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In This Issue: Greatest Honour Gears Up for Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth
Oaklawn Reschedules All Missed Stakes
Third Purse Increase Announced by Tampa Bay Downs
Mucho Unusual, Warren’s Showtime Head Buena Vista Stakes
Second-Chance Juvenile Program Launches in Ocala
Florida-bred Queen Nekia/COADY PHOTO Gulfstream Park Charts
Big Test for Queen Nekia Florida Stallion Progeny List in Royal Delta Stakes Florida Breeders’ List
BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______the $150,000 Dance to Bristol Stakes at Wire to Wire Business Place Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Florida-bred stakes-winner Queen Races on Aug. 28, Saturday she faces Nekia makes her first start of 2021 two mares who took Grade 3 stakes in Featured Advertisers Saturday at Gulfstream Park and trainer their last starts in the Arnaud Delacour- Baoma Corp Saffie Joseph Jr. has given her a tall trained Eres Tu and Mrs. Danvers for Berrettini Feed assignment. trainer Shug McGaughey III. Big Lick LLC Queen Nekia is among a field of eight Queen Nekia, who will race under the fillies and mares that have been entered white and red colors of owner Ken Bloodstockauction USA for the Grade 3 Royal Delta Stakes at the Copenhaver, finished her 2020 campaign Florida Department of Agriculture Hallandale Beach oval which is set for a with a fourth-place finish behind winner FTBOA mile-and-one sixteenth on the main Gibberish in the $100,000 Treasure Journeyman Stud track. Chest Stakes at Delta Downs going a Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Although Queen Nekia earned her mile on Nov. 27. Gibberish is also Ocala Stud black type with a one-length victory in Seminole Feed See ROYAL DELTA on page 3
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Continued from COVER entered for the Royal Delta. After winning the Dance to Bristol Stakes, Queen Nekia finished second to Jungle Juice in a $25,000 starter allowance at Keeneland going a mile on Oct. 31 before finishing fifth, six-and-a-half lengths behind winner Gold Standard in a third level, $80,000 allowance optional claiming race going a mile at Churchill Downs on Oct. 31. Claimed for $25,000 by Joseph out of a six-length victory at Gulfstream on Dec. 6, 2019, Queen Nekia will attempt to improve on her current record of nine wins, six seconds and seven thirds from 31 starts and earnings of $429,736, which is tops among the Royal Delta entrants. The 6-year-old mare is by Harlington out of All Night Labor, by Double Honor and was bred in Florida by Porter Racing Stable LLC. Corey Lanerie will ride Queen Nekia from post Cory Lanerie/ COADY PHOTO five. Mrs. Danvers comes into the Royal Delta after winning her last two races including the Grade 3 Comely Stakes by six-and- a-quarter lengths going a mile-and-an-eighth on a track labeled good at Aqueduct on Nov. 27. She also won a first level allowance race at Belmont Park going a mile on Oct. 25. The homebred filly for Allen Stable Inc. is a daughter of Tapit out of Gracie Square, by Awesome Again and in eight career starts has only finished worse than third once. She was fifth in Gamine’s Grade 1 Test Stakes at seven furlongs on
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Back to Top Page 5 Royal Delta page 3 Continued from Aug. 8 at Saratoga. Her record currently reflects three wins, three seconds and a third with earnings of $211,800. Mrs. Danvers will have the riding services of Jose Ortiz and will break from post seven. Eres Tu ships into Gulfstream Park from Maryland where she most recently won the Grade 3 Alliare Dupont Stakes by a length going a mile-and-an-eighth at Laurel Park on Dec. 26. Her winning streak began in her first start for Delacour on Oct. 14 when she won a first level allowance race at Keeneland going a mile-and-a-sixteenth before going to Laurel to win the mile-and-a-sixteenth Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes by a length-and-a-half on Nov. 28. By Malibu Moon and out of It’s True Love, by Yes It’s True, Eres Tu has won four of nine career efforts with a sec- ond and a third while banking $288,227. She will carry the meets leading rider in Irad Ortiz Jr., from post three. The remainder of the field in post position order includes High Regard for trainer Victoria Oliver and jockey Javier Castellano, Gibberish, who is also trained by Joseph and has Tyler Gaffalione named to ride; the Matthew Williams- trained Dream Marie and jockey Leonel Reyes; Bajan Girl, who will be saddled by trainer Rohan Crichton and ridden by Junior Alvarado; and Hallwallah, for trainer Juan Avila, who has named Edgard Zayas to ride. Mrs. Danvers/CHELSEA DURAND PHOTO
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BY GULFSTREAM PARK third-place finishes in maiden spe- PRESS OFFICE______cial weight sprints at Saratoga and Belmont on Sept. 5 and Oct. 10 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – respectively before losing a photo Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest finish in his first trip around two Honour, who established himself as turns at Aqueduct on Nov. 8. He a prime 2021 Triple Crown completed his juvenile season on prospect with a powerful victory in Dec. 26 with his mile-and-a-six- the Jan. 30 Holy Bull (Grade 3), is teenth maiden breaker at scheduled to return in the $300,000 Gulfstream. Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth “Two turns is a big help. All of (G2) Feb. 27 at Gulfstream Park. his races around two turns have The Shug McGaughey-trained been good,” McGaughey said. “I son of Tapit is prominent on the list think he’ll run as far as a horse of 36 nominations for the mile-and- wants to run.” one-sixteenth major prep for the McGaughey, nevertheless, was $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby pre- impressed with how quickly he sented by Hill ‘n Dale at Xalapa came to hand upon joining his sta- (G1) March 28 at Gulfstream Park. ble last year. Greatest Honour, who broke his “One of the things about him is maiden in his fourth career start that he’s a big colt with a distance Dec. 26 at Gulfstream, rallied from pedigree, so for him to get to the seventh in a field of nine to draw races at Saratoga shows what an away by five-and-three-quarters athletic-type horse he is,” lengths under Jose Ortiz in the McGaughey said. “That’s a big mile-and-one-sixteenth Holy Bull. feather in his cap. One of the things “I had a lot of confidence that that impresses me is when I saw he’d run well, but I didn’t know him in March at Courtlandt Farms what that meant. I maybe was a lit- and if you told me that he was tle surprised how well he ran and going to run right off the bat at how much he dominated those Saratoga, he didn’t give me that horses,” his Hall of Fame trainer impression. He looked more like a said. “I was very pleased and late-fall horse.” pleased the way he came out of it.” Not that getting Greatest The homebred colt launched his career with a pair of strong closing See FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH on page 9 Greatest Honour/LAUREN KING PHOTO Gulfstream Park Championship Meeting Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes Bonuses
Date Race Conditions Distance Purse Feb. 27 Fountain of Youth (G2) 3 yo 1 1/16 mi. $300,000* Mar. 27 Davona Dale (G2) 3 yo Fillies 1 mi. $200,000* Mar. 27b Curlin Florida Derby Presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa (G1) 3 yo 1 1/8 mi. $750,000** Mar. 27b Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) 3 yo Fillies 1 1/16 mi. $200,000***
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b= Nominations close Mar. 14
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Page 9 Fountain of Youth page 7 tory in the Swale (G3) and a seven-and-a-half-length score in the Continued from Honour to the races came without challenges. Limehouse at Gulfstream for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. is likely to “He’s no pushover by any means. He had some things about return in either the Fountain of Youth or Gotham at Aqueduct. him in his training that we had to get out of him. Being by Tapit, Florida-bred nominees to the Fountain of Youth include Boca they can be a little difficult at times and he wasn’t an exception to Boy, who was recently fourth to winner Candy Man Rocket in the that rule,” McGaughey said. “But once we got him going in a for- Feb. 6 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs; Gatsby, ward position, he’s taken everything really well. It’s interesting who was second to Real Talk in a first condition allowance at how well he acts on race day and in the paddock and those types Gulfstream on Feb. 6; Hercules, a $20,000 claiming race winner of things.” at Gulfstream on Jan. 13; Holy Bull fifth-place finisher Jirafales; McGaughey is hoping that Greatest Honour will follow in the Sososubtle, who won a one mile maiden special weight by four- hoofprints of Orb, whom he saddled for victories in the Fountain and-a-half lengths at Gulfstream on Jan. 20; and Limehouse of Youth, Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby (G1) in 2013. Stakes fifth-place finisher Warrior’s Pride. Three Diamonds Farms’ Fire At Will is among the most accom- plished Fountain of Youth nominees, having captured the Nov. 6 Javier Castellano ‘Very Motivated’ Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America (G1) at Keeneland in his most recent start. The Mike Maker-trained son in Return to Action of Declaration of War out of Flirt, by Kitten’s Joy also captured the Pilgrim Stakes (G2) on turf at Belmont on Oct. 3 but broke his Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano returned to action maiden in the off-the-turf With Anticipation at Saratoga in his sec- Wednesday at Gulfstream Park after sitting out for three months ond career start on Sept. 2. Fire At Will is scheduled to make his while rehabbing from surgery on his right leg. second career start on dirt in the Fountain of Youth. The five-time Championship Meet titlist finished fourth Godolphin LLC has a pair of nominees for the aboard Jack’s or Better Farm Inc.’s home- Fountain of Youth – Brad Cox-trained Essential bred Sexy Dream in Race 9, a mile $50,000 Quality, last year’s 2-year-old champion who is not optional claiming starter allowance for 3- scheduled to run, and Brendan Walsh-trained year-old fillies that was taken off the turf. Prevalence, a dazzling eighth-and-a-half-length While the result may not have been what he debut winner at Gulfstream who being considered would have likes, Castellano was more than for a return in the 75th running of the race. happy to get back to riding horses in the Trainer Doug O’Neill has two on the list of afternoon. FOY nominees – Roadrunner Racing and part- “I’m every excited, very motivated,” ners’ Hot Rod Charlie, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Castellano said. “That was my first mount. runner-up who finished a close third most recently We all are looking to win first time. It didn’t in the Jan. 30 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita work out, but we’re looking at the big picture. won by Florida-bred Medina Spirit; and ERJ We’re looking to get fit, riding a lot of horses. Racing LLC and partners’ The Great One, the Los I’m looking to work hard. Hopefully, I’ll get a Alamitos Futurity (G2) runner-up to Spielberg lot of support from the owners and trainers.” who broke his maiden Jan.23 at Santa Anita. A winner of 5,328 races and more than $354 million in purse earnings, Castellano SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Javier Castellano/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO Stables LLC and partners’ Tarantino and WinStar had arthroscopic surgery to clean up some Farm LLC and CHC Inc.’s Prime Factor, who finished second and debris in his right leg, near the hip, Nov. 16 in New York. He went third, respectively, in the Holy Bull, are also notable names on the through physical therapy and returned to Florida earlier this FOY nominations list. month to start getting on horses. The Rodolphe Brisset-trained Tarantino, pressed the pace Castellano was named on two horses Thursday with results not before finishing second in his first start on dirt. The son of available at press time. Pioneerof the Nile finished three-and-three-quarters lengths ahead Castellano won a record five consecutive Championship Meet of Todd Pletcher-trained Prime Factor, who raced evenly to finish riding titles at Gulfstream from 2011-12 through 2015-16. During third in his first start since capturing his debut by eight-and-three- that time, he was voted the Eclipse Award as champion jockey quarters lengths at Gulfstream Dec. 12. four times, from 2013-16. The Pletcher-trained Promise Keeper and Unbridled Honor are also FOY nomi- nees. WinStar Farm LLC and Woodford Thoroughbreds’ Promise Keeper, a son of Constitution, romped to a debut victory by EXPERIENCED GROOMS WANTED five lengths in his second career start at Gulfstream Feb. 6; Whisper Hill Farm We offer competitive pay, health insurance and LLC’s Unbridled Honor, a son of Honor paid vacation. Must have legal documentation Code, broke his maiden last time out at and pass a background screening. Tampa Bay Downs around two turns. 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Back to Top Page 12 Oaklawn Reschedules All Missed Stakes; Adds Days and Races BY OAKLAWN PRESS OFFICE______HOT SPRINGS, AR—After losing eight days of racing due to record-breaking winter weather, Oaklawn announced a series of changes to its racing schedule designed to restore as much of the season as possible for the benefit of horsemen, including moving all five canceled stakes to Feb. 27 and 28. The schedule and purse changes include: Immediately bringing back nearly $2 million in canceled stakes, including the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (Grade 3) and the $600,000 Razorback Handicap (G3), which will now be run Saturday, Feb. 27 along with the $200,000 Spring Fever Stakes. Adding 27 races to the schedule. Adding two new race days – Wednesday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 28. Increasing the purses on all overnight races by as much as $4,000 per race. A snowy Oaklawn/COADY PHOTO “There’s no fighting Mother Nature, especially when our prior- ity is safety,” Oaklawn president Louis Cella said. “However, we help, we truly are making lemonade out of lemons and with these feel these changes will greatly benefit our horsemen and our fans changes, the balance of the season will be terrific.” by creating a huge weekend of racing to kick off the rest of the Due to Arkansas restrictions on crowd size, attendance at season.” Oaklawn for live racing is limited to box holders, Oaklawn Jockey The purse increase will go into effect Thursday, Feb. 25 when Club members, and patrons with dining/simulcast reservations. racing is scheduled to resume. The weekend will be highlighted by However, Oaklawn general manager Wayne Smith anticipates a total of six stakes races starting Saturday when the $750,000 being able to open the Oaklawn infield and other outdoor areas to Southwest, $600,000 Razorback, and the $200,000 Spring Fever fans in the coming weeks. Reservations can be made by calling will be run. Sunday will be highlighted by the $250,000 Bayakoa 501-363-4660, Mon-Sat, for that week’s races only. (G3), $150,000 Dixie Belle, and $150,000 Downthedustyroad. Nominations for all stakes were reopened and will close Friday, Nominations for all stakes were reopened and will close Friday, Feb. 19. Feb. 19. Saturday, Feb. 27 Stakes – Entries to be drawn Tuesday, Feb. 23 The purses increases will average 5% per overnight race, • $750,000 Southwest (G3) meaning maiden special weights will be increased from $82,000 • $600,000 Razorback Handicap (G3) to $86,000 and top allowance races will increase from $88,000 to • $200,000 Spring Fever as much as $92,000. Cella said these late-breaking changes would not have been Sunday, Feb. 28 Stakes – Entries to be drawn Wednesday, Feb. 24 possible without the input and assistance of Arkansas Racing • $250,000 Bayakoa (G3) Commission chairman Alex Lieblong and HBPA president Bill • $150,000 Dixie Belle Walmsley. “Winter dealt us a bad hand,” Cella said. “With their • $150,000 Downthedustyroad Third Purse Increase Announced by Tampa Bay Downs Turf Stakes Moved to Wednesday, Feb. 24 Turf Sprint Showcase Day – featuring the $100,000 Turf BY TAMPA BAY DOWNS PRESS OFFICE ______Dash Stakes and the $100,000 Lightning City Stakes – from OLDSMAR – Despite rainy weather, Tampa Bay Downs Sunday to next Wednesday, Feb. horsemen and horsewomen are basking in sunshine upon 24. Both races had been pushed the announcement Wednesday of a third purse increase back from Saturday to Sunday this season, which will go into effect with Saturday’s earlier because of the soaked card. condition of the turf course, Ongoing gains in simulcast revenue have led to anoth- which last saw action Friday. With more rain forecast er 10% boost, with an additional $2,500 for all allowance Tampa Bay Downs/SV PHOTOGRAPHY races and maiden special weight races and $1,250 for later this week, the decision claiming and starter races. The increase amounts to approximate- was made to give the turf course plenty of time to dry out and cre- ly $15,000 more per day in total purse money. ate conditions as equitable as possible for all runners. Tampa Bay Downs previously increased purses by 10% on The Turf Dash is for 4-years-old and-older and the Lightning Dec. 16 and again on Feb. 3. City is for fillies and mares, 4-years-old and older. Both races are In on-track news, officials further postponed the track’s annual at a distance of five furlongs on the turf course.
Back to Top Back to Top Page 14 Mucho Unusual, Warren’s Showtime Head Buena Vista Stakes BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE ___ the meet, the one mile Lady of Shamrock on Dec. 26 and the six furlong Sunshine ARCADIA, CA—A pair of talented Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint Jan. 16, California-breds, Mucho Unusual and Warren’s Showtime looms a huge threat as Warren’s Showtime, head a competitive she gets back to what looks to be her pre- field of 10 older fillies and mares in ferred distance for trainer Craig Lewis. Saturday’s $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes Although beaten nearly four lengths by (Grade 2), to be contested at one mile over Leggs Galore as the 6-5 favorite Jan. 16, the Santa Anita turf. she found her best stride late in a race that Add in recent Grade 3-winner appeared to short for her. Charmaine’s Mia, Grade 1-winner Red Bred by Benjamin Warren, who owns Lark (Ire) and hard-knocking Going to the 4-year-old filly by Clubhouse Ride out Vegas, and the Buena Vista, which was of Warren’s Veneda, by Affirmative with first won by the late Julio Canani’s Davie’s his wife Sally, Warren’s Showtime has Lamb with Fernando Toro up in 1988, ample class and would benefit from a hot shapes up as a terrific betting race. pace with Juan Hernandez back aboard. A Owned and bred by George Krikorian winner of five out of her nine one mile turf and trained by Tim Yakteen, Mucho Unusual assignments, Warren’s Showtime has six seeks her third consecutive graded stakes wins, a second and seven thirds from 16 Mucho Unusual/BENOIT PHOTO victory at the current meeting. A winner of careere starts with earnings of $569,431. Drayden Van Dyke, she’ll be handled by the Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel at a mile-and- A 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare by Flavien Prat on Saturday, as Van Dyke will stick one-eighth on turf Dec. 27, she again stalked top sprinter The Factor, Agave Racing with the Paddy Gallagher-trained Red Lark. the early pace and registered a three quarter Stable’s Charmaine’s Mia came to play in A winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks length victory at 2-5 in the Grade 3 her Southern California debut on Jan. 9, as at a mile-and-one-eighth on turf three Megahertz at one mile on turf Jan. 18. she controlled the pace en route to a huge starts back on Aug. 22, Irish-bred Red Lark A 5-year-old mare by Mucho Macho two-and-a-half-length win in the Grade 3 was then a close fourth in the Grade 1 Man, out of the Unusual Heat mare Not Las Cienegas Stakes at six furlongs on turf Queen Elizabeth II won by Harvey’s Lil Unusual, Mucho Unusual will be ridden by while dismissed at 16-1. Previously head- Goil at Keeneland Oct. 10 and was most Abel Cedillo, as Joel Rosario is away to quartered at Woodbine Racecourse in recently fourth, beaten two-and-three- ride in Saudi Arabia. With four wins from Toronto, she registered a lofty 98 Beyer quarters lengths by Duopoly in the Grade 1 eight tries at a mile on turf, Mucho Speed figure in her first start for Phil American Oaks at a mile-and-one-quarter Unusual has seven wins, three seconds and D’Amato, who approached the Las on grass here Dec. 26. Owned by Eclipse four thirds from 19 overall starts with earn- Cienegas with a steady diet of drills on Thoroughbred Partners, 4-year-old Red ings of $822,715. Santa Anita’s inner dirt training track. Lark has a second place finish from two Third in a pair of ungraded turf stakes at Although ridden in the Las Cienegas by See BUENA VISTA on page 16 Tampa Bay Florida-bred Stakes Races Date Race Name Conditions Distance Purse Feb. 24 Lightning City Stakes 4 yo and older, F&M 5 fur. (T) $100,000*** Feb. 24 Turf Dash 4 yo and older 5 fur. (T) $100,000*** March 6a Lambholm So. Tampa Bay Derby (G2) 3 yo 1 1/16 mi. $400,000*** March 6a Florida Oaks (G3) 3 yo Fillies 1 1/16 mi. turf $200,000*** March 6a Hillsborough Stakes (G2) 4 yo & up F&M 1 1/8 mi. turf $225,000* March 28b OBS Sophomore Stakes 3 yo 7 fur. $110,000**** March 28b Stonehedge Farm Sophomore Fillies 3 yo Fillies 7 fur. $110,000**** March 28b Equistaff Sophomore Turf 3 yo 1 1/16 mi. turf $110,000**** March 28b NYRABets Sprint 4 yo & up 6 fur. $110,000**** March 28b Pleasant Acres Stallions Turf Distaff 3 yo & up F&M 1 1/16 mi. turf $110,000**** March 28b Grey Goose Turf Classic 4 yo & up 1 1/8 mi. turf $110,000**** *Includes $25,000 Florida-bred Win Bonus ***Includes $50,000 Florida-bred Top 6 Bonus 60%-20%-10%-5%-3%-2% ****Includes $10,000 Florida Sire Stakes Win Bonus
a = Nominations Close Feb. 20 b = Nominations Close March 13
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Back to Top Page 16 Second-Chance Juvenile Program Launches in Ocala FROM THE THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION PRESS OFFICE ______OCALA, FL—Building on more than 35 years of experience “Saving Horses and Saving Lives” in partnership with Correctional Facilities across the United States, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has established its first-ever partnership with a Department of Juvenile Justice program. Presented as a live-stream- ing launch event, the TRF and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice will introduce the new equine program, TRF Second Chances Juvenile Program at CSI-Ocala, to a national audience on Feb. 23. The event will feature remarks from the Secretary of the
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and include a tour of the Youth and TRF retired thoroughbred Hurricane Sergio/ FLORIDA DEPT. OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PHOTO new equine program facility constructed at the Center for Success impact of the TRF horses by changing the trajectory of the lives of and Independence, a juvenile residential commitment program young people who are deemed “at risk”.” operated by Youth Opportunity Investments in Ocala, Fla. The Founded in 1983, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is audience and media in attendance will meet the TRF retired race- a national organization devoted to saving thoroughbred horses no horses and the equine program instructor, learn about the skills- longer able to compete at the racetrack from possible neglect, based and therapeutic curriculum and hear examples of the posi- abuse, and slaughter. As the oldest thoroughbred rescue in the tive outcomes for the youths in the program. country, the TRF provides sanctuary to retired thoroughbreds Event Details: throughout their lifetime. Location: TRF Second Chances Juvenile Program at CSI-Ocala The TRF Second Chances Program is the nationally acclaimed, Date: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 flagship undertaking of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. Time: 10:00 a.m. EST (30 min duration) This program, first launched in 1984 at the Wallkill Correctional Access: Streaming live on TRF YouTube and on Facebook and Twitter Facility in Wallkill, NY, places retired thoroughbred racehorses No Tickets or RSVP Required. from the TRF herd in the care of the individuals within seven cor- Details at: https://www.trfinc.org/juvenile-at-csi-ocala/ rectional facilities and one juvenile residential commitment pro- The TRF Second Chances Juvenile Program at CSI-Ocala gram across the US. Participating in a skills-oriented vocational reflects more than three decades of experience with an innovative training program, incarcerated individuals learn how to care for public-private partnership model. Since opening the first TRF the aging equine athletes while gaining valuable life-skills that Second Chances Program in 1983, the private, nonprofit will equip them for success when they return to society. Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has provided for the safety The Center for Success and Independence-Ocala is a juvenile res- and welfare of retired thoroughbred racehorses through partner- idential commitment program for males, between the ages of 15 to ship with public partners in state-level correctional facilities 18 years of age. The program serves youth in need of mental health across the United States. With the launch of this first-ever juvenile overlay services and/or substance abuse treatment overlay services. program, the TRF expands the impact of its herd of 500 horses to a new audience of individuals. While the TRF focuses on the welfare of the retired horses, the Department of Juvenile Justice meets an identified need for ther- Buena Vista apeutic services and vocational training for the youth in the page 14 Department’s care. The Department recognizes the value of ani- Continued from mal-assisted interventions from a therapeutic perspective. tries at one mile on turf and is one of several who need a fast Together, these two organizations have found a new way to pace as she cuts back in distance a quarter mile. accomplish their respective missions. Idle since second, beaten two lengths at 14-1 in the American “The launch of the Juvenile Program in Ocala represents a Oaks, the Richard Baltas-trained Going to Vegas has been sec- meaningful milestone in the long history of the Thoroughbred ond in her last four starts, the last three all graded stakes. Like Retirement Foundation”, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Red Lark, Going to Vegas will be shortening up a quarter mile, executive director Pat Stickney said.“The TRF Second Chances but with a one mile turf resume that reads three wins, three sec- Juvenile Program at CSI-Ocala is the first of its kind in the United onds and two thirds in nine starts, she could certainly make her States and it represents the beginning of a new chapter for our presence felt with regular rider Mario Gutierrez up. flagship program. The partnership with the Florida Department of Owned by Harry Bederian, Harout Kamberian, Hagop Juvenile Justice has been the critical catalyst in our long-held Nakkashian and Richard Baltas, Going to Vegas, a 4-year-old dream of placing the retired thoroughbred racehorses of the TRF filly by Goldencents, was claimed for $50,000 seven starts in an environment where they can positively influence the lives of back on June 12 and has been off the board just once in six young people. This new program will set a new standard for the subsequent races.
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