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Meadowlands To Offer Walk-Up Wagering On Kentucky Derby Day

On Saturday, September 5th (Kenucky Derby Simulcast Day) as an added convenience for our wagering public due to reduced racetrack capacity, the Meadowlands Racetrack will offer a walk-up Teller window in Lot M off of Berry's Creek Road.

Tellers will be available for wagering from 10 am through 7:00 pm. Limited hours will also be available on Friday, September 4th.

Programs will be available for sale along with past performances for the Kentucky Derby.

For Derby Day details including dining options visit PlayMeadowlands.com

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High-fiber Diets Can Produce Large Thoroughbred Foals

Thoroughbreds sold at commercial sales are more appealing if they are big and athletic looking. To achieve this, young Thoroughbreds are often fed cereal-based diets that include oats, corn and barley; though this diet can assist in producing a large horse, it can also cause developmental bone disease and gastric ulceration.

Drs. Meriel Moore-Colyer, Philippa Tuthill, Isobel Bannister and Simon Daniels collaborated with Eclipse Feeds in Ireland to complete a study on supplemental feeding of foals. The team used eight foals placed in pairs and found that foals that were fed high-fiber diets while still nursing maintained a healthy gut environment when compared with those foals that ate a conventional cereal-based feed.

These findings are not in line with the industry belief that feeding high levels of fiber to foals will give them pot bellies and make their growth rate unsustainable. The growth measurements showed that high-fiber diets supported rapidly growing Thoroughbred foals in a manner similar to those foals fed cereal-based concentrates, without the possible growth abnormailities associated with the feed.

Thunderous Injured, Out For The Year

Last month’s G2 Dante S. winner Thunderous (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) will sit out the rest of his 3-year-old campaign after picking up an injury while training. Trained by Mark Johnston for Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, Thunderous has won four of his five starts and bettered the highly regarded Highest Ground (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) by a neck in the Dante. Thunderous was preparing for a run in the Sept. 13 G1 Grand Prix de Paris.

“Sadly Thunderous has met with an injury in training and it is something we are going to run out of time for getting him back this year,” said Highclere’s Harry Herbert. “It is really disappointing as the horse has just improved hand over fist this season. Winning the Dante was fantastic, but at the same time you want to be competing in these Group 1 races, which he was about to do.

“Horses like this are hard to get, but we will have an exciting performer on our hands next season–just sadly it wasn’t to be for the rest of this year. We are now looking forward to him competing in all of the top mile-and-a-quarter and mile-and-a-half races next year.”

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The Saratoga Special for Aug. 26: Spring Ahead

Issue No.13 of the digital edition Saratoga Special, sponsored by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, is one you won’t want to miss! We recap THE race of the meet with Rushing Fall’s determined win over Mean Mary in the Diana and Halladay’s win in the Fourstardave, we look ahead with previews of Week 7, and we wrap up with a Cup of Coffee Column that leaves you living in the moment. Don't forget to check out page 25 for picks from Saratoga’s TOP handicappers!