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Illness Claims Champion Conduit at 15

American and English champion Conduit (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}-Well Head {Ire}, by Sadler’s Wells) passed away last week after a short illness at Tullyraine House Stud, Racing Post reported on Wednesday. The Ballymacoll Stud homebred was 15.

“Three weeks ago he was bouncing and his usual self, but within a short space of time it became apparent he had suffered a very acute brain injury, ” Hugh Suffern, principal of Tullyraine House Stud, told Racing Post. “He fought very hard for around three weeks, but eventually he succumbed in the middle of last week.”

A winner of the 2008 G1 St. Leger and GI Breeders’ Cup Turf for trainer Sir Michael Stoute, he was named the 2008 English Highweighted 3-year-old from 10 1/2-13 1/2 furlongs and 13 1/2 furlongs and up and the Eclipse Champion Grass Horse Stateside that year, too.

The chestnut returned as a 4-year-old and added Ascot’s G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. and another edition of the Breeders’ Cup Turf to his resume and was awarded another championship in England, as the Highweighted Older Horse from 11-14 furlongs, while he was also third in the 2009 G1 Coral-Eclipse S.

Breeding rights in Conduit had been acquired by Big Red Farm prior to his second Breeders’ Cup win. Retired after a fourth-place finish in the G1 Japan Cup with a mark of 15-7-2-3 and $5,815,813 in earnings, Conduit served six seasons at Big Red Farm (2010-2015) before moving to Tullyraine House Stud in Ireland from 2016 onwards. At stud, he sired the GSP Daiichi Terminal (Jpn) and SP Kineo Pegasus (Jpn) in Japan, but his offspring have so far found more success in the jumping sphere.

Already responsible for G2 Great Voltigeur S. hero Hard Top (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), MSP Spray Gun (Ire) (Octagonal {NZ}) and the dams of G1 MacKinnon S. hero Glass Harmonium (Ire) (Verglas {Ire}), MGSW Arab Spring (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), and G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. heroine Liber Nauticus (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), as well as the granddam of English highweight, GI E. P. Taylor S. and G2 Middleton S. winner Blond Me (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), Well Head produced Conduit as her final foal.

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Tiz The Law Bringing Home The Bacon For Backstretch Workers In Sponsorship Deal

Sackatoga Stable has partnered with Smithfield for the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes this Saturday, June 20, 2020. Tiz the Law, trained by Barclay Tagg and ridden by Manny Franco, will go into the Belmont Stakes as the morning line favorite. As part of the partnership, jockey Manny Franco will be branded in Smithfield apparel.

In addition, Smithfield and Sackatoga Stable will donate to the Backstretch Employee Service Team (B.E.S.T.) and the New York Chaplaincy Food Pantry which provides health and wellness services to the backstretch employees. The substantial cash and product donation of Smithfield bacon will help over 750 backstretch workers.

“Sackatoga Stable is pleased to partner with Smithfield brand in its sponsorship of Tiz the Law in the Belmont Stakes,” said Sackatoga Stable owner Jack Knowlton. “We are pleased that it represents a continuation of our financial support for two organizations which provide critical support to the backstretch workers at New York Racing Association tracks.”

“We are proud to support Sackatoga Stable and their mission to give back to the backstretch community during this unprecedented time,” said Eric Gibson, director of marketing at Smithfield Foods. “We are thrilled to sponsor Tiz the Law and wish the team the best of luck in the Belmont Stakes.”

For more information on B.E.S.T. please visit https://www.bestbackstretch.org. For more information on The New York Race Track Chaplaincy please visit https://www.rtcany.org

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Eight Post It ‘Tiz’ for Belmont Stakes

A field of 10 has been drawn for Saturday’s shortened 152nd renewal of the GI Belmont S.

Tiz the Law (Constitution), a dominating winner of the GI Curlin Florida Derby Mar. 28, will break from post eight under regular rider Manny Franco in the first leg of the reshuffled Triple Crown going 1 1/8 miles. The 6-5 morning-line favorite is trained by Barclay Tagg for Sackatoga Stable.

“He does everything you ask him to, he’s very happy and content,” Tagg, sporting a facial covering, said before a small group of socially distanced media assembled in the Belmont Café Wednesday afternoon. “He likes this track, so I’m glad to be back here.”

Saturday, Belmont Park, post time: 5:42 p.m. ET

GI Belmont S.-$1,000,000, 3yo 1 1/8m

1 Tap It To Win (Tapit) (6-1)

2 Sole Volante (Karakontie {Jpn}) (9-2)

3 Max Player (Honor Code) (15-1)

4 Modernist (Uncle Mo) (15-1)

5 Farmington Road (Quality Road) (15-1)

6 Fore Left (Twirling Candy) (30-1)

7 Jungle Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) (50-1)

8 Tiz The Law (Constitution) (6-5)

9 Dr Post (Quality Road) (5-1)

10 Pneumatic (Uncle Mo) (8-1)

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Carol Barr, wife of Congressman Andy Barr, Dies at 39

The wife of Congressman Andy Barr, who represents Lexington, died Tuesday. Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr was just 39.

According to the New York Times, Barr died of a massive brain aneurysm.

“Congressman Andy Barr’s wife Carol passed away suddenly tonight at the family home in Lexington,” Mary Rosado, the congressman’s chief of staff, said in a statement Tuesday night. “During this tragic time, we respectfully ask for privacy for Congressman Barr and his family to grieve Mrs. Barr being called home to heaven.”

Rosado added that Barr “may release a more detailed statement at a later date, but right now is solely focused on being a father.” The couple had two young daughters.

In the wake of Barr’s death, several prominent Kentucky politicians issued statements of condolence.

“Britainy and I are heartbroken for U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and his family tonight at the sad news of the unexpected passing of the congressman’s wife, Carol. We are praying for the Barr family,” said Gov. Andy Beshear in a statement Tuesday night.

Said Senator Mitch McConnell: “Her warmth filled whatever room she entered and her contributions made Kentucky a better place for all of us. And to Eleanor and Mary Clay, Carol was a wonderful role model and source of constant love. We send our sincere condolences to Andy, their family and his staff at this terribly painful time.

“Kelley and I offer our deepest condolences to Rep. Andy Barr, his two daughters, family, and friend,” said Senator Rand Paul also expressed his sympathies in a tweet. “Please join us in praying for them during this incredibly difficult time.”

According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Carol Barr, grew up in Georgetown, Kentucky and majored in communications and information at the University of Kentucky. Barr worked for Pfizer and previously served as the executive director for the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship in Lexington. The Barrs married in 2008.

Barr, a Republican, is running for reelection in in Kentucky’s sixth congressional district. His opponent, Josh Hicks said: “While we may disagree politically, we’re both family men and I can’t fathom the pain he must be experiencing right now.”

Congressman Barr is known as a friend to horse racing and in 2019 reintroduced the Horseracing Integrity Act and is the co-chair of the Congressional Horse Caucus.

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