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Equine Mix-Up: BHA Fines Trainer Over Purchase Mistake At Tattersalls

The British Horseracing Authority has fined Newmarket-based trainer Kevin Philippart de Foy £750 (US$1,020) over a mix-up in his sales purchase at Tattersalls, reports the Racing Post.

De Foy purchased a horse he believed to be Il Pescatore at Tattersalls in August of 2021, but when trying to enter him in a race at Chelmsford in September, it was discovered that the horse did not match Il Pescatore's passport. An investigation found that Il Pescatore and Alpine Sierra were inadvertently switched when sold by previous owners Moyglare Stud at Tattersalls.

The real Il Pascatore was transported to De Foy's facility, and Alpine Sierra was sent through the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale in October.

“I should have checked the horse and I accepted the fine that was given to me by the BHA,” De Foy told the Racing Post. “Tatts was very straightforward and they paid for Alpine Sierra while he was stabled with me before the sale. The BHA has been very easy to deal with too.”

Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association Offers Educational Foal Watch Program

Through the end of April, the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association (PHRA) is giving adults and kids across the Commonwealth an educational opportunity to watch what could be the next generation of champion racehorses being born through its free, live foal cams.

The foal cams are streamed live from Pine Grove-based Blackstone Farm, where 60 expectant mares are expected to give birth from now through the spring.

This year, PHRA is inviting elementary school teachers and students to take a virtual educational field trip to Blackstone Farm for a fun day where they can “bring a horse to class” via a video call. Students will have the opportunity to gain a closer look at the expectant mares, the new foals, and learn about the variety of jobs needed on the farm during foal season. Online educational activities will accompany the virtual field trip. Elementary school teachers who are interested in bringing this virtual educational activity into their classroom can register for more information at https://pennhorseracing.com/foalcams-education.

“We are excited to once again be able to provide horse racing enthusiasts, new fans, and students the opportunity to witness the beauty of a foal being born through our foal cams,” said Pete Peterson, president of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association. “The addition of our virtual field trips provides elementary school classrooms the opportunity to learn more about the foaling season, and provide students a fun, educational activity that highlights the breeding basics and the various jobs needed on the farm when a foal is born and raised.”

Visitors tuning in to the PHRA's foal cams can watch the live camera feeds and will see the expectant mares in their stalls as they anticipate the arrivals of their foals, day-to-day interactions between the mares and their caregivers, and — when the timing is right — the opportunity to witness the births of the next generation of racehorses. In addition to the foal cams, the PHRA website includes breeding basics, videos, interactive polls and gender reveals.

Follow PHRA's Facebook and Instagram for live foaling season updates.

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Grade 1-Placed Brilliant Cut Headlines First Group Of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Supplemental Entries

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional 49 supplemental entries to its 2022 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held on Feb. 7-8 in Lexington, Ky.

These latest entries, which are cataloged as hips 500-548, include:

VACAY (Hip 501): Four-year-old daughter of Not This Time was a stakes winner at two and multiple stakes placed at three. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent.
WINK TEXAS (Hip 520): Stakes placed 4-year-old filly from the family of grade 1 winners Seventh Street, American Gal, and Authentic. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by James B. Keogh, agent.
ELOQUENT SPEAKER (Hip 536): New York-bred daughter of Flatter finished second, beaten a neck, in the La Verdad Stakes at Aqueduct in her most recent start on Jan. 2. From the immediate family of multiple grade 1 winner Behrens, she is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
JUST READ IT (Hip 537): Four-year-old stakes winning daughter of Constitution from the family of champion Safely Kept and multiple graded stakes winner Venetian Harbor. She captured the Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct last year and won an allowance/optional claimer at Aqueduct in her most recent start on Jan. 6. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
BRILLIANT CUT (Hip 541): Four-year-old daughter of Speightstown finished second in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita in her most recent start on Dec. 26. Earlier in her 3-year-old campaign, she finished third in the G2 Santa Ynez Stakes. A half-sister to recent stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Lemieux, her immediate family includes Grade 1 winners Diamondrella and Life Is Good, dominant winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile to push his career earnings over $1 million. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent.

These entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalog app. Print versions of the supplemental catalog will be available on the sales grounds.

Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept approved supplemental entries through the end of the month.

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Game Winner’s First Foal A ‘Well Balanced, Leggy, Strapping Filly’

Champion 2-year-old Game Winner's first foal arrived on Jan. 16, 2022, at Machmer Hall in Paris, Ky. The filly, out of Desire Street (Congrats – Tabarin, by El Prado (IRE)) was bred by Machmer Hall, and born just before midnight on Sunday. She was described by Carrie Brogden as a “well balanced, leggy, strapping filly with a great hind leg.”

Brogden continued, “We have already booked a dozen client and Machmer Hall mares back to him, so this baby certainly helps to justify that faith in this juvenile champion son of Candy Ride (ARG).”

Game Winner's anticipated first foals are arriving this year and the stallion has already seen impressive sales results with his first mares in foal selling up to $725,000 at Keeneland November. He had an average of over $166,000, making him the highest price for first-crop sires.

During his championship season, Game Winner remained unbeaten with victories in the G1 Del Mar Futurity, G1 American Pharoah Stakes and G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

Game Winner stands for $30,000 at Lane's End in Versailles, Ky.

For more information, please contact Jill McCully at jillmac@lanesend.com or Chris Knehr at cknehr@lanesend.com for pricing.

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