September, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Cheveley Park Next For Relief Rally

Relief Rally (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), the winner of the G2 Lowther S., will take her chance in the G1 Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket on Oct. 30, Anthony Bromley, racing manager for owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, revealed on Wednesday.

The four-for-five William Haggas-trained bay was also being considered for the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye in open company and versus elders the day after the Cheveley Park. Second in the G2 Queen Mary S. by only a nose at third asking in June, she triumphed in the Weatherbys Super Sprint S. a month later, before her Lowther score in August.

“The plan is very much to go to the Cheveley Park at this moment in time,” said Bromley. “It's pretty much decision made, obviously other variables can happen between now and then, but at the moment all roads lead to Newmarket.

“It just seems she deserves a go at a Group 1 and the Cheveley Park is fillies' only and six furlongs, which seemed to suit well in the Lowther. William seems happy with her and there's no reason not to go to Newmarket really.”

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Bloodlines Presented By Walmac Farm: All Lines Lead To Tapit Among Weekend’s Juvenile Graded Winners

Tapit, the near-white son of Pulpit (by A.P. Indy), reaffirmed his position as one of the most significant sires and pervasively important grandsires in contemporary breeding with the results of racing for 2-year-olds over the weekend. The three-time leading national sire figured closely in the pedigrees of juvenile graded stakes winners V V's Dream at Churchill Downs and Carson's Run at Woodbine.

In the Grade 3 Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs on Sept. 16, the gray filly V V's Dream became the first stakes winner for her freshman sire Mitole (Eskendereya), who has a dozen winners to date from a first crop of 159 registered foals. Forty-eight of those have started, and their earnings of $979,847 place him second on the current list of leading freshmen sires.

Like Mitole, four of the five leaders stand at Spendthrift Farm: the list leader Maximus Mischief (Into Mischief; 19 winners), Mitole, Omaha Beach (War Front; 11 winners), and Vino Rosso (Curlin; 10 winners). Only third-place Flameaway (Scat Daddy; 12 winners) stands elsewhere; he is located at historic Darby Dan Farm.

Each of the top five has one stakes winner; these are early days among the freshmen sires, but the pecking order for speed is beginning to take shape.

As a factor for speed, Mitole is no surprise. The Eclipse Award winner as champion sprinter of 2019, Mitole won the G1 Metropolitan Handicap, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Forego Handicap, and two other sprint stakes during his championship season.

Yet for all his speed, Mitole raced only once at two and was third. So, it required some faith in the horse to expect his offspring would be at their best so early. The appearance of V V's Dream is a revelation of ability. The filly slipped into another gear to take the lead in the Pocahontas, then was hand ridden through the stretch to win by 8 ¾ lengths, getting the mile in 1:36.45.

Bred in Kentucky by Mark Stansell, V V's Dream is out the Tapit mare Quay, a three-time winner at three and four who earned $213,526. With earnings at that level, it's surprising the mare didn't get black type herself, and she was fourth in Smart and Fancy Stakes at Saratoga and fifth in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Sprint. From three foals to race, all are winners.

V V's Dream is the mare's first stakes winner, and Quay's dam, the Tale of the Cat mare Skipper Tale, produced four winners, including stakes-placed Quaver (Blame), who is the dam of Kathleen O. (Upstart), the winner of the G2 Davona Dale and Gulfstream Park Oaks last season.

Skipper Tale is a full sister to G3 Railbird Stakes winner Ashley's Kitty, and they have three other stakes winning siblings: Heart Ashley (Lion Heart), winner of the G3 Cicada and Miss Preakness; Indianapolis (Medaglia d'Oro), winner of the San Pedro Stakes at Santa Anita; and Cupid (Tapit), winner of the G1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita, as well as the G2 Rebel Stakes, West Virginia Derby, and Indiana Derby, earning more than $1.7 million.

The handsome gray Cupid is the point of intersection between the two graded stakes winners. The son of Tapit is the sire of Carson's Run, who came with a bold move, “ten wide into the stretch,” according to the chart, to defeat his opposition in the G1 Summer Stakes at Woodbine.

The chestnut is the first runner and stakes winner for his dam, the Henny Hughes mare Hot N Hectic, who was a winner at four. The second dam, Wicked Wish (Gold Case), is a half-sister to a pair of hickory racehorses: Wishful Tomcat (Tactical Cat), winner of the G3 Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct and $716,843, and Uncle T Seven (Freud), who earned more than a half-million.

A winner of two races and $81,410, Wicked Wish produced the even more formidably tough Rated R Superstar (Kodiak Kowboy), who has won 13 races, retired earlier this year at age 10, and has earned more than $1.8 million, with a trio of G3 stakes victories.

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If Carson's Run can combine the longevity of his close relatives with his own obvious talent, he should be a colt who can provide sport of a high order.

Bred in Kentucky by Frankfort Park Farm, Carson's Run was sold by the breeders for $35,000 at the 2022 Keeneland January sale as a short yearling, then resold at the Fasig-Tipton July auction of select yearlings for $67,000, and finally at this year's OBS April sale of 2-year-olds in training, went through the sales ring for the third time. Earning a BreezeFig of 69 while working with a stride length of more than 25 feet, Carson's Run attracted the attention of serious buyers.

Consigned by Randy Miles, Carson's Run brought $170,000 from West Point Thoroughbreds and Steven Bouchey. The consignor said that Bouchey “buys a horse from me every year, and when the West Point guys were showing so much interest in this colt, I told them they ought to get together and buy this colt.

“I didn't know I was selling them a G1 winner,” Miles smiled and shrugged.

Indeed, the good ones can come from anywhere.

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Lastotchka Purchased By Australian Bloodstock With Melbourne Cup Aim

Multiple Group 3 winner Lastotchka (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) has been purchased by Australian Bloodstock and is under consideration for the G1 Melbourne Cup in November.

The 4-year-old filly most recently won the G3 Prix Gladiateur at ParisLongchamp earlier this month. She was raced by Ecurie Noel Forgeard, Pierre Bonnier, Earl Touchstone, Charles-Henri Bonnier and Philippe Stein prior to her acquisition. The daughter of Muthla (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}) won the G3 Prix Belle de Nuit earlier in her career.

“We completed the deal last night,” Jamie Lovett of Australian Bloodstock told Racing.com on Wednesday.

“There's a few things to play out so we are leaving her in in Chantilly for more scans at the moment. She's passed the RV (Racing Victoria) trot-up and they've seen the X-rays so far.”

Of the former Jean-Marie Beguigne trainee's appeal, Lovett added, “We really liked the form. The thing that ticked the last box was that she's obviously won at a mile and a half but interestingly enough her two Group 3 wins were at 2800 metres and 3100 metres.

“She's bought for that race and she's come in with 51kgs. She's also good residual value as a multiple Group 3 winner with a lovely pedigree.”

Australian Bloodstock won the 2022 Melbourne Cup with Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}), and he is currently top weight for the two-mile prize when the weights were released on Tuesday.

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Open Letter To The Industry: Lisa Lazarus

Dear Thoroughbred racing participants,

HISA's most important mission is to protect the health and wellbeing of the horses participating in Thoroughbred racing. Over the past few months, the challenges of that mission–and the critical importance of it–have never been more apparent.

The events at Churchill Downs, Laurel Park and Saratoga Race Course this spring and summer were a sobering reminder that we must further prioritize creating a culture of safety and an ecosystem of care that takes into account all factors contributing to equine fatalities. And it is the responsibility of all racing participants to do their part.

HISA's investigation into the circumstances surrounding equine fatalities at Churchill Downs earlier this year did not identify any singular explanation for the fatalities, despite extensive investigation and analysis of the track surface, veterinary records, necropsies and whether any rule violations occurred. The absence of a singular explanation underscores the urgent need for further action and analysis to mitigate risk stemming from several factors potentially contributing to equine fatalities. HISA's full report on the findings was released publicly last week and can be found here.

HISA's strategic recommendations and next steps moving forward–also announced last week–include the following:

A sophisticated data analysis effort to explore critical questions facing the sport to yield new, actionable insights, made possible by uniform reporting requirements under HISA.
The creation of a committee to work toward the study and ultimate introduction of more synthetic surface options in Thoroughbred racing.
Improved veterinary screening and diagnostic procedures, including:

–Making PET scans more accessible to racetracks across the country;

–Conducting a research study to examine the causes of exercise-associated sudden deaths;

–Further use of wearable technology as an injury detection tool;

–An examination of whether there are any other equine fitness tools worthy of investment and deployment

HISA has also formed a new Track Surface Advisory Group comprised of seasoned track superintendents to assist in surface analysis and make recommendations on an ongoing basis.

This moment is and should be a turning point for our sport. It is essential that all corners of the racing world come together to do their part to reduce equine fatalities and protect these magnificent athletes.

HISA is grateful for the work of everyone involved in the sport whose job it is to protect the health and wellbeing of Thoroughbreds. We know that you share in our cause and that together, we can make racing the safest, and best, version of itself.

Yours in racing, Lisa Lazarus

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