Month: April 2023

Runaway Allowance Winner Ancient Peaces Leads Saturday’s Providencia

A runaway allowance winner in her first start for John Sadler, Ontario/Canadian-bred Ancient Peace appears more than ready for her initial stakes assignment as she heads a field of six sophomore fillies going a mile and one eighth on turf in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Providencia Stakes at Santa Anita.

Originally trained by Graham Motion, Ancient Peace rocketed to a long, lonely lead going one mile on the main track April 8 and won geared down by six lengths under Flavien Prat in a performance that suggested she could be a bright star in the making.

With Prat now riding full-time in Kentucky, Ancient Peace will be reunited with Juan Hernandez, who pointed her to a 4 ¼ length one mile turf maiden score two starts back here on Dec. 30. By top turf sire War Front, she's out of the A.P. Indy mare Deceptive Vision.

Owned by Boardshorts Stables, LLC, Ancient Peace has two wins from her three starts and will return to turf for the third time.

A troubled fourth in her U.S debut going one mile on turf here in the ungraded China Doll Stakes March 18, Phil D'Amato's Irish-bred Paris Secret will again be handled by Kazushi Kimura, who returns from his Toronto base to ride at Santa Anita on Saturday.

A first-out winner over heavy turf going one mile in her native Ireland Oct. 31, Paris Secret, who is owned by Strand Beach, LLC, has drilled five times since her last start on Santa Anita's inner training track, her most recent move had her going five furlongs 1:02.20 this past Monday.

THE GRADE 3 PROVIDENCIA WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 3 of 12 Approximate post time 2 p.m. PT

  1. Pleasant Wave—Diego Herrera—120
  2. Miss Lizzy—Antonio Fresu—120
  3. Broadway Girls—Edwin Maldonado—124
  4. Ancient Peace—Juan Hernandez—122
  5. Paris Secret—Kazushi Kimura—120
  6. Una Palabra—Victor Espinoza—124

First post time for a 12-race card on Saturday is at 1 p.m. with admission gates opening at 11 a.m.

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Survey Finds Post-COVID Horsekeeping Cost Increases Widely Accepted

Horse owners in the United States are willing to pay 14 percent more in horse-care costs as prices have skyrocketed post-COVID. The financial strain is felt in all aspects of horsekeeping, from board to hay to fuel to feed; jobs were affected as the cost of essential and non-essential goods and supply chain issues increased. 

Drs. Jada Thompson, Michelle Kibler and Jennie Ivey created a survey to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected horse owners and lessors, and to determine what the equine-care market could bear if costs increased. 

The trio collected information through an online survey from 762 people involved in the equine industry. They separated the responders into three groups: owners keeping their horses at home; owners who board their horses; and people who lease their horses.

The team found that equine owners and lessors were willing to pay at least 14 percent more for horse care after the pandemic. 

The survey also showed: 

  • Age and annual household income of responders affected willingness to pay in all three groups.
  • Owners, lessors, and boarders were willing to pay different amounts, which ranged up to a 26.2 percent increase in care costs at the time the survey was open.
  • Horse owners in the South who kept their horses at home were willing to pay 11 percent more than those in other areas of the country. 
  • People who full-leased their horses (instead of having no lease or a partial-care lease) were willing to pay 15 percent more.

The researchers concluded that horse owners, lessors and boarders were not substantially impacted financially early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and that each group was willing to pay 14 percent or more for their horse's care. They note that results indicate that the market for equine care can handle the increase in costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Read more at HorseTalk.  

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