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Highclere’s Beach Beauty

The first chapter of the story of Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was written 20 years ago when John Warren bought the listed winner Miss d’Ouilly (Fr) (Bikala {GB}) from Jean-Luc Lagardere at the Tattersalls December Sale for 50,000gns. The Night Shift foal she was carrying at the time became known as Night Frolic (GB), and she has established her own important branch of an accomplished family at Highclere Stud.

For Palace Pier, the tale is far from complete. This season’s champion miler will remain in training for 2021, but in some ways the wheel has turned full circle as his dam Beach Frolic (GB), a daughter of Nayef and Night Frolic, is set to sell as dusk descends on Tattersalls on Tuesday.

Presented with a May 20 covering, she is carrying a foal from the first crop of sprint star Blue Point (Ire) and, unsurprisingly, the dark chestnut mare (lot 1731) was in and out of her stable for plenty of viewings as mare buyers compiled theor shortlists on Sunday at Park Paddocks.

Lady Carolyn Warren offers the 9-year-old Beach Frolic not just on behalf of her family’s Highclere Stud but also for their partner and late friend, the Duke of Roxburghe, whose Floors Stud has been conducting a part-dispersal this season.

She said, “After John bought Miss d’Ouilly at the December Sale, the Duke of Roxburghe took part of her and we’ve owned the progeny in partnership together ever since.”

Beach Frolic was unraced but her half-siblings, the Group 2 winners Bonfire (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) and Joviality (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) have given the family plenty of extra credence in recent years, while its topicality is underlined by the G2 Derby Italiano victory this season of King’s Caper (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). He is out of another of Miss d’Ouilly’s grand-daughters, the G3 Nell Gwyn S. winner and G1 Coronation S. runner-up Karen’s Caper (War Chant), while this year’s G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile third Girl Daddy (Uncle Mo) has Miss d’Ouilly as her fourth dam.

“The family is jammed full of good horses and it’s very current. King’s Caper doesn’t even fit on the page because there isn’t room,” Lady Carolyn added.

“Beach Frolic is hard to fault. She’s an absolute queen to look at and what’s so amazing about her is that she can go to just about any stallion in the world. It’s so rare to find something that is a complete outcross.”

Beach Frolic’s name has already been in the news this autumn at Tattersalls when her yearling son by Highland Reel (Ire) fetched 320,000gns at Book 1 of the October Sale. With her 2-year-old Camelot (GB) filly Tiger Beetle (GB) in the hands of Sir Michael Stoute and a colt by Almanzor (Fr) on the ground this year, there is much to look forward to for those connected with the mare, not least the return next year of Palace Pier, who recently claimed the award for Cartier Three-Year-Old Colt.

Lady Carolyn’s succinct appraisal of Beach Frolic concluded with the words, “She’s the dam of a world champion, she produces lovely-looking stock and she’s in foal to a champion.” Enough said really.

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British Charity Rehomes Horses In An Innovative Way; Less Stress For Equines

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered life for many horse owners in Britain, forcing them to relinquish their animals as financial resources to care for them dwindle. Many rescues and adoption centers that assist horses in Britain are full, but they are preparing for an even more difficult winter as job losses continue and finances become tighter.

Blue Cross for Pets is a rehoming organization that helps horses, cats, dogs and other small pets in England, Wales and Scotland. The organization also has animal clinics and hospitals that assist sick and injured pets when their owners are struggling to afford the veterinary fees.

Blue Cross has created a “Home Direct” service to place horses into new homes straight from their current situation, eliminating the need for the horse to be moved more than once. This resource also takes the pressure off charities that may already be struggling and allows them to focus on welfare emergencies.

Blue Cross staff thoroughly assess each horse and then place it on the charity's website to find a new owner. Once a new potential owner is located, Blue Cross arranges and oversees the initial visit and introduction process. If the match is a good one, the horse is taken from its old home directly to its new home, reducing stress on the horse as it acclimates to one new environment instead of two. In each step of the process, the horse is treated as if it were living at a Blue Cross center.

Since its launch in 2015, Blue Cross Home Direct has helped 87 horses. Any horse can be a candidate for Home Direct if it passes a health check and is not on any long-term medications. The goal of Home Direct is to assist horses by finding them new homes while they are still healthy, instead of waiting to offer help when they are potentially in a welfare crisis.

Thus far in 2020, the United States has reported record numbers of equine adoptions, but equine rescue and adoption advocates are unsure if and when a large influx of horses needing help will come because of the pandemic.

Timothy Yohler Wins Del Mar Fall Challenge Handicapping Contest

Timothy Yohler of Fisher, Ind., scored huge in the last race to win the Del Mar Fall Challenge handicapping contest. Yohler vaulted into the lead with large exacta and trifecta wagers turning his final $1,500 in bankroll into $30,180.

In addition to Yohler's bankroll winnings, he receives $35,000 in cash and a $10,000 2021 Breeders Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) entry.

Second place finisher Christy Moore ended with a bankroll of $24,840 and a cash prize of $19,000. Kevin Bogart finished third good for $7,500 in prizes. Both Christy and Kevin also receive $10,000 BCBC entries for next year's Breeders Cup held at Del Mar.

The Challenge buy-in was $4,000 with $3,000 going to the player starting bankroll and $1,000 to the prize pool which offered $100,000 in total prizes.

2020 Del Mar Fall Handicapping Challenge
	Name	CONTEST BALANCE
1	Timothy Yohler	$30,180.00
2	Christy Moore	$24,840.00
3	Kevin Bogart	$14,069.10
4	Evan Trommer	$12,220.00
5	Mickey Hopkins	$11,795.00
6	Dennis Hubbard	$ 9,345.60
7	Peter Rinato	$ 8,124.50
8	Chris Macero	$ 7,650.30
9	Robert Rosette	$ 7,245.90
10	Shawn Turner	$ 6,644.00

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Brown-Ortiz Juggernaut Continues With Domestic Spending’s Hollywood Derby Victory

For the third time this weekend at Del Mar, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. and trainer Chad Brown teamed up to snare a stakes race. This time it was the Grade 1, $303,000 Hollywood Derby with the colt Domestic Spending in a furious blanket finish at the conclusion of the nine-furlong grass test that was the headliner on a sparkling three-stakes card at the seaside track north of San Diego, Calif.

Domestic Spending, owned by Klaravich Stables and a British-bred son of Kingman, was up in the final jump to score by a head over Cannon Thoroughbreds' Smooth Like Strait, who had a neck on Otter Bend Stables' fast-closing Gufo. Another half-length back was Mary Abeel Sullivan Revocable Trust's Get Smokin, who had cut out all the pace in the race. Final time for the mile and one-eighth was 1:47.15 after fractions of :23.87, :48.23, 1:12.38 and 1:35.79.

“I thought I was going to be closer with him but he came out of there a little slow and we were in the back,” said Ortiz Jr. “I worked my way up on the backside and he was running perfect. When I asked him for his run at the three eighths (pole), he was ready. He really put in a nice kick. He's been a little green in his earlier races but he's getting better all the time.”

Domestic Spending, the third choice in the wagering, returned $10.40, $5.00 and $3.20 across the board. Smooth Like Strait, who went off as the $2.80-to-1 favorite, paid $4.20 and $3.00, while Gufo paid $3.40.

Earlier in the day Ortiz, Jr. and Brown captured the Grade 3 Jimmy Durante Stakes with Fluffy Socks. On Thanksgiving Day they teamed up to take down the Grade 3 Red Carpet Handicap. Brown had shipped in eight runners from the East Coast for the big weekend of turf stakes at Del Mar. He has three horses entered in Sunday's Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes for older fillies and mares.

“Three down, one more to go,” said assistant Jose Hernandez, deputized by Brown to handle the invading runners. “I talked to Chad coming over to the paddock and he just said stay with the plan. He broke a little slow but he was in good position and at about the half-mile point he started picking it up and by then I knew he was going to be there at the end. He's a really good horse.”

Domestic Spending picked up a check for $180,000 for his efforts and improved his bankroll to $520,900. He now has four wins in five starts, the last three in stakes.

The Saturday card also saw the 5-year-old gelding Count Again make his West Coast debut a winner as he captured the Grade 2 Seabiscuit Handicap.

Del Mar had a husky handle of $15,855,052 on the day's nine races. Its wagering numbers for the Bing Crosby Season are currently up more than 25% over last season's marks.

The final day of the season unfolds Sunday with a 10-race card featuring the Matriarch and the Grade 3 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes for 2-year-olds. First post moves up a half hour to noon for the finale.

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