Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, August 13
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Newbury, Ripon, Newmarket, Doncaster, Market Rasen, Perth and Wolverhampton.
Month: August 2022
Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit Adds To Executive Leadership Team
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) on Friday announced three appointments to its executive leadership team – Ben Mosier to the role of executive director, Kate Mittelstadt to chief of operations, and Michelle Pujals to general counsel. Both Mittelstadt and Pujals will report to Mosier.
This announcement comes as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), in consultation with HIWU, prepares to submit draft regulations for the Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for review ahead of implementation of the Program on Jan. 1, 2023.
Mosier joined Drug Free Sport International (DFSI), the independent enforcement agency selected by HISA to operate HIWU and administer the ADMC Program, in 2010. He most recently served as vice president of business development at DFSI and has overseen anti-doping programs for the National Basketball Association (NBA), the PGA Tour, Major League Baseball's Minor League Program, and NASCAR. Prior to joining DFSI, Mosier served as national events coordinator at the Kansas City Sports Commission.
“It's an honor to accept this role as the executive director of HIWU,” Mosier said. “I'm excited to be building a first-class team that will help improve the integrity of this great sport, while protecting the safety of these magnificent horses with the implementation of the ADMC Program.
Mittelstadt joins HIWU with more than two decades of experience in the field of anti-doping. She most recently served as director of the IRONMAN Anti-Doping Program, which became the first program run by a private, non-federation sports organization that formally adhered to the World Anti-Doping Code. Mittelstadt's career in anti-doping began in 2000, when she became one of the first employees hired by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, and where she served for six years as director of doping control. During that time, she was manager of out-of-competition testing at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She has since served in various capacities with the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Association of National Anti-Doping Organizations.
“I am extremely motivated by the opportunity to work in collaboration with the thoroughbred horseracing community to implement HISA's uniform Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program,” said Mittelstadt. “I look forward to using my experience and perspective to enhance the safety and integrity of U.S. horseracing.”
Pujals previously served for more than 20 years as a member of the NBA's legal department, most recently as vice president and assistant general counsel. During her tenure, she oversaw the development and administration of anti-drug programs for NBA players, coaches, and trainers, and was a member of the NBA/NBPA Prohibited Substances Committee and the NBA Crisis Management Team. Pujals also oversaw the NBA's general litigation matters, internal arbitrations and investigations, and the development of the NBA Arena Security Standards. Prior to joining HIWU, she was the owner and principal of Tautemo Consulting, LLC, a legal and sports consulting firm.
“I am excited and honored to join such a well-qualified, multi-disciplinary team dedicated to addressing anti-doping in Thoroughbred racing,” said Pujals. “It is our hope to improve fairness and integrity in the sport, as well as protect the wellbeing of the remarkable horses involved, for the benefit of both the industry and fans.”
Chris Guinty, CEO of DFSI, said of the appointments, “I'm extremely honored and humbled to be surrounded by such an amazing collection of anti-doping and equine industry talent on our HIWU team and Advisory Council. The HIWU leadership has assembled the best human capital in this space to ensure success and stakeholder buy-in.”
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) was established in 2022 by Drug Free Sport International (DFSI) to administer the rules and enforcement mechanisms of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program. The ADMC Program, which will be effective as of Jan. 1, 2023, will create a centralized testing and results management process and apply uniform penalties for violations efficiently and consistently across the U.S. HIWU will oversee testing, educate stakeholders on the new Program, accredit laboratories, investigate potential violations, and prosecute any such violations.
HISA was established when the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act was signed into federal law in 2020 and is responsible for drafting and enforcing uniform safety, anti-doping and medication control rules in thoroughbred racing in the U.S. Overseen by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HISA was created to implement, for the first time, a national, uniform set of rules applicable to every thoroughbred racing participant and racetrack facility. HISA is comprised of two programs: the Racetrack Safety Program, which went into effect on July 1, 2022; and the ADMC Program.
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Welcome Back Luxembourg
With the shockwaves from the news that Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) would miss the Derby only just fizzled out, Ballydoyle's leading 3-year-old jumps back into the season just past its halfway mark on Saturday for the G3 Fitzdares Royal Whip S. at The Curragh. Sustaining an injury after his gallant third in the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Apr. 30, last year's G1 Futurity Trophy and G2 Beresford S. winner is re-entering the fray at an ideal moment with the Derby and Oaks protagonists either sidelined or with question marks over their heads. “He has obviously been off a long time and you wouldn't expect him to be cherry-ripe, but we have obviously been happy with his recent progress as his fitness is built back up after his injury,” Ryan Moore said in his Betfair blog. One who will provide a fair guide as to where he is at present is last year's G2 Kilboy Estate S. winner Insinuendo (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), but she is coming off an even longer lay-off having last been seen finishing runner-up in the G3 Park Express S. here Mar. 26.
Hungerford Headlines Newbury Action
Saturday sees the seven-furlong specialists have their turn in the spotlight as Newbury stages a wide-open renewal of the G2 BetVictor Hungerford S. One of these wouldn't be right without Gary and Linnet Woodward's beloved Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), who sets a marginal standard on his successes in the May 28 G3 John Of Gaunt S. at Haydock and June 25 G3 Criterion S. at Newmarket, as well as his latest third in the G2 Lennox S. at Goodwood. There are some potential improvers lurking, however, including Jon and Julia Aisbitt's May 14 Listed Carnarvon S. winner Tiber Flow (Ire) (Caravaggio) who was crying out for extra distance when eighth in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot June 17. Newbury also stages the G3 BetVictor Geoffrey Freer S. over an extended 13 furlongs and the Listed Denford S. which as the Washington Singer has acted on several occasions in the past as a marker of future Classic talent. Godolphin's Victory Dance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) has already looked the part when second in Newmarket's G2 Superlative S. July 9 and remains in the picture for next month's G1 Vincent O'Brien National S.
All Set For Thilling Jacques Le Marois
Sunday's G1 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois at Deauville is set to be a high-class affair, with some elite 3-year-olds headed by Godolphin's G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. hero Coroebus (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Cheveley Park Stud's G1 Coronation S. heroine Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Joseph O'Brien shortens up the four-times Group 1 winner State Of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), while Ralph Beckett pitches Marc Chan and Andrew Rosen's G1 Falmouth S. scorer Prosperous Voyage (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) into a rematch with Inspiral. Along with Ballydoyle's July 17 G2 Minstrel S. scorer Order Of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) and the G1 Sussex S. fourth Bathrat Leon (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), she helps set up a potential strong pace scenario while the French rely mainly on The Aga Khan's unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star' Erevann (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) who was last seen winning Chantilly's G3 Prix Paul de Moussac June 19.
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Boudot Ban Extended Three More Months
Banned jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot, who was indicted on a charge of rape in May of 2021, has had his ban extended another three months by France Galop, Jour de Galop reported on Friday evening. This is the third extension since the original three-month suspension. The charges relate to an allegation made against Boudot, by a then-25-year-old female exercise rider two days after an alleged assault in Cagnes-sur-Mer on Feb. 27, 2021. Boudot is currently under judicial supervision and served his initial ban from May 12-Aug. 13 of last year. That ban was then extended to Feb. 16 and again to Aug. 16.
The statement from France Galop read:
“The commissioners of France Galop did not provide new information on the criminal status and judicial control for jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot, nor on their position regarding his return to activity on track, and have renewed the suspension of the authorisation to ride as of Aug. 17, 2022. Given the jockey's wish to return to racing, the duration of this precautionary suspension was set at three months, in order to allow for a rapid review of the situation; specifying that the measure could be lifted before its end in view of the elements that would be brought to their attention. France Galop points out that the adoption of this measure does not call into question the presumption the innocence of the person concerned.”
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