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Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Core Beliefs Retired To Walmac Farm

Gary Broad, who bought Walmac in 2018, is launching the stallion segment of the historic farm's next chapter with his just retired multiple graded stakes winner and near-millionaire earner Core Beliefs, it was announced today.

Walmac has been home to many top sires through the years, and Core Beliefs will seek to add his name to an illustrious list of stallions that have influenced the breed that includes the likes of Nureyev, Miswaki, Successful Appeal, and Alleged.

Core Beliefs will stand the 2022 season for $7,500 S&N, and breeders will also have the option of securing a lifetime breeding right (one and done) for $10,000 S&N.

A son of perennial leading sire Quality Road out of the winning Tactical Advantage mare Tejati, Core Beliefs was a tenacious racehorse. He jumped on the Kentucky Derby trail early in his 3-year-old season, finishing third to subsequent Triple Crown winner Justify in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby. He went on to win the $500,000 G3 Ohio Derby and also captured the 2019 G2 New Orleans Handicap at the Fair Grounds en route to amassing lifetime earnings of $953,988.

“We're excited about resurrecting historic Walmac Farm,” said Gary Broad. “We have been working hard the last two years making improvements to Walmac, and the timing is perfect to launch the stallion operation with Core Beliefs, a horse that we really believe in. He is a multiple graded stakes winner by Quality Road and he has all the necessary ingredients to be a successful stallion. We're looking forward to introducing him to breeders for the upcoming breeding season. I can't wait for breeders to come out and see him. I think they will really like his physical.”

Core Beliefs registered his biggest career victory in the $400,000 New Orleans Handicap in his 2019 bow. In a determined effort, Core Beliefs made a strong three-wide bid on the far turn and battled bravely through the lane to defeat a competitive field that included multiple graded stakes winner Silver Dust, graded stakes winner and millionaire Lone Sailor, G2 Louisiana Derby winner Noble Indy, and multiple stakes-winning millionaire Mr. Buff.

Acquired by Broad for $350,000 at the 2017 Barretts Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, Core Beliefs, in addition to his stakes victories, also finished second, beaten just a head, in the G3 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park. He retires having won or placed in 10 of 18 starts and hails from the family of Pin Oak's Sovereign Award winner Hasten to Add and Grade 1 winner See How She Runs, who produced multiple graded stakes winner Don't Leave Me.

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Jockey David Cabrera Nabs Fourth Straight Riding Title At Remington Park

Jockey David Cabrera was honored Thursday night, winning his fourth consecutive Pat Steinberg Leading Rider award at Remington Park.

Cabrera had long since clinched the riding title as he finished the night with 90 wins on the season, 31 ahead of second-place Stewart Elliott at 59.

“I want to thank all the trainers and owners who give me a chance; I want to thank God and Remington Park and my agent Jose Santos,” Cabrera said. “This is home. I feel like I'm with family. It is an honor to ride here. I also want to thank all the grooms, hotwalkers and gate crew. They all do a great job.”

Cabrera's biggest night of the meet came on Nov. 13 when he won five races, including the 1,500th of his career. He took five of the nine races on the card that night. His winners were Quinn Ella (6-5) in the first, Mr B Quiet (3-1) in the fourth, Fred'stwirlincandy (2-1) in the sixth, Bobbin Tail (even) in the seventh and My Golden M (2-5) in the ninth for the 1,500th in his career.

Another highlight of Cabrera's fourth title in a row included riding Welder to his final win at Remington Park, the 16th such victory for the now retired all-time winningest horse here. Welder, owned by Ra-Max Farms (Clayton Rash) of Claremore, Okla., and trained by Teri Luneack, only won one race this meet but it was a significant one as he broke the tie of 15 wins all-time with Highland Ice and Elegant Exxactsy. Cabrera booted the 8-year-old gray gelding home on Aug. 27 in Welder's first start of the season.

The most wins Cabrera ever had in one meet at Remington Park during this skein was 96 last year. The 29-year-old jockey came to Jones, Okla., to live with his aunt Marti Rodriguez, a trainer at Remington Park, when he was 14 years old, moving from Mexico. He worked his way up from mucking stalls to becoming a jockey in 2013. He had 46 wins to start his career that year.

Cabrera's best year thus far was 2018 when he won 236 times. He has 216 wins thus far in 2021. In his nine-year riding career, he has won 1,526 times for earnings of $35,348,847, according to Equibase stats. His best year in horse earnings has been this year with $7,646,957.He has averaged $6,834 per start this year, compared to $1,372 per start in 2013 when he began.

The leading jockey award is named after Pat Steinberg who was a dominating jockey in the early years of Remington Park, winning nine riding titles before passing away in 1993.

There is only one more day of racing at Remington Park on Friday, Dec. 17. The final night of the season includes the cornerstone race for 2-year-olds at Remington Park, the $400,000 Springboard Mile, with horses eligible for Kentucky Derby points. It goes as the 12th race on Friday. The other stakes are:

Race 8, $70,000 Jim Thorpe Stakes, 3-year-olds, 1 mile (Oklahoma-breds)

Race 9, $70,000 Useeit Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 mile (Oklahoma-breds)

Race 10, $100,000 She's All In Stakes, 3-year-olds and older, fillies-mares, 1m-70 yds
Race 11, $100,000 Trapeze Stakes, fillies, 2-year-olds, 1 mile

The last night of the season gets underway at 5pm-Central.

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Notable US-Bred & -Sired Runners in Japan: Dec. 18 & 19, 2021

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Nakayama and Hanshin Racecourses. The latter hosts Sunday's G1 Asahi Hai Futurity, which includes the offspring of such North American notables as Canadian Horse of the Year Lexie Lou, Land Over Sea, Dust and Diamonds and My Jen:

Saturday, December 18, 2021
6th-NKY, ¥13,400,000 ($118k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
BROAD REACH (JPN) (f, 2, Arrogate–Reaching {Ire}, by Dansili {GB}) is the first Japanese-bred produce from her dam, a daughter of G1SP Maryinsky (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) who also produced MG1SW champion Peeping Fawn (Danehill)–dam of SW & MG1/GISP September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and SW/GSP Willow (Ire) (American Pharoah)–and G1SW Thewayyouare (Kingmambo). Reaching, sold in foal to Frankel (GB) for $675K at Keeneland November in 2013, was acquired privately and foaled a Kentucky-bred son of Tapit in 2018 before her (and the colt's) export to Japan. This is also the female family of Rags to Riches, Jazil, Casino Drive, et al. B-Northern Racing

Sunday, December 19, 2021
5th-HSN, ¥13,400,000 ($118k), Newcomers, 2yo, 2000mT
AIR ANEMOI (c, 2, Point of Enty–Nokaze, by Empire Maker) looks to become the fourth winner from as many Japanese runners for his dam, who has already dropped millionaire GSW Air Almas (Majestic Warrior); Air Fanditha (Hat Trick {Jpn}), a four-time winner of nearly $580,000; and this colt's full-brother Air Sage, winner of three of his first four trips to the post who posted a creditable midfield finish when last seen in the 3000-meter G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) in late October. Nokaze is a half-sister to SW Yuzuru (Medaglia d'Oro), whose daughter Yuugiri (Shackleford) was second in the Rags to Riches S. and the GII Golden Rod S. last month. B-Sekie & Tsunebumi Yoshihara (KY)

MOZU PHOENIX (f, 2, Union Rags–Storm Showers, by Storm Cat), a $200K KEESEP yearling acquisition, is a maternal granddaughter of GSW Welcome Surprise (Seeking the Gold), whose daughter Guest House (Ghostzapper) is responsible for GSW Guest Suite (Quality Road). The March foal's third dam is the irrepressible Weekend Surprise (Secretariat), who produced the great A.P. Indy, Summer Squall, Eavesdropper and Honor Grades. Mozu Phoenix's owner also purchased MG1SW Mozu Ascot (Frankel {GB}) out of the Lane's End consignment at KEESEP. B-W S Farish & Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership (KY)

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Canterbury Park Approved For 65-Day Race Meet In 2022

Canterbury Park's request for a 65-day 2022 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing season, Wednesday, May 18 through Saturday, Sept. 17, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Minnesota Racing Commission. The Shakopee, Minn. racetrack will conduct a Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday schedule, with racing also conducted on Monday, July 4.

Post time on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will be 5:00 p.m. CDT while Sundays and July 4 racing will begin at 1:00 p.m. On Sunday, July 3, racing will begin at 4:00 p.m. The 2022 schedule also includes a nine-day break from July 18 through July 26 to accommodate Twin Cities Summer Jam, an annual multi-day music festival held in the racetrack infield.

In 2021, all-sources wagering reached a record $90.9 million with racing conducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, surpassing the $68.4 million record set in 2020 when 53 days of racing were conducted.

Tuesday racing will be replaced with Saturday evening racing programs in the coming season in an effort to build on the on-track success, and maintain the more recent off-track wagering levels, experienced on Sundays in 2021 when crowds returned to pre-pandemic numbers while off-track handle averaged $894,736, nearly triple the 2019 figure. From 2015 through 2019, average daily attendance exceeded 6,500 with heavily promoted days often surpassing 18,000.

Purses are projected to reach $15 million, exceeding $230,000 per day. The 2022 thoroughbred and quarter horse stakes schedules will be announced in early January with stall applications, full details of Canterbury Park's shipping incentive programs and the first condition book available shortly thereafter. The Canterbury Park stable area, which can accommodate more than 1,400 racehorses, will open Wednesday, April 27.

Canterbury Park's 24/7 card casino and simulcast racebook remain open daily. For more information, visit www.canterburypark.com.

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