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Weekly Rulings: Feb. 22-28

Every week, the TDN publishes a roundup of key official rulings from the primary tracks within the four major racing jurisdictions of California, New York, Florida and Kentucky.

Here's a primer on how each of these jurisdictions adjudicates different offenses, what they make public (or not) and where.

California
Track: Santa Anita
Date: 02/25/2022
Licensee: Desiderio Orantes, groom
Penalty: Suspension
Violation: Failure to appear for hearing on disorderly conduct and animal welfare charges
Explainer: Groom Desiderio Orantes, having failed to respond to written notice to appear before the Board of Stewards at Santa Anita Park on or before Feb. 24, 2022, is hereby suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547 (Failure to Appear) pending an appearance at a hearing before the Board of Stewards to answer charges alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rules #1874 (Disorderly Conduct) and #1902.5 (Animal Welfare). During the term of the suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Desiderio Orantes are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing board rule #1528 (Jurisdiction of Stewards) subject is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

Track: Santa Anita
Date: 02/26/2022
Licensee: Drayden Van Dyke, jockey
Penalty: $750
Violation: Excessive use of the crop
Explainer: Jockey Drayden Van Dyke is fined $750 for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1688(b)(8) (Use of Riding Crop–more than six times–second offense within the past sixty days) during the sixth race at Santa Anita Park Feb. 25, 2022. Rule #1532. Fine shall be paid to the Paymaster within seven calendar days from the date of this ruling, or the license of the person upon whom the fine has been imposed shall be suspended.

Track: Santa Anita
Date: 02/27/2022
Licensee: Christopher Emigh, jockey
Penalty: $500
Violation: Excessive use of the crop
Explainer: Jockey Christopher Emigh is fined $500 for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1688(b)(8) (Use of Riding Crop – more than six times) during the second race at Santa Anita Park Feb. 26, 2022.

Florida

The following cases were listed on the Association of Racing Commissioners International's “Recent Rulings” webpage.
Track: Gulfstream Park
Date: 02/18/2022
Licensee: Tamara Lilly Levy
Penalty: 15-day suspension and $500 fine
Violation: Medication violation
Explainer: 2/18/2022 – Stipulation and Consent Order Case #2021-055093 – F.S. 550.2415 violation = Medroxyprogesterone Acetate. $500 fine Paid to BOR/GSP and 15 day suspension imposed. “Senorita Salsa.”
2/26/22 The 15 day occupational license suspension contemplated in the Consent Order will commence on Wednesday, Mar. 16, and will continue through and including Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2022. Denied access, use, and privileges of all grounds under the jurisdiction of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering requiring an occupational license for admittance during the term of suspension.

Track: Gulfstream Park
Date: 02/18/2022
Licensee: Tamara Lilly Levy
Penalty: 15-day suspension and $500 fine
Violation: Medication violation
Explainer: Ruling Text: 02/18/2022 – Stipulation and Consent Order Case #2021-054443 – F.S. Ch 550.2415 violation = Medroxyprogesterone Acetate. $500 fine Paid to BOR/GSP and 15 day suspension imposed. “SENORITA SALSA”
2/26/22 The 15-day occupational license suspension contemplated in the Consent Order will commence Tuesday, Mar. 1, and will continue through and including Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2022. Denied access, use, and privileges of all grounds under the jurisdiction of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering requiring an occupational license for admittance during the term of suspension.

Track: Gulfstream Park
Date: 02/18/2022
Licensee: Elizabeth Dobles, trainer
Penalty: 15-day suspension and $500 fine
Violation: Medication violaiton
Explainer: Ruling Text: 2/18/2022 – Stipulation and Consent Order – Case #2021-055602 – F.S. 550.2415 violation = 2-(1 Hydroxyethyl) promazine sulfoxide – a metabolite of acepromazine. $500 Fine paid to Board of Relief – GSP, and 15 day suspension. “Cuy”
2/25/22 – The 15-day occupational license suspension contemplated in the Consent Order will commence on Sunday, Feb. 20, and will continue through and including Sunday, Mar. 6, 2022. Denied access, use, and privileges of all grounds under the jurisdiction of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering requiring an occupational license for admittance during the term of suspension.

Track: Gulfstream Park
Date: 02/18/2022
Licensee: Elizabeth Dobles, trainer
Penalty: $500
Violation: Medication violation
Explainer: 2/18/2022 – Stipulation and Consent Order – Case #2019-048229 – F.S. 550.2415 violation = N-Butylscopolamine. $500 Fine paid to Board of Relief/GSP. “Northern”

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Yates Reaping Benefits Of Faith In Stallion Cajun Breeze

Michael Yates, a long-time Florida breeder, owner and trainer with a year-round presence at Gulfstream Park, is reaping the benefits of his unwavering faith in Cajun Breeze, a tough-as-nails competitor who became an instant success as a stallion in the Sunshine State.

Yates and Cajun Breeze will be represented in both the $250,000 Grade 3 Holy Bull and $100,000 G3 Swale on Saturday's Gulfstream program that will also feature the $100,000 G3 Forward Gal, $100,000 G3 Kitten's Joy and $100,000 Sweetest Chant.

Yates is scheduled to saddle Cajun's Magic for the Holy Bull, the first graded stakes on the Road to the G1 Florida Derby, and Dean Delivers for the Swale, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds.

Cajun Breeze, a stakes-placed son of Congrats who won four of 33 starts while primarily competing in allowance and stakes company for Yates, is the sire of both 3-year-olds, both of whom are owned by Stonehedge LLC. After being represented by a pair of stakes winners in his very limited first crop in 2018, Cajun Breeze was moved from Yates' Shadybrook Farm to stand at stud at Stonehedge Farm to advance his stallion career.

Cajun's Breeze's offspring have demonstrated versatility and toughness.

“They're just very solid horses that have really good minds,” Yates said. “A lot of them have a lot of raw talent. I feel like we haven't seen the best of them yet.”

Yates opted to run Cajun's Magic in the Holy Bull due to his experience around two turns. After winning the six-furlong Dr. Fager and finishing second in the seven-furlong Affirmed in the first two legs of the 2021 Florida Sire Stakes series, he finished a very game second behind favored Octane in the 1 1/16-mile In Reality final.

“We didn't want to run them in the same race, and Cajun's Magic already ran a mile and a sixteenth in the sire stakes and ran a good race,” Yates said. “I think he's better now than he was then. Even though he's coming off a layoff, he's been training really well.”

Cajun's Magic will take on eight rivals, including G2 Remsen winner Mo Donegal, Breeders' Cup Juvenile third-place finisher Giant Game and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf second-place finisher Tiz the Bomb.

Dean Delivers finished a dead-game second in his return off a five-month layoff after battling favored Dean's List through the stretch before coming up just a neck short of victory.

“I thought it was a huge effort, especially off the layoff. He didn't get away from the gate very well, but it may have been a blessing in disguise because there was a hot pace,” Yates said. “I thought he ran a great race.”

Dean Delivers graduated at first asking by 7 1/2 lengths before finishing a neck behind Cajun's Magic in the Dr. Fager.

“He's worked very well. His work between races was the deciding factor. I was anticipating running him in a Florida-bred allowance race,” Yates said. “Being that he ran such a big race off the layoff, you got to worry about the bounce factor a little bit, but he's gone so forward and is doing really well, we decided to take a shot and see what we have.”

Dean Delivers will face five opponents Brad Cox-trained In Dreams, a winner of his last two starts at Churchill Downs and Oaklawn; Todd Pletcher-trained My Prankster, a stakes-placed son of Into Mischief; and Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Of a Revolution, who finished a close second in the six-furlong Limehouse last time out.

Jesus Rios has the call on Cajun's Magic, while Miguel Vasquez has the mount aboard Dean Delivers.

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Grade 2 Winner Rushie Retired To Pleasant Acres Stallions In Florida

Pleasant Acres Stallions is excited to announce the arrival of Rushie (Liam's Map / Conquest Angel, by Colonel John) to their stallion barn.

Brokered by Jacob West, the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile winner was acquired by a partnership and then sent to Florida for the 2022 breeding season.

Out of the first crop by Liam's Map, Florida-bred Rushie first entered the Kentucky Derby trail after breaking his maiden in his first start at three, followed by a pair of third place finishes in the G1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (to Honor A.P. and Authentic), and the G2 Toyota Blue Grass stakes (to Art Collector and Swiss Skydiver).

Trainer Michael McCarthy and owners James and Donna Daniell ran Rushie in the G2 Pat Day Mile on the Derby undercard where he earned a graded stakes win that day, finishing the mile in 1:34:41. In total, Rushie earned nearly $700,000 and in 2020, averaged close to $72,000 in earnings per start.

“We are very pleased to have Rushie join our roster of exceptional stallions in Florida. Right now, there are only three stallions by Liam's Map being offered to breeders in 2022 – two are standing in Kentucky at Spendthrift and Airdrie Stud, and Rushie is here at Pleasant Acres Stallions,” said Joe Barbazon. “Being able to expand the Liam's Map bloodline to our Florida breeders is very exciting!”

Rushie's sire, Liam's Map (Unbridled's Song / Miss Macy Sue, by Trippi) is a two-time Grade 1 winner of more than $1.3 million. The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner had six wins and two seconds from eight starts with a total of six triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures – topping his career with 114 Beyers in his G1 Woodward and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile victories. He is proving himself a successful stallion and currently leads all North American third crop sires by cumulative Grade 1 winners. His 2-year-olds have sold for up to $1.2 million and his yearlings have sold for $500,000, $450,000, $400,000, etc.

Rushie's first dam, Conquest Angel (Colonel John / More Oats Please, by Smart Strike) was a $300,000 OBS April 2-year-old in training purchase. She is by multiple Grade 1 winner millionaire Colonel John (Tiznow / Sweet Damsel, by Turkoman). His second dam, More Oats Please, has produced three winners from five starters, including Peace and War – a Grade 1 winner that started as a $300,000 yearling, went on to become a $1.5-million Fasig-Tipton mixed sale purchase, and then was sold for $1.45 million at the Keenland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Rushie joins stallions Amira's Prince, Bellavia, Breaking Lucky, Bucchero, Curlin's Honor, Gone Astray, Gunnevera, Handsome Mike, Leinster, Long On Value, Neolithic, No Never No More, and Sweetontheladies, at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala.

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New Vocations Launches Florida Facility

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program has opened a satellite facility near Ocala, Florida as it continues to expand its aftercare efforts. The nation's oldest and largest racehorse adoption charity now has nine facilities in six states.

“Part of our long-term plan has been to open a facility near Ocala,” said New Vocations' Program Director Anna Ford. “Three years ago, we were looking into it but then we got the call to open a facility in Louisiana. We put Florida on pause because the need was greater in Louisiana at that point.”

Their search for a Florida site was delayed again due to the pandemic in 2020, but scouting continued last year until they landed on a facility based at Trillium Sport Horses in Anthony, just a few miles outside of Ocala.

Ford said that in the past, Florida-based horses donated to New Vocations would be sent to their Lexington location. She noted that on average, 60 horses were shipped each year more than 700 miles from Florida to New Vocations' Lexington facility.

“Horses coming from Florida racetracks and training centers will now have a much shorter travel distance and duration as they start their new chapters,” she explained. “This will also allow our Lexington division to expand as well.”

Erin MacDonald, an international three-day eventing rider with years of experience restarting off-track Thoroughbreds in new careers, will oversee the horses' rehabilitation and training.

“We were thrilled to find Erin,” Ford said. “She does such a good job and is everything we were looking for in a trainer. She has been a great addition to our team and we're really excited about the partnership.”

Erin MacDonald (right) with the first horse to arrive to and depart from the Florida facility, Ranger Up, and adopter Melissa Lundberg. | New Vocations

“It is so gratifying to help a Thoroughbred smoothly transition into a second career after the races,” MacDonald added. “I am honored to be working with such an outstanding aftercare organization and join their efforts to provide Florida-based horses and their connections with a quality rehabilitation and retraining program. Everyone has been wonderful to work with and it's really cool to be a part of an organization that already feels like a family.”

A native of Ontario, MacDonald represented Canada on various junior eventing teams before moving to Ocala to start her own business six years ago. Her primary 10-stall facility sits on 11 acres and she recently opened a second location with an additional five stalls.

“[My business] is actually called Trillium Sport Horses,” she said. “Being from Ontario, Trillium is our provincial flower. My dad started a shipping company that was mainly out of Woodbine Racetrack and he was called Trillium Equine Trailering. I ran with that and started Trillium Sport Horses. My dad passed away in 2011, so it's nice to have his logo in my logo.”

MacDonald has been retraining off-the-track racehorses for over a decade.

“They are incredibly athletic, as anyone who has worked with them would know, and they have so much try,” she said. “As soon as they have that relationship with their person, it's 110% every day. In any discipline, from trail riding to anything competitive, that's all you can ask from your partner.”

MacDonald said there is a great need for an accredited aftercare organization like New Vocations in Ocala.

“A lot of people don't really have a place to go other than to those of us who have been doing it quietly,” she explained. “There are very few organizations handling not just the Ocala area, but the state in general. It's nice to have such a large organization stepping in because we do have so many horses down here that are looking for new homes. New Vocations is very up-front about any limitations, whereas you don't always get the full story with private operations.”

She added that the demand for sport horses in Florida has increased even since she first moved to Ocala.

“I think so many more people are staying here year-round,” she said. “Now 12 months of the year we have people looking for their new partners. I get hundreds of messages from people who are shopping for anything from a trail riding horse to an upper-level event horse, which is nice because the horses we get have a pretty wide range of abilities coming into the program.”

Incubator (pictured), a 7-year-old gelding by Stephen Got Even, was recently adopted from New Vocations' Florida facility |Katie Petrunyak

The first horse arrived at New Vocations' Ocala site in October of 2021. Ranger Up (First Samuari) had been competing at the claiming level at Gulfstream Park throughout 2021 when he was purchased by a collaborative group that joined forces to retire the gelding. Starlight Racing and Spendthrift Farm, who originally purchased Ranger Up as a yearling in 2017, as well as breeder Stone Farm, partnered together to ensure his retirement and reached out to New Vocations about donating him to their program.

“At the time we were just finalizing everything with Erin, so he was able to be our first horse in Florida,” Ford said. “It was cool that the first horse that came through was actually purchased to be retired by prominent people in the industry doing the right thing by the horse.”

“Starlight has bought horses for retirement in the past, but this one was brought to our attention by Stone Farm, who bred the horse,” said Starlight Racing Founder Jack Wolf. “We partnered with them and Spendthrift to retire him and send him to New Vocations. I'm excited for everything that New Vocations is doing and how well the horses turn out from there. We've been sending them horses for 20 years and are big supporters of their program.

Ranger Up thrived in his retraining and was recently adopted. Two additional horses have already completed the program and gone to experienced homes while several more are making progress in various stages of rehab and training and will be available for adoption soon.

“Before we officially open a facility, we will go through the training process with a few horses to go over how we run everything,” Ford explained. “We've already developed some new relationships with trainers and owners in Florida who we have never received horses from before. I think that once we get the word out that we're here and able to take horses, we will meet even more new people who might not have known this was an option.”

For information on donating a horse to the Florida facility or supporting its efforts, visit newvocation.org/donate_a_horse, call (859) 252-9574 or e-mail anna@horseadoption.com.

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