Month: August 2022

Pricey City of Light Colt Graduates on Debut in Whitney Day Lidlifter

1st-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-6, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.06, fm, 2 1/4 lengths.
BATTLE OF NORMANDY (c, 2, City of Light–Adorable Miss {MSW, $162,590}, by Kitten's Joy), a $500,000 FTSAUG yearling, was drawn widest of all in post seven in the Whitney day opener and chased in an outside fifth rounding the clubhouse turn in this grassy debut run. The 3-1 shot stayed out in the clear in third down the backstretch, began to make his move while three-wide on the far turn and came charging down the stretch to forge past favored Alexis Zorba (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) to score by 2 1/4 lengths. He becomes the third winner for his freshman sire (by Quality Road). Two-time stakes winner on the lawn Adorable Miss, a full-sister to GSW Noble Beauty, brought $280,000 from Gage Hill Stable carrying Battle of Normandy in utero at the 2019 KEENOV sale. Her 3-year-old filly Veronica Greene (Tapit) came within a neck of graduating over the Saratoga lawn earlier this meet for Chad Brown. Progeny in the pipeline for the winner's dam include: a Twirling Candy colt of 2021 and a War of Will colt of this year. She was bred back to Essential Quality. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-West Point Thoroughbreds & Woodford Racing, LLC; B-Gage Hill Stables, LLC & W. S. Farish (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III.

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CARMA Online Fund-Raiser To Air Live On TVG August 20

Just like every good movie deserves a trilogy, every successful fund-raiser needs another round. California Retirement Management Account (CARMA) is revamping its summer online fund-raiser, which will be live on TVG on Saturday, August 20, sharing the Del Mar Oaks Day coverage.

Heartwarming and uplifting stories of Thoroughbred aftercare will be shared on CARMA's Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts throughout the month of August and all-day August 20th. The good times will continue on TVG with even more air time this year, which will include delightful and inspiring stories of retired racehorses thriving in their second careers as well as insights on Thoroughbred aftercare.

“CARMAthon has been a huge win for us, especially given the circumstances surrounding the pandemic,” said Billy Koch, CARMA President and Founder and Managing Partner of Little Red Feather Racing. “The racing industry has really stepped up to support Thoroughbred aftercare and we're hoping to see the same enthusiasm this year as well.”

The fund-raiser hopes to generate around $150,000 in online donations from the racing industry and equine enthusiasts through CARMA's website. The donations will help fund its grant program, which assists more than 20 Thoroughbred aftercare charities, as well as support other initiatives serving the organization's mission.

“The last two years of CARMAthon marked an outpouring of unprecedented support from the racing community for aftercare. We couldn't be more pleased with how this event has evolved and we're proud to bring it back for round three,” said CARMA Executive Director, Lucinda Lovitt. “We expect another successful year as we continue to rally awareness and support to assist our big-hearted athletes onto their second careers.”

Everyone who loves retired racehorses is encouraged to help by making a donation to the campaign and to share pictures of their off-track-Thoroughbred on social media using #CARMAthon.

Donations for CARMAthon can be made on the CARMA website starting Thursday, August 4 and can continue through Saturday, August 20. For more information visit CARMA4horses.org or contact Lucinda Lovitt at (626) 574-6622 or lucinda@carma4horses.org.

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Maker Tallies 3,000th Career Win At Ellis Park

Trainer Mike Maker won his 3,000th career race Friday at Ellis Park when Palatial Times bounded across the finish line in the fifth race.

Owned by Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher and ridden by Gerardo Corrales, Palatial Times captured the one-mile claiming event by 2 ¼ lengths after pressing early pacesetter The Boss Factor from second then taking over in the stretch for the milestone victory.

Time was 1:36.54. Palatial Times, a 4-year-old son of Palace Malice, returned $7.22.

Maker started out training on his own in Michigan and tallied his first winner April 28, 1993, at Detroit Race Course with Rauros. He then went to work for D. Wayne Lukas' Midwest division at Churchill Downs and Lukas assistant Dallas Stewart, starting out as an exercise rider, then became barn foreman and an assistant trainer. When Stewart departed in 1997, Maker replaced him. He went back out on his own in 2003 and is a leading trainer throughout Kentucky.

During his tenure with Lukas, he handled a number of prominent runners, including Cat Thief, Cash Run, Spain, Orientate, Surfside, and the 1999 Horse of the Year and dual classic winner Charismatic.

On his own, Maker trained 2011 champion 2-year-old male Hansen. Among other Grade 1 winners he trained are Bigger Picture, Fire At Will, Furthest Land , Stately Victor, and Zulu Alpha.

Maker's 15,105 starters have also come in second 2,362 times and third in 1,927 races. Overall, his runners have amassed purse earnings of $137.9 million through August 5.

This year, Maker has a 122-111-113 record from 702 starters that have bankrolled $8,570,926, ranking him fifth by purse earnings among the nation's leading trainers and 10th by races won.

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