Month: May 2023

Vino Rosso’s Laugh Now On Cue Breaking Maiden as Sire’s First Winner

2nd-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $34,000, Msw, 5-15, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :52.90, ft, 2 lengths.
LAUGH NOW (c, 2, Vino Rosso–Little Pao, by Tiznow) had the last laugh here, and broke his maiden as well as tallied the first victory as a sire for Vino Rosso (by Curlin). The stallion also had  the third place finisher Zaino in the Royal Palm Juvenile S., a qualifier for Royal Ascot. Eighth last out at Keeneland Apr. 27 after breaking inward and tiring on that unveiling, conditioner John Ennis armed his colt with a pair of first-time blinkers here, and the 2-1 shot did not disappoint. Dueling briefly with firster Untroubled (World of Trouble) before drawing away from that challenger, the bay held firm over his early shadow by two lengths on the wire in :52.90 for the trip.

The second to the races for a young mare, Laugh Now is her last registered foal thus far, though the mare did visit Goldencents for 2023. Dam Little Pao is a half-sister to SW Carson City Babe (Carson City)–herself dam of SP Monster Wave (Stormy Atlantic); SW Pressed (Chester House); stakes-placed Silver Indy (Silver Charm) and Court Mischief (Empire Maker); and the dam of SP Diva Treva (Outwork). This is the extended female family of GSW Cinco Charlie (Indian Charlie) and at least five other Graded stakes winners. Sales history: $39,000 RNA Wlg '21 KEENOV; $20,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $21,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Noriega, Hayden, Arnold, Mark, 47 Roses, LLC and Selima Holdings, LLC; B-BF Bloodstock (Pam Robinson) (KY); T-John Ennis.

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Rich Strike Moved To Blackwood Training Facility; No New Trainer Named

Owner Rick Dawson announced on Facebook this weekend that Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike has been moved from former trainer Eric Reed's Mercury Equine Center to the Blackwood Stables training facility on the other side of Lexington, Ky.

“Today marks the end to this chapter of my horse racing life and the start of new chapter,” Dawson wrote. “We all hate change at first but often change is good. Time will tell. I'm excited about the future & what is in store for Rich Strike & my other horses. GO RICHIE!”

No new trainer has yet been named for Rich Strike, who has yet to find the winner's circle in six starts since his 80-1 Kentucky Derby upset.

Last week, Dawson revealed that he and Reed would no longer be working together due to a disagreement over movie rights.

Dawson was referencing an announcement that former NFL star quarterback Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions plans to create a documentary about Reed and Rich Strike. Sports Business Journal indicated that the production company talked with Reed via Zoom about the project last fall, at which time Manning had heard rumors Reed may be considering deals from other companies. The Omaha Productions project was slated to be distributed by Amazon Prime Video.

Reed told Paulick Report that the planned documentary was not about Rich Strike, but a “family story” that begins with his father's “chaotic” childhood as told by Pat Forde last year in Sports Illustrated. Passed along from one bad  situation to another after his mother died when he was five years old, Herbert Reed hitchhiked from Powell County, Kentucky, to Versailles at age nine, found work at the track at 14 after lying about his age, and eventually would carve out a blue-collar career as a trainer.

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Observations: Heron At the Mercy of Slipofthepen

18.45, Sandown, Listed, £50,000, 3yo, 8fT
SLIPOFTHEPEN (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) takes in the Listed Heron S. which the John and Thady Gosden stable have employed for their G1 St James's Palace S. contenders in recent times. Successful in the former Easter S. at Kempton last month, The King and Queen's relative of the Oaks runner-up Flight Of Fancy (GB) (Sadler's Wells) looks likely to extend his unbeaten record and book his Royal Ascot ticket with just three relatively exposed rivals in opposition.

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Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Under Tack Show Starts Tuesday

The three-day under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins Tuesday morning at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. The first 200 catalogued juveniles are slated to work Tuesday, followed by hips 201 through 400 on Wednesday and hips 401 through 603 on Thursday. Each session of the under-tack show begins at 8 a.m.
The May sale, which produced this year's GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), will be held next Monday and Tuesday with bidding beginning each day at 11 a.m.

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