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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Haskell Preview And Question Time

The $1 million Haskell Stakes highlights a huge day at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., on Saturday, with the Grade 1 race for 3-year-olds one of five graded stakes to be run on a 14-race program.

In this week's Friday Show, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills handicap the Haskell, led by G1 Santa Anita Derby winner Taiba, whose trainer, Bob Baffert, has won the race a record nine times since 2001.

Second choice on the Haskell morning line is the unbeaten Jack Christopher, who comes off a G1 victory in the Woody Stephens Stakes on Belmont Stakes day in New York. Paulick points out that Jack Christopher's trainer, Chad Brown, has favorites in the other four graded stakes on the card, the Monmouth Cup, Matchmaker, Molly Pitcher, and United Nations, and that it's a real possibility he could sweep all five stakes.

In addition to their review of the Haskell, Paulick and Nevills answer reader questions on a variety of topics sent in via Ask Ray or social media channels.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Finding Winners In Saratoga With Andrew Champagne

The elite Saratoga Race Course meet offers some of the most appealing wagering opportunities on the calendar, and few in recent history have been able to find winners at the upstate New York track like Andrew Champagne.

Champagne, a content manager at Catena Media and formerly of the Daily Racing Form and TVG, is a five-time leading handicapper in The Saratogian's Pink Sheet, and he's a two-time all-media public handicapping champion for the Saratoga meet.

In 2021, he selected an impressive 142 winners in The Pink Sheet over the course of the season to lead all public media handicappers.

On this week's episode of The Friday Show, Champagne joins bloodstock editor Joe Nevills in the midst of opening weekend in Saratoga to share some tips on how to find winners at one of the sport's showcase meetings.

Champagne shares what makes a horse stands out in the past performances, what makes a runner an automatic toss, unsung trainers and jockeys who traditionally step their games up for Saratoga, and more.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Lisa Lazarus Reviews First Week Under HISA Guidelines

After much buildup and speculation, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority began enforcing its first set of guidelines earlier this month.

On this week's episode of The Friday Show, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss speak with HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus about the first days of HISA enforcement. The first round of HISA guidelines primarily concern registration of covered persons and horses, as well as various racetrack safety measures.

Lazarus discusses what went well over the first week, what items could be improved upon after being applied in a live setting, and she answers questions from Paulick Report readers.

Lazarus was named CEO of HISA in February. She established and leads the Equestrian Practice at Morgan Sports Law, where she provides counsel on health and safety issues and rule compliance in addition to representing athletes, owners and trainers in disputes before national and international governing bodies.

Her previous experience includes time with Fédération Equestre Internationale, the international governing body for equestrian sports, and the National Football League.

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The Friday Show Presented By Monmouth Park: Amplifying Welfare And Safety Summit

The Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, established in 2006 out of concern over the industry's response to Barbaro's severe injury in the previous year's Preakness, was held for the 10th time on June 22.

It has become an important gathering for those in the scientific, research and veterinary communities working to make racing as safe as possible, and for laypeople – stakeholders and the general public – to learn about the many advancements that have been made or are in progress to help in the area of injury prevention.

Annise Montplaisir, equine education coordinator for the Kentucky Equine Education Project Foundation, emceed the Summit and she joins Ray Paulick and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth – who covered it for Paulick Report – to share some of the key takeaways. Of great interest to both Montplaisir and Hackbarth were positive emission tomography (PET) scans of racehorse fetlocks that can help trainers manage their horses' schedules and the “wearable technology” research that's been done at New York Racing Association tracks. Data from the wearable microchips can show movement abnormalities that can detect potential problems in a horse.

Montplaisir, co-founder of Amplify Horse Racing, also explains her goals for that organization, which is designed to help newcomers learn more about the industry and potential careers in racing.

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