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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ANOTHER DERBY WINNER FOR REDDAM THE FACTOR RETIRED TO LANE=S END Parx track announcer Keith Jones may=ve summed it George Bolton and Fog City Stable=s The Factor (War up best after watching J. Paul Reddam=s Handsome Front--Greyciousness, by Mike (Scat Daddy) light up the tote Miswaki) has been retired board at 19-1 in the from racing and will stand GII Pennsylvania Derby Saturday. the 2013 season at William AWow, I didn=t see that coming,@ he S. Farish=s Lane=s End Farm commented as the field of seven in Kentucky. A recipient of galloped out. Golden Ticket the J “TDN Rising Star” (Speightstown) ran much better of J distinction for an Handsome Mike the GI Travers S. dead-heaters 8 1/2-length maiden- Horsephotos grabbing the third spot. Alpha breaking romp late in 2010, (Bernardini), favored at 3-5, faded The Factor Horsephotos the speedy grey returned to to finish sixth. Still eligible for a first-level allowance, annex the GII San Vicente the GI Haskell Invitational fourth-place finisher repeated that effort in the grassy GI Secretariat S. at Arlington S. and run away with GII Rebel S. early in his 3-year-old Park last time Aug. 18. Cont. p5 year. He went on to best his elders in Del Mar=s GI Pat O=Brien S. that August, and finished off 2011 with a A CHAMPION=S AURA decisive success in the prestigious GI Malibu S. It seemed unlikely that last year=s champion juvenile filly My Miss Aurelia (Smart Strike) would retain her Cont. p3 unbeaten record in the GI Cotillion S. at Parx when Questing (GB) THE FACTOR=S VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS (Hard Spun) turned for home after GII San Carlos S. setting trotting-horse splits. The GI Malibu S. two did their best Affirmed-and- GI Pat O’Brien S. Alydar impression down the GII Rebel S. stretch, and My Miss Aurelia--in GII San Vicente S. My Miss Aurelia (outside) receipt of seven pounds from the MSW-SA trumps Questing Equi-Photo chalk--pinned her ears and determinedly got her head in front approaching the wire. Co-owners Barbara Banke and George Bolton were on hand to welcome their champion. Cont. p4 LEFT IN THE >DUST= Padua Stables= Dust and Diamonds (Vindication) earned an automatic spot in the starting gate for the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Sprint courtesy a smart 1 1/4-length tally over Judy the Beauty (Ghostzapper) at 8-1 in the GII Gallant Bloom H. at Belmont Park. AWe=ve spent a lot of time with her, and she=s done really well and blossomed here,@ winning assistant trainer Toby Sheets Dust and Diamonds commented. A[Steve Asmussen and Adam Coglianese I] haven=t discussed [plans beyond this race]; we were just focusing on this race and this moment. We=ll see how she comes out of it and go from there.@ Musical Romance (Concorde=s Tune) was up for third, while favored Turbulent Descent (Congrats) finished a disappointing fourth. Cont. p6 In This Issue NY Times Continues Racing Series 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 The New York Times has published its latest installment in a series of (732) 747-8060 articles on the darker side of the horse racing industry, focusing this time on (732) 747-8955 (fax) the abuse of prescription medications and the veterinarians prescribing them www.thoroughbreddailynews.com "Only veterinarians can legally prescribe medicine, yet they often let www.thetdn.com trainers, who are paid to win races, make medical decisions, including which drugs to use," the article reads. "These veterinarians also have a powerful Barry Weisbord, co-publisher financial incentive to prescribe drugs: they are both doctor and drugstore, and so the more drugs they prescribe, the more money they make. 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VETS, MEDS FOCUS OF NY TIMES STORY The Factor began 2012 with a score in the GII San The New York Times has published its latest Carlos S. at Santa Anita and finished his career with installment in a series of articles on the darker side of back-to-back runner-up efforts in the GI Triple Bend H. the horse racing industry, focusing this time on the and GI Bing Crosby S. at Betfair abuse of prescription medications and the veterinarians Hollywood Park June 30 and Del prescribing them (click here for complete feature). Mar July 28, respectively. AOnly veterinarians can legally prescribe medicine, yet Topping the 2010 Barretts May they often let trainers, who are paid to win races, make Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale medical decisions, including which drugs to use,@ the at $250,000, The Factor retires article reads. AThese veterinarians also have a powerful with an overall record of 13-6-2- financial incentive to prescribe drugs: they are both 0 and earnings of $922,180. doctor and drugstore, and so the more drugs they AThe Factor showed brilliant prescribe, the more money they make. Selling and speed and exceptional scope and administering drugs, in fact, accounts for most of their quality in his three seasons on income.@ the racetrack and Lane=s End is George Bolton One of the medications discussed is clenbuterol, a very pleased to stand this Horsephotos bronchodilator that reportedly has steroidal qualities. stunning horse whose pedigree California recently eliminated threshold levels for will be of great interest to breeders,@ said Will Farish. clenbuterol and recommended a 21-day withdrawal The Factor will stand with an initial stud fee of period for the medication. The Racing Medication and $15,000. AWe=re really doing a deal--[Fog City=s] David Testing Consortium (RMTC) is awaiting the results of Shimmon and I with Lane=s End--to have a five- to 10- an ongoing study by the University of California, Davis year plan,@ Bolton explained on HRTV. AInstead of trying before ruling on a possible clenbuterol ban. to have a high stud fee and a lot of mares the first year, Another medication addressed in the article is we=re trying to get really good mares and, we think, oxymetazoline, an ingredient in the over-the-counter because he=s fast and he=s got that great Danzig line, cold remedy Afrin. According to the Times, over a 12- that people will like him at that level.@ Bolton, who was day period in 2011, Standardbreds at tracks in roomates with Bill Farish at the University of Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York were treated with added, AIt=s very exciting for me because Bill Farish and oxymetazoline and that A36 of 38 horses using the drug his father were the ones who got me into the sport, so finished first or second, with 31 winning their races,@ it=s fun for me to have a colt who=s good enough to go the article states. down there [to Lane=s End].@ Click here for The Factor=s In December, the New York State Racing and brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree or brisnet.com Wagering Board revealed that fines and suspensions lifetime past performances. had been levied to 16 individuals for oxymetazoline violations at the harness racing venues Yonkers, A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will Monticello and Saratoga. Dr. Louis A. Grasso, who is indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will believed to have treated several of the harness horses denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will in question, lost his license to practice at New York indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- racetracks, but is one of the few veterinarians to have bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races been thusly sanctioned, the Times reports. and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. ALosing a racing license is not a big enough deterrent,@ Edward J. Martin, president of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, told Did You Know?... the Times. AWe believe losing a veterinarian=s license is. THE FACTOR (War Front) This is a hole in the regulatory scheme and needs to be was tabbed as a plugged.@ J “TDN Rising Star” J Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our Ï Ò website! TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/23/12 • PAGE 4 of 18 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Saturday, Parx Racing When the gates opened for the Cotillion--the first COTILLION S.-GI, $971,200, PRX, 9-22, 3yo, f, Grade I event in Pennsylvania racing history--both 1 1/16m, 1:44 2/5, ft.