Month: October 2023

Onesto Will Stand At Haras d’Etreham Upon Retirement in 2024

Group 1 winner Onesto (Ire) (Frankel {GB}–Onshore {GB}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}), who is bound for the Breeders' Cup next month, will stand at Haras d'Etreham in 2024, the French stud announced on Tuesday.

Bred by Diamond Creek Farm in Ireland, the Fabrice Chappet runner was a debut winner at Chantilly in September of his 2-year-old year and won the G2 Prix Greffulhe in his second start at three. Fifth in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club, he claimed the Grand Prix de Paris last July and the colt was second in the G1 Irish Champion S. that September. Currently racing for Gerard Augustin-Normand, Jean-Etienne Dubois, Ecurie Hunter Valley, Haras d'Etreham, Ecurie Billon, Ecurie Elag, Chappet, and Hubert Guy, the 2023 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe third is poised for a GI Breeders' Cup Turf bid at Santa Anita in less than a month, having exited the Arc in good order. His record stands at 12-3-2-1 and $1,327,473 in earnings.

Haras d'Etreham's Nicolas de Chambure said, “Selected by Hubert Guy at the breeze-up sales in America, Onesto has always shown great speed for a Classic horse. He possesses a most remarkable pedigree, which is why we acquired him as a 2-year-old. He was a magnificent colt and has become a very handsome horse with the conformation of a miler and a strong physique. Our hopes of seeing him becoming a stallion prospect have been realised thanks to his high-class performances at the top level. In addition to his natural speed, he boasts a rare capacity of acceleration and the mentality of a warrior.”

The 185,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling turned $535,000 OBS Spring Sale 2-year-old is out of the unraced mare Onshore. She is a half-sister to Group 3 winner Jet Away (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), while her Kahyasi (Ire) dam Kalima (GB) is a full-sister to the tremendously influential blue hen Hasili (Ire) and her brood of top-level winners.

“His racing career has been a wonderful adventure alongside a group of enthusiastic associates and we are delighted to welcome Onesto to stud as he represents a unique opportunity for us, and a first-rate profile for French breeders and the French stallion ranks,” Chambure added.

A syndicate will be created for Onesto's stallion career, with some shares available. His stud fee will be announced in due course.

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Breeders’ Cup Foal Nomination Deadline Closes Oct. 15

The final deadline to nominate weanlings of 2023 to the Breeders' Cup program is Oct. 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET. It is the last opportunity to nominate at the one-time fee of $400, which entitles each foal with lifetime racing eligibility to the Breeders' Cup World Championships and the Breeders' Cup racing programs.

All foals sired by a fully nominated North American Breeders' Cup stallion are eligible for nomination to the Breeders' Cup program in their year of birth at the weanling rate. Any foal entered in a fall or winter breeding stock sale must be nominated by the early foal deadline in order for the Breeders' Cup Nominated engagement to be included on the catalog page.

Late foal nominations may be made in the foal's year of birth by a one-time payment of a $1,500 nomination fee between Oct. 16 of the weanling year to Feb. 28 of the yearling year.

In addition to the racing benefits, Breeders' Cup foal nominators will earn $10,000 USD for every victory in the worldwide Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In program and every horse that starts in a Breeders' Cup World Championship race will earn a nominator award. The individual nominating the foal receives these nominator awards even though the horse may change hands throughout its racing career.

Visit the Breeders' Cup website for more information or to nominate.

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‘He’s Really Loving It’: Graded Stakes Winner Red King Set For Thoroughbred Makeover

Almost exactly one year after making the last of 43 starts that included victories in the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap and historic Grade 3 San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita, the now 9-year-old gelding Red King will take a significant step on his post-racing career when he competes this week in the Retired Racehorse Project's Thoroughbred Makeover at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.

The Thoroughbred Makeover is for Jockey Club-registered Thoroughbreds who are recently retired. Red King last raced Oct., 8, 2022, completing a career that saw him win eight times and earn $586,555, the majority of that coming under the care of trainer Phil D'Amato.

Red King's work to transition to his post-racing career has been in Fallbrook, Calif., at the Sandia Creek Ranch Auxiliary Foundation, which has been accredited by CARMA – the California Retirement Management Account — for nearly a decade. He was placed at Sandia Creek in March.

Sandia Creek's Kiersti Wylie will partner Red King in the Thoroughbred Makeover, their events including competitive trail on Wednesday and freestyle on Thursday. In addition, Red King will compete in several events via the Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.), which is open to any registered Thoroughbred, not just recently retired racehorses, essentially a higher class of competition. All told, he will be in seven events over three days, ending Friday.

“He really loves to do it,” Wylie said. “He had raced for so long he needed a good, long turn out, but then we started developing him and he's been so good.”

The disciplines in which Red King will compete will demonstrate how well he has made the transition from the racetrack. Competitive trail, for instance, requires a horse to encounter a trail, jump logs, deal with foliage, and navigate much more, all in a prescribed period of time, all while being judged. He must handle a number of things thrown at him, far different from his previous life, turning left and then blasting home when a jockey asks.

“They're looking for a horse who can focus, keep his composure, canter, come back,” Wylie said.

For the freestyle competition, essentially dressage, Wylie said Red King will have to walk, jog, and canter, change leads, halt, and walk back. Playing off his name, he will compete to the theme song of “The King and I.”

“He's been phenomenal,” Wylie said. “He's really loving it. He got a special T.I.P. invitation just based on a video we sent of him.”

Funding for CARMA, which supports organizations like Sandia Creek Ranch Auxiliary Foundation and helps facilitate second careers for horses like Red King, come from private donations as well as CARMA's annual fund-raiser, CARMAthon, which most recently was held in August at Del Mar. For more information and to donate, please go to carma4horses.org.

The preceding article, supplied by CARMA was written by Jay Privman, voted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor in 2021. He retired from his position as longtime national correspondent for Daily Racing Form in 2022.

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