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King Guillermo Fires Bullet Ahead of Kentucky Derby

Victoria Ranch’s King Guillermo (Uncle Mo) tuned up for the $3-million GI Kentucky Derby with a five-furlong drill that was clocked in :58.20 (see below), the quickest of 40 works at the distance. It was the second consecutive Churchill bullet for the strapping bay, who went the same distance in :59.40 (1/46) Aug. 15.

With Miguel Mena in the irons, the GII Tampa Bay Derby upsetter broke off in :11.40 for the opening eighth of a mile, then was timed in subsequent splits of :23 (flat) (:11.60 interval), :34.80 (:11.80) and :46.60 (:11.80) before covering his final furlong in :11.60. He galloped out three-quarters of a mile in a very strong 1:10.80 (:12.60) and was up seven furlongs in 1:24.20 (:13.40) according to a tweet from Churchill Downs’s Kevin Kerstein. Samy Camacho, who rode King Guillermo in the Tampa Bay Derby and guided the colt to his runner-up effort in the faster division of the GI Arkansas Derby May 2, has the call in the Run for the Roses.

“You can sometimes get a little bit worried when horses work that fast, but he did it so effortlessly,” Mena said. “He has an unbelievable stride and is pretty tough in the bridle. When I broke off from the pony, he really wanted to go. He continued out really well around the turn and onto the backside.”

Mena has picked up the call on GIII Indiana Derby and Runhappy Ellis Park Derby third Necker Island (Hard Spun).

In other activity Saturday morning, GI Longines Kentucky Oaks hopeful Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) breezed six furlongs in 1:11.60 beneath exercise rider Edwin Vargas in sectional times of :12.60, :24.20, :35.40 and :59 flat. Florent Geroux has the call for trainer Brad Cox, who also oversaw a routine track gallop for Juddmonte Farms’s GSW/GISP Bonny South (Munnings).

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New Approach’s Mac Swiney In Futurity Upset

It was about time for another Jim Bolger star to come forward and Saturday saw his outsider Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) duly prevail to put Coolcullen back in the headlines in The Curragh’s G2 Galileo Irish EBF Futurity S. Hardly advertising his claims when ninth in Leopardstown’s G3 Tyros S. over this seven-furlong trip Aug. 6, the 28-1 shot was the subject of a no-nonsense ride from Kevin Manning tracking Ballydoyle’s pacemaker Ontario (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) throughout. With that 20-1 shot refusing to give up on the lead, the homebred had to get down to bare knuckles late on and only managed to subdue that front-runner in the final yards along with the 4-5 favourite Cadillac (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Approaching the line, it was Mac Swiney who had more to give and he forged a half-length verdict over the market-leader, with the same margin back to the game Ontario in third. “He did it well on ground he wouldn’t really appreciate,” Una Manning commented. “The plan now is to go for the [G1] National Stakes. When he won here the last time he said he was his Derby horse. It seemed to be a strong race. Hopefully we can get a good result in the National Stakes now and go from there.”

Mac Swiney, who had finished fifth behind TDN Rising Star Hudson River (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in a course-and-distance maiden June 28 before breaking his maiden again over this track and trip July 18 prior to his Tyros reversal, is inbred 2×3 to Galileo. His unraced dam Halla Na Saoire (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) is a full-sister to the G2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial winner and G1 Irish Derby third Light Heavy (Ire) and a half to Halla Siamsa (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) who produced the G1 Dewhurst S. hero Parish Hall (Ire) from a mating with Teofilo and his full-brother Hall of Fame (Ire) who was third in this. The third dam Amoura (Northfields) is also the ancestress of the Listed Curragh S. winner An Ghalanta (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), who is in turn the dam of this year’s Listed Empress S. winner Time Scale (GB) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) and Bletchley (GB) (Makfi {GB}) who was runner-up in the GII Nassau S. and G3 Albany S. Halla Na Saoire also has a yearling colt by Vocalised.

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
GALILEO IRISH EBF FUTURITY S.-G2, €95,000, Curragh, 8-22, 2yo, 7fT, 1:29.68, sf.
1–MAC SWINEY (IRE), 131, c, 2, by New Approach (Ire)
1st Dam: Halla Na Saoire (Ire), by Teofilo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Siamsa, by Quest for Fame (GB)
3rd Dam: Amoura, by Northfields
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Mrs J S Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE); J-Kevin Manning. €57,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $79,070. Werk Nick Rating: First SW from this cross. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Cadillac (Ire), 131, c, 2, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Seas of Wells (Ire), by Dansili (GB). (€40,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-Alpha Racing 2020; B-Sunderland Holdings Inc (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. €19,000.
3–Ontario (Ire), 131, c, 2, Galileo (Ire)–Timbuktu (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. €9,500.
Margins: HF, HF, 1HF. Odds: 28.00, 0.80, 20.00.
Also Ran: Snapraeterea (Ire), Trusted Ally (GB), Van Gogh, To Glory (GB), Southern Cape (Ire). Scratched: Military Style. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Beat Ray At Del Mar: Eurton Brings An Insider’s Edge

Britney Eurton has been a bright spot on TVG's horse racing coverage since joining the racing network in 2014 and it didn't take NBC Sports long to recognize her on-air talent, adding her to the coverage team for Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup telecasts within a few years.

As the daughter of Southern California-based trainer Peter Eurton, Britney is a racing insider, and I'm sure she'll be pulling out all the stops today to win the Beat Ray Beach Boss competition at what she has called her favorite racetrack, Del Mar.

Britney will join fellow handicapper Michelle Yu and me on Saturday at 11 a.m. PT on Del Mar's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube) to handicap the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks, the fourth of five graded stakes and ninth of 11 races on a terrific Pacific Classic Day program at the seaside track. There's a field of 11 3-year-old fillies scheduled to go postward and there is no standout favorite in the lineup. Tune in to hear our handicapping strategies and bets for the contest.

Beat Ray Everyday is an online contest offered every racing day of the Del Mar summer meet. It's free to play and you can sign up here. Bet a mythical $100 each day on the selected contest race in win, place or show bets on any horse or horses. At the end of the meet, the player with the highest bankroll from those wagers becomes the “Beach Boss” and wins two VIP tickets to the 2021 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar. Other prizes are available to top finishers and anyone who finishes ahead of me is entered in a drawing for even more prizes.

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Change In Diet From Grass To Hay Hard On Horse’s Hindgut

Horses that have abrupt changes to the grass and hay in their diets have changes in the microbial population of their feces. The change from hay to grass has a higher risk of causing problems in the equine gut than swapping from grass to hay. These changes may alter the gut microbiota, which may cause digestive or metabolic disturbance.

Drs. Anna Garber, Peter Hastie, David McGuinness, Pauline Malarange and Jo-Anne Murray created an experiment to test the microbiota of six Welsh ponies that were changed from pasture to hay and grass back to hay. For 30 days before the experiment began, the ponies were on pasture.

The study used two 14-day periods; in the first period, the ponies were taken off pasture and fed hay for 14 days. The ponies were then turned back out on pasture and given unlimited hay as well. Fecal samples were collected at the start of each phase and then on days 1, 2, 3, 7 and 14 after the changes to the diet were made. The samples were analyzed to determine how many microbiota were present as well as to characterize the microbiome.

The scientists found that the microbiota in the fecal samples were diverse, but that their abundance changed with abrupt dietary changes. Ponies fed the diet of restricted hay had microbiota similar to those ponies fed just grass, but they differed widely with regards to abundance.

They conclude that abrupt changes from hay to grass may pose a higher risk for hindgut pH to drop and cause gastric disturbances compared to the dietary change from grass to hay.

Read the full article here.