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Frank Conversation to Shuttle to Chile

Multiple graded stakes winner Frank Conversation (Quality Road–Rushen Heat, by Unusual Heat) will shuttle to Haras Santa Sara in Santiago, Chile for the 2020 Southern Hemisphere breeding season. The 7-year-old stallion just completed his second year at stud at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, New York.

“We’re thrilled with the quality of his first crop of foals and would love to see international success for the horse,” said Rockridge Stud’s Lere Visagie. “An opportunity to shuttle just seemed like a no-brainer.”

The deal was brokered by Bowling Bloodstock and Sullivan Bloodstock.

“We’ve had great success in the past with Santa Sara, most recently having sent Goldencents there,” Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock said. “They take very good care of the horses and we think Frank will be well-received there.”

Frank Conversation won the GII Twilight Derby and GIII El Camino Real Derby in 2016 for Reddam Racing and trainer Doug O’Neill. He was also third in that year’s GI Hollywood Derby.

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Letter to the Editor: Davant Latham

Until horses live in a laboratory environment, environmental contamination will occur…hich means zero tolerance is impossible. “Zero Tolerance” is a great soundbite, but unrealistic. The recent final disqualifications of Charlatan and Gamine from their Oaklawn victories for minute levels of lidocaine are ridiculous. A lidocaine backpatch could easily be the source of such a tiny amount, as could a simple caslick procedure on a filly or a “no itch” topical ointment.

Let’s also consider the amount of the banned substance in their systems. Charlatan tested positive with 46 picograms of lidocaine and Gamine tested positive with 185 picograms of lidocaine. I don’t know the weight of either horse, but for the sake of simple math, let’s assume they each weigh 1000 pounds: 1000 pounds = 453,592 grams = 453,592,000 milligrams = 453,592,000,000,000,000 picograms

Do we really believe 185 picograms of any substance will have any effect on a 453,592,000,000,000,000 picogram horse?!

I am all for fair competition and am not an apologist for anyone that intentionally cheats or schemes to illegally beat the system–those trainers and vets should be banned for life. But let’s go beyond soundbites for the media (“Zero Tolerance”) and govern racing with realistic rules while pursuing truly effective measures and punishments. Stall cameras, track employed veterinarians, all meds delivered from track-owned pharmacies, etc., are better ways of controlling the delivery system. And of course one national set of rules would help.

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July 19 Insights

PRICEY HARD SPUN FILLY DEBUTS AT ELLIS

8th-ELP, $37K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 5:10p.m.

Susan Moulton’s $560,000 KEESEP buy SARAH JOE (Hard Spun) makes her career bow in this test. Her unraced dam Castilla (Afleet Alex) is a half to MGISW Spain (Thunder Gulch), who is the dam of GSW & GISP Plan (Storm Cat). This is also the family of MG1SW Pleascach (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). TJCIS PPs

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Cat’s Pajamas Looks to Take Next Step in Lake Placid

Cat’s Pajamas (Street Sense) looks to score her third straight win as she steps up to black-type company Sunday in the GII Lake Placid S. at Saratoga. Off the board in her first two attempts on the main track for former trainer Bill Mott, the bay was transferred to Graham Motion, who switched her to the grass. Graduating in her turf bow at Churchill May 17, she captured an allowance on the lawn at Belmont June 14.

Lashara (GB) (American Pharoah) was the runner-up in that Belmont allowance and takes another crack at her foe here. Eighth when unveiled in a main track sprint at Gulfstream Mar. 15, she broke her maiden next out on that venue’s turf course Apr. 11.

Speaktomeofsummer (Summer Front) hopes to make amends for a fourth-place finish in Belmont’s GIII Wonder Again S. June 20. Graduating at second asking in her first try on turf at Monmouth Sept. 28, the $135,000 KEENOV buy captured Aqueduct’s Chelsey Flower S. Nov. 3 and was making her seasonal bow last time in the Wonder Again.

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