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Delta Downs Takes Entries For Opening Day Of Thoroughbred Season

Delta Downs racing office took entries on Tuesday for the opening day program of its upcoming 2021-22 Thoroughbred season. The 84-day stand will kick off on Oct. 13 and run through March 5. First post time each Wednesday and Thursday will be at 12:55 pm Central Time and the first race every Friday and Saturday night will begin at 5:55 pm.

A total of 92 horses, including also eligible horses, were entered in the nine-race program to start the season. Delta Downs allows a maximum of 10 horses to compete in each race, however the track does include up to two 'also eligible' horses in each event if there are enough entries to warrant it. The track began using 'also eligible' horses a few years ago and it has led to larger average field sizes and more betting opportunities for the wagering public.

The first stakes activity of the season will take place on opening weekend with the $100,000 Magnolia Stakes for 3-year-olds and up fillies and mares on Friday night, Oct. 15, and the $100,000 Gold Cup for 3-year-olds and up going as the Saturday night headliner. Both races are restricted to horses bred in Louisiana.

Several streaks will be on the line this season in the horsemen ranks at Delta Downs this year. Karl Broberg will attempt to win his 11th consecutive training title while Tim Thornton will try to extend his streak to four straight riding titles. The ownership group of End Zone Athletics, Inc., which includes Broberg and Matt Johanson, will be looking to extend their run of six titles in a row this meet. Overall, they have captured nine of the last 10 owner crowns at the southwest Louisiana oval.

For more information about the upcoming season, including the entire stakes schedule, visit the track's website at www.deltadownsracing.com. Fans can also get information about the track through Facebook by visiting the page 'Delta Downs Racing'. The track's Twitter handle is @deltaracing.

Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel, a property of Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE:BYD), features exciting casino action, live horse racing and fun dining experiences. Delta Downs is located in Vinton, Louisiana, on Delta Downs Drive. From Lake Charles, take Exit 7 and from Texas, take Exit 4.

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Baffert Loses Bid To Have NYRA Hearing Stayed

Embattled Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was unsuccessful in his bid to push back a hearing scheduled by the New York Racing Association about whether he should be prevented from racing there. U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon ruled in a hearing on Oct. 5 that Baffert could not hold NYRA in civil contempt and delay the administrative hearing, which has been scheduled for Oct. 11.

“We are gratified by the court's decision allowing NYRA to move forward with its administrative hearing against Bob Baffert,” said Pat McKenna, senior director of communications for NYRA. “The court found that NYRA's actions were consistent with both the letter and spirit of the July 14 order. NYRA's focus in this matter is protecting the integrity of the sport of thoroughbred racing in accordance with the requirements of due process.”

Baffert had prevailed in a previous motion in a civil suit against the racing association, which informed him on May 17 that it was suspending his privileges to enter or stable at its racetracks in the wake of the uproar over a positive drug test from Kentucky Derby victor Medina Spirit. Judge Amon ruled in July that NYRA could not suspend a trainer without a hearing, and that not holding one violated Baffert's rights to due process.

NYRA subsequently drafted rules and procedures for hearings it could use to determine whether it would revoke a trainer's stabling or entry privileges at its tracks and informed Baffert and fellow trainer Marcus Vitali it was moving forward with plans to hold administrative hearings into their cases. Both had been scheduled for pre-evidentiary hearings in late September. Baffert then claimed that NYRA had constructed its hearing procedures just for him, and that the association's intent to proceed with protocol to eject him was a “direct contravention” of the court's order.

According to reporting from the Thoroughbred Daily News, Judge Amon made clear during oral arguments on Oct. 5 that her previous ruling had applied to NYRA's attempt to suspend Baffert without a hearing, but did nothing to preclude the organization from holding a hearing.

After Judge Amon's ruling in July, Baffert was once again permitted to enter horses at NYRA racetracks, and has done so, sending stakes runners to the Saratoga meet over the summer.

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Stakes Winner Runup Headlines Field Of 12 In Friday’s Alcibiades

A field of a dozen 2-year-old fillies, headed by Sorority winner Runup, was entered Tuesday for the 70th running of the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) that serves as the centerpiece of Friday's opening program of the Fall Meet at Keeneland.

The 1 1/16-mile main track test is a Breeders' Cup Challenge race with the winner earning a fees-paid berth into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) to be held Nov. 5 at Del Mar.

The Darley Alcibiades will go as the ninth race on Friday's 10-race program with a 5:45 p.m. ET post time. First post is 1 p.m.

Owned and bred by James McIngvale, Runup has won both of her starts on dirt highlighted by the three-length victory at Monmouth in the one-mile Sorority in her first two-turn test. Trained by Laura Wohlers, Runup will be ridden by Joseph Ramos and leave from post position 12.

Another entrant with two-turn experience is Mama Rina, runner-up in the Pocahontas (G3) last month while going 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs. Owned by the partnership of Harold Lerner, AWC Stables, Nehoc Stables, Scott Akman and Paul Braverman et al, and trained by five-time Alcibiades winner Kenny McPeek, Mama Rina will be ridden by Julien Leparoux from post position six.

Three runners coming out of Grade 1 tests are in the field: Sequist and Dream Lith, the fourth- and fifth-place finishers in the 7-furlong Spinaway Sept. 5 at Saratoga, and Myfavoritedaughter, fourth in the 7-furlong TVG Del Mar Debutante Sept. 5.

Owned by West Point Thoroughbreds, Lori Gervais, Charles Pigg, Tom Andres and Karen Kraft and trained by Dallas Stewart, Sequist won on debut at Colonial Downs before going to the Spinaway. Junior Alvarado has the mount from post position three.

Cypress Creek Equine and Arnold Bennewith's Dream Lith won her debut outing by 2¼ lengths at Saratoga prior to the Spinaway. Robertino Diodoro trains Dream Lith, who will exit post position four under Adam Beschizza.

Average Joe Racing Stables' Myfavoritedaughter took three tries to notch her first victory, which came by 25 lengths over a sloppy track going 7 furlongs at Gulfstream Park prior to going to Del Mar. Trained by Jeff Engler, Myfavoritedaughter will be ridden by Corey Lanerie out of post position five.

The field for the Darley Alcibiades, with riders from the inside, is:

Juju's Map (Florent Geroux)
Miss Interpret (Jose Ortiz)
Sequist (Albarado)
Dream Lith (Beschizza)
Myfavoritedaughter (Lanerie)
Mama Rina (Julien Leparoux)
Matareya (Joel Rosario)
Distinctlypossible (Tyler Gaffalione)
Pipeline Girl (James Graham)
Penny Saver (Brian Hernandez Jr.)
Diamond Wow (Mike Smith)
Runup (Ramos).

All starters carry 122 pounds.

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Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Catalog Now Available Online

Keeneland's catalog of 3,594 horses in the breeding stock and weanling portion of its 78th November Breeding Stock Sale, to be held Nov. 10-19, is now online.

The catalog includes 2,159 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 1,432 weanlings and three stallions or stallion prospects for this significant auction that attracts participation of leading Thoroughbred owners and breeders across the U.S. and around the world.

Print catalogs will be mailed around Oct. 15.

This year's November Sale also will offer a single session dedicated to horses of racing age that will take place the final day – immediately following 148 cataloged head of breeding stock. Because Keeneland extended the entry deadline for the racehorse segment until Oct. 4, information about the offerings will be posted online in mid-October and appear in a separate print catalog available on the grounds.

Keeneland will continue to accept supplements to Book 1 of the November Sale and to the horses of racing age portion until the auction begins.

“The Keeneland November Sale is unmatched globally in terms of scale and quality, and the anticipation for the sale is building,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “Buyers will find proven producers, coveted broodmare prospects who were successful racehorses and royally bred weanlings at all levels of the market, particularly in the prestigious Book 1. And the reimagined horses of racing age segment ensures the excitement and opportunity continue through the final sale day.”

“The atmosphere at Keeneland for the September Sale was electric from start to finish,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “We look forward to setting the stage with similar fantastic energy for the breeding stock sale this November.”

For the November Sale, Keeneland once again will offer online and phone bidding to accommodate buyers who cannot attend. For more information for prospective buyers, including accessing the Keeneland Sales Portal, click here.

Sale schedule

The November Sale will span 10 days with the following schedule:

Book 1 – Wednesday, Nov. 10. Session begins at 1 p.m. ET. A total of 221 horses are cataloged.

All remaining sessions begin at 10 a.m.:

Book 2-5 – Thursday, Nov. 11-Friday, Nov. 19.

The entire November Sale will be livestreamed at Keeneland.com.

Prominent sires represented in catalog

Broodmares in the November Sale catalog are in foal to 178 established sires and up-and-coming stallions such as American Pharoah, Candy Ride (ARG), Caravaggio, City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Distorted Humor, Flatter, Frosted, Ghostzapper, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Justify, Kantharos, Kitten's Joy, Liam's Map, Maclean's Music, Medaglia d'Oro, More Than Ready, Munnings, No Nay Never, Not This Time, Nyquist, Omaha Beach, Quality Road, Speightstown, Street Sense, Tapit, Twirling Candy and Uncle Mo.

Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year Authentic will be represented by his first in-foal mares at the November Sale. Other notable young stallions with their first in-foal mares in the catalog include champions Game Winner, Improbable and Maximum Security; Kentucky Derby winner Country House; Preakness winner War of Will; Belmont winner Tiz the Law and Grade 1 winners Complexity, Echo Town, Gift Box, Global Campaign, Honor A. P., Instilled Regard, McKinzie, Spun to Run, Tom's d'Etat, Vekoma, Volatile and Win Win Win; and Grade 2 winner Instagrand.

The November Sale catalog also includes the final mares in foal to Bernardini, Laoban and Malibu Moon.

A total of 162 stallions are represented by weanlings in the November Sale catalog. They include Army Mule, Bolt d'Oro, City of Light, Constitution, Curlin, Distorted Humor, Flatter, Frankel (GB), Frosted, Ghostzapper, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Justify, Kantharos, Kitten's Joy, Liam's Map, Maclean's Music, Medaglia d'Oro, Mendelssohn, More Than Ready, Munnings, Not This Time, Nyquist, Practical Joke, Quality Road, Speightstown, Street Sense, Tapit, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo and War Front.

Sires with their first weanlings in the catalog include champions Mitole and Vino Rosso; Grade 1 winners Audible, Catholic Boy, Omaha Beach, Preservationist, World of Trouble and Yoshida (JPN); Grade 2 winners Catalina Cruiser, Enticed and Maximus Mischief; and Grade 3 winner Demarchelier (GB).

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