Mutamakina Repeats In Long Island At Aqueduct

Mutamakina (GB) found herself behind horses coming out of the final turn as Candy Flower seemed on the precipice of taking the field gate to wire in the Grade 3 Long Island at Aqueduct Racetrack. A late move to the outside by jockey Dylan Davis and a driving surge in the race's final furlong gave the 5-year-old mare everything she needed for her second victory in the Long Island and her third straight graded stakes victory.

In the 1 1/2-mile stakes over firm turf, the daughter of Nathaniel (IRE) lingered toward the back of the pack, with Candy Flower running easily on the lead a length ahead of Sorrel and Harajuku. For the first mile, Mutamakina saved ground, running in fifth behind fellow Christophe Clement trainee La Dragontea. Through fractions of :24.20, :50.02, and 1:15, Candy Flower looked poised to take the field all the way, her lead 1 1/2 lengths as they hit the stretch at the Ozone Park, N.Y. track.

Entering the stretch, Mutamakina had traffic in front of her, so Davis tipped her out four-wide from the rail to find a clear lane. Running on the outside of La Dragontea, Mutamakina quickly made up ground, her late surge in the final furlong shortening Candy Flower's lead and then catching her just before the wire to win by a half-length. La Dragontea was third, with Luck Money fourth.

The final time for the 1 1/2 miles was 2:28.08. Find this race's chart here.

Mutamakina paid $6.60, $4.10, and $2.90. Candy Flower paid $15.60 and $6.80. La Dragontea paid $2.60.

Bred in England by Widgham Stud, Mutamakina is out of the Danehill mare Joshua's Princess (GB). She is owned by Al Shira'aa Farms. She was consigned by New England Stud and purchased by Shawn Dugan, agent, for $137,225 at the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. With her win in the G3 Long Island, Mutamakina has three wins in six starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of six wins in 17 starts and career earnings of $854,509. Her win gives trainer Christophe Clement his fourth win in this graded stakes.

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Summer In Saratoga Shines In Dowager At Keeneland

After finishing seventh in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes over the Franklin, Ky., track's undulating course, Summer in Saratoga found much friendlier ground at Keeneland Race Course, taking the Grade 3 Dowager Stakes by a half-length.

Over a good turf course at the Lexington, Ky., track, the 5-year-old mare did not let a delayed start deter her in the 1 1/2-miles stakes. Under jockey Corey Lanerie, Summer in Saratoga broke cleanly and settled in toward the back of the field of 10. Eesha My Flower led the way, setting fractions of :23.80 for the first quarter, :48.93 for the half-mile, and 1:14.77 for six furlongs, an easy pace that allowed her to run on the lead around the far turn and into the stretch.

Lanerie angled Summer in Saratoga off the rail on the far turn and then angled her out again in early stretch, finding a clear running lane two paths off the rail as Eesha My Flower flattened out and gave way. Summer in Saratoga overtook her midstretch, getting out to a two-length length as Luck Money accelerated to her outside. Summer in Saratoga held on to win the G3 Dowager, with Luck Money and Micheline rounding out the top three.

The final time for the 1 1/2 miles was 2:30.02. Find this race's chart here.

Summer in Saratoga paid $12.80, $5.20, and $4.20. Luck Money paid $3.40 and $2.80. Micheline paid $5.20.

Bred in Kentucky by My Meadowview LLC, Summer in Saratoga is by Hard Spun out of the Arch mare Love Theway Youare, a Grade 1 stakes winner. Owned by Highlander Training Center, the 5-year-old mare is trained by Joe Sharp. Consigned by Denali Stud, she was purchased by Larry Hirsch for $165,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. With her win in the G3 Dowager, Summer in Saratoga has three wins in six starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of six wins in 16 starts and career earnings of $479,572.

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Fillies And Mares Take Center Stage Closing Day At Kentucky Downs

Fillies and mares have the stage to themselves Sunday, Sept. 12 in the 10-race final program, Greenbrier Whiskey Day, of the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs.

The six-day turf festival features the highest purses in North America and draws horses from across the country. First post is 12:20 p.m. Central. All the races will be shown on TVG.

The headliner is the $550,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Marathon for older fillies and mares at 1 5/16 miles. Preceding the Music City are a pair of $500,000 sprint stakes, the Ainsworth for 2-year-old fillies and the Nelson's Green Brier Whiskey Music City for 3-year-olds fillies.

In the Ladies Marathon, the final stakes of the season, Godolphin homebred Micheline will try to repeat her success in last year's Dueling Grounds Oaks. The daughter of Bernardini has a single win since her Oaks victory – in the G2 Hillsborough at Tampa Bay Downs on March 6 – but all her starts have been in graded stakes company. The Marathon will be her first start since was a well-beaten seventh in the G3 Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park on July 10. Joel Rosario, who rode her to victory in the Dueling Grounds Oaks, returns to the saddle. Micheline is a daughter of Panty Raid, who won two Grade 1s while earning over $1 million.

Catherine Wills' homebred Luck Money, trained by Arnaud Delacour, was third in last year's Dueling Ground Oaks at 29-1 and since has a listed stakes win and was second in the G3 Dick Memorial. In her last race, she was fourth after weakening late in the G2 1 ½ miles Glens Falls at Saratoga on Aug 7. War Like Goddess cruised in the Glens Falls and on Saturday captured the G1 Flower Bowl at Saratoga.

Cannon Thoroughbreds' Go Big Blue Nation ships in from California for trainer Michael McCarthy, who won this year's Preakness with Rombauer. Go Big Blue Nation stepped back from stakes company on July 18 to win an allowance/optional claimer at 1 3/8 miles at Del Mar.

The Graham Motion-trained Blame Debbie returns to Kentucky Downs where she finished first in an allowance race at the Ladies Marathon distance last year but was disqualified to third for interference. She was fifth in the G2 Dance Smartly at Woodbine on Aug. 22.

The Big Lick Farm homebred Cavalier Cupid is likely to get a lot of attention in the Ainsworth Stakes. Cavalier Cupid, a daughter of Quality Road won the $100,000 Keswick on August 2 at Colonial Downs for trainer Sarah Nagle. The Maryland-bred ran second in her debut on June 22 at Belterra Park. She broke her maiden at Colonial at five furlongs on July 19 and won the five-furlong Keswick by a length two weeks later. Nagle is a former assistant for retired trainer Buff Bradley.

Trainer Wesley Ward will saddle Arnmore Thoroughbreds' Poppy Flower, who most recently was second in the Bolton Landing at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 18. The speedy daughter of Lea led from gate to wire to break her maiden at Belmont Park on June 20. In her return after a two-month break between races, she set the pace over yielding ground but was overtaken in deep stretch. Regular rider Jose Ortiz has the mount.

Mystic Eyes steps up to stakes company for newly inducted Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher after winning her maiden debut impressively at Saratoga on Aug. 5. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite in the field of eight, she seized the lead out of the gate and won in hand by 4 ½ lengths.

The French-bred Cheerupsleepyjean owned by DJ Stable will make her North American debut for trainer Mark Casse from post 11. The daughter of Starspangledbanner has not raced since June but she has been battled tested against strong company. On June 16 at Royal Ascot, she was third by three lengths in the G2 Queen Mary at 50-1. Eleven days later at even-money, she was third in the G2 Arlie Stud Balanchine at the Curragh. Tyler Gaffalione, the 2020 Kentucky Downs riding champ, will be up.

Two-time stakes winner Tobys Heart will cut back in distance in the Music City after two solid performances at a mile. Jockey Joel Rosario, who won 10 of his first 19 starts at the meet this season, will ride for trainer Brian Lynch. Tobys Heart showed ability as a 2-year-old winning the Bolton Landing last summer at Saratoga. In April she prevailed at the favorite in the Limestone Turf Sprint at Keeneland. On July 23 at Saratoga she was third by 1 ½ lengths in a wide trip in the G3 Lake George at Saratoga.

Illegal Smile was a popular song by the beloved late singer-songwriter John Prine and the Camacho filly has proven to be a consistent runner for Hat Creek Racing and Wesley Ward. She broke her maiden in a stakes at Aqueduct in November and reaches the Music City after a pair of runner-up finishes. Last out, she was second by a head in the Galway at Saratoga on Aug. 15.

Peachtree Stable's paid $320,000 for Saranya as a 2-year-old and the daughter of The Factor, who is trained by Eclipse Award winner Brad Cox, has a record of 3-3-1 from eight starts. On June 23 she earned her first stakes victory in the Curtis Sampson Stakes at Canterbury Park.

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Banishment Of Bribery, Bidding-Up Key In New Bloodstock Industry Code

The banishment from British and Irish sales of bribery-'luck money' or otherwise–of individuals acting for both sides on a sale without prior consent and of the practice of collusive bidding-up are the key themes of the updated Bloodstock Industry Code of Practice, which was released on Wednesday. The Code, which was drawn up in response to recommendations from the British Horseracing Authority's Review of the Buying and Selling of Bloodstock and Racehorses in British Racing released in December 2019, will be formally incorporated into the rules of British Racing on Aug. 16. As such, anyone found by the BHA to be in breach of the code, whether that individual is bound by the rules of racing or not, may be banned from British racecourses and other licensed premises as well as from doing business with licensed individuals. Tattersalls and Goffs have amended their terms and conditions of business to establish a right to ban any individual from their sales who has been found guilty-or anyone working on their behalf has been found guilty-of a criminal offence appearing to involve a breach of the code.

Breaches of the code may lead to civil and criminal liability; since the last code came into effect in 2009, bribery has been made a criminal offence in the UK, punishable with a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. The code applies to all British and Irish sales that take place after Aug. 16, and encompasses all participants whether they are on the sales grounds in Britain and Ireland or not.

The code states that bribery of agents-namely the paying by a vendor of 'luck money' as an incentive to purchase a particular horse, and thus resulting in the agent not necessarily acting in the best interest of their principal-“is a central concern to which the Code is directed.”

The code continues, “Participants should be clear that there can generally be no legitimate reason for an Agent of the purchaser to be rewarded in any way by the vendor and parties related to the vendor, and that the Agent of the purchaser should generally only be rewarded by their Principal, the purchaser.” In the case of bribery, both the individual receiving the bribe and the one giving it are at fault.

The code goes on to describe collusive bidding-up as “a serious abuse of the market.” Examples include a vendor coming to an agreement with one or more parties to bid on their horse without the intention to buy, thus driving up the price, and a vendor and purchaser entering into an agreement whereby the purchaser agrees to bid on the horse in exchange for a certain percent of the sale price if they buy the horse, giving them an unfair advantage over other bidders. Such practices are in breach of the code.

The Bloodstock Industry Code of Practice, which will be reviewed annually, was written and approved with the full support of the Bloodstock Industry Forum members: The British Horseracing Authority, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, Horse Racing Ireland, the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association, the Breeze-Up Consignors Association, the Federation of Bloodstock Agents, the National Trainers Federation, the Racehorse Owners Association, the Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Goffs and Tattersalls.

The Bloodstock Industry Forum has likewise implemented a facility for participants with concerns that the code has been breached to obtain free initial legal advice from an independent lawyer, with initial legal fees to be paid by the Bloodstock Industry Forum.

Tattersalls Marketing Director Jimmy George, who chairs the Bloodstock Industry Forum, said, “It has been a long process, but in response to the BHA Review of the Buying and Selling of Racehorses and Bloodstock in Britain, the Bloodstock Industry Forum is delighted to have finalised a new, robust Bloodstock Industry Code of Practice which has been approved by all of the key British and Irish industry bodies as well as the British Horseracing Authority and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board. The new Code of Practice will be formally incorporated into the rules of British Racing and appear in all Tattersalls and Goffs sales catalogues, starting with the forthcoming Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale. It will also be widely disseminated and available through all BIF member organisations as well as being subject to regular review. Importantly the new Code of Practice has introduced a complaints procedure independent of the industry bodies and individuals found to be in breach of the Code, either in criminal or civil proceedings or having been sanctioned by the BHA for breach of the code, will also be subject to exclusion from participating at Tattersalls and Goffs sales in Britain and Ireland.

“The Bloodstock Industry Forum has also developed an 'E – learning' integrity module which will be adopted as part of the trainer licensing process in Britain as well as being mandatory for members of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents, while both Tattersalls and Goffs have committed to making full ownership details readily available to registered potential buyers as recommended in the review.”

“The commitment from each member of the Bloodstock Industry Forum to delivering a new Code of Practice has been unwavering and we are confident that we have produced a detailed, robust code, subject to regular review, which will stand the test of time,” George added. “We share a collective responsibility to preserve and enhance the global reputation for integrity which has always been central to the success of the British and Irish bloodstock industries and the new Code sends out the very clear message that we will do everything in our power to maintain and increase confidence in an industry which is held in the highest esteem throughout the world.”

BHA chief executive Julie Harrington said, “The BHA welcomes the publication of the Code of Practice, and the collaborative industry approach that has been taken to achieve this milestone. The Code of Practice has been approved by the BHA's Board and will be incorporated into the Rules of Racing. It will represent a significant step forwards in terms of enhancing trust in the process of buying and selling bloodstock in Britain and Ireland, and was one of the core recommendations of the Review of buying and selling practices of bloodstock and racehorses within British racing which was commissioned by the Board of the BHA.

“It is essential if we are to attract and retain owners in the sport that anyone involved in the purchase of bloodstock can have confidence that they are being treated fairly, and the Code will help further enhance British racing's reputation on this front.”

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby added, “I am pleased that the British and Irish racing and bloodstock industries have come together to deliver one gold standard to enhance the buying and selling of bloodstock on these shores. From an auction house perspective we certainly insist on the same transparency and high standards of integrity at every sale we conduct regardless of location, and feel this new Code addresses all the issues raised in the BHA report.”

Horse Racing Ireland CEO Brian Kavanagh said, “Horse Racing Ireland and the IHRB welcome the new Code of Practice. We acknowledge the work and collaboration by the Bloodstock Industry Forum in drafting this document, and look forward to continuing our work with all stakeholders.”

Oliver St Lawrence, Chairman of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents, said, “Just like the other members of BIF, the FBA have embraced the principles of the BHA Bloodstock Review and have been heartened by the collaboration and willingness to address comprehensively the issues it highlighted. Together with a raft of other new measures, this upgraded Code should protect principals with a significant tightening up of the definition of acceptable ethical behaviour by all participants in the buying and selling of bloodstock and fully clarifies the law in the UK and Ireland. We at the FBA have tightened our membership requirements, which includes all members undertaking the new Bloodstock Education course, and are pleased to be endorsed by the BHA, and other BIF members, as an association which represents the highest standards of integrity and the recommended trade body that principals should look to use.”

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