December, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

What’s In a Name: Gervais

Kudos to whoever was creative and subtle enough to name GERVAIS a horse by DISTORTED HUMOR. The winner of a handicap race at Meydan last week has just that almost risqué name. English actor Ricky Gervais is the creator of The Office, a TV program that stretched the borders of mainstream humor in the UK and in the US. Moreover, Ricky Gervais has presented the Golden Globes five times, always under the threat of being fired because of his outrageous sense of humor and his cutting, take-no-prisoner jokes. With Gervais live at the microphone, everybody knows that everything is possible. Gervais’s closing refrain “I don’t care, I don’t care” – sounds funnier than it reads… – is the manifesto of a comedy that is both old (British) and new (the sky is the limit).

Gervais, g, 6, Distorted Humor–Ruth E, by A.P. Indy. Meydan, 12-3, Hcp. (AED82.5k), 1600m, 1:38.87. O-Jumaa Mubarak Al Junaibi. B-Darley (KY). T-Ali Rashid Al Rayhi. *£30,000 HRA ’17 GODSEP. **1/2 to Ruthless Quality (Elusive Quality), SW-US, $190,620.

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Margaux Farm Names O’Rourke Broodmare And Yearling Manager

Margaux Farm is pleased to announce the appointment of Jackie O'Rourke as broodmare and yearling manager.

O'Rourke will begin her new role Dec. 14 at the Midway, Ky. farm. A familiar face to many in the industry, O'Rourke grew up surrounded by horses while living in Oshawa, Ontario. She spent her formative years showing jumpers, visiting Kentucky for sales, and working with mares, foals, and yearlings at the historic Canadian nursery, Windfields Farm.

O'Rourke has spent the past 11 years working for Adena Springs, starting at the Canadian division and then serving as the broodmare manager at the Kentucky division since 2015. In addition to mares and foals, O'Rourke also brings extensive yearling management and sales prep experience with her.

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Keeneland Catalogs 79 Lots for December Digital Sale

Keeneland has cataloged 79 lots, including mares in foal to such noteworthy stallions as Not This Time, Nyquist, Practical Joke and Yoshida (Jpn), for its December Digital Sale, to be held Tuesday, Dec. 15 as part of Keeneland’s Digital Sales Ring platform. The December Sale catalog is available at keenelanddigital.com.

The catalog features 41 broodmares or broodmare prospects, 12 yearlings, eight weanlings, six racing or broodmare prospects, two racing or stallion prospects, one stallion prospect, six stallions, two shares and one breeding right.

Online bidding opens at 10 a.m. ET Dec. 15 and closes that day at 2 p.m. Buyers are encouraged to register for an account in the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring in advance of sale day. In order to log in to the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, you should register for an account or log in through the Keeneland Sales Portal. Your universal login applies to both the Sales Portal and the Digital Sales Ring.

For more information about the December Sale, contact Dean Roethemeier at droethemeier@keeneland.com, Kyle Wilson at kwilson@keeneland.com or Chip McGaughey at cmcgaughey@keeneland.com.

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Half to Expert Eye Debuts at Kempton

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday’s Insights features a half-brother to Breeders’ Cup winner Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}).

4.20 Kempton, Novice, £6,300, 2yo, 7f (AWT)
DUTY OF CARE (GB) (Kingman {GB}) debuts for Khalid Abdullah and Sir Michael Stoute, who combined to capture the 2018 GI Breeders’ Cup Mile with his half-brother Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). The March-foaled bay, whose family also features the dual Classic winner Special Duty (GB) (Hennessy), gets a seven-pound allowance from Shadwell’s Chelmsford winner Maraakiz (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}), a William Haggas-trained son of the South African Group 1 winner Entisaar (Aus) (More Than Ready).
4.55 Kempton, Novice, £6,300, 2yo, 7f (AWT)
HIGHLAND AVENUE (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is another notable newcomer in this second division of the novice races on the card, being the first foal out of the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Lumiere (GB) (Shamardal). Charlie Appleby has charge of Godolphin’s January-foaled grey and early indications are that he is expected to score first time as his dam and second dam did to such impressive effect.

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