July, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Officiating Defeats Stubborn Fleetridge In Prairie Meadows Cornhusker

Getting a perfect trip under Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, Vegso Racing Stable's Florida homebred Officiating wore down recent $15,000 claim Fleetridge in deep stretch to win the Grade 3, $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap on Saturday night in Altoona, Iowa.

Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Officiating – a 4-year-old by Blame out of Come a Callin, by Dixie Union – hit the wire 1 1/4 lengths to the good of Jon Arnett-trained Fleetridge, with 7-10 favorite Warrant third and Flash of Mischief fourth in the field of six older runners.

Officiating, carrying 118 pounds and in receipt of three pounds from Warrant, stopped the timer in 1:50.04 for 1 1/8 miles on a fast track. He paid $18.80 to win, an overlay from his morning line odds of 4-1.

The Cornhusker was the third Grade 3 win and fifth overall from 19 starts for Officiating, his previous graded scores coming in the Mr. Prospector at Gulfstream Park last December and in the Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct in March.

Breaking from the No. 1 post, Flash of Mischief led the way early but was quickly joined by Fleetridge and Wilmer Garcia to his outside. Those two battled through fractions of :23.70, :49.52 and 1:13.31, with Officiating sitting in the catbird's seat just behind that pair in third.

Castellano asked his mount to take on the leaders turning into the stretch, but Fleetridge proved to be a stubborn rival, holding a narrow advantage at the eighth pole (after a mile in 1:37.60) and only yielding in the final sixteenth of a mile to Officiating.

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Horses Of All Ages On Offer At Newtown Paddocks Monday

Fasig-Tipton will offer racehorses during their traditional July time slot for the 10th straight year Monday, but with an added twist. After adding a broodmare portion to last year's auction, most of which was a dispersal, the sales company has decided to incorporate breeding stock again this year and has therefore renamed the auction the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of All Ages Sale.

“Last year with the dispersal, it kind of sparked the concept,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “And you know, we had some people this year who reached out to us and said they'd like to try it again. You know, I think what we're seeing in the world that we live in is people are looking for trading opportunities and looking for liquidity options. There's a time and a place and often times circumstances change for every owner or particular consigner. It just creates an opportunity in the marketplace for a person to sell their horse and those horses were well received last year. I think that's why we've got another group this year.”

There are 216 horses catalogued to Monday's sale, 27 of which were late supplements added last week. There are several black-type winners on offer including graded stakes winners Newgrange (Violence), Ete Indian (Summer Front), Enforceable (Tapit), Easy Time (Not This Time) and Risk Taking (Medaglia d'Oro).

“The composition of a racehorse sale changes from year to year, but there are certainly a lot of attractive offerings as you go through the catalog or go online and evaluate,” said Browning. “The great thing about the horses of race age sale is that there are horses that fit in every circuit that's racing, both in the United States and internationally. So if you're looking for a horse that might be able to run a starter, we've got some of those. If you are looking for potential candidates for Grade I races or graded stakes races down the road, or even in the near future, we've got some of those too. It's a great composition in terms of variety of offerings and it continues to gain more and more momentum every year that we have the sale and more acceptance.”

The timing of the sale is key, just days before the start of two prestigious and very popular meets, Saratoga and Del Mar. With the big purses offered at this meets creating increased demand and the strong markets at the juvenile and breeding stock sales earlier this year, Browning said he expects the momentum to carry right into the July auctions.

“Racing is pretty good right now,” Browning said. “Purses are very, very strong on several of the key circuits. People seem to be generally enthusiastic about buying racehorses and racing prospects. So we think, hopefully, the positive momentum that we've seen in the last 18 months will continue.”

The July sale has had some pretty successful graduates, such as last year's second highest-priced horse Stilleto Boy (Shackleford), who brought $420,000 and has placed in four Grade Is and won the GII Californian S. for his new owners. The sale has also produced the likes of GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint winner Wavell Avenue (Harlington) and GIII Westchester S. winner Nicodemus (Candy Ride {Arg}).

Bidding begins at 3 p.m. Monday at Newtown Paddocks and will be followed by the Fasig-Tipton July Yearling Sale Tuesday.

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Breizh Sky Targetting Arc Weekend Following Deauville Triumph

Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti trainee Breizh Sky (Fr) (Pedro The Great–Anna Danse {Fr}, by Anabaa) announced his arrival with a breathtaking 'TDN Rising Star' display, winning by 5 1/2 lengths, contesting a six-furlong newcomers' heat at Saint-Cloud in his May 17 debut last time and lined up in the colours of Alain Jathiere for this black-type debut. Swiftly into stride and leading throughout this one-turn test, he was stoked up in early straight and, despite racing greenly and rolling around on the front, fended off all challenges under urging inside the final quarter mile to narrowly hold the late thrust of Terrestrial (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) for a career high.

“I was extremely concerned by the way he was hanging left so badly and it seemed impossible for Christophe [Soumillon] to keep him on a straight line,” explained Alessandro Botti after stewards allowed the result to stand. “We will have an inquest at home and see what's to be done to rectify that tendency. I feel that the stewards made the right decision and we are, of course, delighted with the win. He had shown great quality on debut we had already decided, beforehand, that we would not to run him again this summer and wait for the autumn. He will go to a race like the [G3] Prix La Rochette as a prep for the [G1 Prix Jean-Luc] Lagardere.”

Breizh Sky is the latest of six foals and one of four scorers from as many runners produced by a daughter of Danse Quatz (Fr) (Johann Quatz {Fr}), herself a multiple-winning half-sister to G3 Prix Gladiateur victor and G1 Prix du Cadran runner-up Varevees (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}). Danse Quatz is a daughter of Danse Bretonne (Fr) (Exit To Nowhere), herself the second dam of Listed Prix Maurice Caillault victor Speedo Boy (Fr) (Vision d'Etat {Fr}) and this year's Listed Henkel Stutenpreis victrix Toskana Belle (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}). Danse Bretonne is kin to G3 Prix Edmond Blanc and G3 Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord victor and G1 Man O' War S. runner-up and Kaldounevees (Fr) (Kaldoun {Fr}).

Sunday, Deauville, France
PRIX ROLAND DE CHAMBURE-Listed, €60,000, Deauville, 7-10, 2yo, 7fT, 1:25.28, g/s.
1–BREIZH SKY (FR), 126 c, 2, by Pedro The Great
1st Dam: Anna Danse (Fr), by Anabaa
2nd Dam: Danse Quatz (Fr), by Johann Quatz (Fr)
3rd Dam: Danse Bretonne (Fr), by Exit To Nowhere
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€14,000 RNA Ylg '21 ARAUG). O-Alain Jathiere, Louis Baudron, Alessandro Botti, Giuseppe Botti & Ecurie Elag; B-Haras des Evees, Daniel Cherdo & Mme Claudie Cherdo (FR); T-Alessandro & Giuseppe Botti; J-Christophe Soumillon. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €43,500.
2–Terrestrial (Ire), 122, f, 2, Kingman (GB)–Snakeless, by Animal Kingdom. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Pascal Bary. €12,000.
3–Neversay (Fr), 126, c, 2, No Nay Never–Foreign Tune (GB), by Invincible Spirit (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Freddy Head. €9,000.
Margins: SHD, 2HF, NK. Odds: 3.70, 9.00, 1.40.
Also Ran: Sydneyarms Chelsea (Ire), Cosmic Invasion (Ire), Fille du Roi (Fr), Grecian Star (Ire), Vasda (Ire). Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Zenyatta’s Offspring Shining In Show Ring

Cozmic One (Bernardini) and Ziconic (Tapit) are the first two foals out of Hall of Fame racemare Zenyatta. Though neither followed their dam to the winner's circle on the racetrack, they each have found wins of their own in showjumping competition.

Originally campaigned by Isabela de Sousa, Cozmic One is now being shown by Isabela's father, Sergio, of Hidden Brook Farm. The duo compete in jumper shows, often in the Take2 program, which focuses on registered Thoroughbred hunter/jumper competition at United States Equestrian Federation (USEF)-sanctioned shows.

Showing mostly around Kentucky, Sergio hopes to compete the 10-year-old gelding at the Kentucky Horse Park throughout the summer and at the Take2 Finals there in the fall.

Ziconic is currently on the West Coast and under the care of Linda Moss and George Bedar, who said the gelding is incredibly smart and playful. Ziconic began showing under Sarah Pollock in 2020, but his competition schedule was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and an equine herpes virus outbreak.

Moss is hopeful that Ziconic will return to the show ring this fall in the .80 and .85 jumpers.