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ITOBA HONORS 2023 Champions

The Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association honored the leading horses and connections in the state during the 2023 racing season at its annual awards banquet Saturday at the Indianapolis Marriott North.

Horse of the Year honors were posthumously awarded to Nobody Listens (Conveyance), whose five wins from eight 2023 starts included the GIII Turf Monster S. at Parx. The Indiana-bred gelding, who tragically died in a trailer accident the day after his Turf Monster win, was also named the state's champion older bred horse.

Other champions honored Saturday include: 2-Year-Old Sired Filly: The Kid Pataky (Pataky Kid); Champion 2-Year-Old Bred Filly: Ice Cold (Mitole); Champion 2-Year-Old Sired Colt: Cringe (Taprize); Champion 2-Year-Old Bred Colt: Molly's Town (Mo Town); Champion 3-Year-Old Sired Filly: Itzforever (Forever d'Oro); Champion 3-Year-Old Bred Filly: Corningstone (Kantharos); Champion 3-Year-Old Sired Colt: Doubledogjustice (Lantana Mob); Champion 3-Year-Old Bred Colt: King Ice (Keen Ice); Champion Older Sired Mare: Quick And Easy (What Now); Champion Older Bred Mare: Louder Than Words (Mr Speaker); Champion Older Sired Horse: Mr. Chaos (Turbo Compressor).

Honored with Indiana Breed Development Awards were: Broodmare of the Year: Express Run; Stallion of the Year: Forever d'Oro; and Stallion Owner of the Year: Justice Farms.

Kim Hammond was honored with the Hall of Distinction Award and Representative Bob Cherry was presented with the President's Award.

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Turf Monster Winner Nobody Listens Dies in Trailer Accident

Nobody Listens (Conveyance), the 5-year-old gelding who earned his first graded stakes victory in the GIII Turf Monster S. at Parx Saturday, died in a trailer accident Sunday, according to a Facebook post from co-owner Mike Kwiatowski.

“Yesterday was one of the greatest days when Nobody Listens won the GIII Turf Monster at Parx,” Kwiatowski wrote. “Today was one of the worst. Nobody Listens had an unforeseen and unpreventable trailer incident resulting in us losing him. We love and cherish every moment that we shared with him.

“The ride Nobody Listens took us on was the greatest one we have ever been on. Our hearts are broken as we share this tragic news. Thank you to all who supported and helped make him who he was.”

Trained by Tim Eggleston, Nobody Listens was winning his fourth straight race in Saturday's Turf Monster. He also won the Brickyard H. at Horseshoe Indianapolis and the Parx Dash. A five-time stakes winner, he hit the board in 22 of 26 starts with 14 wins and earnings of $251,361.

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108-1 Winner of G3 Turf Monster Tests Positive For Levamisole

Hollywood Talent, the 10-year-old gelding who posted a 108-1 shocker in the Grade 3, $300,000 Turf Monster Stakes at Parx Racing on the Pennsylvania Derby undercard in Bensalem, Pa., on Sept. 25, has tested positive for levamisole, the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission has confirmed. Hollywood Talent is trained by Juan Vazquez and owned by King Star LLC.

Levamisole, a Class 2 drug with Category B penalties under the Association of Racing Commissioners International guidelines, is found in commercial dewormers for cattle, pigs and sheep and can be used as an immunostimulant in horses or for treatment of Equine Protozoal Myelitis. The drug can metabolize to aminorex, a potent stimulant.

A split sample has yet to be tested. If the drug's presence is confirmed in the split sample, stewards will conduct a hearing on the matter to consider sanctions against the horse and his trainer.

Graded stakes placed at age 2 and third in the 2019 Turf Monster, Hollywood Talent, came into the five-furlong Turf Monster with 11 wins from 51 lifetime starts. He was claimed for $8,000 in September 2020 out of what was his most recent victory. The Pennsylvania-bred Talent Search gelding was transferred to the barn of Vazquez a few months later and posted a second- and third-place finish from five starts. Far back early under Ricardo Santana Jr., Hollywood Talent rallied late to win the Turf Monster by 1 1/4 lengths over California invader Beer Can Man, paying $219.20 on a $2 mutuel.

While any subsequent disqualification would not affect the pari-mutuel payoffs, the owners of Beer Can Man – Little Red Feather Racing and Sterling Stables – would stand to gain an additional $112,000 in purse money should their 3-year-old Can the Man colt be elevated to first place. The Turf Monster was not a Breeders' Cup Win and You're In Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race, but Beer Can Man's connections have indicated the Mark Glatt trainee will be pre-entered in the G1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Nov. 6 at Del Mar, where he won the G3 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes last November.

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Hollywood Talent Pulls Off Shocking Upset In Turf Monster At Parx

In a plot twist that no one saw coming, Hollywood Talent at 99-1 shocked the field of the Grade 3 Turf Monster at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn., passing Admiral Abe in deep stretch to take the five-furlong stake.

With Ricardo Santana, Jr. aboard, Hollywood Talent broke cleanly, settling toward the back of the pack early, content to hang two wide off the rail as Admiral Abe and Firecrow ran one-two. Entering the far turn, Santana hustled his mount on the outside, boldly moving into contention as they turned into the stretch.

In the Parx straight, Admiral Abe took the lead from Firecrow with Hollywood Talent rallying on his outside. As Firecrow dropped out of it, Santana and his 10-year-old gelding dug in, passing Admiral Abe in the race's final yards to take the G3 Turf Monster by 1 1/4 lengths.

The final time for the five furlongs over a good turf course was :59.51. Find this race's chart here.

Hollywood Talent paid $219.20, $55.40, and $19.00. Beer Can Man paid $5.40 and $3.60. Admiral Abe paid $7.60.

Bred in Pennsylvania by Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Hollywood Talent is by Talent Search out of the Johannesburg mare Intrinsic Value. He is owned by King Star and trained by Juan Vazquez. His victory in the G3 Turf Monster is his first victory in five starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of 12 wins in 52 starts and career earnings of $635,071.

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