Canadian Champion Langfuhr Passes Away At Lane’s End

Langfuhr, a son of Danzig and a top sprinter of the 1990s, has died at the age of 31 at Lane's End, the farm said in a press release early Thursday morning.

A sire of 75 stakes winners, five champions and progeny earnings of over $119 million, Langfuhr was a member of the Lane's End Farm stallion roster from 2004 to 2018 when he was retired from stud duty at age 26.

Bred and raced by the late Thoroughbred breeder and owner Gustav Schickedanz, Canadian-bred Langfuhr was named champion sprinter of 1996 in Canada and was inducted into that country's hall of fame in 2004. Trained by Mike Keogh, Langfuhr won major American graded stakes including the GI Vosburgh S.,GII Forego H., GI Carter H. and GI Metropolitan H. His career earnings were $698,574.

With strong support from his breeder/owner, the stallion sired multiple Canadian champions and stellar runners. Wando, chief among them, won the 2003 Canadian Triple Crown, was named horse of the year and champion 3-year-old colt in Canada and earned in excess of $2.5 million. His stablemate, Mobil, emerged as a top racehorse the following year and was named champion older horse in Canada at four. Both were conditioned for Schickedanz by Langfuhr's trainer.

Additional top-level racehorses sired by Langfuhr include Jambalaya, multiple Grade I winner and hero of the GI Arlington Million, champion Lawyer Ron, and millionaires Interpatation and Euroears.

“It was a privilege to stand Langfuhr at Lane's End and to have him spend his retirement at the farm,” said Lane's End Farm's Bill Farish. “We are grateful for the many years we had with him. Langfuhr's intelligence and kind temperament will have a lasting impact on all who had the opportunity to work with him.”

Langfuhr will be buried in the stallion cemetery at the farm.

 

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City Boy Tries To Stretch His Speed To Seven Panels In Connaught Cup

City Boy, who pulled off a 24-1 upset in last year's Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes, faces seven rivals on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course in Saturday's Grade 2 $175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes, at Woodbine.

Trained by 2020 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Mike Keogh, the six-year-old gelding, bred and co-owned (with Donald Howard) by the late Gus Schickedanz, brings a record of 3-6-2 from 17 starts into the seven-furlong Connaught Cup.

“He had a fairly good winter,” said Keogh, who had City Boy and others in his barn with him in Aiken, South Carolina. “We had a lot of rain in February, so there were a lot of sealed racetracks. I didn't really get to do much with any of my horses in February. Then we had to get out of there in the third week of March, so we didn't get too much done this winter, to be honest.”

A son of multiple graded stakes winner City Zip, City Boy debuted on April 21, 2017, finishing second in a five-furlong main track race at Woodbine.

The Ontario-bred broke his maiden next time out, one month later, in a 6 1/2-furlong turf race at the Toronto oval, drawing clear in the stretch to win by a length as the 9-5 favourite.

His next win came that August, a head score at six furlongs on the Woodbine turf.

Just over two years later, City Boy delivered his connections with his biggest win to date, another gutsy head victory, this time in last October's six-furlong, $280,900 Nearctic.

It was the second Nearctic triumph for Keogh, who took the 1999 renewal with Clever Response.

“No, I wasn't,” said Keogh when asked if he was caught off-guard by City Boy's performance. “We had run him two weeks previous – it was a really fast time – and he wasn't beaten that far. He was hung wide the whole way. Jesse [jockey, Campbell] got off him and said, 'This horse, he needs two races back-to-back.' I told him that I had nominated him to the Nearctic on the off chance it came up as an easier field. As it turned out, there weren't many shippers and he ran huge.”

City Boy arrives at the Connaught Cup off a sixth-place effort in a six-furlong main track race last November at Woodbine.

Saturday's stake marks the first time he'll test seven panels.

“He's doing great,” said Keogh, who campaigned Schickedanz's Wando to Canadian Triple Crown glory in 2003. “The Connaught is an unknown because he's never been seven-eighths before. We're going to give this a go. He needs to run. You can't keep working him… he goes crazy. The first start of the year, they're always that bit more on the bridle. But he needs a start. That's why we're running him.”

City Boy reminds Keogh of a Canadian horse racing legend, a standout on and off the racetrack.

“I'll tell you who he reminds me of. When I first came to Canada after [fellow Hall of Fame inductee and trainer] Jerry Meyer had brought me over from England, he was training Bold Ruckus, who was a two-year-old at that time. City Boy reminds me of Bold Ruckus, and I used to gallop him back in those days. And he's out of a Bold Ruckus mare [Princess Ruckus]. He's a horse that tries very hard. He's a lovely horse and one of my favourites.”

El Tormenta, who went on to take the 2019 Ricoh Woodbine Mile, won last year's Connaught Cup in a time of 1:20.29. Jockey Robin Platts has won a record eight editions of the race, including back-to-back runnings (1968-69) with James Bay.

The Connaught Cup is Race 7 on Saturday's 10-race card. First post time is 1 p.m. Fans can watch and wager on all the action via HPIbet.com.

FIELD FOR THE $175,000 CONNAUGHT CUP

POST – HORSE – JOCKEY – TRAINER

1 – Silent Poet – Justin Stein – Nicholas Gonzalez

2 – White Flag – Luis Contreras – Christophe Clement

3 – Blind Ambition – Patrick Husbands – Mark Casse

4 – Admiralty Pier – Jerome Lermyte – Barbara Minshall

5 – Regally Irish – Steven Bahen – Graham Motion

6 – City Boy – Davy Moran – Mike Keogh

7 – Olympic Runner – Kazushi Kimura – Mark Casse

8 – Gray's Fable – Rafael Hernandez – Roger Attfield

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Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Induction Postponed Until 2021

At a meeting held June 23, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Gala, due to the restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.  It is the intention of the CHRHF to induct the Class of 2020, along with those inducted in 2021, at ceremonies tentatively scheduled to take place during the summer of 2021.

After the Board Meeting CHRHF President, Darryl Kaplan provided the following statement. “While consideration was given to alternate formats for the event, it was agreed that the Class of 2020 deserves to be honoured for their lifetime of achievements in Canadian horse racing with the full recognition bestowed to those inducted previously to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, and that includes being surrounded by the family and friends who have been part of their careers.  Unfortunately, that is not possible at this time.  While we are unable to hold the formal induction ceremony for Gary Boulanger, Sue Leslie, Mike Keogh, Paul MacDonell, Ben Wallace, Amour Angus, McWicked, Play the King, Rambling Willie and Tepin during 2020, we are fully committed to doing so in the near future.”

“Additionally, as a registered charity, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame annual Induction Gala is a significant fundraiser for the organization. Like so many others in horse racing and beyond we are looking at creating alternate opportunities to generate the funds required to support the CHRHF's ongoing operation.  Further information about these activities will be provided in the coming weeks.”

Details regarding the Nomination and Election of the Class of 2021 will be released this fall.

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