June, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Study: Stabled Horses Don’t Have Better Hooves Than Their Semi-Feral Counterparts

A recent study using 20 Marajoara and Puruca horses, which are semi-feral breeds that live on Marajó, an island in Brazil. These horses eat only native grasses grown in low-fertility soils; they have no mineral supplementation and their hooves are not cared for by humans in any manner.

Dr. Bruno Dondoni Malacarne, from the Marion DuPont Equine Medical Center at Virginia Tech, and other researchers were curious how the weather cycles on the island affected the horse's hooves. During the rainy season, the horse's hooves are often submerged and don't get worn down; as the season transitions to summer and the dry season comes on, the soil becomes hard and wears down the hooves. The scientists were interested to learn whether the cyclical weather allows the horse's hooves to maintain themselves in a healthy manner.

They compared 12 semi-feral horse hooves to the archived lamellar tissue of eight Mangalara Marchador horses that were stalled and fed high-energy diets with lots of non-structural carbohydrates. The semi-feral horses had body condition scores of between 5 and 6; the domesticated horses had body condition scores of between 8 and 9.

The domesticated horses received twice their maintenance requirement in digestible energy over 5 months. Half their daily energy requirements came from concentrate and the other half from forage. The scientists fed at this ratio as excess feed and confinement are common in domestic equine management in Brazil.

Preliminary findings revealed that the semi-feral horses had healthier hooves than the horses managed in stalls and overfed; the domesticated horses had lesions in their lamellar tissue, which is consistent with the initial stages of laminitis.

The scientists said that although the sample size was small, the results show that semi-feral horses have very different lamellar characteristics than the horses that were stalled and intensely managed.

Report: HISA May Be Considering A Rule That Allows It To Suspend Racing In An Emergency

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has faced a few tests of its teeth in its first months of racetrack safety regulation, between a lack of compliance on rules in Arizona and the recent, highly-publicized spate of fatalities at the Churchill Downs spring meet.

Up until now, the Thoroughbred Daily News notes, the Authority's response to violations of its racetrack safety rules has largely been a threat to stop the export of a simulcast signal from a track that isn't compliant. The Authority's Lisa Lazarus told reporters last week the group could recommend a track suspend live racing in the midst of a safety crisis like Churchill Downs is experiencing, but it could only shut down simulcast export if there was evidence of a safety rule violation.

Now, at the urging of some of racing's stakeholder groups, the TDN reports that the Authority may be considering rule language that would give it the ability to suspend racing at a facility in the midst of a safety crisis by removing its status as an “accredited” track.

It remains unclear what the parameters could be for such a decision, however. In the wake of the 2019 fatality spike at Santa Anita, the California Horse Racing Board made a rule allowing it to suspend racing without the required public notice period in the event of a safety emergency. The prospect of such a rule becomes more complex in situations like Churchill's, where there is hitherto no commonality identified between the 12 horses who have died since late April in order to suggest areas of safety improvement.

Kantharos Filly Fastest At Third OBS June Under Tack Session

Hip No. 431, a daughter of OBS graduate Kantharos consigned by Cruzin' Thoroughbreds breezed an eighth in :9 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2023 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.

The bay filly is out of Souper Colket, by Ghostzapper, a half-sister to stakes placed Souper Highvoltage from the family of graded stakes winner Blofeld.

A pair of youngsters sped quarters :20 3/5 to share honors for the session's fastest at the distance.

Hip No. 430, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Blame out of Soul Spirit, by Quality Road, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Journey Home.
Hip No. 495, Tale of La Bee, a chestnut filly by Bee Jersey consigned by Triple J Equine Sales, Agent, is out of Tale of La Comete, by Tale of Ekati, from the family of graded stakes winner and prominent sire Munnings.

There were three quarters clocked in :20 4/5

Hip No. 374, a dark bay or brown colt by Astern (AUS) consigned by Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co., Inc. is out of Seven Deadly Sins, by Action This Day, a daughter of stakes winner Bluff's Dividend.
Hip No. 493, consigned by Ocala Stud, is a bay filly by Medaglia d'Oro out of graded stakes winner Take Charge Paula, by Take Charge Indy.
Hip No. 494, Morethantaleclass, a dark bay or brown filly by More Than Ready consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, is out of Tale of Class, by Tale of Ekati, from the family of champion Sky Classic.

Eight horses breezed eighths in :10 flat.

Hip 155, a gray or roan filly by Leofric out of OBS graduate Mochima by Wildcat Heir, is consigned by Thorostock LLC.
Hip 423, a bay colt by OBS graduate Bucchero out of Something Casual by Unbridled's Song, is consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp., Agent.
Hip 425, a dark bay or brown colt by Flatter out of Song Sung True by Unbridled's Song, is consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, Agent.
Hip 426, a bay filly by Practical Joke out of Sonic Cyster by Tiznow, is consigned by Two Oaks Equine.
Hip 437, a bay colt by Classic Empire out of Spanish Post by Flatter consigned by Chuy Ceballos, Agent.
Hip 477, a dark bay or brown filly by West Coast out of Sushi Girl by Orientate, is consigned by Caliente Thoroughbreds.
Hip 489, a bay filly by The Factor out of Swimsuit Issue by Scat Daddy, is consigned by ABG Warrior Racing Stable.
Hip 490, a chestnut filly by Vino Rosso out of Switcheroo by Exchange Rate, is consigned by Paul Sharp, Agent.

Hip No. 439, a dark bay or brown colt by Accelerate consigned by MRM Thoroughbreds, breezed three-eighths in :33 4/5, the day's fastest at the distance. Out of graded stakes placed stakes winner Special Dream, by Officer, he's a half-brother to stakes placed Momameamaria.

The Under Tack Show continues Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. with Hip No.'s 541 – 720 scheduled to breeze.

To view the full results of Wednesday's under-tack show, click here.

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Daughter of Wonder Of Wonders Focus In Key Curragh Maiden

17.30 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,000, 2yo, f, 7f 27yT
BUTTONS (IRE) (Kingman {GB}) is the pick of Ryan Moore of the Ballydoyle trio in this always-intriguing maiden, won by the stable's September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Bracelet (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) in recent times and in which Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was fourth behind Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in an above-average race in 2019. Out of the Listed Cheshire Oaks winner and Oaks runner-up Wonder Of Wonders (Kingmambo) and descended from Urban Sea (Miswaki), the half-sister to the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas-placed So Wonderful (War Front) is joined by Opera Singer (Justify), a half-sister to War Front's top-level scorers Hit It A Bomb and Brave Anna, and by Content (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of the G1 Nunthorpe S. heroine Mecca's Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

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