July, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Tourist’s First Winner At Stud Comes At Emerald Downs

WinStar Farm resident Tourist was represented by his first winner at stud on July 1, when Kactus Kate took her debut start in an Emerald Downs maiden special weight on July 1, BloodHorse reports.

Kactus Kate was placed near the front early by Javier Matias, and quickly disposed of her foes to kick away by two lengths at the wire, stopping the clock in :52.82 seconds in the 4 1/2-furlong race. Trained by David Martinez, the filly raced as a homebred for Oak Crest Farm.

Kentucky-bred Kactus Kate is out of the winning Woodman mare Desert Liaison, who also ran as an Oak Crest Farm homebred during her on-track career.

Tourist, a 9-year-old son of Tiznow, stands at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $7,500.

He won eight of 18 starts during his on-track career for earnings of $2,170,340, highlighted by his victory in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park. The horse also tallied wins in the G1 Fourstardave Handicap and the non-graded More Than Ready Mile Stakes.

Tourist is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Unbridled Melody, whose foals also include stakes winners Harlan's Harmony, Michael With Us, and Mountain Music Man. French champion Libretist, Japanese champion Hishi Akebono and English Group 1 winners Agnes World and Dubai Destination are in his extended family.

Trainer Dale Romans To Appear On Breeders’ Cup Cocktails & Conversation Broadcast This Thursday

The Breeders' Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing's most prestigious international events, today announces special guest Dale Romans for this week's installment of Cocktails & Conversation, the recurring virtual happy hour series designed to rally the horse racing industry's most prominent figures to raise funds for communities that have been profoundly impacted by COVID-19.

The next Cocktails & Conversation broadcast, airing Thursday, July 2 at 6 p.m. ET via Breeders' Cup's Twitter, YouTube and Facebook pages, will mark the 12th installment of the series. The episode will be hosted by Nick Luck and Britney Eurton of NBC Sports and 21 Club mixologist and creator of Breeders' Cup's official cocktails Mark Tubridy.

Thursday's virtual happy hour will feature Romans, who has entered Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister's Mr Freeze in Saturday's (July 4) 1-mile, $500,000 Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park. A Louisville native, Romans has steadily risen up the ranks of great American trainers since receiving his training license at age 18. Romans won the first of his three Breeders' Cup World Championships races in 2009, when Tapitsfly captured the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

In 2011, Romans won the Preakness Stakes (G1) with Shackleford, and later that year captured the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) with 64-1 Court Vision. Romans had a banner season in 2012, amassing more than $11.8 million in total earnings and winning 125 races. He captured the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) with Little Mike, the Metropolitan Handicap with Shackleford and the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) and TVG Pacific Classic (G1) with Dullahan. As a result of these achievements, Romans was voted the Champion Trainer Eclipse Award.

In 2015, the Romans-trained Keen Ice upset Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.

Romans will have one of the favorites with Mr Freeze in Saturday's Met Mile, which will be broadcast live on NBC (5-6 p.m. ET) as a part of the “Breeders' Cup Challenge Series Win and You're In – presented by America's Best Racing.” The winner of Saturday's race will earn an automatic starting position into this year's $2 million Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1).

Thursday's live stream will commence with Tubridy leading a virtual mixology class for viewers, creating two refreshing cocktails to enjoy at home during the broadcast. Mark will be mixing up a “Watermelon Martini,” consisting of Tito's Handmade Vodka, watermelon juice, lime juice, and simple syrup; and a “Bourbon Peach Colada,” with Maker's Mark ® Bourbon, frozen peaches, cream of coconut and lemon juice.

Following the cocktail mixing segment, the broadcast will feature a conversational interview with Romans, who will offer his insightful perspectives and thoughts on Mr Freeze, the latest developments in horse racing and other everyday topics. Fans will be able to submit questions via social media for the hosts and for Romans to answer during the broadcast for a truly interactive experience. Throughout the cocktail hour, viewers will be encouraged to donate to industry workers and communities in need through the official Breeders' Cup website.

Tapping all-star talents such as world-renowned jockeys Frankie Dettori and Mike Smith; leading Breeders' Cup-winning trainers Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Graham Motion and Todd Pletcher; NHL All-Star Erik Johnson; restauranteur and celebrity Chef Bobby Flay; film and television actress and equestrian rider Bo Derek; owner Jeff Bloom; trainer Tom Amoss; television personality and fashion designer Carson Kressley; and the NBC Sports' horse racing broadcasting team, Breeders' Cup has raised thousands of dollars through previous broadcasts.

All proceeds generated from Cocktails & Conversation are wholly donated to the following organizations benefitting the horse racing and hospitality industries:

Race Track Chaplaincy of America, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the horse racing community through social services, food and clothing banks and educational workshops.
USBG National Charity Foundation, which supports bartenders, barbacks and bar servers throughout the nation who have been financially impacted by restaurant and bar shutdowns as a result of the health crisis.
Restaurant Workers Relief Program, a project jointly formed by Maker's Mark and the Lee Initiative that has transformed restaurants in major cities into relief centers that offer food and supplies to affected hospitality workers.

To learn more about the virtual happy hour series and to support those in need, please visit https://www.breederscup.com/convos.

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Night Of Thunder To Cover Southern Hemisphere Time

Night Of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), last year’s champion first-season sire who continues to lead his sire crop, will cover a limited book of mares Southern Hemisphere time at Kildangan Stud later this year.

Night Of Thunder got off to a fast start last year, registering seven stakes winners in his first season with runners. He now has 12 Northern Hemisphere stakes winners, headed thus far this season by the G3 Jersey S. winner Molatham (GB). His seven European 3-year-old black-type winners this season leads all sires on the continent, and his 10.4% clip of stakes winners to runners puts him atop all Northern Hemisphere sires by that metric. While that first crop continues to win at a 55% clip (from runners), his second crop has also hit the ground running; it is currently registering 57% winners to runners and is headed by the ‘TDN Rising Star’ and G2 Coventry S. second Qaader (GB).

Meanwhile, from his lone Australian-conceived crop, Night Of Thunder has sired eight winners and two stakes winners from 16 runners. He is the only first-season sire Down Under this season with more than one stakes winner and his 12.5% clip of stakes winners to runners leads all sires in the nation. All of his Australian winners are rated 80 or higher by Timeform.

Eamon Moloney, nominations manager at Kildangan Stud, said, “The standard that Night Of Thunder’s progeny have achieved in both hemispheres to date are propelling him to an elite stallion status with global appeal. He has just finished covering an exceptional book of mares and is now receiving a lot of interest for a limited number of Southern Hemisphere nominations, which will be covered from his base in Kildangan Stud.”

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Notable US-Bred Runners in Japan: July 5, 2020

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are a couple of horses of interest for this weekend running at Fukushima and Hakodate Racecourses:

Sunday, July 5, 2020
3rd-HAK, ¥9,680,000 ($90k), Maiden, 3yo, 1000m
ALPHA ZIP (f, 3, City Zip–Alpha Centauri, by Dynaformer) failed to land a blow in four tries from seven furlongs to a mile to begin her career, but woke up to just lose a head bob over this course and distance when last seen June 21. The filly’s dam, a one-time $600K Keeneland November weanling, is responsible for the SP Reversethedecision (Scat Daddy), while the deeper female family includes G1SW Etoile Montante (Miswaki), dam of MGSW Starformer (Dynaformer), and French MSW/GSP Viviana (Nureyev), whose daughters Tates Creek (Rahy) and Sightseek (Distant View) combined to carry the Juddmonte silks to nine Grade I wins in this country. Alpha Zip was a $145K KEESEP buyback and was RNAd for $95K at Fasig-Tipton October before fetching $275K as an OBS April breezer. B-Overbrook Farm (KY)

12th-FKS, ¥21,000,000 ($195k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1150m
PARIS TESORO (f, 4, Declaration of War–Patricias Prospect, by A.P. Indy) switched from the turf to the dirt last summer and promptly won back-to-back races at Niigata in August and October (see below, gate 13). A half-sister to MSP Tweeting (Uncle Mo), the dark bay is out of a daughter of G1SW Macoumba (Mr. Prospector), making her a full-sister to leading sire Malibu Moon and a half to MGSP Positively (Distorted Humor) and SP Mutually Benefit (Dynaformer), the dam of MSW & MGSP Compelled (War Front). Acquired in utero for $60K at KEENOV in 2015, Paris Tesoro was a $25K KEENOV acquisition and was resold for €80K at the 2017 Arqana August Yearling Sale. B-Amy Bayle, Cindi Bigheart, Shelley Gross & Catherine Jennings (KY)

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