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Laurel Cancels Again

Laurel Park cancelled live racing again Friday, Jan. 7, due to winter weather that disrupted the area and later added that racing would be cancelled through the weekend, according to a press release from the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC). A Monday snowstorm had resulted in the cancellation of training earlier in the week and the Maryland track also cancelled live racing Thursday. A fresh storm was sweeping through the area Thursday night and Friday morning, with Aqueduct also cancelling Friday's card.

Laurel will remain open for simulcasting, as will Pimlico, Rosecroft, and the MJC OTB Network.

Live racing at Laurel is scheduled to resume Saturday, Jan. 8, with first post at 12:25 p.m.

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Aqueduct Cancels Friday Card

Live racing and simulcasting has been canceled at Aqueduct Friday due to a winter storm impacting the New York Metropolitan area, according to a press release from the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA). Snow was falling heavily in the area Friday morning, and up to six inches of snow is expected.

New York City remains under a winter weather advisory, with the National Weather Service forecasting continued high winds and heavy snow into Friday afternoon. “As a result, NYRA has canceled Friday's eight-race card in the interest of the safety of all participants,” the release said.

Live racing at Aqueduct is expected to resume Saturday, Jan. 8 with a nine-race card headlined by the $100,000 Say Florida Sandy. First post on Saturday is 12:20 p.m. Eastern.

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Speightster Relocating to Ontario

Speightster (Speightstown–Dance Swiftly, by Danzig) has been purchased by Jay and Christine Hayden's Saintsbury Farms to stand the 2022 season at Northern Dawn Stables Inc., Hillsburgh, Ontario, Canada in a deal brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock. A top-five second-crop sire in 2021 with progeny earnings approaching $4.3 million, the 'TDN Rising Star' previously stood at WinStar Farm. He will command a fee of C$6,500 this term.

“Canadian breeders will surely take note of the tremendous opportunity Speightster affords,” said Chad Schumer. “He is among the leading second-crop sires, behind only Not This Time, Nyquist, Frosted and Runhappy, and ahead of Laoban, Upstart, Outwork, Protonico, Brody's Cause and Mshawish among others.

“He immediately steps in as the second-ranked stallion in Ontario with bigger things to come from such as [Canadian] stakes winners Aubrieta and Dreaming of Drew and Tough To Tame, second in the GIII Iroquois at Churchill Downs and a Kentucky Derby contender.”

Speightster won the first three starts of his four-race career, capped by a clear victory in the 2015 GIII Dwyer S. His extremely strong pedigree will be particularly familiar to Canadian breeders, as his dam is a full-sister to Canadian Horse of the Year Dance Smartly from an extremely deep Sam-Son family of Canadian champions and Classic winners like Classy 'n Smart, Dancethruthedawn, Scatter the Gold, Say the Word, Hello Seattle and El Tormenta, top sire and GISW Smart Strike, et al.

“In terms of pedigree, all one can say is 'Wow,'” Schumer added. “By leading sire and sire of sires Speightstown and out of a Danzig half-sister to Smart Strike.”

For inquiries, contact Sherry McLean at 416-576-3815, sherrymclean88@gmail.com; or Bernard McCormack at 905-261-8852.

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Media Eclipse Awards Announced

Winners of the six Media Eclipse Awards for 2021 were announced Thursday and are as follows:

Feature/Commentary Writing – Sandra McKee, Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, “A Jockey's Life. Baltimore's Adams Set Riding Record in 1930”; June 2021.

News/Enterprise Writing – Eric Mitchell, Bloodhorse.com, “Tracks Join Rallying Cry to End Cargo Shipping”; Aug. 24, 2021.

Television – Live Racing Programming – NBC Sports, “The Breeders' Cup World Championships,” Nov. 6, 2021 on NBC; Billy Matthews and Lindsay Schanzer, Producers.

Television – Features – NBC Sports “Hot Rod Charlie,” Apr. 30, 2021 on NBCSN; Sam Flood, Executive Producer; Rob Hyland, Coordinating Producer; Jack Felling, Coordinating Producer; David Picker, Senior Feature Producer and Annie Koeblitz, Producer.

Audio/Multi-Media Internet – Attheraces.com “Breeders' Cup Magical Moments,” Oct. 25, 2021; Matthew Taylor, Director of New Media and Innovation; Peter Fornatale, writer and interviewer and Naomi Tukker, interviewer.

Photography – Jeff Faughender, courier-journal.com (Louisville Courier-Journal); “Between the Shadows,” May 1, 2021.

Media Eclipse Award winners will be presented their trophies at the 51st annual Eclipse Awards Ceremony and Dinner, to be held this year at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Feb. 10.

For more information, visit ntra.com/eclipse-awards/

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