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Graded Stakes Sunday Pits Clairiere Versus Nest In Shuvee

After a rousing Saturday lineup, the stakes weekend isn't complete yet, as Saratoga, Woodbine and Del Mar present graded offerings.

The marquee match on Sunday is the GII Shuvee S. at Saratoga, which honors the 1970 and 1971 champion older female by Nashua who was the second filly to win the Triple Tiara. The Virginia bred is also the only filly to ever defeat colts in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. And she did that twice.

Though only four are entered here, the race includes the defending champion from last year in Clairiere (Curlin), who comes in after a pair of Grade I victories in the Apple Blossom H. at Oaklawn Park and the Ogden Phipps S. at Belmont Park.

The veteran mare trained by Steve Asmussen will take on last year's champion 3-year-old filly Nest (Curlin), who is making her first start of the year for trainer Todd Pletcher. The bay filly collected a pair of Grade I wins last summer at Saratoga when she won the Coaching Club of America Oaks and the Alabama S.

Shifting to Woodbine, they card a pair of graded races on Sunday starting with the GIII Trillium S. for 3-year-old fillies and up over the Tapeta, which has Souper Hoity Toity (Uncle Mo) as the 2-1 morning-line leader. The $550,000 OBSMAR purchase won the GIII Belle Mahone S. by a neck and the Mark Casse trainee will face many of the same competitors once again in this spot. Switching to the grass, the other graded event in Toronto is the GII Connaught Cup S., which includes veteran turf traveler Bound for Nowhere (The Factor). The 9-year-old will face the winner of the GII Highlander S., Lucky Score (Lookin At Lucky) and Churchtown (Air Force Blue), who just missed last time out in the Opening Verse S. at Churchill Downs.

Finally, the weekend graded action wraps up at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club with the annual renewal of the 12-furlong GIII Cougar II S. over the dirt. The class edge goes to Kiss Today Goodbye (Cairo Prince), who ran third May 29 in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita and Azul Coast (Super Saver) who hasn't been seen since he ran second last November at Del Mar in the GIII Native Diver S. Bye Bye Bobby (Quality Road), an $870,000 KEESEP buy, ships in from New Mexico.

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No Sweat: Study Suggests Anhidrosis May Be Heritable Condition

A horse that cannot sweat at all or that doesn't sweat enough is suffering from a condition called anhidrosis. This condition occurs more frequently in some breeds and among horses with a familial history of the disease. 

The inability to sweat is a welfare concern as the horse is often not able to cool itself effectively in hot and humid environments. Research out of the University of Florida suggests that there may be a heritable component to the disease. 

Drs. Samantha Brooks and Laura Patterson Rosa used the Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) to look for genomic associations with anhidrosis. Using information from 200 horses, they discovered a strongly supported candidate region containing the KCNE4 gene. 

Sequence analysis showed a single variation on the gene that encodes a portion of a potassium channel protein with possible sweat gland outflow may alter KCNE4 function.  

This research suggests that there is some heritability to the condition, though many more studies are needed to determine whether breeding a mare with anhidrosis to a stallion that doesn't have the condition would “cancel out” the anhidrosis susceptibility. 

Read more at EQUUS magazine. 

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Kuroshio’s Kairyu Notches Anglesey Triumph

Michael O'Callaghan trainee Kairyu (Ire) (Kuroshio {Aus}–Vegatina {GB}, by Lope De Vega {Ire}) was the clear-cut winner of a five-furlong Naas maiden last month and franked the promise of that debut score with an upset win upped in trip for Saturday's G3 Jebel Ali Racecourse And Stables Anglesey S. at the Curragh.

Kairyu employed patient tactics from flagfall and lobbed along off the pace in sixth through the early fractions. Making smooth headway once past halfway, the 4-1 chance quickened beyond rivals to seize control approaching the final furlong and was driven out in the closing stages to hold the late threat of 10-11 favourite Pearls And Rubies (No Nay Never) by 1 1/4 lengths.

“She looks very smart, Colin [Keane] said she doesn't want that [soft] ground and she was just good and tough,” said trainer Michael O'Callaghan. “The gaps appeared a little bit before Colin wanted them, but she has a savage turn of foot where she can go and put a race to bed. She relaxes so well that she'll probably get seven furlongs in time. I was thinking about going to the [G2] Duchess Of Cambridge at Newmarket last week, but I wasn't happy with her work so we waited another week. Colin thinks she'll be better on better ground and she'll probably go for something like the [G2] Lowther [at York] now. She's still a little bit high behind and she's going to grow plenty, so she could potentially be a very nice filly.”

Pedigree Notes
Kairyu becomes the fourth pattern-race winner for her sire (by Exceed And Excel {Aus}) and is the only reported foal produced by Vegatina (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), herself a granddaughter of Listed Prix Isola Bella third Vassiana (Fr) (Anabaa). Vassiana is the dam of G3 Phoenix Sprint S. victrix Girouette (Ire) (Pivital {GB}), herself the second dam of G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S.-winning sire Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never). Vassiana, who is also a full-sister to G3 Prix d'Arenberg winner Villadolide (Fr) and Listed Prix Hampton scorer Victorieux (Fr), is from the immediate family of G1 Prix de Diane heroine Mrs. Penny (Great Nephew {GB}).

 

 

Saturday, Curragh, Ireland
JEBEL ALI RACECOURSE AND STABLES ANGLESEY S.-G3, €55,000, Curragh, 7-22, 2yo, 6f 63yT, 1:20.74, sf.
1–KAIRYU (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Kuroshio (Aus)
1st Dam: Vegatina (GB), by Lope De Vega (Ire)
2nd Dam: Valtina (Ire), by Teofilo (Ire)
3rd Dam: Vassiana (Fr), by Anabaa
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€80,000 2yo '23 TATGOR). O/T-Michael O'Callaghan; B-Patrick Turley (IRE); J-Colin Keane. €33,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $46,414. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Pearls And Rubies, 128, f, 2, No Nay Never–Diamondsandrubies (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Mrs Richard Henry & Mrs John Magnier; B-Premier Bloodstock (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien. €11,000.
3–Do It With Style (Ire), 128, f, 2, Ten Sovereigns (Ire)–Sodashy (Ire), by Noverre. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€165,000 Wlg '21 GOFNO1; €235,000 Ylg '22 GOFOR). O-Leonard Green; B-Tom Darcy & Vincent McCarthy (IRE); T-Donnacha O'Brien. €5,500.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, HF. Odds: 4.00, 0.91, 14.00.
Also Ran: She's Quality (Ire), Gunzburg (Ire), Gaenari (Ire), Buyin Buyin (Ire), The Caribbean (Ire).

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Son Of Minding A New TDN Rising Star In Ireland

Aidan O'Brien had annexed six of the last 10 renewals of the Curragh's Juddmonte Irish EBF Maiden, among them 2013 winner Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), and he claimed Saturday's latest edition with Henry Longfellow (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who collected a 'TDN Rising Star' rosette with a taking performance in the seven-furlong test.

The eventual winner was steadily away and raced in a close-up third initially and eased into second approaching halfway. Hitting the front soon after passing the quarter-mile marker, the well-backed 5-4 favourite was never seriously threatened thereafter and kept on powerfully under mild coaxing inside the final furlong to easily outpoint G2 Railway S. fifth Mythology (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) by 1 3/4 lengths.

“He's an exciting type of horse and I'm delighted with him,” the winning trainer said. “He's a Dubawi out of Minding and he looks a lovely horse. Minding handled that [soft] ground and he does bend his knee a bit, but he quickens. Ryan [Moore] said it was very easy, he didn't touch him with the stick and was very happy with him. He had been working well and he just came on the scene lately. For the last three weeks, week after week, he was working well.”

Henry Longfellow is the second of four foals and first runner produced by seven-time Group 1 heroine Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), herself a full-sister to G1 Oaks and GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf victrix Tuesday (Ire), G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Empress Josephine (Ire) and G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial winner Kissed By Angels (Ire). The January-foaled bay is full to a yearling filly and half to a weanling filly by Wootton Bassett (GB). Minding, herself a daughter of G1 Coronation S. and G1 Matron S. winner Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), was bred to Gun Runner this year.

1st-Curragh, €20,000, Mdn, 7-22, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:28.58, sf.
HENRY LONGFELLOW (IRE), c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Minding (Ire) (MG1SW-Eng & Ire, $3,213,340), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Lillie Langtry (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
3rd Dam: Hoity Toity (GB), by Darshaan (GB)
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $13,351. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore.

 

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