February, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Race Day Colt All Alone in Holy Bull

C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable's White Abarrio (Race Day), a well-beaten third most recently in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. Nov. 27, pressed, pounced and pulled away to dominate by 4 1/2 lengths in Saturday's GIII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream. Expected pacesetter Simplification (Not This Time), a last out, front-running winner of the Mucho Macho Man S., completely missed the break, made a big sweeping move and did very well to hold second over favored GII Remsen S. winner Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo).

“It was a big performance,” winning trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. said. “We were ahead of schedule all the time and then he got sick and we missed two works. We ended up going from being ahead of schedule to being behind. Quality horses overcome those things.”

Joseph continued, “I would say off this, the ball is in our court, why not go straight to the [GI Curlin] Florida Derby [Apr. 2]? It gives him good spacing, and if he makes the GI Kentucky Derby, it will be his third race [this year]. That would be ideal right now, but we'll talk it over whether to go to the [GII Fasig-Tipton] Fountain of Youth [Mar. 5] or not.”

White Abarrio, hustled out by Tyler Gaffalione from his wide draw in post eight, sat a dream trip in second behind Galt (Medaglia d'Oro), a last out Gulfstream maiden winner and full-brother to the brilliant Songbird, through fractions of :23.93 and :47.31. He stuck his head in front at the five-sixteenths marker and blew the race apart from there to win for fun. White Abarrio earns 10 points on the road to the Kentucky Derby for the victory.

“It was an ideal trip,” Gaffalione said. “The horse broke sharply and put me where I wanted to be. He settled nicely on the backside and when I called on him, he gave me another gear and finished the job well. I don't think distance is going to be a problem. He was just hitting his best stride down the lane and, galloping out, I had a really difficult time pulling him up. I was calling for the outrider.”

Purchased privately from Clap Embroidery and trainer Carlos Perez after a 6 3/4-length debut romp sprinting here in September, White Abarrio aired when stretched to a one-turn mile by new conditioner Joseph, Jr. in optional claiming company Oct. 29. He was most recently third, beaten six lengths by unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star' Smile Happy (Runhappy), in the Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs.

“He trains like a horse that will handle a distance, but until they do, you never know for sure,” Joseph said. “I thought the [Kentucky] Jockey Club was a great education. He showed he could get two turns and today he answered it emphatically.”

It was a pair of disappointing efforts from GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Tiz the Bomb (Hit It a Bomb) and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile third Giant Game (Giant's Causeway), who finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

Pedigree Notes:

White Abarrio, a $40,000 OBS March breezer (:10 2/5), becomes the seventh stakes winner and first graded winner for young sire Race Day. White Abarrio is the second graded winner out of an Into Mischief dam. The other is GII Prioress S. heroine Cilla (California Chrome), who was also a winner in Saturday's LA Bred Premier Matron S. at Delta Downs. White Abarrio's dam Catching Diamonds, a maiden of three career starts and $425,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by Spendthrift, is also responsible for the 2-year-old colt Cage Match (Gormley) and a yearling colt by Lord Nelson. She was bred back to the latter for 2022. Catching Diamonds is a half-sister to MGSW Cool Cowboy (Kodiak Kowboy) and Downside Scenario (Scat Daddy), the dam of GSW & GISP Mutasaabeq (Into Mischief).

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
HOLY BULL S.-GIII, $250,000, Gulfstream, 2-5, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:42.80, ft.
1–WHITE ABARRIO, 120, c, 3, by Race Day
                1st Dam: Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief
                2nd Dam: Grand Breeze, by Grand Slam
                3rd Dam: Breeze Lass, by It's Freezing
   1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($7,500 Ylg
'20 OBSWIN; $40,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR). O-C2 Racing Stable
LLC and La Milagrosa Stable, LLC; B-Spendthrift Farm, LLC (KY);
T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $148,800. Lifetime
Record: 4-3-0-1, $240,850. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for
   the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Simplification, 122, c, 3, Not This Time–Simply Confection, by
Candy Ride (Arg). 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($50,000 RNA
Wlg '19 KEENOV). O-Tami Bobo; B-France Weiner & Irwin J.
Weiner (FL); T-Antonio Sano. $48,000.
3–Mo Donegal, 124, c, 3, Uncle Mo–Callingmissbrown, by
Pulpit. ($250,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Donegal Racing;
B-Ashview Farm & Colts Neck Stables (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
$24,000.
Margins: 4HF, HD, 1. Odds: 6.00, 3.70, 1.70.
Also Ran: Galt, Cajun's Magic, Spin Wheel, Tiz the Bomb, Giant Game, Eloquist. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Early Voting Dominates in Withers Stakes

Early voting played a key role in the last presidential election. It may be a factor in the next Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve as well. Only in this latest case, rather than pieces of paper, it's all about a flesh and blood equine who stamped himself as a prime candidate for horse racing's most coveted prize.

Efficacy Of Oral Joint Supplements: Which Ingredients Actually ‘Work?’

Dr. Rachel Tucker, an associate at Liphook Equine Hospital in the United Kingdom, was on a quest to determine which ingredients, if any, contained in popular equine joint supplements actually worked.

Many oral supplements claim a wide array of effects, including maintaining joint health, offering anti-inflammatory benefits, improving welfare, reducing joint stiffness and pain, and slowing osteoarthritis progression, reports The Horse.

Since most supplements are sold as food products, they are not required to conform to regulations or quality — or to have demonstrated efficacy.

Tucker considered ingredients effective if they achieved a desired response in the joint. They must also be bioavailable when administered orally, and have an appropriate formulation and concentration that matches published studies.

Chondroitin sulfate is a building block of joints; it is bioavailable and reaches synovial fluid and cartilage. It has an anti-inflammatory effect on human joint tissues and has been shown to reduce pain and swelling, as well as to prevent joint space narrowing. Equine-specific studies, however, have shown that chondroitin sulfate has no measurable effect on the horse.

Glucosamine is present in cartilage and synovial fluid; the amino monosaccharide prevents joint breakdown and acts as an anti-inflammatory. Research has shown conflicting evidence: some studies show that glucosamine has slow or no utilization in tissue, while others find that it does have an effect on pain or function.

Boswellia serrata, also called Indian frankincense, claims to be an anti-inflammatory. There have been no veterinary studies on Boswellia serrata's use, so additional investigation is needed, Tucker said. It has shown some benefit in humans who have taken it.

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Turmeric use in humans has demonstrated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, but it has poor bioavailability. Only one veterinary study has been done to date, and the vets involved thought it showed significant improvement in dogs that consumed it.

While Tucker concluded that there is no concrete evidence that supplements work, they are safe to feed horses.

Girl With A Dream Shows The Way In Forward Gal

Jim Bakke and Gerry Isbister's Girl With a Dream provided trainer Brad Cox with a little bit of consolation Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

One week after the Cox-trained Knicks Go was denied a repeat victory by Life Is Good in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream, Girl With a Dream led throughout the seven furlongs of the $100,000 Forward Gal (G3) to notch her first graded-stakes success by a length.

“There just aren't a lot of graded stakes opportunities where we run, at Fair Grounds and Oaklawn, so we had targeted this race after her last start. She was doing good and came out of her last race strong, so we shipped her over Tuesday,” Cox said from Fair Grounds. “We thought we'd let her do her thing and go to the front and try and make them catch us and it worked out great.”

The Forward Gal was among five graded stakes for 3-year-olds on Saturday's program that was headlined by the $250,000 Holy Bull (G3), the first graded stakes on the Road to the Curlin Florida Derby (G1).

Girl With a Dream ($12.80) went right to the lead under Luis Saez to show the way along the backstretch as favored Radio Days dropped well off the pace. The Cox trainee set fractions of 22.85 and 45.73 seconds for the first half mile with graded stakes-placed Diamond Wow in close pursuit entering the turn into the homestretch. Radio Days launched a wide sweep into contention entering the stretch but was unable to catch the loose-on-the-lead daughter of Practical Joke.

“She broke from there pretty sharp. She went and she was pretty comfortable all the way,” Saez said. “We came to the top of the stretch and I felt like I had a lot of horse. She kept battling, and she beat them. She felt pretty big in front. I felt like every step when the other filly came close to her, she responded more. I was pretty happy to be on top of her.”

Girl With a Dream ran seven furlongs in 1:23.42. Radio Days, who entered the Forward Gal 2-for-2, finished second under Dylan Davis, 6 ¼ lengths ahead of Last Leaf and jockey Miguel Vasquez.

Girl With a Dream won her debut at Ellis Park in July before finishing far back in the Spinaway at Saratoga in September. The Kentucky-bred filly rebounded to finish second at Keeneland next time out before winning her last two starts of 2021 at Churchill Downs and Fair Grounds.

“She was really impressive in her Ellis win and I liked her in the Spinaway but she was inside and she didn't get away great and then didn't run her race,” Cox said.

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