May, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Foal Patrol Presented By National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame: Raising Foals To Sell Versus Racing To Race

Foal Patrol, an initiative of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, has partnered with the Paulick Report in Season 5 to bring you closer to featured mares and foals and to ask farm staff your questions about their care and management over the course of the season.

In this episode with Traveling Tiger and her 2022 Audible filly at Safari North at Pauls Mill Farm in Versailles, Ky., we ask Safari North's Deborah Ward, “How does raising a foal to sell as a weanling differ from one you plan to keep?”

For a chance to have one of your questions asked in an upcoming Foal Patrol episode on the Paulick Report, email your question to foalpatrol@racingmuseum.net. Be sure to let us know if your question is for a specific Season 5 mare.

The new Season 5 Education Site provides a platform to respond to viewers' questions, share information about horse care and management from breeding through retirement, and spotlight efforts across the industry to provide the best possible care for Thoroughbreds before, during, and after their racing careers. In partnership with industry collaborators, we will add new content to the Foal Patrol Education Site for viewers of all ages from now through June at foalpatrol.com/education.

Your Stories gives viewers the chance to share photos of their own mares and foals, selfies with Foal Patrol's mascot, Smokey, and stories about what Foal Patrol means to them. Send your photos and stories to foalpatrol@racingmuseum.net for a chance to be featured on foalpatrol.com/education/your-stories.

Since its first season in 2018, people all over the world have engaged with Foal Patrol's live webcam series for a behind-the-scenes look at what daily life is like for in-foal mares and foals. Learn more about this season's lineup at foalpatrol.com and watch “Recent Updates” for Foal Patrol announcements, posts about featured Season 5 mares and foals, and updates on mares and foals from prior seasons.

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Tampa Bay Ends Strong 21-22 Season

Tampa Bay Downs posted significant gains in most major categories during the 2021-2022 season when compared to the 2018-2019 (pre-pandemic) meet–including average daily all-sources wagering handle and total purse money paid to horsemen.

“Our Thoroughbred racing product has been very well-received, both by Tampa Bay area fans and the simulcast market throughout the country,” said Peter Berube, the track's vice president and general manager, who attributed the increases in large part to the ongoing upgrade in the quality of racing and the attractiveness of the turf program. “The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby card (Mar. 12) generated almost $21 million in wagering, which represented a 36% increase from the previous record of $15.2 million set last year and was the most of any racetrack in the country that day. The Racing Office, led by (Racing Secretary) Allison De Luca, does a fantastic job of putting together highly competitive cards and making owners and trainers aware of all Tampa Bay Downs has to offer,” Berube said.

This season's total live all-sources handle for 89 days of racing was $401,467,564, a 1.72% increase from last season and 18.62% above the 2018-2019 mark. Total live on-track handle of $16,324,991 was a whopping 23.41% above last season and 2.98% over 2018-2019. Wagering handle per starter was $64,317, up 10.19% from last season and 28.08% from 2018-2019. The average handle per race was $488,998. Tampa Bay Downs paid out $18,204,465 in purse money in 2021-2022, up 8.02% from 2020-2021 and 17.03% from 2018-2019. The average daily purse distribution of $204,545 is a track record.

Thoroughbred racing will return to Tampa Bay Downs June 30 and July 1 for the 10th annual Summer Festival of Racing.

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Half-Brothers Pickin’ Time, Royal Urn Face Off In Monmouth’s John J. Reilly Handicap

With his top two Jersey-breds training well after wintering in Florida, and with Monmouth Park embarking on its second weekend of racing, Kelly Breen knew it was time to find a spot for both horses to get their 2022 campaigns underway.

It just happens to be the same spot.

Half-brothers Pickin' Time and Royal Urn, both from Breen's barn, head a field of 10 state-breds going six furlongs in Sunday's featured $85,000 John J. Reilly Handicap at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.

Pickin' Time, a winner of $434,325 from 13 career starts, will mark his 4-year-old debut in the race after being off since Nov. 27.

Royal Urn, whose last start was in the John J. Reilly on July 4 last year, will look to add to his career earnings of $294,920 as he embarks on his 6-year-old campaign.

Both horses are out of the mare Born to Royalty and both were bred and are owned by John Bowers, Jr.

“Both have been breezing five-eighths in Florida and they're ready to go,” said Breen, who is seeking his fourth Monmouth Park training title. “We just didn't have an opportunity to get one (race) in before this. We've been sitting and waiting for both of them to get started.”

Pickin' Time, a son of Stay Thirsty, was fourth in last year's Grade 1 Haskell Stakes and second in the G2 Gallant Bob last year. He won the G3 Nashua Stakes in 2020.

Paco Lopez, aiming for his ninth Monmouth Park riding title, has the mount.

“Pickin' Time has been doing well,” said Breen. “There are times when he may need a race (off a layoff). We're hoping he is ready now. With the competition he might have come back against somewhere else he might have needed a race. This might be a class relief to run against Jersey-bred stakes horses as opposed to open stakes horses.

“But this is a quality field, too. He is going to have to have his running shoes on.”

The field includes the seasonal debut of 7-year-old Golden Brown, who will be seeking his seventh Jersey-bred stakes victory in a career that has seen the son of Offlee Wild earn $744,620. It could also feature No Cents, who was 4-for-5 as a 2-year-old in 2020 but was unraced last year, with trainer Cal Lynch saying he is “50-50” on the colt's return in this spot.

Royal Urn, a son of Kantharos who was winless in five starts a year ago, won three Jersey-bred stakes races in 2020, including the John J. Reilly Handicap. Breen will be giving a leg up on that one to Jose Gomez, his former exercise rider who is in his first full year of riding. Gomez, whose agent is Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero, Jr., has breezed through his apprentice weight allowances with 67 victories this year.

“Jose breezed Royal Urn all of last year,” said Breen. “Knowing we had Paco Lopez for Pickin' Time I thought it would be a good opportunity for Jose to come back to Monmouth Park. He is doing well in New York, riding horses for us. I think he will be at Monmouth periodically.”

Monmouth Park's 10-race card on Saturday will be highlighted by the $100,000 Long Branch Stakes for 3-year-olds and the $85,000 Spruce Fir for Jersey-bred fillies and mares 3 and up going six furlongs.

First race post time both days is 12:15 p.m.

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Second Horse At Thistledown Returns Suspect Test For Strangles; One Barn Remains Quarantined

On May 10, the Ohio State Racing Commission revealed that a single case of strangles had been confirmed on the backstretch of Thistledown Racing in North Randall. Three barns were placed under quarantine, and no horses were allowed on or off the grounds at that time.

The OSRC released the following update on the case to the Paulick Report May 13:

From over 250 swabs from the three quarantined barns, there was one swab that returned a suspect test for Strep equi. That horse was located in the same stable as the first confirmed positive. The horse with the suspect test for Strep Equi was removed from the grounds and placed into isolation on the same farm as the first horse.

The barn that had the horse with the suspect remains in quarantine. The other two barns at Thistledown have been released from quarantine.

Horses are allowed to ship into Thistledown, however, once on the grounds they are not allowed to leave until the horses who are stabled in the affected barn at Thistledown complete the second swab in approximately two weeks.

Strangles is a highly contagious respiratory bacterial disease which is characterized by swelling in a horse's lymph nodes around the horse's head and jaws. The swollen lymph nodes will sometimes abscess, and the abscesses may rupture and drain through the skin or into the guttural pouch, which may cause additional infection and complications.

In addition to this characteristic swelling, symptoms of strangles may also include fever, lethargy, loss of appetite and nasal discharge. The lymph node swelling tends to appear several days after the first signs of fever.

Strangles can be passed between horses through nose-to-nose contact but also inanimate objects that are shared between horses.

Most horses recover well from strangles but young horses or those with compromised immune systems can be especially vulnerable.