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Flavien Prat Bags Five Winners On Belmont’s Fourth Of July Program

Flavien Prat celebrated Independence Day by posting five wins from eight mounts on Tuesday's 10-race card at Belmont Park.

The 30-year-old native of Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France, said he was pleased to deliver victories for five separate trainers Tuesday as the final weekend at Belmont approaches before live racing moves upstate to Saratoga Race Course for the 40-day summer meet.

“I had good mounts today and thought I could have a good day,” Prat said. “It's great to have some confidence and some opportunities from trainers to ride good horses. It's great, going into Saratoga, to have some momentum.”

Prat kicked off the card with a stakes victory, taking the featured $125,000 Port Washington with Whatlovelookslike [No. 5, $6.10] for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. Whatlovelookslike withstood the challenge of heavy favorite Runaway Rumour and the inside charge of Golden Rocket to win her stakes debut in the 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for older New York-bred fillies and mares.

Prat said he felt confident of a good effort from Whatlovelookslike.

“She had some good runs prior to that and I thought she was a filly that was improving race after race. Today was a bit of a step up and she reacted the right way,” Prat said.

He returned to the winner's circle in Race 4 with a prominent score aboard Frat Pack [No. 4, $4.30*] topping a Chad Brown-trained exacta over Magico in the 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for 3-year-olds and up.

Prat guided the Brendan Walsh-trained Heaven Street [No. 6, $8.90] to victory in Race 6, a seven-furlong Widener turf allowance optional-claimer for older horses; and returned three races later to guide the George Weaver-conditioned King Moonracer [No. 9, $19.80] to an upset score in a six-furlong Widener turf sprint for state-breds 3-years-old and up.

The four-time Breeders' Cup winning rider secured his fifth win in the Race 10 finale with a deep-stretch surge aboard Highland Grace [No. 5, $8.20], a promising American Pharoah bay trained by Barclay Tagg, to capture the 10-furlong inner turf test for fillies and mares.

“She really gave me a good run down the lane and she should have a bright future,” Prat said.

Live racing resumes Friday at Belmont Park with a 10-race card featuring the Grade 3, $250,000 Manila in Race 9. First post is 1:05 p.m. Eastern.

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Third Street Becomes First Winner for Yoshida

Third Street (Yoshida {Jpn}), co-owned by Shawn Davis and Bill Carnes and trained by Davis, became the first winner for his freshman sire with a romping 7 1/4-length victory at Lone Star Park Tuesday night. The bay gelding, who was fifth over a sloppy track in his five-furlong debut June 8, was sent off at 6-1 while adding an extra half-furlong in this second outing. He went straight to the early lead and took the field through fractions of :22.22 and :45.87. He extended his advantage into the lane and sailed home an easy winner. Pure Malice (Palace Malice) was second.

Third Street was bred by Bryon Henderson, who purchased the gelding's dam, Abbey Street, with the winner in utero for $13,000 at the 2021 Keeneland January sale. The mare is a half-sister to Grade I winner Wicked Strong (Hard Spun).

Winner of the 2018 GI Woodward S., Yoshida stands at WinStar Farm for a fee of $10,000.

3rd-Lone Star, $33,000, Msw, 7-4, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:06.19, ft, 7 1/4 lengths.
THIRD STREET (g, 2, Yoshida {Jpn}–Abbey Street, by Street Boss) Click for the Equibase.com chart. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $20,601. O-Shawn Davis & Bill Carnes; B-Bryon Henderson (LA); T-Shawn H. Davis. *$3,000 RNA 2yo '23 TTAAPR

 

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Arabian Skull Anatomy Increases Difficulty Level Of Sinus, Dental Surgery 

Arabians are known for their long, arched necks, high tail sets, and dished faces. In recent years, breeders have sought an even more dished face, believing it to be even more beautiful. 

Though it may be “pretty,” the smaller skull can lead to dental issues, sinus infections, and respiratory disease, reports The Horse. Treating these issues can also prove tricky as the smaller skull size leaves less room to work if surgical intervention is needed. 

Dr. Endrigo Pompermayer, an equine surgeon with the Equine Veterinary Medical Center, in Al Rayyan, Doha, Qatar, noted that Arabians in particular have proportionally more head-related issues as they are bred specifically for a more-dramatically dished face. 

Pompermayer and his surgical colleagues realized they were operating on more Arabians with dental disease and chronic sinusitis from overcrowded teeth than any other breed. They also determined that these surgeries were more complicated than when performed on non-Arabian horses; the structures were difficult to access, making the surgeries riskier. 

Pompermayer and the other surgeons carried out a study to determine whether Straight Egyptian Arabian Horse heads were truly smaller or just seemed that way. Straight Egyptian Arabians can trace their lineage back to the Bedouin tribes of Arabia and are considered the “purest” Arabians. However, this line of Arabians has also undergone the most intense genetic selection for horse showing and has relatively high levels of inbreeding, Pompermayer noted. 

The team of surgeons recorded head dimensions from 29 healthy horses that were 5 years old and older. This included 14 Thoroughbreds and 15 Straight Egyptian Arabians. 

The dimensions taken included basic eye-to-eye width, muzzle circumference, and jaw width, as well as eight advanced anatomical measurements using computed tomography. 

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The vets discovered that the Arabians' total head length was shorter than that of Thoroughbreds' head length – particularly in relation to body size. 

In particular, the researchers found shorter frontal sinuses in Arabians and that the maxillary septal bulla was set farther back. This explains why surgeons have difficulty performing the surgery needed to facilitate sinus drainage on Arabians. The team also found that the maxillary bone flaps on Arabians tended to be shorter, meaning surgeons had poorer access to the maxillary sinuses. 

Read more at The Horse.

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