Month: April 2023

Golden Gate Fields To Offer Guaranteed Late Pick 5, Late Pick 4 Pools Throughout Gold Rush Weekend

Golden Gate Fields will offer guaranteed pools in the Late Pick 5 and Late Pick 4 wagers throughout the racing week of Friday, April 28, through Sunday, April 30. The Late Pick 5 consists of the last five races on each card while the Late Pick 4 is comprised of the last four races on the card. Both wagers are 50-cent minimum plays.

On Gold Rush Weekend Saturday, April 29, the Late Pick 5 sequence will have a guaranteed pool of $150,000. The Late Pick 4 pool on Saturday is guaranteed at $200,000. A half dozen stakes races highlight the Saturday program, including the $250,000 Grade 3 San Francisco Mile and the $100,000 California Derby.

On Friday, April 28 and Sunday, April 30, both the Late Pick 5 and Late Pick 4 pools will have guaranteed pools of $100,000. Two stakes races, the Silky Sullivan and Campanile for California-breds on turf, are the co-featured events on Gold Rush Weekend Sunday.

Nine races made the Friday overnight. First post is 1:15 PM. Entries for Saturday will be drawn on Wednesday and Sunday entries will be assembled on Thursday. Post times for Saturday and Sunday will be published shortly after entries are compiled and finalized.

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Kingman’s Epictetus Takes The Blue Riband Trial

Trying the contours of Epsom in Tuesday's 10-furlong Listed Weatherbys Digital Solutions Blue Riband Trial, TDN Rising Star Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}–Thistle Bird {GB}, by Selkirk) executed the plan by making a smooth winning return under Frankie Dettori without convincing that the mile-and-a-half trip of the Derby is the way to go. Sent off the 2-5 favourite on the back of his second in the G1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster in October, George Strawbridge's son of the G1 Pretty Polly S. heroine travelled comfortably in third until asked to take command approaching two out. Looking likely to stretch his rivals soon after, the John and Thady Gosden-trained homebred tired late and had only 3/4 of a length to spare over the Charlie Johnston-trained novice scorer Hadrianus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) at the line.

“It was very testing conditions today,” John Gosden said. “Frankie said he was a little bit lonely in front and he got to the front sooner than he wanted. He has wintered well and is a grand horse, but he hasn't been training on that. He has gone and done it well and shown a good attitude, but just in the end he was looking about a bit and getting tired.”

Whether Epictetus eventually comes back here for the Derby or to Chantilly for the G1 Prix du Jockey Club is up in the air, with the May 18 G2 Dante S. set to provide more clues. “We will go to the Dante and take it from there,” Gosden Sr added. “He may well be more a Prix du Jockey Club horse. Certainly his pedigree might indicate that. We will get to the Dante and make a decision.”

 

Epictetus is the fifth foal out of Thistle Bird, who also captured two renewals of the G3 Princess Elizabeth S. A half to the dual group 3 winner and G1 Cantala S. runner-up McCreery (GB) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}), she is out of the triple listed-winning G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest third Dolma (Fr) (Marchand de Sable). Thistle Bird's daughter Jumbly (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who captured the G3 Valiant S. and Listed Radley S. and was runner-up in the G3 Fred Darling S., was a 1.25million gns purchase by M V Magnier at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, while she also has the unraced 3-year-old colt Burrito (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).

WEATHERBYS DIGITAL SOLUTIONS BLUE RIBAND TRIAL-Listed, £50,000, Epsom, 4-25, 3yo, 10f 17yT, 2:20.00, sf.
1–EPICTETUS (IRE), 129, c, 3, by Kingman (GB)
     1st Dam: Thistle Bird (GB) (G1SW-Ire, MGSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $577,634), by Selkirk
     2nd Dam: Dolma (Fr), by Marchand De Sable
     3rd Dam: Young Manila, by Manila
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-George Strawbridge (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Frankie Dettori. £28,355. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Eng, 4-2-2-0, $110,052. *1/2 to Jumbly (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), GSW-Eng, $123,850; 1/2 to Bullfinch (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), SP-Aus, $193,673.
2–Hadrianus (Ire), 129, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Laugh Out Loud (GB), by Clodovil (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (62,000gns Ylg '21 TADEY). O-Susan and John Waterworth; B-C O P Hanbury (IRE); T-Charlie Johnston. £10,750.
3–Cite d'Or (Fr), 124, f, 3, Galiway (GB)–Tin Rebel (Fr), by Tin Horse (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. (€10,000 Ylg '21 ARQAU; 17,000gns RNA 2yo '22 TATBRG; €43,000 2yo '22 ARQJUL). O-Nick Bradley Racing 18; B-Mme C Vitse, G Vitse & P Decouz (FR); T-Harry Eustace. £5,380.
Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 6HF. Odds: 0.40, 9.00, 33.00.
Also Ran: Think First (Ire), Stormbuster (GB). Scratched: Intricacy (GB).

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Go Fund Me Page Organised For Holland’s Family

A Gofundme fundraiser for the family of the late Australian jockey Dean Holland was launched within 24 hours of the jockey's death and, at the time of writing, it has raised over A$500,000 for Holland's wife Lucy, and their four children.

The page was created by Tony Ottobre in Victoria, who made a personal donation of A$100,000, and overnight and into Tuesday it had attracted over 2000 donations. Dean Holland died as a result of his injuries from a fall on Monday afternoon at Donald. His death has incurred widespread grief across the racing industry.

On Tuesday, Racing Victoria released a statement on behalf of the Holland family, in particular from his partner Lucy and his parents, Belinda and Darren Holland.

“Grief is completely overwhelming us after losing our beloved Dean yesterday at Donald races,” the statement read. “We are aware of the thousands who are sharing our pain as we come to the reality we have lost a once-in-a-lifetime person, a much-loved partner, an amazing father of four beautiful young children in Harley, Luca, Frankie and Lily, as well as a special brother and a wonderful son.

“The outpouring of love for Dean and the care and support for us is helping us deal with our loss. We are thinking of Dean's colleagues in the jockeys' rooms, as well all in our industry that he loved so much.”

The statement requested privacy as the Holland family comes to terms with its loss and, in the meanwhile, Racing Victoria has pledged A$100,000 to the fundraising effort, with all money raised eventually going into a trust to support the family.

Click here to donate.

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Simplification Named Florida’s 2022 Horse Of The Year

Simplification was named the 2022 Florida-bred Horse of the Year in a vote by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association board of directors and announced at the FTBOA Awards Gala held the evening of April 24 at the Circle Square Cultural Center in Ocala. This year's gala celebrated 75 years of FTBOA history as the association was founded in 1948.

Bred by France Weiner and her late husband Irwin Weiner, Simplification, who was also the 2022 Florida-bred champion 3-year-old colt, was recognized for his victories in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes in April and in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes in January, both at Gulfstream Park. The then 3-year-old colt also produced several other graded-stakes performances in 2022 including a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. He was second in the G2 Holy Bull Stakes; and third in the G1 Florida Derby Stakes, G3 the West Virginia Derby, and the G3 Harlan's Holiday Stakes.

Trained by Antonio Sano for Tami Bobo and Tristan de Meric, Simplification finished the year with two wins, a second, and three thirds from 10 starts while earning $761,300. By Not This Time, Simplification also helped his dam, the Candy Ride mare Simply Confection, take home honors as the 2022 FTBOA Broodmare of the Year.

The 2022 FTBOA Florida breeder of the year and leading owner by Florida-bred Earnings award went to Arindel, who led all breeders from the Sunshine State with $3,050,911 in Florida-bred earnings. They also topped all owners with $1,943,436 in Florida-bred earnings and with Florida-bred stakes winners with six. All six of Arinel's black-type winners, including graded stakes-winner Key Biscayne, are by Arindel's Florida-based stallion Brethren. Their other stakes winners during the year were Clapton, Gatsby, Lynx, Octane, and Turbo.

Khozan is the 2022 Florida stallion of the year with progeny earnings of $4,513,950. It was the third consecutive year that Khozan was the leading Florida sire by progeny earnings as he had totals of $3,521,813 in 2020 and $3,671,794 in 2021.

Only Montbrook (2002-03, 2008-09) and Wildcat Heir (2010-11, 2013-14) have more Florida stallion of the year titles, but Khozan is the only one to be honored for three consecutive years since 1991.

Khozan's leading earner for the season was graded stakes-winner Hot Peppers, who banked $381,500 on five wins and one second in eight starts, and was named the Florida-bred champion female sprinter.

Other equine champions on the night were Florida-bred champion 2-year-old filly Lynx, Florida-bred champion 2-year-old colt Awesome Strong, Florida-bred champion 3-year-old filly Midnight Stroll, Florida-bred champion older female and Florida-bred champion female turf horse Our Flash Drive, Florida-bred champion male turf horse Golden Pal, Florida-bred champion sprinter and Florida-bred champion older male C Z Rocket, and champion juvenile sire and champion freshman sire Girvin.

The 2022 Bruce Campbell Award was presented to Florida-based trainer Kathleen O'Connell, who is the most honored Florida-bred trainer with 18 awards to her credit. The Bruce Campbell Award is presented by The Florida Horse magazine for outstanding achievement when deemed appropriate to individuals or groups who have brought honor and prestige to Florida's Thoroughbred industry.

On March 12, O'Connell became the leading female Thoroughbred trainer by wins in North America with 2,386 career wins.

Other individuals recognized on the night were John B. Penn, who was presented the 2022 Needles Awards as the state's small breeder of the year; Beth Bayer and Blas Perez Stables were awarded the 2022 Joseph M. O'Farrell Memorial Award, presented by Ocala Breeders' Sales to the consignors of Havnameltdown, the top Florida-bred graduate of an OBS auction; Saffie Joseph Jr., the leading Florida trainer of Florida-breds by earnings and wins; and Carlos A. David, the leading Florida trainer of Florida-bred black-type winners.

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