Month: December 2022

Twelve Questions: Luke Barry

First job in the Thoroughbred industry?

Picking stones in Ashtown House Stud whilst being told I was getting invaluable experience.

 

Biggest influence on your career?

My parents, Frank and Liz Barry. One is very much missed and Liz still takes a strong interest in the goings on around here.

 

Favourite racehorse of all time, and why?

I'm not old enough to have seen Red Rum, but Sea The Stars was just immense as a 3-year-old. Istabraq has always been a favourite. Pure class.

 

Who will be champion first-season sire in 2023?

Such a deep year, and plenty have proper credentials. The broodmare band of both Tally-Ho and Yeomanstown should give each of their new horses (Inns Of Court and Invincible Army) a massive leg-up, whilst the first-crop foals of Ten Sovereigns were stand-outs.

 

Greatest race in the world?

The Grand National still stops our house every year. Most races can't do that.

 

If you could be someone else in the industry for a day who would it be, and why?

Antoine Greizmann, French soccer international (I believe he has a large bloodstock portfolio). For one day? Saturday, Dec. 10. I'd have enjoyed being Antoine that day in particular.

 

Emerging talent in the industry (human)?

Harry Eustace and James Horton, literally the Blind Leading the Blind.

 

Horse TDN should have made a Rising Star, and didn't?

Lark In The Mornin won a maiden in Listowel for Joseph O'Brien and has not seen since but I think we may hear more of him in 2023.

 

Under-the-radar stallion?

David Cox.

 

Friday night treat?

Summer evening barbecue, al fresco dining with entertaining company and some vin rouge.

 

Guilty pleasure outside racing?

David Futter told me recently he once asked my uncle did he play golf. “Good Lord man, you hardly think I've given up sex do you?” was the reply. I'm afraid to admit it's golf in the evenings for me.

 

Race I wish I had been there for…

Astadash winning the 2021 Denny Cordell Lavarack and Lanwades Stud S. in Gowran Park.

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The World Series Of Poker

When you mention casinos the first thought that goes through your mind is poker. Poker is the one of the most popular casino card games. Mention casino poker and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) jumps right out. What are the stakes and who are the players of these high profile casino poker games?

The world series of poker started in 1971 and today it attracts more than 5,000 players from around the world competing for more than US$ 7,000,000 in prize money. Although it began with only one main event, that being No Limit Texas Holdem, it has evolved to include many more new events over the years. Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha High/Low, and Seven Card Stud are the four most popular forms of poker today. Depending on the rules and the game being played at the casino, two players will place money into the “pot” and the casino dealer will shuffle and cut the cards.

The casino dealer will then deal each player at the casino poker table their cards face down. After each round of dealing, the players at the casino table will place additional bets in the “pot” as the casino dealer hands them additional cards or replace existing cards. Each casino poker game has its own rules. Poker has grown faster than any other casino game with the introduction of online casino poker websites. With such large amounts of money being played for in the WSOP it has drawn more people to online casino games.

With a hole card camera, poker is now also a popular spectator sport and moving out of casinos and into your home with cable broadcast. Casinos in your corner of Internet will continue to grow as online casino poker evolves in cyberspace. Therefore, over the course of time and as the interest in poker continues to skyrocket and expand to different parts of the world, you should be on the look out for new casino poker games!

Raul Mena On The Mend After Fracturing Femur In Tampa Bay Downs Spill

Raul Mena returned home Sunday, four days after suffering a fractured left femur when he was unseated from his mount on the turn for home in a race on the Tampa Bay Downs turf course in Oldsmar, Fla.

The day after the incident, the 30-year-old Chilean jockey underwent surgery at Tampa General Hospital to reset the fracture and have a titanium rod inserted with screws to keep the bone in place. He is able to get around the home he shares with his wife, Jaqueline, with the help of a walker.

“I'm still experiencing some pain, but I'm happy that it wasn't worse,” Mena said. “I'm very positive about the future. I might be ready to exercise horses in a few months, but I'm not putting pressure on myself to come back too soon.”

Mena retains his sense of humor after the accident. “That was the only bone I hadn't broken before, so now I'm complete,” he said.

“I understand what happened is part of the game,” he added. “We (the jockeys) all try to take care of each other, but things happen.”

Mena's horse, 4-year-old filly Hurry Up Dear, bumped another horse and stumbled, nearly falling herself and tossing Mena to the turf. The impact caused the bone to break, and Mena was attended to by paramedics before being transported to Tampa General.

Hurry Up Dear was able to complete the race without a jockey and returned to the backside unscathed.

Mena, who rode at Aqueduct in New York last winter, finished sixth at Delaware Park earlier this year with 39 winners. He missed three weeks in October after having his appendix removed.

He had one winner locally from 14 starts, with a second and four thirds. He has ridden 298 winners since coming to the United States from Chile in 2015.

Mena is appreciative of the large volume of calls and messages he has received from well-wishers since his accident, as well as the support he has received from the Jockeys' Guild, Tampa Bay Downs and, of course, Jaqueline. “This is not the first time she has had to take care of me,” he said.

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