With a new distance and a new place on the calendar, this year’s Belmont Stakes is unlike any other. A compact field of nine, highlighted by Tiz the Law, is expected for the historic race. Read on for 12 things to know about Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Port Noir win marks Chepstow reopening as live sport returns to Wales
Welsh trainer Grace Harris celebrates the return of live sport in Wales with Port Noir's win at Chepstow.
OBS July Catalogue Online
The catalogue for the OBS July Sale of 2-Year-Olds In Training and Horses of Racing Age is now online at www.obssales.com. Supplemental entries will be accepted through this Friday, June 19.
An even 1000 horses have currently been catalogued for the three-day auction, comprised of 988 juveniles in training and 12 older horses. Hips 1-360 are set to go under the hammer Tuesday, July 14, hips 361-720 Wednesday, July 15 and the balance of horses, including any supplements, Thursday, July 16.
There are six scheduled under tack previews for the July Sale beginning Monday, July 6 and running through Saturday, July 11. Batches of 180 horses will breeze each morning beginning at 7:30. The breeze shows will be streamed live at the OBS website and at the TDN homepage.
As it was for the just-concluded Spring Sale, online bidding will be available for the July Sale. Click here for comprehensive details on online bidding.
An iPad version of the catalogue is available at the Equineline Sales Catalogue App, which allows users to download and view the catalog, receive updates and results, record notes and also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability.
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Truth: One Of The ’52 Free Thoroughbreds’ Is Excelling In Her Career
The “52 Free Thoroughbreds” post is again making its rounds on social media, this time edited to note that the owner died of COVID-19. Originally posted on January 27 of 2011, each post read something along the lines of: “FREE HORSES!!!! 52 thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Sugarcreek this Sat. for slaughter. Gentleman died and his son wants nothing to do with them. Most broodmares are broke and some are in foal weanling, yearlings, 2 yrs. and 3 yrs. old most are gelded. FREE and papered. Friend of the deceased is trying to find homes. 440-463-4288 Barnesville, OH. Please copy and paste this on your status. I would hate to see all these horses put down. PLEASE someone help they are FREE and papered!!!!!!!!”
The horses in the post are real: They were owned by Ohio horse breeder and track veterinarian Dr. Daniel Stearns, who died in January 2011. Stearns was a founder of the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners Association and served as president of Ohio Horsemen's Benevolent and Protection Association. His son had no interest in continuing his dad's racing and breeding program, and sought to dismantle it as rapidly as possible.
He asked Lynn Boggs, a friend of his dad, for her assistance in rehoming the 52 Thoroughbreds. Boggs made the plea on social media and was able to place all 52 horses by Feb. 1. One of the horses, a pregnant mare registered with the Jockey Club as Gray Hot Momma (Magnificent One x Hot Plate), was brought home by Joanne May.
“Mayzie” delivered a healthy colt and was then rehomed with Katherine Trimble of Trinity Farm, a nonprofit therapeutic riding facility in Streetsboro, Ohio. In addition to assisting riders with special needs, Mayzie also entered training to become an event horse. Trinity Farm teaches riders with and without special needs, encouraging upper-level riders to give back through the riding program.
Katherine says Mayzie is a brave and kind, excelling both as a therapy horse and in the competition arena. Though Trinity Farm does not typically use green Thoroughbreds as the new mount of choice for their therapy program Mayzie has been an amazing exception, proving invaluable to the program.
Read more at Horse Nation.
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