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Tugel, Gibson Join Appointed To Positions at Gainesway

Sean Tugel, who served WinStar Farm as its director of bloodstock services and assistant racing manager for the last decade, and Lakota Gibson, who spent the last five years working alongside David Ingordo in the bloodstock department at Lane’s End Farm, have joined the team at Gainesway.

A native of Rochester, New York, and a Lexington resident since 2004, Tugel has been named the director of stallion sales and recruitment. He has also served in management roles at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm and Paul’s Mill.

“We’re excited about adding Sean to our team,” said Brian Graves, Gainesway’s General Manager. “He has established a wide network of relationships with breeders and owners through his reputation built on honesty and horsemanship. He brings a depth of experience from both the farm and the racetrack, which will be a great benefit to our clientele.”

Said Tugel: “From the beginning of my career, I’ve been lucky to work and learn from some of the best horsemen and women in our industry. Gainesway has an unbelievably rich history in the Thoroughbred industry and Mr. Beck’s passion for the sport and future of the farm is infectious. I look forward to giving our existing clients and new clients an extended reach to help them with all of their bloodstock needs.”

In addition to her more recent work at Lane’s End, Gibson also has close ties with Coolmore, having worked for the Australian branch of the stud in the Hunter Valley. She later relocated back to Kentucky and worked for Ashford Stud for an additional 3 1/2 years. Gibson will primarily focus on Gainesway’s sales and seasons.

“I’m thrilled to join the Gainesway family,” said Gibson. “I’ve been very fortunate to work at some of the top Thoroughbred farms in the world and Gainesway is no exception. Mr. Beck’s enthusiasm for the game and love for the animal is inspiring. I’m thankful to have the chance to work alongside Brian Graves and the amazing team he has assembled. It’s my pleasure to build on the strong existing relationships Gainesway already has with their breeders and look forward to helping any new clients see that Gainesway’s passion for the industry is above all others.”

Antony Beck, owner and CEO of Gainesway, added: “I’m delighted to have Sean and Lakota join the team. Sean brings with him a wealth of experience in both stallion and racing programs. Lakota is devoted to sales and will be working very closely with Brian in representing our consignment. It’s been my honor to put together this team of dedicated horsemen and women to oversee our equine operations here on the farm. Between Brian, Alex [Solis], Sean and Lakota, I personally look forward to seeing this new generation of leaders take Gainesway’s Stallion roster, Sales consignment, and Racing ventures to the next level.”

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Gamine Draws Five, Made the Even-Money Choice for the Longines Kentucky Oaks

‘TDN Rising Star‘ Gamine (Into Mischief), the ultra-impressive winner of the one-mile GI Longines Acorn S. and seven-furlong GI Longines Test S. in her two most recent appearances, drew gate five and was installed as the even-money favorite on Mike Battaglia’s morning line for Friday’s GI Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

Owned by Michael Lund Petersen, the $220,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $1.8-million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training topper is likely to be hard sent by John Velazquez in what will be her second go around two turns. She defeated Speech (Mr Speaker) in a first-level Oaklawn allowance, only to be disqualified for a lidocaine positive. Bob Baffert is a three-time winner of the Oaks.

Ken McPeek saddles 8-5 second choice Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil), who has drawn the rail with Tyler Gaffalione at the controls. Runner-up to Derby second pick Art Collector (Bernardini) in the GII Toyota Blue Grass S. July 12, she walloped her rivals last time out in the GI Alabama S. over 10 furlongs. McPeek isn’t the slightest bit concerned about the inside post.

“Not at all,” he told Churchill’s Ed DeRosa after the draw. “Fortunately they don’t let me ride her. I like the inside, it’s the shortest trip. I don’t see us taking back. She ran on the front end at Santa Anita and Keeneland. We’ll leave it up to Tyler mostly.”

Speech (Mr Speaker), the GI Ashland S. victress, should sit a stalking trip not far from the leaders and is pegged at an attractive 5-1 early quote. Javier Castellano takes the call from Mike McCarthy from one slot to the inside of Gamine in stall four.

“I’m fine with that,” said McCarthy. “Probably makes things pretty clear for us. We have speed right outside of us and speed inside. We should be able to tuck in with a nice trip.”

The Longines Kentucky Oaks goes as race 12 on a 13-race card Friday afternoon.

Friday, Churchill Downs

LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS-GI, $1,250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m

1 Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil), Gaffalione, McPeek, 8-5

2 Tempers Rising (Bayern), Leparoux, Stewart, 50-1

3 Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo), Santana Jr, Callaghan, 15-1

4 Speech (Mr Speaker), Castellano, McCarthy, 5-1

5 Gamine (Into Mischief), Velazquez, Baffert, Even

6 Bayerness (Bayern), Bejarano, DeVaux, 50-1

7 Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil), Geroux, Cox, 20-1

8 Hopeful Growth (Tapiture), Franco, Margotta, 30-1

9 Dream Marie (Graydar), Talamo, Willams, 50-1

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Bayern Filly Last to First in Muskoka S.

Overlooked at long odds here and one of two unraced juvenile fillies in the line up, El Bayern became her GI Breeders’ Cup Classic-winning sire’s first black-type winner in the Muskoka S. on Sunday. Awkwardly away, she looked like she was spinning her wheels while dead last by several lengths for the first few furlongs. Asked for her bid with 2 ½ furlongs left to travel, she looped the field very wide out in the center of the track. Finding more as favored For My Elbi began to run out of steam, she swept by that foe to win going away, breaking her maiden and her black-type duck simultaneously.

Since foaling the winner, El Tara has a yearling colt by Silent Name (Jpn) and a filly of this year by Seattle Serenade. Under the third dam is Canadian Champion Sprinter and MGSW Apelia (Cool Victor), herself the dam of Canadian Champion Older Mare and MGSW Saoirse (Cure the Blues) and GII Adirondack S. victress More Happy (Vindication).

MUSKOKA S., C$250,800, Woodbine, 8-30, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:18.91, ft.
1–EL BAYERN, 119, f, 2, by Bayern
                1st Dam: El Tara (SP), by Schossberg
                2nd Dam: Parkview Hills, by Iskandar Elakbar
                3rd Dam: Arbela, by Conquistador Cielo
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN.(C$8,000 Ylg ’19 CANSEP). O-Stacey Van
Camp; B-Hill ‘N’ Dale Farms (ON); T-Michael Mattine; J-Sheena
Ryan. C$150,000. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $114,523. *1/2 to
Quidi Vidi (Marcavelly), MSP, $354,384. **1st SW for her sire
(by Offlee Wild).
2–For My Elbi, 119, f, 2, Souper Speedy–Executrix, by Bold
Executive. (C$24,000 Ylg ’19 CANSEP). O-Krasauskaite Racing
Stable and Raymon, Marco; B-John Carey (ON); T-Laura
Krasauskaite. C$50,000.
3–Ms Wicked, 119, f, 2, War Dancer–Sinful, by Touch Gold.
(C$4,500 RNA Ylg ’19 CANSEP). O-Centennial Farms (Niagara)
Inc.; B-Janeane Everatt, James Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse
(ON); T-Cole Bennett. C$25,000.
Margins: 1, HD, 2HF. Odds: 23.00, 1.75, 3.95.
Also Ran: Howmuchistoomuch, Sensational Girl, Holy Lighting, Leave It With Me, Flawless Pink, Hekla’s Aura, Silent Mamba.
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Ketner Sweeps NJ Thoroughbred Festival Card

Dr. Mark Ketner was celebrating a rare feat at the conclusion of Monmouth’s New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival Sunday–the Colts Neck-based vet foaled all 10 winners on the card.

“It was pretty crazy,” Ketner said. “We have kind of an unusual practice. I have a farm practice with a racetrack practice based here in Monmouth County. Most of the Jersey-breds are foaled here in Monmouth County, and we’ve just been lucky enough to have some of the same farms for many years–they’re all good farms and they’re all right here.”

Highlights of the card included Prendimi (Dance With Ravens)’s head victory over favorite Golden Brown (Offlee Wild) in the Charles Hesse III H. for older males around two turns; heavy favorite Liz’s Cable Girl (Cable Boy)’s seventh win at Monmouth and second in the Eleven North H. to increase the 6-year-old mares earnings to more than $500,000; and in-form Royal Urn (Kantharos)’s runaway victory in the New Jersey Breeders H. for sprinters.

“I’m just very fortunate to have good associates who help at the farms,” said Ketner, who also noted that he foaled two runners-up on the card as well. “With some of them, we’ve actually had the stallions, and some of them we’ve bred, and foaled and then worked on them all the way through their racing career. In some cases, even after they’re done racing. It’s a neat little niche.”

Five-year-old Prendimi’s dam Cigno d’Oro (Tour d’Or) completed a double of her own, as her 3-year-old son Our Man Luke (Redeemed) broke his maiden one race after the Hesse. Both horses were bred and owned by Jon Coles’s GJ Stable and trained by Luis Carvajal, Jr., who also saddled Don’s Marsh (Don Six) to an optional claiming victory two races later. Coles and Carvajal campaigned Cigno d’Oro to seven career wins and earnings of more than $372,000.

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