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NY Harness Trainer Suspended 20 Years for Blood Doping

The New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) on Sept. 21 suspended Standardbred trainer Michael Temming for 20 years after two of his horses tested positive for a blood doping agent in a pair of December 2019 races at Yonkers Raceway.

The Paulick Report first reported the story, describing the drug involved as IOX-2, a stabilizer of hypoxia-inducible factor, which is known as a blood and gene doping agent.

TDN reported back in January that when the New York Equine Drug Testing Program announced the detection of this drug in Temming’s horses, the findings were “believed to be the first–either in horse racing or the worldwide WADA network of testing labs–to screen for and confirm the presence of IOX-2, an IHF stabilizer that can trigger EPO-like effects as well as overall stimulation of an athlete.”

At Monday’s hearing prior to the 5-0 commissioners’ vote to suspend the trainer and disqualify the horses, NYSGC executive director Robert Williams read Temming’s adjudication into the record as such:

“The commission issued a notice of suspension and hearing on harness trainer Michael Temming on Jan. 21, 2020, composing a summary suspension for violation of the trainer responsibility rule, and a rule against doping agents or drugs, including blood doping agents.

“Specifically, two horses trained by Mr. Temming were found in post-race testing to have had blood-doping agent known as IOX-2 present in their systems. These violations were also alleged to have established that Mr. Temming lacked the character and fitness required to hold a harness racing license….

“The hearing, initially adjourned at Mr. Temming’s request, was finally conducted on July 15, 2020. The hearing officer found that the violations were established, and that Mr. Temming’s license should be suspended for 20 years,” Williams concluded.

Chairman Barry Sample said the commissioners voted unanimously to sustain the hearing officer’s report and recommendations, and the NYSGC commissioners additionally disqualified the horses.

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Multiple Grade I Winner Bast to Be Offered at Fasig-Tipton November

Three-time Grade I winner Bast (Uncle Mo), in foal to Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy), will be offered at this year’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale through Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, who will consign the 3-year-old bay on behalf of owner Charles Chu’s Baoma Corporation.

The only three-time Grade I winning filly of her crop in the U.S., she is also the only Grade I-winning juvenile filly of that crop to add a graded stakes victory at three. Trained throughout her career by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, she established herself as the West Coast’s leading 2-year-old filly in 2019 with a powerful 8 3/4-length victory in the GI Del Mar Debutante and a wire-to-wire score in the GI Chandelier S. She was then third after setting swift fractions over a tiring Santa Anita racetrack in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Bast would conclude her two-year-old campaign with a victory in the GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos, going gate to wire over off going. She then kicked off her sophomore campaign with another triumph in the seven-furlong GII Santa Ynez S. in January at Santa Anita. She retired with a record of 6-4-1-1 and $852,200 in earnings.

“Bast’s tremendous ability and gorgeous looks should make her an outstanding broodmare,” said Baffert. “I have only seen five yearling fillies at the sales that were a ‘must buy’ in my life, and she is one them. She is that beautiful.”

Bast was purchased by Baffert and agent Donato Lanni on behalf of Baoma Corporation for $500,000 at Fasig-Tipton’s 2018 Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale.

“Bast was a fantastic racemare,” said John Sikura of consignor Hill ‘n’ Dale. “Selected and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, in foal to Triple crown winner Justify, and by leading sire Uncle Mo. She is without fault and has everything a breeder desires–class, performance, and pedigree at the highest levels.”

Added Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning: “Bast is another tremendous racehorse campaigned by Charles and Susan Chu. Her brilliance on the racetrack and impeccable pedigree make her a broodmare with unlimited potential.”

For further information, contact Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm at (859) 255-8290.

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Tiz the Law to Skip Preakness, Train Up to Breeders’ Cup

Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law (Constitution), runner-up in the GI Kentucky Derby, will bypass a run in the Oct. 3 GI Preakness S. and instead train up to the Nov. 7 GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, according to a statement from Sackatoga principal Jack Knowlton.

“Tiz the Law [is] officially skipping [the] Preakness,” Knowlton said on the Sackatoga Twitter account. “Disappointing that Tiz will not be able to run in the Preakness, [but] our primary interest is doing what’s right for the horse and in this case he’s not ready. We look forward to training him up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.”

Last year’s GI Champagne S. winner, Tiz the Law went undefeated in his first four starts as a 3-year-old, capturing the GIII Holy Bull S., GI Curlin Florida Derby, GI Belmont S. and GI Runhappy Travers S. Sent off as the shortest Kentucky Derby favorite in decades, the New York-bred hooked up with frontrunning Authentic (Into Mischief) at the top of the Churchill Downs stretch before eventually proving second best, beaten 1 1/4 lengths. It was the bay’s first defeat in over nine months. He had yet to return to the worktab since the Sept. 5 Derby.

Authentic is expected to run in the Preakness, along with scratched Derby second choice Art Collector (Bernardini), Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile), Pneumatic (Uncle Mo), Dr Post (Quality Road), Happy Saver (Super Saver), Mystic Guide (Ghostzapper), Mongolian Wind (Mucho Macho Man), Lebda (Raison d’Etat), Liveyourbeastlife (The Big Beast) and Jesus’ Team (Tapiture).

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Arthur Hancock Named 2020 Thoroughbred Club Honor Guest

The Thoroughbred Club of America has chosen Arthur B. Hancock III as its 2020 Honor Guest, to be honored at the 89th Testimonial Dinner on a date yet to be determined due to COVID-19. The Thoroughbred Club Testimonial Dinner was inaugurated in 1932, the same year the club was founded, to recognize distinguished contributions of leadership as well as success in the Thoroughbred industry. Previous recipients have included Col. E. R. Bradley, William Woodward, Sr., Ted Bassett, and three generations of Hancock’s extended family from Claiborne Farm.

“The Thoroughbred Club of America is excited to name Arthur B. Hancock III as our 2020 Honor Guest,” said the club’s president, Katherine LaMonica. “Arthur represents the Thoroughbred industry in its most sincere form, hailing from a family rooted strongly in tradition, while forging his own unique legacy of horsemanship and leadership in our sport.”

Hancock, who owns Stone Farm near Paris, Ky., is a fourth-generation horseman who grew up at Claiborne Farm. He leased 100 acres of his own and began Stone Farm in 1970, which celebrates its 50th year of operation this year and now comprises 2,200 acres. Hancock has bred, raised, sold, and/or raced top horses like Horse of the Year Sunday Silence (Halo), Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant’s Causeway), additional GI Kentucky Derby winners Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr. Prospector) and Gato Del Sol (Cougar II), dual Classic winner Risen Star (Secretariat), and nearly 175 other black-type winners.

Married for 43 years to his wife, Staci, and the father of six childen, Hancock has served on the Kentucky Racing Commission, has been a director of Keeneland Association and Fasig-Tipton Company, and has also been a member of The Jockey Club. He co-founded Water Hay Oats Alliance (WHOA) and is a strong supporter of eliminating performance-enhancing drugs in racing, as well as Thoroughbred aftercare.

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