Month: September 2023

Leofric’s Canigetaloan Becomes Sire’s First Stakes Winner in Aspirant

Canigetaloan (Leofric) had to lay it all down, but gamely managed to fight off a familiar foe in a wild finish to break his maiden, score his first black-type victory in the Aspirant S., and tally the first stakes winner for his freshman sire (by Candy Ride {Arg}) all at once.

Debuting in the same Aug. 11 state-bred maiden at Saratoga as Trust Fund (Practical Joke), who would go on to win by 2 1/4 lengths, Canigetaloan came out on the better end of the photo for second and would have to face that foe again here. In hand early as he coasted along from fourth, he took to the rail through the turn and was cut loose to gain a slim advantage by the sixteenth pole. Canigetaloan turned the table on Trust Fund on the wire while Tall Paul (Frosted) would lose second to the latter in a blanket finish.

Canigetaloan is the most recent winner to the races for his dam, who also produced the winning Avid Sucinori (Ironicus) as her first offspring. The winner has a uearling full-sister as well as a 2023 half-brother by Unified. Click for the Equibase.com chart.

 

ASPIRANT S., $99,388, Finger Lakes, 9-25, (S), 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.00, gd.
1–CANIGETALOAN, 121, c, 2, by Leofric
          1st Dam: Diva's Delight, by Tiz Wonderful
          2nd Dam: Phi Beta Diva, by Mr. Greeley
          3rd Dam: Dignified Diva, by Meadowlake
($40,000 Ylg '22 SARAUG). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Legion Racing, Peter Dorsman Racing, LLC, Spa City Stables and Christopher T. Dunn; B-Shaun Bridgmohan (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart; J-Kendrick Carmouche. $59,633. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $77,233.
2–Trust Fund, 121, c, 2, Practical Joke–Mo Savings, by Uncle Mo. ($150,000 Ylg '22 SARAUG). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Repole Stable; B-Windylea Farm-New York, LLC (NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $19,878.
3–Tall Paul, 121, c, 2, Frosted–Ananda, by Scat Daddy. ($19,000 RNA Ylg '22 FTKFEB; $50,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $475,000 2yo '23 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman; B-Jeff Treadway (NY); T-Bob Baffert. $9,939.
Margins: HD, HD, 1. Odds: 3.30, 2.30, 1.00.
Also Ran: Antonio of Venice, Cable Ready, Go Grad.

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Freedom, Friends Help Horses Recover From Exercise Exertion

New research shows that horses recover more quickly from strenuous exercise if they're turned out in a field with friends, rather than placed in a stall by themselves. 

Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala used eight trotting horses that were either kept in small herds or in box stalls for 21 days. The horses then switched to the other housing system at the conclusion of the three weeks. On days 7 and 14 of each study period, the horses completed an exercise similar to a race. 

Researchers collected blood before, during, and multiple times after the exercise, and observed the horses after their exercise. 

The scientists found that horses kept in stalls ate less than the horses living on pasture with others. They also found that horses living in groups had plasma non-esterified fatty acids that decreased more rapidly after excise than the levels of those horses living in stalls; these levels measure post-exercise recovery. 

The team determined that horses allowed to go outside after exercise exertion recovered more quickly and ate better than horses placed in stalls after exercising. This contradicts anecdotal claims that placing horses in stalls is better for them post-exercise. 

Read more at EQUUS magazine. 

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Santa Anita’s $5,000 Online Showvivor & $14,000 ‘Pick ‘Em’ Return For 19-Day Autumn Meet

Santa Anita's popular free online “Showvivor,” presented by EquinEdge, as well as the track's free online $14,000 “Pick 'Em” contest, will be available to players everywhere when the track's 19-day Autumn Meet opens on Friday, Sept. 29.

While Showvivor requires players to select horses that finish no worse than third each racing day, Santa Anita Pick 'Em, which is offered each Saturday and Sunday, enables players to mix horse racing selections with other major sports props—including football.

On each Saturday and Sunday, a Santa Anita Pick 'Em player can win $1,000 each day by making the most correct picks and there is an additional $2,000 prize to be awarded on closing day Nov. 5, to the player with the most total wins over the course of the Autumn Meet.

To sign up and for additional information regarding Santa Anita Pick 'Em, please visit santaanita.com/pickem.

With free Admission and Parking, first post time on opening day is at 1 p.m. PT. Fans are encouraged to register to play at showvivor.santaanita.com prior to first race post time each racing day through closing day, Sunday, Nov. 5.

Showvivor offers players a variety of cash incentives, highlighted by a $2,500 top prize, which will be awarded to the longest “Show Streak” over the course of the Autumn Meet.

Players can select one horse from one race each racing day. That horse must run no worse than third in order for the player to “Showvive.” If a player's selection fails to run 1-2-3, that individual is not totally eliminated, as he or she may start up a new streak the next racing day. The player with the longest Show Streak through closing day will be declared the top prize winner of $2,500.

Fans are advised the longest Show Streak is just one of five separate ways to win beginning opening day, Sept. 29.

SHOW STREAK The player that has the longest “show” of no-worse than third place finish streak at the end of the Autumn Meet will win the Grand Prize of $2,500. If a player fails to make an online selection on a given race day, their streak is still alive, but they will not be given credit for any days missed.

WIN STREAK This carries a $1,000 prize and is intended to reward players who have selected the most consecutive first place finishers. If a player fails to make a selection on a given day, his or her streak may continue, but the player will not receive credit for any days missed.

TOTAL WINS On closing day, Nov. 5, the player that has selected the most total win will receive a $500 prize.

HIGHEST SINGLE WIN PAYOUT This carries a $500 prize and will be awarded to the player with the single highest win payout (on a Two Dollar wager) over the course of the entire meet.

TOTAL WIN EARNINGS This is a Showvivor category which also carries a $500 prize and is awarded to the player that accumulates the highest total dollar amount-won based on their selections at the end of the meet. For example, each time an entrant's selection finishes in first place in the official standings (Wins), the dollar amount, based on Santa Anita's official $2 win payout, will be added to that player's total money-won to date. The winner will be determined on closing day.

Entries for Santa Anita's Autumn Meet opening day will be taken Tuesday, Sept. 26 and will be available that afternoon at santaanita.com. For additional information regarding Showvivor presented by EquinEdge and on Santa Anita's free online Pick 'Em, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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Brereton Jones: Longtime Supporter of Old Friends

Anyone who ever knew Brereton C. Jones can stop reading now. I won't be telling you anything new. He was smart, kind and compassionate. And that is a rare trifecta. But he was so much more than that.

Nearly two decades ago, when I first started Old Friends, I made an appointment to see him at Airdrie Stud, a farm as modest and forthright as he was. “Let me get this straight,” he said. “You're going to get these horses, including stallions from Japan, and you're not going to race them or breed them or sell them. What exactly are you going to do with them?”

“I'm going to put them in my yard and hope people come to visit.”

He tried his hardest to disguise his incredulity, reached into the lap drawer of his antique desk, pulled out a scraggly checkbook, and wrote a check to Old Friends for $5,000.

“Good luck,” he said, as he shook one hand, and handed me the check with the other. That, to paraphrase my favorite movie, “Casablanca,” was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Without him, Old Friends might have never existed. And it wasn't just the money. That was the least of it.

Over the years, we retired several Airdrie stallions, including You and I, Patton, and Afternoon Deelites. And, he made several trips to the farm to check on how things were going. Years later, his filly, Lovely Maria was running in the Ashland Stakes at Keeneland. I ran into him a few days before the race and he told me that if she won the race, he'd write Old Friends a check for $25,000. She did. And he did. And it wasn't because of me, it was for the horses and horse racing.

I have two wonderful, hand-written notes – one from our late veterinarian, Doug Byars, and one from Brereton C. Jones. If we ever have a fire, I'm going to grab those notes first and come back for the rest of the stuff.

It's very unlikely that anyone like Governor Jones will ever come around again. I'm just grateful he was here once, and I was fortunate enough to stumble across his path.

Michael Blowen, President and founder of Old Friends

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