October, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Seven Horses Supplemented To 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale

Keeneland has announced that seven horses have been supplemented to Book 1 of the 79th November Breeding Stock Sale, to be held Nov. 7. A total of 233 horses are cataloged to the sale's first session, which begins at 1 p.m. ET.

Keeneland will accept supplements to Book 1 until the November Sale begins. Supplements are:

– Chardy Party (IRE), a 3-year-old filly who captured her debut at Keeneland in April and next won the Grade 3 Soaring Softly at Belmont Park. Cataloged as a broodmare prospect, the daughter of Irish stallion Dark Angel and the Pastoral Pursuits mare Spiritual Lady is consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Stonestreet Stables.

– Golden Amber, a winning daughter of Gemologist in foal to Maclean's Music. Out of stakes winner Miz United States, by Valid Appeal, she is a half-sister to Keeneland stakes winner Exaggerated and from the family of stakes winners In a Hurry and Stolen Prayer. Golden Amber is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa.

– Koala Princess, a 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready who won the 2021 Ainsworth at Kentucky Downs and was third in this year's G3 Lake George. Out of the winning Lonhro (AUS) mare Koala Queen, she is from the family of Grade 1 winner Collected. Koala Princess is consigned by Runnymede Farm as a broodmare prospect.

– Mabsota, a daughter of Shamardal whose Grade 2-winning dam, Tizdubai, is a full sister to Racing Hall of Famer Tiznow and multiple Grade 2 winner Budroyale. In foal to Maclean's Music, Mabsota also is from the family of Grade 1 winners and sires Oxbow and Paynter along with Grade 3 winners Cabo Spirit, Lady Mystify, Bettys Bambino and Tiz West. She is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent.

– Mary Rita, whose son Major Dude won the Oct. 2 G2 Pilgrim at Belmont at the Big A, is offered in foal to Charlatan. By Distorted Humor, Mary Rita is out of Possibility, by A.P. Indy, a daughter of Racing Hall of Famer Personal Ensign. From an active family that includes 2022 G2 Suburban winner Dynamic One and 2022 stakes winners Jouster and Vigilantes Way, Mary Rita is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

– Ruthin (GB), winner of this year's TVG Limestone at Keeneland. By the Irish stallion Ribchester, the filly captured her career debut at Keeneland by six lengths and has made two trips to Royal Ascot in England. Ruthin is out of stakes winner Selinka, by Selkirk, and is a half-sister to two-time Group 3 winner Hit the Bid. Cataloged as a broodmare prospect, she is consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Stonestreet Stables.

– Unspurned, a stakes-winning daughter of Lemon Drop Kid in foal to Ghostzapper. Out of stakes winner Banga Ridge, by Snow Ridge, she is from the family of Grade 1 winner A Z Warrior, Grade 2 winner Jojo Warrior and Grade 3 winner E Z Warrior. Unspurned is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa.

The November Breeding Stock Sale, which has cataloged 3,698 horses, covers a total of 10 sessions through Nov. 16. The Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale will be held Nov. 17.

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Thoroughbred Makeover Bridging The Gap Between Racing Connections And Aftercare

October in Kentucky means 'Keeneland' for many lovers of Thoroughbreds, but increasingly, it's also the season for Thoroughbreds jumping, prancing, and working cattle at the Retired Racehorse Project's Thoroughbred Makeover.

People who love riding OTTBs have followed the Makeover for years, but its popularity is growing among racing stakeholders, too.

This year, the RRP staff premiered an orientation table called Connections Corner, aimed at helping a horse's racetrack connections figure out where and how to see them strut their stuff in their new career.

The Thoroughbred Makeover is held at the Kentucky Horse Park, which is a sprawling, 1,200-acre facility with an overwhelming number of barns, arenas, and fields. The Makeover features horses competing in ten different types of equine sport all over the campus, so for someone who hasn't participated, it can be hard to figure out where to go or what you're looking at.

As of Wednesday afternoon, RRP Development Director Erin O'Keefe said there was a mix of people approaching the table, which is sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

“So far we haven't had a ton of race connections at this point yet who hadn't been out here yet,” said O'Keefe. “We've had race connections who'd been here before who are coming and checking in who are familiar with the event but still needed help with where and when.

“We've had a lot of racing fans who have come. Whitmore and Finnick the Fierce are the two we've looked up the most for people who want to know when they're riding and where they're stabled, which is conveniently right across from each other.”

Preliminary competition takes place Oct. 12 and 13, and O'Keefe had a lengthy list of racing connections planning to come on Thursday to catch their favorite OTTB. Then there are those who RRP staff have already corresponded with and given orientation information to who will be finding their way around without the help of the Connections Corner.

O'Keefe said one major commercial breeding farm had sent a professional photographer to capture some of its graduates in their new jobs for use on social media. Other connections who were interested but unable to attend have RRP staff shooting images and contacting them with scores and placings for their horse.

“In my opinion, to come out and see the size and scope of this event and the vast array of things these horses can do that first year off the track is just impressive,” said O'Keefe. “I think aftercare can be a really abstract concept to some people in racing. You have people who responsibly retire their horses, they may place them with an aftercare organization, they may resell them, responsibly and lovingly. They know the horse gets retrained for something, but they don't necessarily know what that looks like. It gives a whole other dimension and makes aftercare from this thing we check a box for to this whole other phase of a horse's life.”

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Equibase Analysis: International Entrant Paris Peacock Poised To Capture QEII

A field of seven is expected to contest the Grade 1, $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes, which is only open to 3-year-olds which have been invited to participate. The late monarch attended the inaugural running of the race in 1984 and many of the winners have gone on to great accomplishments such as Rushing Fall in 2008, who earned nearly $3 million in her career.

Leading this year's field is McKulick (GB), one of two entrants from the barn of North American leading trainer Chad Brown. This filly has earned $1 million to date and enters the race off a win in the similar Grade 1 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational at Saratoga in September. Her stablemate is Gina Romantica, with a three for six career record including a runner-up effort in the Grade 3 Pebbles Stakes, also in September.

European import Paris Peacock (IRE) enters the race riding a two race winning streak including the Group 3 Denny Cordell Lavarack & Landwades Stud Stakes in Ireland on the same day McKulick (GB) won at Saratoga.

California Angel earned the biggest win of her career one year ago this week when posting the 17 to 1 upset in the Grade 2 Jessamine Stakes and she may be rounding back to top form following a third place effort in the Dueling Grounds Oaks last month.

Bellabel (IRE) ships in from California, having never been worse than second in three starts since coming over from her native Ireland, the most recent a runner-up effort in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks.

New Year's Eve won three of four races from her debut last December including the Grade 2 Edgewood Stakes in May but has fared no better than third in three starts since.

She's Gone rounds out the field off an allowance level win and is running in a stakes for the first time.

Analysis:

Paris Peacock (IRE) can post the mild upset over the very talented McKulick (GB) in this year's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes. The filly had some hard luck to start her career when finishing second five times and third once in her first six races. Two races later the light bulb went on as she won in a field of 12 in August, then came a breakout performance on September 17 in the Lavarack & Landwades Stud Stakes. In that race, and among a field of 16, Paris Peacock (IRE) rallied from mid-pack and engaged the leader with a hundred or so yards to go, then slowly inched away at the end. She had shown the same kind of winning spirit one month earlier when beating 12 other horses and earning a 97 Equibase® Speed Figure, improving to a new career-best 107 figure the next month. She's trained by Jessica Harrington. Many American racing fans may not be aware of who the trainer is, so I will share her record. In the last five seasons in Europe, Harrington's horses have won millions each season, including multiple Group 1 wins. In her career of over 13,000 starts she's saddled the winner or runner up in nearly one-third (4,100) of those races. Paris Peacock (IRE) gets the services of Florent Geroux, who is seventh among all jockeys in North America in 2022 with more than $13 million in earnings, so I expect Paris Peacock (IRE) to continue to improve enough and win this race.

McKulick (GB) has done little wrong in seven career starts, all in the U.S., even though she was bred in Great Britain. She's finished first or second in six of those seven, including five times in graded stakes. The best of those came in her most recent start in the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational, in which she made a quick move from fourth on the far turn to get the lead and won by a half-length at the end. That effort earned her a 111 figure. Prior to that, she earned a 107 figure when finishing second in the Saratoga Oaks Invitational, so she is certainly capable of taking another step forward and running even better. On the other hand, McKulick (GB) earned a 112 figure winning the Belmont Oaks Invitational in July so that effort and her last may be the best she can do while Paris Peacock (IRE) may have more improving to do off her most recent race. In any event, the battle between these two fillies could prove to be an exceptional one to witness.

California Angel won a turf route in her career debut 13 months ago, no easy feat in and of itself. Then, two races later, she won the Jessamine Stakes on the Keeneland turf course with a visually impressive effort as she rallied from 12th of 13 and eight paths wide turning for home, getting up by a head at the end. Last fall after the big win at Keeneland, California Angel wasn't disgraced a bit when only beaten four lengths in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. After poor tries on dirt she went back to turf for a fine runner-up effort in the LaCombe Memorial Stakes in March. Taking six months off following that effort, California Angel returned for a fine third of 11 finish in the Dueling Grounds Oaks last month, earning a new career-best 100 figure in the process. Likely to improve back on the Keeneland turf she proved to like last fall and likely to improve second off the layoff, California Angel might be considered a legitimate long shot contender in this field.

The rest of the field, with their best Equibase® Speed Figures, is Bellabel (IRE) (101), Gina Romantica (104), New Year's Eve (107) and She's Gone (96).

Top Win Contenders:
Paris Peacock (IRE)
McKulick (GB)

Other contender:
California Angel

Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes presented by Dixiana – Grade 1
Race 9 at Keeneland
Saturday, September 15 – Post Time 5:16 PM E.T.
One Mile and One Eighth on Turf
Fillies, Three Years Old
Purse: $600,000

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Early Research Suggests Stem Cells A Promising Treatment For Equine Asthma

Equine asthma, previously called heaves, is also known as recurrent airway obstruction (RAO). This is a chronic inflammatory lung disease in horses that are sensitive to organic particles in dust, including molds and pollen often found around the farm.

Similar to asthma in humans, heaves can run the gamut from just a cough to being severe enough that a horse must work hard just to breathe, even at rest. Once a horse develops RAO, he is more susceptible to flare ups. The disease is treatable, but not curable.

Equine asthma can end the competition careers of some horses and make even pleasure mounts unrideable if the condition becomes bad enough. In the past, horse owners administered corticosteroids to a horse having an acute asthmatic episode to treat the condition. The condition is irreversible, and if not addressed, will become progressively worse.

Though management changes are the best way to ensure a horse breathes as easily as he can, new research shows that stem cells may also be a possible treatment for the condition.

Dr. Dorothee Bienzle, a researcher with the Ontario Veterinary College, is working with researchers in Slovenia to investigate whether administering stem cells into the lower airway using an endoscope might be a possible treatment for equine asthma. Endoscopes are commonly used in equine asthmatic patients to examine the lower airways.

Previously, stem cells have been administered intravenously, but it was unclear where the treatment would end up in the body. The ability to place them directly in the lower airway would increase their potential efficacy. Stem cells have no known side effects once administered.

Preliminary investigative work shows stem cell therapy outperforming traditional corticosteroids. Research is ongoing.