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T.I.P. Names Non-Competition Award Winners

The Jockey Club (TJC) Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) has announced the 2022 recipients of its two non-competition awards, the T.I.P. Thoroughbred of the Year Award and the T.I.P. Young Rider of the Year Award.

The Thoroughbred of the Year Award, which recognizes a Thoroughbred that has excelled in a non-competitive career, such as equine-assisted therapy or police work, goes to “River,” a mare born in 2000 and raced as Teen Dancer (Mt. Magazine). River is a therapy horse at CORRAL, a nonprofit that equips adolescent girls in high-risk situations through a long-term, holistic program of equine therapy and education. The award includes a $5,000 grant to CORRAL.

“Like so many of our youth, River was rejected time and time again from her foster homes. It wasn't until she came to CORRAL that she found her forever home,” said Joy Currey, founder and executive director of CORRAL. “Now she helps young women find a place they can call their 'home-away-from-home' where they can access their bright, bright futures. River's intense spirit matches well with our rigorous college-preparatory environment and teaches our girls that they are capable of so much more than the world expects of them.”

Recipients of the Young Rider of the Year Award are Ashlynn Riley, Andie Sue Roth, and Erika Williams. The award recognizes riders 18 or younger who own or lease a Thoroughbred for use in 4-H, Pony Club, or other activities.

Riley, a T.I.P. ambassador, owns and events Mr Pappagiorgio (Holy Bull; barn name “George”) and will use her award to help with tuition of her online veterinary technician program at Penn Foster University and for training with George.

Roth uses Cape Royal (Anziyan Royalty) to do dressage. A Paralympic hopeful, Roth plans to use her award to continue training with Lisa Hellmer, the U.S. Para Equestrian Development Coach, in Ocala.

Williams owns and rides House of Troy (Distorted Humor; barn name “Troy”). She plans to use her award to ship Troy from her home in California to her college in Kentucky.

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Small Drop in Thoroughbred Foal Crop; 18,500 Projected for 2023

The North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop is projected to be 18,500 in 2023, The Jockey Club (TJC) reported Friday morning. This is 200 fewer foals than last year's estimate of 18,700 and represents the seventh straight year of decline. The last time numbers like this were seen was in 1965, when the foal crop was 18,846.

The high-water mark of 51,296 was reached in 1986. The crop has declined every year since then with the exception of 2015.

Additional foal crop information is available in TJC's online fact book.

The foal crop projection is computed by using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date for the 2022 breeding season. RMBs are to be filed by Aug. 1 of each breeding season. TJC is encouraging stallion owners who have not returned their RMBs for the 2022 breeding season to do so as soon as possible; it can be done online at registry.jockeyclub.com.

The 2020 foal crop, at 20,500, was the last time 20,000 foals were surpassed in a single year. Click here to download a historical table dating back to 1900.

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Rich Man Poor Man Crowned At The Jockey Club RoR National Championships

After five days of competition, Rich Man Poor Man (Ire) (Robin Des Champs {Fr}) was crowned the 2022 Supreme Champion at The Jockey Club RoR National Championships at the Aintree International Equestrian Centre on Saturday, Aug. 27. Ridden by Kristine Douglas, the former Philip Kirby trainee has blossomed since leaving the racecourse. Runner-up and Reserve Champion was last year's winner, Minella Rebellion (Ire) (King's Theatre {Ire}), with Katie Dashwood aboard.

A total of 280 former racehorses were entered to compete at Aintree over the five days in classes for dressage, arena eventing, show jumping and showing at Europe's largest event exclusively for retrained racehorses. Other showing class winners included Thistlecrack (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}), Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}), and American (Fr) (Malinas {Ger}), while Goldream (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) was runner-up in a dressage class. The Queen's horse, First Receiver (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), won the Tattersalls RoR Novice Showing Series Championship final.

Di Arbuthnot, RoR Chief Executive, said, “The Jockey Club RoR National Championships is a very special event with an atmosphere like no other. It was also notable this year how many fabulous looking older horses we had competing, not least the 20-year-old winner of the Elite Performance Award for dressage, My Diss Sire (GB) (Vettori {Ire}). Our thanks again to The Jockey Club and Aintree for their support and we are already looking forward to next year.”

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Ohio Trainer Suspended One Year For Class 1A Drug In Claimed Winner

The stewards at Thistledown have imposed a one-year suspension and $1,000 fine on trainer Alejandro Murillo Rodriguez after a 2-to-5 winning favorite from his stable tested positive for metabolites of the Class 1/Penalty Category A drug Nikethamide on June 21.

Murillo Rodriguez has appealed the penalties. Potentially complicating the adjudication is that the horse in question, Two Eagles (Morning Line), got claimed for $7,500 out of that sprint victory against fellow Ohio-breds. Two Eagles subsequently started and ran fifth for new connections on July 18. The stewards did note in the Aug. 8 ruling that the entire matter would be referred to the Ohio Racing Commission.

Nikethamide is a respiratory and circulatory stimulant that was developed in the mid-20th Century to reverse tranquilizer overdoses in humans. It is no longer used for that purpose because of the evolution of safer, more effective, medications and is not believed to be legally sold in the United States for any human or veterinary purpose.

But online searches bring up plenty of ways to acquire Nikethamide via sources in Argentina and Europe. The drug has gained black-market favor with high-altitude mountaineers who use it in lozenge form to gain a respiratory efficiency boost, despite the known risks to cardiac health.

The Ohio-based Murillo Rodriguez has been training since 2018. He currently has 15 wins from 113 starters this year. The website thoroughbredrulings.com that is maintained by The Jockey Club lists one previous drug infraction for Murillo Rodriguez, a $1,000 fine for a dexamethasone overage in a Mahoning Valley winner in 2020.

Class 1A medications on the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) Uniform Classification of Substances list are considered the most dangerous and harmful drugs, and thus carry the highest recommended penalties. The ARCI's recommended penalty for a first-time 1/A violation by a trainer is a minimum one-year suspension and a minimum fine of $10,000.

Decades ago, Nikethamide was abused by human athletes and administered to equine athletes to get them to run faster. It seemed to fade from the doping scene in the early 2000s decade, but has resurfaced sporadically since then in both human sports (professional tennis player Marin Cilic in 2013) and in racehorses.

Its recent detection in Thoroughbreds has resulted in penalties that have included a six-month trainer suspension and $5,000 fine (West Virginia in 2013) and a $75,000 fine and a four-year suspension (New Mexico in 2017).

According to the British Journal of Sports Medicine, “It is well known that Nikethamide is metabolized very rapidly…Hence, there is difficulty in proving that Nikethamide has been used as a doping substance.”

Unless he prevails with his appeal, Murillo Rodriguez's suspension starts Aug. 18 and will run through Aug. 17, 2023. Two Eagles has been disqualified from the victory for then-owner Murillo AAA Racing, with the purse money redistributed.

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