Celebration of Life for Herbener Saturday at F-T

A celebration of life for Kentucky horseman James M. Herbener, Jr. will be held in Fasig-Tipton's Lexington, Kentucky sales pavilion Saturday, Oct. 23. It will begin at 5 pm and will be immediately followed by a reception in the pavilion's upstairs bar. All those that wish to attend are welcome. Those that cannot attend may view the service via livestream by following this link.

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Maxfield to Bypass BC in Favor of Clark

Godolphin homebred Maxfield (Street Sense) will bypass an expected start in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 6 and will instead point for the GI Clark H. at Churchill Downs 20 days later. The story was originally reported by the Daily Racing Form.

“He has such a good record at Churchill. We're going to skip California with him altogether,” trainer Brendan Walsh told the DRF. “It's very important for him to win a Grade I this year. This probably gives him his best chance to get a Grade I at this stage of his career.”

Maxfield's defection leaves top rider Jose Ortiz open for the Classic.

Winner of the 2019 GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity S., Maxfield is a perfect four-for-four at Churchill Downs. He broke his maiden there on debut, won the 2020 GIII Matt Winn S. and captured the GII Alysheba S. and GII Stephen Foster S. earlier this season. The bay most recently finished second in both the Aug. 7 GI Whitney S. and Oct. 2 GI Woodward S.

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Mountaineer Adds Eight Dates in December

Mountaineer Park will expand its 2021 racing season by eight dates, tacking on Dec. 5-8 and 12-15 to its existing calendar.

“We had five cancelled days due to lack of entries. But honestly, we wanted to finish out [with] a full [racing] week,” said Jim Colvin, Mountaineer's manager of racing operations. “So we applied for eight racing days, which would give us a total of 133 for this year instead of 130.”

Approval was granted during Tuesday's monthly West Virginia Racing Commission meeting.

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Coolmore America Releases 2022 Fees

Coolmore has released its 2022 stud fees for stallions standing at Ashford Farm in Kentucky.

Uncle Mo remains at the top of the roster at $160,000–down slightly from an advertised fee of $175,000 for the 2021 breeding season. The champion juvenile has been represented this year by the likes of GI Forego S. winner Yaupon; streaking turf miler Mo Forza; and brilliant turf sprinter Golden Pal.

Triple Crown winner Justify, whose first yearlings have been well received this year at an average of $393,713 and with multiple seven-figure sellers, will command a fee of $100,000. He stood for $125,000 this past season.

Coolmore's other Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah, has been set at $80,000–he previously stood for $100,000.

Munnings has seen a significant increase for 2022, up to $85,000 from $40,000. After a very strong 2020 on the track, he is represented this term by 'TDN Rising Star' Jack Christopher, winner of the GI Champagne S. and a likely favorite for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile; and GI Madson S. heroine Kimari.

The remainder of Coolmore's 2022 roster and fees are as follows:

Air Force Blue $7,500

Caravaggio $35,000

Classic Empire $17,500

Cupid $5,000

Echo Town $7,500

Lookin At Lucky $15,000

Maximum Security $15,000

Mendelssohn $35,000

Mo Town $7,500

Practical Joke $35,000

Tiz the Law $35,000

All fees are live foal, stands and nurses.

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