Month: December 2021

TERF Awards $10,000 to Maryland Horse Foundation

The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) has awarded $10,000 to the Maryland Horse Industry Foundation to be used for a work experience program, the returning of the Maryland Thoroughbred career program, and continued promotion of Marylandhorse.com.

The Maryland Horse Foundation was chartered in 1988 by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association to serve various educational and charitable needs of the Maryland horse industry. The MHF has developed and supports a number of educational programs and is responsible for the maintenance and expansion of the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center.

TERF's grants reflect the values set forth by founders Herb and Ellen Moelis.

To learn more about TERF and/or make a donation, visit terfusa.org.

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Jaylan Clary Carrying On Her Father’s Legacy With Texas Horse Of The Year Mr Money Bags

Trainer Mike Neatherlin passed away last September due to complications from COVID-19, leaving his daughter Jaylan Clary to take over his Texas-based stable, including 2019 Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA) Horse of the Year, Mr Money Bags.

Clary is still understandably emotional about the passing of her father.

“I was the only kid in the family who loved horses,” she explained. “Learning from my father was a blessing and I am pleased to take over his stable.”

Clary will have ten Thoroughbreds stabled at Sam Houston Race Park for the upcoming season, most notably Mr Money Bags. The 5-year-old son of Silver City won the GCFA Texas Bred Stakes in his final start for Neatherlin on Aug. 28, and has since run three times under Clary's name, adding two seconds and a win in the Zia Park Sprint Stakes to his resume.

“It was both an amazing and very sad year,” added Clary. “I am so grateful that (owner) Mrs. (Erma) Cobb stuck it out and we look forward to more success with Mr Money Bags. He and jockey Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez are part of our family.”

Mr Money Bags will make his 2022 stakes debut in the $75,000 H-Town Stakes on Feb. 19, but Clary hopes to get a prep for him prior to that seven furlong test.

Overall, Mr Money Bags' record stands at 11 wins, five seconds, and four thirds from 23 starts, with earnings of $574,376.

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Velazquez, Smith Re-Elected to Jockeys’ Guild

Hall of Fame riders John Velazquez and Mike Smith were re-elected as co-chairmen at the Jockeys' Guild's annual meeting, which was held virtually Dec. 7. The riders in attendance also re-elected Javier Castellano and Julien Leparoux, along with newly elected Quarter Horse jockey James Flores, as vice-chairs; Joel Campbell as treasurer; and Rodney Prescott as secretary. In addition, Alex Birzer, Joe Bravo, and Drayden Van Dyke were re-elected to the board of directors.

The members reviewed 2021 financials and the 2022 budget and had a variety of speakers including Senator Damon Thayer (KY-R); Dr. David Lambert B.V.Sc. (Hons.), M.R.C.V.S, president and founder of Equine Analysis; Ann McGovern, director of Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA)'s Racetrack Safety standing committee; and Nancy LaSala, Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) president, as well as PDJF board member Paul Braverman.

The Jockeys' Guild Senate members voted to adopt a new policy, whereby winning Jockeys' Guild members of races with purses over $70,000 will contribute 0.005% of their earnings, capped at $200, to the PDJF Riders Up initiative. This would be a separate program from the “one dollar program” that is already in place and would continue to be offered at the tracks that do not offer purses of $70,000 or more.

For more information, visit the Guild's website.

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