Jockey Lee ‘recovering well’ from surgery after fall
Former Grand National-winning jockey Graham Lee is "recovering well" after surgery, but the long-term prognosis "remains uncertain".
Month: November 2023
Roster And Fees For Haras De La Tuilerie Announced
A five-strong roster, anchored by Masked Marvel (GB), will stand at Haras d'Etreham's jumping division, Haras de la Tuilerie, d'Etreham announced on Wednesday.
Leading the Tuilerie roster, the son of Montjeu (Ire) is the sire of Grade 1 winners like Seljem (Fr). He is also responsible for recent G2 Prix Magalen Bryant winner Maskaya (Fr) among his 40 winners this year. His fee will remain at €12,500.
Joining the son of Montjeu (Ire) is new recruit Pretty Tiger (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), who will stand for €4,000 through a partnership between d'Etreham and Haras de Cercy. The dual Group 1 runner-up won the G2 Prix Eugene Adam and the G3 Prix Exbury.
Grade 1 winner Goliath Du Berlais (Fr) will have his first 3-year-olds in 2024 and his fee is unchanged at €7,500. Paradiso (Fr), a son of Kapgarde (Fr), will also stand for an unchanged fee of €5,000 and is expecting his first foals in 2024. Rounding out the Tuilerie roster is Latrobe (Ire) at €4,000. The G1 Irish Derby winner is a grandson of Montjeu.
Priced at €15,000 the same as 2023 and the sire of 17 Grade 1 winners in the NH sphere, Saint Des Saints has sired six Grade 1 winners this term and remains at Haras d'Etreham.
Nicolas de Chambure said, “We are delighted to welcome Pretty Tiger to join the ranks of our jumps sires. It is essential for us to select profiles capable of enriching the pool of French stallions and continuing the development that breeding is currently undergoing in the jumping discipline. It is also with this in mind that we are continuing to support the fillies and mares jumping programme by sponsoring the group races reserved for them at Auteuil. We aim to offer the best to breeders and are very pleased with the stallion profiles we are offering again this year.”
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Letter to 60 Minutes: Craig Bandoroff
In Tuesday's TDN, we ran a letter from JoAnn Hayden urging industry supporters to write to 60 Minutes with their thoughts on their Nov. 12 segment, “Horse Racing Reform?” Denali Stud's Craig Bandoroff shared his letter to 60 Minutes with the TDN.
To: 60minutes@cbsnews.com
Let me preface this by saying I'm 68 years old and I have religiously watched 60 Minutes for the past 35 years and I've watched it less regularly my whole life. I have the show automatically recorded so I'm writing to you as a devoted follower of your show.
I have been involved in thoroughbred racing and breeding my whole career, which is now 50 years. I was very disappointed in your segment on Sunday. There is no question we have a history of a drug and cheating problem. But the way you presented your story doesn't portray that the incident percentage of both drug positives and breakdowns is small. Any breakdown is too many. Everyone in the industry feels that way. It is an industry where extremely devoted people labor because of one common thing: we all love horses, especially thoroughbred horses. That did not come across in the piece. Granted your story was about our problem but some senses of balance would have been appropriate.
I was very disappointed in both the piece and 60 Minutes in general. It makes me question the integrity and balance of the pieces I have seen over these many years.
–Craig Bandoroff, Lexington, Ky.
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Channel Maker Arrives at Old Friends
Fan-favorite Channel Maker (English Channel), the 2020 Eclipse Award-winning turf male who made a record six appearances at the Breeders' Cup, has taken up residence at Old Friends in Georgetown, Kentucky. The 9-year-old was donated to the farm by Adam Wachtel and his fellow owners.
Bred in Ontario by Ivan Dalos's Tall Oaks Farm, Channel Maker was a stakes winner at two for trainer Danny Vella and took the 2017 Breeders' S. He was a Grade I winner each year from 2018 to 2020, scoring his first such victory in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic before adding the Man O'War S. in 2019 and the Sword Dancer and a second Joe Hirsch the following year. He was also a close third in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf en route to his championship.
A gallant second in the $1-million Neom Turf Cup in Saudi Arabia at the outset of his 7-year-old season, Channel Maker retained his zest for racing into the latter part of his career, winning the GII Elkhorn S. in the spring of 2022 and this year's GII Bowling Green S. at Saratoga in gate-to-wire fashion. He retired with a record of 10-6-5 from 56 starts for earnings of $3,915,983.
“I've idolized Channel Maker ever since I first laid eyes on him devouring the field in the 2020 Sword Dancer at Saratoga,” said Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends. “He arrived at Old Friends covered in dapples and in spectacular condition. Our deepest thanks to Adam and his partners, and to trainer Bill Mott, for allowing us to show him off to his legion of fans. We are honored.”
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