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COVID-19: Zia Park To Resume Live Racing Dec. 2, Overnight Purses Boosted 30 Percent

In accordance with recently revised business reopening guidelines issued by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Zia Park will resume live racing on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Post time at the Hobbs, N.M. track is slated for 12:00 PM Mountain Time.

Racing at Zia Park was prematurely suspended on Nov. 16, and remained suspended through Nov. 30 by Gov. Grisham's order to cease in-person non-essential activities due to COVID-19 spikes in the area.

Zia Park will also race Thursday, Dec. 3 (a previously rescheduled race date), and then maintain a Monday through Wednesday schedule through its final live racing program on Dec. 23.

Overnight purses starting with the December 2 live card will be increased 30 percent from their previously advertised amounts, pending approval by the New Mexico Racing Commission.

The Zia Park barn area will remain open until Dec. 31, 2020 with the racetrack itself closed for training after Dec. 23.

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Joshua Brown Named Track Announcer At Delaware Park

Joshua Brown will assume the role as track announcer when the next live race season begins at Delaware Park in the spring of 2021. Last season, Brown was the paddock/TV host at Delaware Park. He will be replacing John Curran, who announced the races at Delaware Park for the last 37 years and officially retired from Delaware Park and announcing on Nov. 7.

Brown brings to his new post nearly 20 years of announcing experience that has spanned the US and Canada. He was the track announcer/TV host at Presque Isle Downs, before getting the call to join the Delaware Park team in June. In addition to being a full time announcer at previous tracks, Brown has also been in racing management roles in his career.

“We were very excited to bring Joshua Brown on board last season,” said John Mooney, the Executive Director of Racing. “He brought an extensive and varied experience in the racing industry to Delaware Park. He did a fantastic job as the paddock/TV Host last year and we are very much looking forward to him assuming the role as the new track announcer.”

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GSW Air Strike to Stand in Ohio

Grade II winner Air Strike (Street Sense–Omnitap, by Tapit) has been acquired by Daryl and Sally Duncan and will enter stud at their Duncan Farms in Warsaw, Ohio in 2021.

Raced in partnership by Sol Kumin’s Madakat Stables, Slam Dunk Racing and Michael Nentwig, Air Strike won the GII Triple Bend S. at Santa Anita as a 4-year-old in 2019. Also fourth in last year’s GI Bing Crosby S. and GI Forego S., the bay retired with career earnings of $338,810.

“We were looking to add a true dirt-sprint pedigree with some depth on the dam side and we found it in Air Strike,” said Daryl Duncan.

Air Strike joins Duncan Farms’ other graded stakes-winning stallions, Corfu (Malibu Moon) and Fort Larned (E Dubai). He will stand his first season for $2,000 Live Foal.

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St. Elias Stables Offers Discount On Stallion Army Mule To New Jersey Breeders

St. Elias Stables is offering members of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association of New Jersey an incentive to breed to Army Mule, who is standing the 2021 breeding season at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa Farm in Kentucky for $7,500.

A TBANJ member who is interested in breeding to Army Mule and foaling in New Jersey will receive the stud fee for $5,000 and all shipping expenses will be paid for the round trip to Kentucky.

Interested parties should contact the TBANJ office for more information.

Army Mule, a 6-year-old son of Friesan Fire, went unbeaten in three career starts, highlighted by a victory in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap. His first foals are weanlings of 2020.

Army Mule is out of the stakes-winning Crafty Prospector mare Crafty Toast, whose runners also include stakes-placed Platinum Steel and Special Ruth. His second dam is Grade 2 winner Give a Toast, his third dam is Grade 2 winner Salud, and his extended family includes multiple Grade 1 winner Our Native.

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