred graded Piedi Bianchi, with blinkers on, will break from the inside post stakes-winner Vexatious, who has found the winner's circle on under Davis. both dirt and turf. Trained by Jack Sisterson, the gray daughter of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert seeks a third Ruffian triumph Giant's Causeway out of multiple graded stakes-winning million- with Mother Mother, who will attempt to make amends after fin- aire Dream of Summer is a full-sister to Grade 1-winner and pro- ishing fourth in the Harmony Lodge Stakes at Belmont on June 5. ducer Creative Cause and is a half-sister to multiple graded The daughter of Pioneerof the Nile made her seasonal bow a win- stakes-winner Destin. ning one in Santa Anita's Kalookan Queen Stakes on Jan. 12. A Vexatious' last victory took place in the Grade 3 Dowager over winner of the Rags to Riches Stakes at Churchill Downs during the Keeneland turf in October 2018, which she won via disquali- her 2-year-old campaign, Mother Mother is a three-time Grade 1- fication and has acquired graded stakes black type on dirt twice placed filly having run second in the Del Mar Debutante in only during her 3-year-old campaign when finishing third in the Grade her second lifetime start, and was third in the La Brea Stakes 2 Fair Grounds Oaks and Grade 3 Fantasy at Oaklawn Park. Santa Anita on Dec. 28 and the 2018 Starlet Stakes at Los Breaking from post three, Vexatious will have the riding serv- Alamitos. ices of Jose Lezcano.
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Back to Top Page 13 Talented Trio Headlines Field Of Six For Ashland BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE____ mount on Bonny South and will break from post position three LEXINGTON, KY—Grade 2 stakes-win- Ciaglia Racing, Highland Yard, River ners Bonny South, Tonalist’s Shape and Oak Farm and Dominic Savides’ Venetian Harbor headline a field of six 3- Venetian Harbor, winner of the Las year-old fillies entered Wednesday for Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita, Saturday’s 83rd running of the $400,000 comes in from California for trainer Central Bank Ashland (Grade 1) going a Richard Baltas. Standing 11th on the Venetian Harbor/BENOIT PHOTO mile-and-one-sixteenth on the main track. Oaks leaderboard with 50 points, the Santa Anita Oaks, which was her fourth The Central Bank Ashland offers 170 Venetian Harbor finished second behind consecutive runner-up performance. She points on the Road to the Longines Swiss Skydiver in the Fantasy Stakes (G3) was also second in the Grade 3 Santa Kentucky Oaks (G1) on a 100-40-20-10 at Oaklawn Park in her most recent start. Ysabel Stakes in March with place per- scale to the first four finishers. The $1.25 Joel Rosario has the mount on Venetian formances in allowance company in million Kentucky Oaks is limited to the top Harbor and will break from post position two. Febraury and May. 14 point earners that pass the entry box for Slam Dunk Racing, Doug Branham and Speech is trained by Michael McCarthy the Sept. 4 race. Legacy Ranch’s Tonalist’s Shape is seventh for Eclipse Thoroughred Partners and Juddmonte Farms’ Bonny South, win- on the Oaks leaderboard with 60 points. A Madaket Stables LLC and was bred in ner of the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 21, winner of six of seven career starts for Florida by Gail Rice. has been working consistently at trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., Tonalist’s Shape She is by Mr Speaker out of Scribbling Keeneland since late April. Trained by has victories this year in the Davona Dale Sarah, by Freud. Brad Cox, who won the 2018 Central Bank Stakes (G2) and the Forward Gal Stakes The field for the Central Bank Ashland Ashland with champion Monomoy Girl, (G3) at Gulfstream Park. from the rail out is: Alta’s Award, Venetian Bonny South is second on the Kentucky Tyler Gaffalione has the mount on Harbor, Bonny South, Envoutante, Oaks leaderboard with 100 points. Tonalist’s Shape and will exit post five. Tonalist’s Shape and Speech. Speech was John Velazquez, who rode Fleet Renee Florida-bred Speech will try to avenge also entered in Friday’s Beaumont Stakes to an Ashland victory in 2001, has the her second-place loss to Swiss Skydiver in at Keeneland.
Back to Top Page 14 Guarana, Mia Mischief Headline Field Of Nine For Madison BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE ______LEXINGTON, KY—Grade 1 winners Guarana and Mia Mischief head a field of nine fillies and mares for Saturday’s 19th running of the $250,000 Madison (G1) that will be run over seven furlongs on the main track. The Madison is the first of three Grade 1 races on Saturday’s 10-race program. Three Chimneys Farm and Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings Guarana debuted at Keeneland during the 2019 Spring Meet with a 14¾-length victory that was a springboard to Grade 1 victories in the Acorn and Coaching Club of America Oaks. A dominating winner in her 2020 debut last month at Churchill Downs, Guarana is trained by Chad Brown and will be ridden Jose Ortiz from post position five. Stonestreet Stables’ Mia Mischief, who broke her maiden in her second start by 16¼ lengths during Keeneland’s 2017 Fall Meet, won the Humana Distaff (G1) in 2019 at Churchill Downs. A winner of two of three starts in 2020, Mia Mischief is trained by Steve Asmussen and will be ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., from post position seven. Florida-bred Wildwood’s Beauty will be trying to snap a streak of four second-place finishes, all of which came against stakes rivals. She was most recently second to Florida-bred juggernaut Lady’s Island in the $100,000 Musical Romance Stakes at Gulfstream Park after bridesmaid performances in the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes City of Ocala Stakes, the Grade 2 Inside Information Stakes and in the Grade 3 Hurricane Bertie Stakes, all at Gulfstream Park. Guarana/COGLIANESE PHOTO Wildwood’s Beauty is trained by Scott Becker for William Beauty, Sally’s Curlin, Princess Causeway, Guarana, Unique Stiritz and was bred in Florida by Phil and Karen Matthews. She Factor, Mia Mischief, Bell’s the One, Amy’s Challenge. was also the 2019 Florida-bred champion 3-year-old filly and female sprinter. Wildwood’s Beauty will try to join Sheer Drama (2016) and Groupie Doll (2012) as the most recent Florida-bred winners of the Madison. Other runners of note include Lothenbach Stables’ Bell’s the One and Novogratz Racing Stables’ Amy’s Challenge. Trained by Neil Pessin, Bell’s the One captured last fall’s Lexus Raven Run (G2) at Keeneland and most recently won the Winning Colors (G3) at Churchill Downs. Corey Lanerie, who was aboard for both of those victories, has the mount Saturday and will break from post position eight. Amy’s Challenge, trained by Mac Robertson, finished second by a neck to Spiced Perfection in last year’s Madison. Joel Rosario has the mount Saturday and will break from post nine. The field for the Madison from the rail out is: Diamond Crazy, Wildwood’s
Back to Top Page 15 Graded Stakes Champ City Boy Makes Seasonal Debut in Connaught Cup BY WOODBINE PRESS OFFICE______TORONTO—City Boy, who pulled off a 24-1 upset in last year’s Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes, faces seven rivals on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course in Saturday’s $175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes (Grade 2) at Woodbine. Trained by 2020 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Mike Keogh, the 6- year-old gelding, was bred and co-owned with Donald Howard by the late Gus Schickedanz, brings a record of three wins from 17 starts into the seven-furlong Connaught Cup. “He had a fairly good winter,” Keogh said. “We had a lot of rain in February, so there were a lot of sealed racetracks. I didn’t really get to do much with any of my horses in February. Then we had to get out of there in the third week of March, so we didn’t get too much done this winter, to be honest.” A son of multiple graded stakes-winner City Zip, City Boy debuted on April 21, 2017, finishing second in a five-furlong main track race at Woodbine. City Boy (#5)/MICAHEL BURNS PHOTO The Ontario-bred broke his maiden next Canada after [Hall of Fame trainer] Jerry Meyer had brought me time out, one month later, in a six-and-a-half-furlong turf race at over from England, he was training Bold Ruckus, who was a 2- the Toronto oval, drawing clear in the stretch to win by a length as year-old at that time. City Boy reminds me of Bold Ruckus, and I the 9-5 favorite. used to gallop him back in those days. And he’s out of a Bold His next win came that August, a head score at six furlongs on Ruckus mare [Princess Ruckus]. He’s a horse that tries very hard. the Woodbine turf. He’s a lovely horse and one of my favorites.” Just over two years later, City Boy delivered his connections El Tormenta, who went on to take the 2019 Ricoh Woodbine with his biggest win to date, another gutsy head victory, this time Mile, won last year’s Connaught Cup in a time of 1:20.29. Jockey in last October’s six-furlong, $280,900 Nearctic Stakes. Robin Platts has won a record eight editions of the race, including It was the second Nearctic triumph for Keogh, who took the back-to-back runnings (1968-69) with James Bay. 1999 renewal with Clever Response. The Connaught Cup is Race seven on Saturday’s 10-race card. “No, I wasn’t,” Keogh said when asked if he was caught off- First post time is 1 p.m. Fans can watch and wager on all the action guard by City Boy’s performance. “We had run him two weeks via HPIbet.com. previous – it was a really fast time – and he wasn’t beaten that far. He was hung wide the whole way. [Jockey] Jesse [Campbell] got off him and said, ‘This horse, he needs two races back-to-back.’ I Not This Time Filly Fastest at told him that I had nominated him to the Nearctic on the off chance it came up as an easier field. As it turned out, there weren’t Fourth Under Tack Session many shippers and he ran huge.” City Boy arrives at the Connaught Cup off a sixth-place effort BY OBS PRESS OFFICE______in a six-furlong main track race last November at Woodbine. OCALA, FL—Hip 640, a daughter of Not This Time con- Saturday’s stake marks the first time he’ll test seven panels. signed by de Meric Sales as an agent, breezed an eighth in “He’s doing great,” said Keogh, who campaigned :9.80, posting the fastest work at the distance at the fourth ses- Schickedanz’s Wando to Canadian Triple Crown glory in 2003. sion of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales “The Connaught is an unknown because he’s never been seven- Company’s 2020 July Sale of Two Year Olds in Training and eighths before. We’re going to give this a go. He needs to run. You Horses of Racing Age. The chestnut filly is out of Exotic can’t keep working him. He goes crazy. The first start of the year, Design, by A.P. Indy, a daughter of Grade 1-winner Exotic they’re always that bit more on the bridle. But he needs a start. Wood and a full-sister to stakes-winner Key to Power. That’s why we’re running him.” Hip 639, a son of Ghostzapper consigned by Randy City Boy reminds Keogh of a Canadian horse racing legend, a Bradshaw as an agent, turned in the session’s fastest quarter- standout on and off the racetrack. “I’ll tell you who he reminds me of. When I first came to See OBS on page 16
Back to Top Page 16 FTBOA Encourages Nominations for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards BY TAMMY A. GANTT______year or the most expensive yearling sold by that auction house in the last five years. The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards presented by It is also important to illustrate the notable credentials of a Godolphin, which recognizes the outstanding talent, diligence and given horse. For example, a candidate may have groomed Dr. commitment of the farm and racing stable staff—the heart of the Fager. So a nominator can also note that Florida-bred Dr. Fager is thoroughbred racing industry, will be accepting nominations one of the fastest racehorses of all time and set a world record. through Aug. 14. Details and context will assist the application in being more com- Gus Gray, a former Hooper Farms and Double Diamond Farm prehensive and assist the judges in better understanding the signif- employee, is the only Florida industry member to have won icant impact the employee has made. nationally, although there have been several Floridians nominated. Farm and stable staff employed in the United States and who Criteria for the award include dedication to racing, dedication to are legal United States residents are eligible and can be nominated breeding, leadership racing, leadership breeding, the newcomer for awards. There are additional criteria for some of the categories award and an administration award. which are highlighted in each application. Nominations for the Awards can be made by, but are not limited Godolphin USA sponsors the award which includes a trophy to, trainers, owners, breeders, stable staff, farm, staff, office person- and a monetary award for both the winner and the farm/business nel and office administrators. Applications are available in English employer of the winner. or Spanish and can be completed online or printed and mailed in. Winners are chosen from a group of finalists as determined by An additional option has been added in which a nominator can call the judges. and give the information regarding the nomination over the phone. Godolphin is Sheikh Mohammed’s worldwide racing and Go to https://tiea.org/online-nominations/ for details. breeding operation. Sheikh Mohammed is the ruler of Dubai and Nominators should plan up to two hours to interview a poten- the vice president of the UAE. The National Horsemen’s tial nominee in order to gather information, research additional Benevolent and Protective Association, the Thoroughbred Owners supporting items that put the employee’s Florida industry influ- and Breeders Association and The Jockey Club are also key play- ence in context, and to complete the form. ers in the education, administration and facilitation of the awards. An example of supporting information may be related to a top The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ & Owners’ Association also seller at a thoroughbred auction associated with the nominee. To promotes the program. enhance the application, a nominee may try to determine if the Please contact TOBA at (859) 277-5891 for more information horses was the most expensive yearling sold in North America that or visit https://tiea.org/. OBS page 15 Dear Bela (Arg), by Indygo Shiner, a half-sister to grade stakes- Continued from winner Mister Tin. mile breeze, stopping the timer in :21.20. The bay colt is out of Hip 695, a bay filly by Shackleford consigned by Nice and Excellent News, by Rahy, a half-sister to graded stakes-winner Here’s to You. Easy Thoroughbreds, is out of Gateway to Gold, by Arch, a half- Hip 572, a Florida-bred daughter of Social Inclusion consigned sister to stakes-winner Heart Butte. by Blue River Bloodstock, Inc. as an agent, breezed the session’s Hip 701, Casper, a Florida-bred colt by Ghostzapper consigned fastest three furlongs, clocked in :33.20. The bay filly, a half-sister and bred by Arindel, is a full-brother to graded stakes-winner to stakes placed For Emma, is out of stakes placed Dandy Dulce, Shaman Ghost out of stakes-placed Getback Time, by Gilded by Dixieland Heat. She was bred by Michelle Redding and is eli- Time. gible for the rich Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Hip 712, consigned by Fabian Sales, is a chestnut filly by Association Florida Sire Stakes series. Secret Circle out of Golden Lady, by Medaglia d’Oro, a daughter Hip 699, Papa Twosexyeight, a Florida-bred son of Anthony’s of stakes winner Street Sass. Cross consigned by 30-30 Ranch, worked a half-mile in a brisk There were three eighth-mile works in :10 flat. :46.60. The bay colt is out of Gerry’s Reward, by Grand Reward, Hip 607, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC as an agent, is a from the family of graded stakes-winner Just Rushing. The colt dark bay or brown colt by Shackleford out of Donnatale, by Tale was bred by Bryan Keith O’Steen and Caryl Carlisle O’Steen. of the Cat, a half sister to graded stakes placed stakes winner Six youngsters worked quarters in :21.40. Heavenly Score. Hip 542, Inside Scheme, a bay filly by Dialed In consigned by Hip 648, a chestnut colt by Nyquist consigned by Q Bar J Jesse Hoppel’s Coastal Equine LLC as an agent, is out of Thoroughbreds LLC, is out of stakes placed Fancy and Flashy, by Collusion, by Broad Brush, a daughter of champion Inside Zensational. Information and half-sister to champion Smuggler. Hip 680, a chestnut colt by Dialed In consigned by G. A. Hip 560, consigned by All in Line Stables as an agent, is a gray Thoroughbred Sales as an agent, is out of stakes placed Freedom or roan filly by Summer Front out of stakes-placed Cozy Gain, by Ridge, by Quaker Ridge. Cozzene, a daughter of graded stakes-winner Broad Gains. Under Tack results and videos are posted on the OBS website Hip 579, a dark bay or brown filly by Cairo Prince consigned at obssales.com and can be viewed on kiosks in the breezeway and by Off the Hook LLC as an agent, is out of Grade 1 stakes-placed in the Video Room adjacent to the Horsemen’s Lounge.
Back to Top Page 17 Zulu Alpha Headlines Keeneland’s Elkhorn Stakes BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE____ the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) last fall at Belmont Park. Trained by Brad Cox, LEXINGTON, KY—Michael Hui’s six-time Arklow finished second in the Louisville graded stakes-winner Zulu Alpha will (G3) in his most recent start that came off shoot for his third victory of 2020 when he a four-and-a-half-month layoff. Arklow headlines a field of 13 grass marathoners will exit post 10 under Florent Geroux. Sunday in the 35th running of the The field for the TVG Elkhorn is: $175,000 TVG Elkhorn (Grade 2). Apreciado, Nakamura, Ramsey Solution, The TVG Elkhorn will be contested Postulation, Zulu Alpha, Jais’s Solitude, over a mile-and-a-half on the Keeneland He’s No Lemon, Hellorhighwater, Oscar turf course and will be run as the final race Dominguez (Ire), Arklow, Ry’s the Guy, of the five-day Summer Meet. First post Hierarchy and Henley’s Joy. time Sunday is 1:05 p.m. with the TVG Elkhorn going as the ninth race with a 5:30 Field Pass Faces 10 in post time. Transylvania Stakes NBCSN will provide live coverage of the TVG Elkhorn from 5-7 p.m. Three Diamonds Farm’s Field Pass will Winner of the 2018 Sycamore (G3) and face 10 foes Sunday as he goes for his third as the favorite in the 2019 Dixiana fourth stakes victory of 2020 in the 32nd Elkhorn, Zulu Alpha started his 2020 cam- running of the $100,000 Kentucky Utilities paign with a victory in the Pegasus World Transylvania (G3) for 3-year-olds going a Cup Turf Invitational Presented by mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf. Runhappy (G1) and followed that with a Fourth in last fall’s Dixiana Bourbon triumph in the Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2), (G3) in his lone Keeneland start, Field Pass both at Gulfstream Park. In his most recent has posted stakes victories on the grass this Zulu Alpha/COGLIANESE PHOTO start, Zulu Alpha was second in the year in the Dania Beach Stakes at two-time Transylvania winner Chad Kitten’s Joy Pan American (G2) going a Gulfstream Park and last month in the Brown, Vintage Print will be making his mile-and-a-half at Gulfstream. Audubon Stakes at Churchill Downs. Field stakes debut and be ridden by Tyler Mike Maker trains Zulu Alpha, who Pass also won the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) on Gaffalione out of post position five. will break from post position five under Turfway Park’s all-weather surface in March. The field for the Kentucky Utilities Tyler Gaffalione in the TVG Elkhorn. Trained by Mike Maker, Field Pass will Transylvania is: Field Pass, Kentucky Figuring to be the major rival to Zulu be ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr. and break Ghost, City Man, Juggernaut, Vintage Alpha is $1.8 million earner Arklow. from post position one. Print, Irish Mias, Fancy Liquor, Street Owned by Donegal Racing, Joseph Among the chief rivals to Field Pass is Ready, Spanish Kingdom, Kinenos and Bulger and Peter Coneway, Arklow won OXO Equine’s Vintage Print. Trained by Bama Breeze. Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed in Holmes, Baker and Jackson Counties On July 9, several new cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis when they bite. A horse affected with EEE is not contagious and were confirmed in Holmes, Baker and Jackson Counties in poses no risk to other horses, humans or birds. Florida according to the Equine Disease Communication Center. The disease is severe with a mortality rate of 75% - 95% and the Three quarter horses were confirmed with EEE in Holmes onset of neurologic disease is frequently sudden and progressive. County including a 10-year-old mare on June 8, a suckling foal on Clinical signs and symptoms include depression and anorexia June 9 and yearling stallion on June 3. The foal is listed as recov- without fever when initially infected. A moderate to high fever of ering while the mare and yearling stallion were euthanized. 102.5°F. A horse may also show a lack of appetite, lethargy or In Baker County, a 3-year-old quarter horse gelding was con- drowsiness. Other neurological signs include a period of hyperex- firmed with EEE on June 17 and has since died. He was listed as citability, apprehension and/or drowsiness, fine tremors and fasic- undervaccinated. ulations of the face and neck muscles, convulsions, cranial nerve In Jackson County, a 3-year-old quarter horse mare was con- paralysis—facial paralysis and weakness of the tongue are very firmed with EEE on June 29. The unvaccinated mare has been common, head tilt, droopy lip, muzzle deviation, weakness, atax- euthanized. ia, and dysmetria (incoordination) in one or all limbs, complete According to the Equine Disease Communication Center, east- paralysis of one or more limbs, colic, recumbency (inability to ern equine encephalitis is a victor borne disease. This virus is stand) and death. transmitted by mosquitoes or other biting insects. Birds act as The incubation period is three to seven days. reservoirs for the virus; mosquitoes and other biting insects then If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact carry the pathogen from infected birds and transmit it to horses your verterinarian.
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