March, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Commonwealth Cup Goal For Supremacy

Last year's G1 Middle Park S. winner Supremacy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) has wintered well, according to trainer Clive Cox, and will stick to sprints for his 3-year-old campaign, with the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot his key early season target. Cox said the G3 Pavilion S. at Ascot on Apr. 28 and the G2 Sandy Lane S. at Haydock on May 22 are under consideration as starting points for the colt.

“Supremacy will stay at six furlongs, so we're looking at the Pavilion, the normal sprinting route–with possibly the Sandy Lane en route to Royal Ascot and the Commonwealth,” said Cox. “He's wintered really well and looks very strong. I'm very pleased with him indeed.”

Supremacy, who is three for four, was also the eye-catching four-length winner of the G2 Richmond S. last summer.

Cox will likewise hold a strong hand for both the colts and fillies Guineas, with Marie McCartan's G2 Norfolk S. winner Nando Parrado (GB) and Paul and Clare Rooney's G2 Rockfel S. and G3 Prestige S. winner Isabella Giles (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) targeting the first weekend in May at Newmarket. Nando Parrado, at 150-1, was the longest shot to ever win a 2-year-old race at Royal Ascot, and he upheld his form by finishing second in the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. Isabella Giles wrapped up the season, in which she went six for four, with a ninth-place finish over the soft going in the G1 Fillies' Mile.

“We'll be looking at one of the trials for [Nando Parrado]–but I very much intend to run him in the Guineas, all being well,” Cox said. “He does handle soft ground but won at Ascot on a quicker surface. I'm pleased with how he has done physically.

“He was a very able 2-year-old who has done well over the winter so I see no reason why he can't maintain that performance at the top level at three.”

Cox said he expects Isabella Giles to bounce back from her Fillies' Mile performance, which came at the end of a busy campaign.

“The filly has done very well too–she's done some nice work and is making good progress,” he said. “I think she had a busy enough time in the autumn, and we probably ran her once too many by the time of the Fillies' Mile, and she'd just gone off the boil.

“I would be very pleased with her now. She's a Group 2 winner at two, and her work is pleasing me at the moment to suggest we can look forward to what she does at three.

“It's really nice to have the conversations we're having at this stage, and we're looking forward to more of them hopefully as the season progresses.”

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Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Team Up To Provide Vaccines

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation announced today that it has received more than 500 essential equine vaccines from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. These vaccines will be used on retired Thoroughbred racehorses in the care of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), the oldest and largest aftercare organization for retired Thoroughbreds in the United States.

“Helping organizations like the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is at the core of what we do at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health,” said Steve Boren, Vice President of the U.S. Livestock and Equine businesses at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. “We are honored to support an organization that makes a difference in the lives of horses.”

As a global leader in equine health, Boehringer Ingelheim is committed to equine research and giving back to help communities understand, diagnose and prevent disease

“Equine veterinarians are one-of-a-kind caregivers who put the health and welfare of the horse above everything else,” Boren said. “We wanted to thank them for their passion and devotion both today and every day.”

“As soon as the TRF Team connected with the Boehringer Ingelheim equine team and realized the impact that their generous gift could make on our herd of TRF horses, we began connecting the team at Boehringer Ingelheim with our colleagues in the world of equine therapy and Thoroughbred aftercare,” said Anita Motion, TRF Board Member. “Our goal was to ensure that as many horses as possible benefit from this donation. We are so pleased to have played a part in extending Boehringer Ingelheim's gesture beyond our herd of 500 to thousands of other deserving horses in the care of charities across the United States.”

About the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation

Founded in 1983, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation is a national organization devoted to saving Thoroughbred horses no longer able to compete at the racetrack from possible neglect, abuse, and slaughter. As the oldest Thoroughbred rescue in the country, the TRF provides sanctuary to retired Thoroughbreds throughout their lifetime.

Best known for its pioneering TRF Second Chances program, the organization provides incarcerated individuals with vocational training through its accredited equine care and stable management program. At seven correctional facilities and one new juvenile justice facility, this nationwide program offers second careers to its horses and a second chance at life for individuals upon release from these correctional programs. TRF cares for 500 rescued and retired Thoroughbreds at Second Chances prison farms and Sanctuary Farms across the country. The organization is funded entirely by private donations. The TRF is accredited by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and has a Platinum rating with Guide Star.

For more information visit: http://www.trfinc.org/

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A First For Profitable At Kempton

All logic pointed to the fact that Darley's first-season sire Profitable (Ire) (by Invincible Spirit {Ire}) was going to be quick off the mark in 2021 and so it proved as Wednesday's Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day EBF Fillies' Novice S. at Kempton saw Thunder Love (GB) provide that early first winner. Pacey from the outset as she made her way across from a wide draw to shadow the leader Chandrika (Ire) (Requinto {Ire}), Amo Racing Limited's bay took command approaching the furlong pole en route to an authoritative 3 1/4-length success as the well-backed 15-8 favourite. Jockey Rossa Ryan said of the George Boughey trainee, “She was quick out and put herself in a position that I could do what I wanted with her. She was having a bit of a look bit and being timid, but as soon as I gave her the office she did it very well. All the signs were positive coming into today and she was a benchmark for where our 2-year-olds are. She has a lot of speed, was quickening away all the way to the line and there's more to come. Maybe later on in the year, she would give herself every opportunity to go six furlongs, but I'd imagine she'll stay over five for now.”

The dam, who captured the Listed Conqueror S. and was third in the G2 Mill Reef S., hails from the family of the G1 Irish Oaks and GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf runner-up L'Ancresse (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) whose progeny by Frankel (GB) include the G3 Vintage Crop S. winner and G1 Ascot Gold Cup third Master of Reality (Ire) and last week's debut winner and TDN Rising Star Sibila Spain (Ire). Also related to the Irish Oaks heroine Moonstone (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and the G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Cerulean Sky (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), she has a yearling colt by Massaat (Ire) to follow.

1st-Kempton, £5,800, Novice, 3-31, 2yo, f, 5f (AWT), 1:00.55, st/sl.
THUNDER LOVE (GB) (f, 2, Profitable {Ire}–Nantyglo {GB} {SW & GSP-Eng}, by Mark of Esteem {Ire}) Sales history: 13,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA; £18,000 Ylg '20 TATIRY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,304.
O-Amo Racing Limited; B-Mickley Stud (GB); T-George Boughey.

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Grade 2 Winner Maraud Retired To Stand In Puerto Rico

Maraud, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Blame, has been retired from the track and will enter stud at Potrero Los Llanos in Coamo, Puerto Rico, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.

The 6-year-old won four of 21 starts for owner Collinsworth Thoroughbred Racing and trainer Bret Calhoun, earning $506,510. His most successful season came in 2018, when he took the Grade 2 American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs and the G3 Palm Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

He also finished in the money in four additional graded stakes races from ages two to five.

Bred in Kentucky by John and Frank Penn, Maraud is out of the unplaced Empire Maker mare Unbridled Empire, whose foals also include Grade 1 winner Arklow. His extended family features Grade 1 winners Fourty Niner's Son and Cindy's Hero.