July, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Hammond To Receive 2022 Dr. J. David Richardson Community Award

Jessica Hammond, program administrator of Maryland's Beyond the Wire aftercare program, has been recognized with the 2022 Dr. J. David Richardson Community Award as part of the Godolphin Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards.

The Dr. J. David Richardson Community Award recognizes those who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the Thoroughbred industry, and in particular, to the greater good of the sport. It includes those who support the breeding and racing staff or have made an outstanding contribution to the wider Thoroughbred community.

Hammond also works for the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and was a racehorse owner herself. She currently has three off the track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs). As the CEO of family-owned Somerset Racing, she managed all business aspects of the international racing operation for her husband and trainer, Scott Hammond.

Ideal candidates for the Dr. J. David Richardson Community Award work either for or with a charitable organization, or as part of the charitable arm of the Thoroughbred business for which they work.

This year's awards ceremony will be presented October 14 at Keeneland.

Godolphin, the global racing stable founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is the principal sponsor of the awards in association with The Jockey Club, the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protection Association, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, and the Breeders' Cup.

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Custom Saddle Towels Get Thumbs Up From Owners, Trainers At Laurel

Owners and trainers with runners in Laurel Park's five stakes Saturday gave high marks to the custom saddle towels they received as gifts.

The Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association started providing custom saddle towels for non-graded stakes in Maryland July 2 at Laurel Park.

The upgraded saddle towels for most stakes feature the horse's name with logos for the Maryland Jockey Club, stakes race name, and Beyond the Wire, which is Maryland's Thoroughbred aftercare program. The connections of each horse are notified that the saddle towels are a gift and should be taken after a horse is unsaddled.

Saturday's 10-race card was anchored by the $100,000 Deputed Testamony won by Ridin With Biden and supported by four $75,000 stakes for Maryland-bred or -sired runners. Divine Huntress won the Miss Disco for 3-year-old fillies, Spun Glass took the Jameela for fillies and mares 3 and up on the grass, Alottahope captured the Star de Naskra for 3-year-olds, and Justwaveandsmile won the Ben's Cat on turf for 3-year-olds and up.

The MTHA Board of Directors at a meeting in May discussed the idea of the custom saddle towels as part of an ongoing effort to improve the racing experience for owners.

Organizers of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Series (MATCH) this year began putting each horse's name and the MATCH logo on the saddle towels for all series stakes.

The personalized saddle towels have been popular with MATCH Series participants, some of whom have ordered extras after the race, particularly when there are multiple partners.

In conjunction with the personalized saddle towels, the MTHA has launched an online store at which merchandise can be ordered. The site (mdhorsemen.com/store) initially will offer personalized saddle towels, custom caps with a Maryland horse and MTHA logos, and personalized MATCH Series caps and bronze trophies.

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Mid-Atlantic Pick 4 Kicks Off Monday At Monmouth Park, Colonial Downs

Monmouth Park and Colonial Downs will debut a Monday Mid-Atlantic Pick 4 with two races from each track in the wagering sequence starting this Monday, Aug. 1.

The new bet will run for six consecutive Mondays through Sept. 5, with the tracks alternating races under the wagering format. The bet has a .50-cent base wager.

Monmouth Park's sixth race, Colonial's seventh race, Monmouth Park's seventh race and Colonial's eighth race will comprise the sequence for the first Monday Mid-Atlantic Pick 4.

The takeout for the Monday Mid-Atlantic Pick 4 is 15 percent.

Monmouth Park's sixth race on Monday, with a scheduled post time of 4:17 p.m. ET, is a starter optional claimer on the dirt at one mile. The field of eight features the hard-hitting 9-year-old gelding Flowers for Lisa, a recent claim for trainer Doug Nunn who has banked $634,875 in his career. He shows a 6-4-2 line from 15 career starts at Monmouth Park.

Colonial's seventh race is the $100,000 Housebuster Handicap for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs on the dirt and has a scheduled post time of 4:33 p.m. Iowa Derby runner-up Conagher, trained by Michael Tomlinson, and the Kenneth McPeek-trained Editorial Comment top the 10-horse field along with recent Concern Stakes winner Old Homestead. Editorial Comment will be making his U.S. debut after going 3-for-4 in Argentina last year.

The seventh race at Monmouth Park is a $12,500 claimer on the turf at one mile for fillies and mares 3 and up. Scheduled post time is 4:45 p.m. Kitten With a Whip, who has won two straight at this level for two different trainers, tops the field of nine.

Colonial's eighth race is a Maiden Special Weight event for 3-year-olds and up at a mile on the turf. Scheduled post time for the final race in the Mid-Atlantic Pick 4 sequence is 5:01 p.m.

The Monday Mid-Atlantic Pick 4 wager is a separate pool and will be listed on self-service machines as MIDATLANTP4.

All of the races will be shown on TVG.

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Camelot’s Sammarco Pounces For Munich Group 1 Triumph

The elders smothered last week's G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot, dominating once more in this week's G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood, but the Class of 2019 landed a telling counterpunch as Gestut Park Wiedingen's homebred G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sammarco (Ger) (Camelot {GB}–Saloon Sold {Ger} {SP-Ger}, by Soldier Hollow {GB}) annexed the latest elite-level clash of the generations, doing so with aplomb, in Sunday's 10-furlong G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis – Bayerisches Zuchtrennen at Munich.

Sammarco, who saluted in his Oct. 31 debut at Halle, suffered his only reversal when second over this course and distance in the May 1 G3 Bavarian Classic on seasonal return and bounced back in style to snag Cologne's June 6 G2 Union-Rennen before basking in Classic glory on the first Sunday of this month.

The 16-5 second favourite was well away to occupy second passing the judge first time and settled into a smooth rhythm against the fence when slipping one spot along the backstraight. Bustled along to close soon after turning for home, he angled into a clear passageway for the final quarter mile and kept on relentlessly under continued rousting to deny Amazing Grace (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}) by 3/4-of-a-length in the dying strides. The Aga Khan's international globetrotter Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor) held every chance in the straight, but was unable to reach the leaders at the business end and ran on to finish a half-length adrift in third as the 13-10 favourite.

“Sammarco is truly a great horse and we will now take our time to decide where to go from here,” commented Peter Schiergen in the aftermath of securing a fifth renewal and hot on hooves of the trainer snagging Friday's G3 Thoroughbred S. at Goodwood with Rocchigiani (GB) (Time Test {GB}). “He will definitely run over longer trips again in the future and I was pretty certain he could also do the job over 10 furlongs. With regard to his future career as a stallion, it is so important for him to have won over different distances and he's achieved that now.”

“It was a big task and test for Sammarco, having to run against his elders from at home and abroad at the highest level, and just four weeks after winning the [G1 Deutsches] Derby,” insisted his owner-breeder Helmut von Finck after Sammarco emulated his damsire (by In The Wings {GB}), who garnered this event for Schiergen in 2005 and 2007. “He is a dream of a horse and such a genuine fighter. To win this race for a third time is an overwhelming feeling.”

Sammarco, one of 10 Group 1 winners for his sire (by Montjeu {Ire}), is the first of three foals produced by Listed Winterkonigin-Trial placegetter Saloon Sold (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), herself a granddaughter of Listed Baden-Baden Cup victrix Salonblue (Ire) (Bluebird). The latter's progeny list includes Listed Melbourne Cup Day Plate victor Salon Soldier (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), GSP Listed Junioren-Preis victrix Salonlove (Ger) (Lawman {Fr}) and Listed Premio Tadolina winner Monblue (GB) (Monsun {Ger}). She is also the second dam of Listed Preis der Baden-Badener Hotellerie & Gastronomie winner Serena (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}). Salonblue is also kin to G3 Curragh Cup victor Peppertree Lane (Ire) (Peintre Celebre) and stakes-winning G3 Preis der Deutschen Einheit second Salonhonor (Ger) (Highest Honor {Fr}). Another of Salonblue's siblings, Salontasche (Ger) (Dashing Blade {GB}), has four stakes performers to her credit headed by multiple stakes-winning G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) runner-up Sarandia (Ger) (Dansili {GB}) and G3 Bavarian Classic victor Saphir (Ger) (Black Sam Bellamy {Ire}). Sammarco's fourth dam is G2 German 1000 Guineas third Salonrolle (Ire) (Tirol {Ire}). Saloon Sold has the hitherto unraced 2-year-old filly Salon Starlet (Ger) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) and a yearling colt by Areion (Ger) to come.

Sunday, Munich, Germany
GROSSER DALLMAYR-PREIS – BAYERISCHES ZUCHTRENNEN-G1, €155,000, Munich, 7-31, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:06.50, g/s.
1–SAMMARCO (IRE), 123, c, 3, by Camelot (GB)
1st Dam: Saloon Sold (Ger) (SP-Ger), by Soldier Hollow (GB)
2nd Dam: Saloon Rum (Ger), by Spectrum (Ire)
3rd Dam: Salonblue (Ire), by Bluebird
(€120,000 RNA Ylg '20 BBAGS). O/B-Gestut Park Wiedingen (IRE); T-Peter Schiergen; J-Rene Piechulek. €100,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, €545,000. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Amazing Grace (Ger), 129, f, 4, Protectionist (Ger)–Amabelle (Ger), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O/B-Dr Christoph Berglar (GER); T-Waldemar Hickst. €30,000.
3–Ebaiyra, 129, m, 5, Distorted Humor–Ebiyza (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (KY); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €15,000.
Margins: 3/4, HF, 3/4. Odds: 3.20, 7.20, 1.30.
Also Ran: Queroyal (Ger), Best Of Lips (Ire), Rubaiyat (Fr), Dawn Intello (Fr). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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