October, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Cowboy Culture To Stand in Indiana

Cowboy Culture (Quality Road–English Willow, by Smart Strike) will stand the 2021 breeding season at Whitney Farms in Monrovia, Indiana.

Undefeated in two starts as a juvenile, Cowboy Culture was a leading turf horse on the Midwest circuit in 2017, highlighted by victories in the GIII Arlington Classic followed by the Centaur S. at Indiana Grand, which sits 40 minutes to the east of Whitney Farms.

Cowboy Culture will stand for an introductory fee of $2,500 live foal with an option to breed additional mares at $1,500 each. Breeders who fulfill three contracts will be rewarded with a guaranteed lifetime breeding right to the stallion.

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Heffernan To Ride Princess Zoe

Seamie Heffernan will ride Princess Zoe (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) in Sunday’s G1 Prix Royal-Oak, with regular rider Joey Sheridan serving a 12-day ban for his use of the whip on the 5-year-old mare during her half-length win in the G1 Prix du Cadran on Oct. 3. The Cadran was the pinnacle of a meteoric rise for the Tony Mullins-trained grey; Princess Zoe was purchased from Germany earlier this year off a mark of 64 and has since won five straight races and is now rated 109.

“She’s as fit as she can be,” said Mullins. “Seamie sat on her on Sunday. He was very happy with her, and we were very happy with him. Joey is obviously suspended, which is a shame. He got six days for too many strikes with the whip, and they doubled the penalty because it was a Group 1, which is a rule I couldn’t find in any rule book anywhere. Anyway, that’s the way it goes.

“We’re very happy with the mare. All I can say is that in the back of my mind I’m thinking a two-and-a-half-mile race less than three weeks ago has to take its toll at some stage, but there is no evidence at the moment, so we’re set to go. We’ve done all our blood tests, and everything is perfect. I would say the next one is the acid test, in the last 100 metres next Sunday.”

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ITBA Autumn Series of Online Workshops Announced

The ITBA Autumn Series of Online Workshops was revealed by the ITBA on Monday. The three workshops are free, as due to COVID-19 fees have been waved. The schedule is as follows:

Workshop 1: Mental Health First Aid on Oct. 29 from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Workshop 2: Introduction to Equisoft on Nov. 5 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Workshop 3: Introduction to ZOOM Online Meeting on Nov. 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

For more information on the workshops and to sign up, email kryan@itba.ie.

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Mobil Solution Tops OTBO Sale

Two-time Ohio-bred stakes winner Mobil Solution (Mobil) attracted a final bid of $88,000 to top the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners (OTBO) 2020 Mixed Sale held Oct. 15, 2020, at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.

Offered on behalf of the Estate of Gerald Silver, the 5-year-old won the 2017 Joshua Radosevich Memorial S. and the Governor’s Buckeye Cup in 2019 and just two days prior to the OTBO sale, made a one-mile Thistledown allowance his 10th victory from 31 career starts. Mobil Solution will continue his career for winning bidder Carmine Agnello and trainer Jeff Skerrett.

A total of 74 horses changed hands for gross receipts of $528,500.

“The Sales Committee of the OTBO, along with the support of the Ohio HBPA and all its horsemen and women, worked extremely hard to provide an attractive marketplace for both buyers and sellers,” said OTBO Executive Director Michael Annechino. “The horses that went through the ring looked spectacular and offered tremendous value in all categories.”

The OTBO has scheduled an Online Stallion Season auction fo Dec. 7 through 10. For more information, visit www.otbo.com.

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