December, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Keeneland Adds Eight Offerings To 2024 January Horses Of All Ages Sale

Keeneland has supplemented eight horses, including multiple Grade 3 winner Dolce Zel (FR) and stakes winner Good Sam, to the 2024 January Horses of All Ages Sale.

A total of 1,467 broodmares and broodmare prospects, newly turned yearlings, horses of racing age, stallions and stallion prospects are cataloged to the sale, which will cover four sessions from Jan. 8-11, 2024.

Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, as a broodmare prospect, Dolce Zel concluded her racing career in November at Del Mar by winning the Kathryn Crosby Stakes. The daughter of Zelzal (FR) was a winner in her native France and in 2022 won or placed in five of six races – all stakes – led by victories in the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes at Saratoga and the G3 Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs. She also placed in graded stakes at Keeneland and Churchill Downs.

Good Sam followed an impressive debut maiden special weight victory with a 3 1/2-length score in the 2022 Tempted Stakes as a juvenile. At three, she registered a 92 Beyer speed figure when winning a second-level allowance at the Belmont-at-Aqueduct meet while defeating older fillies by 3 1/2 lengths. First or second in five of her six lifetime starts, Good Sam is by Good Samaritan out of the Twirling Candy mare Twizzler and from the family of Grade 1 winner Twist Afleet. Consigned by ELiTE, agent, she is offered as a broodmare prospect.

Additional supplements are:

– Classic Performer, a winning daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Denali Stud, agent. Out of High Performer, by Candy Ride (ARG), she is from the family of Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong and Grade 3 winners Gulch Approval and Rusty Slipper.

– Disruption, a winning daughter of Practical Joke cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Lane's End, agent. A half-sister to stakes winner Kept Waiting, she is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Orient Moon.

– Geolocation (GB), a daughter of Too Darn Hot offered as a broodmare prospect by Lane's End, agent. She is from the family of Group 1 winner Planteur (IRE), European highweight Persian King and French highweight Policy Maker.

– My Happy Holiday, a daughter of Runhappy cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. Out of stakes winner Cat's Holiday, by Harlan's Holiday, she is from the family of Grade 2 winner Varenka and Grade 3 winner Dynamic Holiday. Lane's End, agent, consigns My Happy Holiday.

– A yearling colt by Kantharos who is the first foal out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Golden Ibis (FR) and is a consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent. He is from the family of Group 3 winner Emerald Star (GB).

– A yearling colt by Yaupon who is consigned by Royal Oak Farm (Damian and Braxton Lynch), agent. Out of the winning Delaware Township mare Kinsey, he is a half-brother to stakes winner and stakes producer Firsthand Report and from the family of Grade 3 winners Electrify and Rothko.

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ASPCA Commends Gov. Hochul For Signing Bill To Protect New York Horses From Slaughter

The ASPCA^® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) commends Gov. Kathy Hochul for signing S.2163-B into law to protect New York horses from being sold and transported for slaughter. Championed by Assemblymember Deborah Glick (D-Manhattan) and Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Woodhaven), this legislation was overwhelmingly approved by the New York State Legislature earlier this year, and the new law is set to take effect 120 days from today.

This measure is a follow-up to a 2021 law enacted by Gov. Hochul, which recognized this practice as fundamentally brutal and inhumane by outlawing the sale or transport of Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses for the purpose of slaughter. This prohibition was an urgently needed first step as most equines bound for slaughter are crammed into crowded trailers without access to food, water, or rest, and many suffer serious injuries or death in transit. Once they arrive at the slaughterhouse, their death is even more gruesome. Due to their biology, horses are difficult to stun effectively, and they frequently require repeated blows and may even remain conscious during dismemberment. However, the original law made it difficult for officers stopping a horse trailer headed to the border to determine what breed each equine was. The enactment of S.2163-B makes the existing law more just and more effective by protecting all horses, not just racehorses.

“A staggering 83 percent of Americans oppose the slaughter of horses for human consumption and Congress has already acted to shut down slaughterhouses in the U.S., but a legal loophole still allows tens of thousands of American horses to be shipped to Canada and Mexico each year to be slaughtered for their meat,” said Bill Ketzer, senior legislative director for the ASPCA's Eastern division. “With the enactment of this new law, New York has taken a stand against the cruel, unnecessary, and predatory horse slaughter industry. We're grateful to Assemblymember Glick and Senator Addabbo for their commitment to ending the transport and slaughter of all horses and we thank Governor Hochul for strengthening the existing law to protect thousands of horses and ensure New York will no longer be a part of the slaughter pipeline.”

ASPCA research shows that 2.3 million Americans have the interest and resources to adopt a horse, demonstrating that there are more than enough homes for the approximately 20,000 American horses who were exported for slaughter last year. This means that every horse who has been sent to slaughter could have had a home waiting, if given the opportunity to find it, or compassionate end-of-life care close to home – a far cry from commercial slaughter. America's equine adoption community works to match the horses in their care with foster and adoptive families, increasing the number of adoptions every year, but as long as the financial incentive for slaughter exists, it will continue to hamper the lifesaving efforts of rescue and welfare groups to provide humane care to equines.

The horse slaughter industry not only exploits horses who must endure grueling journeys to slaughter plants and an inhumane death, it also harms the broader equine community, including horse owners, riders, and rescues, who fear that their horses will end up in the slaughter pipeline despite their best efforts to keep them safe. Kill buyers – those who buy horses to ship to slaughter in Canada and Mexico – attend auctions and often outbid rescue groups trying to help vulnerable equines. Kill buyers have also been known to pose as good homes in response to ads from horse owners who can no longer care for their animals. Many owners are so fearful that they may even keep their horses beyond the point that they can afford basic care to prevent their animals from being sold to slaughter, causing further suffering. In fact, approximately 75 percent of horse owners surveyed at the ASPCA's Equine Transition and Adoption Center admit that the threat of horse slaughter played a primary role in delaying relinquishment and seeking care.

The ASPCA is committed to ensuring good welfare for all equines in the U.S. by building programs that support horses and their owners, advocating for stronger laws for these under-protected animals, and reimagining and increasing equine adoption. In addition to supporting efforts to prohibit horse slaughter at the state level, the ASPCA is also advocating for the passage of the Save America's Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act (H.R.3475/S.2037), federal legislation that would permanently protect American horses from commercial slaughter by expanding the Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition Act that passed as part of the 2018 Farm Bill to include equines, thereby prohibiting the commercial slaughter of horses in the U.S. and ending their export for that purpose abroad.

For more information about the ASPCA's work to ban horse slaughter or to join the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade, please visit www.aspca.org.

About the ASPCA®

Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) was the first animal welfare organization to be established in North America and today serves as the nation's leading voice for vulnerable and victimized animals. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with more than two million supporters nationwide, the ASPCA is committed to preventing cruelty to dogs, cats, equines, and farm animals throughout the United States. The ASPCA assists animals in need through on-the-ground disaster and cruelty interventions, behavioral rehabilitation, animal placement, legal and legislative advocacy, and the advancement of the sheltering and veterinary community through research, training, and resources. For more information, visit www.ASPCA.org, and follow the ASPCA on Facebook, X, Instagram, and TikTok.

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Equibase Analysis: Coach Prime Should Step Forward Again In Los Alamitos Futurity

This Saturday's Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity provides six aspiring 2-year-olds a chance to not only get on the radar for the Road to the 150th Kentucky Derby next May, but also awards points in the series which could be very important as these colts progress physically and mentally.

Bob Baffert, who won the Futurity seven straight times from 2014 through 2020, saddles three of those, with only one having experience in a stakes race. That one is Wine Me Up, who finished second in the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes in October before a second-to-last place effort in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile last month.

Stronghold has stakes experience as well, as he finished second last month in the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes. Ace of Clubs has both two-turn and stakes experience, albeit on turf, finishing fourth in the Grade 3 Zuma Beach Stakes then fifth in the Qatar Golden Mile Stakes in November.

The other three are attempting to go from maiden winner to stakes winner, but that is not unheard of as a number of talented 2-year-olds have accomplished that feat in this race in recent history. Those three horses are Moonlit Sonata, Coach Prime and Wynstock.

Top contenders:

Just in case you're unaware, Coach Prime is named after Deion Sanders, former star football player and now coach of the Colorado University Buffaloes. The horse Coach Prime hasn't yet achieved that level of success, but he might over the next few months if the talent displayed in his 7 1/4-length win last month is indicative of what he might accomplish in the Los Alamitos Futurity and on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in 2024. That win came in only the second race of his career, first around two-turns on dirt, and in the race Coach Prime displayed a tremendous talent as he moved quickly from sixth with a quarter mile to run to be in front by two lengths with an eighth of a mile to go, widening his lead with ease after that. The effort earned a 96 Equibase Speed Figure which not only indicates the fastest race run to date by any of the horses in this race, it's also as good as the figures earned by the last two winners of this race – Practical Move and Slow Down Andy. Considering we should expect improvement off that effort in the third start of his career, Coach Prime is the one to beat in this race and could provide Bob Baffert with his 11th win in the last 15 editions of the Los Alamitos Futurity.

Phil D'Amato trainee Stronghold has more racing experience, and stakes experience, than Coach Prime and that could mean something in the late stages of this race. After a runner-up debut in August in a six furlong sprint, Stronghold stretched out to two-turns and showed good maturity, as well as ability, when starting out fourth then moving to the lead with three-eighths of a mile to run, before drawing off. In doing so he improved to an 89 figure from 86 in his debut. Stronghold then ran in the Bob Hope Stakes on November 19, where he started third then moved up to engage the leader after six furlongs. Leading by a head at that point, Stronghold succumbed to eventual 8 3/4-length winner Nysos but was still well clear of the third horse at the finish. Although his effort yielded a lesser 83 figure than the previous race, it could have been he didn't have to run that hard to hold second after the cause was lost, so the case can be made Stronghold could improve markedly off his previous effort, and when combined with more racing experience, that gives him a chance at the slight upset.

Moonlit Sonata is trained by Tim Yakteen, who saddled the 2022 Los Alamitos Futurity winner, Practical Move, to victory. Practical Move had finished third in the Bob Hope, similar to Stronghold having finished second in that race this year. Moonlit Sonata broke slowly in a 10 horse field in his debut three weeks ago, but the talented colt put on a display after that by racing six paths wide on the far turn to go from fourth to second entering the stretch, before easily moving by the leader to win by two and one-half lengths. More than a few recent maiden winners in history have won the Los Alamitos Futurity, and considering the 90 figure Moonlit Sonata earned in that debut victory recently, and considering his pedigree (Malibu Moon out of a Distorted Humor mare) strongly suggests he will run even better around two turns, it is entirely possible he can take a big step forward to win this race.

The rest of the field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures, is Ace of Clubs (89), Wine Me Up (94) and Wynstock (85).

Win contenders, in preference/probability order:
Coach Prime
Stronghold
Moonlit Sonata

Los Alamitos Futurity – Grade 2
Race 9 at Los Alamitos Race Course
Saturday, December 16, 2023 – Post Time 7:30 PM E.T.
One Mile and One Sixteenth
Two Year Olds
Purse: $200,000

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Keeneland Adds Eight Horses To 2024 January Horses Of All Ages Sale

With a total of 1,467 entries, Keeneland has supplemented eight horses to the 2024 January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will cover four sessions Jan. 8-11, the organization said in a release Thursday.

Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, as a broodmare prospect, Dolce Zel (hip 839) concluded her racing career in November at Del Mar by winning the Kathryn Crosby S. The daughter of Zelzal (Fr) was a winner in her native France and in 2022 won or placed in five of six races–all stakes–led by victories in the GIII Lake George S. at Saratoga and the GIII Florida Oaks at Tampa.

Good Sam (hip 1154) debuted a juvenile winner and then followed that with a 3 1/2-length score in the 2022 Tempted S. First or second in five of her six lifetime starts, Good Sam is by Good Samaritan out of the Twirling Candy mare Twizzler. Consigned by ELiTE, agent, she is offered as a broodmare prospect.

Additional supplements are:

Classic Performer (hip 1155), a winning daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Denali Stud, agent. Out of High Performer, by Candy Ride (ARG), she is from the family of Grade I winner Wicked Strong.
Disruption (hip 1486), a winning daughter of Practical Joke cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Lane's End, agent.
Geolocation (GB) (hip 1485), a daughter of Too Darn Hot offered as a broodmare prospect by Lane's End, agent.
My Happy Holiday (hip 1484), a daughter of Runhappy cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. Lane's End, agent, consigns My Happy Holiday.
A yearling colt by Kantharos (hip 1482), who is the first foal out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Golden Ibis (FR) and is a consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent.
A yearling colt by Yaupon (hip 1483), who is consigned by Royal Oak Farm (Damian and Braxton Lynch), agent.

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