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Only One Path Toward Medication Uniformity By Ray Paulick

Do we really need federal legislation to establish a struc- horse industry serving on the THADA board if they have ture for a national agency to regulate medication use in an investment in horses, provide services in the horse ? The Club, Breeders’ Cup and the ad- industry or work for a horse industry organization. vocacy group, Water Hay Oats Alliance (WHOA), say yes. The Tonko-Barr bill has language specifying that it does The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective not “modify or eliminate any of the consents, approvals Association, Horsemen’s Association, Thor- or agreements required by the Interstate Horserac- oughbred Owners of California and Association of Racing ing Act of 1978 or impair or restrict the operation and Commissioners International, among others, say no. enforcement of state law or regulation of Thoroughbred horseracing with respect to matters unrelated to anti- Two bills have been filed dealing with this issue. The first doping or for violations of state or federal criminal law.” It one, H.R. 2641, is a holdover from 2013 that failed to get creates a national authority that will have input from the out of committee. Sponsored by Pennsylvania Congress- horse racing industry in drafting national medication rules, man Joe Pitts and others, this bill puts the United States drug testing standards and protocols (including out-of- Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in charge of regulations, competition screening) and uniform rules for enforcement phases out furosemide (Lasix) in two years, installs strict and penalties for violators. penalty guidelines but appears to compromise horse- men’s consent on simulcasting guaranteed by the Inter- Continued on Page 7 state Horseracing Act of 1978. No horseracing organiza- tions support H.R. 2641, though some individuals believe this is the correct path for the industry. The second bill, H.R. 3084, is sponsored by Reps. Paul Tonko (Democrat/NY) and Andy Barr (Republican/ KY), co-chairs of the Congressional Horse Caucus. This is the one supported by Breeders’ Cup, The Jockey Club and WHOA, who along with the Kentucky Thorough- bred Association/Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders, and the Humane Society of the United States are members of a group called the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity. This bill would establish an independent, non-governmental agency (to be called the Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority) that would be popu- lated by the CEO of USADA, five USADA board members and five individuals nominated by Thoroughbred industry organizations and selected by USADA. The conflict of interest language in the bill precludes anyone from the ASK RAY

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As a racer, Bodemeister led nearly every step of the way ’s son Yankee Gentleman. in two classics, but he was caught late in both the 2012 and Preakness by I’ll Have Another, now at It never hurts to have good relations. Bodemeister was stud in Japan. such a classy racehorse that he certainly made the mat- ing that produced American Pharoah look like a good idea. Bodemeister was also the last great hurrah for his sire, But, now that American Pharoah is acclaimed as one of the , winner of the 2003 the greats of racing, he makes Bodemeister even more who was sold by owner Juddmonte Farms interesting to breeders and buyers. to stand in Japan after the 2010 breeding season. Empire Maker’s other classic-placed son is , who At the Saratoga select yearling auction, Bodemeister is rep- was second to in the resented by his first crop and has 2009 Kentucky Derby. nine yearlings consigned. Among those Bodemeister yearlings on the But Pioneerof the Nile’s lasting fame sale’s first day is Hip 38, a bay is that he has sired the first Triple out of major winner Awesome Hu- Crown winner in 37 years, and mor (Distorted Humor). Awesome American Pharoah is unbeaten on Humor showed her best at the Spa, the racecourse, aside from that little winning the G1 Spinaway Stakes, as misunderstanding in a maiden race well as the G2 Adirondack, and then in the colt’s debut last year. the next year, Awesome Humor came back and finished second in The reflected glory of American the G1 Alabama Stakes, Saratoga’s Pharoah, plus other good racehors- grandest test for 3-year-old fillies. es, has propelled Pioneerof the Nile into the upper echelon of American Louise Reinagel Awesome Humor has stakes- , and he will be standing for placed Keep Me Informed (A.P. a six-figure stud fee in 2016 after beginning the 2015 Indy) among her four winners to date, and the G1 winner is breeding season at $60,000. out of the stakes-winning Pass the Tab Horns Gray. Awesome Humor is also a half-sister to Surf Club, the dam None of this can be bad for Bodemeister, who cut out of G1 winner Emcee (Unbridled’s Song). a blazing pace in the Kentucky Derby (:22.32, :45.39, Among Surf Club’s three other stakes horses is Baffled 1:09.80, 1:35.19) and held on to be second, a length and (Distorted Humor), the dam of winner Con- a half behind the winner. stitution (). Furthermore, Bodemeister is pedigreed on the same lines The young stallion’s other yearlings at Saratoga are pri- as American Pharoah. Bodemeister is by Empire Maker marily out of young with stakes performance or pro- out of a Storm Cat mare, and the Triple Crown winner is duction and bode well for his prospects for the future. PRS by Empire Maker’s son Pioneerof the Nile out of a mare by

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Rock Fall prepared to make his debut at Saratoga a year later. But a setback put him on the shelf until the spring of 2014, when he broke his maiden second time out by 9 1/4 lengths. Following a win in allowance company, the colt needed another layoff and stayed on the sidelines until March. No problem. He’s reeled off four more victories this season for owner Stonestreet Stables and trainer , most recently getting up by a nose after a gutsy stretch duel with The Big Beast in the Vanderbilt. Rock Fall’s form doesn’t just come from his sire. His dam, Renda, was graded stakes-placed and competed in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. “She had some speed and precocity and was by a very de- 2011 Dk B Colt, Speightstown — Renda, by Medaglia sirable sire,” said O’Callaghan. “She was a Medaglia d’Oro d’Oro. Consigned by Woods Edge to 2012 Fasig-Tipton mare and she could run.” Saratoga Sale, purchased by Stonestreet Stables for $250,000. Last year, Renda produced a filly by Bodemeister now with Bluewater Sales who O’Callaghan called “outstanding.” As So far, Rock Fall is looking a lot like his sire on the race- for Rock Fall, he looks a serious threat to keep following in track, and that’s a good thing. his sire’s footsteps and take home a victory in the Breed- ers’ Cup Sprint. PRS Speightstown was a high-caliber sprinter, winning 10 of 16 starts on his way to earning more than $1.2 million. He finished off the board just two times, one of them in his first start. He capped off his stellar career with a victory in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint. In seven career outings, Rock Fall has failed to reach the winner’s circle only once, and that was in his debut. The 4-year-old has prevailed in six consecutive starts, includ- ing back-to-back scores in the G2 True North and G1 Vanderbilt Handicaps, a feat that yes, Speightstown also accomplished. Bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock, Rock Fall looked the part early on, according to consignor Peter O’Callaghan of Woods Edge Farm. “He was a strong horse, very correct, and a good mover,” O’Callaghan said. “He looked like he’d make a good 2-year- old.” After selling for $250,000 as a yearling at the 2012 Fasig- Tipton Saratoga Sale, all was going according to plan as RANDOM FACTS by Ray Paulick In the last 110 runnings of the Travers, 49 favorites won (44.5 percent). Twenty-four Kentucky Derby winners ran in the Travers; 10 won. No horse has won both the Travers and Breeders’ Cup Classic. Of the three Triple Crown winners to run in the Travers, only (1941) won. was DQed from the win in 1978. www.PaulickReport.com Page 4

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COPYRIGHT © 2015, BLENHEIM PUBLISHING LLC www.PaulickReport.com Page 5 How does your yearling grow? By Natalie Voss

It’s no secret that young seem to be constantly growing in their first months of life, but how exactly does that growth occur, and what does it mean for managers and sales agents? In a presentation before the Thoroughbred Breeder’s Association annual seminar in the United Kingdom last month, Kentucky Equine Research president Dr. Joe Pagan outlined a few surprising facts about the growing racehorse. Although there are a lot of things that managers can control about a young horse’s growth pattern, Pagan believes final size isn’t one of them. “I think height is 100 percent determined by genetics,” said Pagan. “I don’t believe that maximal size can be manipulated. I think how quickly you get to genetic maximal potential (and whether you get to maximal size) are the two questions.” According to KER’s research, a horse has reached 85 percent of its mature weight and 95 percent of its mature height by the time it turns two years old. Most of that height growth happened when the horses were still on the mare – they did 50 percent of their height growth in their first four months. Horses did most of their skeletal growth between the ages of one and eight months, most of their muscle development between eight and 15 months, and saw most of their fat gain from 15 to 18 months. Pagan believes that managers, through the manipulation of a horse’s environment, can control the rate at which the horse reaches those thresholds. The trick for farm managers and those preparing sales horses is balancing the desire for impressive growth with the risk of developmental orthopedic diseases. One area that has not been studied when it comes to growth is epigenetics—the notion that environmental influence can manipulate which genes are expressed. Continued on Page 6

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According to a study done in 2009 by KER, size really does Continued from Page 5 have a serious influence on a horse’s final sale price. When examining 294 yearlings from 20 different consignments at the Keeneland September Sale that year, researchers found that horses selling below the median price for their sale day tended to be shorter and lighter than those who sold above that median. They also learned that horses not attaining their reserve in a given session were on average, shorter and lighter than those that sold. In another study which followed horses from sales to race- NEW DATE OCT. 4th, 2015 track, KER found that eventual Grade 1 winners and even- tual millionaires were also taller and heavier at the time they went through the yearling sales than their less-accom- plished cohorts. Pagan believes that although there is a potential risk of skeletal disease due to faster growth, the data shows that there is definitely a reward from bringing a well-grown yearling to sale. Featured Yearling Session Catalog Fee $500.00 “I wouldn’t recommend anyone go to a sale and say, ‘That’s Mixed Sale – Horses of all Ages Commission 5% a great big yearling, he’s got a better chance of being a with a $150 minimum good horse,’ but I think if you look at the entire population, Catalog Deadline those good horses tend to be bigger,” he said. August 25th Supplemental entries The size of a horse at the time of his yearling sale is linked accepted after catalog of course, to his actual age, which goes back to the broad deadline and until Sept. 30th January to June foaling season. Although conventional wis- 2829 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City OK 73128 405.682.4551 www.heritageplace.com email: [email protected]

dom says that a January foal is most desirable because of its increased opportunity to gain size and weight before the fall sales, Pagan believes the industry’s practice of breeding and foaling in the dead of winter is a mistake. In a study of just under 4,000 mares and foals on 50 central Kentucky breeding farms, researchers found that foals born in January and February experience slow growth rates until the spring, then grow very quickly as the grass comes into season. Their younger pasture mates, by contrast, experi- ence a less drastic change at the start of the spring rains. “I think what you have to ask is, ‘Does that erratic growth curve from them catching back up have any potential nega- tive effects?’ and I think you could argue that it does,” said Pagan. “Foals are programmed to grow most rapidly when they’re young, and for the growth rate to steadily decrease… there’s a reason that horses would normally foal in the spring. I think a lot of times May foals get discriminated against because they’re perceived as small, when in fact they’re young.” The other factor to consider is the broodmare health of win- ter foals, said Pagan. All mares experienced a dip in weight after foaling, but January and February-foaling mares experi- enced a more rapid weight loss as their foals drew precious calories from them in winter. They regained their weights in spring, and while Pagan said it’s unknown if the loss and gain is dangerous in itself, it’s not exactly efficient. PRS www.PaulickReport.com Page 7

Continued from Page 1 It promises to deliver what virtually everyone in Thorough- bred racing wants: one set of rules throughout the United States for medication use, more efficient testing pro- grams (including research and development) and enforce- ment standards and rules that are the same in one state as they are in another. It does not eliminate the race-day use Lasix, instead leaving it up to the THADA board to draft national rules and regulations. So, who could possibly stand in opposition to these goals? Proponents of the bill are taking it from both sides. Those who want to eliminate Lasix on race-day say the Tonko- Barr legislation doesn’t go far enough. They support the Pitts legislation that bans Lasix and say WHOA and the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity have sold out on prin- ciple on this issue. Those who want to continue the race-day use of Lasix view Tonko-Barr as an anti-Lasix bill disguised as medication reform. The only indication about whether or not Lasix will be banned, should this legislation pass, is the bill’s stated goal to bring the United States in line with “all major interna- tional Thoroughbred horseracing standards.” Opponents have said the racing industry is moving toward uniform national rules without the need for federal inter- vention. There is some truth to that. A number of states have adopted the same set of regulations outlining what drugs can and cannot be used in treating horses. But it’s in the drug testing programs and enforcement of these so-called national rules where the patchwork quilt of state racing commissions are not now and likely never will be efficient or uniform. Some states merely go through the motions when it comes to regulating medication and enforcing rules. Low bids often outweigh a laboratory’s efficiency, or its com- mitment to R&D for tests detecting cutting-edge perfor- mance enhancing drugs. One lab that contracts with over a dozen racing states was found, during an independent audit earlier this year, to be woefully inadequate when it comes to detecting commonly used drugs. One example of the inefficiency in the current regulatory structure involves cobalt, the substance currently at the center of a major controversy in Australia. Indiana was the first U.S. state to establish rules regulat- ing cobalt after determining through testing last year that it was being abused. Other states are discussing where to set threshold levels for cobalt, which can be found in low levels in feed supplements. Yet others are debating whether the substance, given in large doses, acts as a blood-doping agent in horses as it does in human sports. Some states eventually may test for cobalt while others never will. There is no consistency. Is this federal legislation needed? In a word, “Yes.” PRS www.PaulickReport.com Page 8 Five to Watch A look at some of the sale’s top hips By Frank Mitchell

Hip 21 Gray colt by x Wickedly Wise, by Tac- the racetrack who has been his sire’s second-best son at tical Cat: This March foal is a son of stud behind only Unbridled’s Song. The sire of 60 stakes winner Union Rags (by ). This is the first crop winners, Broken Vow has sired G1 winners Unbridled Belle, by Union Rags, who has eight consigned to the Saratoga Sassy Image, and Cotton Blossom, in addition to Rosalind. select yearling sale this year. This colt is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Wickedly Perfect (Congrats), who won the Hip 75 Dark bay colt by x Enchanted Spell, by Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland as a 2-year-old. Devil’s Bag: An early March foal, this colt is by leading sire Candy Ride, also sire of champion Shared Belief, and among Hip 49 Bay colt by Tapit x Carriage Trade, by Storm Cat: the sire’s G1 winners is El Brujo, a full brother to this colt. By the country’s leading sire, this colt is the second foal of They are out of the Devil’s Bag producer Enchanted Spell, a Storm Cat mare who is a half-sister to major winner Lil’s whose other foals include stakes winner Galadriel, the dam Lad (Pine Bluff), winner of the Fountain of Youth. The dam of stakes winner Concave (G2 Sorrento, third in G1 Del Mar is a full sister to a pair of stakes winners, G3 winner Chero- Debutante). kee and listed winner Art Museum. Their dam is G3 winner Totemic (Vanlandingham). Hip 88 Dark bay colt by Medaglia d’Oro x Gabriellina Giof, by Ashkalani: This colt is a full brother to dual G1 winner Hip 59 Bay filly by Broken Vow x Critics Acclaim, by The- Gabby’s Golden Gal, who won the Acorn Stakes and Santa atrical: A February foal, this filly is a full sister to G1 win- Monica Handicap at that level. The colt is also a half-brother ner Rosalind, winner of the Ashland at 3 and second in the to major performer Always a Princess (Leroidesanimaux), G1 Alcibiades, third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at who won half of her 10 starts, including a trio of G2 stakes, 2. Broken Vow (by Unbridled) is a high-class performer on and was second in the G1 Oak Leaf as a 2-year-old. PRS