Month: October 2020

AAEP Board Votes To Support Horseracing Integrity And Safety Act

On the recommendation of its Racing Committee, the American Association of Equine Practitioners board of directors voted this week to support the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (H.R. 1754/S. 4547). The legislation's chief goal is to create uniform safety and medication standards in all U.S. racing jurisdictions.

“Uniformity of rules is essential to protecting the safety of the racehorse and ensuring the integrity of the sport,” said AAEP President Dr. David Frisbie.

The AAEP's position of support is principally based on the qualifications of the individuals chosen to serve on the HISA Nominating Committee, including equine industry leaders Dr. Jerry Black and Dr. Nancy Cox, who will select the members of the board of directors and the standing committees of the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act Authority.

However, for the horse to be best served, the AAEP will continue to advocate for additional veterinary representation on the HISA board and committees beyond the single position currently designated for each.

“In the previous version of the bill, the AAEP was a strong proponent for the governance structure to include individuals with the requisite expertise needed to capably address anti-doping and therapeutic medication regulation,” said Dr. Jeff Berk, AAEP immediate past president and Racing Committee chair. “The composition of the Authority Nominating Committee gives us confidence that the needed scientific expertise for these important positions will be considered, but we believe the breadth of knowledge needed to successfully protect equine athletes requires additional individuals.”

Regarding the race-day administration of furosemide (Lasix), the AAEP's position continues as one of support, as the medication remains the most efficacious treatment for exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) in the horse.

However, in 2019, a coalition of 20 racetracks, including hosts of Triple Crown races, along with numerous racing jurisdictions committed to restricting administration of furosemide on race day, independent of federal legislation.

“We are pleased to see in the revised legislation that the Authority will convene an advisory panel comprised of horse racing anti-doping and medication control experts to study race-day furosemide, including its impact on equine health and the integrity of competition,” added Dr. Scott Hay, AAEP president-elect and a racetrack practitioner. “Investigating effective management strategies for EIPH which do not require race-day medication administration has been a central goal of the AAEP's Prescription for Racing Reform developed five years ago.”

The American Association of Equine Practitioners, headquartered in Lexington, Ky., was founded in 1954 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and welfare of the horse. Currently, AAEP reaches more than 5 million horse owners through its over 9,000 members worldwide and is actively involved in ethics issues, practice management, research and continuing education in the equine veterinary profession and horse industry.

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Mandatory Payouts Sunday At Golden Gate Fields Include $329,496 Jackpot Pick 6 Pool

Mandatory payouts will be sprinkled throughout the Sunday afternoon card at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., with the aforementioned payouts set to take place in the Golden Pick Six, the Rolling Super High Five and both the Early and Late Pick 5 wagers. First post on Sunday is 1:15 PM PT.

The headliner on Sunday is the mandatory payout of the Golden Pick Six jackpot wager, a 20-cent minimum bet. Heading into the Sunday program, the current pool sits at $329,496. With the entire pool to be paid out, horseplayers can expect a seven-figure “new money” pool to be added into the already large Pick Six pot. The first leg of the sequence goes as Race 5, with post time for the first race of the sequence set at 3:27 PM PT. There were 48 horses entered in the six-race sequence.

Three of the races in Sunday's Golden Pick Six sequence are turf routes. The fourth leg, Race 8, appears as an appealing handicapping puzzle. A 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight sprint on Tapeta for 2-year-old fillies, Race 8 drew a full field of 12 entrants. Leading trainer Jonathan Wong saddles a pair of contenders as do top Golden Gate conditioners Steve Sherman, Isidro Tamayo and Blaine Wright. The feature race of the day, Race 9, is an allowance for 3-year-old fillies, featuring the rapidly improving Sadie Bluegrass and the Michael McCarthy trained Woke Up To Aces from Southern California.

The 50-cent Early Pick 5, which links the first five races each day, is a player-friendly 14% takeout wager. The 50-cent Late Pick 5, on the other hand, consists of the last five races each day. The $1 Rolling Super High Five, which gives bettors the task of correctly tabbing the first five finishers in a race, will have a mandatory payout in the final race of the day, Race 10.

Race 9 at Golden Gate is the second leg of the Golden Hour Pick 4 wager, a 15% takeout wager linking the last two races at Santa Anita and the last two races at Golden Gate. The finale at Golden Gate, Race 10, is the second leg of the $5 minimum Golden Hour Double, a Daily Double wager which compliments the Golden Hour Pick 4 and combines the final race at Santa Anita with the nightcap at Golden Gate.

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Warren’s Showtime Gives Craig Lewis 1,000th Career Victory In Autumn Miss Stakes

In what amounted to a storybook ending, Benjamin and Sally Warren's homebred Warren's Showtime pinned her ears late and would not be denied en route to a gutty neck victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Ridden by Flavien Prat, the 3-year-old chestnut daughter of Clubhouse Ride provided trainer Craig Lewis with his 1,000th career victory while getting a flat mile on turf in 1:33.77.

Breaking sharply from her number five post position, Warren's Showtime was immediately taken off the pace while a joint fourth, about six lengths off of pace-setting Quiet Secretary mid-way around the clubhouse turn.  Fifth by a similar margin three furlongs out, Warren's Showtime wheeled four-wide at the top of the stretch and, in a resolute effort, overhauled Going to Vegas close home to notch her first graded stakes win while providing Lewis with his career milestone.

“What was going through my mind was she might not get there!” said Lewis.  “I've been very fortunate.  I've had a lot of great horses in my career.  Cutlass Reality…Music Merci…Larry the Legend.  I've had multiple other good horses and a lot of great owners.  I'm very thankful and feel very fortunate, very grateful to be in this situation.

“Fillies like her (bring me back).  There are a lot of bumps in the road.  A trainer's life is not all pie and ice cream, but when things like this happen it makes it all worthwhile.  The early mornings, the things that go wrong.  The difficult situations, but situations like this overcome all the negative involved.”

Most recently a close third at a mile and one eighth on turf in the G1 Del Mar Oaks Aug. 22, Warren's Showtime, who is out of the Warrens' G1 stakes winner Warren's Veneda, was the solid 3-5 favorite in a field of seven sophomore fillies and paid $3.40, $2.60 and $2.20.

“I've been on her in the morning and I was pretty pleased with the way she was going,” said Prat, who had never ridden Warren's Showtime in the afternoon.  “She's always running in great races.  She definitely deserved a graded stakes (win).  She definitely gives you everything.  I thought it was a pretty strong pace up front, so I was taking my time and when I asked her to go she responded well.”

The lone California-bred in the field, Warren's Showtime picked up her fifth stakes win and improved her overall mark to 13-6-0-5.  With the winner's share of $60,000 she increased her earnings to $520,251.

Attentive to the pace throughout, longshot Going to Vegas ran too good to lose under Mario Gutierrez, as she finished a half length in front of her stablemate Nasty.  Trained by Richard Baltas, Going to Vegas was off at 14-1 and paid $8.40 and $3.80.

Second throughout, Nasty got on terms with Quiet Secretary at the quarter pole and made the lead inside the eighth pole, but was third-best on the day.  Off at 7-1 with Ricky Gonzalez up, she paid $4.20 to show.

Fractions on the race were 22.50, 45.42, 1:09.69 and 1:21.65.

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