Month: March 2023

OBS April Sale Catalogue Online

The catalogue for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's upcoming Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training is now available on the company's website, www.obssales.com. A total of 1,221 juveniles have been cataloged for the four-day sale, set for Apr. 25-28. Hips 1-306 will sell Tuesday; hips 307-612 will be sold Wednesday; Hips 613-918 will sell Thursday; and hips 919-1222 will sell Friday. Bidding will begin each day at 10:30 a.m.

The auction's under-tack show will be divided into seven sessions, set for Sunday through Saturday, Apr.16-Apr. 22. Each session begins at 8 a.m.

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Observations: Snowpark Returns at Saint-Cloud

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features the eagerly-awaited seasonal debut of a 'TDN Rising Star'.

2.25 Saint-Cloud, Cond, €28,000, 3yo, c/g, 8fT
VALIMI (FR) (Teofilo {Ire}) has already flashed talent last term and makes his 3-year-old bow for The Aga Khan and Jean-Claude Rouget in this Prix Comrade won 12 months ago by their high-class colt Erevann (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}). Entered in the Poule d'Essai Poulains, Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris, the relative of the Prix de Diane heroine Valyra (GB) (Azamour {Ire}) is a live prospect for those major tests having beaten the subsequent Listed Prix Omnium II winner American Flag (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) on his sole start at Deauville in October. In his way is Juddmonte's Halfway Line (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}), a Francis-Henri Graffard-trained relative of Elmaamul and Reams Of Verse (Nureyev) who encountered the Rouget TDN Rising Star Padishakh (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) at ParisLongchamp in September before going one better at Chantilly in September.

3.00 Saint-Cloud, Cond, €28,000, 3yo, f, 8fT
SNOWPARK (FR) (Dubawi {Ire}) makes her eagerly-awaited seasonal debut, having earned TDN Rising Star status when winning her sole start at Deauville in October. Ecurie des Monceaux's daughter of Starlet's Sister (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and half-sister to the Arc and Prix du Jockey Club-winning luminary Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and the champion Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) is another Jean-Claude Rouget Classic aspirant on a big afternoon for the stable and among her rivals is the Wertheimers' impressive Chantilly maiden winner Algolia (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), an Andre Fabre-trained daughter of the G1 Grande Premio Diana heroine and GI Flower Bowl S.-placed Viva Rafaela (Brz) (Know Heights {Ire}).

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Road To The Kentucky Derby: Field Beginning To Take Shape With Just Over Five Weeks Remaining

There are officially 40 days until the 2023 running of the Kentucky Derby, with just over five weeks remaining until the first Saturday in May. The current points standings have begun to show the early dimensions of the 20-horse field for the Run for the Roses.

Last Saturday's prep race winners are all expected to target the race: Two Phil's, winner of the G3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park, leads the group with 123 points on the board. Derma Sotogake, the Japanese winner of the G2 UAE Derby in Dubai, is expected to ship to Kentucky and holds position two on the leaderboard with 100 points. Kingsbarn, winner of the G2 Louisiana Derby, is ranked third on the leaderboard with 100 points.

In addition, UAE Derby third Continuar has accepted an invitation to compete in the Kentucky Derby for accruing 40 points in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby series. Continuar has accepted the automatic invitation, which will be ranked as No. 20, so 19 horses from the American Road to the Kentucky Derby will be able to earn entry in the starting gate.

Sunday's winner of the G3 Sunland Derby, longshot Wild On Ice, was not nominated to the Triple Crown at the time of his victory; the late nominations fee of $6,000 was paid by the due date, Monday (March 27), reports drf.com, but the colt's status remains up in the air. The win earned him 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, placing Wild On Ice 10th on the leaderboard.

Next weekend's major prep race action includes the G1 Florida Derby and G1 Arkansas Derby. The former is highlighted by Forte, the 2-year-old champion last year and easy winner of the G2 Fountain of Youth in his only start of 2023. Forte already ranks fourth on the leaderboard with 90 points, and could earn another 100 points with a victory in the Florida Derby.

The Arkansas Derby, also worth 100 points to the winner, has drawn several horses from the current top 20 on the leaderboard. They include: Angel of Empire (54), Rocket Can (40), and Red Route One (33).

The full top 20 is as follows:

  1. Two Phil's (123)
  2. Derma Sotogake (100)
  3. Kingsbarn (100)
  4. Forte (90)
  5. Practical Move (60)
  6. Confidence Game (57)
  7. Angel of Empire (54)
  8. Raise Cain (54)
  9. Tapit Trice (50)
  10. Wild On Ice (50)
  11. Jace's Road (45)
  12. Dura Erede (40)
  13. Major Dude (40)
  14. Rocket Can (40)
  15. Disarm (40)
  16. Sun Thunder (34)
  17. Red Route One (33)
  18. Instant Coffee (32)
  19. Funtastic Again (30)
  20. ***Continuar, Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby invitee

The full Kentucky Derby leaderboard, updated after the action on March 26, is available here: 20230326 Road to Kentucky Derby Leaderboard

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Oaklawn: Jockey Rocco Bowen Expected To Miss Six Weeks With Pelvis Fracture

Jockey Rocco Bowen is expected to miss six weeks after he was injured during an incident in the starting gate before Saturday's eighth race at Oaklawn Park, his agent, Gene Short of Hot Springs, said in a text message Sunday morning. His mount, maiden Paid Double, was scratched at the gate after rearing and flipping over, pinning Bowen against the gate. According to the Daily Racing Form, Bowen's pelvis was fractured in five places.

Bowen, who has seven victories at the 2022-2023 Oaklawn meeting, was hospitalized at nearby CHI St. Vincent following the accident, Short said. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with expenses.

Bowen, born in Barbados, cut his teeth in Canada but became a riding star in the Pacific Northwest. He became the first Bajan jockey to win a riding title in the United States at the 2015-2016 Portland Meadows meeting and was champion jockey three consecutive years (2016, 2017 and 2018) at Emerald Downs in suburban Seattle before a debilitating arm injury in September 2018 cost him approximately 1 ½ years in the saddle.

Bowen resumed riding June 4, 2020 at Belterra Park and a week later became the first Bajan jockey to win a race Churchill Downs (White Wolf for trainer Paul Holthus of Hot Springs). On Nov. 11, 2020, Bowen earned his 1,000th win as a jockey at Indiana Grand, and in 2021, his best year by earnings, Bowen earned his first graded stakes win in Emerald's G3 Longacres Mile.

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