Horse Racing News | Horse Racing Free Tips

Art Collector Out Of Derby Consideration After Minor Foot Injury

Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector, winner of Keeneland's Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes and the $200,000 RUNHAPPY Ellis Park Derby in his last two starts, is out of Saturday's $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) with a minor foot issue, trainer Tommy Drury said.

Drury told Jennie Rees of the Kentucky HBPA that Art Collector would not be entered when the field is set Tuesday morning. He said the colt nicked the bulb of his left front heel with a hind hoof while galloping Monday at Churchill Downs. Because of horse racing strict medication rules, the horse could not be treated with an anti-inflammatory this close to the race.

Drury said that Art Collector now will point for the Oct. 3 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore.

Art Collector returned to Drury's Skylight training base in Oldham County yesterday morning, arriving about 8:20.

“He grabbed himself yesterday morning training,” Drury told Rees. “It was still very sensitive this morning. When I took my thumbs to palpate the bulbs of his heels, you could still tell it was pinching him. I had to make a choice. Your horse has to always come first. To run in a race of this caliber and trying to compete against the best 3-year-olds in this country, you've got to be 110 percent. To me, it wouldn't have been fair to Art Collector, even though it's slight, knowing that there's an issue of any kind. I had a meeting yesterday afternoon with my veterinarians, Foster Northrup, Rick Costelle, had my blacksmith there. We discussed some different scenarios. We maybe could have put a bar shoe on it and stabilized it and he would have been fine. But you're going to the Kentucky Derby. First and foremost, as the trainer, it's my responsibility to be the voice for the horse. That's just not fair to him (to run). He's been too good to us, and we're going to make sure he's taken care of first.”

Art Collector came off the van and grazed briefly with Drury on the shank. “I knew after we gave him a little anti-inflammatory this morning that he'd be perfectly sound,” he said. “That's not surprising at all. And that's what we wanted to see. We wanted to see him respond well to it, and it looks like that's what happened. On to Baltimore.”

The post Art Collector Out Of Derby Consideration After Minor Foot Injury appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

New Vocations, T.I.P Cancel 2020 Dressage And Combined Test Event, Championships

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program has made the decision to cancel their 2020 dressage and combined test event that was slated to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., on October 3. The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) has followed suit, cancelling its Dressage and Combined Test Championships, which was scheduled to be held October 4.

“It was a difficult decision to cancel the October show, but we feel that the safety of our show team and exhibitors is the most important,” says Anna Ford, New Vocations Thoroughbred Program director. “It has been a struggle this year as all of our live fundraising events have been cancelled. However, we have some virtual events in the works that we hope to launch in the near future.”

Now in its sixth year, the New Vocations All-Thoroughbred Charity Horse Show raises much-needed funds to enable the program to rehabilitate, retrain, and rehome retiring Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses. The T.I.P. championships celebrate qualified Thoroughbreds in a variety of disciplines. Run concurrently, the shows typically host more than 400 Thoroughbreds at the Kentucky Horse Park each fall.

Sponsors for the New Vocations All-Thoroughbred Charity Horse Show will have the ability to shift their financial support to a virtual competition in late September. Details of this virtual event are forthcoming.

“T.I.P. continues to explore consolation competition options for early 2021,” says Kristin Werner, senior counsel for The Jockey Club and coordinator of T.I.P. “We look forward to the 2021 championships next fall.”

Horses qualified and declared by the August 3 deadline for the 2020 championships will be eligible to participate in the 2021 events. A list of those horses is available at tjctip.com/About/CSDH.

The post New Vocations, T.I.P Cancel 2020 Dressage And Combined Test Event, Championships appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

New Zealand Thoroughbreds Now Required To Have ‘Accountable Person’ For Increased Traceability

In an effort to improve traceability of the Thoroughbred racing and breeding populations in New Zealand, the country has released new rules to ensure that retiring racehorses are placed in appropriate homes. To enforce this, all horses are now required to have an “accountable person” who is responsible for informing NZ Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) of the death, retirement from racing or breeding of a horse in their care. This person can be an owner, manager, trainer or other person responsible for the horse's care.

If the horse is to be retired, this accountable person must ensure that the horse is given or sold to a person with an adequate working knowledge of Thoroughbreds and must provide the NZTR with the new owner's contact details. NZTR has been following up with the owners of registered horses that are listed as inactive on its website.

Additionally, the window in which an owner is required to report a foal's birth has been shortened from 6 months to 30 days. This can be done electronically and there is no fee.

Guy Mitchell: Visually-impaired jockey claims first win at the age of 46

After twice being denied a licence in his teens, visually-impaired jockey Guy Mitchell claims his first win at the age of 46.

Source of original post