Month: May 2022

Clover to Roll The Big Dice With Rogue Millennium in the Oaks

Tom Clover enjoyed his greatest day on a racecourse when emerging star Rogue Millennium (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) advertised her Classic credentials when landing an Oaks Trial at Lingfield last month and now the trainer is looking forward to rolling the big dice at Epsom.

A Shadwell castoff who was picked up for just 35,000gns at the Mares Sale at Tattersalls last December, Rogue Millennium has already proved to be one of the finds of the season, building on her debut success at Wetherby to run out a gritty winner of the Listed SBK Oaks Trial Fillies' S. at Lingfield last month. 

That win represented her trainer's biggest yet and new dreams abound with the rapidly-progressive filly who is just 16-1 to provide Clover with Classic glory when she lines out in the Cazoo Oaks on June 3.

“Rogue Millennium seems very well. I'm very pleased with her,” Clover said.

“She physically looks great. I think she's come on since Lingfield. She continues to improve and all being well she's very much on course [for the Oaks].”

Clover, who is based in Newmarket, began training in 2016 and is looking forward towards running what is officially the best horse he's had through his hands in the Oaks. 

He added, “I've been very happy with her and we just hope for a smooth run-up. You know what it's like with horses, until you get there and put the saddle on and get in the paddock, there's so much that could go wrong. I'm pleased with her work and we're really excited to run her.”

John and Thady Goden appear to have a stranglehold on the Oaks with Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a short-priced 10-11 ante-post favourite, and 9-2 chance Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}) heading the betting for the Epsom Classic. 

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Speakers and Itinerary Announced for TOBA Breeding Clinic

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will be hosting a Breeding Clinic on June 3-4 in Lexington, Kentucky. Attendees will learn about a variety of topics pertaining to the breeding side of the Thoroughbred industry while visiting five central Kentucky farms and hearing from experts in the field.

The clinic will include tours of Godolphin's Stonerside Farm, Spendthrift Farm, WinStar Farm, Mt. Brilliant Farm, Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, and Summerwind Farm.

Topics and speakers at the Breeding Clinic include: Breeding For the Athletic Thoroughbred and Conformation in Foals, presented by Gerry Duffy, Stonerside and Raceland Farm Manager; Tour of Spendthrift Farm/Stallions and Breeding Procedures, presented by Ned Toffey, General Manager of Spendthrift Farm; Matings and Stallion Conformation, presented by David Hanley, General Manager of WinStar Farm; and more.

Registration is available online, until May 31, at: toba.memberclicks.net/seminars-clinics.

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Australia: All-Stakes Derby Day Card At Eagle Farm

An unprecedented card of ten stakes races this Friday night at Brisbane's Eagle Farm Racecourse will prove a counterweight to recent weather-related disruptions. The ten races – including a trio of Group Ones, previewed below – attracted a whopping total of 156 entries plus 27 Also Eligibles.

Josh Fleming, whose race calls will be heard throughout North America, will doubtless sleep well in the aftermath! The extravaganza gets underway at 9:08 p.m. Eastern or 6:08 p.m. Pacific.

Noah's ark could have sailed to multiple victories during the last few months of racing on Australia's east coast. From Sydney's March-April “Autumn Carnival” riches to the current Brisbane “Winter Carnival,” nary a dry track has been experienced. For the second time in three weeks, a Group One race carrying the name of Doomben Racecourse will be run at Brisbane's other metropolitan track, Eagle Farm. Several stakes races from last weekend's Doomben Cup program have been incorporated into this Friday night's card at Eagle Farm, making it a bumper night of racing on a drying Soft 6 turf surface.

The Doomben Cup, Race 5, is contested under weight-for-age conditions at 1-5/16 miles. Zaaki is a red-hot 1-2 favorite to repeat last year's 7-length demolition job, which announced himself and confirmed trainer Annabel Neasham as new stars of Australian racing. More recently, in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, crowning race of The Championships at Randwick in Sydney, Zaaki was being hailed a winner before Nash Rawiller's inspired move to the outside rail on Think It Over. That moment of genius in the extremely heavy conditions, which will go down in Australian racing folklore, carried the 40-1 shot a ½-length clear of Zaaki with the show horse almost four lengths away.

The Queensland Derby, Race 8 at 1-1/2 miles, is more representative of the tremendous wagering value that abounds on Friday night's card. Dark Destroyer (7-2 favorite) and Paternal (5-1) provided the exacta in the Derby's traditional prep race, the G3 Rough Habit Plate. Pinarello (7-1) brings impressive G2-winning form from New Zealand. Caboche (8-1) looks outclassed, but is being “kept safe” by bookmakers because of the Chris Waller – James McDonald factor. (Paternal also hails from the Waller barn and will be partnered by Hugh Bowman, reigniting the “Winx Team.”) Both the Doomben Cup and Queensland Derby will carry a purse of AU$1 million for the first time.

The Kingsford-Smith Cup, Race 9, is an AU$700,000 weight-for-age sprint at 6-1/2 furlongs. Favoritism will be disputed by 3-year-old Godolphin colt Paulele (4-1) and 5-year-old New Zealand mare Entriviere (7-2), who put forth terrific efforts when filling the minor placings in Mazu's aforementioned Doomben 10,000 (also weight-for-age). Both races lead towards the showpiece event of Brisbane's Winter Carnival, the AU$1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap, at seven furlongs on June 10. It bears looking for eye-catching runs from horses who will benefit from a lighter weight under the Stradbroke's handicap conditions.

The Eagle Farm card (AUS-C) will be broadcast live on TVG this Friday night (First Post: 9:08 p.m. ET / 6:08 p.m. PT) alongside cards from Sunshine Coast (AU-A), Randwick (AUS-B), Newcastle (AUS-D). All races will be live-streamed in HD on the new Sky Racing World App, skyracingworld.com and major ADW platforms such as TVG, TwinSpires, Xpressbet, NYRABets, WatchandWager, HPIbet, and AmWager. Wagering is also available via these ADW platforms. Fans can get free access to live-streaming, past performances and expert picks on all races at skyracingworld.com.

About Michael Wrona

A native of Brisbane, Australia, Michael Wrona has called races in six countries. Michael's vast U.S. experience includes; race calling at Los Alamitos, Hollywood Park, Arlington and Santa Anita, calling the 2000 Preakness on a national radio network and the 2016 Breeders' Cup on the International simulcast network. Michael also performed a race call voiceover for a Seinfeld episode called The Subway.

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Tracy Farmer To Receive Midway University’s Legacy Award

Tracy Farmer, a horseman, entrepreneur, and past Midway trustee will receive the Legacy Award Thursday evening at the Midway University's 8th Annual Spotlight Awards beginning at 6:00pm.

The awards will be held on campus in the Marshall Gymnasium inside McManis Student Center. This year's theme is 'Making History' in celebration of the institutions 175th anniversary.

“This is truly an honor, and I am proud and humbled,” says Tracy Farmer. “Through my years in business and public service, I have been fortunate to have achieved great success. I consider this honor from Midway University among the top of my achievements!”

Tracy Farmer is one of Kentucky's greatest success stories. Born in a log cabin in Jackson County in 1939, the son of a coal miner who also farmed, Farmer has a long list of accomplishments in business, education, politics, and the horse industry. He owns Shadowlawn Farm near Midway and six automobile dealerships and is a major supporter of Midway University.

After attending Lee County High School and three years in the Navy, Farmer entered a major oil company's two-year training program, entered the oil business in Texas, then formed his own oil company. He diversified into other businesses, including the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise for Texas. Returning to Kentucky, he bought a bank in Cynthiana, and others in Mount Vernon and Lexington; developed property in Lexington and then in Louisville, where most of his auto dealerships are.

Farmer has long been an advocate for education. He has been vice chair of the Midway Board of Trustees and is co-namesake of the university's new baseball stadium. He was a University of Kentucky trustee for 12 years, and endowed UK's Tracy Farmer Center for Sustainability and the Environment. He was a leader in the designation of Old Frankfort Pike as the Lexington-Frankfort Scenic Corridor and its recent designation as a National Scenic Byway.

A prominent Thoroughbred owner and breeder and member of the Jockey Club, Farmer bred and owned Sir Winston, winner of the 2019 Belmont Stakes. He has been vice chair of the state Racing Commission, vice president of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and recipient of its W.T. Young Humanitarian Award; president of the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation; and a member of the executive committee and other committees of the Breeders Cup Ltd.

In 2018, he and his wife Carol joined the Water Hay Oats Alliance, a horse-industry group formed to eliminate performance-enhancing drugs in racing. The group scored a major victory in 2020 when Congress passed the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which will set up a national regulatory system for Thoroughbred racing to overcome conflicts among states about medication of horses and other issues.

Farmer has been involved in many political campaigns at the state, local and federal levels; was chair of the state Democratic Party, Kentucky's Democratic national committeeman and a member of the national party's Finance Committee. Under Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. in 1983-87, he was secretary of Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet, overseeing a wide range of state agencies.

The Spotlight Awards evening is designed to highlight those who have been leaders in their fields and who has directly impacted Midway University through time, service, support, and resources.

Past Midway University Legacy Award recipients are listed below:

For more information regarding the Midway Equine Industry Spotlight Awards visit —

https://www.midway.edu/events/spotlight-awards/

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