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A G Indy Toughs It Out Over Time Limit To Win Senator Ken Maddy Stakes

Benefitting from a well-judged ride by jockey Umberto Rispoli, R3 Racing's A G Indy scored a neck victory over Time Limit in the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes Friday at Del Mar. The five-furlong sprint over the infield Jimmy Durante turf course was a supporting race on the first day of the two-day Breeders' Championships.

A G Indy reached the wire a half-length in front of Time Limit, with Hear My Prayer third in the field of ten fillies and mares. Time for the distance was :56.71.

A G Indy returned $15.40, $7.20 and $4.20 after her fourth victory in 13 outings. Time Limit paid $8 and $4.20, while third-place paid $3.20 to show. Doug O'Neill trains the winner, a 4-year-old filly by Take Charge Indy.

UMBERTO RISPOLI (A G Indy, winner) – “I was watching Valdivia's filly [jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr. on Angelcents] up front and I knew she usually wants to drift out. But by the time we were turning for home, I couldn't wait anymore. I sent my filly outside her and she went. Then that other filly [Time Limit] came up outside us and my filly really dug in. She's a fighter.

DOUG O'NEILL (A G Indy, winner) “She does like this track and I thought Umberto [Rispoli] just gave her a great ride. There's a lot of speed here and he got to sit just off the pace and when they turned for home he found a lane and got it done. Great race by the filly and a great ride by Umberto.”

FRACTIONS: :22.38 :44.83 :56.71 See the full chart here.

The stakes win the first of the meet for rider Rispoli and his 11th stakes win at Del Mar.

The stakes win was the second of the meet for trainer O'Neill and his 42 at Del Mar.

The winning owner is Ron Arakelian of Irvine, Calif.

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O’Neill Hit With CHRB Complaint Over Oral Medication Administration

Trainer Doug O'Neill, who will send two horses to this weekend's Breeders' Cup, has been hit with a complaint requiring him to appear before stewards at Los Alamitos regarding medication administration to a horse in his care.

According to the complaint filed on Oct. 22, investigators received a tip this summer that a horse from O'Neill's barn that had already been entered in a race may have received illegal medication. Investigators at Los Alamitos inspected the barn July 5 and discovered the unidentified horse did not have a sign on its stall door indicating it was running within the next 24 hours.

Assistant trainer Sabas Rivera told investigators he had treated the horse the previous day with oral pastes called Bleeder Shield and Un-Lock, which meant they had been treated within 24 hours of race time.

Un-Lock is marketed as a supplement containing amino acids and electrolytes to reduce muscle fatigue and prevent tying up. Bleeder Shield purports to contain the Chinese herb Yunnan Baiyao to prevent exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage. Neither product is approved by the Food and Drug Administration because the FDA does not inspect or approve dietary supplements for horses or humans. California rules do allow the administration of oral pastes like these, but not within 24 hours of a race.

The complaint issued Oct. 22 does not constitute a ruling against O'Neill, merely a requirement that a hearing take place. A date was not provided in the complaint for the hearing.

In 2013, O'Neill appeared before California stewards after a barn foreman administered an amino acid paste to runner Cinco de Mario, who was entered to run within 24 hours. Cinco de Mario was subsequently scratched from the race. At the time, O'Neill said the foreman made a mistake and was meant to give the paste to a horse in the next stall who was more than 24 hours out from a race. At the time, the trainer also said he would time the administration of oral supplements like that one 25 to 30 hours out from a horse's race, because he believed they could still be effective in that window without violating the rules. He received a $1,500 fine in that case.

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O’Neill Summoned to Explain Substance Administration at Los Al

Two-time GI Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O'Neill has been summoned to a stewards' hearing to address a California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) complaint that revolves around a potential illegal administration of a substance prior to races four months ago at Los Alamitos Race Course (LARC).

According to an Oct. 22 CHRB complaint, back on July 5, “Investigators received information from Los Alamitos track security steward, Michael Kilpack, regarding seeing someone at trainer Doug O'Neill's barn possibly giving an illegal substance to a horse that had already been entered in a race at LARC.”

The complaint continued: “Investigators conducted a barn inspection at trainer Doug O'Neill's barn…. During the barn inspection, investigators did not observe any pre-race 'Detention Stall Sign' posted on any of the stalls prior to the post time of the race for which the horses were entered.”

Investigators then “interviewed assistant trainer Sabas Rivera, [who] stated he had given 'BleederShield' and 'Un-Lock' to the horses yesterday, which was 24 hours prior to race.”

TDN could not reach O'Neill on Monday to get his side of the story. Darrell Vienna, an attorney who has represented O'Neill in past cases before the CHRB, said via phone that he has not yet had an opportunity to discuss this new complaint with O'Neill.

BleederShield is advertised as a “pre-race or event formula for horses that bleed due to respiratory stress.” According to an online product description, its active ingredient is yunnan baiyao, which is a Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal formula used for wound healing, as a pain reliever, and to stop bleeding in both animals and humans.

Un-Lock is advertised as “a unique combination of muscle-supporting amino acids…plus electrolytes and essential vitamins.”

The substances are non-FDA approved and while it's not illegal to give them to horses in general, it is illegal to administer to a horse within 24 hours of a race.

Two months ago, on Sept. 6, O'Neill got fined $2,000 for a pair of Class 4, Penalty Category C methocarbamol positives at Santa Anita Park from May and June, one in a race and the other in a workout. A 4C categorization represents the least-severe side of the scale on the Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances list published by the Association of Racing Commissioners International.

Separately, back in March, O'Neill negotiated a CHRB settlement agreement that included a $7,500 fine and the serving of 10 days of a 30-day suspension over a 2B positive lidocaine test triggered by one of his trainees in October 2020.

Violations of the following CHRB rules are alleged in this latest complaint: Rule 1845(c)2(A) pertains to posting the detention stall signage. Rules 1843.5(a), (c) and (h) deal with the administration of substances after a horse is entered to race. Rule 1887(a) is the “absolute insurer” regulation that dictates a trainer's responsibilities.

The CHRB complaint does not constitute a ruling against O'Neill. It is a “notice to appear” before the Los Alamitos stewards. No date for the hearing was listed on the complaint, which was signed electronically by the CHRB's equine medical director, Jeff Blea, DVM.

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Mackinnon Works At Santa Anita Ahead of BC Juvenile Turf

Zuma Beach Stakes winner Mackinnon worked at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Saturday for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., this Friday, Nov. 5.

“He went really good,” Doug O'Neill said. “He went six furlongs and the clockers gave him 1:14 and four-fifths. He finished up great, galloped out good, and cooled out well.”

Exercise rider Sal Santiago was aboard the two-year-old chestnut colt by American Pharoah who won the Zuma Beach on Oct. 3 by 2 ¼ lengths under Juan Hernandez despite clipping heels on the first turn in the one-mile turf event.

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