Better enjoy your fifteen minutes of fleeting fame in the spotlight as you never know when the Wicked Witch of the West will come hustling you right off the stage.
What McIngvale did to Borell was heartless and makes absolutely no sense. How do you take a horse away from a trainer who got you a Breeders’ Cup win and return it a trainer who accomplished almost nothing with the same horse? That’s also the same trainer who wanted to take a horse to the track a day after it raced, a totally unconventional move that any top horseman will tell you is a major mistake.
ESPN – Finley – Borell firing a disgrace
Bloodhorse – Balan – Borell Out as Trainer for Runhappy
Racing Post – Godfrey – Trainer sacked one day after fairytale Cup win
Bloodhorse – Balan – Borell Says Runhappy Owner Owes Purse Money
Bloodhorse – Balan – Borell-McIngvale Dispute Could Go to Court
Somebody should have warned Maria Borell that upstaging your Boss is a career move fraught with danger.
Somebody should have warned Maria Borell not to win more money in one race than her Boss has in her entire training career.
Phil has a question:
How many racing fans think that canning Maria Borell is “moving forward.”
Is there anyone out there whose initials aren’t LW that thinks removing Runhappy from Maria Borell wasn’t motivated by petty jealousy.
In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
Andy Warhol
ESPN – AP – Michelle Payne becomes first female jockey to win Melbourne Cup
Phil has a question:
What does the Esquirol Farms Complete Thoroughbred Dispersal Sale say about the health of the thoroughbred industry in Alberta under the tutelage of Shirley McClellan and Rick LeLacheur.
Wonder if the Undertaker times himself when he scurries down to the QKB’s office to rat on Phil.
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
Annie Besant
Phil has a question:
Who’s going to scurry down to the QKB’s office to tell her that Shirley McClellan’s name is spelled wrong and Shirley McLelland is listed as the writer of a report called The Economic Impacts of Horse Breeding, Raising and Racing In Alberta 2015.
Peter Redekop’s Alert Bay got all he could ask for in his Nov. 6 allowance prep for the Seabiscuit Handicap (gr. IIT), edging rival G. G. Ryder by a nose in a 1 1/16-mile turf event at Golden Gate Fields.
Bloodhorse – Balan – Alert Bay Relentless in Seabiscuit Prep
Carryovers
Saturday, November 7 2015
Churchill Downs
Super High Five $8,583.00
Pick 6 Jackpot $6,224.00
Del Mar
Super High Five $14,924.00
Delta Downs
Super High Five $530.00
Evangeline Downs
Super High Five $466.00
Golden Gate Fields
Pick 6 Jackpot $32,863.00
Gulfstream Park West
Pick 6 Jackpot $32,452.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $2,545.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $11,068.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $2,407.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $2,123.00
Hawthorne
Pick 6 Jackpot $9,012.00
Super High Five Jackpot $50,277.00
Laurel Park
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $9,284.00
Pick 6 $2,961.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $1,649.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $876.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $650.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $347.00
Z-5 Super Hi-5 $287.00
Lone Star Park
Pick 6 Jackpot $5,176.00
Los Alamitos
Pick 6 $11,147.00
Mahoning Valley Race Course
Pick 4 $2,290.00
Turf Paradise
Pick 6 $2,539.00
Woodbine
Super High Five Jackpot $77,136.00
Guaranteed Pools
Equibase Carryovers and Guaranteed Pools
Point:
Counterpoint:
TwinSpires Blog – Powell – Handicapping Insights – November 5
It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.
William of Occam
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – Over and Over, Breeders’ Cup Never Fails to Fire
Lady and the Track – Macatangay – How Keeneland Conquered the Breeders’ Cup
Bloodhorse – Hangin With Haskin – Breeders’ Cup ’15: Not Being There
Racing Post – Walker – Pharoah’s performance tipped title beyond doubt
Bloodhorse – Grand Slam Home Run – by Eric Mitchell
NY Times – Hoppert – Adulation Aplenty as American Pharoah Heads for the Stud Farm
ESPN – Duckworth – Farewell to Pharoah
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – American Pharoah Fulfilled the Dreams of Racing Fans Worldwide
ESPN – Ehalt – American Pharoah leaves in ‘Grand’ style
TwinSpires Blog – Wednesday deadline to register for online pre-sale of 2016 Kentucky Derby tickets
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – American Pharoah’s Fee Set at $200,000
2016 Road to the Kentucky Derby
The 142nd running of the $2 million guaranteed Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) will be run Saturday, May 7, 2016, and for the fourth consecutive year, a tiered point system in select races will determine who qualifies to America’s greatest race.
Race Track Date Points
Delta Downs Jackpot Delta Downs Nov 21, 2015 10-4-2-1
Remsen Aqueduct Nov 28, 2015 10-4-2-1
Kentucky Jockey Club Churchill Downs Nov 28, 2015 10-4-2-1
Los Alamitos Futurity Los Alamitos Race Course Dec 19, 2015 10-4-2-1
Jerome Aqueduct Jan 9, 2016 10-4-2-1
Sham Santa Anita Park Jan 16, 2016 10-4-2-1
Smarty Jones Oaklawn Park Jan 18, 2016 10-4-2-1
Holy Bull Gulfstream Park Jan 30, 2016 10-4-2-1
Withers Aqueduct Feb 13, 2016 10-4-2-1
Robert B. Lewis Santa Anita Park Feb 13, 2016 10-4-2-1
Southwest Oaklawn Park Feb 15, 2016 10-4-2-1
El Camino Real Derby Golden Gate Fields Feb 20, 2016 10-4-2-1
Fountain of Youth Gulfstream Park Feb 27, 2016 50-20-10-5
Risen Star Fair Grounds Feb 27, 2016 50-20-10-5
Gotham Aqueduct Mar 12, 2016 50-20-10-5
Tampa Bay Derby Tampa Bay Downs Mar 12, 2016 50-20-10-5
San Felipe Santa Anita Park Mar 12, 2016 50-20-10-5
Rebel Oaklawn Park Mar 19, 2016 50-20-10-5
Sunland Derby Sunland Park Mar 20, 2016 50-20-10-5
Spiral Turfway Park Mar 26, 2016 50-20-10-5
UAE Derby Meydan Racecourse Mar 26, 2016 100-40-20-10
Florida Derby Gulfstream Park Apr 2, 2016 100-40-20-10
Louisiana Derby Fair Grounds Apr 2, 2016 100-40-20-10
Wood Memorial Aqueduct Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Blue Grass Keeneland Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Santa Anita Derby Santa Anita Park Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Arkansas Derby Oaklawn Park Apr 16, 2016 100-40-20-10
Lexington Keeneland Apr 16, 2016 10-4-2-1
Louisville Courier-Journal – Thousands of Pharoah win tickets not cashed
ESPN – Duckworth – Top 10 Breeders’ Cup moments
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
W. C. Fields
TwinSpires Blog – Reilly – Top 10 quotes from the 2015 Breeders’ Cup
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
Benjamin Franklin
DRF – Beyer: Pharoah checked final box in Classic
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2016 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Race Track Date Points
Delta Downs Princess Delta Downs Nov 21, 2015 10-4-2-1
Demoiselle Aqueduct Nov 28, 2015 10-4-2-1
Golden Rod Churchill Downs Nov 28, 2015 10-4-2-1
Starlet Los Alamitos Race Course Dec 12, 2015 10-4-2-1
Santa Ynez Santa Anita Park Jan 9, 2016 10-4-2-1
Busanda Aqueduct Jan 16, 2016 10-4-2-1
Silverbulletday Fair Grounds Jan 23, 2016 10-4-2-1
Forward Gal Gulfstream Park Jan 30, 2016 10-4-2-1
Martha Washington Oaklawn Park Feb 6, 2016 10-4-2-1
Las Virgenes Santa Anita Park Feb 6, 2016 10-4-2-1
UAE Oaks Meydan Racecourse Feb 25, 2016 50-20-10-5
Busher Aqueduct Feb 27, 2016 50-20-10-5
Davona Dale Gulfstream Park Feb 27, 2016 50-20-10-5
Rachel Alexandra Fair Grounds Feb 27, 2016 50-20-10-5
Santa Ysabel Santa Anita Park Mar 5, 2016 50-20-10-5
Honeybee Oaklawn Park Mar 12, 2016 50-20-10-5
Sunland Park Oaks Sunland Park Mar 20, 2016 50-20-10-5
Bourbonette Oaks Turfway Park Mar 26, 2016 50-20-10-5
Gulfstream Park Oaks Gulfstream Park Apr 2, 2016 100-40-20-10
Fair Grounds Oaks Fair Grounds Apr 2, 2016 100-40-20-10
Santa Anita Oaks Santa Anita Park Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Gazelle Aqueduct Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Ashland Keeneland Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Fantasy Oaklawn Park Apr 9, 2016 100-40-20-10
Beaumont Keeneland Apr 17, 2016 10-4-2-1
DRF – Crist: Imagine that – a formful Breeders’ Cup
DRF – Grening – Big World wins second straight in Tempted Stakes
ESPN – West – Awaiting Pharoah’s successor
DRF – Jerardi: Juvenile filly Songbird much faster than colt Nyquist
Lady and The Track – Hammer – Songbird Symphony at Breeders’ Cup
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Songbird looks to have what it takes to fill Pharoah’s shoes
TwinSpires Blog – Champion Shared Belief returns to training at Golden Gate
TwinSpires Blog – Reilly – Mo Tom, Stageplay take overland route in Churchill juvenile stakes
The 2015 CTHS Ontario Winter Mixed Sale features a Dispersal of Bear Stables Ltd.’s breeding stock.
Bloodhorse – Balan – Mohaymen Shines in Nashua Stakes
TwinSpires Blog – Mohaymen faces seven in Nashua on Aqueduct’s opening day
DRF – Grening – Mohaymen takes Nashua despite bad manners
Willem de Kooning
Racing Post – Barber – Historic members’ agreement for racing
This Weekend’s Stakes
November 6
Finger Lakes
Shesastonecoldfox Stake $50,000 2yo Fillies State/Prov 6f Dirt
Remington Park
Clever Trevor Stake (L) $100,000 2yo 7f Dirt
November 7
Churchill Downs
*Chilukki Stake GII $200,000 3&up Fillies & Mares 8f Dirt
Charles Town
My Sister Pearl Stake $50,000 3&up Fillies & Mares State/Prov 9f Dirt
Golden Gate Fields
Golden Nugget $50,000 2yo 6f AW
Gulfstream Park West
Florida Classic $100,000 3&up State/Prov 8.5f Dirt
Florida Distaff $75,000 3&up Fillies & Mares State/Prov 6.75f Dirt
Florida Juvenile Fillies Sprint $75,000 2yo Fillies State/Prov 6.5f Dirt
Florida Juvenile Fillies Turf $75,000 2yo Fillies State/Prov 8f Turf
Florida Juvenile Sprint $75,000 2yo State/Prov 6.5f Dirt
Florida Juvenile Turf $75,000 2yo State/Prov 8f Turf
Florida Turf Classic $75,000 3&up State/Prov 8.5f Turf
Florida Turf Sprint $75,000 3&up State/Prov 5f Turf
Japan Racing Association
Fantasy Stake GIII $504,000 2yo Fillies 7f Turf
Keio Hai Nisai Stake GII $647,000 2yo 7f Turf
Montpelier
Noel Laing Steeplechase Stake $40,000 4&up 20f Turf
Mahoning Valley Racecourse
Ohio Debutante handicap $75,000 3&up Fillies & Mares State/Prov 8.5f Dirt
Pine Mountain
Aflac Supreme Hurdle $75,000 4&up R 18f Turf
Turf Paradise
Chandler Stake $35,000 3yo Fillies 8f Turf
Jeff and Jack Coady Sr. Stake $35,000 3yo 8f Turf
Woodbine
Jammed Lovely Stake $150,000 3yo Fillies R 7f AW
November 8
Japan Racing Association
Copa Republica Argentina GII $997,000 3&up 12.5f Turf
Miyako Stake GIII $671,000 3&up 9f Dirt
Woodbine
Autumn Stake Can – II $200,000 3&up 8.5f AW
Coronation Futurity $250,000 2yo R 9f AW
November 14
Churchill Downs
*Mrs. Revere Stake GII $200,000 3yo Fillies 8.5f Turf
Charles Town
A Huevo Stake $50,000 3&up State/Prov 9f Dirt
Golden Gate Fields
Oakland $50,000 3&up 6f AW
Japan Racing Association
Daily Hai Nisai Stake GII $647,000 2yo 8f Turf
Musashino Stake GIII $671,000 3&up 8f Dirt
Laurel Park
City of Laurel Stake (L) $100,000 3yo 7f Dirt
Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (L) $350,000 3&up 6f Dirt
James F. Lewis III Stake $100,000 2yo 6f Dirt
Richard W. Small Stake $100,000 3&up 9f Dirt
Safely Kept Stake $100,000 3yo Fillies 7f Dirt
Smart Halo Stake $100,000 2yo Fillies 6f Dirt
Turf Paradise
City of Phoenix Stake $35,000 3&up Fillies & Mares 6f Dirt
Luke Kruytbosch Stake $35,000 3&up 6f Dirt
Woodbine
South Ocean Stake $125,000 2yo Fillies State/Prov 8.5f AW
November 15
Japan Racing Association
Fukushima Kinen GIII $723,000 3&up 10f Turf
Queen Elizabeth II Cup GI $1,636,000 3&up Fillies & Mares 11f Turf
Parx
Christopher Elser Memorial (South Carolina Residency) $75,000 2yo Colts & Geldings R 6.5f Dirt
Donna Freyer Stake (South Carolina Residency) $55,000 2yo Fillies R 6.5f Dirt
Woodbine
Bessarabian Stake Can – II $200,000 3&up Fillies & Mares 7f AW
November 20
Remington Park
Silver Goblin Stake $50,000 3&up State/Prov 6.5f Dirt
TwinSpires Blog – Caldwell – Competitive Chilukki draws eight
Bloodhorse – Comebacking Grade II Winners Head Chilukki
Bloodhorse – Mutatis Mutandis, Danza Cavallo Meet Again
TwinSpires Blog – Hanson – Goldy Espony a threat to steal Long Island
Louisville Courier-Journal – Lintner – Oaks’ Birdatthewire back for Churchill stakes
ESPN – Cronley – Staying after school
TwinSpires Blog – Hanson – Where I was right, where I was wrong on Breeders’ Cup weekend
TwinSpires Blog – Tommy Massis of Toronto wins Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge
Louisville Courier-Journal – Video | Baffert dresses as dad for interview
Louisville Courier-Journal – Lintner – Derby favorite Nyquist has NHL star as namesake
Bloodhorse – Shulman – Darley Secures Breeding Rights to Nyquist
From the Derby Bar and Grill Newsletter
RAILBIRD NOTES
BY GLEN TODD
OFFICIAL DATES SET FOR HASTINGS PADDOCK SALE
Hastings Racecourse in coordination with BC TOBA and HBPA on Sunday announced the official dates for a Two Year Olds in Training and Mixed Horses of Racing Age.
The sale will be held in the Paddock area of Hastings Racecourse on Saturday, March 26th and Preview day on Saturday, March 19th.
Further details will be available very shortly and the registration date will close on February 1st, 2016.
The associations are very excited about holding this sale which will not only allow Breeders a second venue locally to sell two year olds that possibly didn’t reach their reserve or were scratched from the September Sale.
The associations have already purchased several horses that will be offered for sale and are looking over the next few months to buy several more and of course any horsemen to enter their horses to the sale as well.
NEW STRIDE ANNOUNCEMENT
November 3, 2015
For more information, contact:
Stacie Clark Rogers 859-224-2756
sclark@thoroughbredaftercare.org
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Accredits Additional Organizations
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced today that 37 aftercare organizations have earned accreditation in 2015, of which 21 were re-accredited and 16 earned accreditation for the first time. This increases the Alliance’s total to 56 accredited aftercare organizations using more than 180 facilities across the United States and Canada.
The 37 organizations accredited this year are After The Homestretch – Arizona; Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue; Beyond The Roses Equine Rescue & Retirement; Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses, Inc.; CANTER California; CANTER Colorado; CANTER Kentucky; CANTER Ohio; Days End Farm Horse Rescue; Equine Encore Foundation; Equine Rescue of Aiken; Florida Thoroughbred Retirement and Adoptive Care Program; Glen Ellen Vocational Academy, Inc. (GEVA); Horse Power Sanctuaries dba Redwings Horse Sanctuary; Humanity for Horses; Kentucky Equine Humane Center; LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers (LOPE); LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society; Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue; Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center; MidAtlantic Horse Rescue Inc.; Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement, Inc.; Neigh Savers Foundation, Inc.; New Stride Thoroughbred Adoption Society; New Vocations
Racehorse Adoption Program; Old Friends; ReRun, Inc.; South Florida S.P.C.A.; South Jersey Thoroughbred Rescue; Southern California Thoroughbred Rescue; The Exceller Fund, Inc.; Thoroughbred Placement Resources, Inc.; Thoroughbred Rehab Center; Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation; Thoroughbred Retirement of Tampa, Inc.; TROTT (Training Racehorse Off the Track); United Pegasus Foundation.
“These organizations have gone through a rigorous accreditation process and have met or exceeded our Code of Standards,” praised Jimmy Bell, TAA president. “Our donors should feel confident that their investments in the TAA are going to organizations that provide the best care possible to our retired equine athletes.”
To earn accreditation, organizations are evaluated upon their submitted application covering five key areas: operations, education, horse health care management, facility standards and services, and adoption policies and protocols. In addition to an extensive application review, all organizations are subject to site inspections of all facilities housing their horses. Accreditation is effective for two years, after which organizations must reapply for accreditation. Accredited aftercare organizations are eligible to receive grants from the TAA to support their operations. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, the non-profit Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accredits, inspects and awards grants to approved aftercare organizations to retire, retrain and rehome Thoroughbreds using industry-wide funding. Funded initially by seed money from Breeders’ Cup Ltd., The Jockey Club, and Keeneland Association, the TAA is supported by owners, trainers, breeders, racetracks, aftercare professionals and other industry groups. To date, 56 aftercare organizations supporting
more than 180 facilities across the U.S. and Canada have been granted accreditation and received funding from the TAA. To learn more about the TAA, visit thoroughbredaftercare.org.
HASTINGS NEWS BY GREG DOUGLAS
TwinSpires Blog – Norman Casse reflects on BC wins & discusses plans for Tepin, other stable stars
Louisville Courier-Journal – Lintner – Pletcher’s Race Day possible for Downs’ Clark
Bloodhorse – Global View to South Africa for 2016
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Northern Farm Buys Stephanie’s Kitten
Bloodhorse – Stephanie’s Kitten to Stay With Ramseys
Bloodhorse – Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale Wrap
Bloodhorse – Oakford – $3M Angela Renee Tops at F-T November
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Partnership Buys Callback for $2.8 Million
Bloodhorse – Shadai Goes to $2.7M for Sweet Reason at F-T
Bloodhorse – Aubby K, In Foal to Tapit, Brings $2.4M
October / Breeders Cup Newsletter
Bloodhorse – Oakford – Keeneland Day 4: Mares Pace Gains
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Claiborne Goes to $675K for Malibu Moon Filly
Bloodhorse – Oakford – Keeneland Day 3: $1.15M Tapit, More Gains
Bloodhorse – Oakford – Keeneland November Opens With Increases
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – $2.2 Million for Millionaire Hard Not to Like
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Nawara Stud to $1.65M for Spring in the Air
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Sunset Glow Lights Up Keeneland Price Board
TDN
‘Brandi’ New KEENOV Topper at $6 Million
War Front Filly Out of Awesome Maria Sells for $2 Million to Horton
Daughter of Galileo Goes For $1.9 Million to Moyglare
Half to Bodemeister Sells for $1.2 Million
Pope Strikes at $3.2 Million for a Daughter of Take Charge Lady
Half to Honor Code Knocked Down For $2.6 Million
Tapit Weanling Out Of Refugee Sells for $1.3 Million
Photo Call Snapped up by Crupi’s New Castle Farm for $3 Million
Tapit Weanling Out of Marketing Mix Proves Popular at $1.1 million
Lacadena Goes to Heider Family Stable
TDN – ‘Ruthie’ Earns Rising Star with Dominant Debut
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NOTE — VLTs OPEN 1 PM REMEMBRANCE DAY: Note that next Wednesday, Remembrance Day, simulcast racing will begin with Aqueduct at 11:20 a.m. and VLT play starts 1 p.m. (until the usual 2 a.m. closing time).
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Also, Welsch went on and on about American Pharoah and Honor Code which led to my nailing the Super Hi 5 for $2 in the Classic which resulted in a pickup of more than $3,000. The race shape seemed to be pretty straightforward: Pharoah on the lead and Honour Code making a late move to get third. In fact, one of my $1 Super Hi 5 tickets cost just $4 (which I played because I had a few bucks remaining on my Touchtote ticket as the horses were loading into the starting gate). I wheeled Pharoah with ALL with Honor Code with Keen Ice (a favourite hard-trying colt) with Tonalist. That ticket, 4-ALL-9-2-1, paid more than $1,500. Just for a $4 outlay.
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THE MELBOURNE CUP WALK OF FAME: Not only is Flemington Park in Australia famous for “the race that stops a nation,” it also boasts growing 16,000 roses, some of which are pictured here. Masses of roses also line both sides of the long victory walk taken Tuesday by Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance (142/1) and jockey Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the ‘Cup in its 155-year history.
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SWEET SHOCKER DOWN UNDER: Move over, Black Caviar. There’s a new female–this one human–who has suddenly captured the hearts of Australians. She is the sweetest of jockeys, Michelle Payne, 30, who became the first female to win the 155-year-old Melbourne Cup Tuesday on the most unlikely of horses, a 6-year-old gelding by the name of Prince of Penzance who was 142/1 because he appeared well below grade 1 calibre. “When I was five, I told my friends I would win the Melbourne Cup,” Payne said after the race. “Everything fell into place!” Indeed. Prince of Penzance burst from the 24-horse cavalry charge down the stretch to post a decisive victory in the 2-mile race. Here are the prices: (Interestingly, the top three finishers came from inside post positions 1, 2 and 4. So a bettor who boxed the four inside horses as a hunch in the tri would have collected big.)
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#19 — Prince of Penzance — 6-year-old gelding — $287.70, $90.30, $66.70
#8 — Max Dynamite (8/1) — 5-year-old gelding — $10.10, $8.40
#2 — Criterion (21/1) — 5-year-old horse — $14.10
#10 — Trip to Paris (4/1) — 4-year-old gelding
$2 exactor $3,253, $2 quinella $1,290, $2 triactor $55,700
20-cent superfecta (19-8-2-ALL) $5,544
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bettors fractional wagers (such as 20-cent superfectas and 60-cent pick-4s) on Del Mar races. That could begin as early as today. Check it out.
TAKES A BREAK FROM PATIENT CARE, WINS VLT TOURNEY: One of the ways Andrea Kinnear takes a break from caring for brain surgery patients at the Health Sciences Centre is testing her luck on the Downs’ 140 VLTs which resulted Saturday in her winning the free monthly VLT tournament and $250. She had turned $20 in free spins into $78 playing Big Easy. That was more than the other nine finalists. Get into the draw each Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and maybe you’ll be next!
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With the end of the Northlands season local trainers now are mainly located in Toronto or Phoenix. Woodbine runs through the end of November with local trainers Blair Miller, Jodi
Radul and Murray Duncan all having a few horses that should run again. Red Wings and Wild n Crazy have recently run for trainer Murray Duncan. Turf Paradise has seen a couple of wins recently for local connections. Jared Brown won Monday with the hard-knocking claimer Bosque Angel ($4.80). He was to have raced the maiden filly Dotted Princess in yesterday’s fourth race. I’m looking forward to seeing Two Bucks to Win on the grass where he should have a big shot. He might be worth betting. The Don Schnell barn has had a couple of winners in the last couple of weeks; Aware ($10) and Dr Vincentstein ($10). The old classy gelding I Am Awesome ran another third over the weekend.
In other news Quiet Ry who was an also-ran in the Manitoba Derby for Clay Brinson ran second at Hawthorne on Saturday. The Derby winner Flashy Jewel has run twice since his Derby win but has been well-beaten in grass stakes.
At Delta, trainer Jerry Gourneau continues to win for horse owner Henry Witt Jr. He did so Friday with $20,000 claimer Sierra Delta ($3.60). Witt had claimed the 3-year-old gelding for $15,000 at Lone Star in April.
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HISTORY ON THE HOOF: The best of Bob
Did you know . . . winds clocked at more than 100 kph and savage rains thrashed the Downs on June 6, 1976, resulting in the cancellation of the final three races? It was the first time in Downs’ history that a thoroughbred race program had been called off due to a storm. Track historian Bob Gates was in the middle of it with a terrified woman here.
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Bloodhorse – Balan – Lukes Alley, Golden Sabre Back for Autumn
Louisville Courier-Journal – Another ‘Ami’ unbeaten after Woodbine score
TDN – City Zip Filly Hears the ‘Call’ at Woodbine
Bloodhorse – Eight Stakes for Sunshine Millions Preview
DRF – Dunleavy – Favorite Tale may travel to Far East for December race
Bloodhorse – Curlin’s 2016 Stud Fee Set at $100,000
TwinSpires Blog – Reilly – Uzziel capitalizes as lone speed in Goldikova
Bloodhorse – LaMarra – Wrong Horse Runs and Wins, Pays $222.40
National Post – Chris Selley: An absurd solution to a non-compliant basketball net
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
The Globe And Mail – Scarecrow punches Tin Man, runs off with Cowardly Lion: police
NY Times – Witz – Royals Rally Past Mets for First World Series Title Since 1985
LA Times – A fresh challenge to ‘peremptory challenges’
NY Times – How ‘The Peanuts Movie’ Puts a New Spin on an Old Gag
Phil’s Drink and A Flick
LA Times – Fleming – A classic car mystery: Who owns the real ‘million-franc’ Delahaye?
NY Times – Borden – Russia Tackles Racism, While Playing It Down, Ahead of World Cup
The Globe And Mail – D’Aliesio – Canadian Forces ignored advice to set up drug, alcohol treatment
The Globe And Mail – D’Aliesio – Roméo Dallaire decries government’s ‘penny pinching’ care for vets
The Globe And Mail – D’Aliesio – Medical discharges pose risk to wounded Canadian soldiers
National Post – Berry – What is lunch but an exercise in sadness?
NY Times – Thanksgiving Classics
NY Times – Brooks – The Evolution of Simplicity
Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler
Albert Einstein
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GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD TO ALFRED AS HE HITS $2000 FINE MARK
GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD first annual trophy goes to TRAVIS ALFRED CULLEN with 2 more rulings this week is a runaway winner with 13 HRA rulings donating $2000 fines to his favorite charity, and with 2 months left is on pace to surpass his 16 rulings for $2650 in 2014, ensuring that the only thing correct in Tenile’s 3 yr business plan was budget of $42,000 for fines in 2015/contest closed thoroughbred done!
BAT team has had 89 rulings in 2015 already versus 86 in 2014, thanks to Sheriff Fenske’s hands in hand hole rule that is burning holes in many drivers pockets,Perhaps the NDP can use him to invent new fines in the traffic department to increase revenue, while the HAY team lacklustre stewards efforts netted only 68 rulings in 2015 versus 88 rulings in 2014, I’m sure that this will be noted in their performance review?
HRA RACING DATES were posted on Sept 25 in 2010, last year Nov 13, will this years dates be posted Christmas eve as a xmas gift or a lump of coal that won’t get burned to produce power in Alberta to racing industry, as the revenues get crunched by the orange crush!!
TRANSCANADA request to pause a review of KEYSTONE pipeline gives OBAMA a way to ease political headaches at home and help repair frayed relations with CANADA. Could the HBPA use this tactic to stop the flow of funds south and improve communications with HRA?
NDP review doctor’s pay under scrutiny as they start to learn their ABC’S with a math lesson, will the racing industry pass or will they be expelled from school this spring?
HARRISBURG YEARLING SALE TOPPER TUESDAY was a trotting colt KADDILLAC purchased by former Alberta leading trainer CLARK BEEBLY for $260k, as the flow of green heads east!
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDY by economist PASUAL RESTREPO reveals that NHL hockey players with descendants from areas outside RCMP outposts spent considerably more time in the penalty box, as they were more likely to develop a code of honour to settle disputes. I’m sure that hockey and racing legend FRED HILTS would agree with this. Perhaps the thoroughbred industry has less remote rural descendants than harness when it comes to HRA RULINGS?