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Army Mule’s Recruiter Remains Unbeaten with Parx Stakes Score

Recruiter kept his unbeaten record in tact and earned a second stakes win with his 2 3/4-length victory in the slop in the Parx Juvenile S. Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The 6-5 favorite broke sharply only to have a trio of challengers rush up on his inside to contest the early fractions, putting the favorite in a tracking position while parked out four wide down the backstretch. He moved up to engage Winning Time approaching the stretch and those two unbeaten colts went toe to toe before Recruiter put that foe away with a furlong to run and drew away to the wire. Gritty pacesetter Ninetyprcentmaddie battled back to regain the runner-up spot over Winning Time in the dying strides.

Recruiter, who is now unbeaten in four career starts, captured his debut at Monmouth Park in August before adding a Laurel optional claimer Oct. 2. He was most recently a 2 3/4-length victor of the Nov. 12 James F. Lewis III S. at Laurel.

Lady Halite has a 2-year-old filly by Maximus Mischief–a $28,000 purchase at last year's Keeneland September sale–and a colt by Complexity. She was bred back to Instagrand last year.

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PARX JUVENILE S., $75,000, Parx Racing, 1-3, 3yo, 7f, 1:26.75, sy.
1–RECRUITER, 124, c, 3, by Army Mule
                1st Dam: Lady Halite, by Medaglia d'Oro
                2nd Dam: Ada's Dream, by Touch Gold
                3rd Dam: Perfect Six, by Saratoga Six
($60,000 Ylg '21 OBSWIN; $102,000 RNA Ylg '21 FTKJUL;
$125,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN). O-Lynch Racing LLC & Nick Sanna
Stables LLC; B-Beth Bayer (FL); T-Cathal A. Lynch; J-Mychel J.
Sanchez. $43,200. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $170,100.
2–Ninetyprcentmaddie, 124, c, 3, Weigelia–Amblin Easy, by
Private Interview. O/B-LC Racing LLC (PA); T-Robert E. Reid, Jr.
$14,400.
3–Winning Time, 124, c, 3, Winchill–Merry's Pegasus, by
Fusaichi Pegasus. O/B-Pewter Stable (PA); T-Kathleen A.
Demasi. $7,200.
Margins: 2 3/4, 1, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.30, 2.00, 3.10.
Also Ran: Daydreaming Boy, John Dutton, El de Chimi, V Mart, Hot Love.

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Weekly Rulings: Dec. 6-Dec. 12

Every week, the TDN publishes a roundup of key official rulings from the primary tracks within the four major racing jurisdictions of California, New York, Florida and Kentucky.

Here's a primer on how each of these jurisdictions adjudicates different offenses, what they make public (or not) and where.

With the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) having gone into effect on July 1, the TDN will also post a roundup of the relevant HISA-related rulings from the same week.

California

Track: Los Alamitos

Date: 12/11/2022

Licensee: Francisco Orduna-Rojas, jockey

Penalty: One-day suspension, $250 fine

Violation: Excessive use of the whip

Explainer: Having violated the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Rule #2280 (Use of Riding Crop) and pursuant to Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Rule #2282 (Riding Crop Violations and Penalties – Class 3), Jockey Francisco Orduna-Rojas, who rode Mr. Clutch in the first race at Los Alamitos Race Course on December 9, 2022, is suspended for one (1) day (December 17, 2022), and fined $250.00 for two (2) strikes over the limit. Furthermore, Jockey Francisco Orduna-Rojas is assigned three (3) violation points that will be expunged on June 22, 2023, six (6) months from the date of final adjudication pursuant to Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Rule #2282 (Riding Crop Violations and Penalties – third offense since July 3, 2022. Jockey Francisco Orduna-Rojas has accrued a total of nine (9) points. Pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1766 (Designated Races), the term of suspension shall not prohibit participation in designated races.

Track: Los Alamitos

Date: 12/11/2022

Licensee: Steve Knapp, trainer

Penalty: Return of claim amount, $20,000

Violation: Medication violation, voided claim

Explainer: In the matter of the claim submitted for the horse Butkus; Having received first notice of a Prohibited Substance (Phenylbutazone) in the post-race test sample, pursuant to Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Rule 2262 (c)(5) (Void Claim), the claim submitted for the horse Butku, in the second race on October 28, 2022, at Santa Anita Park is hereby deemed void. The horse, Butkus trained by Steve Knapp shall be returned to previous owner Reed Saldana and Reed Saldana shall return the amount of the claim of $20,000 to owner Leslie Blake by December 26, 2022. Furthermore, Trainer Reed Saldana and Trainer Steve Knapp have reached an agreement for the care and training of the horse during the time the horse was in the claimant's barn.

NEW HISA STEWARDS RULINGS

The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal, except for the voided claim rulings which were sent to the TDN directly. Some of these rulings are from prior weeks as they were not reported contemporaneously.

One important note: HISA's whip limit is restricted to six strikes during a race.

Violations of Crop Rule

Hawthorne

Constantino Roman – violation date December 9; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 7 strikes

Rishawn Blanche – violation date December 4; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 9 strikes

Mahoning Valley

German Terraza – violation date December 9; $250 fine and one-day suspension

Oaklawn Park

Christian Alexis Park – violation date December 11; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 7 strikes

Remington Park

Benjamin Landeros – violation date December 12; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 8 strikes

Tampa Bay Downs

Eddie Santiago – violation date December 9; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 8 strikes

Miss Mattie Martin – violation date December 9; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 8 strikes

Turfway Park

Thiago Canuto – violation date December 2; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 7 strikes

Zia Park

Alfredo Juarez Jr. – violation date December 12; $250 fine and one-day suspension, 7 strikes

Voided Claims

Gulfstream Park

Literate – ruling date 12/4/2022

Hawthorne

Owen's Pleasure – ruling date 12/9/2022

Oaklawn Park

Atras – ruling date 12/10/2022

Coal Truth – ruling date 12/10/2022

Breaking Bones – ruling date 12/10/2022

Parx Racing

Arrivederci – ruling date 12/5/2022

Captain Chazz – ruling date 12/5/2022

Enraged – ruling date 12/7/2022

Tampa Bay Downs

El Pillo – ruling date 12/9/2022

Turfway Park

Decree of Love – ruling date 12/3/2022

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TDN en Espanol: La Pionera Jessica Paquette Debutara Como Locutora de Parx

Jessica Paquette nunca imaginó que se convertiría en la narradora a tiempo completo en un hipódromo importante y tampoco nadie más lo hizo. El trabajo, desde que existe este deporte, ha sido una profesión que excluía en gran medida a las mujeres. Pero cuando se estén llegando al punto de salida de Parx Racing para la primera carrera del martes, Paquette estará en lo alto de la tribuna, nerviosa pero emocionada, y lista para hacer historia.

“Lo mejor que todos podemos esperar en este deporte es dejar el juego un poco mejor de lo que estaba cuando lo encontramos”, dijo. “Espero dar un buen ejemplo y hacer el camino más fácil para la generación que viene detrás de nosotros. Si puedo inspirar a una niña que piensa que esto es posible para ella y luego viene y lo hace mejor que yo, entonces estaría encantada”.

Los ejemplos de mujeres narrando carreras son pocos y distantes entre sí. Angela Hermann ocupó brevemente el puesto en Golden Gate Fields en 2016 después de que Michael Wrona se fué, pero finalmente fue reemplazada por Matt Dinerman. A principios de los años 60, Ann Elliott se desempeñó como locutora en Jefferson Downs en New Orleans durante unos cuatro años. Casi 60 años después del tiempo de Elliott en Jefferson, ninguna otra mujer había sido contratada como relatora a tiempo completo en un hipódromo en Estados Unidos.

Paquette entró en esto por accidente. En 2014, trabajaba en los departamentos de marketing y publicidad en Suffolk Down cuando el locutor habitual y colaborador de TDN, T.D. Thornton, no pudo llegar a la pista porque se retrasó, entre otras cosas, por un tornado. Se le pidió que reemplazara. Thornton finalmente llegó a la pista y Paquette volvió a sus otras funciones, que incluían servir como presentadora de transmisión simultánea del hipódromo y analista de paddock.

Permaneció en Suffolk hasta 2019 cuando la pista cerró sus puertas definitivamente. Ella se sintió perdida. “Cuando Suffolk cerró, fue una gran crisis existencial para mí”, dijo Paquette. “Trabajar en las carreras no es sólo algo que hago, es lo que soy. No sabía cómo sería el futuro”. Paquette no le importaba viajar y se daría a conocer como analista de la transmisión simultánea en Colonial Downs y Sam Houston. En Sam Houston el verano pasado, la gerencia le permitió narrar algunas de las carreras de Quarter-Horse. Ella estima que ha narrado 50 carreras en total.

“Cuando relaté los Quarter-Horses en Sam Houston el verano pasado, la pasé muy bien”, dijo. “Al tercer día comencé a sentirme menos como si fuese un reemplazo y más como si fuese algo que realmente quería hacer. Estaba dispuesta a tratar de encontrar un puesto de locutor en alguna parte. Cuando resultó que Chris [Griffin] se estaba mudando, apareció mi nombre y dije '¿Por qué no? Hablemos'”. Tenía el respaldo de Griffin, quien también fue contratado como locutor en Monmouth Park.

“Ella sabe lo que esto significa y significa mucho para muchas personas”, dijo Griffin. “Espero con ansias que ella entre en la cabina y estoy emocionado de que haga su debut el martes. Tenemos un tremendo equipo en Parx y ella encajará perfectamente, es genial verla. Es hora de algunas voces nuevas en este deporte. Ella es una profesional de pies a cabeza y puede manejar esto. Estoy muy emocionado de que ella tenga esta oportunidad y, como todos los demás, estoy deseando que llegue”.

Paquette dijo que Griffin se encuentra entre un grupo de hombres locutores que la han tomado bajo su ala y la animaron a buscar un trabajo de narradora. “Algunos de mis amigos más cercanos en la industria son narradores”, dijo. “Jason Beem es uno de mis mejores amigos. Chris Griffin y yo nos hemos vuelto muy cercanos. Ambos fueron realmente alentadores. Por supuesto, pasando por Suffolk Downs tenemos a Larry Collmus y T.D. Thornton y pusieron la marca muy alta. Frank Mirahmadi ha sido extremadamente alentador y ha ofrecido críticas constructivas desde que empecé con los Quarter-Horses”.

Habiendo tenido relativamente poca experiencia como relatora, Paquette dijo que se ha estado preparando practicando carreras en la televisión. “No es lo mismo cuando no es real porque no tienes esa sensación de pánico que te palpita en el estómago cuando las puertas están a punto de abrirse”, dijo. 'Eso es algo que no puedes imaginar'.

¿Desaparecerá esa “sensación de pánico” el martes? “Espero que no sea así porque se trata de la emoción y la adrenalina que implica ser parte del deporte que amamos”, dijo. “Mi nivel de ansiedad es probablemente un 7 1/2 en una escala del 1 al 10. Entonces, voy a estar emocionada y nerviosa. Pero eso es algo bueno”.

Ella recuerda ese último día en Suffolk Downs y dice que vio la última carrera en la pista de East Boston desde el techo y estaba llorando. Nunca imaginó lo que estaba por venir.

“He sido muy afortunada de que los caballos y las carreras de caballos me hayan llevado a lugares que nunca creí posibles en la vida”, dijo Paquette. “Para mí, en este momento de mi carrera, me he divertido mucho en el paddock, hablando de handicap y carreras. Pero esto, el trabajo de narrador, es una oportunidad de hacer algo donde puedo ser la única. Es un verdadero honor.”

Traducción de Herman Guanipa. Para suscribirse a la TDN en español email noticias@thetdn.com.

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Trailblazer Jessica Paquette Set to Debut as Parx Announcer

Jessica Paquette never imagined that she would become the full-time announcer at a major racetrack. Neither did anyone else. The job, for as long as the sport has been around, has been a profession that largely excluded women. But when the field loads into the gate at Parx Racing for Tuesday's first race, Paquette will be high atop the grandstand, nervous but excited, and ready to make history.

“The best thing we can all hope for in this sport is to leave the game a little bit better than it was when we found it,” she said. “I hope to set a good example and make the road easier for the generation coming behind us. If I can inspire one little girl who thinks this is possible for her and then comes and does it better than me then I'd be thrilled.”

Examples of females calling races are few and far between. Angela Hermann briefly held the job at Golden Gate Fields in 2016 after Michael Wrona left but was eventually replaced by Matt Dinerman. In the early sixties, Ann Elliott served as the announcer at Jefferson Downs in New Orleans for about four years. Nearly sixty years after Elliott's time at Jefferson, no other female had been hired as the full-time announcer at a U.S. track.

Paquette got into this by accident. In 2014, she was working in the marketing and publicity departments at Suffolk Down when regular announcer and TDN contributor T.D. Thornton couldn't get to the track because he was delayed by, of all things, a tornado. She was called upon to fill in. Thornton eventually made it to the track and Paquette went back to her other duties, which included serving as the track's simulcast host and paddock analyst.

She remained at Suffolk until 2019 when the track closed its doors for good. She felt lost.

“When Suffolk closed it was a huge existential crisis for me,” Paquette said. “Working in racing isn't just something I do, it is who I am. I didn't know what the future was going to look like.”

Paquette didn't mind traveling and would catch on as the simulcast analyst at Colonial Downs and Sam Houston. At Sam Houston last summer, management allowed her to call some of the Quarter-Horse races. She estimates that she has called 50 races total.

“When I called the Quarter Horses at Sam Houston this past summer I had such a good time,” she said. “By the third day I started to feel less like I was filling in and more like it was something I really wanted to do. I was open to trying to find an announcing position somewhere. When it turned out that Chris was moving on my name came up and I said 'Why not? Let's talk.'”

She had the backing of Griffin, who has also been hired as the announcer at Monmouth Park.

“She knows what this means and it means a lot to many people,” Griffin said. “I'm looking forward to her getting into the booth and excited for her to make her debut Tuesday. We have a tremendous team at Parx and she will fit right in. It's great to see. It's time for some new voices in this sport. She is a professional through and through and can handle this. I'm very excited that she is getting this chance and like everyone else I am looking forward to it.”

Paquette said Griffin is among a group of male announcers who have taken her under their wing and encouraged her to seek an announcing job.

“Some of my closest friends in the industry are announcers,” she said. “Jason Beem is one of my best friends. Chris Griffin and I have become very close. They both were really encouraging. Of course, coming up through Suffolk Downs we have Larry Collmus and T.D. Thornton and they set the bar high. Frank Mirahmadi has been extremely encouraging and offered such helpful criticism since I got my feet wet with the Quarter Horses.”

Having had relatively little experience as an announcer, Paquette said she has been preparing by practicing calling races over television.

“It's not the same when it's not real because you don't get that stomach-throbbing sense of brief terror as the gates are about to open,” she said. “That's something you can't recreate.”

Will that “sense of brief terror” go away on Tuesday?

“I hope it doesn't because it's all about the excitement and the adrenaline involved with being part of the sport we love,” she said. “My standard anxiety level is probably a 7 ½ on a scale of 1 to 10. So I'm going to be excited and nervous. But that's a good thing.”

She looks back to that final day at Suffolk Downs and says she watched the last race ever run at the East Boston track from the roof and was crying. Never did she imagine what was to come.

“I've been very fortunate that horses and horse racing have brought me to places I never thought possible in life,” Paquette said. “For me this at this point in my career, I've had lot of fun in the paddock, talking about handicapping and racing. But this, the announcing job, is an opportunity do something where I get to be the only one. It's a real honor.”

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