Sierra Nevada beats Sierra Nevada – name clash in Gowran Park race
Punters could have been forgiven for confusion when two horses with the same name ran in the same race at Gowran Park.
Month: June 2022
Trueshan Gold Cup Bid Unlikely Due to Unsuitable Ground
Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}), the long-time ante-post favourite for the G1 Ascot Gold Cup, has taken a walk in the betting for the Thursday showpiece after connections said he was unlikely to run at the royal meeting due to unsuitably quick ground.
A general 5-2 favourite for the race on Sunday morning, Trueshan could be backed at odds as big as 15-2 after the 6-year-old's trainer Alan King revealed that the quick ground was likely to scupper plans of running in the Gold Cup.
The ground at Ascot was described as good to firm, good in places on Sunday and, with no sign of rain in the forecast, coupled with drying winds and soaring temperatures, King feels Trueshan will not get his desired conditions.
He explained, “I am hugely concerned about the ground and I can't see any rain coming either, looking at all the forecasts. We might hang on in there, but if the forecast is right, I can't see us running.”
Kind added, “It is frustrating, but last year the ground came right for us at Goodwood, in France and at Ascot later in the year.
“Ascot should be run on fast ground, it is high summer at the end of the day. But if I call it wrong once, I could finish him. We are going to try to get it right. We have to try to get it right. It will be a last-minute call, but I would say he is very unlikely to run.”
The field could be further reduced as connections of Scope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who won the Listed Noel Murless S. at Ascot before taking the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at ParisLongchamp in October, have also indicated he will be held back.
With doubts around some of the leading players in the Ascot Gold Cup, the Aidan O'Brien-trained Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) hardened into a general 6-4 chance for the race with Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who won the race three times on the trot from 2018, available at odds of 2-1 in his bid to regain his crown.
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Listen Up: Horses Able To Recognize Emotional Tone In Voices
A Swiss study has found that domestic horses are able to recognize a negative emotional tone in recorded vocalizations from other domestic horses, people, and Przewalski's horses.
The ability to perceive emotion and discriminate between different emotions in vocalizations regulates interactions between species. This ability can lead to “emotional contagion,” in which the vocalizing animal and the one hearing the vocalizations match in emotional state.
Dr. Anne-Laure Maigrot and her research team report that this can also lead to more complex forms of empathy. Empathy is enhanced when the two animals are familiar with each other, regardless of their species.
The scientists played recordings of human and equine vocalizations in which the emotional tone was known to horses that were familiar with humans. They found that horses and Przewalski's horses reacted more strongly to the negative vocalizations of humans, other horses and the closely related species.
The team concludes that domestic horses and Przewalski's horses can discriminate between positive and negative vocalizations of their own kind, in a closely related species, and in human speech. This suggests that the acoustic structure of whinnies of both species is similar enough to trigger a response.
Read the study here.
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2022 Royal Ascot Preview: Best Races, Top U.S. Horses, How to Watch and Bet
With the U.S. Triple Crown season in the books, the focus of the horse racing world shifts on a dime – or in this case, ten pence – across the pond for one of the most prestigious events on the annual calendar. The five-day Royal Ascot meet begins Tuesday, June 14, at gorgeous Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, England.
