Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Thursday, December 8
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Month: December 2022
Baffert Will Saddle Three Of Seven In Saturday’s Starlet
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the $300,000-guaranteed Starlet – the final Grade 1 of 2022 for 2-year-old fillies – for a sixth consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos.
The race at 1 1/16 miles is being offered locally for the ninth time after 33 renewals as the Hollywood Starlet (1981-2013) at Hollywood Park.
Post time is 12:30 p.m. The Starlet is the last of nine races and has a scheduled post time of 4:30 p.m.
The Starlet is the first half of a special daily double – $1 minimum wager – that also includes the 50th running of the $750,000 Champion of Champions later that night.
The 440-yard quarter horse race attracted a field that includes seven Grade 1 winners, including two-time Champion of Champions winner Apollitical Pence and 2021 American Quarter Horse Association World Champion Danjer.
Baffert, whose streak of Starlet victories includes Dream Tree (2017), Chasing Yesterday (2018), Bast (2019), Varda (2020) and Eda last year, entered Faiza, Doinitthehardway, and Fast and Shiny.
Owned by Michael Lund Petersen, Faiza was supplemented to the Starlet for $10,000. A $725,000 purchase at the Fasig-Tipon Mid Atlantic 2-year-olds in training sale in May, the daughter of Girvin and the Smart Strike mare Sweet Pistol toyed with six opponents in a stylish debut Nov. 12 at Del Mar.
Under jockey Flavien Prat, Faiza won by 3 ½ lengths as the 4-5 choice, completing the six furlongs in 1:09.28. Lily Poo, the runner-up in the race, was a next out graduate. Faiza's victory was worth $42,000.
Owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, Doinitthehardway is a three-start maiden who has been second twice and third once. In her most recent race, she was runner-up behind heavily-favored Ice Dancing going eight furlongs Nov. 25. The Street Sense filly out of the Awesome Again mare Virtuoso has banked $39,600.
Pegram, Watson and Weitman also own Fast and Shiny, a daughter of Bernardini and the Lion Hearted mare Spotted Heart. She has one win in four starts and earnings of $66,500. She returns to the dirt – the surface on which she scored first time out Aug. 7 at Del Mar – after consecutive off the board finishes on turf.
Trained by Doug O'Neill for West Coast Stables LLC, Pride of the Nile will try the main track for the first time after three outings on grass. She's 2-for-3 on the turf, breaking her maiden at one mile Oct. 2 at Santa Anita before repeating at the same distance six weeks later in an optional claimer at Del Mar.
A Pioneerof the Nile filly out of the Hard Spun mare Into Minnie, Pride of the Nile has earned $85,800.
Blessed Touch will race beyond seven furlongs for the first time in her career for trainer Tim Yakteen and a partnership that includes Pierre Amestoy, Jr., Jean Amestoy and Leslie and Roger Beasley.
The Girvin filly out of the Street Boss mare Blushing Touch is 1-for-3 with a bankroll of $58,200. She finished second behind Justique in the Desi Arnaz Nov. 19 in her stakes debut.
Second at 24-1 behind And Tell Me Nolies in the Grade 2 Chandelier Oct. 8, Uncontrollable will try for her second win in four starts for Repole Stable and trainer Michael McCarthy. A California bred daughter of Upstart and the Include mare Behavioral, Uncontrollable has earned $111,750.
Completing the field is Classymademoiselle, who was last of seven when 49-1 in the race taken by Pride of the Nile Nov. 12. Owned by Javier Perez and trained by Jorge Periban, the Malibu Moon filly out of the Bluegrass Cat mare Brush Strokes has one win – via disqualification – in six starts and has earned $61,440.
From inside out, the field for the Starlet Stakes:
- Doinitthehardway, Ramon Vazquez rides, 120 pounds;
- Classymademoiselle, Tiago Pereira, 120;
- Faiza, Flavien Prat, 120;
- Fast and Shiny, Abel Cedillo, 120;
- Uncontrollable, Mike Smith, 120;
- Pride of the Nile, Juan Hernandez, 120; and
- Blessed Touch, Drayden Van Dyke.
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Hovda, Irwin, Schumacher Join HISA Anti-Doping And Medication Control Committee
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's (HISA) Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Lynn Hovda, Barry Irwin and Dr. Stephen Schumacher to serve as new members of its Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Standing Committee, effective Dec. 1, 2022. The appointments, following recommendations from the HISA Nominating Committee led by Chair Dr. Nancy Cox, fill the vacancies left by the resignations of Jeff Novitzky, Dr. Mary Scollay and Dr. Scott Stanley from the Committee.
Following the submission of the ADMC Prohibited Substances list to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for final review in October, the Committee has transitioned its focus from the drafting of new rules and regulations to advising on the implementation of HISA's ADMC Program nationwide in 2023. The day-to-day operations and administration of the ADMC Program will be handled by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU). As previously announced, departing ADMC Standing Committee member Dr. Mary Scollay has been named HIWU's Chief of Science.
“Both the outgoing and new incoming members of our Committee are deeply committed to HISA's mission to advance equine safety and strengthen the integrity of racing via a standardized, national anti-doping program,” said Adolpho Birch, ADMC Standing Committee Chair. “We are grateful for the service and time given by each of these individuals. I am confident that HISA will greatly benefit from our new members' combined decades of experience, leadership and acumen as we continue our process with the FTC and enter into a new robust, uniform era of anti-doping enforcement in 2023.”
Dr. Lynn Hovda, appointed as an industry member representing state racing commissions, is Chief Commission Veterinarian for the Minnesota Racing Commission and practices medicine at the Flying J Veterinary Clinic in Loretto, Minn. Dr. Hovda is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and sits on committees of the American Quarter Horse Association, Association of Racing Commissioners International, and Racing Medication and Testing Consortium. She previously served on committees of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Association of Regulatory Racetrack Veterinarians, and Minnesota Equine Research Council. Dr. Hovda is board certified in large animal internal medicine and received an MS in Veterinary Science from the University of Wisconsin, a DVM in Veterinary Medicine and BS in Veterinary Science from the University of Minnesota and a BS in Pharmacy from North Dakota State University. She has written and edited numerous articles and textbooks, and most recently was the primary editor for “Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine Toxicology.”
“I am deeply honored to be appointed to this Committee and look forward to using my knowledge in pharmacy and toxicology, as well as my years of experience as a regulatory veterinarian, to provide information and direction as the ADMC is implemented,” said Dr. Hovda.
Barry Irwin, appointed as an industry member representing owners, is owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing stable of Team Valor International in Lake Worth, Fla., and the owner and breeder of 2011 Kentucky Derby and 2013 Dubai World Cup winner, Animal Kingdom. Irwin previously served as president of the Pacifica Thoroughbreds bloodstock agency and Chairman of the Board of The Race for Education, as well as a writer for The Daily Racing Form, BloodHorse and Thoroughbred of California Magazine. Irwin continues to contribute columns today for BloodHorse, as well as other racing publications including Thoroughbred Racing Commentary and Paulick Report. He is the author of “Derby Innovator: The Making of Animal Kingdom” and “Swaps: The California Comet” of the Thoroughbred Legend books series. Irwin is a longtime member of the Water Hay Oats Alliance (WHOA), which supported the passage of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act in 2020. Irwin attended California State University at Los Angeles and Northridge and is a graduate of Los Angeles City College.
“Having an owner representative from WHOA on the ADMC Standing Committee is an important inclusion by HISA, and I am hopeful of making a valuable contribution to the effort of reaching a level playing field in horse racing,” said Irwin.
Dr. Stephen Schumacher, appointed as an independent member, is Chief Administrator of the United States Equestrian Federation's Equine Drugs and Medications Program, an Advisory Panel Member at the University of Kentucky Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, and a List Group Member of the Federation Equestre Internationale. He was previously an Equine Drug Testing Veterinarian for USA Equestrian and an Equine Drug Testing Technician for the American Horse Shows Association. Dr. Schumacher serves on committees of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Equine Disease Communication Center, National Equine Health Plan, American Horse Council, and Racing Medication Testing Consortium. He received a PhD and DVM from The Ohio State University and a BS in Biology from The Citadel.
“I am honored and excited to be appointed to the ADMC Standing Committee and strongly support the introduction of national, standardized anti-doping rules in horse racing,” said Dr. Schumacher. “These standards will have a positive impact on the welfare of horses and the integrity of the sport.”
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Dec 6: Bolt d’Oro Has the Lead
A three-horse match race for the 2022 first-crop sire crown is on! The TDN will continue to publish our earnings list on a nightly basis with data streaming in for Northern Hemisphere-born foals from stallions standing in North America.
Note that Japanese earnings are added every Sunday night, and there may be delayed reporting from other countries, which could postpone the final results in a very tight race into early January. We will also be providing a preview of 2-year-olds entered the next day in North America and beyond. Let the final jockeying for position, begin!
Current Earnings Standings through racing of Dec. 6:
1st—Bolt d'Oro, $2,468,708
2nd—Good Magic, $2,446,087
3rd—Justify, $2,281,355
Notable Runners for Wednesday Night, Dec. 7:
Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro), Spendthrift Farm, $20,000
167 foals of racing age/23 winners/5 black-type winners
5-Turfway, 7:55 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, Moment to Shine, 5-2
$50,000 KEE NOV wnl; $165,000 FTK JUL yrl; $290,000 OBS MAR
2yo
*Entered as the 5-2 morning-line favorite on the all-weather, this filly out of Moment of Speight (Ire) is looking to improve after debuting at Churchill Downs on Nov. 16 where she rallied late to secure third behind runaway winner and first-time starter Dazzling Blue (Into Mischief).
The TDN sire lists contain full-dollar earnings of Northern Hemisphere foals winning anywhere in the world. To view the current standings updated overnight, click here.
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