Two more stallion shares and a breeding right have been added to the Arqana Online January Sale on Jan. 31.
A 1/48th share in Grade 1-winning jumper Nirvana Du Berlais (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) (lot 10) has been added to the catalogue. The share gives the right to two coverings a year in 2023 and 2024, followed by one covering a year beginning in 2025. Standing at Haras de la Hetraie for €6,500 this season, his first foals are juveniles.
There is also a breeding right available in crack miler Ribchester (Ire) (lot 11). He is the sire of 12 stakes winners including Group 1-placed Flaming Rib (Ire). He is priced at €7,500 this year and the breeding right gives the buyer the right to one covering a year.
Rounding out the new additions is a half-share (1/100th) in G1 Prix de l'Abbaye hero Wooded (Ire) (lot 12). The son of Wootton Bassett (GB) has his first yearlings in 2023, and commands €12,000 at Haras de Bouquetot. The half-share grants the buyer the right of one covering a year, plus a bonus covering which may be used in 2023 or 2024.
Money laundering, licensing, ethics, the relationship between the investigator and the media, human trafficking, an overview of HIWU and an in-depth case study at Rillito Park Racetrack are just some of the session topics that the Organization of Racing Investigators (ORI) will cover during their 2023 conference, which will be held from Sunday, Feb. 26 to Wednesday, Mar. 1 at the University of Arizona and The Lodge on the Desert in Tucson. True to form, the agenda, which was announced Thursday, places a strong emphasis on training in order to provide participants with security and investigative backgrounds access to the latest tradecraft and the opportunity to network with other members.
On Monday night the annual awards dinner will feature a keynote address by Melissa Del Bosque, author of Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty (2018). Remarks by Robert Hartman, Chairman, University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) is also a part of the program. Additionally, an awards ceremony will include the John F. Wayne Lifetime Membership Award, and present Lifetime and ORI Board Members will also be recognized. A business meeting for members will take place on the final day of the conference. Click here, for the complete ORI Conference schedule. If you would like to receive Press Releases from ORI, please email: racinginvestigatormedia@gmail.com.
OwnerView outlined the 2023 schedule for its Thoroughbred Owner Conference, which will be held as a free series of virtual panels over 10 months. The conference series, hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Stoll Keenon Ogden, and The Green Group, will be held on the first or second Tuesday of each month beginning in March.
“This new format began in 2021, and over the past two years it has been very successful in reaching new and existing Thoroughbred owners,” said Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView.
This year's panels will be more interactive, including videos and open discussions. Panels will cover issues including accounting and creating a business plan in addition to new topics such as handicapping for owners, buying at public auction, corrective surgeries, and claiming.
The conference panels will be streamed live, and attendees will be able to ask questions during the discussion via typed messages that will be addressed at the end of each panel. Replays of the conference series panels will also be made available.
There is no registration fee for the 2023 live or recorded virtual conference series, but registration is required. For more information, please visit www.ownerview.com/event/conference.
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Chukyo and Tokyo Racecourses. Sunday's headliner at headquarters is the G3 Negishi S. over 1400 meters, the local lead-up into the G1 February S. going a mile on Feb. 19. The talented Lemon Pop (Lemon Drop Kid) leads a four-pronged US-bred assault on the Negishi S.:
Saturday, January 8, 2023 4th-CKO, ¥11,850,000, Newcomers, 3yo, 1400m MOZU AKABOSU (c, 3, Quality Road–India, by Hennessy) is the latest to the races out of his dual graded-stakes winning dam, whose son Mozu Ascot (Frankel {GB}) was a dual-surface Group 1 winner in Japan, having taken out the Yasuda Kinen at a mile on turf and the February S. on the dirt (see below). The Feb. 18 foal is also kin to SW 'TDN Rising Star' Kareena (Medaglia d'Oro), dam of recent Cash Run S. runner-up Padma (Tapit). India's stakes-winning half-sister Pilfer (Deputy Minister) is an outstanding producer in her own right, having accounted for MGISW To Honor and Serve (Bernardini); the latter's Grade I-winning full-sister Angela Renee; and SW & GISP Elnaawi (Street Sense). Also engaged are Lambent Light (Hard Spun), produced by a Keeneland-sourced half-sister to Japanese dirt demon Espoir City (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}); and Hosho Rusty (Goldencents); a half-sister to SW and recent Keeneland November HORA grad Liam's Dove (Liam's Map). B-Summer Wind Equine LLC (KY)
4th-TOK, ¥11,850,000, Allowance, 3yo, 1600m PARAIBA TOURMALINE (f, 3, Malibu Moon–Private Jet, by Smart Strike) was pounded down to 4-5 favoritism for her Oct. 30 debut over this course and distance and made no mistakes, kicking home a five-length winner (see below, SC 5). The Mar. 1 foal is out of a full-sister to two-time Eclipse Award and five-time Grade I winner Lookin At Lucky and a half to MGSW Kensei (Mr. Greeley) and multi-jurisdiction GSW 'TDN Rising Star' Shahama (Munnings). Bought back on a bid of $70,000 out of the 2021 Keeneland September sale, Paraiba Tourmaline was hammered down to Katsumi Yoshida for $450,000 at last year's OBS March Sale. B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings (KY)
6th-CKO, ¥14,880,000, Allowance, 3yo, 1400m CELADONITE (JPN) (f, 3, Mendelssohn–Celadon, by Gold Halo {Jpn}) makes her second career to the races after opening her account with a smart 1 1/4-length graduation over this track and trip Sept. 24 (video, SC 10). The April-foaled bay, who carries the Silk Racing colors, is the second Japanese winner for her well-traveled dam, who is also responsible for the outstanding sprinter Copano Kicking (Spring At Last), a three-time winner at group level in Japan–including the 2019 Negishi S.–and a dramatic winner of the Riyadh Dirt Sprint on Saudi Cup night in 2021. B-Northern Racing
Sunday, January 29, 2023 6th-TOK, ¥11,500,000, Newcomers, 3yo, 1800mT GUN WOLF (c, 3, Gun Runner–Loure, by A.P. Indy) is a half-brother to SW Do The Dance (Discreet Cat) and to Randonnee (Blame), a 3-year-old listed winner at this venue back in 2018, placed three times at group level and beaten just 3 1/2 lengths behind the legendary Almond Eye (Jpn) in the G1 Shuka Sho. A maternal grandson of French Group 3 winner Loving Pride (Quiet American), Gun Wolf hails from the extended family of Sovereign Award winner Negligee (Northern Afleet). Gun Runner is the sire of four winners from his six Japanese starters to date. B-Winchester Farm (KY)
