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The Retirement Assistance and Care for Equines (R.A.C.E.) Fund, a Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA)-accredited nonprofit organization established in 2004, will launch its 2023 fund drive with an online eBay auction on May 12 at 8 p.m. EST. The auction will end May 19.

Featured items include halters of the following multiple Graded Stakes winning champions, 2021 Belmont winner & Champion 3-Year-Old Essential Quality, multiple Graded Stakes winner and Hall of Famer Serena's Song and multiple Graded Stakes winners Quality Road, Mandaloun and Upstart.

Other items to be auctioned include Knicks Go, Breeders' Cup Classic replica saddle towel, a VIP farm tour donated by Three Chimneys Farm, horseshoes worn by multiple Graded Stakes winners: 2005 Preakness and Belmont winner Afleet Alex from Gainesway and 2021 Metropolitan winner Silver State from Claiborne Farm. Also included are the horseshoes worn by Stevis Man on the last race of his long and distinguished career, and signed pictures by Hall of Fame jockeys Calvin Borel and Gary Stevens, and Secretariat's Legacy book signed by author, Patricia McQueen.

“We have some very exciting and amazing auction items again this year. We would like to especially thank volunteer Roxanne Campbell for her dedication and tireless efforts as well as Airdrie Stud, Claiborne, Darley, Denali Stud, Gainesway, Juddmonte, Lane's End, Taylor Made, Three Chimneys and author Patricia McQueen for their generous support by donating such valuable items of racing champions to help us raise funds,” stated Marlene Murray, President of the R.A.C.E. Fund.

All proceeds raised will be used to help Thoroughbred racehorses in need of retirement and rescue from slaughter.

More information about the R.A.C.E. Fund can be found here. Questions about the auction or items can be sent to info@racefund.org. Preview the auction items at the R.A.C.E. Fund Facebook page.

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Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., sadly announced today the passing of Disturbingthepeace, a two-time winner of the Pat O'Brian Stakes and earner of over $650,000, due to complications from colic. He was 25.

Disturbingthepeace, who is by Bold Badgett-Regal Riot, by Sovereign Dancer, was a beautiful, bay gelding bred by Old English Rancho and Patsy McKuen. He was foaled in California on March 29, 1998.

He scored his first win as a 3-year old in his fourth time out on the track in a maiden special weight race at Del Mar on Aug. 27, 2001 under the care of trainer Darrell Vienna, and owner David and Rita Milch.

He made his mark on the sport as a 4-year old in 2002 when he won six straight races, three of them Grade 2 stakes. The win streak began with wins in two allowance races at Santa Anita, and one allowance optional claiming race at Hollywood Park.

Then, still under the care of the same trainer and owner, Disturbingthepeace won the Triple Bend Breeders' Cup Invitational Handicap (G2), the Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2), and the Pat O'Brien Handicap (G2). All three races were at Del Mar.

He closed out his year with a seventh-place finish in the NAPA Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at Arlington. In that race, David and Rita Milch were still the owners, along with newcomers Herrick Racing.

In 2003, as a 5-year old, Disturbingthepeace came back strong and won his second consecutive Pat O'Brien Handicap (G2), and in the process, he finished ahead of future Old Friends retiree, Danthebluegrassman.

In 2004, as a 6-year old, he ran in only two races, both at Del Mar, and finished ninth in the Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap (G1) and fourth in an allowance optional claiming race. Following that race he was retired.

Disturbingthepeace closed out his race career with eight wins, four seconds, four thirds, and $666,020 in earnings in 24 career starts.

Thanks to his owners, Disturbingthepeace was retired to Old Friends and arrived on Jan. 12, 2013 and enjoyed 10 years at the farm.

“Disturbingthepeace had a nice race career,” said Old Friends Founder and President, Michael Blowen. “He was completely, and inappropriately, named because he never disturbed anyone. He was the gentlest, quietest, most independent horse we ever had. He will be missed.”

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The UC Davis veterinary hospital welcomes Ian Davies as its new farrier. Davies has worked all around the world as a farrier for 25 years. Born and raised in Great Britain, he has had the rare privilege of working with diverse and talented groups of like-minded equestrians, from royal families in the Middle East to some of the world's largest breeding facilities. Areas of discipline throughout his career include racing, dressage, eventing, jumping, and polo.

Davies considers himself a consummate horseman who is always looking to improve equine athletic performance, hoof care, and overall equine health. He is forever progressing in his profession, which has taken him around the globe, with clients in Germany, Japan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.

His client roster over the years has included two-time Olympic medalist and four-time European champion Paul Schockemöhle, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdulla, Oman's Royal Cavalry, and Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm, home to more than 3,000 horses and described as the center of the Japanese racehorse breeding industry.

Davies is a Diplomate of the Worshipful Company of Farriers, a British organization that has been promoting the welfare of the horse since 1356.

Former UC Davis farrier Shane Westman has moved into a new role with the hospital's Diagnostic Imaging Service, which now will have a designated technician to help better streamline equine cases.

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Horse owners in the United States are willing to pay 14 percent more in horse-care costs as prices have skyrocketed post-COVID. The financial strain is felt in all aspects of horsekeeping, from board to hay to fuel to feed; jobs were affected as the cost of essential and non-essential goods and supply chain issues increased. 

Drs. Jada Thompson, Michelle Kibler and Jennie Ivey created a survey to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected horse owners and lessors, and to determine what the equine-care market could bear if costs increased. 

The trio collected information through an online survey from 762 people involved in the equine industry. They separated the responders into three groups: owners keeping their horses at home; owners who board their horses; and people who lease their horses.

The team found that equine owners and lessors were willing to pay at least 14 percent more for horse care after the pandemic. 

The survey also showed: 

• Age and annual household income of responders affected willingness to pay in all three groups.
• Owners, lessors, and boarders were willing to pay different amounts, which ranged up to a 26.2 percent increase in care costs at the time the survey was open.
• Horse owners in the South who kept their horses at home were willing to pay 11 percent more than those in other areas of the country. 
• People who full-leased their horses (instead of having no lease or a partial-care lease) were willing to pay 15 percent more.

The researchers concluded that horse owners, lessors and boarders were not substantially impacted financially early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and that each group was willing to pay 14 percent or more for their horse's care. They note that results indicate that the market for equine care can handle the increase in costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Read more at HorseTalk.  

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