April, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Friday’s Insights: ‘Rising Star’ Returns at Keeneland

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6th-Keeneland, $83K, AOC, 4/up, f/m, 8.5f, post time: 3:51 p.m. ET
Robert and Lawana Low's current crop of 4-year-olds includes leading U.S. turf horse Colonel Liam (Liam's Map) and 'TDN Rising Star' SPICE IS NICE (Curlin), who dips down into allowance company for her seasonal debut. An impressive 12-length maiden winner at first asking last January, she was runner-up in the GII Davona Dale S., but only fifth to Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks. An easy Belmont allowance winner last July, the $1.05-million Keeneland September yearling and daughter of GISW Dame Dorothy (Bernardini) makes her first start since a sixth in the GI Alabama S. at Saratoga Aug. 15. TJCIS PPs

Pricey Into Mischief Colt Gets Going at Aqueduct…
1st-Aqueduct, $80K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, post time: 1:20 p.m. ET
ABSOLUTE COURAGE (Into Mischief) was the most expensive of 17 of his all-conquering stallion's offspring to sell as foals in 2018 when fetching $500,000 at KEENOV (the second-priciest was future 'TDN Rising Star' and GSW Mutasaabeq at $425,000). The half-brother to MSP Thanks Mr. Eidson (More Than Ready) found himself back in the Keeneland sales pavilion 10 months later, hammering for $800,000 to the bid of Courtlandt Farms. The Jan. 28 foal is out of an unraced daughter of GSW Profit Column (Private Account), the dam of GSW/GISP Final Round (Storm Cat) and SW Countess Curlin (Curlin). Similarly, Supply and Demand (Exaggerator) was the most expensive weanling from the first crop of his Classic-winning stallion, selling for $230,000 at KEENOV in 2018. The gelding is out of a full-sister to MGSW/GISP Redeemed (Include). TJCIS PPs

Lothenbach Firster Looks Live in Keeneland Finale…
Owner Robert Lothenbach bought a dozen horses at the 2019 Keeneland September sale for $3,235,000, and FINE COTTON (Curlin) looks to repay some of his $450,000 investment in the Friday finale in Lexington. The May 1 foal is out of the unraced Carolina Cotton (Majesticperfection), who was purchased by Woodford Thoroughbreds for $370,000 with this filly in utero at KEENOV in 2017. Majesticperfection is the sire of Lothenbach's GISW Bell's the One. Fine Cotton's second dam includes Whatdreamsrmadeof (Graeme Hall), the Grade II-placed dam of MGISW Curalina (Curlin). TJCIS PPs

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Slack Buys Kilflynn Farm; Will Rename Property Stoneriggs Farm

Kilflynn Farm on Winchester Rd. near Paris, Ky., has been sold to Florida businessman Robert Slack, founder of Robert Slack, LLC, Florida's premier real estate brokerage.

The 417-acre farm, formerly owned by Denis Brosnan, was originally part of Stone Farm, part of which was referred to as “the magic field” by Arthur Hancock; being the land where two of his champions were raised.

Joe Riddell of the Riddell Smith Group at Rector Hayden Realtors handled the sale.

“I have been interested in a farm in Kentucky for many years, and when this one became available, I finally took the plunge, and I am excited to be in the same neighborhood as Claiborne, Machmer Hall, Hidden Brook, and other farms who produce such great runners,” Slack said. “I am also very happy that Martin Keogh, one of Kentucky's most respected horsemen, will be my general manager. The farm will be known as Stoneriggs Farm, which is the name of the farm that my parents went to in 1941 and is still in the family today.”

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‘NC Derby Act’ Sidesteps Key Issue

Two North Carolina senators filed a bill Apr. 6 that would create a racing commission to promote and regulate a built-from-scratch Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry in a state where pari-mutuel wagering is currently not legal.

Despite that seemingly large hurdle, Senators Paul Lowe (D-Forsyth) and Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) for the most part sidestepped the controversial issue of horse betting in Senate Bill 629, which is titled “The North Carolina Derby Act.”

The only gambling-related reference within the bill comes under the definition for the proposed “North Carolina Racing Office,” which is to be established under the Lottery Commission and would be “vested with control of all horse racing in the State and with power to adopt rules under which racing and wagering shall be conducted.”

In other words, the bill's backers are banking on fellow legislators and the citizenry of a very conservative state being okay with allowing a newly created racing commission to legalize horse betting simply by writing regulations that make it allowable.

When asked by WRAL News why betting wasn't more specifically addressed within the bill, Lowe replied, “That's part of the industry.”

North Carolina hosts limited steeplechase and harness meets that are non-pri-mutuel.

Lowe told WRAL that commercial Thoroughbred racing presents an opportunity for economic development, even in rural areas.

“It's a billion-dollar industry,” Lowe said. “You start looking at restaurants, hotels and all of the things that go around with this kind of agricultural sporting event-there's a lot that goes into it.”

The bill states that the racing commission would be charged with the duty to “Develop a long-term plan for racing in North Carolina to determine the appropriate location and number of tracks to be built in this State so as to position any major track and its purse structure in the upper segment of good quality tracks while creating a strong breeding, foaling, and training structure throughout the State.”

The bill further adds that the commission would be tasked with issuing “permits to build only quality racing facilities that are designed to permit year-round racing.”

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Slack Buys Kilflynn Farm

Florida businessman, Robert Slack, founder of Robert Slack, LLC, a Florida real estate brokerage, purchased Kilflynn Farm on Winchester Rd. near Paris, Kentucky.

The 417-acre farm, formerly owned by Denis Brosnan, was originally part of Stone Farm. Joe Riddell of the Riddell Smith Group at Rector Hayden Realtors handled the sale.

“I have been interested in a farm in Kentucky for many years, and when this one became available, I finally took the plunge, and I am excited to be in the same neighborhood as Claiborne, Machmer Hall, Hidden Brook, and other farms who produce such great runners,” Slack said. “I am also very happy that Martin Keogh, one of Kentucky's most respected horsemen, will be my General Manager. The farm will be known as Stoneriggs Farm, which is the name of the farm that my parents went to in 1941 and is still in the family today.”

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