June, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Travers Winner V. E. Day Highlights Wanamaker’s June Sale

Grade 1 Travers Stakes winner V. E. Day is one of the twenty-seven hips set to be offered during this year's Wanamaker's June Sale which marks two years in operation. The catalogue provides opportunities for buyers of all kinds, with racing prospects, yearlings, broodmares, mares in-foal, and a stallion on offer.

V. E. Day, consigned by Lovacres Ranch as a stallion prospect, won the Mid-Summer Derby as a three-year-old and placed in the Grade 2 Brooklyn Invitational at four. A son of English Channel, he was also a winner on turf and his second crop are three-year-olds this year.

Cary Bloodstock consigns the stakes-winning mare Mega Dream in-foal. A producer of two winners, including six-figure earner Secret House, Mega Dream won the Great Lady M S. at Hollywood Park and placed in the Grade 2 Royal Heroine Mile Stakes. She is currently in-foal for the 2023 breeding season to Grade 1 winner Lexitonian, a son of Speightstown in his first season at stud.

Also offered is two-year-old racing prospect Honor King, a son of Grade 1 Kentucky Derby winner, Always Dreaming. He is out of the Mineshaft mare, Lantern Glow, making this colt a half-brother to Remsen S. [G2] winner Leave the Light On and New York-bred stakes performer, Championofthenile.

For more information on those being offered in the 2022 Wanamaker's June Sale, go to wanamakers.com. Prospective buyers may browse the website to view pedigrees, pictures, and videos of each hip offered. In-person inspections may be scheduled by contacting sellers with the information provided in the catalog.

Bidding will open on Thursday, June 30th at 8:00 AM ET, with the first listing set to close at 5:00 PM ET. Subsequent listings will close in three-minute increments. Detailed information on the buying process can be found at wanamakers.com/buy.

In addition, entries close on Tuesday, July 5th for the Wanamaker's New York-bred Racing Age Sale, set to be held in conjunction with New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) on July 13th.

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Bell’s The One, Sconsin Renew Rivalry In Saturday’s Chicago Stakes

Lothenbach Stables' Grade 1 winner Bell's the One and Lloyd Madison Farm's multiple graded stakes winner Sconsin, two of the top filly and mare sprinters in the country, are set to clash Saturday in an extremely competitive renewal of the $200,000 Chicago Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

Bell's the One and Sconsin were entered against seven rivals in the seven-furlong Chicago. First post Saturday is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. and the Chicago will go as Race 9 of 10 with a post time of 4:55 p.m.

Bell's the One and Sconsin have faced one another in several starts. Most recently, Sconsin got the better of Bell's the One by a half-length in the $300,000 Open Mind. Prior to that start, Bell's the One was victorious by three-quarters of a length over Scosin in the $110,000 Roxelana.

Trained by Neil Pessin, Bell's the One has won four of her 11 lifetime starts at Churchill Downs. Her most notable win was in the 2020 Derby City Distaff (G1) where she defeated former Kentucky Oaks heroine Serengeti Empress by a scant nose. Jockey Corey Lanerie has ridden Bell's the One in 19 of 24 starts. He'll be aboard the 6-year-old Majesticperfection mare from post No. 4.

Sconsin, trained by Greg Foley, returned four weeks ago from an eight month layoff in the $200,000 Winning Colors (G3). In the Winning Colors, Sconsin defeated four rivals by three-quarters of a length. Churchill Downs leading rider Tyler Gaffalione was named on the 5-year-old Include mare and drew post 7.

Whitham Thoroughbreds multiple Grade 3 winner Four Graces will attempt to avenge her runner-up effort in last month's $750,000 Derby City Distaff (G1) in the Chicago. Trained by Ian Wilkes, Four Graces won the 2020 Dogwood (G3) and Beaumont (G3) as a 3-year-old. In the Derby City Distaff, the now 5-year-old mare, battled hard against Obligatory but fell three-quarters of a length short. Regular rider Julien Leparoux will be in the saddle from post 6.

Belladonna Racing's $160,000 Roxelana Stakes winner Bayerness returns for the Chicago. Bayerness scored a 4 ½-length win in the April 30 Roxelana, her first start in more than eight months for trainer Cherie DeVaux. Jockey Luis Saez will be in town to pilot the five-time winning daughter of Bayern from the rail.

Godolphin's Pennybaker is another talented filly that was entered in the Chicago. The five-time winner, trained by Mike Stidham, arrived in his barn this spring from France and sports a stout 6 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Heavenly Cause Stakes. The daughter of Medaglia d'Oro is on a five-race win streak which dates back to Aug. 19, 2021 at Deauville when she broke her maiden. Pennybaker will be ridden by James Graham out of post 2.

The Chicago field is rounded out by 2021 La Brea (G1) winner Kalypso and Grade 3 winner Lady Rocket.

This will be the second time the Chicago Stakes has been run at Churchill Downs. The storied race was previously run at Arlington. The other time the Chicago was run at Churchill Downs was in 2017 when Finley'sluckycharm defeated nine rivals as the heavy 1-5 favorite.

Here's the field in order of post positions (with jockey and trainer):

Bayerness (Saez, DeVaux)
Pennybaker (Graham, Stidham)
Lady Rocket (Ricardo Santana Jr., Brad Cox)
Bell's the One (Lanerie, Pessin)
Kalypso (Gerardo Corrales, Steve Asmussen)
Four Graces (Leparoux, Wilkes)
Sconsin (Gaffalione, Foley)

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Bidding Now Open For Magnolia Racing Syndicate Flash Sale On Fasig-Tipton Digital

Bidding is now open on Fasig-Tipton Digital for the Magnolia Racing Syndicate Flash Sale, a two-horse digital auction offering horses in training. The sale uniquely offers a pair of 2-year-old colts – both owned by Magnolia Racing Syndicate LLC and trained in Ireland by Joseph O'Brien – that finished first and second in the same maiden race in Ireland on June 17.

LAKOTA SEVEN (IRE) (Hip 1): Racing greenly from the widest draw, he showed an impressive turn of foot in the stretch to finish a strong second while closing into a soft pace. By G1 Phoenix S. winner Sioux Nation, his collector's pedigree includes Grade 1 winners Senure, Speak in Passing, and champions Rags to Riches, Peeping Fawn, and Xaar. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

GOA GAJAH (Hip 2): Made the lead in a paceless race to draw away to a 2 1/2-length victory. A Kentucky-bred son of BAL A BALI (BRZ), a Brazilian Triple Crown winner and multiple G1 winning miler in the U.S., he is out of a full sister to multiple graded stakes winner and track record-setter Optimizer. His elite Phipps pedigree includes current undefeated multiple Grade 1 winner Flightline. Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

“This is another exciting first for Fasig-Tipton Digital, offering two horses owned and trained by the same connections that finished first and second in the same maiden race in Ireland,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “Both horses offer exciting and lucrative racing opportunities, particularly in Europe or this summer in the United States.

Each horse's catalogue page provides photos, walking videos, race replays, and other useful resources. Prospective buyers may also schedule in-person inspections in Ireland by contacting each horse's consignor.

Bidding closes on Tuesday, June 28, at 2 pm EDT.

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Alec Head, 97, Renowned French Horseman, Passes

To say that France's Head family has had an enormous impact on Thoroughbred racing worldwide might be understating the matter. Multiple generations of the family – beginning with William Head, carrying on through his son, Alec, and then to Alec's son Freddie and daughter Criquette – have put their stamp on some of the sport's biggest races around the globe as jockeys, trainers, owners and breeders. The next generation of the family, Freddy Head's son Christopher, is following in their footsteps as a trainer.

On Tuesday, it was announced that Alec Head has died at the age of 97.

Born July 31, 1924, Alec Head was the son of William Head, a successful jockey who would go on to train two winners of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. William Head's father, William Head Sr., was a British steeplechase jockey who moved to France in the 1870s and set up the family's horse business in Maisons-Laffitte. The younger William Head moved the operation to Chantilly, where the family's Haras du Quesnay remains to this day.

Alec Head also got his start as a jockey in the early 1940s, winning major steeplechase races, but struggles with weight ended that career. He shifted to training, getting his first break in 1952 when he saddled Aga Khan III's Nuccio for a victory in the Arc. That was the first of his four victories in Europe's most important race, the others coming in 1959 with Saint Crespin, 1976 with Ivanjica and 1981 with Gold River.

Freddy Head would win the Arc four times – including William Head's second training victory in 1966 with Bon Mot, Alec Head's Ivanjica, and Criquette Head's Three Troikas in 1979. As a trainer, Criquette Head would win the Arc three times, with Treve's back-to-back wins in 2013-'14 joining Three Troikas on her list of accomplishments. Alec Head won the Epsom Derby in 1956 with Lavandin. Freddie Head trained Goldikova to three consecutive triumphs in the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Treve is among the many stakes winners bred in the name of the Head family's Haras du Quesnay.

Alec Head has received numerous honors internationally, including the Award of Merit from the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities and the Sir Peter O'Sullevan Award in England. In 1989, Alec Head was the Honor Guest of the Thoroughbred Club of America in Lexington, Ky.

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