July, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

2023 The National Stud Class Graduates

The Diploma and Entry To Stud Employment classes of 2023 graduated on Wednesday, July 5, The National Stud announced on Thursday.

Hosted at TNS Duke Of Roxburghe stallion unit, the ceremony was attended by graduates, their family members, staff, lecturers and National Stud Board members. The Tim Dunlop Memorial Award for Top Student went to Joseph Straker, who will join Clear Water Stud for the sales season. Sam Malone was awarded the Gerald Leigh Charitable Trust's annual bursary, and he will travel with Time Test (GB) to New Zealand and join the Little Avondale Stud team for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. Malone also earned the Watership Down best practical award. The Alborada Trust Most Improved Student award went to Luke Townsend, who will begin work at Widden Stud in Australia. India's Ashwin Naik was given the John Pearce Foundation Award of Merit and will join Roger Varian's team, while the TBA E2SE 2022 Award went to Sarah Jeffrey, who recently completed a six-month placement at Juddmonte's Newmarket base.

Chief Executive Officer Anna Kerr said, “This is the first year where we have brought together all of our students for one graduation ceremony and it was fantastic to have everyone together. The E2SE programme has grown in strength year on year and we are delighted to recognise the achievement of these students alongside our Diploma graduates.”

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Saratoga Walk Of Fame To Feature Rotating Collection From National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame

The New York Racing Association. Inc. (NYRA) has announced a new partnership at Saratoga Race Course establishing the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame as the official curator of the space currently known as the Saratoga Walk of Fame. Through this collaboration, the Hall of Fame will present fans with a rotating display of informational panels, multi-media presentations and a variety of relevant historic artifacts culled from its extensive collections.

The displays will vary each week during the Saratoga meet, which runs from Thursday, July 13 to Monday, September 4. Located behind the grandstand just across the pedestrian path from the Miller Time Fourstardave Sports Bar, the open-air Walk of Fame is easily recognizable from oversized displays of racing memorabilia and its Saratoga-style, turret-spiked slate roof.

“We're excited to share some of the most popular items in our collection at Saratoga Race Couse, a place synonymous with racing history,” said Hall of Fame and Communications Director Brien Bouyea. “We hope it will help fans feel and appreciate the pageantry of our sport, so much of which happened right in Saratoga, and we're grateful to NYRA for the opportunity.”

Among the items to be featured this summer are informational panels about each Hall of Fame category; panels and bios in recognition of the Hall of Fame Class of 2023; video features of select Hall of Fame members and a virtual reality jockey experience.

The Hall of Fame will present rotating trophies of historical significance from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Friday of the meet. In general, the trophies will represent winners of a significant stakes race to be run that weekend. The series begins on Friday, July 14 when two trophies will be displayed: the 1976 Diana Handicap Trophy won by Glowing Tribute and the 1934 Sanford Stakes won by Psychic Bid.

The Saratoga Walk of Fame has honored greats of the game beginning in 2013 with jockeys John Velazquez, Angel Cordero Jr. and Jerry Bailey. Inducted in 2014 were trainers H. Allen Jerkens and D. Wayne Lukas and legendary race caller Tom Durkin. Marylou Whitney and Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps were enshrined in 2015; trainer Bill Mott and Cot Campbell in 2016; jockey Ramon Dominguez in 2018; and trainer Bob Baffert in 2018. Plaques for the “Walk of Fame” honorees have been relocated to the outside west wall of the 1863 Club.

Highlighted by the 154th edition of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on August 26 and the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 5, the 2023 summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course will open on Thursday, July 13, and continue through Monday, September 4.

Following the four-day opening weekend, racing will be conducted five days a week, Wednesdays through Sundays, apart from closing week, when the meet will conclude on Labor Day.

For more information about Saratoga Race Course visit NYRA.com/Saratoga.

For more information about the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, visit www.racingmuseum.org.

Trophies to be displayed during the 2023 Meet at Saratoga Race Course:

Fri., Jul. 14: The 1976 Diana Handicap Trophy won by Glowing Tribute (owner: Rokeby Stable; jockey: Ron Turcotte; and trainer: J. Elliot Burch) and the 1934 Sanford Stakes won by Psychic Bid (owner: Brookmeade Stable; jockey: Mack Garner; and trainer: Robert Smith).

Fri. Jul. 21: The 1961 Coaching Club American Oaks Trophy won by Bowl of Flowers

(owner: Brookmeade Stable; jockey: Eddie Arcaro; and trainer: J. Elliot Burch).

Fri. Jul. 28: The 1965 Jim Dandy Stakes Trophy won by Cornish Prince (owner: George D. Widener; jockey: Ron Turcotte; and trainer: Sylvester Veitch).

Fri. Aug. 4: The 1966 Test Stakes Trophy won by Belle de Nuit (owner: Mrs. George D. Widener; jockey: John Ruane; and trainer Bert Mulholland) and the 1955 Whitney Stakes Trophy won by First Aid (owner: Brookmeade Stable; jockey Hedley Woodhouse; and trainer J. Elliot Burch).

Fri. Aug. 11: The 1930 Saratoga Special Trophy won by Jamestown (owner George D. Widener, Jr.; jockey Linus McAtee; and trainer A. Jack Joyner).

Fri. Aug. 18: The 1938 Alabama Stakes Trophy won by Handcuff (owner: Brookmeade Stable; jockey: Jack Westrope; and trainer Hugh Fontaine).

Fri, Aug. 25: The 1959 Travers Stakes Trophy won by Sword Dancer (owner: Brookmeade Stable; jockey Manny Ycaza; and trainer J. Elliot Burch).

Fri. Sep 1: The 1927 Jockey Club Gold Cup Trophy won by Chance Play (owner: Log Cabin Stable; jockey: Earl Sande; and trainer John Smith) and the 1979 Prioress Trophy won by Fall Aspen (owner: Joseph Roebling; jockey: Roger Velez; and trainer Jimmy Picou).

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is at 191 Union Avenue, across the street from Saratoga Race Course, in Saratoga Springs. It is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum's signature film, What It Takes: Journey to the Hall of Fame, is currently showing at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.

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Three Peaks Charity Event Set For July 8

Over 100 people from across the UK racing industry will participate in the charity hike the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday, July 8, Racing Welfare announced on Thursday.

Participants will hike 25 miles and climb over 1500 metres as they traverse Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Whernside in Yorkshire in just 12 hours.

“As a charity that receives no government funding, we are relying on our supporters and fundraisers more than ever,” said Racing Welfare Chief Executive Dawn Goodfellow. To have 100 people taking on this challenge and showing that unified support is truly humbling.”

To support the fundraiser, please visit Racing Welfare's website or text PEAKS and their donation amount, i.e. PEAKS10, PEAKS20 to donate £10, or £20, etc.

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Broken: New Book Investigates 1990 Death Of Hall Of Famer Alydar

On November 13, 1990, it was a quiet evening at Calumet Farm, where the most valuable racehorses—including the prolific stallion Alydar, who is insured for $41.5 million – had settled into their stalls for the evening. Alton Stone, filling in for the regular night watchman, completed his rounds at the barn. Although nothing seemed out of the ordinary, an inexplicable hunch led Stone to check on Alydar. What he found – a grievously injured horse with no discernible cause – jump-started one of the biggest mysteries to ever hit the horse racing world.

After a four-year investigation, animal law attorney Fred M. Kray uncovers new details in the #1 Amazon bestseller, Broken: The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing's Golden Age (Live Oak Press – May 2, 2023).

One part true-crime investigation, one-part evocative history of the adrenaline-filled days of horse racing's golden age, Kray follows Alydar's rise to fame and then dives into the sordid details of the crime and trial that came to define his legacy. Told with the taut pacing of a legal thriller, the book investigates Alydar's death, the $41.5 million insurance payout, and the stain it left on the sport of horse racing.

Throughout the book, Kray weaves together shocking testimony and key evidence from the trials, featuring dramatic photos taken the night of the incident. Drawing on interviews conducted with more than 25 key witnesses, Kray reveals insider-only details and, in order to discover the truth about the death of this magnificent horse, embarks on a major investigation –one that leads to an unexpected and startling conclusion.

Visit https://fredmkray.com/ where readers can submit their own verdict after reviewing actual photos and evidence gathered from Kray's four-year investigation. The website is also a wonderful tribute to Alydar and includes photos, stats, and videos from his legendary career.

ALYDAR RACING CAREER AND LEGACY:

At the time of his death in 1990, Alydar was the leading sire in the United States.
His name will always be synonymous with Affirmed, known by many as the greatest rivalry in the history of Thoroughbred racing and his second-place finishes to Affirmed in the 1978 Triple Crown.
In an ironic twist, Alydar and Affirmed were housed together at Calumet the night of November 13, 1990.
He had a successful racing career of his own, having raced 26 times and his win-place-show record was 14-9-1.
His purse earnings were just shy of $1 million: $957,195.
He was inducted into horseracing's Hall of Fame in 1989.
The Alydar Stakes has been held in Saratoga until 2022.
He found Triple Crown redemption in his sons, Alysheba and Easy Goer. Between the two, they gave Alydar the Triple Crown, which he tried so hard to win.

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