April, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

RoR Showcase Returns on Apr. 23

The Retraining of Racehorses Showcase will return live at Hartpury University and College in Gloucestershire on Saturday, Apr. 23. Supported by the Horserace Betting Levy Board, the RoR Showcase is dedicated to displaying the versatility of retrained racehorses. There will be a superb line-up of star former racehorses working with top equestrian experts, trainers and top riders, who will give visitors an inspirational day of live demos, close-up clinics, displays, advice and expertise. Tickets are £15 per ticket (saving £5), or car share special of three tickets for two at £30 (saving £10) until Apr. 22. After that date, tickets are available on the day at £20 per person. To purchase tickets in advance, please click here.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to come along and meet a host of experts and industry professionals all under one roof,” said RoR Chief Executive Di Arbuthnot. “We hope too that with tickets available to buy in advance for just £15, this is an affordable day out packed with inspiration and ideas for both those current and any potential new owners of former racehorses.”

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Louisiana Publishes More Zilpaterol Positives; Valdez Suspension Runs Into 2025

A new round of rulings from the Louisiana State Racing Commission's stewards were released this week, including three more for Quarter Horse trainer Rosendo Valdez Jr., bringing his total suspension time well into 2025.

Valdez had already picked up four positives for zilpaterol, which is a Class 2 substance, from races in January and February. Each carried a six-month suspension, which had him suspended through Sept. 20, 2024. The three new rulings now carry his suspension to Sept. 23, 2025, according to the Association of Racing Commissioners International database.

The three new positives came from runner-up Zee Runaway Train in the third race at Louisiana Downs on March 5, TF Toast to Dashing, who won the first race the same day, and MP Don't Look who won the second race on the same card.

Also this week, trainer Kenneth “Trey” Ellis had another zilpaterol positive published, adding to the four he had already accumulated. The new one came from runner Emorylee, who was second in the first race at Louisiana Downs on March 7. Ellis was suspended six months for this positive, bringing his total suspension time to Sept. 30, 2024.

Trainer Barbara Ball also got two zilpaterol positives, which carry suspensions running through March 31, 2023. Those positives came from BJX Supernatural, who won the seventh race at Louisiana Downs on Feb. 21, and RH Shake Em Blue, who won the fourth race on the same card.

Finally, trainer Manuel Pizana was also given a six-month suspension for a positive zilpaterol test from Valiente Harold, who won the third race at Louisiana Downs on Feb. 23. Pizana already had three previously-reported positives for zilpaterol from January and February.

As with the first round of positives, trainers in all cases waived their rights to a split sample test or a hearing before the stewards. All rulings indicate the cases will be referred to the Louisiana commission for unspecified further action.

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Who Are the Early Favorites Ahead of This Year’s Grand National?

The Grand National is one of the biggest horse races in the world, boasting an illustrious history. The 2022 edition will attract a huge audience across the globe as the horses and jockeys compete for £1 million in prize money. Over half of that amount will go to the winner of the race, so there is both fame and fortune on the line at Aintree Racecourse. It is not only the owners who stand to win big on the race – punters also have an opportunity to win by backing the successful horse.

Gufo Back To The Races in Pan American

The lone Grade I winner in a field of seven, Otter Bend Stables' Gufo (Declaration of War) looks to take his record over the Gulfstream turf course to a perfect four-from-four in Saturday's GII Pan American S.

After being given too much to do when a near-miss second in the GI Man O'War S. and third in the GI Manhattan S. last spring, the athletic chestnut was equipped with blinkers and validated the decision with a one-length defeat of Tide of the Sea (English Channel) in the Grand Couturier S. at Belmont July 5. He outbattled the globetrotting Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) to earn his first Grade I in the Sword Dancer S. at the Spa Aug. 28, but was a disappointing third after a premature move to the lead in the GI Turf Classic Invitational Oct. 9 and was only 10th in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf when last seen Nov. 6.

“There were perhaps a lot of factors going against him that day, pace being one of them,” trainer Christophe Clement's son and assistant, Miguel, said of the Breeders' Cup. “He had a very bad draw. He never settled throughout the first part of the race because it was a paceless race. He was perhaps a bit too keen, and it was perhaps one race too many for the campaign. Previously he was never out of the money. He is very consistent and he had never run a bad race.”

Should Gufo not be ready to fire something close to his best, Temple (Temple City) could be the chief beneficiary. Another in a series of shrewd claims by trainer Mike Maker when haltered for $80,000 last November, the 6-year-old was an allowance third at Aqueduct the following month, picked up a nice check when runner-up to Abaan (Will Take Charge) in the GIII W.L. McKnight S. over track and distance Jan. 22 and got over the hump with a one-length tally in the GII Mac Diarmida S. over 11 furlongs Mar. 5. Abaan was fourth at 3-5 on that occasion.

Speaking of horses for courses, Patricia Generazio's Mid Day Image (Midshipman) won't be mistaken for the owner's former free-wheeling star Presious Passion (Royal Anthem), but he is possessed of that same front-running prowess that has carried him to five victories and one runner-up effort from seven local appearances.

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