Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Friday, October 8
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday's meetings at Newmarket, Newcastle, York and Chepstow.
Month: October 2021
New rule will protect all GB racehorses after 4,000 thoroughbreds were slaughtered since 2019
The BHA has amended its rules so that all racehorses entered to run in Britain must be signed out of the human food chain from January.
‘A Very Special Animal’; Lord Nelson Euthanized After Laminitis Returns
Spendthrift Farm's Lord Nelson, the three-time Grade 1-winning son of Pulpit and a freshman sire of 2021, had to be euthanized Thursday after a long battle with laminitis. He was 9.
“Upon consulting with a veterinarian team consisting of Dr. Scott Morrison, Dr. Jim Morehead, and Dr. Caleb Harms and our stallion manager Wayne Howard, it was determined that the only humane course of action we had was to euthanize Lord Nelson following his latest difficult battle with laminitis,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general manager. “It's pretty well chronicled his long fight with the disease. After several encouraging years, it unfortunately caught up with him and we couldn't allow him to suffer after we had run out of medical options.
“It is a very sad day at Spendthrift. Lord Nelson was an unbelievably courageous horse and I think he'll always be remembered by the entire team at Spendthrift and anyone who ever got to be around him. Just a very special animal and we will miss him,” Toffey said.
Lord Nelson was one of the fastest sprinters in recent history on the racetrack, capturing three consecutive Grade 1 wins in 2016. He turned in a near-record-setting performance in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, running six furlongs in 1:07.65, which was 0.05 seconds off the track record of 1:07.60 set in 1973, when times were recorded in fifths. He also won the seven-furlong Triple Bend Stakes (G1) and the six-furlong Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. (G1), both at Santa Anita.
This year, Lord Nelson's first crop of 2-year-olds have begun racing and include recent impressive Churchill Downs maiden special weight winner Trafalgar, Ellis Park allowance winner Bueno Bueno, and dominant debut Gulfstream Park maiden special weight winner Basking.
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Third Class 4 Drug Complaint Issued Against Miller This Year
The Peter Miller trained Mr. Dougie Fresh (Ghostzapper) tested positive for phenylbutazone–a class 4, penalty category C drug–after the horse worked at the San Luis Rey Downs training center Sept. 19, according to a California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) complaint dated Sept. 26.
Miller, who did not request a split sample in this case, is scheduled to appear before the Santa Anita board of stewards at an unspecified date. This is Miller's third overage offense in 365 days.
On April 10, Miller was fined $500 after Hembree (Proud Citizen) tested positive for Isoflupredone, a 4C penalty regulated drug, after winning the seventh race at Santa Anita Park Jan. 1.
On Sept. 2, Miller was fined $1,500 and assessed one half point in accordance with the CHRB's multiple medication violations rule as a consequence of Mo Forza (Uncle Mo) testing positive for a phenylbutazone overage after working at San Luis Rey Downs June 19. Mo Forza most recently won the GII City of Hope Mile S. at Santa Anita Oct. 2.
Additionally, the Steve Knapp trained Socal Red (Lookin at Lucky) tested positive for methocarbamol, a 4C penalty regulated drug, after winning the 4th race at Del Mar Aug. 19, according to a CHRB complaint dated Sept. 29.
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