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Ellis Park Cancels Training, Sunday Card After Overnight Barn Fire

Ellis Park, located in Henderson, Ky., has canceled racing and training today after the track's receiving barn was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. According to Ellis Park General Manager Jeff Inman, no humans appeared to be in the barn at the time of the fire. Initial indications are that all the horses – believed to be seven – were rescued.

Receiving barn fire at Ellis Park this morning. According to trainer Ron Moquett, whose barn foreman took video. all horses were removed safely. Training and racing cancelled today, per Moquett. pic.twitter.com/4uyUUsXnQO

— Ray Paulick (@raypaulick) August 22, 2021

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2-Year-Old Filly Escapes Ellis for Interstate

In a bizarre incident Saturday at Ellis Park, 2-year-old filly Bold and Bossy (Strong Mandate) got loose in the post parade prior to the first race after unseating rider Miguel Mena, ran off the track, and went on a merry tour of U.S. 41N, Interstate 69, and Veterans Memorial Parkway. She made it quite a distance, crossing state lines from Kentucky into Indiana, before being caught and returned via horse ambulance to the Ellis Park barn area, where the state veterinarian immediately began administering fluids and additional treatment.

In spite of being dehydrated and tying up, as well as missing a few shoes and grabbing a quarter, Bold and Bossy was reported by owner-trainer Michael Ann Ewing from her Lexington base to be doing well.

“She's not lame. No [broken] bones or stitches needed,” said Ewing. “Probably traumatized mentally, but she's going to be fine. We'll have our own vets check her out and monitor her, and after a few days to make sure everything is good I'll probably give her some time on the farm. But thank God she's fine.”

Trainers Wes Hawley and Jack Hancock were instrumental in catching the loose filly, who was due to make her racing debut, first trying to apprehend her in the barn area and then on the public roads. Click for a brief video of the filly's escapade taken by a driver.

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Racehorse Escapes To Expressway At Ellis Park

Saturday's opener at Ellis Park saw some unexpected drama when first-time starter Bold and Bossy bucked off jockey Miguel Mena prior to the race and escaped the property to run loose on nearby US-41 while still under tack, WFIE 14 News in Evansville, Ind. reports.

Witnesses told the network that the 2-year-old Strong Mandate filly was running north in the southbound lane of the expressway, but video posted on social media shows the horse running on the shoulder with traffic, as well.

Bold and Bossy was eventually slowed down by a pair of passers-by on the highway, who spoke with the horse to get her attention, then Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham successfully caught the filly and got her under control near the Evansville Water Sewer Department, about six miles from the track. She was soon returned to her racetrack handlers.

Bold and Bossy is owned by Bantry Farms and trained by Michael Ewing.

Latham told WFIE 14 that the horse was hot and had an injury to a hind leg when he caught her. Bold and Bossy was later inspected the state veterinarian at the track, who said the filly had avoided serious harm.

Pioneerof the Nile Filly Impressive at Ellis

6th-Ellis, $51,000, Msw, 8-20, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:15.87, ft, 4 1/2 lengths.
MATAREYA (f, 2, Pioneerof the Nile–Innovative Idea {GSW, $229,343}, by Bernardini), whose dam's signature win came in the 2016 GIII Groupie Doll S. here, was coupled in the wagering at 9-5 with Brendan Walsh-trained fellow Godolphin homebred Dreamalot (Ghostzapper). Straight to the front, the bay doled out splits of :22.09 and :45.07 and turned for home in command. Dreamalot came with a fence run and briefly looked like she'd give Matareya a challenge, but the front-runner shut the door and galloped home under wraps to win with promise. Dreamalot held second to complete the one-two finish not only for her owner/breeder but for late broodmare sire Bernardini. The winner's second dam is MGSW/GISP Golden Velvet (Seeking the Gold) and her third dam is MGSW Caress (Storm Cat). This is the family of Bernstein and Sky Mesa as well as a current Godolphin standout in the Walsh pupil Maxfield (Street Sense), who is also out of a Bernardini mare. Innovative Idea produced an Uncle Mo filly and colt in 2020 and 2021, respectively and was bred back to that stallion for 2022. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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