June, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Excessive Heat: Belterra, Lone Star Move Up Post Times

Due to an excessive heat warning in Cincinnati, Ohio, post times at Belterra Park have been moved up an hour on Tuesday, June 21, and Wednesday, June 22.

Post time will now be 11:35 a.m. (Eastern) on those dates.

High temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Cincinnati area are forecast to be 96 and 97 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

At Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, races on Saturdays and Sundays will now begin at 11:00 a.m. local time, according to the track's Twitter account.

These new post times will be in place for the remainder of the meet with the exception of Sunday, July 3, which will have a 5 p.m. post.

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Maryland Horse Foundation Launches Redesigned Website

The Maryland Horse Foundation has unveiled their newly designed website MarylandHorse.com, completed in partnership with the Maryland Horse Industry Board and funded via a Rural Maryland Council grant. It now features a sortable directory of resources and an events calendar as well as fulfilling a double duty of functioning as the home for information about the Maryland Horse Park System. Any news about annual campaigns such as 'October-Maryland Horse Month' or 'Horse Industry Day' will also be posted to the site. Anyone with an event or resource they'd like to add to the website is encouraged to contact Becky Remsberg at bremsberg@marylandthoroughbred.com.

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Drain The Clock Works Toward Smile Sprint, Eyes Breeders’ Cup ‘Dirt Dozen’ Credit

Slam Dunk Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Wonder Stables and Michael Nentwig's Drain the Clock breezed a sharp four furlongs at Gulfstream Park Sunday morning in preparation for a planned start at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track in the $100,000 Smile Sprint (G3) July 2.

The Grade 1-winning son of Maclean's Music was timed in 47.94 seconds for his fifth workout since finishing seventh in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) on the March 26 Dubai World Cup (G1) undercard.

“Today was his second to last work – his final stiff work [before the Smile],” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. “He worked really well.”

Drain the Clock, who captured the Bay Shore (G3) at Aqueduct and Woody Stephens (G1) at Belmont Park last year, began his season with an optional claiming allowance win and a second-place finish in the Gulfstream Park Sprint before being shipped to Dubai.

The Smile will be featured on the Summit of Speed program headlined by the $300,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2), a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares that has been designated as a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' event.

The Smile is one of 12 graded dirt stakes included in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen, an incentive-based participation bonus program. The winner of the Smile will earn a $30,000 credit toward the entry fee for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 5 at Keeneland. The second-place finisher will earn a $15,000 credit, while the show horse will earn a $7,500 credit.

Joseph-trained Allworthy breezed five furlongs in 1:00.94 at Gulfstream Sunday morning for a planned start in the Princess Rooney. The graded stakes-placed daughter of Tonalist is coming off an impressive optional claiming allowance win at Churchill Downs.

“We cut her back last time and it seemed to work,” Joseph said. “Ce Ce, the defending champ and Breeder's Cup winner, will be tough, but Allworthy is going to run good.”

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TOBA to Host National Awards Dinner at Keeneland

Officials at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced the 37th annual TOBA National Awards Dinner will be held Saturday, Sept. 10 at Keeneland in Lexington, two days prior to the start of the September sale.

The National Awards Dinner honors owners and breeders from 21 states and Canada. Also recognized are the National Owner of the Year and National Owner Finalists, National Breeder of the Year, National Breeder of the Year Finalists, Small Breeder of the Year, Broodmare of the Year, Cot Campbell Racing Partnership of the Year, TOBA Industry Service Award, Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year, National HBPA Claiming Crown Horse of the Year and recipient of the Robert N. Clay Award.

“We are thrilled to be able to celebrate the achievements of racing's breeders and owners at Keeneland, which is one of our sport's most iconic venues,” said Dan Metzger, president of TOBA. “We are grateful for Keeneland's support in hosting the TOBA National Awards Dinner and we look forward to recognizing the outstanding individuals and horses of 2021 on the eve of the world's leading yearling sale.”

Tickets for the National Awards Dinner will go on sale in July and will be available online at toba.org. For sponsorship opportunities call Samantha Smith at (859) 276-6793.

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