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Report: Navarro Had Judge’s Authorization For Ocala Move, ‘Shall Have No Contact’ With Racehorses

Trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the defendants in a federal case based around alleged doping of racehorses, received approval this week to move to Ocala, Fla. According to the Thoroughbred Daily News, an order from U.S. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil would allow Navarro to reside in Ocala and travel to South Florida to meet with his attorney or specific family members.

The order also states he “shall have no contact whatsoever with racehorses.”

On Thursday, this publication released an investigative report on program trainers which included a look at Tomahawk Racing Stable, a new ownership entity in South Florida which has exclusively run horses with previous ties to Navarro's barn. Gulfstream Park officials say they have monitored the transfer of all former Navarro-trained or owned horses carefully, and that Navarro is not training horses on-site at its facilities.

Ocala is home to a number of private training centers which do not fall under the jurisdiction of state racing regulators or racetrack ownership. Although those facilities are permitted to post official workouts to a horse's record through Equibase, there is often no oversight on who is handling or conditioning horses based at such facilities.

Cobh First Black-Type Winner For Kodi Bear

Rathbarry Stud’s Kodi Bear (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) was handed his first black-type winner on Friday as Cobh (Ire) captured Salisbury’s Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Stonehenge S. Runner-up in the Listed Pat Eddery S. at Ascot July 25, China Horse Club International’s bay tracked the early pace before taking over passing the two-furlong pole. Driven out to hold Fancy Man (Ire) (Pride of Dubai {Aus}), he scored by half a length, with 3 1/4 lengths back to Surprise Exhibit (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in third.

Friday, Salisbury, Britain
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF STONEHENGE S.-Listed, £23,500, Salisbury, 8-21, 2yo, 8fT, 1:43.76, g/s.
1–COBH (IRE), 127, c, 2, by Kodi Bear (Ire)
1st Dam: Arbeel (GB), by Royal Applause (GB)
2nd Dam: Waafiah (GB), by Anabaa
3rd Dam: First Waltz (Fr), by Green Dancer
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€66,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €100,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-China Horse Club International Ltd; B-Awbeg Stud (IRE); T-Clive Cox; J-Adam Kirby. £13,327. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $28,280.
2–Fancy Man (Ire), 127, c, 2, Pride of Dubai (Aus)–Fancy (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (€30,000 Ylg ’19 GOFOR). O-Michael Pescod; B-Longfield Stud (IRE); T-Richard Hannon. £5,053.
3–Surprise Exhibit (GB), 127, c, 2, Showcasing (GB)–Astonishing (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O/B-Apple Tree Stud (GB); T-Archie Watson. £2,529.
Margins: HF, 3 1/4, 4 1/4. Odds: 2.75, 6.00, 28.00.
Also Ran: Seventh Kingdom (GB), Knight Salute (GB), Coul Queen (Ire), Sugauli (Ire). Scratched: Bowland Park (GB). Click for the Racing Post result.

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More Success For Mehmas As Minzaal Dazzles In the Gimcrack

On a day when York belonged to the royal blue of Shadwell, the G2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack S. played host to one of the operation’s youngbloods as the new juvenile sprinting sensation Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) cut a dash in the gloom. Sent off the 5-2 favourite coming off an impressive Salisbury novice success over this six-furlong trip Aug. 9, the bay missed the kick and was adrift early but Jim Crowley was oozing confidence and in no mood to hurry. Tanking his way to the lead passing the two-furlong pole, he drifted right but was far too good en route to clocking a quick time given the rain-softened conditions. Devilwala (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) was two lengths back in second, with Mystery Smiles (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) 3/4 of a length further away in third. Tally Ho Stud’s first-season sire now has a trio of stars in his first crop after Supremacy (Ire) and Method (Ire) and it is impossible at present to state unequivocally which holds the bragging rights. “He is ultra professional and was backing up quite quick, but didn’t take much out of himself that day at Salisbury,” Crowley said after completing the third leg of his four-timer. “I couldn’t believe the ease of the way he moved into the race and he’s got a great mind which will stand him in good stead. It’s nice to have found one and I think that’s going to be his best trip. He’s the sort of horse for the Commonwealth Cup next year.”

Fourth on debut behind Mohawk King (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) in Ascot’s “Crocker Bulteel” maiden July 25, the bay had already taken a sizeable leap forward last time and this display suggests he will take high rank in the end-of-season standings. Trainer Owen Burrows said, “That was very straightforward. He didn’t jump out very quick, but I don’t think Jim wanted to set him alight in any case as he has so much speed. He just lets him find his rhythm and Jim said he couldn’t believe how well he was going–if anything he got there too soon, but there was nothing else he could do. I think he’s all speed, I don’t think he needs to be going further than six furlongs, so we’ll be looking [G1] Middle Park rather than Dewhurst and it will be straight there. I don’t see him as a Guineas horse, more Commonwealth Cup and Jim thinks that, too.”

Minzaal’s unraced dam Pardoven (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) is a half to four black-type performers headed by the G3 Gordon S. runner-up Firebet (Ire) (Dubai Destination). She is out of the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial third Dancing Prize (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), who is a full-sister to the G1 Fillies’ Mile runner-up Dance To the Top (GB). She is in turn responsible for the G2 Al Fahidi Fort winner and G1 Dubai Duty Free runner-up Bankable (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), while the third dam Aim For the Top (Irish River {Fr}) was successful in the G3 Premio Chiusura before also producing the dual listed winner and G1 Underwood S. runner-up Polar Bear (GB) (Polar Falcon). Pardoven’s yearling filly is by Tamayuz (GB), while she also has a colt foal by Belardo (Ire).

Friday, York, Britain
AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI GIMCRACK S.-G2, £100,000, York, 8-21, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:11.21, gd.
1–MINZAAL (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire)
1st Dam: Pardoven (Ire), by Clodovil (Ire)
2nd Dam: Dancing Prize (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Aim for the Top, by Irish River (Fr)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (85,000gns Wlg ’18 TATFOA; 140,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Ringfort Stud (IRE); T-Owen Burrows; J-Jim Crowley. £56,710. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $80,982. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Devilwala (Ire), 126, c, 2, Kodiac (GB)–Najraan (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB). (220,000gns 2yo ’20 TATBRE). O-Amo Racing Ltd & Arjun Waney; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Archie Watson. £21,500.
3–Mystery Smiles (Ire), 126, c, 2, Mehmas (Ire)–Alexander Alliance (Ire), by Danetime (Ire). (€12,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; €19,000 RNA Ylg ’19 GOFSPT; £165,000 2yo ’20 GOFARQ). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Ballycrighaun Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £10,760.
Margins: 2, 3/4, HF. Odds: 2.50, 11.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Escape Route (Ire), Mohawk King (Ire), Yazaman (Ire), Roman Dynasty (Ire), Seven Brothers (Ire), Ubettabelieveit (Ire). Scratched: Lauded (GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Smiling Tiger Colt Tops Washington Summer Sale

Smiling Tiger continued to enjoy commercial success at the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Summer Yearling and Mixed Sale on Tuesday, with one of his young horses topping the sale at Emerald Downs for the second time in four years.

The $70,000 sale topper, Hip 57, was signed for by Brian Koriner, agent, for Samantha Siegel's Jay Em Ess Stable. The handsome chestnut was from the Critter Creek Farm consignment, as agent for PT Syndicate #1 LLC. Koriner was the initial trainer for Smiling Tiger's Grade 1-winning daughter Spiced Perfection. Hip 57 is the second foal out of the $172,010 stakes-placed Swiss Yodeler mare Grand Yodeler.

The 2017 sale topper, Baja Sur, also by Smiling Tiger, was named Washington's Horse of the Year in 2019.

Smiling Tiger, one of the fastest runners of his generation and the multiple Grade 1 winner was himself a 2008 WTBOA sale graduate. The stallion holds court at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif. Of the three other Smiling Tiger yearlings consigned to this year's sale, two others brought prices of $30,000 and $25,000 while the other was a $39,000 RNA.

Koriner also purchased the second highest-selling colt, Hip 77, for Siegel. Also sold by agent Critter Creek Farm, this time as agent for Premier Thoroughbreds LLC and Alan Klein, the colt hails from the first crop of triple Grade 1 winner Lord Nelson and is out of the good producing Indian Charlie matron Lottawampum.

Former Washingtonian and now successful California trainer Mark Glatt, as agent, purchased the third highest-selling colt from the same consignor as the sale topper. The Monrovia-based conditioner went to $42,000 to acquire Hip 62, a colt from the first crop of Grade 2 winner Danzing Candy and out of $137,206 stakes winner Ilikcandy, by Malibu Moon.

Two fillies brought a $30,000 bid, the Smiling Tiger—Princess Hillary filly (Halvorson Bloodstock Services LLC, Agent for Sale Mahlum) who was noted above, and Hip 91. From the first crop of Grade 1 winner Cupid, by Tapit, the young distaffer is the first offspring of $109,265 earner My Palmilla, a daughter of Tribal Rule who hails from the family of Washington champions Rings a Chime and Bella Mia, all of whom were bred and offered through the WTBOA Sales program by Griffin Place LLC.

After 14 yearlings were withdrawn and 25 were RNAs, the 75 yearlings that were listed as sold averaged $12,652 with a $7,500 median. Sixteen yearlings brought a bid of $20,000 or more.

Among the 18 broodmare/broodmare prospects consigned, Hip 204, Cecileabration, a daughter of Graeme Hall who was offered bred to Smiling Tiger, was signed for by Checkmate Thoroughbreds, agent, for $12,500. The mare also was a member of the Critter Creek Farm consignment for PT Syndicate #1 LLC.

To view the sale's hip-by-hip results, click here.

To view a statistical summary of the sale, click here.

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