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NYRA Stakes to be Run Without Lasix in 2021

In accordance with its commitment to eliminate race day medication, the New York Racing Association will prohibit the use of Furosemide–more commonly known as Lasix–within 48 hours of all stakes races conducted at NYRA tracks beginning Jan. 1, 2021.

In April of 2019, NYRA led the formation of a coalition of leading racing organizations founded to address race day medication in a uniform and consistent way throughout the sport. The initiative commenced Jan. 1, 2020, with NYRA prohibiting Lasix in all 2-year-old races at the three NYRA tracks. Beginning Jan. 1, 2021, the same prohibition will extend to all horses participating in any NYRA stakes, including New York-bred and New York Stallion Stakes Series races.

“NYRA is pleased to honor the commitment we made to our coalition partners by greatly expanding the ban on race day medication to all stakes races in 2021,” said Martin Panza, NYRA SVP of Racing Operations. “We look forward to working with racetracks around the country who share our desire to achieve uniform and consistent rules that advance safety and integrity. As evidenced by the passage of The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, there is significant appetite for positive change that will benefit the sport.”

NYRA conducted a total of 127 stakes races in 2020, with the exception of New York-bred and NYSSS races, accounting for 25% of all stakes run in the United States. NYRA hosted 33 Grade I stakes in 2020, or 35% of all Grade I races run in the United States. Due to the myriad impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the reorganization of the stakes calendar, 36 stakes races scheduled for 2020 were not run, with 17 of them graded.

NYRA’s 2021 stakes program kicks off on New Year’s Day at Aqueduct with the $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for newly minted sophomores offering 10-4-2-1 GI Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top-four finishers.

The New York State Gaming Commission rules prohibit the use of Lasix 48 hours before the scheduled post time of the race in which the horse is to compete–unless a waiver is obtained for the horse to race with the medication. This rule remains in effect and no waivers will be granted for 2-year-olds or horses entered in stakes.

Current NYSGC rules will allow for horses previously entered in stakes who are dropping down to non-stakes competition to apply for a waiver seeking permission from the NYSGC to utilize Lasix after documenting EIPH.

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Grade 3 Winner Name Changer To Stand At Kaz Hill Farm In New York

Grade 3 winner Name Changer, a son of emerging sire of sires Uncle Mo, has been retired to stud at Peter Kazamias' Kaz Hill Farm in Middletown, N.Y.

Name Changer, out of the four-time stakes-winning Northern Afleet mare Cash's Girl, won eight races and placed an additional 10 times in 24 lifetime starts, for earnings of $567,080.

A romping debut winner at age two going six furlongs versus maiden special weight company at Parx, Name Changer went on to win the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup Stakes, Aqueduct's Queens County Handicap and the Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel, all going nine furlongs on the dirt. He also ran second in the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes at Laurel and third in the G3 West Virginia Derby. In total, he won or placed in black type company at seven different racetracks, from ages two to seven, all on the main track.

A homebred runner for the Colts Neck Stables, LLC of Richard Santulli, Name Changer hails from the immediate family of champion 3-year-old male and sire Afleet Alex, as well as major stakes winners including Seabhac, Unforgettable Max, and Topic.

He will stand for a fee of $2,500 live foal, stands and nurses, as property of Kaz Hill Farm, and a limited number of lifetime breeding rights are available, as well.

“Anyone paying attention to the leading sire lists knows something big is happening when it comes to Uncle Mo,” said Kazamias. “Not only does Uncle Mo himself have 14 graded stakes winners in 2020, more than any other stallion in the United States, but his sons Nyquist, Laoban and Outwork rank first, second and fourth on the North American leading first-crop sire list. With a powerful build reminiscent of his sire, and his undeniable racing class, it's easy to imagine Name Changer carrying on that tradition.”

Alan Goldberg, who trained Name Changer for his first four seasons before turning over duties to Jorge Duarte, Jr., said the horse stood out for his class, willingness and durability.

“He always showed up — the way the best offspring of Uncle Mo do,” Goldberg said. “Colts Neck Stables retained some breeding rights, and we're planning to send our New York-based mares to him.”

Bloodstock agent Michael Slezak, who brokered the deal to buy Name Changer and serves as Kaz Hill's manager of bloodstock, said the parallels between Uncle Mo and Name Changer make him a tremendous prospect.

“Uncle Mo's maiden win going six furlongs at Saratoga as a 2-year-old, that has to rank as one of the greatest debuts in the history of the sport,” he said. “Similarly, Name Changer showed the ability to win first time out as a 2-year-old at the same six-furlong distance — which really caught our attention. At the same time, Name Changer was still hitting the board in stakes company in November of his 7-year-old season – and that's a big selling point for smaller operations who rely on New York State breeders' awards and are trying to get runners who stay sound and competitive over multiple racing seasons.”

Slezak added he will be shopping the upcoming Keeneland January Sale and Fasig-Tipton February Sale to find additional mares for the horse's initial book.

“Kaz Hill already has a very deep broodmare band, but we want to make sure Name Changer gets the best possible start at stud,” he said.

To that end, Kazamias said Kaz Hill has priced seasons and breeding rights to make sure breeders in New York and the entire Mid-Atlantic region don't get left out of the action.

“We know that 2020 has been very hard on everyone in the horse business — especially regional breeders,” Kazamias said. “What we're hoping to do with Name Changer is give everybody — from the biggest commercial operations to the folks who only have one or two mares — a chance to hit it big without spending a fortune. Four years ago, Laoban started out in New York and now he's in Kentucky for a $25,000 fee. Big things can happen when you tap into the power of Uncle Mo.”

To date, Uncle Mo has sired 68 black-type winners — a gaudy seven percent black-type winners from foals of racing age — including 18 Grade 1 winners, in his first six crops.

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Standardbred Owners Group Contributes To The Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund

The Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New York has contributed $25,000 to the SRIF (Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund) to help meet the challenge of the $250,000 matching fund grant from Hanover Shoe Farms that was announced in April by Hanover Shoe Farms' president and CEO Russell Williams and executive vice president Bridgette Jablonsky to promote integrity in harness racing.

The SRIF announced its formal launch on Tuesday, Sept. 29. SRIF is a 501(c)(3) corporation formed to fund expert investigations into matters concerning the health and welfare of horses in the harness racing industry, such as prohibited medication practices and fraudulent trainer listings.

The SOA of NY encourages other horsemen's associations, track operators and specifically those individuals most vocally concerned about integrity in harness racing to do whatever they can to assist the SRIF.

All contributions should be made out to the Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund and sent to:

Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund

PO Box 339

Hanover, PA 17331

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King For A Day Retired To Irish Hill And Dutchess Views Stallions In New York For 2021

King for a Day (2016, Uncle Mo o/o Ubetwereven by, French Deputy), the only horse to beat 2019 champion 3-year-old male Maximum Security to the wire at three, was officially retired from racing as announced by Red Oak Farm's vice president and general manager, Rick Sacco.

King for A Day will be starting his stud career in 2021 under the management of Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He will stand for $6,000 LFSN.

Stephen P. Brunetti's, Red Oak Stable campaigned the talented son of Uncle Mo and will remain actively involved in his stallion career including sending several quality mares to him.

King for a Day broke his maiden in his second start as a 2-year-old in a highly competitive Belmont Park, maiden special weight which contained the likes of future Triple Crown standout and graded stakes winner Tacitus. From there, it was on to a career in stakes company.

King for a Day would make his 3-year-old debut a winning one in the Sir Barton Stakes on the Preakness undercard. While drawing off to win the Sir Barton by 2 1/2 lengths, King for a Day would just miss the Pimlico track record for a mile and a sixteenth. Less than a month later, in his next start, King for a Day would press Maximum Security through a half-mile, then back off briefly before putting in a brilliant, sustained effort to defeat the future 3-year-old champion by a length in the TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Todd Pletcher, who trained both King for a Day and his sire Uncle Mo, was quick to compare the two.

“King for a Day displayed big talent from day one,” the trainer said. “He not only strongly resembles his sire Uncle Mo but, he had a great mind to go with the talent. King had a high cruising speed just like his sire.

“[King for a Day] was precocious to win at two in a tough maiden special weight race at Belmont Park over Tacitus and others,” Pletcher continued. “His win over Maximum Security at three in the Pegasus elevated him to another level, and there is no doubt in my mind that this horse had the ability to win Grade 1 races.”

Uncle Mo is emerging as a true “stallion maker.” He is the sire of three of the top four leading freshman sires of 2020: Nyquist, Laoban and Outwork. King for a Day also comes from a strong female family which includes the black type-winning mare Feel That Fire who is the dam of multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire, Mind Control.

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