September, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association Announces Inaugural Online Auction Hosted By Wanamaker’s

Wanamaker's will host the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association's first-ever online auction. The sale will be a mixed sale open to Pennsylvania-bred weanlings, yearlings, and racehorses, in addition to broodmares and broodmare prospects owned by a PHBA member.

“We are excited to partner with PHBA for their first online auction of PA-breds and utilize the platform in a way that can make state-bred horses more accessible,” said co-founder Liza Hendriks. “We will maintain our normal monthly sales while adding in feature sales.”

“PA-breds have made their mark both in Pennsylvania and across the country,” remarked PHBA Executive Secretary Brian Sanfratello. “We wanted to give our breeders an opportunity to have a venue to showcase their horses. With owner bonuses up to 40 percent and breeder awards up to 50 percent, we're sure buyers will take a look at our program.”

Entries for the Pennsylvania-bred sale will close on Oct. 19, the catalog will be released on Oct. 20, and the horses will sell on Oct. 28. The entry fee for the Pennsylvania-bred sale will be discounted to $150 and commission will remain at 5 percent on sales and 0 percent on RNAs.

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Galileo Filly Lights Up Orby

A Galileo (Ire) filly who is the first foal out of GI Frizette S. winner Nickname (Scat Daddy) (lot 152) became the first millionaire of the 2021 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale when selling to MV Magnier for €1.5-million. The filly is bred by Phoenix Thoroughbreds, which purchased Nickname for $3-million at Fasig-Tipton November in 2017. She was consigned by Baroda Stud.

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Perfect Power Camp Mulling Options

Dual Group 1 winner Perfect Power (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}), who won Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. at Newmarket, may be put away for the winter, rather than make another start as his connections consider their options. Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum's colt graduated at second asking at Hamilton prior to winning the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot on June 17. Only fifth in the G2 Richmond S. at Goodwood at the end of July, Perfect Power rebounded with a 1 1/4-length win in the G1 Darley Prix Morny on Aug. 22, prior to his Middle Park win.

“He's come out of it well. I'm pleased with him. He's a pretty straightforward guy to deal with,” said trainer Richard Fahey. “I've got to speak to Sheikh Rashid. We haven't really sat down and had a chat yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if he was probably finished for the year.”

In 2022, Fahey is looking to step the bay up in trip with an eye to next year's Classics.

“We'll run him in one of the trials,” the trainer added. “We'll see how he winters first and just get him going and see which route we're going.”

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NYRA Calls Baffert’s Attempt To Collect Legal Fees ‘Premature’

The New York Racing Association has filed a response to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's attempt to collect $162,086 in legal fees, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News, calling the attempt “premature.”

Baffert had requested that the U.S. District Court (Eastern District of New York) order NYRA to pay his attorney's fees because he is the “prevailing party,” though he has only obtained a preliminary injunction to race at NYRA tracks.

NYRA's response argues that the $450 to $975 hourly fees Baffert's lawyers charge are “disproportionately high,” and that Baffert is attempting to take advantage of a legal provision which shouldn't apply. The provision is designed to “incentivize attorneys to represent individual civil rights plaintiffs that might otherwise be unrepresented,” according to NYRA.

“Plaintiff, the most prominent trainer in Thoroughbred racing, can afford to pay his lawyers and would have brought this action regardless of whether he could obtain an award of attorneys' fees,” NYRA wrote in the Sept. 27 filing in United States District Court (Eastern District of New York).

NYRA notified Baffert ahead of the Belmont Stakes that it was suspending his ability to enter horses in races or have stall space at its racetracks due to his recent history of medication violations (five over a one-year period), the conflicting statements he provided to media around the Medina Spirit scandal, and Churchill Downs' suspension of the trainer.

Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the Eastern District of New York determined that NYRA's suspension of Baffert should not have taken place without some sort of hearing allowing him to address the organization's accusations against him. Although NYRA was asserting its private property rights in the case, Amon said the organization is closely entwined enough with the state that its suspension of Baffert constituted a state action, thereby requiring due process.

NYRA has since issued a statement of charges against Baffert, and scheduled a hearing for the trainer to begin on Sept. 27.

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

Additional stories about Baffert's Kentucky Derby positive and ensuing legal battles can be found here.

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