Month: May 2022

Goffs Launches Instant Online Platform

Goffs Instant Online was launched by the sales company on Friday. Designed to allow sellers an immediate opportunity to sell through a secure and proven online platform at the shortest notice utilising the experience and reputation of Goffs, the revamped platform is billed as “ready when you are”. A 5% buying agent's commission will be paid to the successful purchaser provided they are a registered bloodstock agent and/or licenced trainer.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “We are delighted to launch Goffs Instant Online which is a concept we have been working on for some time as online sales continue to grow in the thoroughbred market. Goffs Instant Online is an enhanced online platform that is available 365 days a year to offer quality thoroughbreds at any time to suit sellers.

“Goffs Instant Online is unique as it's a custom-built system which has proven its ability to hold auctions of any nature, at any venue, at any time, and is truly 'ready when you are' which is the key thinking behind Goffs Instant Online. We have sold over €12 million worth of horses online since July 2020 and we feel it has a major part to play in the future.

“Goffs Instant Online will cater for quality thoroughbreds, from foals and yearlings, to horses-in-training, mares, stallion nominations, shares in any thoroughbred and we encourage any potential vendors to contact us should they wish to enquire about using this bespoke service. We are ready when you are and can enact a sale at the click of a mouse whilst the addition of the buying agent's commission is another attractive addition to the service.

“So if you have a winner or a close relation of a winner and want to cash in immediately, Goffs Instant Online will accommodate a sale within hours, be it a single horse or a draft of several, and provide the full Goffs service including the global reach of our international database and network of agents, the trusted Goffs Conditions of Sale including guaranteed pay-out and our much complemented user friendly platform.”

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Big Shoes To Fill In Victoria Mile

A deep and diverse field of 18 distaff turf milers will take to the Fuchu course at Toyko Sunday afternoon for the G1 Victoria Mile, a race won in its last three renewals by the outstanding Normcore (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}, 2019), two-time Horse of the Year Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}, 2020) and treble champion Gran Alegria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}, 2021). The Victoria Mile serves as a 'Win and You're In' event for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Keeneland this November.

Several of Sunday's entrants are on a similar trajectory to those world-class gallopers, including Daring Tact (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), who completed the Filly Triple Crown in 2020 and makes her first appearance since finishing third to countrymates Loves Only You (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Glory Vase (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the G1 FWD QE II Cup over 2000 metres last April. She has since recovered from ligamentitis in her right foreleg and is capable of a good showing first-up.

“She feels a little bigger now, but I've been able to see her improvement these past three weeks,” her jockey Kohei Matsuyama commented. “A mile might be her best trip now. It will be her first time over a mile at Tokyo, but she's won over a mile, so it shouldn't be a problem. It feels like a fresh start with her now, so I want to do my best.”

Runner-up to the high-class Schnell Meister (Ger) (Kingman {GB}) in last year's G1 NHK Mile Cup over Sunday's course and distance, Songline (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) won Tokyo's 1600-metre G2 Fuji S. last October and most recently gave Japan one of its four winners on the Saudi Cup program Feb. 26, taking out the G3 1351 Turf.

“She ran well in last year's NHK Mile Cup and Fuji S., both over a mile at Tokyo, so I think she can run a big race in the Victoria Mile, too,” jockey Kenichi Ikezoe said. “The field's strong this time as well, but I think Songline has a good enough chance and I look forward to her run on the day.”

Sodashi (Jpn) (Kurofune) proved narrowly best in last year's G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) going the metric mile and defeated Loves Only You in the 2000-metre G2 Sapporo Kinen in August. Following a pair of below-par performances, she hinted at better to come with a strong third in the G1 February S. over the local dirt course Feb. 20 and gets back to perhaps her best game Sunday.

 

 

 

Resistencia (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), sixth to Gran Alegria here a year ago, came from off the speed to be second in an incident-marred G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) in December, then made the running in the six-furlong G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen Mar. 27 before yielding late to be sixth. Quieter riding tactics may be in the cards Sunday.

Fresh off a trip to the GI Kentucky Derby, Christophe Lemaire takes the ride on Fine Rouge (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) here. Third in the Guineas and second in the G1 Shuka Sho in October, she resumed with a sound runner-up effort in the G3 Tokyo Shimbun Hai over track and trip Feb. 6 and has been trained to peak Sunday.

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Virtual Owner Conference Panel Offers Veterinary Insights

The 2022 Thoroughbred Owner Conference held the third session of its virtual series May 10 with a panel of veterinarians who presented on health topics that commonly affect racehorses. The series is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Dean Dorton Equine, and Stoll Keenon Ogden.

Tuesday's panel was sponsored by Mersant International LTD and OCD Pellets and moderated by Mike Penna of Horse Racing Radio Network. The presenting veterinarians were Dr. Larry Bramlage, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital; Dr. Lisa Fortier, Cornell University; and Dr. Steve Reed, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital.

Fortier led off the discussion with a presentation on joint injections, their use, and potential alternatives. Fortier noted that while steroids are potent and easily available, negatives associated with steroid joint injections include that steroids could show up in a post-race drug test and that steroid injections do not protect the joint from additional damage.

Fortier promoted the use of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in treating joint issues, noting that PRP has regenerative properties and “works better and longer” than steroids. However, she emphasized that PRP, a type of biologic, is not a miracle cure and that horses' joints must be treated before they are severely damaged.

Reed focused his presentation on neurologic issues in horses, including cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy and equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). He reviewed symptoms and treatment options for these diseases and stated the ideal characteristics of a hypothetical effective EHV-1 vaccine.

Bramlage described different conformation flaws that can affect a horse's future soundness and efficiency. He reviewed videos of young horses with various conformational defects and discussed how they could negatively affect the horse as an adult. He also highlighted that “good” conformation in foals and yearlings is different from what should be considered desirable in an adult horse due to how a horse's structure changes as it grows.

While Bramlage noted that many conformation defects can be corrected surgically if necessary, others will be self-correct with natural growth.

“Most horses aren't perfect, but most horses that are successful have reasonable conformation,” he said.

The virtual owner conference will return September 6 with a panel of Thoroughbred owners. Six virtual panels are scheduled in 2022, and sessions are recorded for registrants to view at their convenience if they cannot watch live.

This year, OwnerView is also hosting an in-person conference in Saratoga Springs, New York, on July 25-26. Registration information for both the in-person and virtual conferences can be found at ownerview.com/event/conference.

OwnerView is a joint effort spearheaded by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to encourage ownership of Thoroughbreds and provide accurate information on aspects of ownership such as trainers, public racing syndicates, the process of purchasing and owning a Thoroughbred, racehorse retirement, and owner licensing.

The need for a central resource to encourage Thoroughbred ownership was identified in the comprehensive economic study of the sport that was commissioned by The Jockey Club and conducted by McKinsey & Company in 2011. The OwnerView site was launched in May 2012.

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ARCI: Congress Can And Should Make HISA Work Better

The Board and US Members of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) met on Thursday to discuss the implementation of the HISA Act. Most suggest that “technical corrections” to the federal statute could better facilitate the intent of Congress that the Authority work in partnership with States to implement a uniform and effective equine welfare, anti-doping and medication control program for Thoroughbred racing.

Due to resource and statutory limitations in many States and the fact that HISA's Board and committees operate behind closed doors and have not adopted accountability policies normally associated with the use of state funds and resources, the desired HISA-State partnerships are harder to achieve, if not impossible in some places.

Twenty-two states have told the Authority that it will be impossible for them to remit or collect monies to pay the HISA assessments and more states than not are finding it difficult – if not impossible – to agree to do HISA's racetrack safety work for them in time for the July 1, 2022 effective day.

As such, many state racing commissions are concerned that the Authority is not ready to take over this responsibility by the fast approaching deadline. Many believe horses could be at risk unless the effective date of the HISA Act were pushed back by Congress. The challenge of recruiting large animal veterinarians to perform regulatory functions has long been a challenge for Commissions in some states, and shifting responsibility to racetracks or HISA is not going to alleviate that.

“The good news is that much of this program is already in place in many states and the Commissions will probably continue everything they have been doing, at least for a while. In those States where HISA believes more should be done, they can still do that but that may have to be totally up to them,” ARCI President Ed Martin said.

Martin said one Commission Executive Director from a major racing state summed up the HISA dilemma in these terms: “Do you mean to tell me HISA wants us to pay them and then we agree to do all the work for them? On what planet does that make any sense?”

In some states, senior officials above the Racing Commission are asking what the incentive is for a state to continue doing certain things when Congress has put the entire responsibility in the hands of the HISA Authority.

Some states, like California, Maryland, and Kentucky, believe they can make the Act work without technical changes or a delayed implementation. Others are trying but are unsure. The majority of states believe Congress should make technical corrections that would make it easier for HISA to partner with the states and avoid the loss of existing state appropriations.

“It's important that we all get this right,” Martin said. “Nobody's going to blame anybody if they admit they need more time, like they did on the anti-doping and medication control program.”

“It would not hurt this industry if Congress pulled representatives of the tracks, horsemen, States, and FTC into a room to roll up their sleeves on what changes might make this all easier on HISA and the industry,” Martin said.

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