FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here MOMENT OF ZAN SEA FACES EIGHT Zantenda (GB) (Zamindar) made good on her eye- Khalid Abdullah's Sea Moon (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}) catching debut to take the G3 Prix d=Aumale at will have to tackle eight rivals as he bids to justify Longchamp Thursday. There was enough sparkle in her short-priced favoritism in tomorrow's Aug. 24 maiden score in a G1 Labrokes St Leger at Doncaster. newcomers' heat at Highly impressive when an eight- Deauville to merit a length winner of the G2 Great J “TDN Rising Star” J Voltigeur S. at York Aug. 17, the Sir badge, and the imposing Michael Stoute-trained three-parts bay put up another taking brother to the 2003 hero Brian Boru performance in this (GB) (Sadler's Wells) has pleased in pattern-race bow. Held up his subsequent work and all the signs paris-turf.com way off the pace as British are positive for the up-and-comer. sport360.com raider Kinetica (GB) (Stormy "We've always liked him and were Atlantic) enjoyed a clear advantage on the front end, hopeful going to the Voltigeur, but we didn't expect she was hurried along to close approaching the final him to win in that fashion," Stoute commented. "The quarter mile and quickened impressively for two late way he traveled through the race and then picked up flicks of the persuader to keep her perfect record intact. was impressive and that was only his fourth race. We "I think Zantenda is very good and is even better than had the Derby in mind with him, but he had mucus on what she has shown so far in her two races," enthused his lungs in the spring time and a fungus and it took a winning conditioner Freddy Head. "She had to work for little time to clear up. We got more than we expected the victory today. Olivier Peslier gave her an excellent at York, even though he'd gone forward in his ride and he timed his run to perfection from what preparation. He loved the conditions at York, where it seemed an impossible position. If she comes out of this was a bit moist and dead and we'd love the same race fine she will definitely come back in the [G1] Prix ground at Doncaster. The vibes are good with him, but Marcel Boussac [over course and distance Oct. 2]." it's the most competitive St Leger we've had for many years. He's got a proper Leger pedigree, his three-parts Thursday, Longchamp, France brother won the race so you'd be hopeful that stamina PRIX D'AUMALE-G3, i80,000, Longchamp, 9-8, 2yo, wouldn't be a problem." Field, p6 f, 1mT, 1:40.70, gd/sf. 1B#@ZANTENDA (GB), 121, f, 2, by Zamindar 1st Dam: Tender Morn (SP-Fr), by Dayjur 2nd Dam: La Pitie, by Devil's Bag 3rd Dam: Empiracle, by Forli (Arg) O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Freddy Head; J-Olivier Peslier; i40,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, i52,000. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+. 2--Rajastani (Ire), 121, f, 2, Zamindar--Rocky Mistress (GB), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). O/B-Ecurie Skymarc Farm; T-Stephane Wattel; i16,000. 3--Kinetica (GB), 121, f, 2, Stormy Atlantic--Kiswahili (GB), by Selkirk. O/B-Kirsten Rausing; T-Sir Mark Prescott; i12,000. Margins: NK, 2, 2HF. Odds: 1.40, 4.20, 4.50. Also Ran: Iceni Girl (GB), Absolutely True (GB), Nimohe (Fr), Enjoy the Life (GB). Click for the Racing Post chart. RCI RELEASES REPORT: DRUGS IN U.S. RACING - THE FACTS...................................................p2 (859) 233-4252 • www.claibornefarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/9/11 • PAGE 2 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com NEWS TODAY RCI REPORT: THE FACTS ON DRUGS IN U.S. RACING The Association of Racing Commissioners International released a report Thursday entitled, ADrugs in U.S. Racing - 2010, The Facts,@ which underscored the RCI statement, AWith more rigorous standards than the Olympics, professional horse racing has the most aggressive drug testing program in professional sports, testing for more substances with greater sensitivity than anyone else.@ Citing an article printed in USA Today in May, the RCI report refuted the perception that illegal drugs are Arampant,@ Aendemic,@ and Awidespread@ in horse racing. Statistics on Lasix use were reported separately, and demonstrated that the number of violations was a microscopic 36 from 324,215 samples tested, or .0001%. The number of Lasix violations was down 33% since 2001. The report added, AEIPH [exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage] is the only equine condition that has warranted an exception to permit a prophylactic treatment on race day with medication. It is wrong to equate the use of this medication to paint a picture that racing is Adrug ridden.@ However, it went on to say, AThe statistics in this report should not be interpreted to say that there are not challenges facing horse racing's drug testing program.@ While lauding the efforts of the industry, particularly through initiatives such as the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association=s Safety and Integrity CLARIFICATION: Thursday=s TDN incorrectly stated the Alliance, it added, AThese efforts do not mitigate the payments that would be required for GI Del Mar need to ensure that racing commissions have adequate Futurity hero Drill (Lawyer Ron) to be eligible for the resources available to maintain an expansive and Breeders= Cup. There is no longer any Asupplementing@ effective drug testing program that can evolve into a Breeders= Cup race for horses that were not as scientific advances are made in both testing nominated as foals. Runners not nominated to the technology and equine care.@ (For the complete 14-page Breeders= Cup program as foals who were sired by a report, click here. ) nominated stallion in the year of conception to the SUMMARY OF RCI REPORT Breeders= Cup, European Breeders= Fund or the Common Fund or through the new international stallion program • 324,215 biological samples taken from racing horses were submitted of 2011, must be nominated by Oct. 24 as a Horse of to testing labs in 2010 Racing Age for $100,000 for lifetime eligibility to the • Less than one half of one percent (.493%) of those tested samples Breeders= Cup program. Runners whose sires were not were found to contain a substance not allowed by medication rules nominated to the Breeders= Cup program in the year of • Of those, 94% were overages of legal therapeutic medications at conception must have a $200,000 payment made for concentrations in excess of permitted levels. These medications are them by Oct. 24 through the HORA program. The used routinely in equine care by licensed veterinarians and cannot be owners of all horses nominated through the HORA equated with “horse doping” program then pay the appropriate pre-entry and entry • Only 47 of the over 320,000 samples tested in 2010 contained a fees, unless their horse won a Breeders= Cup Challenge Class 1 or Class 2 substance that could qualify as “horse doping” race. Since Drill was not nominated as a foal to the • Possible “Horse doping” accounted for 0.015% of total samples Breeders= Cup program, but his sire, Lawyer Ron, was tested. Such instances have remained rare for the past 10 years nominated in the year of conception, the owners must pay $100,000 by Oct. 24 to join the Breeders Cup despite dramatic increases in testing sensitivity. = program. As the Del Mar Futurity was a Breeders= Cup • Overall medication violations in 2010 were 20% less than 2001. Challenge race, his owners then gain free entry into the • The $35 million collective investment by the US state racing Juvenile and a $10,000 travel allowance to Louisville commissions on drug testing dwarfs the entire $26 million budget for for the Championships. There are no additional the World Anti-Doping Agency. payments required. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/9/11 • PAGE 3 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com News cont. WINSTAR TO AWARD SEASONS IN KENTUCKY CUP DISTAFF (Edited press release) The owners of each of the first three finishers in the GIII Kentucky Cup Distaff on the WinStar Kentucky Cup Day of Champions Sept. 24 at Turfway Park will be awarded a complimentary season to a WinStar Farm stallion in addition to purse earnings, it was announced Thursday. The stallions with a 2012 season to be given away are 2010 GI Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver (Maria=s Mon), MGISW Colonel John (Tiznow) and MGSW Hold Me Back (Giant=s Causeway), who won the GII Lane=s End S. at Turfway as a 3-year-old. The Kentucky Cup Distaff, a 1 1/16 mile race for fillies and mares, three and up, carries a $100,000 purse. Nominations close Sept. 15. AThis concept is a throwback to the old days when Atlantic City used to run the Matchmaker [GIII, now run at Monmouth],@ said Elliott Walden, president and CEO of WinStar. AWith these three exciting young stallions, we see this as an opportunity for an owner to get their mare off on the right foot.@ DEL MAR CONCLUDES With attendance on par with the 2010 meet, and total handle figures down just 4.2%, Del Mar officials were pleased with the results of the 2011 season that ended Wednesday. AI=m not going to get into the obvious things about the economy and lack of racing stock and all those other ready-made excuses,@ Del Mar CEO Joe Harper said.