Month: October 2021

Welder Goes For One More Record Before Calling It A Career

Remington Park's all-time winningest horse, Welder, will be trying to wrap up his career in racing with another record to add to his lengthy record book.

Owner Clayton Rash of Claremore, Okla., and trainer Teri Luneack have indicated that when this millionaire Oklahoma-bred 8-year-old gelding goes to post on Friday, Oct. 15 in the $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Sprint, sponsored by The Kaw Nation, that it will likely be his final race. The sprint is all part of the night of Oklahoma-bred stars competing in divisional stakes events for $1 million-plus in purse money at the Oklahoma City, Okla., track.

If Welder, a gelded son of The Visualiser, out of the Tiznow mare Dance Softly, wins Friday night it will be his fourth consecutive victory in the Sprint, and it would tie for most wins in this stakes race with Okie Ride and Highland Ice. Highland Ice won four in a row from 1996-1999. Okie Ride won in 2011 and 2012, missed two years, and then returned to the winner's circle in 2015 and 2016.

Welder has won 16 races at Remington Park, more than any other horse since 1988 when the track opened. He was purchased from Mighty Acres Farms in Pryor, Okla., for $6,750 as a yearling and has earned $1,250,731. His record is 43 starts, 27 wins, five seconds, and six thirds. At Remington Park, he has won 16 of 22 times for $876,712.

“I really like his draw (outside 8-post),” said Luneack. “I would like Welder to be remembered as the working man's horse. He made his million the hard way.”

Among other records Welder, the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the race, has set in his career here are:

The only horse to win Remington Park Horse of the Meet more than once. He has received awards as Horse of the Meet in 2018, 2019, and 2020

Three-time Oklahoma Horse of the Year in those same years

Set track record at Remington for 6 furlongs in 1:08.13 in the David M. Vance Stakes on Sept. 29, 2019

Holds record here for most stakes wins in a row – 11. He won two Remington Park Turf Sprints (one on a muddy main track), four wins in the Silver Goblin Stakes, three wins in the Oklahoma Classics Sprint, and two wins in the David M. Vance Stakes.

This year's edition of the Sprint drew eight horses and every horse in the race has been beaten by Welder at least once. Welder was bred in Oklahoma by Center Hills Farm. Mighty Acres is a subsidiary for them.

Mesa Moon (9-2) has been made the second favorite in the race. He is a non-stakes winner and finished behind fourth morning-line favorite Shannon C (6-1) in the Remington Park Turf Sprint last time out. Mesa Moon's record on the dirt is similar to Shannon C's, however. Mesa Moon has won three of six on the main track for $104,543 earned while Shannon C is two of six on dirt with $104,338 banked. The third choice in the morning line is Fast Breakin Cash (5-1) who has made $201,593 on the main track.

Shannon C, a two-time stakes winner, is the second-highest earner in the field with $290,766 banked in 26 starts. Mesa Moon has won $133,345 in 10 starts and Fast Breakin Cash has won $219,849 in 20 tries.

The field for the Sprint from the rail out with horse, jockey, trainer, and odds are:

Fast Breakin Cash, Ramon Vazquez, C.R. Trout, 5-1
No Lak of Speed, Luis Quinonez, Jesse Oberlander, 10-1
Euromantic, Alfredo Triana, Jr., Victor Hanson, 8-1
Shannon C, Leandro Goncalves, Scott Young, 6-1
Fly to the Bank, Carlos Montalvo, James Helzer, 15-1
D Toz, Lane Luzzi, Danny Pish, 20-1
Mesa Moon, Floyd Wethey, Jr., Scott Young, 9-2
Welder, David Cabrera, Teri Luneack, 6-5

The Classics Sprint is the third race of 10 on Oct. 15 with an approximate start time of 8:05 pm. The big night of state-bred stakes events is underway at 7:07 pm. All times are Central.

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Godolphin’s Clean Sweep On The Cards As Coroebus Scores

With Goldspur (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) having provided the warm-up act in the G3 Godolphin Flying Start Zetland S., the impressive Coroebus (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) duly extended the domination of Godolphin's Charlie Appleby stable on Future Champions Day in the G3 Emirates Autumn S. Caught close home having shown above-average acceleration in the G2 Royal Lodge S. over this course and mile trip last time Sept. 25, the imposing homebred was in last from the break this time with the anchor down. Despite racing away from the pace throughout, the 4-5 favourite tanked to the front with William Buick unable to contain him any longer 1 1/2 furlongs out and from there he was in a class of his own en route to a two-length success from Imperial Fighter (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}), with Dubai Poet (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) 2 1/2 lengths away in third. “The last day, he surprised me how fast he picked up and we were aware of that today and rode him accordingly,” Buick explained. “I didn't think they went very quick and expected the dash to be on three down and it was, but there was nothing there to take me and again he got a bit lonely in front. He can really turn it on and horses like that can't sustain their run for very long, but you can sit on him until the last furlong and a half and he showed that today. He cruised down the dip and when I pressed the button it was all over. He's a lovely big horse and he'll come back better and stronger after the winter.”

Coroebus, who was off the mark on his only other start over this trip on the July Course Aug. 13, is to join the day's G1 Darley Dewhurst S. hero Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) in the mile Classic here next May in what promises to be a fascinating encounter. “William was very disappointed after the Royal Lodge, but you can blame me as I told him to get him rolling into the dip on that fast ground and so he got racing a bit sooner than he wanted,” Appleby said. “He had always impressed us at home and he travelled for fun that day–I wasn't disappointed, as it's all about the group 1s and if they get beat on the way so be it. William said he came too good again today, but there was always going to be a time to press the button and he's a different animal now. He was a big raw baby in the Royal Lodge, but he's more the finished article today.”

Intriguingly, his trainer was effusive about Coroebus even after Native Trail had garnered the day's feature and added, “They are two nice colts and to have these results in half an hour is what it's all about,” he added. “They are both big colts and one could do better physically than the other over the winter and need a trial more, while one could get more athletic in that time and go straight there, it's too hard to say now. It's a long way off, but I do like Coroebus. He's a supreme traveller and although you cannot fault what Native Trail has done, you've got to be able to travel in a Guineas and what Coroebus does have is a high cruising speed. You'll never take him off the bridle before the two-pole.”

“He's a horse who has always been exciting–even in the spring he was doing stuff he shouldn't have been doing for the size of him. I could have run him in May if I'd wanted to,” Appleby continued. We'll put him away for the winter and look forward to the spring. It doesn't worry me if he doesn't have a Guineas trial, but I'd imagine we will probably just to give him that edge going into it. He wouldn't want much further than a mile. If anything, when he strengthens up he'll get quicker.”

Coroebus is the second foal out of the G3 Oh So Sharp S. scorer First Victory (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who is one of five black-type winners out of the top producer Eastern Joy (GB) (Dubai Destination). They include the four-times group 1 and grade I-winning Godolphin flagbearer Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}), the G2 May Hill S. winner and G1 1000 Guineas-placed Ihtimal (Ire) (Shamardal) and Always Smile (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) who was runner-up in the G1 Sun Chariot S. and third in the G1 Falmouth S. The third dam is the G2 Sun Chariot S. winner Red Slippers (Nureyev), a full-sister to the G2 Jockey Club S. winner and G1 Epsom Derby-placed Romanov (Ire) and a half to the G1 Irish Derby and G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Balanchine (Storm Bird) who was responsible for the G1 Prix de Diane heroine West Wind (GB) (Machiavellian). First Victory's yearling colt is by Shamardal.

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
EMIRATES AUTUMN S.-G3, £60,000, Newmarket, 10-9, 2yo, 8fT, 1:38.65, gd.
1–COROEBUS (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
     1st Dam: First Victory (Ire) (GSW-Eng), by Teofilo (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Eastern Joy (GB), by Dubai Destination
     3rd Dam: Red Slippers, by Nureyev
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $83,266. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Imperial Fighter (Ire), 127, c, 2, The Gurkha (Ire)–Endure (Ire), by Green Desert. (£30,000 Ylg '20 GOFOR). O-Michael Blencowe; B-Lynn Lodge Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £12,900.
3–Dubai Poet (GB), 127, c, 2, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Hundi (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). (140,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-New England Stud & Sir Peter Vela (GB); T-Roger Varian. £6,456.
Margins: 2, 2HF, HD. Odds: 0.80, 7.00, 6.50.
Also Ran: Aikhal (Ire), Scriptwriter (Ire), Alflaila (GB), United Nations (Ire), Green Team (Fr), Dirtyoldtown (Ire), Mr Professor (Ire). Scratched: Tacarib Bay (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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Zelzal’s Zelda A Stakes First For Her Freshman Sire at Chantilly

Jean-Claude Rouget trainee Zelda (Fr) (Zaelzal {Fr}) became the first black-type winner for her Haras de Bouquetot-based freshman sire (by Sea the Stars {Ire}) with a pillar-to-post victory by two lengths in Saturday's Listed Prix Saraca at Chantilly.

Zelda bagged a July 9 debut score going six furlongs in a Saint-Cloud newcomers' heat and doubled up over seven in an Aug. 4 conditions heat at Clairefontaine, but finished last of six tackling the latter trip in ParisLongchamp's Sept. 5 G3 Prix La Rochette last time. Breaking sharply from the outside gate to seize an immediate lead, she held sway throughout and maintained a high tempo under late urging to collect a first black-type rosette in ultimately comfortable fashion.

“She didn't appreciate the seven-furlong track at Longchamp last time and travelled the whole way on the wrong lead,” explained Jean-Bernard Roth, assistant to Jean-Claude Rouget. “The more her jockey tried to get her to relax, the more she contracted herself and never took a breath. She has put that behind her in very good style today. She remains a very nice prospect for next year and she is done for this season.”

Zelda is the latest of four foals and one of three scorers from as many runners out of a half-sister to three stakes performers headed by GIII Buena Vista H. victrix Uraib (Ire) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}). Her dam Hortensia (Ity) (Orpen) is also a half-sister to the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile-winning sire Vale of York (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Zelda's third dam Steel Habit (Ire) (Habitat) produced G2 Prince of Wales's S.-winning sire Batshoof (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and Listed Hong Kong Derby winner Sound Print (Ire) (Be My Guest). Descendants of her G3 Cherry Hinton S.-winning fourth dam Ampulla (Crowned Prince), herself a half-sister to G1 Phoenix S. heroine Smokey Lady (Ire) (Habitat), include G1 2000 Guineas-winning sire King of Kings (Ire) (Sadler's Wells).

Saturday, Chantilly, France
PRIX SARACA-Listed, €60,000, Chantilly, 10-9, 2yo, 7fT, 1:30.67, vsf.
1–ZELDA (FR), 125, f, 2, by Zelzal (Fr)
1st Dam: Hortensia (Ity), by Orpen
2nd Dam: Hamsaat (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Steel Habit (Ire), by Habitat
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Infinity Nine Horses, Ecurie Castillon Bloodstock & Ecurie Jeffroy; B-SCEA des Prairies, Ecurie de Castillon, Benoit Jeffroy & Thomas Jeffroy (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Cristian Demuro. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, €60,500.
2–Chili Flag (Fr), 125, f, 2, Cityscape (GB)–Flag Day (GB), by Pivotal (GB. (€5,000 RNA Wlg '19 ARQDE). O-Alain Jathiere, Gerard Augustin-Normand & Maurizio Guarnieri; B-Finanza Locale Consulting SRL; T-Maurizio Guarnieri. €12,000.
3–Antharis (GB), 128, g, 2, Sea The Moon (Ger)–Arribia (Ger), by Soldier Hollow (GB). O-Bernd Dietel; B-Avatara SA (GB); T-Andreas Suborics. €9,000.
Margins: 2, 1, 3/4. Odds: 2.10, 7.10, 17.00.
Also Ran: Bastogne (Ire), Exigency (GB), Lovamour (Fr), Nirliit (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Munnings For Sale

No, not that Munnings. His namesake. The OG. Sir Alfred James Munnings.

Six of the painter's works from the estate of the late Betty Moran with an estimated value of between $2.4 to over $3.8 million will be auctioned off at Christie's auction house in New York City, Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 11 a.m.

Munnings, the most renowned English sporting artist of the 20th Century, was known for his exceptional equine art, which has brought prices of over $7 million at auction. The six pieces are lots 32-27 in the European Art sale.

They are:

Shrimp Leading Ponies Across the Ringland Hills, Norfolk, estimated to sell for between $300,000-$500,000

A Park Meeting, The Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park ($200,000-$300,000)

Study of a Jockey in the Duke of Westminster's Colors ($15,000-$20,000)

After the Race, Cheltenham ($700,000-$1,000,000)

Who's The Lady, and Two Studies ($800,000-$1.2 million)

The Seventh Earl of Bathurst, W.F.H. of the V.H.W., with Will Boore, Huntsman ($400,000-$600,000)

View the entire catalogue of European art here, or download the Moran catalogue here.

“To have a collection of this quality and diversity is rare,” said Deborah Coy, the Senior Vice President and Head of the Department of European Art at Christie's. “It's unique in that. A lot of people will collect racing, or they'll collect hunting, or equestrian portraits. This encompasses all of that.”

Shrimp Leading Ponies Across the Ringland Hills, Norfolk, is expected to fetch up to $500,000

Elizabeth 'Betty' Ranney Moran, who raced the likes of 1985 GI Belmont S. winner Creme Fraiche and bred champion Unique Bella and Hard Spun, passed away at her home in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23, 2020, at the age of 89.

Moran grew up on Brushwood Farm, then a dairy farm, in Willistown Township, Pennsylvania, and was said to love farm life and animals of any kind. She won her first stakes race in 1978, and achieved her biggest success seven years later when Creme Fraiche took his Classic. Almost 20 years later, she would win the GI Arlington Million with Kicken Kris.

“She was probably the most generous person I've ever met, not to just write a check, but to ring a bell for the Salvation Army in downtown Philly,” said Reiley McDonald, her equine advisor for over 30 years, at the time of her death. “She was a tough, enthusiastic, hard-driving woman and we will all miss her very much.”

The collection runs from a Norfolk landscape featuring a collection of the artist's ponies (Shrimp Leading Ponies), to a paddock scene at Sandown (A Park Meeting), to a jockey study, to a post-steeplechase scene (After the Race), to what is expected to be the star of the collection, Who's the Lady. The latter depicts Queen Elizabeth II's aunt, Princess Mary, at a hunt. Originally a smaller canvas, it is inscribed by Munnings, “This was smaller canvas with HRH Princess Mary on grey that I put aside or a larger one s shown in this Exhibition with Lord Harewood and the Bramham Moor Hounds. In 1946, I had the canvas relined and enlarged, making the figure of HRH into the central figure (Lucy Glitters) and then surrounding her with members of the Nonsuch Hunt as now seen lady.”
Munnings died in 1959, and had kept this painting himself until at least 1956.

“These pictures really do speak for themselves,” said Coy. “We sent a selection to London to be viewed, and one out to Southampton, and they're very well received, everywhere. Munnings has an appeal in both sides of the pond, which is a very important thing about this art. Many racing art collectors are just English buyers, but not so with Munnings. He has a very strong American following, as well.”

Munnings's work, of course, has often found a home with racing people like Moran. But it's the scope of his equine subjects that makes him so interesting, and lasting.

Said Coy, “I think he is one of the more interesting of the equestrian artists, because he does do a wide range of equestrian subjects. They're just beautiful. And his racing scenes are spectacular. The breadth of his subject matter is extraordinary.”

It seems a bit ironic that just this week, two of racing's most prominent art collectors, Peter Brant and John Magnier, bought into a Munnings of their own with their purchase of a piece of Jack Christopher, who heads next to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile as one of the top choices.

But then, racing and art have always had a certain synchronicity, and it wouldn't come as a surprise to anyone if some–if not all–of these works ended up in the hands of someone every bit as revered in racing as Betty Moran.

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