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Birdstone, Cape Canaveral Yearlings Top CTHS Alberta Sale

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A colt by Cape Canaveral and a filly by Birdstone brought in top price of $35,000 during the 2022 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale Friday, Sept. 16 at Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta.

With a total of 40 yearlings sold, revenue from the 2022 sale increased to $443,600 this year and the average price rose to $11,090. In 2021, the sale grossed $405,600 for 37 yearlings and an average of $10,962.

Purchased by agent Karlene Kingston, the Cape Canaveral colt, consigned by Starline Thoroughbreds, is out of the Kafwain mare, Lil Missknowitall, who has produced 3 winners to date, including the Alberta Champion 2-and 3-year-old filly, Pearl of Knowledge ($207,825) and CTHS Alberta Sales S. winner Common Knowledge ($102,892).

The co-session topper, consigned by Moonshine Meadow Ranch, is out of Silkworm, winner of the Freedom of the City S. Silkworm has produced two foals to race, both winners, including Victory Built ($207,016).

Starline Thoroughbreds was the leading consignor both by average and gross sales with three yearlings consigned for total sales of $96,000 and an average of $32,000.

The leading purchaser by gross sales were Carole and Jim Barker and Red Ron Farms who purchased two yearlings consigned by Stone Ranches and Boe and Janet Stone for a total of $54,000. Their new acquisitions included a gelding by Ransom the Moon out of Carolina Station and a Gormley filly out of Ron Rhonda.

Seven horses were purchased through online bidding this year, the most in the three years this option has been offered. CTHS Alberta Sale was able to provide real time viewing and online bidding through a partnership with Direct Livestock Marketing Services (DLMS).

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What’s In A Name: Mendel’s Secret

4th-Kentucky Downs, $156,800, Msw, 9-1, 2yo, 1mT, 1:37.03, fm, nose. MENDEL'S SECRET (c, 2, Mendelssohn–Donnie's Secret, by Tiger Ridge) O-Turman Racing Stable, LLC; B-Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Michael J. Maker

The name of Kentucky Downs 9-1-2022 brave post-to-post winner MENDEL'S SECRET (2yo, Mendelssohn–Donnie's Secret, by Tiger Ridge) is intriguing on many levels. It is very likely that there is a close connection with up-and-coming freshman sire MENDELSSOHN (2015 Bay Horse by Scat Daddy out of Leslie's Lady, by Tricky Creek), named after the great Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). But Mendel is also the name of Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a solitary genius who is thought of as the founder of modern genetics. Brother Gregor had a family background in farming and experimented with crossing different plants, like, famously, green peas with yellow peas. Mendel was greatly respected by legendary thoroughbred breeder Federico Tesio (1869-1954), who gave him a whole chapter in his “Breeding The Racehorse” masterpiece, with the title of the opening paragraph titled simply “Mendelism”. What Tesio writes to have learned from a lightning-quick reading of a book borrowed by a fellow train traveler between Pisa and Rome (the wizard of Dormello loved colorful tales) is that the racehorse is a hybrid, just like the dissimilar peas of Mendel, and therefore subject to the “laws” discovered by the monk – that is, the merry dance of “dominant” and “recessive” characters choreographed in the abbot's experiments. There is a lovely twist in the story: some modern scholars have questioned the outcomes of Mendel's experiments, deemed too consistent not to be suspicious – so much so that they have coined the expression “Mendelian Paradox” to indicate reported data that, statistically, are too good to be true. I feel a new name coming on.

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Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge Registration Kicks Off

Registration for the 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) opened Thursday. In its 14th year, the challenge will crown the winner with the highest accumulated bankroll at the end of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships. This year's Breeders' Cup will be held at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 4-5.

The 2022 BCBC total cash prize pool is expected to be $1.25 million based upon a minimum of 500 players registered. Players may participate in the BCBC from Keeneland (host site), official satellite locations at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.

Players can also participate online at www.TVG.com–the official wagering partner of the Breeders' Cup–Xpressbet.com, NYRA Bets (non-New York State residents only), 4NJBets.com (New Jersey residents only) and HPIbet.com (Canadian residents only).

For the 2022 BCBC, a $2,500 buy-in and $7,500 betting bankroll ($10,000 total) are required of each player. All buy-in monies are applied to the prize pool. Players can bet into the Win, Place, Show, Exacta, Trifecta, and Daily Double pools with their $7,500 bankroll over the two days (22 races) and keep all monies earned from their betting.

To register now and view the complete 2022 Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge rules and information, go to www.BreedersCup.com/BCBC.

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Bolt d’Oro Colt Looks To Double Up in Japan

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Chukyo and Nakayama Racecourses:

Saturday, September 24, 2022
4th-CKO, ¥13,400,000 ($94k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m
CELADONITE (JPN) (f, 2, Mendelssohn–Celadon, by Gold Halo {Jpn}) is the first Japanese-foaled produce for her well-traveled dam, whose best produce to date was the very talented Copano Kicking (Spring At Last), a three-time Group 3 winner in Japan and a veteran of three starts overseas, including a thrilling victory in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint in 2021. A sound fourth in defense of that title this past February, he was injured in the days leading up to this year's G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen and was retired. Celadon was sent to India in 2016 and produced two winners from as many foals in that country, then returned to the U.S. in 2019 where she was covered by this sire and subsequently exported to Japan. Celadonite debuts in the colors of Silk Racing and has Christophe Lemaire in the irons. B-Northern Racing

 

 

 

 

5th-CKO, ¥13,400,000 ($94k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT
RAIJIN (JPN) (c, 2, Speightstown–Kensington, by Kitten's Joy) is the first foal from a winning daughter of Irish Group 3 winner Rum Charger (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}), who counts four-time Grade I winner Winchester (Theatrical {Ire}) and dual Grade III winner Middleburg (Lemon Drop Kid) among her seven to taste victory at least once. Kensington was purchased for $130,000 with this foal in utero at the 2019 Keeneland November Sale, was shipped to Japan and produced this chestnut colt on St. Patrick's Day 2020. Raijin was offered at the 2021 JRHA Select Sale, where he was hammered down for the equivalent of $245,095. B-Yuki Dendo

9th-NKY, ¥30,400,000 ($213k), Allowance, 2yo, 1200mT
FROM DUSK (c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Foolish Cause, by Giant's Causeway) may not have been at his very best over a yielding turf course on Kokura debut Sept. 3, but managed to tough it out for a 3/4-length victory (video, SC 6). The April foal, a half-brother to SW Foolish Humor (Distorted Humor), is out of a half-sister to the late MGISW Get Stormy (Stormy Atlantic) and fetched $900,000 from trainer Hideyuki Mori at this year's OBS March Sale after making $200,000 as a Keeneland September yearling last fall. B-Springhouse Farm (KY)

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