October, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Uncle Mo Tops Ashford 2021 Roster on Fee Raise to $175K

Leading Coolmore’s Ashford Stud’s 2021 roster is North America’s leading 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 had 19 black-type winner so far this season, led by Girl Daddy, Harvest Moon, Yaupon, 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 officially listed as private in 2020.

New sires for the Versailles location include champion and multiple Grade I winner Maximum Security (New Year’s Day), as well as Echo Town (Speightstown), who won the GI H. Allen Jerkens S. this summer at Saratoga. Their fees will be determined upon retirement. In addition, Coolmore announced Thursday that popular Ireland-based Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) will relocate to Kentucky for the upcoming breeding season.

“Our established sires have enjoyed great success on the racetrack this year, but in recognition of the challenging times we find ourselves in, we have reduced the fees of all of our sires yet to have runners with the one exception of Mendelssohn, who we have probably under-priced all along,” said Ashford’s Director of Sales Charlie O’Connor. “We have three exciting new additions to our roster and we look forward to watching Echo Town and Maximum Security continue to show their brilliance on the racecourse before they retire.”

The full 2021 roster for Ashford Stud is as follows:

Air Force Blue ($10,000)

American Pharoah ($100,000)

Caravaggio ($25,000)

Classic Empire ($17,500)

Competitive Edge ($5,000)

Cupid ($5,000)

Echo Town (TBD)

Justify ($125,000)

Lookin At Lucky ($20,000)

Maximum Security (TBD)

Mendelssohn ($35,000)

Mo Town ($7,500)

Munnings ($40,000)

Practical Joke ($22,500)

Tale of the Cat ($12,500)

Uncle Mo ($175,000)

Echo Town to Stand at Ashford Stud

Echo Town (Speightstown–Letgomyecho, by Menifee) will take up residence at Ashford Stud upon his retirement from racing.

Purchased by L&N Racing for $100,000 at KEESEP, the ‘TDN Rising Star’ has captured four of his nine starts thus far for earnings of $410,020. The Steve Asmussen trainee scored a career-high this summer when winning the GI Runhappy H. Allen Jerkens S. at Saratoga and was most recently in the GII Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S. at Keeneland Oct. 2.

“We are delighted that Echo Town will be coming to Ashford. He is a very good-looking horse and Speightstown is making an impression as a sire of sires,” said Coolmore’s Director of Sales Charlie O’Connor. “As one of the best sprinters of his generation we think Echo Town offers a similar profile to our own Munnings, who continues to go from strength to strength.”

“We are extremely excited for Echo Town to stand at Coolmore America,” said L&N’s Michael Levinson. “He has been a star on the racetrack, and we’re confident Coolmore will give him every opportunity to succeed as a stallion, we look forward to seeing his foals hit the ground in 2022.”

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A Japanese Triple Crown Double?

One week removed from Daring Tact (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn})’s Fillies’ Triple Crown-sealing score in the G1 Shuka Sho, Contrail (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) will on Sunday attempt to provide Japanese racing with a unique double when he goes for the colts’ Triple Crown in the G1 Kikuka Sho. He looks to join a list of just seven other colts, including his sire, and in fact his path this season has been almost identical to Deep Impact’s: Contrail, who is unbeaten in six starts, justified champion 2-year-old honours with a first-up victory in the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) in April before adding the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) six weeks later. After a traditional summer break, Contrail warmed up for this assignment with a seamless victory in the G2 Kobe Shimbun Hai, one of the key prep races for the Kikuka Sho.

Confidence is emanating from Contrail’s stable, with Assistant Trainer Yusaku Oka saying, “It was a good win last time and we were relieved by that. That race was enough to get him switched on and so we don’t need to worry about anything. He’s come out of it well and has been at the stable in the three-week period since.”

On paper it seems that either Contrail will need to regress or any of his 17 rivals will need to take a step forward to dethrone him over this 3000 metre trip. Among those looking to play the spoiler are Weltreisende (Jpn) (Dream Journey), who was eighth behind Contrail in the Satsuki Sho but third and second, respectively, in the Tokyo Yushun and Kobe Shimbun Hai. Weltreisende, however, has not won since taking a listed stake at Kyoto last October.

Another coming into this race off a win streak is Babbitt (Jpn) (Nakayama Festa {Jpn}), who has won all four starts at three. Babbitt didn’t break his maiden until after the Satsuki Sho had been contested, and has since progressed up the ranks, most recently winning the G2 Asahi Hai St. Lite Kinen over 2200 metres on Sept. 21 from Satono Flag (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a Group 2 winner earlier this year who was putting in an improved effort after faltering in the earlier Classics.

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Uncle Mo, Justify Top 2021 Ashford Stud Roster

Coolmore America has announced its fees for the 2021 breeding season.

Joining the roster are Grade 1 Allen Jerkens winner Echo Town and multiple G1SW Maximum Security whose fees will be announced upon retirement. Also new is Caravaggio who re-locates to Kentucky from Coolmore's headquarters in Ireland.

“Our established sires have enjoyed great success on the racetrack this year, but in recognition of the challenging times we find ourselves in, we have reduced the fees of all of our sires yet to have runners with the one exception of Mendelssohn who we have probably under-priced all along,” said Ashford's director of sales Charlie O'Connor. “We have three exciting new additions to our roster and we look forward to watching Echo Town and Maximum Security continue to show their brilliance on the racecourse before they retire.”

Following are the advertised fees for Ashford Stud's 2021 stallion roster:

Air Force Blue – $10,000
American Pharoah – $100,000
Caravaggio (NEW) – $25,000
Classic Empire – $17,500
Competitive Edge – $5,000
Cupid – $5,000
Echo Town (NEW) – TBA
Justify – $125,000
Lookin at Lucky – $20,000
Maximum Security (NEW) – TBA
Mendelssohn – $35,000
Mo Town – $7,500
Munnings – $40,000
Practical Joke – $22,500
Tale of the Cat – $12,500
Uncle Mo – $175,000

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Laminitic Horses May Benefit From Hoof Casts And Heel Wedges

New research from shows that elevating a laminitic horse's heel using a wedge and hoof cast can help alleviate some of the pain associated with the condition.

The breakover phase of a horse's stride is the most painful part for horses suffering from acute laminitis. This is when the heaviest load is placed on the toe and middle region of the hoof. The goal of the new therapy was to try to shift the load from the most-painful area of the hoof onto undamaged areas.

Drs. Al Naem, Lutz-Ferdinand Litzke, Klaus Failing, Johanna Hoffmann, Michael Röcken and Florian Geburek medically treated eight horses with acute laminitis and also applied a hoof cast with a heel wedge.

Measurements were taken with the cast in place and when the cast was removed, when the horse was barefoot. The hoof print was divided into toe, middle hoof and heel region, and measurements were taken that included vertical force, stance duration, contact area while standing, duration of breakover, vertical force on the toe during breakover, and location of the center of force.

The scientists determined that both the vertical force and contact area were higher in the heel region when the horse was wearing both the wedge and the cast, but that decreased once each was removed. The breakover phase lasted just 2 percent of the stance phase when the horse had the cast and wedge in place; it was 6 percent of the stance phase when the horse was barefoot.

The team concluded that heel elevation significantly shortened the breakover phase and decreased the vertical force in the toe region. They suggest that the application of a wedge and a cast to the affected hooves of a horse with laminitis will decreases the stress on the lamellae and reduce pain. The researchers did note that long-term application of a wedge and cast may result in crushed heels, cracks or misplaced bulbs, so they suggest that these tools be limited to two to three weeks of use.

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