February, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Singing Saint, City Wolf To Stand At Stoltz Thoroughbreds In Alberta

Singing Saint and City Wolf will be standing the upcoming breeding season at Stolz Thoroughbreds in Leduc, Alberta.

Singing Saint, a son of El Prado, has sired progeny that include 43 winners of 118 races and earnings of over $3 million to date. His runners include the black type stakes winners Harp N Halo ($177,710, Avowal Stakes), and Songs and Laughter ($148,377, Bold Ruckus Stakes).

He also sired stakes-placed Tairneach ($288,076, second in the Prairie Mile Stakes) and multiple stakes-placed Meyer ($280,680, second in the Breeders' Stakes) in addition to stakes-placed Hot Cross Buns ($120,341, second in the Passing Mood Stakes), multiple stakes placed Meet the Soprano ($95,150, second in the Georgian Bay Stakes), and Sing to Run ($66,244, third in the Molson Cup Stakes).

Singing Saint will stand the 2023 season for $2,500.

Cassandra Stolz has also released the news that the Giant's Causeway son, City Wolf has been acquired by Stolz Thoroughbreds.

City Wolf was a dominant winner of the 2011 Grade 3 Durham Cup Stakes over Grade 1 winner Stately Victor, classic winner Eye of the Leopard and multiple graded stakes winner James Street. City Wolf placed second in the 2012 G3 Seagram Cup Stakes and the 2012 G3 Durham Cup Stakes. The race career for City Wolf included victories from seven furlongs to 1 1/8 miles and $293,686 in earnings with a record of 18-4-3-1.

The progeny for City Wolf from limited crops include the winners Kiss of the Wolf, Herecitykitty, Poznan, Get Back Home, Deep Mind, Luis Two Guns, Square City, Vix Hero, Prowl Alone and Swami Genius.

City Wolf is a half-brother to top sires Ghostzapper and City Zip, all out of the Broodmare of the Year, Baby Zip by Relaunch.

Ghostzapper yearlings have sold for over $1 million and his progeny have earned over $15 million to date. His runners include the Canadian Hall of Famers Shaman Ghost and Judy the Beauty.

City Zip was a perennial leading sire and one of the most successful sires of Breeders Cup winners with progeny earnings of $78.7 million.

City Wolf will stand at Stolz Thoroughbreds for a 2023 stud fee of $2,000.

Stolz Thoroughbreds is located in Leduc County near Edmonton and stands a total of five stallions, also including Dynamic Sky, Medallist, and Readyforprimetime.

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Prize-Money Boosted For 63 Maiden And Novice Races In The UK

The programming of over 60 high-value 2023 developmental races was announced by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) on Wednesday.

Consisting of maidens and novices with purses between £30,000-£50,000, the races will be funded by the BHA, Darley, Juddmonte, and the hosting racecourses. The objective of the prize-money boost is two-fold, with the aims of supporting horses at the beginning of their careers combined with supporting the domestic breeding industry and ensuring more quality young horses are retained to race in the UK. This initiative is intended to be the first step on the path towards a substantial enhancement of the values of Flat maiden and novice races, with discussions ongoing about further improvements for 2024 and beyond.

The races, run over a range of racecourses both large and small across Britain, are as follows:

20 x £30,000 2yo restricted maiden and novice races: supported by Juddmonte
21 x £30,000 2yo open maiden and novice races: supported by the BHA Development Fund
22 x £30,000-£50,000 3yo/3yo+ open maiden and novice races: supported by Darley and the BHA Development Fund

The highest-value races will be held over longer distances, in an effort to continue the production of quality stayers in Britain, while other races will have additional prize-money available for a range of horses, including less expensive horses and more affordable homebreds, also providing a boost for smaller owners and breeders. The full list of 63 races can be viewed here.

Richard Wayman, Chief Operating Officer for the BHA, said, “Well-funded development races provide an opportunity to boost returns to owners in the early stages of their horse's career, thereby potentially supporting the yearling market and, in doing so, assisting breeders at all levels.

“Juddmonte and Darley have been huge supporters of British Racing for decades and we are extremely grateful to them both for their financial assistance towards supporting this important part of the race programme. We look forward to working with them and other parties so that we can build on this significant first step in future years.”

Douglas Erskine Crum, CEO of Juddmonte, said, “We are delighted to be supporting this well targeted BHA initiative to enhance the competitiveness of the British racing and breeding industries. It is an effective kick-start of a long-term plan to enhance prize money substantially for developmental races, with all the benefits that will follow for breeders and owners.

“It is the right place to start for the British racing industry to become more competitive with other major breeding and racing jurisdictions around the world and to support our own breeders and owners.”

Sam Bullard, Director of Stallions for Darley, said, “For many years Darley has worked to support breeders through sponsorship and this new development fund initiative is doing just that, as well as setting a new improved prize-money level for maiden races.

“This, combined with our contribution to the EBF, demonstrates how we can work together for the benefit of racing and are delighted to be involved.”

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Ways to Diagnose a Gambling problem and What to Do About It

Like so many vices and hobbies across the world, gambling is no different. Many people learn to control their urges to spend and gamble everything they have, but some do not and we are going to take a look at some of the symptoms and what to do about pathological gambling problems.

First of all we should look at some of the more typical symptoms of a gambling problem: The term problem gambling includes and can include a condition know as compulsive and or pathological gambling, which is a progressive addiction formed or characterized by an increased preoccupation with offline and online gambling. Also found under this terminology is the need to bet more frequently with more money, and the irritability when attempting to stop gambling at a certain time, as well as the chronic attempts to chase your losses plus a loss of self control as part of the gambling behavior in spite of serious negative consequences present and future.

A gambling problem is a serious situation in which the person with the problem usually does not see the problem and will continue down a path of destruction toward a total loss of everything in that persons name unless brought to their attention generally with an intervention.

Now this is not always the best way to approach a person with a chronic gambling problem or with a pathological gambling problem, searching for national centers on the internet will also show you more statistics and more places to check where to go and what to do in situations like these. Located around our country are many centers for the rehabilitation and early diagnosis for affected individuals.

It is best to check with a major institution if you think you know someone with a problem and do not hesitate, a gambling problem can not only hurt the person with the problem, but most likely many of the people that surround him/her and can have consequences for years to come if the problem is not corrected.

Stem Cells From Umbilical Cords Can Help Ease Ache Of Equine Arthritis

Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, is one of the most common issues equine veterinarians see. The progressive condition can lead to reduced athletic abilities and eventual retirement as the disease becomes more painful.

Slowing disease progression through management has been the main goal in treatment regimens. Working with their veterinarian, many owners of horses with osteoarthritis have utilized anti-inflammatories and pain-blocking medications to alleviate their horses' pain.

New treatment options have become available, including the use of umbilical-cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to treat osteoarthritis. Dr. Almudena Pradera-Munoz, chief scientific officer at EquiCord, in Madrid, Spain, gave a presentation on MSCs at the Equine Regenerative Medicine and Orthobiologics Summit, held Oct. 3-25, 2022.

MSCs are self-renewing stromal cells (cells that make up specific connective tissues) that can be isolated from fat, bone marrow, and the umbilical cord, to be placed in the affected joint. MSCs can stimulate the immune system and encourage healing in the cells of the animal into which they're injected.

According to Pradera-Munoz, the advantages to using umbilical-cord-derived MSCs are as follows:

Greater genetic stability: Umbilical-cord-derived MSCs are less likely to have chromosome mutations or abnormalities
Less chance of virus transmission: MSCs are collected at birth so are less likely to be contaminated by virus- and disease-causing bacteria
Less painful for the horse: Collecting umbilical-cord-derived MSCs is noninvasive
Greater proliferation during manufacturing

Pradera-Munoz recommends treating horses diagnosed with osteoarthritis as soon as possible with umbilical-cord-derived MSCs to encourage synovial regeneration. Though the MSCs will not regenerate tissue if the synovial cartilage is 50 percent or more destroyed, the horse may become less painful and have a better quality of life.