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D. J. Stable to Match ‘Giving Tuesday’ Donations to New Vocations

D. J. Stable, LLC will match 'Giving Tuesday' donations to New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program in celebration of the organization's 30th anniversary. D. J. Stable, whose Wonder Wheel (Into Mischief) won the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 4, will match up to $30,000 in support of racehorse aftercare. Giving Tuesday takes place Nov. 29 this year.

“We are so pleased to have the opportunity to partner with this wonderful organization,” said D. J. Stable's general manager Jonathan Green. “Our horses have benefited from being placed in New Vocations' aftercare programs, which prompted us to offer a matching fund for the first $30,000 contributed during the Giving Tuesday drive. We hope others follow our lead and donate to New Vocations.”

New Vocations was started in 1992 as a nonprofit organization which relies almost entirely on donations to carry out its mission to rehab, retrain, and rehome retired racehorses. Over the last 30 years, the program has served more than 8,000 horses. New Vocations also annually raises funds during a Breeders' Cup Pledge, which this year raised more than $140,000. Wonder Wheel was one of the winning horses with a part of her earnings earmarked for New Vocations.

“We are so thankful for the generous support from D. J. Stable and the Green family,” said Anna Ford, New Vocations Thoroughbred Program Director. “Their match last year helped us raise over $50,000 on Giving Tuesday and this year's match has the potential to raise more than $60,000. We have seen an increase in costs to all our program expenses, so the funding from Giving Tuesday is greatly needed to help us continue to carry out our aftercare efforts.”

To ensure Giving Tuesday gifts are matched and have double the impact, click here. For more information, contact Carey Cairo at carey@horseadoption.com.

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New Vocations Breeders’ Cup Pledge Raises Over $140K

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program's early estimate of funds raised during its Breeders' Cup Pledge will be more than $140,000, it was announced Monday. This year's total was driven by a record nine horses with pledging connections–Wonder Wheel, Meditate (Ire), Forte, Victoria Road (Ire), Goodnight Olive, Caravel, Tuesday (Ire), Malathaat and Flightline–winning their races on Future Stars Friday and Championship Saturday.

Additional pledges are still coming in and final donations are still being tallied. Now in its 13th year, the Pledge has raised more than $1 million, with 100% of funds going directly to support the program's rehabilitation, retraining and rehoming efforts, which serves more than 500 horses a year.

“Pledging a portion of my Breeders Cup winnings to New Vocations is the very least that I can do as a horse owner,” said Jay Hanley of Team Hanley. “In our sport, horses–in this particular case for me Goodnight Olive–are the stars of the show. They are the ones at risk, laying it on the line every day for our enjoyment. It is absolutely our responsibility to ensure that our horses are properly cared for after their racing career is over.”

“I applaud the tireless efforts of Anna Ford and her staff at New Vocations and I look forward to supporting them for the rest of my life,” he added. “They are doing the most important work of anyone in the industry.”

In addition to Team Hanley, winning connections include D.J. Stable and the Green Family (Wonder Wheel); Coolmore and Partners (Meditate, Victoria Road and Tuesday); Todd Pletcher and Repole Stable (Forte); Madaket Stables (Caravel); Todd Pletcher (Malathaat); and West Point Thoroughbreds and Siena Farm (Flightline).

This year's pledge participants also include Bass Racing, Bob Baffert, Paul Braverman, Chad Brown, Cannon Thoroughbreds, CHC Inc., Cheyenne Stables, Michael Dubb, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, John D. Gunther, Fred and Debbie Kuntzman, Michael McCarthy, H. Graham Motion, Gatsas Stables, Harrell Ventures, Joe R. Peacock, Jr., LNJ Foxwoods, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, J. Kirk and Judy Robison, Rodeo Creek Racing, Richard Schermerhorn, SF Racing, Spendthrift Farm, Starlight Racing, Stonestreet Stables, Twin Creeks Racing Stables, Wertheimer et Frere and WinStar Farm.

“We are very grateful for the overwhelming support from the owners and trainers who choose to join the Pledge this year,” said Anna Ford, New Vocations Program Thoroughbred Program Director. “With over 60 horses with connections pledging this year, the campaign raises awareness and much-needed funds to continue our mission and grow our aftercare efforts.”

For more information on the Pledge, please visit www.newvocations.org or e-mail Anna@horseadoption.com.

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Friday BC Winners in Fine Form

All of the Friday Breeders' Cup winners came back in fine form, according to their respective trainers Saturday, topped by GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Forte (Violence).

“He's happy and proud of himself this morning,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “I thought he was more professional yesterday than he was when he won the [GI Claiborne] Breeders' Futurity here.”

Pletcher said Forte would get a little break–“not sure where”–and then look at a two-prep program from Pletcher's winter base at Palm Beach Downs in Florida leading up to the 2023 GI Kentucky Derby.

Mark Casse was still basking in the glow of Wonder Wheel's (Into Mischief) win in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

“I think the performance was amazing by Tyler [Gaffalione] and Wonder Wheel,” Casse said. “They were both dealt a tough hand. Things didn't go as planned. Obviously, we figured we would be up a little closer early. She didn't break running like she has in the past, and she just put in an amazing trip. With the spots that Tyler had to go through it was astonishing actually. Tyler can only do those things when he has a horse like her. I've been doing this for 40-something years. There's not a lot of awe moments, but that was an awe moment for me. She's a young horse that had to overcome a lot of adversities and she won with authority so I'm very proud of her, and proud of our entire organization.”

Casse reported that Wonder Wheel will ship out Sunday morning to spend the winter at his training facility in Ocala, Florida while they assess the next move for the filly.

The European runners, who swept Friday's turf races, were all reported to be in fine form as well.

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Wonder Wheel Slices her Way to Juvenile Fillies Win

LEXINGTON, KY – D J Stable's Wonder Wheel (Into Mischief) was masterfully handled from far back beneath Tyler Gaffalione and produced a devastating stretch run to secure a year-end divisional championship in Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland. Leave No Trace (Outwork) was three lengths back in second; Raging Sea (Curlin) finished third.

“There was lots of doubt probably the entire race given the way she has run in the past,” said winning trainer Mark Casse after registering his sixth Breeders' Cup victory. “She is just a really good horse. She is just special and now she is going to be champion.”

In a stark contrast to her narrow, wire-to-wire tally in her route debut in the local GI Darley Alcibiades S., the 6-1 chance quite surprisingly found herself far back in 11th through fractions of :22.90 and :47.22. Traveling beautifully on the inside on the far turn, but desperately in the need of some racing luck, Gaffalione kept his cool and tipped Wonder Wheel out three deep through a tight opening as they straightened. She put on a show from there to leave them all in the dust.

Wonder Wheel, a winner of her first two starts at Churchill Downs, including a runaway score in the Debutante S., was second behind the 25-1 Juvenile Fillies runner-up Leave No Trace in Saratoga's GI Spinaway S. Wonder Wheel held on by a nose over the unlucky Chop Chop (City of Light) after setting the pace in the Alcibiades. Juvenile Fillies third Raging Sea was disqualified from third for interference that day and placed fourth.

Gaffalione, the regular rider of the Casse-trained GI Preakness S. winner War of Will (War Front), entered this year's Championships with an 0-for-34 record.

“She didn't break very well,” Gaffalione said. “I got pushed back a little further than I wanted to be. But when she broke her maiden, she took dirt and went in between horses and I wasn't too concerned [today]. Spots kept opening up inside, so I just going forward and it just worked out.”

Chop Chop was last of 13 as the 2-1 favorite.

“Didn't work out very well,” trainer Brad Cox said. “She broke, she was fine. She was a little hot in the paddock for me. I didn't love that. She got pushed wide going into the first turn. She got pushed wide actually by the winner. The winner was ultra-impressive. We just didn't have much horse.”

The Green family's D J Stable, along with Cash is King, campaigned 2018 Juvenile Fillies winner and that season's champion 2-year-old filly Jaywalk (Cross Traffic).

“It's an incredible feeling, not only to win a race of this caliber at Keeneland, but to do it with these classy gentlemen,” D J Stable's Jon Green said. “Tyler's been phenomenal for us over the past couple of years, Mark has been training for us for three years now, and we've been in the Breeders' Cup every year.

Green continued, “Jaywalk won it, again, similar situation, she was third choice, kind of overlooked by a lot of people, which is fine by us; we like being the underdog, we're used to it, quite frankly.”

As for Wonder Wheel, Green concluded, “She's a classy filly. She never misses a day of training and she's got a great level head. But you still worry about asking a horse at this level to do something completely new. And that's why we employ somebody like Tyler because he just navigated her right to the rail and through an open hole and the rest is history.”

Pedigree Notes:

Wonder Wheel joins Into Mischief's rapidly growing all-star line-up of Breeders' Cup winners Authentic, Covfefe, Gamine, Life Is Good and Goldencents (2x). The $275,000 KEESEP yearling was already one of 13 Grade I winners for her all-conquering sire. Wonder Wheel's talented multiple stakes-winning dam Wonder Gal, a close third in the 2014 Juvenile Fillies, was barren on a 2022 Constitution cover. Wonder Wheel is her most recent produce. This is the extended female family of GISWs Force the Pass and Perfect Drift.

Friday, Keeneland
NETJETS BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES-GI, $1,840,000, Keeneland, 11-4, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.90, ft.
1–WONDER WHEEL, 122, f, 2, by Into Mischief
1st Dam: Wonder Gal (MSW & MGISP, $904,800), by Tiz Wonderful
2nd Dam: Passe, by Dixie Union
3rd Dam: Gal On the Go, by Irgun
($275,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-D. J. Stable LLC; B-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC & Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $1,550,725. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Leave No Trace, 122, f, 2, by Outwork
1st Dam: Tanquerray, by Good Journey
2nd Dam: Kitty Galore, by Mountain Cat
3rd Dam: Patriot Star, by Torsion
($8,000 Ylg '21 FTKFEB; $40,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT). O-WellSpring Stables; B-Red Cloak Farm, LLC (KY); T-Philip M. Serpe. $340,000.
3–Raging Sea, 122, f, 2, by Curlin
1st Dam: Stormy Welcome, by Storm Cat
2nd Dam: Welcome Surprise, by Seeking the Gold
3rd Dam: Weekend Surprise, by Secretariat
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($300,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP). O/B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $180,000.
Margins: 3, 1, 1 3/4. Odds: 6.50, 25.81, 6.71.
Also Ran: Sabra Tuff, You're My Girl, Grand Love, Atomically, And Tell Me Nolies, Alma Rosa, Vegas Magic, Shoplifter, Chocolate Gelato, Chop Chop. Scratched: American Rockette.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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