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The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation will host its annual Fashionable Fillies Luncheon in Saratoga at Saratoga National Golf Club on Monday, Aug. 7.

The luncheon will honor Libby Imperio, a longtime supporter of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation, horse owner, and president of the Belmont Child Care Association. Outside of racing, Imperio has been a member of CME-Nymex for more than 20 years, trading for herself in world energy markets and specializing in precious metals.

This year's Fashionable Fillies Luncheon has an exciting new theme, “A Day at the Spa!” Guests will celebrate and explore the beauty and wellness realm with special guest Heather Thomson, CEO, inventor, health and wellness expert, and reality TV star. Heather will lead a discussion with Denise Dubois, founder of Complexions Spa & Dubois Beauty & Wellness. The event will also feature teasers of spa and salon services, including skin consultations, and pop-up shopping featuring skincare and relaxation products, loungewear brands from Violet's of Saratoga, and Beyond Fresh, Thomson's premium line of whole food powder supplements.

The luncheon will offer an infused water and herbal tea bar, Jackson Family wines, and a fresh and colorful food menu.

“We are so excited to have a new theme for Fashionable Fillies Saratoga, a city known for being a wellness escape. We have partnered with Denise and Complexions Spa over the years, and they have always been an amazing resource. We're especially excited to join forces with Heather and learn more about her experience in the health and wellness sphere. Heather is a native of the Capital Region, and we're excited to welcome her back,” said Shannon Kelly, executive director of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation. “Having Libby as our honoree is a great fit, as her dedication to and care for the backstretch community in New York is apparent in her role at Belmont Childcare Association. Libby has supported Fashionable Fillies for many years and always comes dressed to impress!”

A donation to Belmont Childcare Association's Saratoga center, Faith's House, will be made in Imperio's honor.

Fashionable Fillies Saratoga has traditionally been Safety Net's premier fundraiser.

Tickets ($150) and sponsorship opportunities are available at tinyurl.com/SaraFF23.

The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation is a charitable trust that provides, on a confidential basis, financial relief to needy members of the Thoroughbred industry and their families. Recipients of the Safety Net Foundation's support represent virtually every facet of the Thoroughbred industry, from jockeys, trainers, exercise riders, and grooms to office personnel and other employees of racetracks, racing organizations, and breeding farms. Assistance can come in any number of forms, including financial aid for basic living expenses such as rent and household bills, and for medication, surgical, and hospital costs. Since 1985, The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation has provided more than $16 million in assistance.

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According to a ruling posted Tuesday to the Association of Racing Commissioners International website, trainer Wesley Ward has been suspended 15 days and fined $2,000 over a positive test on July 15, 2022, at Monmouth Park.

Ward trainee Insanity It Seems won the first race on that date, and later returned positive tests for both naproxen and metformin. An evidentiary hearing was conducted before the Monmouth Park Board of Stewards on Feb. 28, 2023.

Under the absolute insurer rule, the New Jersey Racing Commission stewards issued a 15-day suspension, from June 23, 2023, through and including July 7, 2023, as well as a fine of $2,000. Insanity It Seems was disqualified and purse money ordered redistributed.

According to medlineplus.gov, metformin (a Class B drug under ARCI classifications) is used to treat type 2 diabetes by decreasing the amount of glucose absorbed from food and the amount of glucose made by the liver; it also increases the body's response to insulin. Metformin has been examined in several studies regarding equine metabolic syndrome.

Ward had another metformin positive in Kentucky when his trainee Averly Jane tested positive for the drug in the $150,000 Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs on April 28, 2021. He was issued a 30-day suspension in that case, served in 2022 from Jan. 26 through Feb. 9, inclusive, with 15 days stayed provided Ward did not have an additional Class A or B positive within 365 days from the date of the ruling. The ruling was dated Jan. 25, 2022.

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Four stakes worth a guaranteed $300,000 will be run during the upcoming September Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos.

The six-day meet is scheduled to begin Friday, Sept. 15 and continue through Sunday, Sept. 24. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday both weeks (Sept. 15-17 and Sept. 22-24). Post time will be 1 p.m.

The first stakes race – the $75,000-guaranteed E.B. Johnston – will be offered Saturday, Sept. 16. A one-mile race, the Johnston is restricted to 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California.

Fillies and mares (3-year-olds & up) will get together the following day in the $75,000-guaranteed Dark Mirage at the same distance as the Johnston.

The remaining pair will be offered the final weekend. Three-year-olds & up will compete in the $75,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Special at 1 1/16 miles Saturday, Sept. 23 and the closing day program Sunday, Sept. 24 will be headlined by the $75,000-guaranteed Capote for 2-year-olds at 6 ½ furlongs.

The September Thoroughbred meet stakes schedule:

Saturday, Sept. 16: E.B. Johnston Stakes (3-Year-Olds & Up, California bred or sired) – One Mile $75,000

Sunday, Sept. 17: Dark Mirage Stakes (3-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares) – One Mile $75,000

Saturday, Sept. 23: Los Alamitos Special One Mile & One Sixteenth $75,000 – 3-Year-Olds & Up

Sunday, Sept. 24: Capote Stakes Six & One Half Furlongs $75,000 – 2-Year-Olds

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The New York State Gaming Commission has approved for public comment a new rule that would require a trainer's attending veterinarian to examine a horse withing 72 hours before a race, as well as within 72 hours before a workout, according to the Thoroughbred Daily News. This is in addition to the NYSGC-mandated state veterinarian exam on race day.

The proposed change to Rule 4007.5, which deals with qualifications to start, will be published in the New York State Register for the public's review, after which it would need to be approved via a final vote by the commission at a future meeting.

According to a brief written by NYSGC general counsel Edmund Burns, included in the informational packet for the June 26 monthly meeting, “the proposal is intended to minimize the risks of injury to horses that are unfit to perform.”

Burns continued:

“The proposed rule would require such attending-veterinarian examinations to include, without limitation, a close inspection of the eyes, examination of the legs, and observation of the horse at rest and while in motion. Following a determination that the horse is either fit to race or to work out, the  attending veterinarian and trainer would be obligated to inform the racing association's veterinarian of any changes in the horse's fitness before race day or the workout, as the case may be. The evaluation of the horse's fitness to race or work out, as the case may be, would be required to be reported in a manner the Commission directs. The term “workout” would be defined, for clarity.

“Significant injuries can occur if a horse that is already suffering from an injury or illness continues to race or participate in workouts. Exacerbation of such injuries or illnesses could disrupt further racing or training and lead to elevated risk to the horse of further injury, catastrophic breakdown or death. An injured or sick horse is not capable of exerting its best effort during racing or training and the horse's body cannot fully absorb the stresses that racing or working out can impose.

“New York rules currently require a horse being examined by the racing association's veterinarian on race day for the express purpose of evaluating the horse's fitness to race. See 9 NYCRR § 4007.1. Adding the requirement for an examination by the attending veterinarian provides additional safeguards by ensuring an evaluation by a veterinarian with knowledge of the particular horse, while maintaining the examination by the racing association's veterinarian as an additional level of review. Furthermore, adding the requirement for examinations prior to workouts will implement equivalent protections for training.”

Similar rules have been in place in Kentucky since 2020. Pursuant to Kentucky Horse Racing Commission regulation, all horses must have an exam performed by a trainer's veterinarian within the three (3) days preceding a race entry. This exam is to be documented by the trainer's veterinarian and he/she will include their findings on their daily treatment records submitted to the KHRC. Churchill Downs and Keeneland added an additional layer of scrutiny: all horses must have an exam performed by a trainer's veterinarian within the five (5) days preceding a timed workout, per Horsemen-Veterinarian Agreement. This exam is to be documented by a trainer's veterinarian and turned in to both KHRC and (at Churchill and Trackside) CD Equine Medical Director.

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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