August, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

KENA At Spy Coast Farm: Minimizing Equine Impact On Water Quality

The Kentucky Horse Council announced the topic for the August Kentucky Equine Networking Association (KENA) dinner will be Equines and the Environment: Minimizing Impact on Water Quality. The dinner will be held on Tuesday, August 31, at Spy Coast Farm's Equine Education Center in Lexington. KENA is a dinner and educational series geared toward equine professionals, horse owners and riders, and other equine enthusiasts.

Schedule of the evening's events:

Tour of Spy Coast Farm 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Networking: 6:30 – 7 PM
Dinner and Presentation: 7 – 8 PM

Location: Spy Coast Farm Equine Education Center, 3700 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY 40511

The guest speaker for the evening is Tammy Barnes, Cooperative Extension Associate for University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. She will offer KENA attendees:

Insight into the best equine management practices for the preservation of water quality on horse farms and equine facilities.
Affordable, implementable steps to minimize the environmental impact of manure
Possible funding sources for these measures
Additional topics discussed will include riparian areas, heavy-use areas, water capture and composting

KENA provides an educational and social venue for equine professionals and horse enthusiasts from all breeds and disciplines. Organized by the Kentucky Horse Council, KENA provides the opportunity for attendees to share ideas, business strategies and knowledge; and to obtain up-to-date information on horse and farm management, as well as on issues affecting the equine industry. KENA is made possible by the generous support of Dinsmore Equine Law Group, WesBanco, Neogen, University of Louisville College of Business Equine Industry Program, KESMARC Kentucky and Equine Land Conservation Resource.

For details and reservations, visit https://kentuckyhorse.org/KENA. Tickets are $40.

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Racecourse Manager Certification Program Launches ‘Grader School’ Course At Keeneland

The Racecourse Manager Certification Program, a continuing education initiative launched in June with an online curriculum focused on educating the next generation of racing surface managers, is now accepting applications for its first in-person course to be held Sept. 13-15 at Keeneland Race Course. Grader School, focusing on combined theory and practice sessions on the grading of racing surfaces, will offer a select number of early career professionals the opportunity to develop highly focused, hands-on expertise that will allow them to adapt and excel to the changing demands of horse racing surfaces.

Grader School will consist of online lectures and examinations in preparation for a two-day intensive workshop at Keeneland. Taught by superintendents of two of the leading racecourses in the United States, Alfredo Laureano and Dennis Moore, the class will include the operation of both a state-of-the-art and an older model grader. Practice sessions will include measuring grades on turns and straights and the proper operation of a grader on dirt and synthetic surfaces.

The initial class is limited to six students. Both the hands-on workshop and online training will be expanded as demand increases. The Sept. 13-15 session requires completion of an application form and a letter of recommendation from an experienced racecourse manager. Priority will be given to younger full-time track maintenance personnel who demonstrate an interest in a career in racetrack surface maintenance. Applications may be obtained by emailing a request to info@racingsurfaces.org.

The Racetrack Certification Program is a combined effort of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Safety and Integrity Alliance, the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory.

“The most common surfaces used for Thoroughbred racing are dirt and synthetic surfaces. One of the highest priorities and the most difficult part of maintaining a racecourse is the accurate grading of dirt and synthetic racing surfaces.” said Michael “Mick” Peterson, Ph.D., Director of the Racetrack Safety Program at the University of Kentucky and Executive Director of the Racing Surfaces and Testing Laboratory (RSTL).

Information about the overall program, including the turf program, is available here. The recorded courses can be watched for free on the UK Ag Equine Programs YouTube channel. The University of Kentucky will be administering the certification program. The Racecourse Manager Certification Program is sponsored by John Deere, Duralock, Horsemen's Track and Equipment, Inc., and Equinox Racing.

Individuals interested in current and future programs that are part of the Racecourse Manager Certification Program, can sign up to receive email updates at https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/UZUC6mf/Racecourse.

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Potts Suspended 15-Days For New Jersey Medication Violation

Wayne Potts, leading trainer at the 2021 Monmouth Park meet in Oceanport, N.J., received a 15-day suspension and $500 fine from the track's board of stewards for an overage of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory flunixin (trade name Banamine).

Potts indicated to Daily Racing Form he will appeal the ruling – which set the suspension dates from Sept. 1-15, inclusive – adding that he would likely wind up serving the suspension at the beginning of the 2022 meet. Potts was also assigned a half point under the multiple medication violation (MMV) program.

Kentucky Cool won the second race at Monmouth for Potts and owner Bruno Schickedanz on June 5 and was subsequently found by Industrial Laboratories of Wheat Ridge, Colo., to have flunixin at 10.1 nanograms per milliliter in his blood sample, twice the amount permitted.

Potts told Daily Racing Form that Kentucky Cool may have inadvertently received two doses of flunixin – one at Belmont Park, where he was stabled, and another at Monmouth Park after arriving there two days before the race.

Potts, with 24 wins from 93 starts at Monmouth Park this year, was most recently sanctioned for a medication violation in 2019.

Kentucky Cool was disqualified from the June 5 race with the $13,200 purse money he earned redistributed. He was claimed from that race by owner-trainer Anthony Foglia and has subsequently finished fifth (of five runners), 10th (of 10), eighth (of 9) and third (of nine).

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Go Bears Go to Skip Morny and Wait For Middle Park

Group 2 winner Go Bears Go (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) will not step out in the Aug. 22 G1 Prix Morny, but will instead wait for the Sept. 25 G1 Middle Park S. trainer David Loughnane revealed. A winner first out at Ascot in May, the colt ran second in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot and captured the G2 Railway S. at The Curragh on June 26. His latest start was a third-place run in the wake of Ebro River (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. on Aug. 8.

“He's not going to France,” Loughnane said. “We're going to give him a bit of a freshen up and target the Middle Park. He's ready for a bit of a freshen up. He's only run four times, but he's on the go a while.

“We'll give him a bit of time now and get him ready for Newmarket.”

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