Ny Times Names Gamine As Oaks-Day Positive; Robertson Expresses Concern
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020 DAREDEVIL TO STAND AT LANE'S END NY TIMES NAMES GAMINE One of the top second-crop sires Daredevil (More Than Ready AS OAKS-DAY POSITIVE; --Chasethewildwind, by Forty Niner) will relocate to Lane's End Farm for the 2021 breeding season. The GI Champagne S. victor ROBERTSON EXPRESSES will stand for $25,000. Sire of 3-year-old sensations Swiss Skydiver and CONCERN Shedaresthedevil, Daredevil is third on the North American- based, second-crop sire behind only American Pharoah and Constitution with just over half as many starters. Daredevil is the only first-crop sire to ever sire an individual winner of the GI Kentucky Oaks and the GI Preakness S. in the same year. Swiss Skydiver is only the sixth filly to win the second leg of the Triple Crown in its 145 years. Shedaresthedevil was her sire's first Classic winner in 2020 and led home the exacta for her sire in the most prestigious 3-year-old fillies race of the year. Cont. p4 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY NIGGE ON BRIDGE FOR INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS Trainer Stephanie Nigge sends out her first Group 1 runner, Gamine in the Acorn | Sarah K. Andrew Normandy Bridge, in Saturday’s Criterium International. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) is conducting a follow-up investigation of a class C medication positive detected in a sample returned from Kentucky Oaks day, according to a KHRC statement Thursday. Joe Drape of The New York Times reported in a story published at 6:43 p.m. that it was the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks third-place finisher Gamine (Into Mischief) who returned the positive test, citing "two people familiar with the results of the drug test who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly." "The Derby day samples were 'cleared,' showing no irregularities," the statement from the KHRC read. "The Oaks day samples returned a finding for a class C medication in one primary sample." The Kentucky Oaks was run at Churchill Downs Sept. 4. The results "should be available" in November, a KHRC spokesperson confirmed. This year's Breeders' Cup is scheduled for Nov. 6-7. According to the statement, "the KHRC will follow its established regulatory process in conducting a follow-up investigation of this matter. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Saturday, October 24, 2020 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Deputy Editor Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Associate Editors Christina Bossinakis @CBossTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN News and Features Editor In Memoriam: Ben Massam (1988-2019) ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Advertising Assistants Amie Newcomb Kristen Lomasson Photographer/Photo Editor ‘TDN Rising Star’ and GISW Echo Town (Speightstown--Letgomyecho, by Menifee) will Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew take up residence at Ashford Stud upon his retirement from racing. Story p.6. | Sarah [email protected] Andrew Social Media Strategist Justina Severni Director of Customer Service TODAY’S GRADED STAKES Vicki Forbes ET Race Click for TV [email protected] 7:30a Prix Perth-G3, SCD -------------- TVG Marketing Manager 8:00a Prix de Flore-G3, SCD -------------- TVG Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen 8:35a Criterium International-G1, SCD -------------- TVG 9:50a Criterium de Saint-Cloud-G1, SCD -------------- TVG Director of IT & Accounting Ray Villa 9:55a Vertem Futurity Trophy S.-G1, DON -------------- TVG [email protected] 10:35a Molson Coors Beverage Company S.-G3, NEW -------------- TVG [email protected] 10:39a Eyrefield S.-G3, LEO -------------- TVG 11:00a Prix Belle de Nuit-G3, SCD -------------- TVG WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 11:10a Pravha S.-G3, NEW -------------- TVG International Editor 7:37p Senator Kenn Maddy S.-GIII, SA TJCIS PPs TVG Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 17 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 24, 2020 NY Times Names Gamine cont. from p1 Bob Baffert | Horsephotos The name of the horse, trainer and owner will not be released at this time, "in accordance with that process," the statement read. Gamine is trained by Bob Baffert, whose attorney Craig Robertson expressed concern over Drape's story and the fact that the result had been leaked. He released the following statement: "The current reporting on Gamine is inaccurate and needs to be cleared up. First, Betamethasone is a legal, commonly used anti-inflammatory medication. It is not a `banned substance.' Second, the medication was administered to Gamine on Aug. 17 by her veterinarian and on the veterinarian's recommendation. Importantly, the veterinarian followed established medical and regulatory guidelines in administering the medication. The withdrawal guidelines published by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission recommend that the medication not be given within 14 days of a race. In this instance, as an additional layer of protection, Gamine's veterinarian last treated her with Betamethasone 18 days before the Oaks. AGamine's test revealed 27 picograms of Betamethasone. The current threshold in Kentucky is 10 picograms. The situation with Gamine highlights two issues that are very troubling and must be addressed by the racing industry. First, the thresholds for many lawful medications such as Betamethasone are way too low. A picogram is a trillionth of a gram. Twenty-seven picograms is a minuscule amount that would not affect a thousand pound animal. The regulations governing racing must be ones that are related to pharmacology in a horse as opposed to how sensitive labs can test. Second, trainers and veterinarians must be able to rely on guidelines given them by racing officials. If they are told by regulators that a medication will clear a horses system in 14 days, they must be able to rely on that TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 17 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 24, 2020 information." Daredevil cont. from p1 Robertson said he was also troubled by the fact that the results of the initial sample had again been leaked to The New York Times. "It's very troubling," said Robertson in an email to the TDN. "There are good reasons why the rules require confidentiality until the split sample comes back and the stewards make a decision. The fact that racing commissions, with increasing frequency, do not abide by their own rules and information is wrongly leaked, poisoning an individual's right to due process, is inexcusable. The rules are applicable to all parties and racing commissions must abide by the very rules they seek to enforce." The KHRC's official laboratory, Industrial Laboratories in Colorado, conducted the initial analysis. Churchill Downs carded 13 races on Kentucky Oaks day, including six stakes. The headline act was the Oaks, won by Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil), with subsequent GI Preakness S. Daredevil | Louise Reinagel winner Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in second and the favorite, Gamine, back in third. These two Grade I winners from just 74 starters in 2020 represent a 2.78%, Grade I winners to starters. Behind only Galileo worldwide at 3.6% and ahead of North American-based " " " super sires War Front (1.5%), Speightstown (1.35%), More Than Ready (1.27%), Tapit (.83%) and Into Mischief (.77%) in 2020. After standing his first four years at stud at WinStar, Daredevil TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 17 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 24, 2020 was sold to The Turkish Jockey Club. Daredevil covered 97 mares in his first season in Turkey this year, the biggest book of any stallion in the country. Daredevil will stand at Lane's End as property of the Jockey Club of Turkey. "We are extremely honored that the Jockey Club of Turkey is entrusting us with the continuation of Daredevil's stallion career in America," said Bill Farish. "What he has accomplished is nothing short of remarkable. I would like to personally thank Murat Sancal for his ongoing efforts, the board members of the TJK, and especially the President Mr. Serdal Adali. This is the beginning of a very fruitful relationship with them and we are very grateful." Daredevil is in quarantine in preparation for his departure to Kentucky. He will arrive at Lane's End near the end of November and be available for inspection shortly after. UNCLE MO TOPS ASHFORD=S 2021 ROSTER ON FEE RAISE TO $175K Uncle Mo | Coolmore Leading Coolmore=s Ashford Stud=s 2021 roster is North America=s top sire by graded stakes winners, Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie), who will stand for $175,000 in 2021 after being priced at $125,000 for 2020. The Eclipse winner has had 19 black-type winner so far this season, led by Girl Daddy, Harvest Moon, Yaupon and Bast. Ashford=s two Triple Crown winners, Justify (Scat Daddy), whose first foals are weanlings, and American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), who leads the second-crop sire list by graded stakes winners, will stand for $125,000 and $100,000, respectively. Justify stood for $150,000 in 2020 and the reduction is in keeping with what many farms are doing for the upcoming breeding season in response to the economy's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. American Pharoah was TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 17 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 24, 2020 officially listed as private in 2020.