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Graded Stakes Committee Offers Explanation Concerning Last Weekend’s BAQ Turf Races

The American Graded Stakes Committee has reviewed last weekend's five graded stakes races that were scheduled to run over the turf at the Belmont at the Big A meet and has determined that the original status will not be reinstated this year, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association said in a series of press releases Thursday.

The Oct. 7 and 8 renewal of the GIII Jockey Club Derby Invitational S., the GIII Belmont Turf Sprint S., the GIII Futurity S., the GIII Matron S. and the GIII Noble Damsel S., were all taken off the Aqueduct turf course and switched to the main track due to weather. That move automatically downgraded them to Listed status and they were conducted as Listed stakes races.

According to the American Graded Stakes Committee policy, the winners of those races are therefore credited with a Listed win, and the second and third-place finishers are credited with Listed placings.

When a graded turf race is moved to the dirt after the closing of nominations it is automatically downgraded one level for that running only.

The American Graded Stakes Committee will, however, promptly review the running of any race that is automatically downgraded as a result of this policy and may reinstate its former status.

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NYRA Moves Sunday’s Glen Cove S. and Knickerbocker S. To Next Week With Rain Coming

Due to inclement weather forecast late Saturday and into Sunday, NYRA has moved Sunday's $125k Glen Cove S. to Thursday, Oct. 19 and also the GIII Knickerbocker S. to Friday, Oct. 20, the track said via a tweet Thursday afternoon.

Both races open to original nominations and supplements with the Glen Cove to be drawn this Saturday and the Knickerbocker on Sunday. The GII Sands Point S. is still scheduled for early on the card this Saturday before the rain arrives.

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Keeneland November Sale Supplements Seven Horses

Keeneland has supplemented seven horses, including SW Her World (Ire), carrying her first foal by Uncle Mo, to Book 1 of the 80th November Breeding Stock Sale on Wednesday, Nov. 8, the auction house said in a release Thursday.

Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, Her World (Hip 239) is a 4-year-old daughter of Caravaggio who opened her career with a 6-length victory for trainer Wesley Ward in the 2022 Tyro S. at Monmouth Park. Third in Keeneland's TVG Limestone S. in her next start, Her World won consecutive allowance races at Turfway Park and Keeneland earlier this year.

Additional supplements to the November Sale are:

  • Hip 238 is a weanling colt by Yaupon who is a half-brother to 'TDN Rising Star' V V's Dream (Mitole), the runner-up GI Darley Alcibiades S. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, he is out of Quay, a winning daughter of Tapit;
  • Hip 240 is a weanling filly by Essential Quality consigned by Lane's End, agent. She is the first foal out of Anukis (Pioneerof the Nile), and from the family of GISW Sean Avery (Cherokee Run);
  • Hip 241 is the SP Badge of Silver mare Oaks Lily, who is in-foal to Olympiad. Consigned by Vinery Sales, agent, she is the dam of a weanling colt by Justify who is cataloged to Book 1 as Hip 85.
  • Hip 242 is Excused (Aus), a 7-year-old SP daughter of Medaglia d'Oro in-foal to Constitution. Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, she is from the family of Grade I winners.
  • Hip 243 is stakes-placed Fearless Angel, a 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready. A half-sister to GISP Neptune's Storm (Stormy Atlantic), she is consigned by Gainesway, agent.
  • Hip 244 is a weanling colt by Into Mischief from the family of champion Storm Song (Summer Squall) and European superstar Order of St George (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Out of the Bernardini mare Sunshiny Day, he is consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

With a catalogue of 3,576 horses over a total of nine sessions through Nov. 16, Keeneland will continue to accept supplements to Book 1 until the auction begins. The Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale will take place the following day.

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Keeneland Names Spendthrift’s Eric Gustavson To Board of Directors

Eric Gustavson, who with his wife Tamara Hughes Gustavson own Spendthrift Farm, has been named to Keeneland's Advisory Board of Directors, the association said in a press release Thursday.

Gustavson has played a pivotal role in restoring Spendthrift Farm's position as one of the world's premier Thoroughbred breeding operations. He is also a member of The Jockey Club and Breeders' Cup Board of Directors.

“We welcome Eric Gustavson to the Keeneland Board, where his business skill and marketing acumen will be instrumental as we meet the opportunities and challenges of the future,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said.

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