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Keeneland 2022 January Horses of All Ages Sale Catalog Now Online

Keeneland has cataloged 1,516 horses–broodmares and broodmare prospects, yearlings and horses of racing age along with stallions and stallion prospects–for its 2022 January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will present four sessions from Jan. 10-13.

The January Sale catalog is available online at Keeneland.com. Print catalogs are scheduled to be delivered the week of Dec. 20.

“Given the dynamic markets we've seen in September and November, the January Sale will offer breeders another terrific opportunity to acquire quality broodmares and broodmare prospects in advance of the breeding season,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “Additionally, horsemen with an eye toward the race track can shop a nice selection of short yearlings and horses of racing age to round out their orders.”

For the January Sale, Keeneland once again will offer online and phone bidding to accommodate buyers who cannot attend. More information for prospective buyers, including accessing the Keeneland Sales Portal, can be found by clicking here.

Sale schedule

The four sessions of the January Sale all begin at 10 a.m. ET. The sale schedule is as follows:

Book 1 on Monday, Jan. 10 and Tuesday, Jan. 11.

Book 2 on Wednesday, Jan. 12 and Thursday, Jan. 13.

The entire January Sale will be livestreamed at Keeneland.com. TVG2 will feature live coverage of the first two days of the sale, and the entire sale will be shown on the Watch TVG App.

Successful stallions represented

A number of prominent stallions and emerging young sires are represented in the January Sale catalog with in-foal mares and yearlings. Among them are mares in foal to GI Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year Authentic, the leading covering sire at the November Breeding Stock Sale.

Additional covering sires include American Pharoah, Audible, City of Light, Constitution, Ghostzapper, Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Justify, Kitten's Joy, Liam's Map, Medaglia d'Oro, Mendelssohn, Munnings, Speightstown, Street Sense, Twirling Candy and War Front.

Also cataloged are broodmares carrying the final foals by Bernardini, English Channel, Laoban and Malibu Moon.

Yearlings in the catalog include those by stallions whose first weanlings were popular at the November Sale. Sires include Audible, Catalina Cruiser, Mitole, Omaha Beach and Vino Rosso.

Other cataloged yearlings are by such popular stallions as American Pharoah, City of Light, Constitution, Ghostzapper, Good Magic, Gun Runner, Hard Spun, Justify, Liam's Map, Medaglia d'Oro, Mendelssohn, Munnings, Not This Time, Nyquist, Practical Joke, Quality Road, Speightstown, Street Sense, Twirling Candy, Uncle Mo and War Front.

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HISA Submits Draft Safety Regulations To FTC

Edited Press Release

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (the Authority) formally submitted draft Racetrack Safety regulations to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Dec. 6 for review, public comment and final approval with an effective date of July 1, 2022.

The draft rules reflect significant work by the Authority's Racetrack Safety Committee and input from a broad range of regulators, experts, other industry stakeholders and the general public. The rules will establish a national, uniform program including pre-race veterinary inspections, voided claim rules, racetrack surface maintenance, and the gathering of medications, treatment, and injury data.

In addition, the Authority notified the FTC of the Authority's intent to file final draft rules for the Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) program later in December, prior to the new year. To date, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has led the process of authoring draft rules for the program in coordination with the Authority's ADMC Committee, led by Adolpho Birch. As explained in the formal waiver request, the Authority and USADA are continuing to finalize the terms of the agreement under which USADA will operate as the independent enforcement agency for the new rules. The organizations will also continue to evolve and refine the draft ADMC rules to take into account industry and public feedback.

“We are pleased to have submitted the draft Racetrack Safety rules which will make the sport safer for both equine and human athletes and thank the Authority's Racetrack Safety Committee for their hard work,” said Charles Scheeler, Chairman of the Authority's Board of Directors. “In addition, we are deeply grateful for the diligence, expertise and leadership of USADA and the ADMC Committee in developing comprehensive draft ADMC rules in a remarkably short period of time. We are also grateful for the feedback we received from all segments of the racing community regarding these draft rules. We look forward to continuing our partnership as we finalize and operationalize new, nationwide regulations to ensure the integrity and safety of the sport.”

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$5K Multiple Medication Fine For Miller

Trainer Peter Miller has been fined $5,000 and assessed one half (1/2) point in accordance with the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) multiple medication violations rule as a result of Mr. Dougie Fresh (Ghostzapper) testing positive for phenylbutazone after working at San Luis Rey Downs on Sept. 13, according to a Los Alamitos board of stewards ruling Sunday.

Phenylbutazone–more commonly referred to as just “bute”–is a class 4, category C drug. This constituted Miller's third class 4 medication violation in California in 365 days.

On Sept. 2, Miller was fined $1,500 and assessed one half point in accordance with the CHRB's multiple medication violations rule as a consequence of Mo Forza (Uncle Mo) testing positive for phenylbutazone after working at San Luis Rey Downs June 19, 2021.

Mo Forza subsequently won a brace of GII races at Del Mar and Santa Anita–the Del Mar Mile S. and the City of Hope Mile S.

On April 10, Miller was fined $500 after Hembree (Proud Citizen) tested positive for Isoflupredone, a 4C penalty regulated drug, after winning the seventh race at Santa Anita Park Jan. 1.

When asked about the three class 4 medication violations this year, Miller pointed to California's relatively recently instituted out of competition medication regulations.

“Two of the violations were in morning workouts, that wouldn't have been violations in any other state in the country,” he wrote.

Last month, Miller announced that he was taking a hiatus from training, in order to spend “more time with his family, focus on overall health and wellness, and pursue other interests.”

The hiatus, which according to a press release started Nov. 29, is expected to leave the everyday running of the barn in the hands of his assistant, Ruben Alvarado. Miller, however, will still maintain an advisory position along with his role as an owner, the release stated.

According to Equibase, Miller has no horses entered under his name. He did, however, claim Manhattan Up (Into Mischief) out of the Robertino Diodoro barn for $50,000 at Oaklawn Park on Sunday. Miller is listed as the new trainer.

For the past three years–and in light of the 2019 Santa Anita welfare crisis–the state's regulatory agency has markedly tightened the rules surrounding equine safety, placing an emphasis on the role of trainer responsibility.

As such, speculation had been mounting for some time that Miller has been the target of increased regulatory scrutiny due to five horses in his care suffering catastrophic injuries during 2021–the highest number of any single trainer in California this year.

Miller addressed those rumors in the press release, stating that his decision had not been triggered by any outside regulatory pressure.

As per the Oaklawn claim, Miller wrote in his text, “We are sending a string to Arkansas but will run under an assistant.”

Miller also addressed via text the equine fatalities he has incurred during a 12-month period. He wrote that the fatalities were “100% unavoidable,” which included three horses that incurred catastrophic shoulder injuries after layoffs. These specific injuries are often difficult to diagnose.

“Perfectly sound horses and my first and only heart attack in 35 years training,” he wrote, pointing also to Rustic Canyon (Unusual Heat), a 6-year-old gelding who suffered a sudden cardiac death during training at San Luis Rey on Feb. 26.

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Prairie Meadows to Race 84 Dates in 2022

Prairie Meadows 2022 live racing season will begin Friday, May 13 and conclude Sunday, Oct. 2, the track announced Monday. A total of 84 racing days will be scheduled with both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing offered. The dates have been approved by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC).

The season begins with 22 days of Thoroughbred-only racing from May 13-June 18 and continues with a mixed Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse schedule of 60 race days along with two additional days of Thoroughbred-only racing to be held Thursday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Oct. 2.

Live racing will be offered on a Friday-Monday schedule with the exception of the final week of racing, which will feature a Thursday-Sunday schedule. Information on post times, special race days, events, and holiday racing will be announced at a later date.

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