October, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

The Back Ring: The Colorful, Tragic Soldier That Shaped The Stud Book

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The latest issue of The Back Ring is now online, ahead of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale.

The Back Ring is the Paulick Report's bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of, and during, every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

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Lead Feature presented by Gainesway: The story of Brig. Gen. Abe Buford came to the saddest of ends, but his development of the Thoroughbred breed at Bosque Bonita Farm – the property that would one day become Lane's End – wrote some of the industry's most important early history.

Lesson Horses presented by Breeders' Cup: Eclipse Award-winning jockey Kazushi Kimura explains what made Gretzky the Great the horse that taught him the most about life.

Ask Your Veterinarian presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Dr. Kate Christie of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital discusses whether it's better for your horse's respiratory tract to serve their hay on the ground or suspended in a net.

Pennsylvania Leaderboard presented by Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: A check-in of the leading breeders by Pennsylvania breeder's award earnings, led by top Keystone State nursery Blackstone Farm.

First-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised.

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King Of Change Relocates To Starfield Stud

King Of Change (GB), the 2019 QEII winner and 2000 Guineas runner-up in that same campaign, has relocated to Micheál Orlandi's Starfield Stud after standing for two full seasons at Derrinstown Stud.

He will be the second son of Farhh (GB) to join the roster at Orlandi's up-and-coming Starfield Stud on the outskirts of Mullingar, County Westmeath, joining speedster Far Above (Ire), whose first foals will go under the hammer next month.

Orlandi revealed that he tried to strike a deal to stand King Of Change upon his retirement from racing and his eventual arrival at Starfield Stud after a two-year pursuit is something the young stallion man says he's extremely excited about.

He said, “We inquired about him when the decision was made that he was going to stud. At the time, he was going to stand under the Godolphin banner and I know my great neighbours at Tally-Ho were also interested in him as well. To cut a long story short, he ended up at the late Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum's stud in Derrinstown but we have always kept a close eye on this horse.

“The owner, Mr Ali Abdulla Saeed, and his advisors came to visit us here at Starfield Stud during the summer and asked if we would be interested in creating a partnership to stand the horse. The deal was jointly orchestrated by Mr Anthony Stroud and we're really excited to finally have him here.”

Orlandi added, “With him being a Group 1 winner and a Guineas runner-up, he boasts some great performances on the racetrack and he has a super physical to go with that. He also has an excellent pedigree and I feel he has the credentials to be a successful stallion.

“From looking at his foals that have arrived here at Starfield Stud and having visited farms and spoken to the breeders who have used him, people are very positive about the foals they have by him. This gave me more confidence that he is producing good types that are similar to himself.”

King Of Change covered 72 mares in his first full season followed by 49 this term and Orlandi is hopeful that he can build on those numbers next year.

He explained, “We've discussed a few marketing strategies and plan to support him and the breeders who have used him already in the sales ring. We also plan to increase the broodmare band of his racing owner, Mr Ali Abdulla Saeed, and support the horse with as many good mares as possible from 2023 onwards.

“We will also be releasing breeding rights to him next year, which we find is a good way to support a stallion with a bedrock of mares. Off the back of the foal sales, I would be disappointed if we cannot record a record book with him in 2023, with the help of breeders and supporters of the horse.”

Along with Far Above, King Of Change will stand alongside Kuroshio (Aus), Smooth Daddy and Galileo Chrome (Ire) at Starfield Stud, with Orlandi reporting his other son of Farhh to have recorded some impressive numbers in his first two seasons.

He said, “We covered 142 mares with Far Above in year one and 117 this year. His foals are exceptional as is Farhh, the sire of Far Above and King Of Change. I'd be very confident that the Pivotal (GB) line, which has been so successful with Siyouni (Fr) and Farhh, will continue on with his sons Far Above and King Of Change. A fee for King Of Change will be announced in due course.”

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The Games With The Higher Payouts

For the professional gambler, what is characterized as a fun game is obviously the ones with higher chances of payouts. How could it be fun for any of us when we lose money? Just losing money to your spouse for shopping already hurts. Think about losing it to a casino. Egad!

Blackjack and Video Poker are games that have high payouts. This makes these games more enjoyable to play for gamblers.

The payout for blackjack depends on many small variations of the rule. Some of these rules that should be given concern are: how many decks of cards are being used? Can a player double and split bets on few hands? Does the dealer peak for blackjack before the players? Can the player still surrender when the dealer has an ace for an up card?

There was a time that players were given better odds in online blackjack. Now, the odds have been changed once again to favor the casinos. The situation could be described simply as a marketing strategy. They may have given better odds to make players enjoy their winnings for a while. It eventually makes the player want to play more.

Now, to win better at blackjack even if the odds are against you, all you need to do is learn basic strategy.

Video poker is another game that can give better payouts. However, not all video poker games are the same. Before starting to play video poker, look at the pay tables in front of the video poker game. Then compare the pay tables with other machines. If you have chosen a machine with a bad pay table, you are just financing the casino’s next casino.

After finding the table that has fairly good pay table rates, you will now have the odds against the machine. It could even exceed 100% in the longer run.

You won’t even have to rely on your lucky charms here. If played properly, the edge will be given to you. But that’s if you play perfectly. But there are very few players that can be able to do so.

Sometimes, video poker gives you a higher chance of winning compared to blackjack. However, the variance in rules in video poker is greater. It means that when playing video poker, your money will go up and down like a roller coaster.

This is because to be able to get a higher return in video poker, you’ll need a Royal straight Flush. The chances of achieving that combination in video poker are only one in 40,000. It means that you’ll be playing a whole lot of poker just to get that high return.

However, video poker also offers the player chances of a single big win with only a small bet. This can not happen in black jack.

Bottom line: if you are looking to have a good time by winning money, play video poker or black jack.

‘Like A Hollywood Movie Heist, But With A Bad Ending’: Two Convicted Of 2020 Armed Robbery At Aqueduct

A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York on Friday convicted Lafayette Morrison of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery under the Hobbs Act in connection with the March 7, 2020 armed robbery of more than $280,000 in cash from Aqueduct.

Morrison and co-defendant Lamel Miller were also convicted of brandishing a firearm, and Morrison of obstruction of justice.

Miller pleaded guilty to the robbery in September 2022. When sentenced, the defendants each face minimum sentences of seven years' imprisonment, and up to life imprisonment. The verdict followed a five-day trial before United States District Court Judge Ann M. Donnelly.

Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, New York Field Division (ATF), and Keechant L. Sewell, Commissioner, New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced the verdict.

“Their armed robbery of Aqueduct Racetrack played out like a Hollywood movie heist, but with a bad ending for the defendants who now face steep prison sentences,” Peace stated. “Today's verdict proves once again that it is a losing bet to commit a violent crime and think that you will outrun the law.”

“This should serve as a warning to those who believe that armed robbery will be tolerated by the law enforcement community and the public,” said ATF Special Agent-in-Charge DeVito. “The men and women of ATF, and our NYPD partners in the ATF Strategic Pattern Armed Robbery and Technical Apprehension (SPARTA) Group, are at work daily to investigate and arrest those who believe they can prey on New Yorkers without consequence. Thanks to the NYPD's Queens Robbery Squad and U.S. Attorney's office for the outcome of this case.”

“This violent robbery plot, featuring a racetrack security guard who betrayed his duty, showed a callous disregard for several victims,” said NYPD Commissioner Sewell. “Thanks to our joint law enforcement efforts, those responsible will now bear the consequences of their despicable acts. I want to thank our NYPD officers, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, the ATF's New York Field Division, and everyone involved in this case for their exceptional work.”

As proven at trial, at approximately 10 p.m. (ET) following the Gotham (G2) Day stakes races at Aqueduct, Miller and a co-conspirator held up at gunpoint several racetrack employees – including Morrison, who was employed as a racetrack security guard – as they were transporting more than $284,000 in cash earnings to a vault.

Miller and the co-conspirator emerged from their hiding spot in a stairwell and confronted the employees at gunpoint, taking the cash and employees' cell phones, and forcing the employees into a closet. Miller and the co-conspirator then went to a hotel where they divided up the robbery proceeds; they each took $100,000 and gave the remaining $84,000 to Morrison, who had posed as a victim during the robbery, but who was actually the robbery crew's “inside man,” providing information in advance about where and when the money would be transported to the vault.

When interviewed by federal law enforcement officers after the robbery, Morrison repeatedly lied to officers, including by claiming to be a victim of the crime and misidentifying a photograph of his childhood friend, Miller.

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