December, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Wanamaker’s December Sale Catalog Now Online

Wanamaker's has released its December catalog, marking its sixth and last sale of the year. The catalog, found on wanamakers.com, contains weanlings, yearlings, broodmare prospects, and broodmares.

Since launching in June of this year, Wanamaker's has successfully hosted five online auctions in which weanlings, yearlings, racehorses, broodmare prospects, and broodmares have all been sold. The auction company's standout graduate to date has been Fiya, a 3-year-old Fresian Fire gelding, who commanded $400,000 from Rob Masiello and now holds a four-race winning streak, including the Maryland Million Turf Sprint.

Prospective buyers may browse the catalog to view pictures and videos and schedule in-person inspections with sellers.

Live bidding will open at 8 a.m. ET on Dec. 10 and the first listing will close at 5 p.m. ET with subsequent listings ending in three-minute increments. Detailed buying information can be found at wanamakers.com/buy.

“Reflecting on the development, launch, and operations of Wanamaker's before and through COVID-19, Liza and I really want to thank the industry, our sellers, and our buyers for putting their support and trust behind us. We are looking forward to this sale and continuing our monthly auctions in January of next year,” said co-founder Jack Carlino.

To view the online catalog for the December sale, click here.

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Los Al to Allow Owners at Winter Meet

CHRB licensed owners with horses entered to race will be permitted to attend the races at the Los Alamitos winter meet, which begins Friday, Dec. 4. Owners will also be permitted to bring up to two adult guests. Owners wishing to attend the races should email or call Elsa Peron, Administrative Assistant of TOC (eperon@toconline.com) to secure access, and reservations can be made up until 24 hours before race day.

On race days, owners must show their license when entering Los Alamitos Racecourse and park in the designated area. Owners will enter through the main entrance gate, where they will be required to be on the owner reservation list, provide their CHRB owners license, and undergo a Covid-19 health screening including a temperature check. Masks will be required to be worn at all times, and owners must respect social distancing guidelines.

The first come, first served seating is located in the outdoor area of the Vessels Club. There will be food and beverage service available, as well as parimutuel machines. At this time, owners may not enter the paddock or the winners circle. Any violation of this strict policy will result in a forfeiture of racetrack privileges.

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Stanley Hough, 72, Retires From Training Career For The Second Time

Longtime Thoroughbred trainer Stanley Hough first retired in 2012, but he was coaxed back into the shed row in 2018 by mentee Hunter Rankin on behalf of Kevin Plank's Sagamore Farm. Hough and Rankin, racing manager and president, respectively, had been rebuilding the Sagamore program since 2015, and there were a couple special 2-year-olds Hough wanted to keep a closer eye on.

One of those was Global Campaign, a half-brother to G1 winner Bolt d'Oro. The colt's career got off to a good start in 2019 with wins in the G3 Peter Pan and the G3 Monmouth Cup, but he really blossomed in 2020 with a victory in the Grade 1 Woodward and a third-place finish in the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic. Global Campaign earned a total of $1,321,080 on the track with six wins from 10 starts.

The 4-year-old son of Curlin has since been retired to co-owner WinStar Farm to prepare for a career at stud, however, and Sagamore Farm announced the termination of its horse racing involvement in early November.

Now 72 years old, Hough made the decision to head back into retirement.

“When WinStar decided it was better for the horse to go to stud—because he is being very well received—for me, it was a bittersweet thing, but it helped me make the decision,” Hough told bloodhorse.com. “I still have some horses I own part of and that will go on for a while, but in terms of training, I'm going to let someone else do it. COVID-19 has been hard for everybody, and I've been away from home a lot. I'm not getting any younger, which is obvious, but I decided I would pack it in for good this time.”

Hough's resume at his retirement stands at 2,212 wins from 12,921 starters with total earnings of $47,892,444.

Grade 2-Placed Tight Ten Retired To Mountain Springs Farm In Pennsylvania

Tight Ten, a multiple graded stakes-placed son of Tapit, enters stud in 2021 at the new Mountain Springs Farm in Palmyra, Pa.

Tight Ten is by three-time leading sire Tapit out of a Distorted Humor mare, the same as leading second-crop sire Constitution.

After easily breaking his maiden at Churchill Downs in wire-to-wire fashion by more than four lengths, Tight Ten next ran second by one length in the historic Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes after leading in mid-stretch. In his third career start, Tight Ten led for the entire trip of the 1 1/16 mile G3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs until he was caught in the final strides to finish second.

In his final start at two, the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Tight Ten hit the inner rail shortly after the start and emerged with a torn hind-end ligament. He returned to win a one-mile allowance race at age four, and retired with earnings of $132,369.

Standing 16.1 hands with outstanding athletic conformation Tight Ten will stand for an introductory fee of $2,500 live foal. Additional mares can be bred for $2,000 each.

A lifetime breeding right to Tight Ten will be awarded to breeders after booking four mares.

Tight Ten will stand at the new 200-acre Mountain Springs Farm. With facilities rivaling any in the state, the experienced horsemen at Mountain Springs Farm provide excellent mare and foal care at affordable rates.

Tight Ten is nominated for the Breeders' Cup and is eligible for the Pennsylvania-bred program.

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