February, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

KBIF Awards $15.9 Million in 2021

The 2021 Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders' Incentive Funds (KBIF) distributed funds totaling $15.9 million to the state's breeders, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced Monday.

“Every Thoroughbred farm, big or small, contributes to the equine industry's combined economic impact of $6.5 billion, which also employs 60,494 Kentuckians,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “Kentucky is known as the 'Horse Capital of the World' for a reason and it's important we support those in this industry to ensure its continued success.”

The KBIF is funded through a percentage of the sales tax paid when a stallion is bred to a mare in Kentucky. Since the fund's inception, more than $200 million has been distributed to Kentucky breeders for winning eligible races worldwide.

Kentucky-bred horses won 315 group/graded races in 2021. The winners of 4,412 races, including 299 graded races, received an award from the KBIF.

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Dunne Appeal To Be Heard on Mar. 30

Jockey Robbie Dunne's appeal will be heard on Mar. 30. The appeal is against the findings of and penalty imposed by the independent Disciplinary Panel of the British Horseracing Authority after a hearing last year regarding Dunne's conduct toward fellow rider Bryony Frost. An 18-month suspension was handed down with three months suspended by the BHA Disciplinary Panel in December. The full written reasons can be found here.

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At 84, Reynaldo Nobles is Back in the Game

For Reynaldo Nobles, it was nice to have something to do. His jobs over the last few years included working as a security guard at Palm Meadows and as school crossing guard. But even as he got into his early eighties, he never gave up on the idea of training horses again.

His dream became a reality last month at Tampa Bay Downs. Now 84 and more than eight years after he had run his last horse, Nobles was back in the entries and back in the winner's circle. The win was delivered by a $10,000 claimer named Indian Buzz (Creative Cause), who is owned by Nobles's daughter, Jennifer.

“This is his motivation and it keeps him going every day,” Jennifer Nobles said. “It keeps him so happy. He still watches horse racing every day. Just to be a part of it again has been a dream come true.”

Nobles, a native of Cuba, started his first horse in the U.S. in 1971 and won a training title at Gulfstream in 1983. He got his big break when Robert Brennan hired him to be his private trainer. He trained Deputy Minster during the latter part of his career and was the trainer of Dehere. A sensation as a 2-year-old, Dehere was named juvenile champion in 1993 after winning the GIII Sanford S, the GII Saratoga Special S., the GI Hopeful and the GI Champagne.

Brennan's legal problems, which included his conviction in 2001 on money laundering and bankruptcy fraud, meant the end of his Due Process Stable. For Nobles, the days of training quality stakes horses were over. He won only six races in 2004 and stepped away from the game for seven years. He launched a comeback in 2011 and had his best year in 23 years when sending out 36 winners in 2013. But health problem caught up with him.

“I had a little problem with arthritis and it was getting bad so I decided to stop,” he said.

Nobles still has physical issues that might have stood in his way of a comeback, but his daughter figured out a way to work around them. Her teenage son, Anthony, 19, got involved in racing and started working as a hotwalker and a groom. He could do the heavy lifting for his grandfather and Nobles could teach his grandson the business.

“Anthony has pretty much grown up with the horses,” Jennifer Nobles said. “So I figured it's now time for us to start a family business. He helps my dad. My dad can't walk as good as he used to. It's a little bit harder for him to get back and forth, but with my son now helping him it's a lot easier.”

Jennifer Nobles has owned Indian Buzz for about a year and had been using Tony Wilson as her trainer. With the timing right for her father to take over, Nobles was listed as the trainer for the Jan. 23 race, which Indian Buzz won by three-quarters of a length.

“To do this along with my grandson really makes me feel good,” said Nobles, who lives with his daughter and grandson in Tampa. “It feels very good to be able to work with the horses again.”

Nobles was a Monmouth Park mainstay for years and the plan is for him to return to the Jersey Shore track this summer. His daughter said she will be on the lookout for a few more horses for him to train.

“My father is so excited to be back,” Jennifer Nobles said. “This is so good for him.”

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Maker: ‘Everything Is On The Table’ For Unbeaten Barese Following Gander Win

Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher's Barese relished a stretch out in distance to capture Saturday's one-turn mile Gander, giving his connections reason to consider a start in the nine-furlong Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino on April 9 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. The Wood Memorial awards 100-40-20-10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-four finishers.

Trained by Mike Maker, the 3-year-old son of Laoban bobbled at the start of the Gander losing his left front shoe, but recovered quickly to stalk the pace in third under Dylan Davis, making up ground in the four-path as the field entered the turn.

Barese looked to be running for place honors as post-time favorite Bold Journey drew away to a four-length advantage at the top of the lane. As Bold Journey began to toil at the sixteenth-pole, Barese made a flying finish to his outside to take command and come home 1 1/4 lengths the best to remain undefeated in three starts.

“He didn't get away well and had a bit of a bobble,” Maker said. “He had quite a bit to do and in the process, he pulled off a shoe and was still able to run like that. It was only his third start and his first time at a mile, so everything he's done so far has impressed me. He came back in good order.”

The bay colt's Gander win was his second consecutive stakes triumph after a 2 3/4-length victory in the 6 1/2-furlong Rego Park on Jan. 9 at the Big A, marking a strong return from an eight-month layoff since his debut maiden win in May at Belmont Park.

“We always had high hopes for him and he came back off an injury and didn't seem like it affected him one bit,” Maker said. “We never missed a day with him [since his return to training] for any reason.”

Paradise Farms Corp.'s Peter Proscia said Barese has proven to be well worth his $150,000 purchase price at the Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-Year-Old Sale in 2021.

“Laoban had unfortunately passed away and so we were looking at his last crops,” Proscia said. “We were actually eyeballing [Barese] for the grass; Mike had picked him out. They wanted me to stop bidding at $110,000, but I kept going. I'm glad I did.”

Maker, who would prefer to keep Barese at route distances in the future, said the Wood Memorial is one of several options for the colt's next start.

“Everything is on the table right now and I'll get together with Peter and see what his thoughts are,” said Maker.

Maker also enjoyed another win on Friday at Aqueduct with 3-year-old colt Rotknee, who skipped away to a state-bred optional claiming victory in Race 7 for owner William Butler.

Like Barese, Rotknee was given time off after his maiden win at Saratoga Race Course last summer, sitting out for seven months while recovering from a minor injury. The New York-bred son of Runhappy returned in impressive fashion, setting the pace for the six furlongs under Manny Franco and never looking back to drive away to a definitive three-length victory.

Maker said that although the dark bay had entered the race off two bullet works over Belmont's dirt training track, the colt was still not fully back to where he was before his layoff.

“We had to stop on him after his win at Saratoga,” said Maker. “I was impressed with him yesterday. He wasn't fully cranked up and he's another one who always showed a lot of talent from the get-go. I think he won that one more on talent than training.”

Maker said multiple graded stakes winning New York-bred Cross Border had a good first work back after finishing fifth in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at Gulfstream Park on January 29 and will likely target the Kentucky Cup Classic on April 2 at Turfway Park next.

The 8-year-old son of English Channel breezed a half-mile in 53.42 seconds over the Gulfstream Park dirt Saturday. Bred in the Empire State by Berkshire Stud and B. D. Gibbs, Cross Border boasts a record of 40-11-8-5 for earnings of $1,114,479.

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