October, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Zero Fatalities at Santa Anita’s Autumn Meet

Santa Anita, which concluded its 16-day Autumn Meet Oct. 25 with 1,106 horses racing and 51,200 training sessions since Sept. 5., when the Del Mar Summer Meet was winding down, had no racing or training fatalities during that time. The meet was pushed back due to the Bobcat Fire in the neighboring San Gabriel Mountains and the track did not host live racing until Sept. 25.

The main dirt track at the Arcadia oval has not had a single racing fatality in 2020, including during the Winter/Spring Meet which began in December. There have been a total of five 2020 racing fatalities from 5,069 individual starts, or 0.98 fatalities per 1,000 starters. That number is below the national average. According to Santa Anita, it is currently the safest racetrack in the nation.

“These results are the efforts of the racing community to put the safety of the horse first at every turn, including additional veterinary regulations and observations, training approvals, and analysis of entries,” said Chief Operating Officer of 1/ST Racing Aidan Butler. “Last year, we set a course to reform the sport of horse racing for the next generation. This year, we are seeing the results of the hard work everyone has put into this effort. We especially appreciate the dedication of the owners, trainers, veterinarians, and hardworking men and women who care for the horses, of the jockeys who have adapted their riding styles, the California Horse Racing Board which regulates the sport, and veteran trackman Dennis Moore and the entire Santa Anita track crew, who tirelessly work the surface day and night with safety top of mind.”

Santa Anita is home to the largest training facilities in the country, operating nearly year-round with over 400,000 annual training sessions. Live racing in Southern California will move to Del Mar beginning Saturday, Oct. 31, and is not slated to return to Santa Anita until Dec. 26.

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Santa Anita Wraps Autumn Meet With Zero Racing Or Training Fatalities

Santa Anita Park concluded the Autumn meet as the safest racetrack in the nation, without a single racing or training fatality since the horses returned from Del Mar on Sept. 5. During that time period, which includes the 16-day Autumn racing meet which was delayed because of the Bobcat Fire in the neighboring San Gabriel Mountains, 1,106 horses raced over the dirt track and turf course. Additionally, horses recorded over 51,200 training sessions, including 3,771 timed workouts over the main track and 487 over the training track.

The main dirt track has not had a racing fatality in 2020, including the 2019-20 Winter/Spring meet which began in December.

In 2020 there have been five racing fatalities from 5,069 starts, or 0.98 fatalities per 1,000 starters, well below the national average.

In addition to hosting some of the most prestigious races in the nation, Santa Anita is home to the largest training facilities in the country, operating nearly year-round with over 400,000 annual training sessions.

“We especially appreciate the dedication of the owners, trainers, veterinarians and hardworking men and women who care for the horses, of the jockeys who have adapted their riding styles, the California Horse Racing Board which regulates the sport, and veteran trackman Dennis Moore and the entire Santa Anita track crew, who tirelessly work the surface day and night with safety top of mind.

We acknowledged last year that this modernization would likely lead to a short-term impact on Santa Anita's field size, but as these reforms become the national standards, California is ahead of the implementation curve which strengthens the sport in our state. We sincerely thank the bettors who have continued to support our racing product during this transition.

“On behalf of everyone at Santa Anita, we'd also like to let our fans know how much we've missed their passionate voices cheering these horses at The Great Race Place and we look forward to welcoming everyone back just as soon as we are able to do so.”

Live racing will return to the Arcadia oval at Santa Anita Park as tradition dictates on Dec. 26.

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Past Stars Honored With Inaugural Stakes Races On Indiana Champions Day

Indiana sired and bred horses will be in the spotlight Wednesday, Oct. 28 for the inaugural Indiana Champions Day at Indiana Grand. The event features 12 races, including four stakes, with purses for the day of more than $550,000.

Two of Indiana's past superstars are honored with the inaugural running of races in their honor. The $100,000 Lady Fog Horn and the $100,000 Unreachable Star will be joined by the 22nd running of the $75,000 Crown Ambassador and the 23rd running of the $75,000 Indiana Stallion Fillies.

Expect Indy has been tagged as the early morning line favorite in the Lady Fog Horn Stakes running at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles. The seven-year-old Indiana sired standout from the Cipriano Contreras Stable will be seeking her second straight win in stakes action at Indiana Grand. She was a winner in her last start in the $75,000 Richmond Stakes. Expect Indy starts from post three with Emmanuel Esquivel aboard at odds of 2-5. Gumpster Stable owns the Mr. Mabee mare, who has in excess of $540,000 in career earnings.

Unbridled Beast is the overwhelming favorite in the Unreachable Star Stakes, slated as Race 11 on the program. The grey son of Unbridled Express, 2019 Champion Sire in Indiana, is currently on a four-race win streak, including two stakes in his last two outings. Trained by Randy Matthews, Unbridled Beast will begin from post eight at even odds with Rodney Prescott aboard for owner Mike Neafus and Matthews.

Betsdownletsride will start off the Crown Ambassador Stakes as the early choice at odds of 1-5. The Sangaree freshman gelding is undefeated in three starts this year for owners Darlene and Herb Likens. Contreras also trains Betsdownletsride, who will be ridden by Esquivel from post one.

The Indiana Stallion Fillies kicks off stakes action on the card in Race 7 with Hungarian Princess listed as the early morning line favorite. Starting from post two at odds of 2-5, the Pataky Kid filly, owned and bred by Swifty Farms, was more than a six-length winner in her last start in the City of Anderson Stakes. Trained by Kim Hammond, Hungarian Princess will seek to add another win to her credentials with Sammy Bermudez aboard.

Indiana Champions Day will include numerous awards, including a special “Back on Track Champions” to a group of five members of the Indiana General Assembly, who were key to reopening racing earlier this year after COVID-19 shutdowns. Also, 2019 award winners will be announced and the first 100 guests who visit the Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (ITOBA) tent will receive a snack pack, including a betting voucher. Several philanthropic donations are also part of the afternoon's activities. The 12-race program begins at 2:05 PM.

Racing continues Monday through Thursday until Thursday, Nov. 19. All-Quarter Horse racing is set for Saturday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 24. For more information, go to www.indianagrand.com.

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Two Runaway Charles Town Winners DQ’d For Bath Salts; Positives Due To ‘Environmental Contamination’

On Sept. 17 at Charles Town Races in West Virginia, a pair of odds-on favorites won their respective races by open lengths. According to the Thoroughbred Daily News, both horses have since been disqualified after showing trace levels of the synthetic opioid fentanyl and eutylone, a stimulant known as “bath salts.”

However, Charles Town stewards will not seek further punitive measures for the positives against the two horses' trainers, explaining in a ruling dated Oct. 22 that the test rules were likely due to environmental contamination. The standard penalty for a first offense Class 1, Category A positive test would be a one-year suspension and a $10,000 fine.

The Jack Hurley-trained Morality Clause (2-5 odds) won the second race on Sept. 17 by 15 1/2 lengths, and the Timothy Kreiser-trained Take Me Home (7-10 odds) won that day's fourth race by 7 1/2 lengths. Due to COVID restrictions, the ruling said, Kreiser shipped his horse into Hurley's barn to run, and both horses were handled prior to their races by the same stable employee.

“Mr. Kreiser could not enter the backside so Take Me Home ran out of the barn of Jack Hurley,” the ruling said. “Mr. Kreiser and Mr. Hurley were not acquaintances but were brought together by a mutual owner.”

That stable employee, unidentified in the ruling, refused a drug test and has since been summarily suspended.

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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