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Rock Your World Retired To Spendthrift

Rock Your World (Candy Ride {Arg}–Charm the Maker, by Empire Maker), who defeated GI Kentucky Derby winner and GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up Medina Spirit (Protonico) in the GI Runhappy Santa Anita Derby in his first start on the dirt, has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2022 at Spendthrift Farm. The nursery had previous announced the acquisition in last April.

The handy winner of a six-furlong turf sprint on career debut at Santa Anita Jan. 1, the $650,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase took the one-mile Pasadena S. Feb. 27 by a widening 2 1/4-lengths and proved not for catching in the Santa Anita Derby, reporting home a 4 1/4-length winner. Compromised by a horrendous start in the Run for the Roses, Rock Your World was a battling runner-up in the Shared Belief S. at Del Mar Aug. 29, dropping a 1 1/4-length decision to Medina Spirit. Bred by Ron and Deborah McAnally and trained by John Sadler for Hronis Racing and Talla Racing, Rock Your World retires with a record of 7-3-1-0 and earnings of $612,100.

Rock Your World's dam was a stakes winner and twice placed at Grade I level going long as a 2-year-old and is also responsible for GSP She's Our Charm (Candy Ride {Arg}) and a yearling Curlin colt that fetched $825,000 from D. Hatman Thoroughbreds at this year's Keeneland September sale.

Rock Your World is a maternal grandson of GSW Charm The Giant (Ire) (Giant's Causeway), the dam of GSW Liam the Charmer (Smart Strike), while MGSW/GISP third dam Olympic Charmer (Olympio) also bred MGSP Charming Legacy (Ire) (Danehill), whose daughter Light of Darkness (Red Rocks {Ire}) won this year's G3 Istanbul Trophy in addition to the Turkish 1000 Guineas.

“Rock Your World is a fast Santa Anita Derby winner with a wonderful blend of looks, pedigree and sire power,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general manager. “He's a $650,000 yearling and you can see why. He's one imposing individual and as good-looking of a Candy Ride as you'll find. Rock Your World possesses a true classic dirt pedigree, with Empire Maker and Giant's Causeway as his first two broodmare sires. We believe there's a lot to like, especially through our Share The Upside program. We will begin showing Rock Your World today and I invite all breeders to come out and see him.”

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McAnally-Trained Mare DQ’d In Year-Old CBD Case

A mare trained by 89-year-old Hall-of-Fame trainer Ron McAnally has been disqualified after winning a race at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club last November and subsequently testing positive for a metabolite of cannabidiol (CBD).

A separate hearing to determine if McAnally will be further sanctioned will go before a hearing officer, California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) spokesperson Mike Marten told TDN.

[Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated McAnally had avoided being fined or suspended after the issuance of the CHRB's Nov. 12 ruling mandating the DQ.]

Roses and Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}), the nose victress of a Nov. 22, 2020, starter-allowance turf sprint tested positive post-race for 7-Carboxy-Cannabidiol.

The case stood out at the time the complaint was issued back in May for three reasons:

Firstly, it took nearly a half-year between the positive test and the issuance of a complaint.

Secondly, with regard to a possible accidental contamination, soon after the finding was discovered, jockey Geovanni Franco approached the CHRB to disclose that he had used a CBD-containing cream himself, perhaps triggering the mare's positive test when he rode her.

Thirdly, regarding the mechanism for penalization, CBD was not listed as a classified substance at the time the positive finding came back.

In California, by default, any unclassified positives are supposed to be treated as the most-severe Class 1, Penalty Category A violations. And under CHRB rules, such a serious first-time violation can lead to a minimum one-year suspension or a maximum three-year suspension, with a maximum fine of $25,000, absent mitigating circumstances.

But in the six-month gap between that November 2020 positive and when a complaint was eventually issued in May 2021, the CHRB was in the process of reclassifying CBD (and a number of other substances) to the less-severe 3B distinction, which is how the CBD offense is listed now. In California, first-time 3B violations can result in a fine of no more than $10,000 and a minimum 30-day suspension, absent mitigating circumstances.

Back on May 17, 2021, when the complaint became public, Marten told TDN that agency's staff would recommend to the stewards that they treat the positive as the lower 3B penalty because the new classifications had already been voted in by the board in February and were awaiting certification by California's Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

Two days later, at the monthly CHRB meeting on May 19, Rick Arthur, DVM, the CHRB's equine medical director at the time, said for the record, “Let me just get right to the heart of the issue. Cannabidiol, which was not classified under the current standard of regulation, was proposed to be a 3B in August of 2020, three or four months before this violation.”

As a result of the DQ ruling from last week, Roses and Candy's owner, Deborah McAnally, must forfeit $20,500 in purse winnings.

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War Dancer Tops Irish Hill & Dutchess Views 2022 Stallion Roster

Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions has announced its 2022 stallion roster and stud fees, featuring new addition Waiting (American Pharoah–Wait No More, by Medaglia d'Oro). Out of a $1.575-million Saratoga Yearling Sales topper, Waiting's second dam is champion Wait a While. He will stand for $4,000 LFSN.

Topping the 2022 roster will be War Dancer (War Front), currently the fifth-ranked sire in New York and leading second-crop sire, at $7,500 LFSN. Big Brown (Boundary) sits at number two in New York sires in earnings and tops the state's sires by number of winners and will stand for $5,000. King for a Day (Uncle Mo) will stand his second season at the Saratoga area farm for $5,000 after covering 73 mares in 2021.

Lookin At Lee (Lookin At Lucky), a multiple Grade I-placed millionaire and 2017 GI Kentucky Derby runner-up will return for his second year
at stud at $4,000. Rounding out the roster are leading NY third-crop sire Majestic City (City Zip) and Weekend Hideaway (Speightstown), who will have his first runners hit the track in 2022, both at $2,500.

Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions will continue to work closely with breeders by offering incentives for qualifying mares and multiple mare discounts across the entire roster. They will once again be holding an in-person stallion show this year Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Follow them on Facebook (@IrishHillandDutchessViewsStallionsLLC) and Twitter (@IHDVStallions) for further details. The farm will be holding the annual stallion show raffle for a free season to each stallion as well as offering special stallion show pricing. Stallions are available for inspection by potential breeders on request.

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Voting Underway for Vox Populi Award

Online voting is officially open for the 12th annual Secretariat 'Vox Populi' Award. Won by Horse of the Year Authentic (Into Mischief) last year, the Vox Populi was created by Secretariat's late owner Penny Chenery and recognizes the racehorse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the public and gained recognition for the sport during the previous year.

Fans can vote on one of six nominees selected by the award's committee or choose a write-in option. This year's nominees, along with their most recent winning race, are: GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Echo Zulu (Gun Runner); GI Travers S. champ Essential Quality (Tapit); GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow); GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Knicks Go (Paynter); GI Spinster S. victress Letruska (Super Saver); and GI Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile scorer Life Is Good (Into Mischief).

“Our nominees this year represent some of the brightest moments for the sport in 2021,” said Chenery's daughter, Kate Chenery Tweedy. “We look forward to the fans celebrating their favorites by voting for the horses who thrilled them, who inspired them, and who provided them the most joy during another challenging year.”

In addition to 2020's Authentic, previous Vox Populi winners have included inaugural 2010 winner Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}), Ben's Cat (Parker's Storm Cat), and two-time honoree California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit).

For more information about the Vox Populi Award, visit Secretariat.com. Voting will be open through Nov. 30 and the winner will be announced in December.

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