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Del Mar’s First Condition Book Now Available; Purses Increased 10%

Del Mar has announced the release of its first condition book for the upcoming Bing Crosby Season at the San Diego County, Calif., track, an eight-day book that will cover the first half of the 15-day session, which runs for Saturday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 29.

This is the seaside track's seventh fall season, annually a short-but-sweet run that has become the foremost late-year meeting in the country.

“Our fall meet has just gotten better and better as we've gone along,” said Del Mar's racing secretary David Jerkens. “We're again putting the emphasis on the two things that have worked very well for us in the recent past — turf racing and 2-year-olds. This first book will get our horsemen through the initial three weekends, then we'll be out with a 7-day one that will take us to the finish.”

The condition book is now available on-line at www.dmtc.com/horsemen/condition-book. Hard copies also are being distributed at racing centers throughout California.

The track will offer 16 stakes worth $2,250,000 during the stand, with nine of them run on its Jimmy Durante Turf Course. Additionally, its overnight purses – already among the highest in the nation – will rise by 10% across the board this fall making a good thing even better for its horsemen.

Among its stakes offerings are nine graded events, topped by the Grade 1, $300,000 Hollywood Derby for 3-year-olds on Saturday, Nov. 28 and the Grade 1, $300,000 Matriarch Stakes for older fillies and mares on Sunday, Nov. 29. Both are run on turf.

Further, there will be six stakes for juvenile runners, including a pair of graded grass miles.

The stakes lineup with its turf emphasis has drawn a stellar sprinkling of top-line horses from across the country previously and more of the same is expected in 2020.

Racing will be conducted on Saturday and Sunday to open the session, then Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the following three weeks. It will finish with a four-day week kicked off by the Thursday, Nov. 26, Thanksgiving holiday.

First post will be 12:30 PT daily with the exception of Thanksgiving Day when there will be an early 11 a.m. post.

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Del Mar Releases Fall Condition Book

Del Mar released the first condition book for the seventh Bing Crosby Season, an eight-day book that will cover the first half of the 15-day meeting, which runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 29. The condition book is available on-line at www.dmtc.com/horsemen/condition-book. Hard copies also are being distributed at racing centers throughout California.

“Our fall meet has just gotten better and better as we’ve gone along,” said Del Mar’s racing secretary David Jerkens. “We’re again putting the emphasis on the two things that have worked very well for us in the recent past–turf racing and 2-year-olds. This first book will get our horsemen through the initial three weekends, then we’ll be out with a seven-day one that will take us to the finish.”

The track will offer 16 stakes worth $2,250,000 during the meet, including nine graded events, headed by the GI Hollywood Derby for 3-year-olds Nov. 28 and GI Matriarch S. for older fillies and mares Nov. 29. The meeting will also feature six stakes for juvenile runners, including a pair of graded grass miles. Additionally, overnight purses will rise by 10% across the board this fall.

Racing will be conducted Saturday and Sunday to open the session, then Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the following three weeks. It will conclude with a four-day week kicked off by the Thanksgiving, Nov. 26. First post will be 12:30 p.m. daily with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, which will offer an early 11 a.m. post.

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Weekend Lineup Presented By Del Mar Ship & Win: Five Breeders’ Cup Berths On The Line At Belmont

This weekend's action is highlighted by five Breeders' Cup Challenge Series “Win and You're In” races taking place at Belmont Park, including the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup. The Belmont Park Breeders' Cup races will be televised on “America's Day at the Races” on either FS1 or FS2.

TVG will be live at Keeneland for a loaded card this Saturday featuring two graded stakes races including the Grade 1, $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. In addition to Keeneland, the award-winning network will also be trackside at Santa Anita and Monmouth Park.

In addition to racing from Keeneland, Santa Anita and Monmouth Park, TVG will also be showing racing from Gulfstream Park West, Charles Town, Golden Gate and more.

Friday, Oct. 9

5:30 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 3 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes at Keeneland on TVG

Gary Barber's multiple Grade 1 winner Got Stormy tops a field of 12 fillies and mares entered for the 24th running of the Franklin County going 5½ furlongs on the turf. Trained by Mark Casse, Got Stormy comes into Friday's race off a 3¼-length romp in the Grade 3 Ladies Sprint at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 12 going 6½ furlongs. The daughter of Get Stormy was an Eclipse Award finalist for champion turf female in 2019 after notching wins in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap over males and the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/KEE100920USA9-EQB.html

Saturday, Oct. 10

1:58 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park on FS1

J. Kirk and Judy Robison's Jackie's Warrior is a standout in the juvenile division with an unblemished record and will put his perfect resume on the line in the Champagne going a one-turn mile. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, Jackie's Warrior arrives at the Champagne off a 2 ¼-length victory in the Grade 1 Hopeful on Sept. 7 at Saratoga. In his prior effort, the bay son of Maclean's Music won his stakes debut in the Grade 2 Saratoga Special on Aug. 7 at the Spa by three lengths after displaying stalking tactics in his debut at Churchill Downs, which he won by 2 ½ lengths.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101020USA4-EQB.html

2:30 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park on FS1

Vequist proved she could dominate a Grade 1 field when she cruised to a 9 1/2-length score in her stakes debut in the Spinaway on Sept. 6 at Saratoga Race Course. She will look to show similar form on Saturday against a talented field of juvenile fillies in the Frizette contested at one mile on Belmont Park's main track. Gary Barber and Adam Wachtel purchased a 75 percent share from Swilcan Stable following Vequist's runner-up debut effort on July 29 at Parx when she ran a nose behind Niente. In her second start, the Butch Reid trainee was stretched out from 4 ½ furlongs to seven in the Spinaway.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101020USA5-EQB.html

3:53 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes at Monmouth Park on TVG

Shadwell Stable's Almanaar (GB) makes his first start since capturing last year's edition of the 1 1/8-miles Monmouth Stakes when he heads up a field of nine. Trained by Chad Brown, Almanaar displayed an affinity for the Monmouth course when he captured the Monmouth Stakes last May 25 but the son of Dubawi (IRE) has been on the shelf since.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/MTH101020USA8-EQB.html

4:14 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Flower Bowl Stakes at Belmont Park on FS2

The top-four finishers in the Grade 2 Glens Falls last month at Saratoga Race Course will each vie for supremacy again in Saturday's rematch that highlights the Flower Bowl for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up going 1 1/4 miles on the inner turf. Allen Stable's Civil Union, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey, outkicked the Chad Brown trainee My Sister Nat by one length in the Glens Falls going 1 3/8 miles on Sept. 5. Civil Union, a 5-year-old War Front mare, has won three in a row, starting with a 1 ¼-mile allowance tilt on the Belmont turf on June 21 before winning the River Memories on the same track going 1 1/2 miles on July 12.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101020USA8-EQB.html

4:48 p.m.—$250,000 Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on FS2

Juddmonte Farms' three-time graded stakes-winning multimillionaire Tacitus will look to secure his first career Grade 1 triumph in the 102nd running of the Jockey Club Gold Cup going the classic distance of 1 ¼ miles. Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, a three-time Jockey Club Gold Cup winner, Tacitus was third in last year's edition and was most recently second as the favorite in the Grade 1 Woodward on Sept. 5 at Saratoga, where he chased a slow pace tracking a half-length off Global Campaign but was unable to catch the pacesetter, who strolled home a 1 ¾-length winner.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101020USA9-EQB.html

4:57 p.m.—$200,000 Grade 2 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland on TVG

Parque Patricios Racing Stables' Mirinaque (ARG), a two-time Group 1 winner in Argentina, headlines a field of 10 runners for the 63rd running of the Fayette Stakes. Trained by Maria Munoz, Mirinaque finished fifth in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Aug. 22 at Del Mar in his U.S. debut. Coming back for another try in the Fayette is Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister's Mr Freeze. Second in the race last year that was run over a sloppy track, the Dale Romans trainee exits a sixth-place finish in the Grade 2 Alysheba on Sept. 4 at Churchill Downs.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/KEE101020USA8-EQB.html

5:20 p.m.—$150,000 Grade 2 Sands Point Stakes at Belmont Park on FS2

Trainer Chad Brown will saddle a pair of contenders led by multiple graded-stakes winner Selflessly and French-bred Tamahere as the four-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner looks to secure his fourth win in Saturday's Sands Point, a one-mile Widener turf test. Selflessly stumbled at the start of her seasonal debut when fifth in the Grade 3 Wonder Again on June 20 at Belmont, but returned to form last out when a nose winner of the one-mile Grade 3 Lake George at Saratoga on Aug. 28, when besting multiple graded-stakes winner Sweet Melania.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101020USA10-EQB.html

5:30 p.m.—$500,000 Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland on TVG

Lael Stables' Magic Attitude (GB) headlines a field of nine for the 37th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup going 1 1/8-miles. Trained by Arnaud Delacour, Magic Attitude comes to Keeneland off a 2¼-length victory over Antoinette in the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational in her U.S. debut. Antoinette, owned and bred by Godolphin, won the Saratoga Oaks in her start prior to the Belmont Oaks.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/KEE101020USA9-EQB.html

Sunday, Oct. 11

4:12 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park on FS1

Ironhorse Racing Stable and Secure Investments' Momos will look to build on a third-place effort last out in his graded stakes debut when he tries turf for the first time in the Futurity for 2-year-olds going six furlongs on Belmont Park's Widener course. Momos won his debut for trainer Christophe Clement with a 6 1/2-length maiden win going 5 ½ furlongs on July 18 over Saratoga Race Course's main track. Returning just three weeks later, the Distorted Humor colt ran third in the six-furlong Grade 2 Saratoga Special, finishing behind winner and eventual Grade 1 Hopeful victor Jackie's Warrior.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101120USA7-EQB.html

5:20 p.m.—$100,000 Grade 3 Matron Stakes at Belmont Park on FS1

Three Chimneys Farm's Royal Approval will seek to parlay an impressive maiden victory into graded stakes company when taking on seven other juvenile fillies in the 111th running of the Matron going six furlongs over the Widener turf. Trained by Wesley Ward, who saddled Happy Like a Fool to victory in the 2017 Matron, Royal Approval arrives off her best performance yet when besting a maiden special weight field going 6 ½ furlongs at Kentucky Downs, where she drew off to a 6 ¼ length victory.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL101120USA9-EQB.html

5:42 p.m.—$125,000 Grade 3 Durham Cup Stakes at Woodbine on TVG

Armistice Day, owned by Bruce Lunsford and Lansdon Robbins, faces six rivals in the Durham Cup, a 1 1/16-mile main track test. Bred in Kentucky by Glenvale Stud, four-year-old Armistice Day, the son of Declaration of War-Harmony Lodge, will chase his second stakes score and first graded stakes title on Sunday. Campaigned by trainer Barbara Minshall, Armistice Day, who took last year's Toronto Cup, has compiled a 3-2-2 record from 15 starts.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/WO101120CAN9-EQB.html

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Oscar De La Torre: Racism Within PETA Needs To Be Addressed

Oscar de la Torre, an activist and organizer who has led efforts to protect backstretch workers at Southern California racetracks, recently authored an opinion piece in the Spanish language newspaper La Opinión in which he said animal rights extremists have subjected Hispanic workers to openly hostile racism while protesting against horse racing at Santa Anita and Del Mar.

“Based on my experience over the last several years helping to organize largely immigrant Latinx workers in the horse racing community in California,” de la Torre wrote in an English language version of the article sent to the Paulick Report, “it is time for the animal advocacy extremists who oppose the sport to take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves some hard questions, too.

“At one demonstration,” he wrote, “a PETA supporter called us 'uneducated monkeys' and another told our workers to 'go back to their taco truck.' One white animal advocate inferred that a Latina woman on our side 'looked like a prostitute' and on that same day the San Diego County Sheriffs arrested a PETA activist for pushing and injuring a horse racing supporter.

“Unfortunately,” de la Torre added, “the reality is that these animal advocacy extremists are primarily privileged white people for whom animal welfare is a higher priority than the economic well being of their neighbors of color.

Following is the full translated version of the article.

Racism Within PETA Needs To Be Addressed
By Oscar de la Torre
Our country has reached a point of reckoning as it relates to racism. Mahatma Gandhi's celebrated quote, “we must be the change we want to see in the world,” couldn't be more relevant than today. George Floyd's tragic death at the hands of Minneapolis police was the flashpoint that inspired activism not seen since the days of the Civil Rights Movement. It has led to many companies, cultural institutions and other organizations re-examining their own commitments to equality and diversity. It has spurred a national conversation about systemic racism, inherent bias and unequal treatment of people of color — some conscious racism by people of ill will and some unconscious support of systems and institutions that need mending.

Based on my experience over the last several years helping to organize largely immigrant Latinx workers in the horse racing community in California, it is time for the animal advocacy extremists who oppose the sport to take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves some hard questions, too.

In the last 18 months, as backstretch workers have rallied to protect their livelihoods confronting animal advocates at California's race tracks and at public meetings of the California Horse Racing Board, our people have been subjected to openly hostile racism from those who demand a ban on horse racing. At one demonstration, a PETA supporter called us “uneducated monkeys” and another told our workers to “go back to their taco truck.” One white animal advocate inferred that a Latina woman on our side “looked like a prostitute” and on that same day the San Diego County Sheriffs arrested a PETA activist for pushing and injuring a horse racing supporter. Most recently on opening day at Del Mar one of their prominent leaders gave made an obscene gesture at us and pulled a full “Karen” by calling the police on some of our workers, claiming falsely that they were threatening to infect her with Covid 19.

Unfortunately, the reality is that these animal advocacy extremists are primarily privileged white people for whom animal welfare is a higher priority than the economic well being of their neighbors of color. What else can we conclude from their callous disregard of our livelihoods? The racist remarks and treatment we have experienced points to a deeper problem within these groups.

A quick Google search on “racism, PETA” produced a series of stories where PETA compares the enslavement of blacks to animal abuse. This isn't new for PETA. In one of its provocative ads, PETA compared eating meat to the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust. More recently, PETA operatives hijacked the Black Lives Matter movement to promote their rejection of “speciesism.” In an ad barred from airing during this year's Super Bowl, the organization depicted animals taking a knee while the national anthem played in the background. Perhaps a little sensitivity training is in order.

Unless I missed something, based on a review of its web site and recent annual reports, there is not a single person of color on PETA's Board or among its executive management team. I wonder if all those Hollywood celebrities (also exclusively white per the PETA web site) who lend their likeness and send donations to PETA would think twice if they knew how vastly under-represented Blacks and Latinos are there?

The people I work with know that race horses receive the best care possible. They are tended to round the clock and kept strong, fit and healthy. The animal advocacy extremists want racing banned, with no consideration for the consequences of that ban. A prohibition of the sport would create a humanitarian crisis, as it would end thousands of jobs for decent, hard-working people and put them at economic risk during a homelessness crisis throughout our state. And it would create an animal welfare crisis as these horses would face mass euthanasia without the income from racing that supports their care. Knowing this to be true, the California State Legislature and Gov. Newsom have implemented a series of reforms to strengthen the oversight and safety of the horses under our care and every worker I know welcomes the change as our jobs depend on horses living and thriving.

But put aside for a moment our vastly different points of view about horse racing. As the country reflects on systems and ideologies that oppress and marginalize people of color, it is time to call out the hypocrisy of those who espouse to advocate for animal rights while at the same time show blatant disregard for human rights.

Oscar de la Torre is an activist and organizer working to end systemic racism while advancing social, environmental and economic justice throughout California. He has served eighteen years on the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and is President of the California Latino School Board Association. He is the founder of the Pico Youth & Family Center, an organization credited with reducing youth violence and advancing peace, unity & social justice in LA's Westside communities. Currently, he is the lead organizer working to strengthen protections for backstretch workers in horse racing throughout Southern California. He can be reached at odelatorre16@yahoo.com

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