Kaymarie Kreidel sits on her outrider pony like a rocket ready to launch at the merest glimpse of trouble. She is part of a safety system implemented at most horse racing tracks throughout the United States. She scans the track continuously on the lookout for loose horses or riders in trouble. Often, she is on her way before the safety siren alerts track personnel that there is an issue on the track. It takes tremendous skill and trust for her to race her horse next to a runaway, lean over and grasp a rein or bridle while seeking to restrain a bolting horse who is creating mayhem.
Month: June 2023
Midwest Veterinary Supply To Pay More Than $11 Million In Fines And Forfeiture
Midwest Veterinary Supply (Midwest), a Minnesota-based company that supplies prescription drugs for animals to veterinarians, farms, feedlots, and other businesses, was sentenced this month to one year of probation for introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce. In addition, Midwest Veterinary Supply agreed to pay over $ 11 million in criminal fines and forfeiture.
“This case is an example of how seriously the United States Attorney's Office takes the distribution of misbranded prescription drugs, whether for human or animal consumption,” United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh said June 12. “The law is designed to ensure that prescription drugs are kept within a controlled chain of distribution to prevent diversion and inappropriate use, and companies must be held accountable when they go outside of that chain. I am grateful for the work of the FDA and Virginia State Police in bringing justice in this case and their continued work keeping our prescription drug programs here in Virginia safe for all.”
“The FDA recognizes the importance of controlling the prescription drug supply for animals. The careless or uncontrolled distribution of prescription animal drugs poses a danger not only to the medicated animals but to the U.S. public health by increasing the risk that humans will become resistant to antibiotics that we unknowingly consume through our food supply.” said Special Agent in Charge George A. Scavdis, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations Metro Washington Field Office. “We will continue to pursue and bring to justice those who distribute prescription animal drugs unlawfully.”
According to court documents, from 2011-2021, Midwest charged and shipped over $10 million in prescription drugs from their non-pharmacy locations throughout the United States to end-users that were not authorized to receive prescription drugs. Shipments from non-pharmacy locations to non-authorized end-users or locations are deemed “misbranded.”
Midwest will forfeit $10,150,014, pay $1,000,000 to the Virginia Department of Health Professions, and pay $500,000 in fines.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Office of Criminal Investigations and the Virginia State Police investigated the case, with the assistance of the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Ramseyer prosecuted the case.
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Mott-Trained Candy Man Rocket Needs ‘Good Trip’ In Saturday’s John A. Nerud
Frank Fletcher Racing Operations' dual graded-stakes winner Candy Man Rocket will look to double up on stakes scores in Saturday's Grade 2, $250,000 John A. Nerud, a seven-furlong main-track sprint for older horses, at Belmont Park. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, the 5-year-old Candy Ride horse garnered a career-best 97 Beyer Speed Figure last out with a stalking score in the six-furlong Grade 3 Runhappy on May 13 at Belmont.
Candy Man Rocket, with regular pilot Junior Alvarado up, sat a perfect trip in third position as Beren and returning rival Twisted Ride battled on the lead. Alvarado gave Candy Man Rocket his cue late in the turn and took control at the stretch call en route to a 1 1/2-length score in a final time of 1:09.33.
“He's run some good races and if he gets a good trip, he usually runs pretty well,” Mott said. “I think he's fine on the lead or fine with a target. It just depends how the race sets up.”
Candy Man Rocket, a six-time winner from 11 starts, captured the 2021 Grade 3 Sam F. Davis traveling 1 1/16-miles at Tampa Bay Downs, but has focused on sprint racing in his last six starts that also includes a two-length score in the Gulfstream Park Sprint in February.
He has breezed back four times since the Runhappy, including a sharp half-mile in 47.16 seconds Saturday over the Belmont dirt training track.
“We've got several works into him and he's been doing good. We're anxious to see how he'll do on Saturday,” Mott said.
Alvarado retains the mount from the inside post.
Kasey K Racing Stable, Michael Day and Final Turn Racing Stable's Pennsylvania-bred Twisted Ride [post 4, Andy Hernandez] picked up graded black type for the first time last out in the Runhappy.
Trained by Michael Moore, the 4-year-old Great Notion gelding dueled for the lead with mutuel favorite Beren through sharp splits of 22.60 seconds and 45.15, staying on strong to complete the exacta behind Candy Man Rocket while Beren faded to fourth.
“He tries every time. That day, he had to duel with Beren all the way and the other horse sat a real good trip behind the two of them,” Moore said. “Twisted Ride fought on and was really game. It was a good second, for sure.”
Twisted Ride streaked into the Runhappy on the back of four wins at Parx led by narrow scores in the six-furlong Fishtown in March and seven-furlong Page McKenney Handicap in April.
Moore said the seven-eighths distance is a minor concern, although the consistent gelding did capture the 1 1/16-mile City of Brotherly Love last March at Parx for his former conditioner Kathleen DeMasi.
“I think seven furlongs is about as far as he'll go. He won a stake at seven-eighths at Parx by a nose,” Moore said. “He did win a two-turn stakes at Parx as a 3-year-old, but it was a three-horse field. Personally, I don't think he's a two-turn horse.”
Twisted Ride has posted a record of 10-5-3-0 since joining Moore's barn last summer.
“He was real immature as a younger horse,” Moore said. “Throughout this year, he's gotten a lot more mature and has focused a lot better in his races.”
Twisted Ride has breezed back three times at Parx, including a five-eighths effort in 1:00.84 on Friday. Although cross-entered in Saturday's $100,000 Alapocas Run at Delaware Park, Moore confirmed that Twisted Ride will travel to New York.
“He breezed real good and we're ready for the race,” Moore said.
Bred in the Keystone State by Kasey K Racing Stable, Twisted Ride, out of the multiple stakes-placed Tenpins mare Diva's Gold, is a full-brother to stakes-winner Goodonehoney.
Graded-stakes winner Little Vic [post 5, Carlos Olivero] will make his first start since finishing a troubled last-of-6 in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap presented by NYRA Bets on April 8 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The 4-year-old Practical Joke colt earned a career-best 102 Beyer for his 1 1/2-length score in the Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap in March at the Big A, but he was reported to have bled in the Carter where he attended a rapid early pace before fading.
Trained by Juan Carlos Avila for Victoria's Ranch, Little Vic boasts a record of 14-5-3-1 for purse earnings of $327,730, including a win in the City of Laurel in November at Laurel Park ahead of runner-up efforts in the Gravesend and Grade 3 Toboggan this winter at Aqueduct.
Chiefswood Stables' Ontario-homebred Weyburn [post 3, Jose Ortiz] will make his first start for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher.
The 5-year-old Pioneerof the Nile horse spent 11-of-16 career starts in the care of conditioner James Jerkens, who now trains in Saudi Arabia for Prince Faisal bin Khalid Al Saud.
Weyburn captured back-to-back editions of the seven-furlong Sir Shackleton in 2021-22 at Gulfstream, persevering for a determined neck score with Jose Ortiz at the helm in April over next-out stakes winner Dean Delivers. He was last seen finishing a distant third in the Grade 3 Westchester here on May 5, landing six lengths back of the victorious Repo Rocks while registering a 100 Beyer.
David E. Miller, Eric Grindley, and John Werner's multiple graded stakes-placed Three Technique [post 2, Javier Castellano] finished a close third in the 2021 John A. Nerud when in the barn of conditioner Jeremiah Englehart.
The 6-year-old Mr Speaker horse was haltered by his current trainer, Jason Cook, for $40,000 that November from a runner-up effort in a Churchill Downs sprint. He captured the restricted Knicks Go last May traveling one-mile at Churchill Downs and finished a closing third in his title defense two starts back.
Last out, he notched a head score in an optional-claiming mile on May 27 at Churchill Downs. Three Technique is cross-entered in Sunday's $275,000 Hanshin at Ellis Park, but Cook said his charge will travel to New York.
Rounding out the field is graded-stakes placed Synthesis [post 7, Manny Franco] for owner-trainer David Jacobson; and the multiple stakes-placed Sheriff Bianco [post 6, Jose Lezcano], who is cross-entered as a main-track only entrant in a Friday turf allowance optional-claimer here for trainer Linda Rice.
The John A. Nerud is slated as Race 9 on Saturday's 10-race card which also features the Grade 3, $200,000 Dwyer in Race 6. First post is 1:05 p.m. Eastern.
America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the spring meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.
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Scratched From Woody Stephens With Fever, Fort Bragg To Start In Saturday’s Dwyer
Dual graded stakes-placed Fort Bragg leads a compact six-horse field that includes highly-regarded Saudi Crown in Saturday's 105th running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Dwyer for sophomores going a one-turn mile at Belmont Park.
Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Fort Bragg was initially slated for action in Belmont Stakes Day's Grade 1 Woody Stephens, which was won by stable mate Arabian Lion, but spiked a fever and scratched from the seven-furlong test.
The son of Tapit was previously a close second to General Jim in the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile on Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby undercard on May 6, where he joined the top flight of runners down the backstretch despite breaking a step slow. He was in command around the far turn and fought General Jim in the stretch drive, but came up a neck shy of victory while earning a career-best 99 Beyer Speed Figure.
Fort Bragg posted a third-out maiden win at Santa Anita in November and a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity at its namesake track in December before finishing fifth in a pair of Kentucky Derby prep races this spring.
He remained at Belmont Park after being withdrawn from the Woody Stephens and has breezed twice over Big Sandy, including a five-furlong effort in 59.90 on Sunday.
Fort Bragg, who adds blinkers, is owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Jay Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan.
Tom Ryan, managing partner of SF Racing, said the Dwyer was instantly discussed amongst Baffert and the ownership group after scratching from the Woody Stephens.
“Fortunately, his temperature came back down to normal very quickly,” Ryan said. “Bob's reaction to it was the right one. He felt something was brewing and we had to do the right thing by the horse. The decision was made immediately to reroute him to the Dwyer, which we feel should suit him very well. He's got some miles under his belt now and his run at Churchill was really a fantastic effort. He didn't get away from the gate the way we would have liked and he still managed to finish up strongly.”
Ryan said a good effort Saturday could propel Fort Bragg to the seven-furlong Grade 1, $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial on August 26 at Saratoga Race Course.
“This gives us options. We can see how we do here,” Ryan said. “There will be opportunities to stretch him out down the road if we feel that's the right thing. A race like the Allen Jerkens could be on the radar for him later in the summer if we felt like he needs a cutback.”
Hall of Famer John Velazquez will ride Fort Bragg from post 5.
FMQ Stables Inc.'s unbeaten Saudi Crown [post 2, Javier Castellano] will see added ground for his stakes debut following two winning efforts for trainer Brad Cox.
The Always Dreaming gray colt showed stalking tactics en route to a 4 3/4-length debut score on April 16 going six furlongs at Keeneland before going gate-to-wire to defeat elders in a 6 1/2-furlong allowance five weeks later at Churchill Downs.
Bred in Kentucky by CHC Inc., Saudi Crown is out of the unraced Tapit mare New Narration and is a direct descendant of Darby Dan foundation broodmare Soaring. He was bought for $240,000 at the 2022 OBS April Sale.
Cedar Meadow's Alternate Reality [post 4, Jackie Davis] enters off a local allowance triumph on May 27 going the Dwyer distance for trainer Chris Englehart.
The Alternation chestnut rallied in deep stretch following a six-wide move in upper stretch to get up in the final jumps to win by a head over stakes-placed Winters Lion.
Alternate Reality was a fourth-out maiden winner at 16-1 odds going seven furlongs in April at Aqueduct Racetrack after making his first three starts at three different distances.
Englehart said the seven-furlong to one-turn mile distance is the horse's ideal ground.
“I don't know how well his numbers will match up with the rest of the field, but we're looking to see what we have,” Englehart said. “He's just kind of matured into himself a bit. He seems to be progressing along and we're trying to take it one step at a time.”
Twin Creek Racing Stables homebred Harrodsburg [post 3, Manny Franco] enters off a narrow runner-up effort at allowance level on May 6 at Belmont, where he earned a co-field best 99 Beyer for trainer Rob Atras.
The Constitution colt was slated to run in the Woody Stephens, but got loose in the paddock before being collared and walked back to the barn. On debut, he was a 2 1/4-length winner going 6 1/2 furlongs on March 26 at Aqueduct.
Winning Move Stable's Joey Freshwater [post 6, Jose Ortiz] will strive to double up on graded conquests after capturing the Grade 3 Bay Shore on April 8 at the Big A for trainer Linda Rice three starts back.
The Jimmy Creed dark bay was claimed by Rice for $50,000 in November following a five-length score at Churchill Downs, and picked up a New Year's Day triumph at the Big A going six furlongs against starter optional claiming company. He enters off his lone turf start in the local Paradise Creek on May 20, where he finished a distant fifth.
Completing the field is Prove Right [post 1, Joey Martinez] – a 16-time starter who seeks his first stakes triumph for trainer James Chapman, who co-owns the son of Justify with Stuart Tsujimoto.
The Dwyer honors the late Mike and Phil Dwyer, whose Dwyer Bros. Stable was one of the highest-earning racing outfits of the late 19th century. Among the most prominent horses owned by the Dwyers include Hall of Fame inductees Hindoo, Ben Brush and Hanover.
The Dwyer is slated as Race 6 on Saturday's 10-race program, which co-features the Grade 2, $250,000 John A. Nerud in Race 9. First post is 1:05 p.m. Eastern.
America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the spring meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.
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