August, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Group 1 Winner Alpine Star Retired

Group 1 winner Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}–Alpha Lupi {Ire}, by Rahy) has been retired after an unplaced run in Sunday's G1 Prix Jacques le Marois according to the Niarchos Family's Racing Manager Alan Cooper. The Jessica Harrington trainee and Niarchos homebred is a half-sister to four-time Group 1 winner Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}).

“She retires sound and hopefully she'll be a nice broodmare for us,” said Cooper.

A winner at Galway at second asking at two, the chestnut added the G2 Debutante S. next out and earned her Group 1 stripes with a 4 1/4-length win in the G1 Coronation S. last June in her first start at three. She completed her sophomore year with three seconds-in the G1 Prix de Diane last July, the Prix Jacques le Marois a month later, and in the Oct. 4 G1 Prix de l'Opera. Prior to Sunday's Marois result, Alpine Star was second in a listed affair at York on July 23. She retires with a mark of 9-3-4-1 and earnings of $734,558.

Besides Alpha Centauri, Alpine Star is a half-sister to Irish listed winner Tenth Star (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), who placed twice at the group level in Ireland and England. Their unraced dam is a daughter of dual French Classic heroine East of the Moon (Private Account), herself out of international champion, dual GI Breeders' Cup Mile heroine and bluehen producer Miesque (Nureyev).

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Palace Pier Wins Second Jacques Le Marois At Deauville, BC Mile Berth

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's Palace Pier (GB) became the first horse to win the Group 1 Prix Du Haras De Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le Marois in successive years since Spinning World in 1997. The win gave him his second “Win and You're In” Breeders' Cup Challenge Series of 2021, having won the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. The son of Kingman (GB) has an automatic starting position and fees paid into this year's $2 million Grade 1 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile presented by PDJF through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series is an international series of 84 stakes races where the winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corresponding race of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which will be held at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., on Nov. 5-6.

Palace Pier, trained by John & Thady Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, traveled up on the outside of the field and showed a sparkling turn of foot to go clear of his seven rivals before having to withstand a strong challenge from Group 1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas hero Poetic Flare (IRE) in the final furlong to hold on by a neck. The defending Grade 1 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile champion, Order of Australia (IRE), was a further 1 ¾ lengths back in third.

After completing the mile in 1:35.96 over a course listed as good, Palace Pier was cut to 7/4 with Unibet for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile in November.

John Gosden speaking after the race, said: “I thought it was a very clean race. They went a sensible pace. They quickened from 600 meters out and so it was a test of speed and he's done it well. He's a gorgeous and lovely horse to be around. He's got this amazing cruising speed and acceleration. I've made no secret that he was ill. He had a blood disorder and missed the G1 Qatar Sussex Stakes and we've come here on the absolute minimum amount of work. He's probably come here at 80% and as Frankie (Dettori) said, his class has got him through. He's having a strong blow after, so he was probably 10 days short of work, but they weren't going to move the Jacques Le Marois!”

Gosden indicated that QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot in October could be next for the five-time Group 1 winner.

“We'll now wait until Champions Day and go either for the 1-mile Group 1 QIPCO Queen Elizabeth II Stakes or perhaps the 1 ¼ mile Group 1 QIPCO Champion Stakes.”

When asked if the Breeders' Cup could be on the agenda for the son of Kingman (GB), Gosden replied: “November is a long way off! Del Mar is a track I'm very fond of and I had a lot of success there and have a lot of good friends there, but that's a long way down the road at the moment.”

Palace Pier was already a winner of the “Win and You're In” G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in June and is one of seven horses this year to have gained a “Win and You're In” berth for the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile. Jet Dark (SAF), winner of the Group 1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate in South Africa, Succeso (CHI) who claimed the Group 1 Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella in Chile, Smooth Like Strait who won the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile, Danon Kingly (JPN) who captured the Group 1 Yasuda Kinen in Japan, Alcohol Free (IRE) who stormed clear in the Group 1 Qatar Sussex Stakes, and Got Stormy who yesterday won the Grade 1 Fourstardave, are the other six.

As part of the benefits of the Challenge Series, Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees for Palace Pier to start in the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile, which will be run at a mile on the Del Mar turf course. Breeders' Cup will also provide a travel allowance of $40,000 for all starters based outside of North America to compete in the World Championships. The Challenge winner must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program by the Championships' pre-entry deadline of Oct. 25 to receive the rewards.

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Pricey Nyquist Half Debuts in VA

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Lidstrom (Tapit), the fourth-priciest lot at the 2019 Keeneland September sale on a $2.5-million winning bid from Godolphin, makes his debut here for trainer Mike Stidham. The grey is a half-brother to none other than champion juvenile, GI Kentucky Derby winner and now top young Darley sire Nyquist. He shows an upbeat tab at Delaware Park for this first go. TJCIS PPs

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Study: Sunflower Seed Oil May Reduce Proud Flesh In Horses

Wounds on a horse's lower leg are notoriously difficult to heal, and often these injuries develop exuberant granulation tissue, commonly called proud flesh. This granulation tissue becomes a chronic wound, often requiring veterinarian intervention to remove the rapidly growing tissue and encourage wound healing.

Dr. Paula Alessandra Di Filippo and her Brazilian research team created a study to see if sunflower seed oil can assist with wound healing and prevent proud flesh development. They created two full-thickness wounds on the front cannon bones of eight horses to test potential wound healing protocols: On four horses, ozonated sunflower seed oil or pure sunflower seed oil was applied to the wounds on one limb and the other limb was treated with 0.9 percent sodium chloride. In the other four horses, a saline rinse was used on one limb and the others were treated with pure or ozonated oil.

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Treatments were applied once daily on the wound area and contraction rates were measured on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 21. At 21 days, the team found that treated wounds healed better — those treated with ozonated sunflower seed oil saw a 72 percent contraction rate while those treated with the pure sunflower seed oil contracted by 53 percent. The sodium chloride group contracted by 35 percent.

The team found that proud flesh developed only in the non-sunflower seed oil groups. The wounds using ozone oil-treatment healed on Day 25 and the pure sunflower oil group healed by Day 27. The saline group healed by Day 30. The ozonated oil significantly reduced wound size. The team determined that ozonated sunflower seed oil accelerates wound repair and prevents the formation of granulation tissue in horses.