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Champion Gilded Time Dies At Age 31

Gilded Time, the champion 2-year-old male of 1992 and a veteran sire, died on Dec. 2 from the infirmities of old age, Bar None Ranches announced on social media.

The 31-year-old son of Timeless Moment had resided at Bar None Ranches in Okotos, Alberta since 2008, and he was pensioned from stud duty in 2010.

Bred in Florida by Harry Mangurian, Jr., Gilded Time sold for $80,000 at the 1992 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Select Florida-Bred 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale at Calder Race Course, and he was placed in the barn of trainer Darrell Vienna for owners David Milch and Jack and Mark Silverman.

He went undefeated during his 2-year-old campaign, first taking a Hollywood Park maiden special weight by four lengths, then shipping cross-country to win the Grade 2 Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park. Following a win in the G2 Arlington-Washington Futurity at Arlington Park, Gilded Time left the gate as the post time favorite in the 1992 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Gulfstream Park, and he finished on top in a stretch duel to prevail by three-quarters of a length.

The effort helped Gilded Time secure the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male.

A foot bruise suffered in training knocked Gilded Time off the Triple Crown trail, and the first start of his 3-year-old season would not come until the 1993 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park, where he finished third to Cardmania, just three-quarters of a length behind the winner after a year layoff. He made a final start in that year's G2 Malibu Stakes, where he finished sixth.

In total, Gilded Time retired with four wins in six starts for earnings of $975,980.

Gilded Time retired to Vinery Stud in Kentucky for the 1994 breeding season, and he resided there until the 2007 season, after which he moved to Bar None Ranches. He also shuttled for multiple Southern Hemisphere seasons in Australia and South America.

Gilded Time sired 18 crops with 802 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $61.3 million.

His best Northern Hemisphere runners include Grade 1 winners Gayego, Elloluv, and Mandy's Gold, Grade 2 winners Clock Stopper, and Elaborate, and Grade 3 winner Old Topper. He is also the sire of Brazilian champion Desejada Duda and Australian Group 1 winner Barely a Moment.

As a broodmare sire, Gilded Time was responsible for runners including Canadian champion and Grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost, Grade 1 winners Audible, Santa Teresita, Irish Smoke, and On Fire Baby, Australian Group 1 winner Voodoo Lad, two-time Uruguayan champion Aero Trem, Korean champion Bold Kings, and 2015 Puerto Rican Horse of the Year Mia Karina.

“He settled in quickly to his new role as “king of the farm”, and undeniably raised the bar for stallions in not only Alberta but for Western Canada as well,” a statement read from Bar None Ranches. “He gave us many exciting winners to cheer for, including the great homebred Silver Baubles.

“As a pensioned horse, Gilded Time enjoyed his retirement, with every want and whim catered to by breeding manager Shaun Rathy. Even in his twilight years, he was known for his sprints and bucking performances upon being turned out into his paddock, where he was able to watch each year's new foal crop and oversee the other horses from “his hill”. He will be greatly missed by Rathy, her team, and the entire Bar None Ranches family.”

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Charlie Appleby Named British Trainer Of The Year

British trainer Charlie Appleby has been named Britain's champion trainer for 2021 with more than three weeks left of the racing season, according to Thoroughbred Racing Commentary. Appleby received the award on Dec. 6 at the Horserace Writers and Photographers Association Derby Awards.

Earlier this week, Appleby was named international trainer of the year.

Appleby has sent out 113 winners with time to add more before the British race season concludes on Dec.31. Seventeen out of 113 wins have been Group 1 races, his stable had a fantastic year with wins around the world.

With Appleby's 2021 season quickly coming to an end he is already planning for 2022. Six out of seven of his stable's stars will be back in training for 2022. Breeders' Cup Turf winner Yibir is looking at the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic for his next start with plans for him to run in America later in the year. Modern Games, who won the much-disputed Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, is headed for either the English or French Guineas in May.

Read more at Thoroughbred Racing Commentary

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‘He Deserves It So Much’: 77-Year-Old Gerald Bennett Becomes 14th Trainer To Reach 4,000-Win Milestone

During a telephone interview last week, with his 4,000th career victory on the horizon, trainer Gerald Bennett reflected on the personal side of chasing a milestone only 13 other North American conditioners have achieved.

“I was telling them about a lot of my experiences, that I've claimed a lot of horses over the years,” Bennett said in the winner's circle at Tampa Bay Downs late this afternoon, “but over the whole long run, my best claim was Mary.”

For the last 35 years, wife Mary Bennett, also a trainer, has shared the major victories and the disappointments, the unexpected scores and the heartbreaks. The landmark victory by 8-year-old Florida-bred D'craziness in today's ninth race, while notable, seemed to blend into a career that shows no signs of slowing as the 77-year-old Bennett takes aim at a seventh consecutive Oldsmar training crown.

“That is a lot of races, and a lot of dedication that went into it,” said jockey Antonio Gallardo, who rode 6-5 favorite D'craziness to a 2-length victory on the turf from Fly Fly Away for Bennett and owner Averill Racing.

“He deserves it so much. You see him working hard all the time, trailering the horses – he goes everywhere, and he's here every day. I'm just really excited to win No. 4,000 for him,” Gallardo said.

Bennett notched career victory No. 3,999 in today's second race with Little Miss Sassy, a 2-year-old Florida-bred filly owned by his Winning Stables outfit in partnership with Majestic Racing Stable. Roberto Alvarado, Jr., was the jockey. Little Miss Sassy was claimed from the race for $25,000 by trainer Jose H. Delgado for new owner Carole Star Stables.

Besides being No. 14 on the all-time training list, Bennett is 11th among active trainers.

“When you really stop and think about it for a minute, it's a big accomplishment,” Bennett said. “It's something most people haven't done. It's just hard work, keep getting up. … now, try for 5(000),” he said with an impish grin.

Bennett stressed the importance of detail and teamwork in getting to 4,000.

“You never know when the next one is going to come, and you have to work hard and see how all the horses are doing every morning. There is always something going on with one horse here or there, and if you miss it, you can lessen a horse's career,” he said.

“I just appreciate all the people who work for us, 'Carlos' (assistant trainer Juan Cacho Castro), and all of the barn help. They are all part of the team that got us here, and it's a great job by everybody getting up early and keeping their noses to the grindstone.”

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‘It’s Time’: Jockey Robby Albarado Set To Retire

Two-time Preakness-winning jockey Robby Albarado told the Daily Racing Form this week that he plans to retire after riding at Turfway Park on Saturday. With 5,222 wins from a career that began in Louisiana in 1990, Albarado ranks 30th among North American jockeys.

“It's time,” Albarado told DRF. “I've been thinking about this for quite a while now.”

Albarado was most recently in the spotlight for his partnership with Swiss Skydiver, the filly who beat the boys in the 2020 edition of the Preakness Stakes. He was also the jockey of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft, as well as of Hall of Famer and two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, his partnership with the latter including wins in the 2007 Preakness, 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, and 2008 Dubai World Cup.

Among Albarado's other achievements are a victory in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf with Tapitsfly and in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Mile with Court Vision.

Future plans could see Albarado become a jockey's agent in 2022.