March, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up and HIT Catalogues Released

The catalogues for the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up and Horses-in-Training Sale were released on Wednesday. There are currently 206 2-year-olds and 120 horses-in-training ready to go under the hammer on Apr. 28. Beginning at 9 a.m. local time on Apr. 26, the breezes will take place over Newmarket's Rowley Mile Racecourse. They will be shown live on the Tattersalls website and on the Tattersalls Facebook page.

Graduates of the sale won group races in Britain, France, Germany and the U.S. in 2021, led by top-level winners Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) and Shantisara (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}). There have been 46 group or listed performers since 2017, with a quintet at that level already from last year's edition led by Hierarchy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who was second by a head in the G2 Mill Reef S.

There are 46 stallions with juveniles catalogued that have already sired Classic or Group/Grade 1 winners, Including Acclamation (GB), Australia (GB), Exceed and Excel (Aus), Iffraaj (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Make Believe (GB), Mehmas (Ire), New Bay (GB), Night of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Oasis Dream (GB), Sea the Moon (Ger), Showcasing (GB), Starspangledbanner (Aus), Wootton Bassett (GB), Zoffany (Ire) and Zoustar (Aus). Also represented in the catalogue are the international sires Galiway (GB) and Zelzal (Fr) from France, and American stallions Astern (Aus), Caravaggio, First Samurai, Stormy Atlantic and triple German Champion Sire Soldier Hollow (GB).

A total of 32 lots are by second-season sires, and some of those sires are Ardad (Ire), Churchill (Ire), Cotai Glory (GB), Galileo Gold (GB), Profitable (Ire), Time Test (GB) and Zarak (Fr).

First-season sires also have a few juveniles in the sale, among them the offspring of Group 1 winners Cracksman (GB), Expert Eye (GB), Harry Angel (Ire), Havana Grey (Ire), Hawkbill, Lightning Spear (GB), Roaring Lion, Saxon Warrior (Jpn), U S Navy Flag, and Sioux Nation, as well as American freshman sires Accelerate and Bolt d'Oro.

Eighteen fillies are registered for the Great British Bonus Scheme and 14 2-year-olds qualified for French Owners' Premiums. Three juveniles are entered in the 2022 Swedish Derby and Oaks Series and another trio are entered in the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction S., with one lot additionally entered in the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction S.

There is also a high-quality horses-in-training portion, with some lots of note including: lot 96, the winning My Little Tip (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}), who is rated 95 from George Boughey's Saffron House Stables; Kaboo (More Than Ready) (lot 108), who is listed placed and rated 101 from Karl Burke's Spigot Lodge Stables; the 96-rated John The Baptist (Ire) (Caravaggio) (lot 91) from the Castlebridge Consignment; and five from the Juddmonte, among them the once-raced Fraction (GB) (War Front) (lot 82) out of Group 1 winner Proportional (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}); and the unraced colts Winterscape (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 85), who is a full-brother to G1 Nassau S. heroine Winsili (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and lot 84, Polemon (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a brother to the Group 1-placed Weekender (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The Guineas Breeze Up enjoyed yet another outstanding year on the racecourse led by the champion stayer Trueshan and USA Grade I winner Shantisara, both of whom illustrate the quality, diversity and value for money that buyers have come to expect from the sale. This year's Guineas Breeze Up has been very well-supported by consignors and we are confident the selection of 2-year-olds will appeal to domestic and international buyers in all sectors of the market, alongside the second largest horses in training section in the sale's history.”

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Newsells Park Stud Launches Ossie Ardiles Syndicate

Newsells Park Stud, which was acquired last year by Graham Smith-Bernal, has launched a new racing syndicate with footballing legend Ossie Ardiles.

In a new initiative for the stud, the syndicate will race six horses, trained by John and Thady Gosden, William Haggas and Roger Varian in Newmarket, and Mark and Charlie Johnston in Middleham.

“This is a new world for me and I'm very much looking forward to it, making new friends and enjoying fresh experiences, we have a great team together and the sport has already started,” said Ardiles.

At the Varian stable is 3-year-old Oblong Song (GB), a Nathaniel (Ire) half -sister to Group 1 winner Spinning Queen (GB) (Spinning World), while the Johnstons have taken charge of 3-year-old Dark Angel (Ire) filly Espressoo (GB), from the family of Pallasator (GB) (Motivator {GB}).

Among the four 2-year-olds are Viterbo (Ire), a Mehmas (Ire) half-brother to stakes performer Alfonsine (Ire) (Approve {Ire}) who is with Haggas; the Varian-trained Green Go (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), a full-brother to Royal Ascot winner Illuminate, and Perfect Play (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a half-brother to to the good stayer Ispolini (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), trained by the Johnstons. Completing the quartet of juveniles is Atlantic Belle (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), a half-sister to stakes performer Arctician (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) who will be trained by the Gosdens.

“The overall aim is to offer a fun and special experience of racehorse ownership, from seeing your horses in training to exciting days on the racecourse,” said Smith Bernal. “We also want the team to experience the breeding side of the business with visits to Newsells and other stud farms.”

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More Than 40 Horses Ill With EHV-1 At Maryland Farm

Meadowbrook Stables, an established barn in Montgomery County, Md., reported that the farm has had more than 40 horses become ill with “mild to moderate” neurologic EHV-1 symptoms.

Discovered on March 9, the first affected equine was a lesson pony named River which had to be euthanized on March 10 at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va.

The farm's owners are working closely with their veterinarian, have implemented biosecurity measures, and are quarantining and monitoring the 49 horses that remain on the farm.

Three additional horses were sent to the clinic, but have since returned to the farm for treatment. The barn has been closed since March 10.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) reports seven confirmed positive cases on the farm, but notes that additional cases may be confirmed. MDA policy states that farms are only required to report the first EHV-1/EHM case on a property.

Read more at the Chronicle of the Horse.

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CDI: Baffert’s Derby Lawsuit a ‘Manufactured Emergency’

The gaming corporation that owns Churchill Downs told a federal judge in a late-night Tuesday court filing that Bob Baffert's lawsuit to try and get his private-property banishment and exclusion from the GI Kentucky Derby lifted would not only harm the corporation's portfolio of tracks, but would hurt the owners and trainers of other horses who have rightfully earned Derby berths but would be precluded from entering if the court rules they had to be pushed off the qualifying list to make room for the barred trainer.

“This lawsuit is Bob Baffert's latest attempt to evade responsibility for his wrongdoing,” stated the Mar. 29 filing by Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI), in United States District Court (Western District of Kentucky).

“Baffert could have filed this lawsuit ten months ago,” the filing continued. “Instead, his lawyers spent the time working the press and trying without success to persuade other courts and tribunals of Baffert's innocence. They only came to this Court after all their other gambits and legal maneuvers failed.

“They are now rushing into this Court with the 2022 Derby just over a month away, demanding an expedited preliminary injunction on the basis of a manufactured emergency in hopes of litigating Baffert's way into the race.”

Baffert had sued CDI Feb. 28 in an attempt to get an injunction enjoining CDI from suspending him from its tracks and races, and prohibiting Baffert and/or any horse trained directly or indirectly by him from earning points, qualifying and entering the Derby in 2022 and 2023.

Baffert has since transferred four Derby aspirants to other trainers, and he is simultaneously fighting an under-appeal Kentucky Horse Racing Commission suspension of 90 days that is set to start Apr. 4 because of a betamethasone positive in Medina Spirit, his now-deceased 2021 Derby winner.

“There is no legal precedent, in more than a century of Kentucky and federal law, for what would amount to a judicial takeover of the Derby—an eleventh-hour edict forcing CDI to accept a trainer whose conduct threatens the safety and integrity of the race,” CDI's filing stated, explaining how Baffert has failed to meet any of the three requirements for relief.

“First, Baffert has not shown he will suffer irreparable harm absent an injunction,” the filing stated. “His tactical, ten-month delay negates any claim of irreparable harm. His primary alleged harm—the loss of purse money—is speculative and would be fully compensable by money damages in any event.

“Nor will he lose his client base or suffer a loss of goodwill absent relief. Since his CDI suspension began, he has run horses in hundreds of races around the world at virtually the same frequency he did prior to the suspension. Although he claims some horses have been transferred from his care, he provides no evidence that these transfers resulted from CDI's suspension, rather than from the suspension imposed by the KHRC or another state racing authority…

“Second, Baffert has failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits. His due process claim fails because CDI is a private corporation, the individual defendants are not government officials, and no one violated Baffert's rights in any event,” the filing continued.

“Baffert's claim for “wrongful exclusion” fails because CDI has a well-settled common law and contractual right to exclude from its property and its races repeat offenders like Baffert who endanger the safety of horses and jockeys, and threaten the integrity of the sport and CDI's signature events. And his antitrust claim fails because he does not allege, let alone establish, basic elements of Sherman Act liability.

“Third, the equities cut strongly in CDI's favor. An injunction would cause substantial harm to CDI, including to its business interests, brand, and customer goodwill, and would injure the owners and trainers who would lose their fairly-earned berths in the Derby to make room for Baffert,” the filing stated.

“An injunction would also undermine the strong public interest in ensuring that all who attend, watch, or bet on horse races have confidence in the safety and integrity of the sport. For all these reasons, this Court should deny Baffert's motion for a preliminary injunction. Defendants will soon file a motion to dismiss this lawsuit in its entirety.”

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