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Kentucky Senators Introduce Historical Horse Racing Bill ‘To Preserve The Status Quo’

The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), Kentucky's equine economic advocate, applauds Senator John Schickel and Senate President Robert Stivers for introducing Senate Bill 120 today, which will keep historical horse racing in Kentucky and ensure the future of our signature equine industry.

In response to the Supreme Court's ruling on historical horse racing, the legislation will define pari-mutuel wagering to be consistent with how the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has regulated live racing for decades and historical horse racing for the last ten years. The legislation also reaffirms that only pari-mutuel wagering on simulcasts of live racing can occur at simulcast facilities. In effect, this maintains the status quo that Kentucky has known for the last decade, ensuring HHR venues can continue or resume operations that are so beneficial to the horse industry and statewide economy.

KEEP issued the following statement regarding the legislation:

“We applaud Sen. Schickel for championing Senate Bill 120, which will keep historical horse racing in Kentucky and protect critical jobs, economic investment and state revenue at a time when they are needed most. We also thank Senate President Stivers for his support as a co-sponsor of this important legislation. The Kentucky Supreme Court gave the General Assembly clear direction to preserve the status quo, and SB 120 gives us a path forward.

“Historical horse racing is an integral part of Kentucky's signature equine industry and our economy as a whole and has helped position Kentucky as a worldwide leader in racing. With real jobs and investment on the line, we urge the members of the Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee to promptly move this legislation forward so that the commonwealth can continue to benefit from historical horse racing, now and in the years to come.”

KEEP is joined by a broad coalition of industry, business and economic development groups in support of the bill and has been encouraging Kentuckians to contact their elected officials regarding the legislation. SB 120 is set to be heard in the Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4.

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OBS March 2-Year-Old Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.

A total of 561 juveniles have been cataloged for the two-day sale, set for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16-17, with both sessions beginning at 11 a.m.

Hips 1 – 282 will sell on Tuesday: Hips 283 – 563 on Wednesday. The Under Tack Show will span three days, beginning Thursday, March 11 with Hips 1 – 188. Hips 189 – 376 will breeze Friday, March 12 and Hips 377 – 563 will go Saturday, March 13. All three sessions will begin at 8 a.m. The Under Tack Show and sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the TDN, DRF and Blood-Horse, and Past The Wire websites.

Gracing the front cover of the catalog is 2007 OBS March graduate Into Mischief, purchased for $180,000 by B. Wayne Hughes out of the M&H Training and Sales consignment. After winning three of six starts including the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park and earning nearly $600,000, he entered stud in 2009. Rising steadily the stallion ranks, he has topped the North American sire list for the past two years, becoming the first stallion breaking the $20-million mark in single-season progeny earnings in 2020. The long list of his current and recent major winners is headed by reigning Horse of the Year Authentic. His son Goldencents, also an OBS 2-year-old graduate, was the leading third crop sire in 2020.

For the past few years, OBS March graduates have upheld the sale's legacy as a prime source of top class racehorses. Twenty-nine March graduates have accounted for 41 graded stakes wins since the beginning of 2019, with 166 winning or placing in 376 stakes.

The back cover features OBS March graduates who have won major races from coast to coast and overseas.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the March Sale. Buyers will be able to go to the OBS website and register to gain bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding please go to the OBS website here.

The online catalog's main page contains a link to a sortable master index providing searchable pedigree and consignor information as well as access to pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed. Advanced search and filter capability has been added to allow shortlist creation. A link to instructions for using the new features can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.

To view the auction's online catalog, click here.

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Graded Stakes Performer Gold Standard, Half-Sister To Zaajel Added To Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional two supplemental entries to its 2021 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.

These entries are catalogued as hips 670 and 671 and may now be viewed online. Print versions of supplemental entries will be available on the sales grounds at sale time.

Maqboola (Hip 670): Five-year-old mare is a half-sister to undefeated 3-year-old filly Zaajel, impressive winner of the Grade 3 Forward Gal Stakes at Gulfstream Park this past Saturday. She is also a half-sister to Ajaaweed, who placed in the G2 Remsen Stakes at two, and the G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes last year at three. A multiple winner herself, Maqboola is offered in foal to Champion Good Magic by Hunter Valley Farm, agent.
Gold Standard (Hip 671): Five-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro was placed in the G3 Remington Park Oaks and G3 Comely Stakes at three. In the Remington Park Oaks, she was second, beaten just a half-length, by multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Lady Apple. She finished nearly eight lengths clear of the third-place finisher. A four-time winner of $269,384, she is from the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Dream Supreme and Spinning Round. She is offered as a broodmare prospect by Gainesway, agent for Stonestreet and LNJ Foxwoods.

The Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale will be held on Monday and Tuesday, February 8-9, in Lexington, Ky. Sessions will begin each day at 10 am.

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Grade 3 Winner Lady Apple Retired, Will Be Bred To Quality Road

Phoenix Thoroughbreds' multiple graded stakes winner Lady Apple has been retired to the owner's broodmare band.

A visit to be covered by Lane's End's super sire Quality Road lies in the immediate future for the daughter of Curlin, who signed off her racing career with a third-place finish in the Grade 3 Houston Ladies Classic on Sunday.

A winner of six of her 19 starts, she banked over $1 million in prize money thanks largely to her four successes at Grade 3 level.

Raced in partnership with KatieRich Farm for the early part of her career, she got off the mark at the fifth time of asking with victory in a maiden special weight at Oaklawn Park. From there, the Steve Asmussen trainee didn't look back, winning her next two starts culminating in the G3 Fantasy Stakes. That success qualified her for the Kentucky Oaks where she ran a stormer to finish in third.

She returned to winning ways on her very next outing by taking the G3 Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows before again bouncing back from defeat to claim the Remington Park Oaks, another Grade 3. Arguably her best win was her last as she beat Grade 1 winners Serengeti Empress and Street Band to win the 2020 running of Houston Ladies Classic. Although that proved to be her final trip to the winners' circle she placed twice more in stakes races before her owners called time on her career on Monday.

“She has been a fantastic race mare for us and she'll be an excellent addition to our breeding operation,” said Phoenix Thoroughbreds CEO Amer Abdulaziz. “She has a top-class pedigree with a race record to match while the cross with Quality Road looks very exciting. We are seeing some excellent results from our breeding operation around the globe and adding horses such as Lady Apple can only add to that.”

By Curlin, Lady Apple is the highest-profile of 10 winners produced by her dam Miss Mary Apples. The 5-year-old is also from the same family as Kentucky Derby winner Affirmed and Grade 1 winner Senor Pete.

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