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Maryland Jockey Club Sets Restriction on Jockey Travel
The Maryland Jockey Club has announced that beginning Friday, July 17, jockeys who enter another racetrack’s jockey quarters will not be permitted to ride in Maryland unless they self-quarantine for 14 days and obtain a negative COVID-19 test.
Jockeys outside the state of Maryland will not be allowed to work or gallop horses at Laurel Park or Pimlico Race Course. Jockeys located in Maryland who work or gallop horses outside the state will not be allowed to ride, gallop or work horses at Laurel or Pimlico unless they self-quarantine for 14 days and obtain a negative COVID-19 test.
Jockeys who have ridden outside Maryland this past week will have separate dressing rooms and quarters this weekend and will be monitored.
Racing at Laurel resumes Friday afternoon.
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Fancy Blue’s Half-Sister Debuts at Yarmouth
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday’s Observations features a half-sister to French Classic winner Fancy Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).
1.10 Great Yarmouth, Novice, £6,400, 2yo, 7f 3yT
MISS CHESS (IRE) (Zoffany {Ire}) was purchased for the Phoenix Ladies Syndicate for €220,000 at the Arqana Deauville August Sale as a relative of High Chaparral (Ire) with two half-siblings having made their mark in black-type company in the listed-winning and G1 Dewhurst S. third Smuggler’s Cove (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and the useful stayer Casterton (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). In the intervening period, another half-sister to the Ed Vaughan-trained January-foaled bay has sprung to prominence in Fancy Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), now winner of the G1 Prix de Diane and runner-up in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas.
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National Museum of Racing Launches Summer Virtual Children’s Program Series
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will present a summer virtual children’s program series beginning Thursday, July 16, geared toward ages three through eight.
These free online programs will be prerecorded and posted to the Museum’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NMRHOF each week for families to experience at their convenience.
A new program will be posted every Thursday through Aug. 27.
The Museum is also launching a summer virtual programming series Wednesday, July 15 at 1 p.m., headed by a comprehensive preview of the 2020 Saratoga Race Course meet. Hosted by Brien Bouyea, the Museum’s Hall of Fame and Communications Director, the program will feature an in-depth discussion with the editorial staff of The Saratoga Special & This Is Horse Racing. To register, click here.
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