Month: July 2022

Mehmas’s Persian Force To The Fore At Newmarket

Amo Racing's €225,000 Goffs Orby yearling Persian Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}–Vida Amorosa {Ire}, by Lope De Vega {Ire}) ran second to 'TDN Rising Star' Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry S. last month and, in the absence of late scratching Little Big Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never), justified odds-on favouritism to claim a first stakes success in Thursday's G2 Close Brothers July S. at Newmarket. He had previously debuted with a win in a stellar renewal of Doncaster's Mar. 26 Brocklesby S. and doubled up in a May 14 Newbury conditions heat. Positioned in a handy third through halfway in this six-furlong test, the crowd's 1-2 pick was sent to the front underneath the stands' side rail passing the quarter-mile marker and kept on strongly under continued urging up the hill to comfortably outpoint Show Respect (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) by 1 1/2 lengths for a career high. In so doing, he emulated his sire (by Acclamation {GB}), who ran second in the Coventry before landing this contest in 2016.

“I'm delighted that Rossa [Ryan] put the race to bed when he needed to and we deserved that,” said Richard Hannon after claiming a fourth edition of the contest. “He's done exactly the same as [sire] Mehmas in finishing second in the Coventry and then winning the July. I do think he will get seven furlongs. We don't have to go there immediately, but at the end of the year he will. His temperament is exemplary and he behaves as very good 2-year-olds do and I'm sure a step up would benefit. We might look at the [G1 Vincent O'Brien] National S. in Ireland and the [G1] Prix Morny next. My dad rang me after the Coventry and said he's a Guineas horse and I thought that was a little bit out of the blue, but that was the first thing he said to me. If a horse has a lot of speed he doesn't want to do that, but because he's so sensible he gives himself every chance of getting that [one-mile] trip. He has always given me a tingle, he got his just rewards today and I'm sure he's a Group 1 winner waiting to happen. He's an ideal horse to make a sire, he's a gorgeous looker and has everything that good horses do have. This fellow is probably one of the best 2-year-olds we've had in a long time.”

“It's brilliant for Mr Hannon and all the team because we were unlucky at Ascot and we got repayment for the horse here,” added Rossa Ryan. “Going forward, we have our black-type race under our belts now and a lot of the pressure is off, so it's a job well done. He's so straightforward and is a relaxed character, he takes you through the race and fills you with confidence. It was probably the smoothest run I've got in a Group race for a long time and it all fell into place today. A lot of credit has to go to the lads at home, I do the easy job and they put in all the hard work, so I couldn't be more grateful to the team. Richard is a master of 2-year-olds and, when this lad was building up to Royal Ascot, there was talk that he was as good as Canford Cliffs, so I was getting excited. It's great to have a horse with a proper engine underneath like he does and it's a good feeling.”

Runner-up Show Respect bounced back after running 11th in the Coventry to finish second at odds of 33-1 and trainer Brian Meehan reflected, “That is much of what we expected to happen in the Coventry. He got stopped in the gate at [Royal] Ascot and in these sort of races you need a clean break. He has been able to show today what I always thought of and what James Doyle thought of him at Leicester. He is in the [G2] Gimcrack [at York], the [G2] Richmond [at Goodwood] is there, and there is also the [G1] Prix Morny [at Deauville]. I'm really pleased and all these races will be on his radar now.”

Persian Force, from the family of dual Group 1-winning sire Danehill Dancer (Ire), is the second foal and stakes performer produced by an unraced half-sister to the dam of G3 Prix de Meautry victor Garrus (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). The April-foaled chestnut if a full-brother to last term's G2 Richmond S. third Gubbass (Ire) and half to a yearling colt by Inns Of Court (Ire).

Thursday, Newmarket, Britain
CLOSE BROTHERS JULY S.-G2, £100,000, Newmarket, 7-7, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:11.18, g/f.
1–PERSIAN FORCE (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Vida Amorosa (Ire), by Lope De Vega (Ire)
2nd Dam: Danamight (Ire), by Danetime (Ire)
3rd Dam: Nuit Chaud, by Woodman
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€75,000 Wlg '20 GOFNOV; €225,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Tom Lacy (IRE); T-Richard Hannon; J-Rossa Ryan. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $129,713. *Full to Gubbass (Ire), GSP-Eng, $186,395. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Show Respect (Ire), 128, c, 2, Showcasing (GB)–More Respect (Ire), by Spectrum (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€50,000 Wlg '20 GOFNOV; 55,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT; £490,000 RNA 2yo '22 GOFLON). O-Family Amusements Ltd & Partners; B-D & E Phelan (IRE); T-Brian Meehan. £21,500.
3–Mysterious Night (Ire), 128, c, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Mistrusting (Ire), by Shamardal. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby. £10,760.
Margins: 1HF, 1 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.50, 33.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Harry Time (Ire), Waiting All Night (GB), King's Crown (Ire), Brave Nation (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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Minimizing Misery: Topical Anesthetic Keeps Horses More Comfortable During Intramuscular Injections

A recent survey reported that 92 percent of British veterinarians have dealt with horses that are fearful of injections; nearly half say they encountered needle-shy horses multiple times a week. Horses can become dangerous to vets and handlers as they try to avoid a needle stick.

Injections and blood draws are part of routine health care for horses, making the avoidance of needles nearly impossible. Just one uncomfortable injection can cause horses to become averse to needles. This often escalates the handling techniques used to try to restrain the horse for injections, causing conditioned fear that may then be applied to other health-care procedures.

Drs. Catherine Torcivia and Sue McDonnell, of the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, wanted to see if reducing the discomfort of injections could prepare the horse for a more-positive veterinary experience.

The duo investigated the use of lidocaine, a topical anesthetic, to reduce discomfort during an intramuscular injection. Lidocaine has been shown to work in other species. 

The researchers created a study which administered two intramuscular injections to 78 ponies. The ponies were broken into three groups: one group had a 5 percent lidocaine solution applied to the injection area two minutes before the needle stick; the second group had a 10 percent lidocaine solution applied two minutes before the injection; and the third group had no lidocaine applied. 

The scientists found that behavior reactions to injections were lower in the ponies that received the lidocaine treatment. The difference in the lidocaine solutions did not provide a significantly different response. Less than 15 percent of the lidocaine-treated ponies had a slight flinch reaction, though half (55 percent) of the control group ponies had more than a slight flinch reaction. 

The team concluded that application of a topical anesthetic can effectively reduce the behavior reaction of horses to intramuscular injections. They recommend that a topical anesthetic be used routinely when horses receive an intramuscular injection to improve animal welfare and staff safety. Small needle gauge and smaller needle length were also preferable for IM injection comfort.

Read the study here. 

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Reconnecting to Suited Connectors in Limit Texas Holdem

Did you know that over 90% of new holdem players incorrectly play suited connectors?

Despite what you may have heard, it is incorrect to play suited connectors all the time in any position.

“Suited connectors play well in multiway action.” I have to tell you, when I read this years ago I had no idea what this meant.

Here’s the deal. Most active players, meaning anyone that is sharp enough to last at holdem, play premium starting hands. For the purposes of this discussion we will consider premium hands in the conventional sense, such as the big pocket pairs, A10s or better, and for late position play K10s or better.

The point is that a great many players are essentially looking for the same starting hands. Therefore, it would follow that the players that remain in the hand are all looking to hit approximately the same board cards to improve.

This also means that a middle suited connector such as 7/8 of spades, for example, has a strong advantage over the aforementioned to improve, as more outs exist. There may only be one ace and two kings remaining in the deck while three sevens and three eights remain doubling your chances to pair up over the premium hand players. Since your straight and flush draw prospects remain very much intact, add significantly more outs to improve and win the pot.

To qualify as multiway we prefer no less than three other players.

The higher the amount of premium hands in the pot the higher likelihood of them caving in on one another, as their outs lay dead in the other player hands.

Another factor to consider is the card value entry point. Do you play 2/3s or 4/5s?

We strongly advise playing no less than 6/7 suited. The logic is very simple. There are more ways to make a straight with a seven than any other card in the deck. We want to give ourself every edge as we knowingly are taking on over cards.

This is all great, but how are you suppose to know that you are going to get three or more players to accommodate your connector strategy.

The answer is that you play your connectors in late position. At first play only from the button and to the right of the button. As you improve you can adjust and play earlier spots,taking into account player predictability and your table image.

The factors you must always consider are player style, card value entry, the amount of remaining players and position.

This approach to playing suited connectors has been very effective for us. Follow these steps and you can do it too!

Now put this into practice and you can see similar results.

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