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Los Al to Allow Owners at Winter Meet

CHRB licensed owners with horses entered to race will be permitted to attend the races at the Los Alamitos winter meet, which begins Friday, Dec. 4. Owners will also be permitted to bring up to two adult guests. Owners wishing to attend the races should email or call Elsa Peron, Administrative Assistant of TOC (eperon@toconline.com) to secure access, and reservations can be made up until 24 hours before race day.

On race days, owners must show their license when entering Los Alamitos Racecourse and park in the designated area. Owners will enter through the main entrance gate, where they will be required to be on the owner reservation list, provide their CHRB owners license, and undergo a Covid-19 health screening including a temperature check. Masks will be required to be worn at all times, and owners must respect social distancing guidelines.

The first come, first served seating is located in the outdoor area of the Vessels Club. There will be food and beverage service available, as well as parimutuel machines. At this time, owners may not enter the paddock or the winners circle. Any violation of this strict policy will result in a forfeiture of racetrack privileges.

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Stanley Hough, 72, Retires From Training Career For The Second Time

Longtime Thoroughbred trainer Stanley Hough first retired in 2012, but he was coaxed back into the shed row in 2018 by mentee Hunter Rankin on behalf of Kevin Plank's Sagamore Farm. Hough and Rankin, racing manager and president, respectively, had been rebuilding the Sagamore program since 2015, and there were a couple special 2-year-olds Hough wanted to keep a closer eye on.

One of those was Global Campaign, a half-brother to G1 winner Bolt d'Oro. The colt's career got off to a good start in 2019 with wins in the G3 Peter Pan and the G3 Monmouth Cup, but he really blossomed in 2020 with a victory in the Grade 1 Woodward and a third-place finish in the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic. Global Campaign earned a total of $1,321,080 on the track with six wins from 10 starts.

The 4-year-old son of Curlin has since been retired to co-owner WinStar Farm to prepare for a career at stud, however, and Sagamore Farm announced the termination of its horse racing involvement in early November.

Now 72 years old, Hough made the decision to head back into retirement.

“When WinStar decided it was better for the horse to go to stud—because he is being very well received—for me, it was a bittersweet thing, but it helped me make the decision,” Hough told bloodhorse.com. “I still have some horses I own part of and that will go on for a while, but in terms of training, I'm going to let someone else do it. COVID-19 has been hard for everybody, and I've been away from home a lot. I'm not getting any younger, which is obvious, but I decided I would pack it in for good this time.”

Hough's resume at his retirement stands at 2,212 wins from 12,921 starters with total earnings of $47,892,444.

Grade 2-Placed Tight Ten Retired To Mountain Springs Farm In Pennsylvania

Tight Ten, a multiple graded stakes-placed son of Tapit, enters stud in 2021 at the new Mountain Springs Farm in Palmyra, Pa.

Tight Ten is by three-time leading sire Tapit out of a Distorted Humor mare, the same as leading second-crop sire Constitution.

After easily breaking his maiden at Churchill Downs in wire-to-wire fashion by more than four lengths, Tight Ten next ran second by one length in the historic Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes after leading in mid-stretch. In his third career start, Tight Ten led for the entire trip of the 1 1/16 mile G3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs until he was caught in the final strides to finish second.

In his final start at two, the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Tight Ten hit the inner rail shortly after the start and emerged with a torn hind-end ligament. He returned to win a one-mile allowance race at age four, and retired with earnings of $132,369.

Standing 16.1 hands with outstanding athletic conformation Tight Ten will stand for an introductory fee of $2,500 live foal. Additional mares can be bred for $2,000 each.

A lifetime breeding right to Tight Ten will be awarded to breeders after booking four mares.

Tight Ten will stand at the new 200-acre Mountain Springs Farm. With facilities rivaling any in the state, the experienced horsemen at Mountain Springs Farm provide excellent mare and foal care at affordable rates.

Tight Ten is nominated for the Breeders' Cup and is eligible for the Pennsylvania-bred program.

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NYSGC Adopts Enhanced Harness Racing Wagering

The New York State Gaming Commission adopted three new wagering rules that will provide bettors more options in the sport of harness racing in New York. The rules were adopted by the Commission at the Nov. 30 meeting and will take effect on upon publication in the State Register.

“The new wagering formats will provide increased opportunities for bettors, and, we hope, increase interest in the sport. Any increase in handle is beneficial, as it ultimately leads to incremental purse offerings at racetracks here in New York,” said Commission Executive Director Robert Williams.

The rules adopted are as follows:

Pick Six Jackpot

The Pick Six Jackpot rule, also known as the “Rainbow or “Jackpot” wager, will appeal to bettors by providing a larger prize when there is only one winning wager from a pool. If there is more than one winning ticket, then the major portion of the day’s pool is paid out to those who selected six of six winners, and the minor pool is added to the carryover. The carryover gets paid out when there is a unique winning ticket, or when there is an intermediate or final distribution approved by the Commission, which would occur at the end of a race meeting. This new wager parallels the Commission’s Thoroughbred racing pick-six jackpot rule.

Jackpot Super High Five Pools

The new wager option requires the selection of the first five finishers in a single race in the correct order of finish. The entire pool would be paid to the bettor with a unique winning ticket, if there is only one winning ticket. If there is not only one winning ticket, the net pool would be split into a major pool and minor pool. The major pool would be a carryover in the next Jackpot Super High Five pool and the minor pool would be divided among all winning wagers. Additionally, the rule provides for contingencies in the event of dead heats and races with fewer than five entrants.

Triple Wager

The new rule amends the triple wager rule for harness racing, which requires the selection of the first three finishers in a single race in the exact order of finish by reducing the number of entries in a race for which the triple is permitted from six to five.

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