December, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Davis Elected President of Turf Publicists of America

Wendy Davis from the Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona has been elected president of the Turf Publicists of America (TPA) for 2021 and 2022, it was announced Tuesday by outgoing President Amy Gregory. At the same time, it was announced that Najja Thompson from the New York Thoroughbred Breeders has been re-elected as a vice president, and because of a tie in the voting both Claire Crawford from the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Kevin Kerstein from Churchill Downs Racetrack have been elected vice presidents for the first time. Each will serve a two-year term in 2021 and 2022. Davis, Thompson, Crawford and Kerstein join vice presidents Tom LaMarra, Erin Shea and Amy Zimmerman and secretary-treasurer Dave Zenner, each of whom was elected to a two-year term last year.

The TPA, founded in 1951, is comprised of approximately 130 Thoroughbred racing publicists and marketing executives at racetracks throughout North America with the shared goal of promoting the sport of Thoroughbred racing.

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Diodoro Given 60-Day Suspension For Hydroxylidocaine; Stewards Stay Penalty For One Year

Trainer Robertino Diodoro has been suspended 60 days and fined $5,000 to for two hydroylidocaine positives in runners at Canterbury Park, but he won't be serving those days immediately. A ruling from the Minnesota Racing Commission's board of stewards last week indicated the officials ordered a stay of the suspension for 365 days due to unspecified “mitigating factors.”

The stay means that Diodoro will not serve the 60 days unless he has Class 1, Class 2, Category A or Category B medication violations in the 365 days following Dec. 1 of this year.

Minnesota Racing Commission executive director Steve May was unable, per Minnesota law, to offer comment on what mitigating factors prompted the stewards to stay the suspension.

Hey Kitten, the runner-up in the third race on Aug. 26 at Canterbury, tested above the legal threshold for 3-hydroxylidocaine, as did Catty Krys, sixth place finisher in Canterbury's fifth race Sept. 1. Both horses have been disqualified and are unplaced in those races. Split samples requested by Diodoro confirmed the positives.

Because the second violation happened before Diodoro could be notified of the first, the stewards also elected to treat both violations as one, which is common practice.

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Instilled Regard To Enter Stud In 2021; Will See Blue Prize In First Book

OXO Equine, LLC announced Tuesday that Instilled Regard will stand at stud in 2021.

The Grade 1-winning son of Arch has a royal pedigree and finished fourth the 2018 Kentucky Derby, just behind Triple Crown winner Justify, Good Magic, and Audible.

He won the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes as a 3-year-old, then he took the G2 Ft. Lauderdale Stakes at four. His most successful season came this year at age five, which included victories in the G1 Manhattan Stakes and G2 Fort Marcy Stakes.

Blue Prize, the 2019 Breeders' Cup Distaff winner and 3-time Grade 1 winner, is currently in foal to Into Mischief and she will be bred to Instilled Regard in 2021.

Details on Instilled Regard's location at stud and his advertised fee will be announced at a later date.

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St Leger Hero Galileo Chrome to Stand Under Compas Stallions Banner

Classic hero Galileo Chrome (Ire) (Australia {GB}-Curious Mind {GB}, by Dansili {GB}) will stand at Starfield Stud in Ireland next year for the National Hunt division of Compas Stallions. The bay, trained by Joseph O’Brien for the Galileo Chrome Partnership, took the G1 St Leger S. at Doncaster last out in September, his fourth straight win from five starts. He also saluted in the Listed Yeats S. A fee for the Mohamed Ali Meddeb-bred, who has $313,148 in earnings, will be announced later.

“A tall, scopey, athletic individual with a fantastic walk, Galileo Chrome was one of the best 3-year-olds in training this year,” said Compas’s Micheal Orlandi. “A great physical, with a star-studded pedigree, he is everything that National Hunt breeders look for in a stallion.”

The second foal of a winning Dansili mare, herself a half-sister to stakes winner and St Leger third Michelangelo (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and SW Private Secretary (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Galileo Chrome was a €75,000 RNA at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale. His MSP second dam is a full-sister to SW & GSP Approach (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), the dam of French highweight and MG1SW Coronet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), as well as Irish highweight Midas Touch (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who won the G2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial and was second in both the G1 Irish Derby and St Leger. The stallion Aussie Rules (Danehill), who won the G1 French 2000 Guineas, is also a half-brother to Intrigued (GB) (Darshaan {GB}) and Approach. Galileo Chrome’s fourth dam is the outstanding blue hen Alruccaba (Ire) (Crystal Palace {Fr}).

Said O’Brien, “Australia was one of the best I rode and Galileo Chrome is easily, one of the best I trained. Unbeaten in his 3-year-old campaign, which culminated in victory in the G1 St Leger, I think he could have been the leading middle-distance horse in Europe next year. However, fortunately for breeders, he retires to stud and offers an opportunity to use a top class racehorse. He is a beautiful looking individual with all the qualities I look for in a racehorse. I could not recommend him enough and look forward to training his offspring.”

“Galileo Chrome developed into a high-class racehorse in a very short space of time,” said Kevin Blake. “From winning over a mile-and-a-quarter at Leopardstown, powering through heavy ground to win a listed race at Navan and winning the St Leger on good-to-firm ground, he wasn’t found wanting for anything. His relaxed and straightforward nature meant that he could be ridden any way that was necessary, making much of the running to win at Leopardstown and showing pace to win the St Leger under a waiting ride.”

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