Month: April 2023

Juddmonte’s Scylla Becomes Latest ‘Rising Star’ For Tapit

The latest royally-bred filly to hit the track for owner/breeder Juddmonte Farm, Scylla (Tapit) lived up to her illustrious connections with a 2 1/2-length score on debut at Keeneland Saturday.

Despite being the full-sister to current Taylor Made stallion Tacitus, MGSW & MGISP, $3,767,350, Scylla earned only 5-2 billing–going off as the second choice in the wagering behind the more experienced Zeitlos (Curlin). A step slow from the blocks, the bay found herself in eighth with only a handful of rivals beaten as Miss Arlington (Mark Valeski) paced the field through opening fractions of :22.50 and :46.31. Given her head with room to run around the far turn, Scylla began to pick up the pieces with an impressive move towards the front, challenging new leader Zeitlos with a furlong to run. With more left to give and all the momentum, she cruised by into the final sixteenth and cleared off nicely to the wire to win by open lengths going away under only a mild ride.

The third winner produced from champion older mare Close Hatches (First Defense), herself a full-sister to SW & MGISP Lockdown–the dam of SW Idiotmatic (Curlin)–Scylla traces back to European champion 2-year-old colt Xaar (GB) (Zafonic) as well as G1 Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas and GI Keeneland Phoenix S. victor Siskin (First Defence). Close Hatches has a 2-year-old full-brother to Tacitus and Scylla still to make the races along with a yearling Constitution filly and a newborn Uncle Mo filly, all of whom remain with Juddmonte. Scylla is Tapit's 52nd 'TDN Rising Star'.

6th-Keeneland, $99,588, Msw, 4-15, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.32, ft, 2 1/2 lengths.
SCYLLA, f, 3, by Tapit
                1st Dam: Close Hatches (Ch. Older Mare, MGISW, $2,707,300), by First Defence
                2nd Dam: Rising Tornado, by Storm Cat
                3rd Dam: Silver Star (GB), by Zafonic
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $56,575. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-William I. Mott. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

 

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Maryland: Plan For One Track Looms As Likely

When Maryland lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill recently that created the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, it became glaringly apparent that the cost of rebuilding Laurel Park is too prohibitive and that Pimlico is likely to become the hub of Maryland racing, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association counsel Alan Foreman told the BloodHorse.

“It's more likely than ever that Pimlico will become the hub of Maryland racing,” Foreman said about Pimlico, home of the Preakness (G1), the second jewel of the Triple Crown. The 153-year-old facility in Baltimore had deterioration to an extent that forced closure of a section of the grandstand in 2019. “When the stadium authority realized the cost of rebuilding Laurel was prohibitive, we started looking at the consequences that there may not be a Laurel in the future of Maryland racing and we may have to consolidate at Pimlico and build a training center at Laurel. We might also need a new site for a training center if rebuilding Laurel is not found to be a feasible project.”

The need for a new redevelopment plan also cast some doubt on 1/ST Racing's future in Maryland.  1/ST  operates both tracks as the Maryland Jockey Club. Under a 2020 deal, it agreed to turn Pimlico over to public control by the city and state while retaining ownership of Laurel. Maryland law stipulates that when public funds are used for a private entity, the owner becomes liable for capital gains taxes, which are estimated at somewhere between $10 million-$40 million.

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