April, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

R.A.C.E. Fund Launching 2021 Fund Drive May 7 With Online Auction

The R.A.C.E. Fund, a 501 C 3 non-profit organization established in 2004 and TAA accredited, launches its 2021 fund drive with an online auction on eBay starting May 7 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) and ending on May 14 to help raise funds for racehorse retirement and rescue.

Featured items include: halters of the following multiple graded stakes winning champions, 2016 Eclipse Award Horse of the Year California Chrome, 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide, 2016 Fountain of Youth Stakes winner, Mohaymen, Hall of Famer, Serena's Song. multiple graded stakes winners Havre de Grace, 2012 Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags, 2016 Whitney Stakes winner, Frosted and Littleprincessemma, dam of Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah.

Other items to be auctioned is a farm tour donated by Three Chimneys and horseshoes worn by multiple graded stakes winner Afleet Alex from Gainesway and First Samurai from Claiborne Farm.

“We have some very exciting auction items again this year. We would like to especially thank volunteer Roxanne Campbell for her tireless efforts as well as Claiborne, Darley-Godolphin, Denali Stud, Gainesway, Kentucky Horse Park, Lane's End, Shadwell, Summer Wind Farm, Three Chimneys and Timber Town Stables for their generous support by donating such valuable items of racing champions to help us raise funds,” stated Marlene Murray, President of the R.A.C.E. Fund.

All proceeds raised will be used to help Thoroughbred racehorses in need of retirement and rescue from slaughter.

More information about the R.A.C.E. Fund can be obtained at www.racefund.org. Any questions about the auction or items can be sent to info@racefund.org or go to the R.A.C.E. Fund Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/race.fund/ to view the auction items album soon. Auction items will be live May 7 starting at 8 p.m. (ET) at eBay under seller name racefund.

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Preakness Next for Concert Tour

Concert Tour (Street Sense) will not run in the May 1 Kentucky Derby, said Bob Baffert Saturday morning.

He will instead be pointed for the May 18 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

A winner of his first three starts, a Santa Anita Maiden Special Weight, the GII San Vicente and the GII Rebel at Oaklawn, he was most recently third in the GI Arkansas Derby.

“He's immature and we were disappointed that he didn't win the Arkansas Derby,” said Baffert. “I was really expecting an outstanding performance and he didn't give it. Physically, he's fine, but he's too immature to come back in two weeks (from today), so we're going to wait for the Preakness.”

Baffert's lone Derby entrant is now Medina Spirit (Protonico), who was second in the Santa Anita Derby.

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Gimmethegreenlight Leads National Yearling Sale

The two-day Bloodstock South Africa National Yearling Sale drew to a close on Friday with trade at a satisfactory level despite the ongoing pandemic and political anxieties in the country. The aggregate of R102,470,000 (€5,974,884/£5,175,174) was up from R87,065,000 (€5,075,345/£4,397,155) in 2020, and while the average dipped 6% to R276,946 (€16,144/£13,986), the median was up to R200,000 (€11,658/£10,100) from R160,000 (€9,327/£8,080).

Young More Than Ready sire Gimmethegreenlight (Aus), currently the leading sire in South Africa, was the sale's leading sire by aggregate and supplied three yearlings who made in excess of R1,000,000 (€58,308/£50,504), including a colt out of triple Group 1 winner All Is Secret (SAf) (lot 351) who topped the sale on day two at R2,800,000 (€163,264/£141,412) when bought by Jehan Malherbe of Form Bloodstock. All Is Secret, South Africa's champion 2-year-old filly of 2012, is also the dam of the listed-winning Sovereign Secret (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}). Gimmethegreenlight also supplied a seven-figure filly on the day in the form of Varsfontein Stud's lot 232, who was also bought by Malherbe. She is the first foal out of the listed-placed Scandola (SAf) (Fort Wood).

Also featuring on Friday was a colt by Twice Over (GB) who fetched R1,400,000 (€81,611/£70,706) from John Freeman. Lot 407, the son of Group 3 winner Cash Register (SAf) (Casey Tibbs {Ire}), is a half-brother to three stakes winners as well as the Group 1-placed Chat Ching (Saf) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}).

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Sunday Insights: Practical Joke’s First Runner Looks Live

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4th-KEE, $60K, Msw, 2yo, 4 1/2f, post time: 2:45 p.m. ET
Tom Durant's TEJANO TWIST becomes the first starter for the much-hyped freshman sire Practical Joke for the potent 2-year-old barn of Bret Calhoun. A son of the Grade III-placed Haley's Lolipop (Cuvee), the homebred is a half-brother to Game Day Play (Violence), a second-out maiden winner last August and two starts later victorious in the Clevor Trevor S. at Remington Park. Second dam Two Foxie (Fair Skies) produced the fleet GSW & GISP Maddalena (Good and Tough), whose eight winners from nine to the races include Grade II-winning juvenile Bern Identity (Bernstein) and five other black-type performers. First-crop runners for Practical Joke have sold for up to $800,000 this year and a filly out of Purr and Prowl (Purim) topped this week's Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up on a bid of 360,000gns from Peter Brant. TJCIS PPs

Well-Bred Curlin Filly Gets Going…
2nd-SA, $61K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, post time: 4:38 p.m. ET
CURVETTE (Curlin) is the latest foal from the talented Fiftyshadesofhay (Pulpit), winner of the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. and GIII Iowa Oaks in 2013 while placing in the GI Las Virgenes S., GI Santa Anita Oaks and GI Alabama S. that season. She went on to capture the GII Ruffian S. the following season and was purchased by Stonestreet Farm for $1.3 million at Keeneland November that fall. The daughter of GISP Quiet Kim (Real Quiet) is already the dam of two winners from as many to the races. TJCIS PPs

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