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15 Horses Supplemented to KEEJAN

A total of 15 horses have been supplemented to Keeneland’s 2021 January Horses of All Ages Sale, Jan. 11-14. Keeneland will continue to accept approved supplements until the January Sale begins. For the complete list of supplements, visit www.keeneland.com.

Supplemented to Day 1 of Book 1:

Burning Brow (2, f, by War Front) (Hip 400C) – Cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Denali Stud, agent, she is out of Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Laughing Lashes (Mr. Greeley). Her family includes Group 1 winner Palace Episode and Group 2/Grade II winners Duke of Hazzard and Tejano Run.
Ava K. (12, m, by Dixie Union) (Hip 400D) – the stakes winner, in foal to Uncle Mo, is out of stakes winner Bedside Manner and is a half-sister to Grade II winner Skyway. She is consigned by St George Sales, agent.
Jen’s Rules (4, f, by Street Sense) (Hip 400E) – in foal to Connect. Consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, she is a half-sister to stakes winner Foxy Danseur, dam of Grade III winner Ever So Clever, and from the family of Grade III winner In Conference.
Twitterpated (3, f, by Stormy Atlantic) (Hip 400F), a full-sister to Grade I winner Stormy Lucy. Consigned by South Point Sales, agency, and cataloged as a broodmare prospect, the filly is from the family of 2020 Grade II winner Big Runner and earlier Grade III winner Moonwalk.

Supplemented to Day 2 of Book 1:

2020 Colt by Mendelssohn (Hip 800H) – from the family of Grade I winner Bellamy Road and Grade III winner Calibrachoa. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, he is out of Fort Afleet, by Northern Afleet.
Mucho Amor (4, f, by Mucho Macho Man) (Hip 800J) -Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect, the stakes winner is out of stakes-placed Raucous Lady (Rock Hard Ten), and from the family of stakes winners John the Magician and Charming Ruckus.
2020 Colt by City of Light (Hip 800K) – out of Grade III-placed Banree (Macho Uno). Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, he is from the family of Grade III winners Gloryzapper and Her Royalty.
Twirling Hearts (2, f, by Twirling Candy) (Hip 800L) – cataloged as a broodmare prospect, she is consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent. From the family of Grade I winner Leave Me Alone and Grade II winner Candy Boy.

Each session of the January Sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET.

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Los Alamitos Owner Threatens to Close Track

According to reports in the Los Angeles Times and The BloodHorse, Los Alamitos owner Dr. Ed Allred told the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) Thursday that he plans on withdrawing his application to run Thoroughbred and nighttime Quarter Horse races in 2021. Allred said he would look to convert the Los Alamitos property to real estate.

Allred made the announcement after the CHRB voted to grant the track a six-month license instead of a license for a full year. The decision to give Los Alamitos what amounted to only an interim license was in response to the track having had an unusually high amount of fatalities this year. According to the Times, since Dec. 27 there have been 29 racing or training fatalities at Los Alamitos.

The move to grant Los Alamitos a six-month license was spearheaded by CHRB Vice Chairman Oscar Gonzales. Should the CHRB conclude that steps had been taken to cut down on the fatalities and that racing had been conducted without any serious problems, Los Alamitos would then be approved to run during the second half of the year.

Initially, the CHRB vote to give Los Alamitos the six-month license ended in a tie at 3-3. Commissioner Alex Solis did not take part in the virtual meeting. Two commissioners, Dennis Alfieri and Damascus Castellanos, reversed course and joined Gonzales. The dissenting vote came from CHRB Chairman Greg Ferraro who called issuing Los Alamitos a six-month license a “mistake” and lobbied for the one-year license.

Allred told the board that the track could not operate with only a six-month license because horsemen need to make plans for an entire year of racing.

“If you’re going to do it only for six months, people can’t make preparations and plans, going forward,” Allred said, according to The BloodHorse. “This is devastating to Los Alamitos. It will become a real estate development. I don’t want that to happen.”

Gonzales replied: “If the kind of improvements continue, then racing continues at Los Alamitos, as will be the case at other racetracks. But I just don’t feel that a racetrack that has not lived up to the expectations that we’ve set forth in reform–and a very serious-minded board–that we should allow for a carte blanche of racing dates without any conditions or stipulations.”

Los Alamitos will ask the board to reconsider its decision.

“Los Alamitos will be requesting reconsideration of the action taken by the board and hopes that its request will be acted on in an expedited manner,” said Los Alamitos Vice President Jack Liebau.

Though racing only a limited Thoroughbred schedule, Los Alamitos has become an important part of the Southern California circuit and its closure would have serious ramifications. It was slated to conduct two two-week Thoroughbred meets in 2021 and provides stabling for hundreds of Thoroughbreds on a year-round basis.

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No Lasix for Most Santa Anita, Del Mar, Golden Gate Stakes in 2021

Lasix will now be barred through at least 2021 in the vast majority of stakes races at California’s three major commercial tracks–Santa Anita Park, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, and Golden Gate Fields.

The Lasix ban was part of a revised race-day medication agreement between the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) and the managements of those three tracks.

The California Horse Racing Board voted unanimously Dec. 17 to approve the terms of that medication agreement for the upcoming Santa Anita and Golden Gate meets. The Del Mar-specific commission approval will presumably come up for a vote closer to the start of that meet in July.

The agreement also includes language mandating a stand-down period for intra-articular injections, a rule that has been agreed to among the parties and approved by the CHRB since March 2019.

An exception to the no-Lasix rule was written into the agreement that will allow the drug’s usage in California-bred stakes races for 4-year-olds and up, so long as that provision is agreed to in writing by the TOC and the track hosting the stakes race.

In a separate vote, the CHRB unanimously advanced a set of proposed rule amendments that deal with the requirements for horses being on and getting removed from the state veterinarian’s restricted list.

The changes were largely administrative and were proposed for the purpose of bringing the CHRB’s rules into alignment with Assembly Bill 1974, which was signed into law Sept. 29 to “protect and advance the health, safety, welfare, and aftercare of racehorses.”

That new law takes effect Jan. 1, 2021.

Pending a final vote after the public commentary period, one of the key provisions that will be changed in CHRB’s related Rule 1688 will be that, “The official veterinarian may require any horse on the Veterinarian’s List to undergo diagnostic procedures, including, but not limited to, diagnostic imaging, endoscopy, and biological sample analysis as part of their veterinary examination prior to being allowed to train or race…”

The revised version of Rule 1866 goes on to state that the owners of the horse desiring to get off the vet’s list shall “pay all costs associated with the administration of diagnostic imaging.”

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Union Rags Colt Sharp on Debut at Gulfstream

7th-Gulfstream, $40,000, Msw, 12-17, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.13, ft, 7 lengths.
ARHAM (c, 3, Union Rags–Sanaaya, by Smart Strike) beat up on his four rivals for a sharp debut score here. Ridden hard from the outset after bumping a rival at the start, the 3-5 favorite forced the issue from the outside in second, cruised up to challenge for the top slot as they hit the quarter pole and proved much the best from there, romping by seven lengths over Catch On Emotional (Uncaptured). Sanaaya, a daughter of MGISW Spun Sugar (Awesome Again), is also represented by the unraced 2-year-old colt Ershaadaat (Frosted), a yearling filly by Honor Code and a Union Rags filly of this year. She was bred back to Mohaymen. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Shadwell Stable; B-Shadwell Farm, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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