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Round Table Transcripts and Video Replay Now Available

Transcripts from Thursday's 71st Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing are now available at jockeyclub.com. The event was held at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, and streamed on The Jockey Club's website and Facebook page, and through multiple industry outlets. A video replay is also available.

As the keynote speaker, Michael Lopez, senior director of Data and Analytics for the National Football League, discussed how data is analyzed to enhance and help better understand football and possible correlations with horse racing.

Lindsay Czarniak, an Emmy-award winning sports reporter and anchor who works for FOX NFL and FOX NASCAR, presented her observations on marketing the sport of horse racing.

The conference featured two panels, the first of which focused on computer-assisted wagering and its effects on racetracks and bettors. Hosted by Pat Cummings, executive director of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation, panelists included Marshall Gramm, a professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and co-founder of the Ten Strike Racing syndicate, and Joe Longo, the general manager of NYRA Content Management Solutions.

The second panel addressed the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) after its first year of enactment. Panelists Lisa Lazarus, CEO of HISA; Ben Mosier, executive director of the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit; and trainers Jena Antonucci and Ron Moquett were interviewed by James L. Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club.

Kyle McDoniel, president and COO of Equibase, presented on E-GPS and opportunities for Equibase to help grow the sport.

Kristin Werner, senior counsel for The Jockey Club and administrator of its Thoroughbred Incentive Program, discussed improved traceability of Thoroughbreds and a recommendation by the Thoroughbred Safety Committee.

Stuart S. Janney III, the chairman of The Jockey Club, presided over the conference and focused his closing remarks on embracing the international aspect of the sport and enhancing marketing efforts to reach a new generation of fans.

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Fifth Race Cancelled at Saratoga Due to Power Outage

A power outage at Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday afternoon before the fifth race delayed the start and eventually forced NYRA to cancel that event.

The loss of power affected other properties near the course after a tree apparently fell on Union Avenue. Power was lost throughout Saratoga Race Course at 3:19 p.m. ET and substantially restored at 4:01 p.m. with various critical systems brought back online for the sixth race to go at 4:31 p.m.

The card resumed with adjusted post times beginning with race six.

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Mel’s Baby Sister Moves into Maple Leaf Mel’s Stall

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Owning a very similar name and the same color, sire, owner and trainer, Mel's Baby Sister (Cross Traffic) was moved Wednesday into the stall occupied by the late Maple Leaf Mel (Cross Traffic).

Despite the names given to them by owner Bill Parcells, the NFL Hall of Fame coach, to honor trainer Melanie Giddings, Maple Leaf Mel and Mel's Baby Sister are not related.

Maple Leaf Mel was on her way to victory in the GI Test S. Saturday when she suffered a catastrophic leg injury near the finish line. She was euthanized on the track. Her stall was vacant for three days and was turned into an impromptu memorial for the 3-year-old New York-bred. Trainer Brendan Walsh, whose filly Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief), ended up finishing first in the Test, brought the winner's blanket of flowers to Giddings Sunday morning and it was placed in the front of the stall. The floral arrangement has been moved to the front of the shedrow to make room for Mel's Baby Sister.

“I didn't want to put anybody in there, but I needed the stall today,” Giddings said. “I thought, 'Whether it's today or next week it's going to have to happen sooner or later.'  I felt like if somebody should go in there, it's her.”

Parcells purchased the 2-year-old Mel's Baby Sister in May for $110,000 at Fasig-Tipton's Timonium Sale.

“They have a lot of the same personality,” Giddings said. “You know what? Maybe there is something to a name. I don't know.”

Giddings, 39, said she is beginning to recover from the tragic loss of the star of her small stable.

“A little better every day,” she said. “I think keeping busy helps everybody. Even my staff. Keep them busy and just try to keep everybody's mind OK and in a positive way.”

Giddings is quite familiar with dire situations. In June 2020, the native of Coburg, Ontario was diagnosed with Stage 4 endocervical and ovarian cancer. She underwent 10 hours of surgery to remove tumors, six rounds of chemotherapy and 28 radiation treatments. She recovered and in 2021 returned to the racetrack as an assistant for Jeremiah Englehart, who trained for Parcells. When Giddings decided to open her own stable this year, Parcells moved Maple Leaf Mel to her care.

It was a winning combination. Together, the Maple Leaf Mel team picked up three stakes victories: the East View for New York-breds, the GIII Miss Preakness S. in May at Pimlico and the GIII Victory Ride S. in early July at Belmont Park. The unbeaten gray was about 10 yards from a victory in the Test when she was injured.

Giddings said she has been overwhelmed by the number of people who have reached out to her since Saturday.

“It's pretty incredible,” she said. “I said to somebody the other day, 'I didn't even hear from this many people when I was dying.' I knew she was popular. Did I think she was that popular? No.

“I guess a lot of it was half the horse and half the people messaging me about their battle with cancer as well. It just shows you that there is good in horse racing.”

Giddings said a fundraiser has been established by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance in Maple Leaf Mel's name.

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Into Mischief Filly Rolls Down Lane A Spa Maiden Winner

3rd-Saratoga, $88,000, (S), Msw, 8-9, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:06.12, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
TRICKY TEMPER (f, 2, Into Mischief–Winter Book {MSW, $148,299}, by Any Given Saturday) went off as the 6-5 favorite in this off-the-turf debut that saw half of the field scratch following heavy rains earlier in the week. The bay rated to the outside up the backstretch, three off the lead. Tricky Temper was still in chase mode around the far turn, but at the top of the lane, she flashed her speed down the center of the track to win by 4 3/4 lengths over My Kinda Mischief (Maximus Mischief). The winner's dam, who is a half-sister to GSW Motor City (Street Sense), produced a yearling filly by Gift Box and she visited Yaupon for next year. Sales History: $97,000 RNA Ylg '22 FTKOCT; $230,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $48,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Mark H. Stanley; B-Sequel Thoroughbreds, LLC & Lakland Farm (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart.

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