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Crowds Capped at 1000 Per Day at Galway Summer Festival

There will be an attendance cap of just 1,000 spectators per day for the Galway Summer Festival. The week-long fixture features the Galway Plate and Galway Hurdle. Galway Racecourse had submitted a proposal of 5,000 fans a day through the turnstiles, but that was rejected by the Irish Government. Instead, the festival will have the same limit on spectators as the Irish Derby meeting at The Curragh earlier this summer. Ireland is still in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We got news last night that we will be able to host 1,000 spectators on each day of the summer festival,” said Galway Chief Executive Michael Moloney. “We know, given the support that we've got over the last couple of weeks, that this will be extremely disappointing news to all our fans who had been looking forward to the opportunity maybe of coming back to Ballybrit this year. In terms of our sponsors and everyone looking forward to a larger crowd this year, it is disappointing.

“On the upside it is 7,000 more people than we had this time last year–and for those that do manage to get to come to Ballybrit this year, we're delighted we'll have owners back and now a small amount of public on top of that. We certainly look forward to making it an event that will be worth being at.”

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Celebration Mile Among Possible Targets For Baaeed

Shadwell's progressive 3-year-old Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) could resurface next in Goodwood's G2 Celebration Mile on Aug. 28, according to Racing Manager Angus Gold, though connections are not yet closing the door on the G3 Thoroughbred S. at Glorious Goodwood on July 30 or the Aug. 15 G1 Prix Jacques le Marois in Deauville.

Trained by William Haggas, Baaeed broke his maiden at first asking on Leicester on June 7 before taking a Newmarket novice race by 7 1/2 lengths on June 19. He returned to the July Course to beat high-class 3-year-olds like One Ruler (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Listed Sir Henry Cecil S., winning by four lengths.

“I think Baaeed is a very good horse, hopefully,” said Gold. “I haven't discussed it any further with William as yet, but I think [Glorious] Goodwood is going to come too soon. He's had three races in relatively quick succession–he's gone from winning a maiden a month ago to suddenly being an impressive listed winner in a short space of time.

“There's the Celebration Mile at Goodwood at the end of August, or if [Haggas] wanted to go a step further there's the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville, but all the same problems apply in terms of getting to France these days. I'm waiting to have a chat with William once he's had a good look at the horse and see what he thinks. He might turn round and say 'he looks fine, let's go to Goodwood.' However, he did say he didn't want to overdo it because the horse is in a great place at the moment. He might be the best 3-year-old we have in training, so we've got to do the right thing by him.”

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Alpinista Camp Eyeing German Group 1

Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}), whose granddam Albanova (GB) (Alzao) won the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin in 2004, is under consideration for the same race at Hoppegarten on Aug. 8. Another potential target for the July 3 G2 Lancashire Oaks heroine is the G2 Qatar Lillie Langtry S. at Glorious Goodwood on July 31. The Kirsten Rausing silksbearer also captured the Apr. 30 Listed Daisy Warwick Fillies' S.

“She's fine,” said trainer Sir Mark Prescott. “She'll either go for the Lillie Langtry at Goodwood or she might go to Germany for the Group One there that Albanova won–who is, of course, her grandmother.”

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Japan’s LRC Appointed as IFHA Reference Lab

The Laboratory of Racing Chemistry, Japan (LRC) has been provisionally appointed as an International Federation of Horseracing Authorities Reference Laboratory after the IFHA Executive Council approved the appointment. Established in 1965, the LRC is an internationally accredited horse racing doping control laboratory primarily used to provide professional analytical testing services for the analysis of equine biological samples from horse racing and international equestrian events. LRC is the only equine drug testing laboratory in Japan, and its main role is to uphold the integrity of horse racing in Japan to ensure a level playing field for all stakeholders.

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