Jumps Racing Suspended At Southwell

The British Horseracing Authority and Arena Racing Company have made the joint decision to suspend jumps racing at Southwell until further notice after two further fatalities occurred at Thursday evening’s fixture. There have been six fatalities at the track between July 1 and Aug. 24 and a process is already underway to investigate them.

Brant Dunshea, chief regulatory officer at the BHA, said, “The BHA and ARC met earlier this week and agreed a series of immediate measures which were put in place for this evening’s meeting. The course was inspected prior to racing by a BHA Course Inspector and was deemed fit to race. Pre-race checks were also carried out on all horses competing by BHA Veterinary Officers. In the sad event of two further fatalities, we have jointly decided with ARC to suspend jump racing at Southwell until further notice whilst we work together to complete a detailed investigation.”

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Friday Insights: Pair of $850K Babies Debut On Oaks Undercard

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2nd-CD, $97K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 11:30 a.m. ET

Gary Barber and Baccari Racing Stable’s SALTY AS CAN BE (Into Mischief) opens her account in this sprint, the second event on a star-studded GI Longines Kentucky Oaks day card at Churchill. Bought for $850,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, the bay is a half-sister to Salty (Quality Road), who won the GI La Troienne S. over this track for these connections in 2018 before selling for $3 million to Don Alberto at Fasig-Tipton November. Other interesting firsters in the field include Stoneway Farm’s Amusing Antics (Super Saver) and David McCarty’s Super Sport (Not This Time). The former, the first foal out of an unraced half-sister to last year’s dual champion Covfefe (Into Mischief) and MGSW/MG1SP Albiano (Harlan’s Holiday), shows a sharp local worktab for Bill Mott, including a half-mile gate breeze in :48 1/5 (2/58) Aug. 17. The latter, from the female family of multimillionaire Spain (Thunder Gulch), is by the hottest current freshman sire and drilled a bullet four furlongs in :46 3/5 (1/13) out of the blocks Aug. 25 at Keeneland for Ignacio Correas. Of the horses with experience, Franklin Ave Equine and Jon Green’s Quick Munny (Munnings) looks the one to beat after showingspeed and running second behind ‘TDN Rising Star’ Inject (Frosted) on debut Aug. 15 at Ellis. TJCIS PPs

5th-CD, $97K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10 p.m. ET

In the second half of this six-furlong heat, another $850,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase in OXO Equine’s Travel Column (Frosted) makes her debut. The Brad Cox-trained gray is a half-sister to MGISP Neolithic (Harlan’s Holiday) out of MSW Swingit (Victory Gallop). Peace Broker (War Front) also lifts the lid on her career from the outside post Bob Gorsky and CJ Thoroughbreds. The bay is a half-sister to GSW/MGISP ‘TDN Rising Star’ Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo), who is slated to run later in the card in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks. TJCIS PPs

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Best Bets: Derby Day Longshot, Pat Day Mile Play

America’s Best Racing and handicapper (and avid gambler) Monique Vág team up to provide horseplayers with their best bets of the weekend. Vág will identify her top picks as well as at least one longshot play of the weekend, a nice opportunity to swing for the fences on a win bet or to take a shot with a show bet. She also will occasionally look for strong exacta plays for the weekend or try to spot a nice opportunity for other wagers. This Weekend’s Bets

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