Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Tuesday, September 27
Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Ayr, Wolverhampton, Sedgefield and Southwell.
Month: September 2022
Three-time Gold Cup champion Stradivarius retires after a glittering career
Stradivarius' three wins in the Ascot Gold Cup matches that of Sagaro, the iconic stayer from the 1970s, and is only bettered by the four of Yeats, while he won the Goodwood Cup a record four times.
Foal Adventure Providing Racing Fans With the Full Experience
Edited Press Release
With the growth of companies that offer racing fans an affordable way to experience racehorse ownership, Foal Adventure is on a mission to welcome them to the exciting world of breeding. Focused on ensuring members experience the excitement of breeding and raising a foal, Foal Adventure provides regular updates to the members, including photos, a monthly webinar, farm tours, and the opportunity to connect at the sales. Ultimately the members will get the thrill of a lifetime watching the foals turn into racehorses and compete at racetracks across the country.
“Last year, I was very excited to share pictures of my foal, and I sent the photos to my friends and family. Soon the requests for updates started rolling in, and before long, I was producing a regular newsletter to an ever-growing audience,” said Iain Holmes, the Co-Founder of Foal Patrol. “When I learned Foal Patrol was sunsetting, I knew I had to expand on what I had been doing and make it available to everyone. I approached industry veteran Sean Feld, knowing that together we will be able to provide our members with a unique experience–producing high quality horses the members will be able to watch grow up, go through the sales ring and ultimately compete at the track.”
Feld explained, “When Iain pitched the idea to me, I could not say yes quick enough. With foal crops shrinking at an alarming rate, we can't just focus on introducing fans to racing. We need to introduce them to breeding too. With the regional awards, a strong market, and the cost of keeping a broodmare and raising a foal considerably lower than having a horse in training, we are confident some of our members will go out on their own and help grow the industry.”
Foal Adventure currently has two mares available: Magic Happens, whose female family includes broodmare of the year Levee, dam of Hall of Famer Shuvee; and Lulu's Partner, a half-sister to Disco Partner. More information is available at: www.FoalAdventure.com.
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Iowa Veterinarian Summarily Suspended For Alleged Possession Of Prohibited Substances
Veterinarian Bradley Gordon was summarily suspended Sept. 22 by the Prairie Meadows board of stewards in Altoona, Iowa., for allegedly violating both state of Iowa and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority regulations.
“On Sept. 22, 2022,” the ruling states, “the board of stewards received a report from the Iowa Racing and Gaming state veterinarians and Prairie Meadows security stating on Sept. 19, 2022, Bradley Gordon, DVM, was found to be in possession of prohibited substances and incomplete and/or falsified log reports submitted to state veterinarians.”
The ruling cites Iowa Code section 491 IAC 6.5(3), stating a licensee “has been involved in any fraudulent or corrupt practices, including, but not limited to: 491 IAC 6.5(3)(i), conduct in Iowa or elsewhere has been dishonest, undesirable, detrimental to, or reflects negatively on, the integrity or best interests of racing and gaming.”
HISA regulations cited by stewards that warranted the summary suspension were: HISA 2230 (e) (pertaining to possession of a syringe); HISA 2251 (b) (submission of veterinary reports on a timely basis); and HISA 2271 (a) (prohibiting “use of physical or veterinary procedures to mask the effects or signs of injury so as to allow training or racing to the detriment of the horse's health and welfare”).
A hearing date has not yet been set for Gordon. Rick Evans and Cynthia Smith are the state stewards and Rick Sackett the association steward.
Gordon is the second veterinarian summarily suspended by the Prairie Meadows board of stewards this year.
On June 16, the owner-trainer license of Dr. James Hume was summarily suspended after being found to be in possession of multiple injectables, hypodermic needles and syringes on the backside.
An owner-trainer, Hume is also a veterinarian but not licensed as such by the Iowa Racing Commission. He testified to stewards in a hearing that he “has a veterinarian practice off the grounds and had gone to client's farm on his way to the racetrack and that was the reason his medical bag was in his vehicle.”
Stewards subsequently suspended Hume for one year, from June 16, 2022, through June 15, 2023.
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