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The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) hosted the Best Turned Out Awards in partnership with the Maryland Jockey Club during both Black-Eyed Susan and Preakness Stakes Day. Beyond the Wire sponsored the groom cash prize during the Friday May 20, 2022 Black-Eyed Susan Day card, and Fidelity First sponsored the awards during the Saturday May 21, 2022 Preakness Stakes Day card.

A cash prize and TAA gift bag were given to the winning groom of the Best Turned Out for the twelve races on the card.

Representatives from the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Maryland Jockey Club, Fidelity First, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, and TAA VIP guests selected the horse in each race that was deemed to be the best presented, and that horse's groom received a gift bag and cash prize. The TAA and Maryland Jockey Club promoted the winners on their social media platforms, the winning groom was congratulated on the live simulcast feed, and a congratulatory ad will run in both the Thoroughbred Daily News and BloodHorse Daily on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 24-25, 2022.

“Hosting the Best Turned Out awards at the Preakness is always a highlight for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance,” said TAA Operations Consultant, Stacie Clark Rogers.

“Honoring the grooms who work day in and day out caring for our Thoroughbreds is a privilege and we're grateful for the Maryland Jockey Club for continuing this momentous tradition during the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. Thank you to Beyond the Wire and Fidelity First for their generous prize money donations for this year's awards.”

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance was a charity partner for the 147th Preakness Stakes.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Best Turned Out award recipients:

Black-Eyed Susan Day

RACE 1

#1 KOBE TOUGH

Groom: Ramon Garcia

Trainer: Timothy Keefe

RACE 2

#2 SAINT EROS GIRL

Groom: Alex Garcaro

Trainer: Ron Moquett

RACE 3 — Presented by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance

#10 NEVER EXPLAIN

Groom: Benjamin Maldonado

Trainer: Claude McGaughey III

RACE 4

#5 GALLANT GOLD

Groom: Caesar Cruz

Trainer: John Salzman, Sr.

RACE 5

#5 LOVE YOU MUCH

Groom: Raul Ivina

Trainer: A. Ferris Allen, III

RACE 6

#9 SHINELIKEADIAMOND

Groom: Phillipe Cortez

Trainer: Timothy Keefe

RACE 7

#16 B DETERMINED

Groom: Hazel & Mazie O'Neil

Trainer: Suzanne Stettinius

RACE 8 — Allaire Dupont Distaff Stakes (G3)

#3 CLICK TO CONFIRM

Groom: Juan Barajas

Trainer: Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon

RACE 9 — Hilltop Stakes

#5 DETERMINED STAR

Groom: Alvaro Barajas

Trainer: Phil Schoenthal

RACE 10 — Miss Preakness Stakes (G3)

#1 VERYLITTLECENTS

Groom: Eligio Perez

Trainer: Randy Morse

RACE 11 — The Very One Stakes

#11 SPUN GLASS

Groom: Saul Ramirez

Trainer: Michael Trombetta

RACE 12 — Pimlico Special Stakes (G3)

#11 MOHAAFETH

Groom: Victor Manuel Barajas

Trainer: Elvis Trujillo

RACE 13 — George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2)

#4 MIDNIGHT STROLL

Groom: William Rodriguez

Trainer: John Terranova II

RACE 14

#4 BLAME B B

Groom: Francisco Magdaleno

Trainer: Anthony Aguirre, Jr.

Preakness Stakes Day

RACE 1

#6 ABUELO PAPS

Groom: Howard ThrockMartin

Trainer: Marco Salazar

RACE 2

#1A BENANDJOE

Groom: Jose Magdaleno

Trainer: Hugh McMahon

RACE 3

#10 SPIRITUAL GHOST

Groom: Rafael Magdaleno

Trainer: Rick Buckley

RACE 4 — Maryland Sprint Stakes (G3)

#2 SIR ALFRED JAMES

Groom: Roberto Sanchez

Trainer: Norman Cash

RACE 5 — Gallorette Stakes (G3)

#4 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS (IRE)

Groom: Alvaro Garerro

Trainer: Chad Brown

RACE 6

#9 VOLADOR

Groom: Victor Estrella

Trainer: Hugh McMahon

RACE 7 — Skipat Stakes

#3 CINNABUNNY

Groom: Alex Mata

Trainer: Cathal Lynch

RACE 8 — Dinner Party Stakes (G2)

#4 BEACON HILL

Groom: Pedro Estrada

Trainer: Michael Matz

RACE 9 — Chick Lang Stakes (G3)

#3 DOCTOR JEFF

Groom: Enrique Sanchez

Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez

RACE 10 — James W. Murphy Stakes

#2 LOCAL MOTIVE

Groom: Javier Cruz

Trainer: John Salzman, Jr.

RACE 11 — Sir Barton Stakes Sponsored by Brandon & Diannah Perry to Benefit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance

#1 ETHEREAL ROAD

Groom: Rosa Jimenez

Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas

RACE 12 — Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes

#6 SMOKIN' JAY

Groom: Sadie Jenkins

Trainer: Kelsey Danner

RACE 13 — Preakness Stakes (G1)

#4 SECRET OATH

Groom: Arturo Topete

Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas

RACE 14 — UAE President Cup Stakes (G1)

#2 PROUD AMERICAN

Groom: Hector Castellanos

Trainer: Nicole Ruggeri

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She wasn't around to see it, but the late Marylou Whitney would have been thrilled to see her stables' homebred filly, Super Quick, romp to a 14 1/4-length victory in Friday's Grade 3, $150,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

Trained by Norm Casse and ridden by Florent Geroux, the 4-year-old daughter of Super Saver led at every call, stopping the timer in 1:47.78 for 1 1/8 miles on a fast track after setting fractions of :23.53, :46.39, 1:09.92 and 1:34.87. She paid $6.20 to win.

Exotic West, the 3-2 favorite, rallied from last to finish second under Javier Castellano after a slow start, with Frost Point third, Click to Confirm (the only 3-year-old in the field) fourth, and Into Vanishing rounding out the group of five fillies. Lil Kings Princess was scratched.

The 29^th running of the 1 1/8-mile Allaire du Pont for fillies and mares 3-years old and up was the first of six stakes, four graded, worth $1.05 million in purses on a sensational 14-race Black-Eyed Susan Day program headlined by the 98^th edition of the 1 1/8-mile fixture for 3-year-old fillies.

Super Quick came into the race off a good third-place finish to Malathaat – last year's Eclipse Award-winning 3-year-old filly – in the G3 Doubledogdare Stakes at Keeneland on April 22. That was her stakes debut.

It took six races for Super Quick to leave the maiden ranks, breaking through last Sept. 19 with a 10 1/4-length romp in the slop at Churchill Downs. She found winning to her liking and won her next two starts, a Keeneland allowance race in October and an optional claiming/allowance race at Churchill in November – the latter by 5 1/2 lengths again on a sloppy track.

Off from November until March, Super Quick returned  in March at Fair Grounds, finishing a well-beaten fifth in another optional claiming/allowance event before her stakes debut in the Doubledogdare.

In the Allaire du Pont Distaff, Geroux sent Super Quick to the lead at the start, held a clear advantage down the backstretch and into the far turn, then widened the advantage in the final three-eighths of a mile.

“I never saw anyone. I took a peek at the three-eighths pole and there was already a bit of a gap between my horse and the second-place horse,” said Geroux. “When I called on her at the top of the lane, she gave me another gear. She was all business all the way to the wire. To be honest, Norm thought she'd run a big race. He thought it would be a perfect racetrack for her with the tight turns. She runs the turns very well. He said, 'Just take it to them, and if she wants to open up, let her do it.'”

“We knew early on this morning when Johnny Ortiz's filly [Lil Kings Princess No. 5] scratched, we were going to have a much better shot of letting her get into her rhythm,” said Casse. “I am not so sure she is a need-the-lead-type horse but she is certainly better when she can get comfortable early. And that is what she did today. I have been lobbying for a couple months to get her in a nine-furlong race. Conventional wisdom would say a stretch-out would make it a little more difficult, but I think it's easier for her.

“Truthfully, I could not see the fractions but it seemed like she was just rolling along. I was just letting it sink in. I thought she would run like that today and I am glad she did. I am very proud of her.”

Casse said the Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs July 2 is a next-race target for Super Quick.

Super Quick was produced from the Cape Town mare, Quick Town, also owned and bred by the Marylou Whitney Stables, which purchased that mare's second dam, Canadian-bred stakes winner Sing and Swing for $280,000 at the 1998 Keeneland November mixed sale.

That acquisition was a homecoming of sorts for a female family that had been part of the broodmare band of Marylou Whitney's late husband, C.V. Whitney, for several generations. That family produced 1975 Kentucky Oaks winner Sun and Snow. Four generations later, the Whitney blood is still running strong.

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Hip No. 885, a son of Tapit consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, was sold for $1.7-million to Lane's End Racing & West Point TB, L.E.B., Agent, to top the third session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2022 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training in Ocala, Fla. The gray or roan colt, who breezed a quarter in :20 4/5 at Friday's Under Tack session, is a half brother to graded stakes winner Annual Report out of Pension, by Seeking the Gold.

Other top offerings from Thursday's session:

• Hip No. 844, Hazing, a son of Into Mischief consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent, was sold to C H P Racing for $870,000. The bay colt, who breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 at Thursday's Under Tack session, is out of No Curfew, by Curlin, from the family of Grade 1 stakes winner To Honor and Serve.
• Cherie DeVaux, Agent, paid $685,000 for Hip No. 895, a son of City of Light consigned by Mayberry Farm, Agent. The dark bay or brown colt, who breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 on Friday, is out of stakes placed Pleasant Mine, by Mineshaft, from the family of graded stakes winner Tap Dance.
• Hip No. 899, a son of Bolt d'Oro consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, went to Ellman, Plesa, Glassman, E. Plesa, Agent, for $675,000. The dark bay or brown colt, who turned in an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat, is a half brother to graded stakes winner Harpers First Ride out of Polyester, by Tiz Wonderful.
• Hip No. 709, a son of Medaglia d'Oro consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, was sold to BBA Ireland Limited for $650,000. The gray or roan colt, who breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 on Thursday, is out of Mahasen, by Tapit, a half sister to graded stakes winner Shagaf.
• Hip No. 904, an Irish-bred daughter of Kingman consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent, was purchased for $650,000 by Lauren Carlisle, Agent. The dark bay or brown filly, who breezed an eighth in :10 flat, is out of Post Perfection, by Majesticperfection, a half sister to graded stakes winner Hello Liberty.
• Talla Racing & Rockingham Ranch, Sweetwater, Agent, went to $575,000 for Hip No. 839, a daughter of Cairo Prince consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent. The gray or roan filly, whose eighth in :9 4/5 was co-fastest at Thursday's Under Tack session, is a half sister to graded stakes winner Gibberish out of Nippy, by Pulpit.
• Hip No. 717, a daughter of Army Mule consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, was sold to Lael Stable for $450,000. The bay filly, who worked an eighth in :10 1/5 on Thursday, is out of Mandolin, by Midnight Lute, a daughter of graded stakes winner War Thief.
• Mike Ryan, Agent, went to $450,000 for Hip No. 762, a daughter of Justify consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent. The bay filly, who worked an eighth in :10 1/5, is a half sister to graded stakes placed Carried Interest out of Missamerica Bertie, by Quiet American, a full sister to graded stakes winner Allamerican Bertie.
• Hip No. 851, a son of Tapwrit consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, was sold to West Point TB's/Mike Talla Racing, L.E.B., Agent for $450,000. The gray or roan colt, whose Under Tack quarter in :21 flat was co-fastest on Thursday, is out of Oh Kay See, by Notional, a half sister to Grade 1 stakes winner So Many Ways.
• Hip No. 641, a daughter of Twirling Candy consigned by Julie Davies LLC, Agent, was sold to Ben Gase for $400,000. The dark bay or brown filly, who breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 on Wednesday, is out of Laid Back Lady, by Hold Me Back, a half sister to Grade 1 stakes winner The Groom Is Red.
• MyRacehorse.com / Dan Agnew paid $400,000 for Hip No. 661, a son of Good Magic consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent. The dark bay or brown colt, who turned in an Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5 on Wednesday, is a half brother to graded stakes winner Soldat out of Le Relais, by Coronado's Quest.
• Hip No. 747, a daughter of Curlin who breezed an Under Tack eighth in :10 2/5 on Thursday, was purchased by Solis / Litt Bloodstock for $400,000. Consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, the dark bay or brown filly is out of Grade 1 stakes winner Midnight Lucky, by Midnight Lute, from the family of Grade 1 stakes winner Hookedonthefeelin.

For the day, 173 horses brought a total of $ 23,658,000, compared with 167 selling for $14,834,500 at last year's third session. The average price was $136,751, up 54% compared to $88,829 in 2021 while the median price was $65,000, compared with $45,000 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 16.0%; it was 12.6% last year. The Spring Sale continues Friday at 10:30 a.m. Hip No.'s 925 – 1231 will be offered for sale.

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Sales results are available on the OBS website, updated frequently during each session of the Spring Sale. In addition, the latest news regarding OBS graduates, sales schedules, nominations, credit requests, travel information and other news relevant to OBS consignors and customers is also available. E-mail should be addressed to obs@obssales.com.

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Lyon College announced it has begun developing plans for a proposed veterinary school located in Little Rock, Ark. The school will be part of the new Lyon College Institute of Health Sciences.

The College's faculty assembly and Board of Trustees approved the proposal in March, and the proposals for academic changes were submitted to the College's regional accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), on Tuesday, March 15. Following consideration by HLC, the College will submit the prepared accreditation applications with both the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education (COE) and the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Pending the accreditors' approval, inaugural classes could start as early as 2024 or 2025.

Lyon has identified several potential locations in Little Rock and should finalize the location for the campus soon.

To ensure the success of the schools' openings, Lyon College has entered into a strategic collaboration with OneHealth Education Group (OneHealth). OneHealth utilizes private sector capital and consultant solutions to support the launch of professional health science programs. The group aims to reduce the debt burden of graduating professionals and to provide solutions for communities that lack ample access to healthcare.

“We are excited to convene Lyon College … veterinary leaders, and other funders together to create this opportunity,” said Frazier Edwards, president of OneHealth.

With only 14.3 veterinarians per 100,000 individuals, Arkansas ranks 49th in the country for its veterinarian-population ratio, and agriculture makes up nearly 15 percent of Arkansas's economy, with poultry, cattle, and equines accounting for the largest share of that. Demand is expected to increase sharply. A recent study predicts Americans will increase their spending on pet healthcare by 33 percent in the next decade, while the number of new veterinarians entering the profession each year increases by just 2.7 percent annually, falling short of the need for 40,000 new veterinarians in the United States by 2030.

In an announcement to the Lyon College campus community, President Melissa Taverner said, “Lyon has a 150-year history of providing exceptional and relevant education to Arkansans and students of the region… These plans are part of a comprehensive, strategic set of initiatives, all borne out of our vision for Lyon and higher education in Arkansas, as we mark our sesquicentennial year.”

She continued, “Our strength in education, coupled with our partnership with OneHealth, creates a unique opportunity to meet an important need that affects every Arkansan.”

OneHealth has partnered with the Animal Policy Group for guidance in developing the school. The Animal Policy Group works closely with the veterinary industry and schools in the United States and throughout the world to maximize their success.

Lyon College Board Chair Perry Wilson described today's announcement as “a proud moment for Lyon College and the state of Arkansas.”

“This strategic initiative is consistent with the long-standing mission of Lyon College and will propel the economic growth of our state.”

Read more here.

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