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THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE FOR THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE THOROUGHBRED

GOLDENCENTSFrom backward yearling to a star in the making

RACETRACK FAILURE OR JUSTWRONG CAREER?

The latest research onupper airway obstruction

MIKEMITCHELLA new lease of life after a year of adversity

THEOFFICIAL

MAGAZINE OF THE

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GILES ANDERSON

UR first issue of the year is action packed asalways and over the coming pages, you’ll bereading about Mike Mitchell, who hasexperienced a true emotional rollercoaster butfinished out the year full of hope for theseason ahead. We also profile the making of

Goldencents as a racehorse. He went from being in the lastyearling sale of the season to being a backward two-year-old whobecame a golden ticket for his patient consignor.We also start our major “campaign” for the coming year by

looking at the different options available to owners and trainersto recycle their ex-racers into different equine disciplines. Thenumber of opportunities are on the increase and with the righthorse and handling, horses may not only gain some financialreward but more importantly to get the chance to flourish inalternative disciplines.We have widened our popular series of “Relative Values” to

encompass “family dynasties.” We start 2013 by looking at theinfluence and legacy of the late Louis Wolfson and the history of

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his wife Patrice, who was honored in January at Gulfstream Park.We take a timely look at the gradual erosion of races restricted

to four-year-olds in the late winter / spring calendar and why thelikes of the Strub series is vital for providing opportunity for theprevious year’s classic crop.Our veterinary articles cover important research on how

mucus and airborne particles can cause upper respiratoryproblems for horses. While the debate continues about the useof Salix, I sometimes can’t help thinking that the environmentthat many horses live in should be the subject of greater focus. Ithas been proven time and time again that well-ventilated barnsreduce the risk of upper airway problems that can be a majorfactor as a cause of bleeding.We also take an in-depth look at throats and examine the

reasons why horses “roar” as well as how the condition can betreated.Finally, we ask whether the bran mash is a feeding tradition or

nutritional pariah.Wherever your racing takes you this spring, good luck! n

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HE horse is out of the barn, if youwill allow the expression.Whether it is in government,politics, religion, healthcare,banking, or scouting, the currentvelocity of information is shaking

the foundations of our institutions. Dirty littlesecrets spread virally now, and news of HGH,EPO, Toradol, steroids, concussions, and frogjuice are making sports professionals sweat.

The racing commission that I serve is nowreceiving public record requests like neverbefore, as are those in all racing states. Wellinto the information age, people aredemanding information as an inalienableright.

There are many fine portals of informationon various aspects of our sport and onlineaccessibility has allowed even casual fans todelve deeply into the sport. But the PaulickReport, particularly, is an agent of change inracing. Due to the reader comments, staticheadlines bloom into dialogue. The chorus ofchanging voices can take any topic anywhere,and all of us along with it. What was once asmall, insular group with knowledge guardedas a source of power has grown into a diversevirtual community.

For every 100 readers who comment onraceday drug use, thousands may have read,considered, and internalized the opinions butnot commented. As a member of the virtualcommunity, we all share an interest in racing,but are individually as varied as veterinarians,owners, breeders of Derby winners, gamblers,commissioners, or uninitiated new fans. For

the first time, we are all in the same room.We are now privileged to be exposed to a

diversity of point of view. We are nowwitnesses to first-hand accounts of what werein the past only individual experiencesdiffused across the country. Some readers havebusiness acumen. Some share emotionalresponses. Some are youthful and some aremature. Some readers ask simple, yetperceptive questions. Some are wearing masksand aren’t afraid to throw stones.

Our community is more diverse than ever,and change is happening faster than ever.

Claiming race rules were revised aftercasino money inflated purses incentivizedowners and trainers to race horses into theground. Change came astonishingly quickly.This efficiency was only possible because ofthe current conversation about breakdowns.Many people were on watch with heightenedsensitivity to the number of breakdowns. NowAqueduct has pledged to perform necropsieson all fatally injured horses and other tracksare likely to join in the initiative. This isprogress.

Last fall, a Quarter Horse trainer who wassuspended for 21 years in New Mexico for frogjuice doping merely sidled across the borderand entered horses in races in Oklahoma. Ofcourse we all agree that some issues withinracing are beyond ridiculous, this being one ofthem. But yet they still occur. Social mediahas kept our attention on this issue, andbrought it into our own backyard. Now, morethan ever before, the racing community ishyper-vigilant to this particular breach of

justice. Our culture has changed: and in thedearth of state reciprocity, our communitynow demands that racetracks takeaccountability for giving stalls to trainers withhistories of drug violations. I expect that therecent suspension of a top trainer from NewYork racing will be honored by tracks in otherstates.

For better or for worse, the current reality isthat the enforcement of ethics in horseracing isby the self-deputized.

If your name is among the top ten trainersby earnings and you drop a horse down theclaiming ranks until it breaks down, questionsfly like arrows from the online community.Why were there so few works recently? Why was a route horse sprinting all of asudden? Why didn’t anyone claim such a goodhorse?

Of course, the trainer has not committed acrime; he has only used to his greatestadvantage the opportunity available to him.But the voices within our community arespeaking loudly against the ethicaltransgressions within our sport, this beingclearly one of them. The voices are reconcilingthe rules of the sport with present-day,democratic, ethical boundaries. This isprogress.

All of the questions are moving up the foodchain. Who is paying for the joints beingtapped? Who is dropping the horseprecipitously down to a claiming race? Thebuck stops at the owners. Online at least, noone is off-limits. For the betterment of thesport, make them sweat. n

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The views of William Koester

Make them sweat

WILL’S WAY

TI am honored to have the opportunity to speak on a subject that is important to me

as a life-long enthusiast of Thoroughbreds and racing. I previously chaired theAssociation of Racing Commissioners International (RCI), but the opinions and

ideas expressed in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily represent eitherthe RCI or the members themselves.

“Now Aqueduct has pledged to perform necropsies on all fatally injured horsesand other tracks are likely to join in the initiative. This is progress”

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Goldencents at

Santa Anita

Issue 27

CONTENTS...


2 Will’s WayThe views of William Koester.

8 California Thoroughbred TrainersAlan Balch on the marketing of racing; English-born trainer Ben Cecil.

14 TRM trainer of the quarterD.Wayne Lukas fights back, by Bill Heller.

16 Mike MitchellSteve Schuelein profiles the Southern California trainer grateful to be back in his barn these days.

24 GoldencentsThe inexpensive yearling purchase who has turned into a big success, by Bill Heller.

30 Biomechanics of locomotionDavid Williams breaks down the basics of equine locomotion.

36 RetrainingWhat to do when your horses are ready to put their racetrack days behind them, by Ken Snyder and Suzy Crossman.

42 RoarersThe latest news in diagnosing and treating roaring, by Stacey Oke.

46 DynastiesThe Wolfson family, who raced Affirmed, by Bill Heller.

52 Stable dustCelia Marr examines the performance-damaging link between airborne particles and mucus in stabled horses.

58 Decline of four-year-old stakes racesBill Heller wonders if races restricted to four-year-olds are still relevant.

66 Product Focus69 Stakes Schedules

Forthcoming stakes races from North America and around the world.

76 Sid Fernando columnTime to take action on fatalities.

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Alan F. Balch was hired asExecutive Director of CaliforniaThoroughbred Trainers in April2010. His professional career inracing began at Santa Anita in1971, where he advanced to theposition of Sr. Vice President-

Marketing and Assistant General Manager, and was incharge there of the Olympic Games EquestrianEvents for Los Angeles in 1984. He retired in the early90s to become volunteer president of the nationalequestrian federation of the USA, as well as of theNational Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. He remains volunteer president of USA EquestrianTrust, Inc.

Dr Catherine Dunnett BSc,PhD, R.Nutr. is an independentnutritionist registered with theBritish Nutrition Society. She hasa background in equineresearch, in the field of nutritionand exercise physiology, with

many years spent at The Animal Health Trust inNewmarket. Prior to setting up her ownconsultancy business, she worked in the equinefeed industry on product development andtechnical marketing.

Sid Fernando (@sidfernando) ispresident of eMatings LLC andWerk ThoroughbredConsultants, Inc. He is theformer bloodstock editor of DailyRacing Form and also blogsabout racing and breeding.

Bill Heller, Eclipse-Award winnerBill Heller's 22nd book, "Above ItAll; The Turbulent Life of JoseSantos," was published in March,2011. Heller, a member of theHarness Racing Hall of FameCommunicators Corner, is 58 and

lives in Albany, New York, just 30 miles south ofSaratoga Race Course, with his wife Anna and their22-year-old son Benjamin, a senior honor student atthe State University of New York at New Paltz.

Professor Celia Marr is anequine clinician at Rossdales,Newmarket. She is a RCVS andEuropean Specialist in EquineMedicine and HonoraryProfessor at the GlasgowUniversity Veterinary School. She

has previously worked at veterinary schools inGlasgow, Pennsylvania, Cambridge and Londonand in racehorse practice in Lambourn. She isChairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board’sThoroughbred Research & Consultation Group andEditor-in-Chief of Equine Veterinary Journal.

Dr. Stacey Oke is a licensedveterinarian and freelancemedical writer and editor. Inaddition to writing for varioushorse publications, she alsocontributes to scientific journals,is an editor of an internationally-

recognized, peer-reviewed journal, createscontinuing education materials for both human andveterinary medicine, and conducts biomedicalresearch studies.

Steve Schuelein is theSouthern California correspondentfor Thoroughbred Times. A nativeof upstate New York, Steve wasintroduced to racing as a sportswriter for the Syracuse Herald-Journal and Buffalo News before

moving to California in 1982.

Ken Snyder is a Louisville,Kentucky based freelance writer.He is a regular contributor toseveral other racingpublications, a feature writer andessayist for some non-racingmagazines, and an advertising

marketing writer, as well.

David Earl Williams Ph.D Hasfulfilled many roles in the scienceof racing and contributed to anumber of scientific journals onthe subject of the locomotion ofthe racehorse. Aside from this heis also a noted country and

western singer.

Publisher & Editorial DirectorGiles Anderson

EditorFrances J. Karon

Executives Alice Jefford, Suzy Crossman

Design/ProductionNeil Randon

Advertising SalesGiles Anderson, Scott Rion

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of purses are won by 20% of connections – an80/20 rule of longstanding and only barelyheading toward 75/25, last I checked – nobodycan seriously think high purses will save thesport.Since attendance figures are seldom

credible, pundits now concentrate on handle.Despite the drawbacks of doing so. And thelatest drawback is wondering if everyone’s evencounting the dollars the same way, which weare given to believe they may not be. In anyevent, according to Equibase, the handle onU.S. Thoroughbred racing in 2012 was $10.9billion. In inflation-adjusted terms, accordingto one method, that’s about 60% less than thetotal handle in 1987!I’m inclined to believe it, since Santa Anita

handled $543 million in 1987 all by itself, allat the track, in less than 90 days of racing at itswinter/spring meeting.By any measure, racing has fallen a long,

long way in public interest, in a very short 25-year generation. If any sport needed

massive marketing to resuscitate it – or massivesomething – it’s racing in the United States.The first fundamental question is whether

it’s too late. Remember, American racing hasbeen in the doldrums many times before overthe last century, including the early 1970s. Inthinking about this seriously, and trying toaccount for all the differences in themarketplace just since then, a few key issuesare worthy of attention.Generally speaking, investing in marketing

requires a strong belief in future prospects forthe product or brand to be marketed. Racingcertainly had that 40 years ago, despite plentyof predicted doom. A wave of marketingingenuity gradually engaged the country,tracks competing against each other, to outdoone another in innovation, facilityimprovement, purses, and methods to drawfans. Some of it didn’t work, much of it did,and this ongoing investment ultimatelyresulted in the high-water marks for the sportin the mid- to late-80s. Unfortunately, that verysuccess opened the door for an accounting andconsulting mentality that predicted still greaterenrichment from the introduction of virtuallyunlimited simulcasting, off-track, andtelephone account wagering.“These will be different fans, new markets,”

we were told. Much the same speeches, in fact,that we now hear from advocates of exchangewagering. New York had been the first majorcenter to be afflicted with the perils of off-trackbetting, and 25 years later, the samepredicament gradually afflicted the wholecountry. The mantra is always the same: whatyou lose at the track you will more than makeup with the volume of betting away from thetrack.And it has never been so.I always used to preach that the time to

invest the most in marketing is when you havethe most to do it with, to keep a product orbrand on the “crest of the wave.” If you don’tdo it, if you don’t keep the wave rolling, therewill come a time when you don’t have themeans to generate the wave again.And so it has come to pass. Track executives

increasingly saw the opportunity to make shortterm gains at the bottom line by aggressivelycutting the marketing “spend,” as they saw it(“investment,” as I see it). More than one saidto a self-satisfied board, “You see? We putalmost all of those marketing dollars we cutright onto the bottom line.”

By Alan F. BalchCTT Executive Director

HESE days, there is moreand more chatter aboutthe necessity of “bettermarketing” for racing,now that the sport seemsto be bumping along at

the bottom of a trough of historic lows inattendance and public interest.We’ve been there before, I suppose, but

things were never this bad.Just consider the fact that many tracks do

not even report attendance any more or, whenthey do, the figures are either terrifying or sobogus that nobody can seriously believe them.What a change from 40 years ago, when the

handle might be a subject of some interestfrom time to time, but almost all of usconcentrated on attendance as the bestbarometer of public interest and industryhealth. After all, reported handle is subject toall kinds of distorting factors, whether shortfields, off tracks, numbers of races run per day,numbers of pools offered, inclement weather,or – most important – inflation.Purse levels have always been of interest to

horsemen, of course, but as for the public,purses count mainly when they’re gigantic:the original “hundred-grander,” the SantaAnita Handicap, the Arlington Million, theBreeders’ Cup. That is to say, when they arefeatured in track marketing. When you stop tothink about it (which we seldom do), it isremarkable that millions of dollars in prizesare distributed to the connections of racehorses based on the outcome of a sportingcontest which takes just a minute or two tocontest. That’s why the Derby existed so longon the premise of “the most exciting twominutes in sports.”As for purses, as long as approximately 80%

Where went the marketing?

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with European imports.“I kept most of the clients from Rodney’s

stable, and the biggest was Gary Tanaka, whohad eight to ten horses, most of which werebought in Europe and concentrated on turf,”explained Cecil of his early success on turf, apattern that has continued throughout hiscareer. “Winning the Pan American was a good way

to get started, and we were very lucky and kept

F you are born in Oxford, given amiddle name of Amherst, and are thenephew of a trainer knighted “Sir,”intelligent contributions in theThoroughbred racing industry may bean expected given.

Ben Cecil would have seemed a natural tokeep his bloodlines and ply his skills in hisnative England, but he instead chose theUnited States as the site for his career.“When I came here originally (in 1992), I

worked one and a half years under Gary Jonesand planned to go back,” said Cecil betweenraces at Santa Anita Park in January. “But seeingthe level of prize-money here compared toEngland, I decided not to rush back.“It’s very easy to start training here,”

explained Cecil, 44, of another contrast withhis homeland. “You don’t have to buy or lease ayard.”Cecil knew of the giant footprints left in

American racing during the 1970s and 1980sby such English-born trainers as John Russell,Neil Drysdale, and John Gosden, and hecontinued the British invasion.England’s loss has been America’s gain. Since

taking out his license in 1996 and basing hisstable in California, Cecil has earned more than$20 million in purses and conditioned oneEclipse Award winner.Cecil brought a wide background of

international experience to this country, havingbroken in under Colin Hayes in Australia aftergraduation from high school and sandwichinga pair of stints in England under Ian Baldingand Mark Tompkins around an assignmentwith the British Bloodstock Agency.Cecil’s career took off in California. “I got

used to it very quickly working for Gary Jones,”said Cecil of adapting to American trainingmethods.Cecil accepted a better job as the top

assistant to Rodney Rash in 1994 before the unexpected shocked the racing community.Rash died suddenly of a rare blood disorder at age 36 in 1996 with a classy 33-horse stable.Cecil hurriedly took out his trainer’s license,

inherited most of the stable, and quicklylearned of the vicissitudes of the game. “My firsttwo starters finished second and third in a race

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at Santa Anita, and a week later I won my firstrace with Celtic Arms in the Pan AmericanHandicap at Gulfstream Park,” said Cecil ofbreaking his maiden in style in the Grade 2stakes. “But he injured a sesamoid ligament andnever raced again.”Celtic Arms thrust Cecil, 27 at the time,

into the spotlight, and stamped him as a young trainer on the rise, as well as one who would continue to thrive on turf

Cecil continuesfamily’s Europeanwinning traditionin America


it going,” said Cecil of the early years on hisown. “We won 14 stakes one year.”The late 1990s produced Cecil’s first

Grade 1 winner in Donna Viola, who capturedthe Santa Barbara and Gamely handicaps in1997. The following year produced anotherdouble Grade 1-winning European importowned by Tanaka in Squeak, who annexed the Beverly Hills Handicap and MatriarchStakes.“Squeak loved a cut in the ground and won

the Matriarch by six on soft turf,” recalled Cecil.But for sheer accomplishments, the easy

number one choice is Golden Apples, anotherTanaka-owned filly who won the Eclipse Awardas champion female turf horse in 2002.“She got here a week before winning the

(2001) Del Mar Oaks,” said Cecil of the Irish-bred filly. “I’ve had a couple that I thoughtmight be better, but nobody achieved what sheachieved.”At four, Golden Apples won the Beverly D

and Yellow Ribbon stakes, two of the marqueeevents in her division, en route to thechampionship.“She had a helluva turn of foot,” said Cecil.

“She would sit last and explode. She was a verylaid-back horse around the barn. She just didwhat she had to do, that’s it.“She was from the first crop by Pivotal,” said

Cecil of the British stallion. “I never heard ofhim. She was his first good one. He went on tobe a top stallion and sired horses likeMegahertz.”Golden Apples went on to earn $1,672,583

before being retired and sold at auction toShadwell for $3.4 million.Golden Apples, Donna Viola, and Squeak

were all females. “There aren’t many grassstakes here that I haven’t won for fillies,” saidCecil. “That’s what I tend to buy. I try to pushmy clients onto buying European horses. I stillget the odd European sent to me. That’sprobably my reputation.”Indeed, of 38 graded stakes wins recorded by

Cecil, 34 have been on turf, 22 by females.Cecil’s favorite victory by a non-female may

have been an 11-1 upset by Passinetti in thehistoric 2003 San Juan Capistrano Handicap,the longest Grade 1 in the country at about 1¾ miles on turf.“He was brought off the farm after a

three-year layoff and Mr. Tanaka had nearly


“There aren’t many grassstakes here that I haven’t won for fillies.That’s what I tend to buy. I try to push myclients onto buyingEuropean horses”

given him away six months before the race as ariding horse,” said Cecil, who rejuvenated theseven-year-old gelding.Cecil credited his own racing pedigree to

both his father and mother. “My father (David)was the twin brother of Henry Cecil,” said Cecilof the famed English trainer elevated to “Sir”status by Queen Elizabeth in 2011.“My father trained briefly and ran a stud farm

in Yorkshire,” continued Cecil. (David Cecildied in 2000.) “My mother (Fiona) had abrother, Arthur Corbett, who trained inNewmarket and won a lot of big handicaps. Ihad it a bit on both sides.”Cecil remembered a visit to Newbury with

Henry Cecil at 14 that changed his life. “He hadtwo horses in, I bet them, and they both won,”said Cecil. “I thought, ‘This was easy.’ That’swhen I decided what I wanted to do.”Cecil visits England three times a year and

remains in contact with Uncle Henry. “Icertainly keep an eye on what he does and lastsaw him in December at Newmarket,” saidCecil. “He went through some tough years in

addition to his health problems,” said Cecil ofhis uncle, 70, who is battling stomach cancer.“It’s great to see him back on top.”

Carrying the elder Cecil back to the pinnacleof the sport was superstar Frankel, who wasretired last year after going unbeaten in 14races.“The one time I saw him race live was

probably the worst race he ever ran,” said Cecilof a narrow score in the 2011 St. James’s PalaceStakes at Royal Ascot. “I saw Frankel atJuddmonte in December. He was pretty special,maybe the best horse of all time in Europe.”Sir Henry Cecil will always rank number one

in his nephew’s eyes. “For someone I looked upto since I got into training, he’s definitely theone,” said Cecil of role models.“The two trainers I respected most in


Golden Apples

won Cecil an

Eclipse Award

for champion

female turf

horse in 2002


America were Charlie Whittingham and Bobby Frankel,” added Cecil of the legendarypair. “When Rodney died, Charlie got an offer from (owner) Bob Hibbert to take hishorses, and Charlie told him to leave them withme. Not many trainers would have done that.”Cecil also thanked Rash, who went on his

own after several years under Whittingham.“He was quite a tough guy on his help andmade me work pretty hard,” said Cecil. “I hadto be at the barn at four o’clock. But that’swhere I had the most responsibility. That’s howyou learn. You don’t learn from watching. Youlearn from doing it.”Cecil considers himself a product of varied

influences. “There are a lot of little things youpick up from different people,” he said. “Thereis no one specific thing. As a trainer, you’relearning every day. You learn from yourmistakes. Every horse is different.“The thing is you never stop learning,”

continued Cecil. “There is a different challengeevery day. That’s what makes it fun.”Cecil is not afraid to express his

displeasure with medication rules in bothCalifornia and the United States. “I’m one of ahandful of California trainers who is anti-medication,” said Cecil. “It’s damagingAmerican racing, the breeding industry,

and our perception in the rest of the world.“Go other places and they think America is

full of drugs,” continued Cecil. “I’m not sayingit is, but there is only one way to change it. It isaffecting sales and breeding. The majority of thegreat stallions are now in Europe. The roster ofAmerican stallions is not as strong as ten yearsago.“I think it’s a bit sad that we have to rely on

drugs to get horses to the races,” added Cecil.“If you dehydrate a horse with Lasix before heruns, you’re going to knock him out and hewon’t be able to run back for three or fourweeks. In England, you can run a horse back ina week. If nothing else, the medication rules inAmerica should at least be consistent from stateto state. That’s why American racing doesn’t getthe respect it deserves.”Cecil is also pro-synthetic in the ongoing

debate over track surfaces. “Statistics provesynthetics are much safer,” said Cecil. “Werushed to put them in in California. Some werenot put in properly and not maintained the waythey should have been.“There was a lot of pressure from old-time

trainers to have them removed,” continuedCecil. “Del Mar was the one track that spent themoney and did it properly. It took a few yearsbut they have a good track now.”

Cecil balanced his comments bycommending the progress Santa Anita hasmade since re-implementing a dirt track. “SantaAnita’s dirt track is also good now because ofthe work that was put in during the last year,”he said.“I may be biased,” admitted Cecil. “My

horses are mostly turf horses, and a lot of turfhorses won’t run on dirt, but will run onsynthetic.”Cecil said his 18-horse barn is

predominantly made up of European imports,about 75 percent. Even his chief assistant ofeight years is a European import: AlannahHolloway from Wales.Cecil’s stable is headed by Quiet Oasis, a

five-year-old Irish-bred mare who highlightedan otherwise sub-par 2012 with victories in theGrade 2 Royal Heroine Mile and Grade 3Wilshire Handicap – Cecil’s third win in thatrace.“She had a chip taken out of a knee last

summer, is working and should be ready torace in February,” said Cecil. He is also high on Tiger Day, a three-year-old colt from Europe;and Shumoos, a four-year-old filly on the comeback trail after finishing second in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint.Cecil’s primary owners are Paul Reddam,

Arnold Zetcher, Paul Boghossian (Triple BFarm), and David Fernandes (Davon Stable).Cecil’s wife, Kristina, has also earned a

reputation for churning out winners. She is co-producer of the television sit-com hit “BigBang Theory” on CBS. The couple lives inPasadena with their children: Francesca, three;and Hugo, two. Cecil compared widely contrasting training

methods between America and Europe. “Thereis much more time for the horse in England:one�and a half to two hours each morning,” hesaid. “Here you are pressed for time. “In England, there is much more variation,”

he continued. “In Newmarket, you can gosomewhere different each day to vary training.Here we have the main track and the trainingtrack and are confined to an amount of time. Inan ideal world, I think England is probablybetter for the horse.”Cecil, wearing a navy blazer and blue jeans,

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Cecil’s stable star is 2012 Royal Heroine Mile winner Quiet Oasis



But in doing so, they disconnected theengines from racing’s train. The train keptrolling, but slower and then slower still. Yearafter year of reduced marketing investmentresulted in a greater downside than all theprior years’ upside! After all, competition forthe gaming dollar simultaneously increased ata breathtaking rate. Just as its business wastransferred off track at the same time, racing

had to share more and more of its remainingtreasure with external entities. Then nobodyhad the resources for the necessaryinvestment! Market development – inducingtrial from new customers – was left a provinceof the tracks, whose own financial ability andingenuity had been drastically reduced bytheir short-sighted and ill-understooddecisions.The second fundamental question is

whether marketing for profit is even affordablein our sport. Because the attitude that any ideathat sounds good is good, which is what passesfor “marketing” in many places these days, willonly tighten the spiral in the wrong direction.Hard-nosed marketing based on investmentprinciples of cost vs. benefit, short and longterm, is the only possible answer. Along with asincere belief that there is a future worthy ofthe investment. n

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Lukas trainee Oxbow, with Jon Court aboard, in the winner's circle after the $200,000 Grade 3 LeComte Stakes at Fair Grounds

TRM Trainer of the Quarter

D. WAYNELUKAS

The TRM Trainer of the Quarter award has been won by D.Wayne Lukas. Lukas and his team will receive aselection of products from the internationally-acclaimedrange of TRM supplements, as well as a bottle of fine

Irish whiskey.WORDS: BILL HELLER PHOTOS: LOU HODGES JR, HORSEPHOTOS.COM


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E’S back! Refusingto fade quietly intothe night, Hall ofFame trainer D.Wayne Lukas isreminding all of us

that he didn’t get to be Thoroughbred racing’sall-time leader in earnings ($261 million andcounting) and eighth in victories (4,659) byaccident.So what if he’s 77? In the space of eight

days, Lukas captured the $200,000 Grade 3LeComte Stakes with Oxbow in spectacularfashion at Fair Grounds, the $150,000 SmartyJones Stakes with Will Take Charge atOaklawn Park, and the $125,000 Grade 3Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap with Optimizerback at Fair Grounds, January 26th. The trioof stakes winners pushed Lukas up to 13th inthe country in earnings.Last year, Lukas saddled just five stakes

winners to win six stakes races. When asked ifpeople thought he’d forgotten how to train,Lukas laughed before answering, “That’salways amazed me. There’s no how-to book. IfI could give advice to an owner late in mycareer, it would be that the experience factoris paramount in training horses. It’s all based

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without exerting a lot of energy. He gets intothat high cruising speed.”Will Take Charge’s victory was a bit dicey.

He won the Smarty Jones by a neck, thenstumbled afterwards. But he escaped injury.“He’s 100 percent,” Lukas said. “He’s trainedevery day since.”Lukas never stopped believing in

Optimizer, who finished 11th, sixth, and 10thin last year’s Derby, Preakness, and BelmontStakes, before switching back to grass andwinning the Grade 3 Kent at Delaware Park by4¼ lengths. He followed that race with a tiring11th in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf beforefinishing third in both the Grade 3 River CityHandicap at Churchill Downs and the Grade2 Hollywood Turf Cup.Lukas briefly freshened the four-year-old

son of English Channel and he respondedwith a powerful 3½-length victory in theBradley as the 2-1 favorite under Jon Court.“He’s on the surface he prefers,” Lukas said.“The English Channels seem to mature just alittle later. I hope he follows that pattern. We’llpoint him to the Arlington Million.”But that’s in the late summer. What about

the first Saturday in May? Lukas has won four

on your experience. It’s no accident that wehad our Derby run. Baffert had his. You can godown through the history books. Thatexperience is so important.“My energy is pretty damn good at 77,” he

said. “We’re not doing anything physical.Football players, basketball players, they maylose a step. All we have to do is stay sharpmentally.”Lukas was born focused. He literally

revolutionized training by running horses allover the country, and he’s had great success inthe Triple Crown. “We always, over the years,placed emphasis on our young horses,especially the three-year-olds,” he said. “Wetry finding someone with the quality to maybe get us there. The other side of the coinis that’s where most of the clientele wants tobe.”Oxbow just might take Lukas back to the

Run for the Roses. He absolutely rompedwire-to-wire in the LeComte. “I expected himto run well,” Lukas said. “He’s a tough rascal.He enjoys training. That horse has a lot of tryin him, and he’s got a great efficiency ofmotion. All the horses I’ve had good luck withare horses that got to the top of the stretch

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IFE is coming back to normal now,” said Mitchell, 64, who underwentextensive radiationand chemotherapy

treatments. “My appetite is fine now. And I’mexcited about the Santa Anita meet. I’mlooking forward to a real good year.”

Since taking out his training license in1974, Mitchell had been based at BetfairHollywood Park his entire career but hedecided to uproot himself and shift his barn 35miles from southwest to northeast of LosAngeles.

“It’s kind of a strange feeling,” said Mitchellof the move to Santa Anita. “I had been in Barn72 at Hollywood Park since they built it, butI’m not sure if they’re going to stay openbeyond this year.

“I hate to lose Hollywood,” lamentedMitchell. “Hollywood Park is a wonderfulplace to train and their trackman, DennisMoore, is probably the best in the business.Those big concrete barns are good for thehorses and the big wide shedrows are safe.

“All the driving is too much too,” saidMitchell, who lives closer to Hollywood Parkin coastal Redondo Beach. “We also have anapartment in Temple City (near Santa Anita),and we’re eventually going to move from theSouth Bay and look for a house near SantaAnita.

“I wanted to get my foot in the door at SantaAnita,” added Mitchell of the decision, also

second behind Bobby Frankel at HollywoodPark, and is fifth at Santa Anita.

A devout Christian, Mitchell consideredthose accomplishments impossible withouthelp from above and was particularly thankfulfor divine intervention in pulling him throughhis recent health crisis.

“The only praise I would like to give is toJesus Christ,” said Mitchell. “The powers ofpraying and strength that he has given me gotme through everything. I was never scared. Iwas never alone. It was touching and peaceful.

“I’d have to give credit where it belongs,”continued Mitchell. “That’s what got me healedup. I thought my mind would be slow, but mybody handled it real well. My body handledthe chemo better than I thought.”

Mitchell also has wife Denise in his corner.“Denise is my rock,” said Mitchell of his petiteblonde wife. “She took me to all my doctorappointments. She got me all my medications.She was always there for me. She’s my bestfriend. Coming home to Denise makes it allworthwhile. She’s a big reason I’m successful.”

Mitchell remembered all too well awakeningfrom surgery at the University of SouthernCalifornia Medical Center in late June. “I wokeup in the ICU unit, and Denise was there witha computer, and she opened it up,” recalledMitchell.

Mitchell must have thought he hadgone to heaven the next fewminutes as he and Denise and

their two daughters, McCalland Shea, watched the

Mitchell-trained CampVictory rally for anupset victory in the

pointing out that training on the dirt track atSanta Anita might benefit some of his horses inpreparing them to race on it.

“We’re in a rebuilding stage,” said Mitchellof his stable. “We’re down in numbers. Wehave 30 to 35, and I usually average 45.Usually before Del Mar (in July), I’m hustlingto get horses because everybody wants horsesto run there.” But the medical crisis sidelinedhim at that time and put him behind the eightball replenishing his stock for the remainder ofthe year.

“In this whole new transition, I’m trying toupgrade now,” said Mitchell. “I cleaned housewith the horses I did not want. I’m not gettingout of the claiming business, but I’m trying toget away from the cheap claimers, the $8,000-10,000 ones.”

Mitchell, whose reputation was built largelyon his success in the claiming game, hasquietly moved to the top echelon of SouthernCalifornia trainers. He became the all-timeleader in wins at Del Mar in 2011, ranks

L Veteran trainer Mike Mitchell peered out from his stableoffice in Barn 24 at Santa Anita Park early at the meet thisyear, savoring a new lease on life from a new barn at a newtrack. No horseman looked more forward to turning thepage on 2012, after surviving surgery for a brain tumor lastsummer. Mitchell’s new year’s story is an inspiring mixtureof faith and family, love and perseverance, change and hope.WORDS: Steve Schuelein PhOtOS: hORSePhOtOS.cOM

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Mitchell with his assistant trainer Paul d’Amato who oversaw the program while his boss was out of action

Grade 1 $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap atHollywood Park.

“We were cheering so loud that the nursecame over and said, ‘You’ve got to be quiet!’”said Mitchell after the 10-to-1 score. “To seeCamp Victory beat The Factor kind of took thepain away for a little while.”

In the winner’s circle, sobbing co-ownerLynne Miller was almost hysterical inexplaining the significance of the victory,which was vintage Mitchell. Miller and herhusband, Tom, were part of a four-ownerpartnership for whom Mitchell claimed CampVictory for $40,000 in a six-way shake in2011.

Mitchell’s extended family has grown inrecent years, putting a smile on the trainer’sface for both personal and professionalreasons. McCall is married to Craig “Boomer”Rounsefell, an Australian-born bloodstockagent who has helped fortify the Mitchell barn.In December, Shea – an accomplished singer –married French-born jockey Julien Leparoux,an Eclipse Award winner who has won racesfor Mitchell.

“Shea asked me one day after they gotserious, ‘Daddy, do you like him?’” recalledMitchell. “I said, ‘Honey, I liked him beforeyou met him!’”

The couple exchanged vows in Arcadia andhad their reception at trainer Hector Palma’sfarm in Bradbury overlooking the San GabrielValley and track below.

“The pastor at the church during the servicepointed out that I had once told my kids whenthey were much younger, six and eight, ‘No

jockeys!’” said Mitchell sheepishly. A trainer can always change his mind. “He’s

a fine young man and all business when herides,” said Mitchell in endorsing the groomwho has shifted his tack to California.

Although Leparoux enjoys preferred statuson calls with Mitchell, the trainer does notexpect he will always be available. “I told hisagent, Joe Ferrer, to do what is best for Julien,”said Mitchell understandingly.Mitchell is equally happy with his older

daughter’s choice in Rounsefell, who divideshis time between Australia and California andtravels globally for his Boomer Bloodstockagency.

Rounsefell’s keen eye and business senseenabled him to buy two horses who developedinto 2012 graded stakes winners on turf forMitchell at the Tattersalls Horses in Training

Sale in England in October, 2011, at attractiverates.

“We got both Dhaamer and Obviouslycheaper than expected,” said Rounsefell of theIrish-breds. “Dhaamer sold first. He wasowned by Shadwell and was trained by JohnGosden. I expected him to sell for $150,000,but we got him for $50,000. I thoughtObviously would go for $325,000 to$350,000, and we got him for $220,000.”

Mitchell was impressed by his son-in-law’sreactions on a limited budget. “There wasanother nice horse we liked who was sellingafter Dhaamer and before Obviously,” saidMitchell. “We could only afford one andBoomer said that the other was too expensiveand Obviously was the one he really liked.”

Obviously vindicated his faith with victoriesin the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile and Arroyo SecoMile and a third-place finish in the Breeders’Cup Mile behind Wise Dan and AnimalKingdom.

Dhaamer won an emotional Grade 3 SunsetHandicap on closing day of the HollywoodPark meet in mid-July under Leparoux. Lessthan three weeks after surgery, a gaunt Mitchellattended the races for the first time.

“I didn’t look as pretty as usual,” saidMitchell with his dry sense of humor. “But itwas such a fun thing. We did it all as a family.”

Mitchell would like to see the patternrepeat. “I hope to go to some big races with ahorse picked out by one son-in-law and riddenby the other son-in-law,” said Mitchell of aleading New Year’s wish.

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that this is a kid I need,” said Mitchell,impressed with the interview.

“He’s a very hard worker, puts in long hours,and the owners all love him,” said Mitchell.“Phil makes it all work. I like to get hisopinion.” Mitchell was happy with his workeven before the trial under fire.

“It was really a trying time for everybody,”said D’Amato. “But working for Mike for solong, I like to think I was just doing things theway Mike did. I knew his ways like the back ofmy hand. It was business as usual, training likeMike was still there.

“As soon as Mike was well enough aftersurgery, we were in steady contact every daygoing over horses,” said D’Amato. “We work asa great team. I feel like an extension of him.”

D’Amato has learned a great deal watchinghis boss. “Mike is an extremely versatiletrainer,” said D’Amato. “He doesn’t put a horsein a specific program. He treats each horse asan individual. That’s why he has been sosuccessful.

“When he claims a horse, he tries to find thekey to unlock the box to the answer the othercouldn’t do,” said D’Amato, explainingMitchell’s ability to elevate claimers into stakeshorses. “It seems to be second nature to him.

“As an example, we claimed a horse namedOn the Acorn (for $40,000), and he ran last inhis first race for us,” said D’Amato. “He hadbeen a run-off in his previous barn. Mikegelded him and took his time, put our mostexperienced exercise rider on him, and gavehim long gallops on the training track. Wecould see him go from an unruly horse to awell-mannered one.”

On the Acorn became a multiple gradedstakes winner on turf, capturing the Grade 2San Juan Capistrano Handicap in 2007 andthe Grade 2 Jim Murray Handicap in 2007 and2008.

“Mike is not just a claiming trainer,” addedD’Amato. “He showed that when he won theHollywood Starlet (a Grade 1 race for two-year-old fillies in 2006) with Romance isDiane.”

D’Amato also lauded Mitchell for his candorwith owners. “Mike is very straightforward; hedoesn’t sugarcoat things with them,” saidD’Amato. “If an owner spent $50,000 for ahorse, and Mike thinks he should be runningfor $25,000, he tells him that. I think he haskept clients loyal to him since he started, likePhil Belmonte and Steve Ustin. for thatreason.”

D’Amato also appreciated theencouragement he received from Mitchellwhen he was offered a couple of horses to trainon his own for Arizona college classmate CashVessels in 2011. “He was gracious andsupportive and thought it was a good way toget my feet wet,” said D’Amato, who nowtrains six on his own but still puts his work forMitchell first.

Mitchell, a California native, has spent allhis life around horses. “My dad (trainer Earl


Mitchell (right) and D’Amato (left) listen to regular jockey and son-in-law Julien Leparoux

Mitchell intends to aim Dhaamer at the long-distance turf races at Santa Anita

barn is a three-year-old filly namedSheaparoux, an imaginative merger of thenames of the newlyweds. “The owner, BobHutton, came up with the name,” saidMitchell. “He also named one McBoomer formy other daughter and her husband.”

“It’s a team effort for sure, actually a familyeffort,” said Denise. “We’re a triple threat now:trainer, jockey, and bloodstock agent.” All thatis needed now is a Triple Crown horse for aperfect ending to the story.

Mitchell did not fret during his down time

because of his confidence in assistant PhilD’Amato overseeing the program. D’Amato, aSouthern California native, graduated fromUSC and attended the University of ArizonaRace Track Industry Program. He learned thebasics at several barns and tracks in Kentucky,New York, and Florida – most recently underChuck Simon – before yearning to returnhome to California eight years ago.

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Mitchell) trained for Desi Arnaz at his CoronaBreeding Farm when they had Nashville atstud,” said Mitchell of his youth. “Then Dadwent to work for Gem State Stable in Tipton, asmall town between Bakersfield and Fresno. Itwas owned by an aunt (Thelma) from Boise,Idaho, who was married to Harry Morrison,who owned a construction company that builtHoover Dam.

“I had two older brothers who helped myfather on the track, so after I finished highschool, he sent me to work on the farm whereI was more needed,” said Mitchell, who lookedback at the assignment as a blessing.

“That was not a bad thing for me,” saidMitchell of the work with ten stallions, 150mares, and their foals. “A lot of trainers neverbuilt that foundation. I learned a lot aboutbreaking babies and the breeding business.”Neither of Mitchell’s brothers remained in

racing, and he migrated to the track and beganworking for several major names: FarrellJones, Loren Rettele, Ron McAnally, andWillard Proctor.

“You had to really work for Proctor, but hewas a good horseman,” said Mitchell. “He gaveme stalls when I got my first few horses. Iremember how good he was to me. TomProctor (Willard’s son) and I are real closefriends. I never claim horses off him because ofmy closeness to the family.”

Mitchell’s barn at Hollywood Park was closeto that of the legendary Frankel and he passedit on his way to the track each morning.“Bobby Frankel was the greatest trainer I’veever seen,” said Mitchell. “I learned a lot justwatching him.”

Mitchell learned his lessons well. When heforged to the top of the career wins list at DelMar, he passed McAnally, who in turn hadpassed Jones. That in itself had specialmeaning.

“It felt good to break the record,” saidMitchell, now at 463 at Del Mar. “I worked asa pony boy for Ronnie (McAnally) and have alot of respect for him. He’s a Hall of Famer anda class act.”

Del Mar turned out to be an important siteagain in 2012. Still weak from surgery,Mitchell managed to be there in the afternoonsto see Obviously win the Del Mar Mile onAugust 25 and Potesta capture theTorrey Pines Stakes on September2.

Both races were run inrecord clockings for one mileat the coastal facility:Obviously in 1:32.10 on turf,and Potesta in 1:34.86 onPolytrack. In the matter of oneweek, Mitchell, jockey JoeTalamo, and owners JoeScardino and Anthony Fanticola

teamed to account for leaders on both milesurfaces there.

Mitchell, by now familiar with coping withadversity, absorbed another blow when thehighly regarded Potesta fractured a cannonbone so severely in training in mid-Septemberthat her life was in jeopardy. Mitchell waspointing the winner of the Grade 2 HollywoodOaks to the Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic.

“She broke the leg so badly that the bonecame through the skin,” said Mitchell. “But herowners (Scardino and Fanticola) are great,great guys. They said, ‘Save her. Do whatever ittakes, whatever it costs.’

“We sent her to Alamo Pintado,” saidMitchell of the reputable equine medical

center in Los Olivos in the Santa Ynez Valley.“She was a good patient.”

The filly must have taken a cue from hertrainer to survive. Potesta healed and was soldfor $800,000 as a broodmare prospect at therecent Keeneland January sale.

Del Mar was also the site of Mitchell’s firstGrade 1 victory, with Kela in the 2004 BingCrosby Handicap, a victory he remembers notonly as an important milestone.

“When we got married, Denise promisedwhen I won my first Grade 1, she was going tojump into the nearest fountain tocelebrate,” said Mitchell. “Shea andMcCall called her on it after the BingCrosby, and she ran into thefountain near the entrance andcame out soaking wet.”

Major stakes wins became

“Mike is an extremelyversatile trainer. Hedoesn’t put a horse in aspecific program. Hetreats each horse as anindividual. That’s why hehas been so successful”

Paul d’Amato

more common for Mitchell during the lastdecade, often after claims. “Claiming horseslike Ever a Friend and Star Over the Bay andseeing them win Grade 1s have given me someunbelievable thrills,” said Mitchell.

Ever a Friend, claimed for $62,500, won theGrade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile in 2008, while StarOver the Bay, claimed for $80,000, won theGrade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes in 2004. Otherclaims-to-graded-stakes fame includeLeprechaun Kid, Kessem Power, SymphonySid, Sun Boat, Big Booster, and ChurchService. Church Service and Big Boosterfinished second and third, respectively, in the2008 Breeders’ Cup Marathon.

Despite a lengthy list of more accomplishedwinners, Mitchell places none above a hard-trying claimer named Banker John early in hiscareer. “He was a bad bleeder when I first gothim, and he was a real mean horse,” saidMitchell. “He used to bite everybody in thebarn, and once he reached over and bitanother horse during a race. He was tough.“He was a favorite because he was so

competitive,” said Mitchell of the $10,000claim who earned $130,000.

Nowadays Mitchell looks at better stock.Obviously, Dhaamer, and Camp Victory are allpoised for more stakes scores in 2013. “I’mpointing Dhaamer to the marathon turf racesat Santa Anita,” said Mitchell.

“I would like to run Obviously down thehill (6½ furlongs) in the San Simeon Stakes(April 20) and see how he handles that,”continued Mitchell. “That would help medecide whether to try the Breeders’ Cup Mileagain or the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (at SantaAnita in November).

“Camp Victory loves Hollywood Park but Imight run him here once before the summermeet there,” added Mitchell of his ace sprinter.

Mitchell has hopes for several otherprospects, including another pair of Europeanimports purchased by Rounsefell at theOctober Tattersalls Sale: a three-year-old filly

named Need You Now and a four-year-old gelding named BigNote.

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T WAS love at first sight. Carroll and hisright-hand man, Travis Durr, had justpulled into the backstretch for that sale.“We parked in a corner,” Carroll said.“He was way out in the field. I just

glanced out and I could see him maybe 100yards from me. I just saw the most unusualstride I’ve ever seen. I didn’t know anythingabout him. I didn’t know if he was a colt, fillyor gelding. And I said, `What a walk! What ahuge overreach!’”“Overreach” could be Goldencents’ mantra.

The $5,500 yearling became a $62,000 two-year-old in training purchase whose threevictories in four starts include back-to-backGrade 3 stakes scores for his latest connections:trainer Doug O’Neill, seeking his secondconsecutive Kentucky Derby; and his brotherDennis, who bought Goldencents at that two-year-old sale for a partnership whichincludes University of Louisville headbasketball coach Rick Pitino.Partners Karyn Pirrello and Charles and Lyra

Miller’s Rosecrest Farm, just outside Paris,Kentucky, bred Goldencents, a son of IntoMischief out of the Banker’s Gold mare GoldenWorks. “Karyn bought the dam in 2007 atKeeneland for $7,000,” Charles Miller said.

in his eye or the immense size of a Forego, buthe did make an impression on Miller. “Mosthorses hang out with their mom,” he said. “Hewalked away. He wanted to explore. He was anoutgoing, gregarious foal.”Still, Goldencents wasn’t a “wow” yearling.

“He was not the horse who jumped out at youin terms of his physicality,” Miller said. “He wasokay. He was a big colt and he had a big hip.But nobody looked at him and said, ‘He’s thenext Derby winner.’ He had a nice walk, butyou have to remember, the sire hadn’t done athing. There wasn’t anything that stood out.”Selling him made sense, and Miller turned to

“She was the one who selected the sire.Goldencents was born and raised on our farm.”Miller believed Goldencents’ pedigree was

better than it appeared on paper, even thoughInto Mischief was an unproven sire. “GoldenWorks had a bad rap about her progeny,” hesaid. “She had a Posse colt, a very nice colt, andhe developed a disease and died. Then, she hada nice filly by Action This Day, who was on ourfarm, and then was sold as a yearling. She wasinjured on another farm and had to be putdown. Bad luck. Then Golden Works was bredto Into Mischief.”Goldencents didn’t have the look of an eagle

I The road to the Kentucky Derby begins long before a youngcolt makes his first start. Goldencents had traveled fromKentucky to South Carolina to Florida to California beforehe ever ran. But it’s the way that Goldencents walked thatconvinced pinhooker Webb Carroll to purchase the colt for$5,500 in the October, 2011, Fasig-Tipton Kentucky FallYearling Sale.WORDS: BILL HELLER PHOTOS: HORSEPHOTOS.COM, JUDIT & TIBOR PHOTOGRAPHY

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Goldencents easily wins a 2YO maiden race at Del Mar on his debut by 7¾ lengths

his friend at Crestwood Farm, Pope McLean, toconsign him for the October yearling sale, thelast one of the year in Kentucky. “We can’t taketoo much credit for him,” Crestwood Farmdirector Pope McLean Jr., said. “We only hadhim for two weeks. Webb’s a friend of ours. Hecaught his eye. He really liked the horse.”Robert Keck, Crestwood’s pedigree and

bloodstock advisor, was impressed withGoldencents’ physical appearance. “This is not20-20 hindsight,” he said. “We thought he wasoutstanding physically, but with limitedbreeding. He had great cannon bones, abeautiful hind leg, great pasterns and a greatpastern angle. He moved real nice. He wascorrect through the knees. Honestly, I don’tknow why more people weren’t interested inhim.”Webb Carroll isn’t a stranger to quality

horses. “We turn out winners,” he said.“Shackleford, Havre de Grace, War Emblem,Tale of the Cat.” Goldencents? After seeing him walk from a

distance, Carroll wondered, “Was he a freak?We had him walk to us and away from us. Hewas correct. I looked him up in the catalog. Isaw that Into Mischief had nothing. The damhadn’t done anything. I said this sure isn’t a lot

of pedigree, but I don’t spend a lot of money.They really need to walk well. This horse hadthat. I knew he had vetted well. I said, ‘Okay,let’s keep our eyes on him.’ I thought the horsewould bring $15,000 to $25,000. I was willingto go that much or a little higher.” Keck washoping for a little more: “At the time, hispedigree wasn’t very marketable, but wethought he could bring $35,000-$40,000 onhis looks. He’ll catch somebody’s eyes.”He had: Carroll’s. But nobody else. Carroll

got Goldencents for $5,500. “I was shockedthat we got him for what we did,” he said.Then Carroll took him home to his farm, the

Webb Carroll Training Center in Matthews,South Carolina. Carroll would break him aswell as a $5,000 yearling from that sale hedidn’t own, Seaneen Girl, who would go on tocapture the Grade II Golden Rod Stakes atChurchill Downs last November.Carroll said Goldencents developed typical

two-year-old shin problems. “We didn’t givehim 30 days off,” he said. ”We just brought himalong at a slower pace.”Still, he prospered. Carroll thought he’d

enter Goldencents in the Fasig-TiptonTimonium Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale lastMay in Maryland, but decided to enter him

“I said this sure isn’t a lotof pedigree, but I don’tspend a lot of money.They really need to walkwell. This horse had that”

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Kenney, and the W.C. Racing Stable of JoshKaplan and Glen Sorgenstein.The O’Neills were thrilled with Goldencents

as he trained forwardly for his debut. “Dennissaid this horse was special and will win his firstout,” Carroll said.Goldencents won his debut at Del Mar by 7¼

lengths. He then traveled cross country to finishsecond by five lengths to Shanghai Bobby in theGrade 1 Champagne Stakes. Shanghai Bobbywould add the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and benamed champion two-year-old colt.Goldencents followed his only loss with

victories in those two Grade 3 stakes, the DeltaJackpot by 1¾ lengths at Delta Downs and theSham by a length and a half at Santa Anita at 2-5. His bankroll topped $750,000 in his firstfour starts.“He’s an exceptionally nice horse,” Carroll

said. “For us to have a horse like that, we cansay we bought this horse, we gave him theopportunity to be the best he could be, and weput him in a two-year-old sale, and he excelled.It just makes you so happy when somethinglike this happens. You need to take a chance ona horse and do right by him. Sometimes it’smore what you don’t do. Bro, the rest ishistory.”Travis Durr said, “It’s great. First of all, you

get to know you picked the right horse to geton that Derby trail. It’s good for the business.You don’t have to spend a lot of money. It givesthe little guy a chance. You can have a little bitof luck and have a big horse.”Montanye said she was “privileged to get on

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instead in the Ocala Breeders’ Two-Year-Olds inTraining and Older Horse Sale the followingmonth.Carroll, though, was told that the

nominations for the sale were closed. Then hecaught a break. The sales company decided tohave an addendum, and Carroll sentGoldencents and two other horses to GregDodd at Southern Chase Farm in Florida to beprepped. “Travis had him ready when he gothere,” Dodd said. “I told Travis, `I really didn’tdo anything.’ We didn’t have the horse but tendays or two weeks. He was a real nice horsewith a big walk in him. Nobody has a crystalball, but he’s a nice horse.”Susan Montanye, a freelance exercise rider,

agreed wholeheartedly. “I’ve been riding forGreg Dodd and other consignors,” she said. “Iprepped him and I breezed him at the sale. Ireally, really liked the colt. He’s smart. He’s alsoclass. There’s something about him.”Goldencents made that apparent when he

breezed a quarter in :211/5 for the sale. “I sit onso many horses,” Montanye said. “He dideverything so easy.”Then she made selling Goldencents easy by

sharing her opinion of the colt with DennisO’Neill. “I said to Dennis, ‘I breezed 76 horsesjust for the June sale, and there’s two horses Ibreezed that you need to buy.’ Goldencents wasone of them. He didn’t even have theaddendum. I dragged him over there.”Carroll was delighted to tell O’Neill

Goldencents’ story. “Dennis said, ‘He doesn’thave a lot of (catalog) page, but he sure was nicebreezing. We’ll bid on the horse,’” Carroll said.

When O’Neill did, so did someone else.“Some competition jumped in there, and theyran him right up,” Carroll said.The hammer fell at $62,000 for a

partnership of Pitino’s RAP Racing, Dave

“You don’t have to spenda lot of money. It givesthe little guy a chance.You can have a little bitof luck and have a bighorse”

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INTRODUCTIONThe horse appears to have developed as a veryhighly specialized locomotor machine, welladapted for travel over long distances atmoderate rates of speed, and with theadditional capability of quite high rates ofspeed for short distances. Perhaps the horse isthe most efficient running machine that hasever evolved, and probably no other vertebratehas had as many structural adaptations forrapid and untiring progress on the ground. Thethird metacarpal and metatarsal bones haveundergone extensive elongation and have beencombined with a grouping of muscles at theproximal end of the limb. This design providesa long lever arm with very powerful muscledrivers.

In addition, a large number of muscles havebeen reduced in size, while others have beenincorporated with tendoligamentous structuresthat have resulted in a marked degree ofautomaticity in lower limb leg junction. Oncein a full run, the muscle drivers of the shouldersand rear quarters supply the power, while fromthe knee down, the tendons and ligaments actlike rubber bands and the movement of thelimbs is nearly automatic. Furthermore, thelarge lungs and thorax suggest a locomotoradaptation that provides a large tidal volume ofair for efficient long distance running.

The first written records of gait studies inhorses can be traced back to the Greekhistorian Xenophon (434-355 B.C.). However,it has only been within the end of the 19thCentury, and the beginning of the 20thCentury, that the correct sequence of horses’hooves striking the ground was discovered(Muybridge, 1899). Since the beginning of the20th Century, many modern technologies havebeen utilized for gait studies in horses. As aresult, many scientific studies have allowed thevarious gaits of many different species to befully defined.

Gaits fall into two categories: symmetrical

all four wheels are the same size, and the frontwheels are almost touching the hind wheels,the wagon would display equal straddleanalogous to the horse. Each individual limb ofthe horse must stay in its “designated” area toprevent interference with the other limbs. If thewagon was tweaked into a parallelogram withthe right front wheel being forward, the wagonwould display a right “lead” wheel; both of thewheels on the same side are leading theopposite wheels on the other side. If the wagonwas tweaked into a parallelogram with the leftfront wheel in front, the wagon would display aleft “lead” wheel. Therefore, the front and hindlimbs of the horse must use the same lead whentraveling at high speeds to avoid interference.

In contrast is the rotary gallop, which isutilized by the cheetah. During the rotarygallop, the trailing hind limb hits the groundfirst, followed by the opposite leading limb. Atthis point the hind limbs have established a“lead.” The third limb that hits the ground inthe rotary gallop is the trailing forelimb,however, it hits on the same side as the leadingforelimb. Finally, the leading forelimb hits theground and the sequence is complete. Thismeans that in the rotary gallop that the hindlimb lead pattern is opposite of the front limblead pattern. The cheetah places both hind feetin front of the front feet when progressing to thenext stride. Thus the hind limbs must straddlethe front limbs to avoid interference. Due to thecheetah’s ability to arch his back it can use therotary gallop at high speeds.

Racehorses may utilize the rotary gallopstride pattern at very slow speeds; however, dueto their rigid spine and limited lateral motionthey cannot straddle the front limbs with theirhind limbs. Therefore, at high speeds generatedby racehorses while performing, theseparticular equine athletes tend to use thetransverse gallop as a rule.

As previously described, while using theasymmetrical gallop gait, a racehorse mustestablish a lead foot of either the right or theleft. When passing by on the track, a racehorseleaves distinctive hoof prints on the tracksurface that are indicative as to which lead

and asymmetrical. In the horse, symmetricalgaits are the walk and the trot, where once inmotion, no “lead” foot is required. In contrastto the symmetrical gaits of the walk and trot,the asymmetrical gait of the gallop requires thehorse to establish a “lead” foot; either the left orthe right. There are two major variations of theasymmetrical gallop gait: the transverse gallopand the rotary gallop. When a horse is at a fullrun, as in a race, it must utilize the transversegallop. The trailing hind limb hits the groundfirst, followed by the leading opposite hindlimb that hits the ground second. Then thetrailing fore limb hits the ground third,followed by the leading fore limb that hits theground fourth, thus completing the sequence.The last limb that hits the ground in thesequence is the leading forelimb, thusestablishing a “lead.”

The transverse gallop is necessary due to thefact that horses have very little lateral motionand nearly equal straddle, and to prevent limbinterference. The limited lateral motion of thehorse is analogous to a spoke in a wagon wheel,and normally stays in the plane of the wheel. If

The evolutionary history of the horse, Equus caballus, hasbeen well documented. Due to the large abundance of boneand especially teeth in the fossil records, the horse is thesingle most cited paradigm of evolution. In the UnitedStates alone there are in excess of a half a millionspecimens of fossil horses in museums and academiccollections. The modern day horse is the result ofsequential changes in Hyracotherium, a dog-sized, four-toedcreature some 55 million years ago. WORDS: DAVID EARL WILLIAMS MS, Ph.D PHOTOS: HORSEPHOTOS.COM, SHUTTERSTOCK

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stride pattern the horse has utilized. The gallopgait is divided into two phases 1). the stancephase when one or more of the horses hoovesare on the track surface, and 2). the suspensionphase when the horse is fully airborne. Whenperforming, a full gallop is the alternationbetween the stance phase and the suspensionphase repeated over and over. While repeatingthe asymmetrical gait of the gallop at highspeeds during performance, the racehorse hasthe option of choosing which lead to use, andcan change lead patterns at anytime duringprogression in a straight line.

In the racehorse, there is a direct linkbetween breathing and galloping, with exactlyone breath per stride. Because horses have nocollarbone, the motion of the forelimbs is tieddirectly to the ribs and spine by the horse’spowerful muscles. When the forelimbs strikethe track surface at the run, the compressiveloading transmitted through the legs forces theribs upward, which physically squeezes the airout of the lungs. Simultaneously, the horse islowering its head and neck, which presses theribcage backwards adding to the compressiveeffect. Finally the front of the body isdecelerating at this instant in the gallop cycle asthe forelimbs make contact with the tracksurface; this causes the internal organs, whichare attached to the diaphragm by springyligaments, to push forward and gives the lungsa further squeeze.

The entire process of the front limbs pushingupwards on the ribcage, the downward motionof the head and neck squeezing the ribcage,and the anterior movement of the internalorgans, cause an effect similar to that of abellows. This suggests that the racehorse, whileperforming, has very little or no control of theexpiration phase of breathing.

As the horse’s head and neck are raised andthe load is lifted from the forelimbs, the rib cageand the sternum are then forced forward anddown; the front of the body accelerates onceagain and the “piston” formed by the internalorgans slides backwards. Both of these actionscause the lungs to expand drawing in air whilethe horse is in the suspension phase of thegallop, during which time the limbs are tuckedunder the horse preparing for the next stancephase.

The mechanical process described aboveprovides evidence that breathing in a racehorse,while performing, is synchronized to thetransverse gallop gait and pace. When thefrequency of limb contact on the track surfaceincreases, the frequency of breathing increasesas well. There is exactly one breath per stride.Therefore, inspiration occurs during theracehorse’s suspension phase as the forelimbsare entirely airborne, and the expiration occursduring the stance phase as the forelimbs makecontact with the track surface.

DISCUSSIONNow, let’s take a close look at the length ofstride in a racehorse. As previously described


The gallop gait is divided into two phases (above and below). Phase one is the stance

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there are two phases in the transverse gallopgait in which a racehorse utilises whileperforming: the stance phase and thesuspension phase. In addition, there is a stancephase and suspension phase for the left leadstride pattern and a stance phase andsuspension phase for the right lead stridepattern. Therefore, the stride length is thedistance of the stance phase added to thesuspension phase. This is easily measured onthe track surface. The distance from the trailinghind limb (that hits the track surface first) tothe leading forelimb (that hits the track surfacelast) will reveal the stance phase. The distancefrom the “lead” foot to the trailing hind limb ofthe next stride will reveal the suspension phase.Simple!

For the sake of discussion lets say anindividual horse has a 21-foot stride generatedfrom the simple formula Stance Phase +Suspension Phase = Stride Length. Let’s assumethat the stance phase is 15 feet and thesuspension phase is six feet; thus a 21-footstride. Another individual horse may have a 16-foot stance phase and a five-foot suspensionphase therefore also producing a 21-foot stride.As one can easily see, there are numerouscombinations of both phases that can generatea 21-foot stride, especially in lieu of the fact that

we can measure in even smaller incrementsthan a foot. It is also possible that an individualhorse may have a 21-foot stride in one lead andan entirely different stride length in the other.There is a wide range of variance in racehorses’stance phases and suspension phases, thus awide range of variance in total stride lengths. Inaddition, there is a wide range of variance ineach individual racehorse’s left lead stride

pattern and its right lead stride pattern. Recall that there is exactly a 1:1 ratio of

breath per stride. If the suspension phase couldbe increased the time of inspiration would beincreased. Therefore, suggesting that the “time”of the stance phase would also need to increaseto allow the horse to fully expire the tidal

“If a horse breathes inmore air during the suspension phase than itcan exhale in the stancephase an oxygen debt ismost likely to occur”

volume of inspiration. We all know that with anincrease of time that a horse spends in thestance phase (on the track surface); the slowerthe horse. This is not a good trait in a racehorse!In addition, oxygen consumption comes intoplay. If a horse breathes in more air during thesuspension phase than it can exhale in thestance phase an oxygen debt is most likely tooccur, especially when one takes intoconsideration the many strides a horse takeswhile performing. The same would be true ifthe timing of the stance phase did not matchthe timing of the suspension phase. Therefore,the optimal racehorse would have an equaltime of inspiration and expiration; anyalteration of timing of stride would be analteration of breath, leading to an alteration ofoxygen consumption.

It is well known that oxygen consumption isone of the leading limiting factors in athleticperformance in any mammal, which includesthe horse, of course. This is exactly why acheetah cannot run full speed over 65-75 yards– it runs out of oxygen. The cheetah must lift itsheavy, muscular legs, taking a large amount ofenergy. It has two air phases, its stride is notdirectly linked to breath, and it utilises therotary gallop gait. So, to compare the horse tothe cheetah, is well, apples and oranges. n



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William Fox-Pitt on Parklane Hawk,who raced as Park Lane until theage of seven, on his way to overallvictory in the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event

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“The horse is God's gift to mankind.” Arabian Proverb

“Anything free has no value.” Anonymous

Here is a recent transaction that is notuncommon on the racetrack: Michael Matz,

in a chance conversation with a fellowtrainer at Gulfstream Park, finds a secondhome for a filly in his stable whose racingcareer has run its course. “I just thoughtafter the owners spent six months on

training, she’s not going to be good enoughfor what they want. I’m sitting there talkingto John Servis, and he said, ‘I have a girl upin Pennsylvania. Let me give her a call. Shetakes these horses and tries to find where tofit it in.’” The girl took the filly from Matz.

WORDS: KEN SNYDER PHOTOS: HORSEPHOTOS.COM

OUR decades ago, a sport horse trainer would have bought that same off-track Thoroughbred (OTTB). That’s notthe only thing, though, that has changed with the times.Steuart Pittman, president of the Retired Racehorse TrainingProject (RRTP) and a sport horse trainer, illustrates with astartling fact: “The statistics from the U.S. Equestrian

Foundation show that 40% of registered show horses 40 years ago wereThoroughbreds, and 10% are today.”If Thoroughbreds are free off the racetrack, why aren’t they representing

at least 40% of sport horses in competitions? Supply and demandeconomics has been a factor. So has sport horse buyers looking for salescommissions. Lack of marketing has played a role. A trend in somethingseemingly removed from breed selection as judging in horse shows hasbeen a function in the decline. Thoroughbred breeding practices arepointed to as a possible culprit in the loss of interest.

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Follow the money“There’s more supply than demand for horsescoming off the track,” said Steuart Pittman.“Prices decline and when prices get low enough,then the horses are considered almostdisposable, of very little value. People start usingwords like ‘rescue’, and it becomes the norm forthe horses to be given away, a tax write-off to anon-profit. When the value is that low, theprofessional trainer and horse dealers walk awaybecause there’s no money in it for them.”Indeed, agents typically buy horses for

equestrian clients. “The more the client pays fora horse, the more the trainer gets incommissions. In eventing, they loveThoroughbreds. But in the hunter-jumperworld it’s just been very profitable for thedealers, the trainers, to go to the EuropeanWarmbloods where the prices and thecommissions are higher.”Aggressive marketing of competing breeds

has provided an unpinning for pre-disposingAmerican equestrians in the market. Breedassociations “run ads in all of the majorequestrian publications regularly. They havewebsites that promote their breeds, and theymake a big deal of it when one of theirs winssomething,” Pittman said. Meanwhile,associations like The Jockey Club have onlytried to recapture the place of Thoroughbreds insport horse disciplines in the past few years.Matz, who has a unique perspective on

Thoroughbreds’ fitness for sport horsedisciplines as a former Olympic rider, has had aringside seat to the “battle of the breeds” inequestrian sports. “I remember when I first rode[in Europe], some of those horses [European-bred non-Thoroughbreds] were so heavy andcold-blooded,” he said. “What is amazing is theEuropeans were taking the Thoroughbred breedover there and we were bringing in these heavythings over here for us.” The trend, which essentially began in the 80s

and 90s, fit well with an era where judgingchanged to fit the breeds in competitions. “They

“What is amazing is theEuropeans were takingthe Thoroughbred breedover there and we werebringing in these heavythings over here for us”

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breeding has resulted in conformation notsuited to sport horse disciplines – smaller,quicker horses between 15 and 16 hands onaverage. Perception is not reality, according toPittman. “I used to believe the racing industrywas breeding for speed and short distances tocreate two-year-old winners, and that wascreating horses that were less suited for jumpingand dressage.” But what he found was thatmodern Thoroughbred breeding is “stillproducing amazing sport horses.” So what is the truth? Are OTTBs as good as

they ever were for sport horse disciplines andbetter than Warmblood competitors? Matzprovides the bottom line: “Some people are verygood athletes. Some people aren’t athletic. It’s thesame with horses. It’s very hard to justcategorize.”

More trainable than non-racers“I’m from the sport horse world and feelstrongly that people in my world need torediscover the quality and the trainability of theThoroughbred off the track,” said Pittman. “TheWarmblood crosses are still not as intelligent inmy opinion, not as trainable, and not as forwardthinking in their work. The heart and mind of aThoroughbred are unique.”He also believes the flight instinct in

Thoroughbreds makes them “quicker in theirminds, which makes them learn more quicklyand react to less pressure.”Pittman additionally suggests another

surprising attribute of the Thoroughbred: “Notonly are Thoroughbreds more trainable than theEuropean Warmblood, but Thoroughbreds thathave raced are more trainable than horses thathave not.“When they come off the racetrack they have

learned to go forward, and so they are straight.It’s easier to get them to go forward; they’rebraver.”The environment from which ex-racers have

come also works in their favour, Pittmanbelieves. “They’ve been exposed to chaos.There’s nothing they’ll ever see that’s morechaotic than a crowd of people cheering as theygallop down the homestretch, the paddock, andeverything else they see at the track, even thegate. They’ve learned to trust people. They’vebeen handled every day.“My experience is that taking a horse off the

racetrack at four years old or five and turning itinto a sport three-day eventing competitor, I canget it to the preliminary level of eventing, whichis mid-level – a significant level – in about halfthe time it would take me to get a homebredhorse from the time I started it as a three-year-old to that level.”

Reversing the trendIn an oft-repeated quote, veteran eventing coachand Olympian Jimmy Wofford said, “When Iwas riding professionally, I couldn’t believe thatpeople would pay me to ride Thoroughbreds. Itwas the Warmbloods that made me work for aliving.”

wanted a horse to be so dead instead of seeing ahorse gallop around and jump,” Matz said.This fit well with more than a few riders, too.

“There were all these kids that wanted to learnto ride that maybe weren’t the most talented, sothe trainer would get them a horse that was alittle bit cold-blooded,” Matz continued.Pittman takes it a step further: “The typical

equestrian became less likely to be from a ruralhousehold and more likely to be a suburbanite.These are people who didn’t grow up aroundhorses.” There was a perception that OTTBswere less safe for these “city kids.”There is a perception, too, that Thoroughbred

Becky Holder on her new star Can't Fire Me, who earned just $405 as a racehorse, in theRolex Kentucky Three Day Event


There is rich irony in Wofford’s quote given the state of Thoroughbreds insport horse disciplines. Today it is taking a significant amount of money toput Thoroughbreds into sport horse riding disciplines and horse shows.This year, as in the past three, the Jockey Club will pump $100,000 into itsThoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) to encourage Thoroughbred-onlydivisions and high-point awards to Thoroughbreds in sanctioned horseshows. The efforts are succeeding. “In 2012, there were 167 horse shows that

offered T.I.P. awards,” according to the Jockey Club’s Kristin Leshney, whoadministrates the program. “For 2013, we received about 400 applicationsfrom horse shows. We’re going to approve 370 for 2013 and that covers 46states and Canadian provinces.”As significant as the efforts of the Jockey Club is the response of the sport

horse world. “We’ve had a lot of support from the national disciplineorganizations,” said Leshney. Specifically, the U.S. Hunter-JumperAssociation (USHJA) has established a task force to explore how theassociation can attract more Thoroughbreds. This body has an eye towardsa national umbrella organization for Thoroughbred organizations. The goal,ultimately, is a U.S. Equestrian Foundation-rated division forThoroughbreds in hunter-jumper competitions, the discipline whereThoroughbreds have most experienced a decline. “They’re pretty committedto how to reverse that trend,” Leshney said of the USHJA.Michael Matz, who spoke to the USHJA’s annual meeting in 2011,

believes the efforts of the Jockey Club will produce results. “Recently, there’sbeen this big influx of shows that are for Thoroughbreds. They just had ashow down here in Florida and they had an overwhelming turnout. I thinkthe Thoroughbred is making a comeback.”What is unquestioned, at least in Matz’s mind is the inherent quality of

the breed. “A good Thoroughbred is as good as they get in the jumpingarena. You get a good one, they have the heart and the fight and they’re verycompetitive.”Other Thoroughbred organizations may have taken note of Jockey Club

efforts and are following suit. Just this past year the New York RacingAssociation and the New York Thoroughbred Horseman’s Associationlaunched Career2 to foster and encourage second careers for retiredThoroughbreds on the New York state eventing circuit. Of course, non-profit organizations like CANTER (The Communications

Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses), New VocationRacehorse Adoption Program, and ReRun, Inc., to name only a few, willalways continue to find homes for Thoroughbreds. More important, theywill find careers for OTTBs. Steuart Pittman lauds the work of non-profits like CANTER but

believes the real solution is re-establishing second careers through theprivate sectors.His own interest in injecting Thoroughbreds back into the sport horse

spotlight and establishment of his Retired Racehorse Training Project beganwith a tremendous response to a public event. He conducted a symposiumon training horses off the racetrack in 2009. “Three hundred and fifty peopleshowed up from ten states paying $25 apiece for four hours to watch us withhorses at different levels of training.” Following the symposium Pittman launched a Trainer Challenge in which

three sport horse trainers each worked with an OTTB at the Maryland HorseExpo. The trainers worked with the horses for five weeks then showed offthe results at the Pennsylvania Horse World Expo. The RRTP’s websitechronicled the training and it received more than 250,000 hits. The RRTPwill likely top this promotion with this year’s 100-Day Challenge. Fourformer racers will go through training and videos from Day One throughDay 100. Through the website viewers will be able to track progress dailyand vote for their favorite. Former champion two-year-old Declan’s Moon,now 11, is one of the four learning sport horse disciplines this year. How successful the resurgence of OTTBs can be is dependent not only

through ongoing and successful efforts in placing more Thoroughbreds inthe equestrian world but also by developing a value for OTTBs.“If you can get $5,000 for your horse that is retiring sound, then maybe

it’s not worth running it in those last few claiming races,” Pittman said.This brings us back to the horse from Michael Matz going to

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E HAVE heard it before: “Ex-racehorse winsKentucky ThreeDay Event” or “Racetrack

failure Courageous Comet looking to shine atWorld Equestrian Games.” You don’t think of Michael Matz as a failed

show jumper because he changed careers totrain racehorses, do you?Far from it. He retired from a very

successful show jumping career and is now aKentucky Derby-winning trainer. The samethought process applies to ex-racehorses whohave found their niche in other disciplines.As horsemen and horsewomen, should we

be looking outside the barn, so to speak, andtake more responsibility for these animals? Itsays more about a horseman’s natural skilland talent if he can see a racehorse is going towaste in training and could lead a happier lifein another equestrian sphere. The plight of what are classed as racing’s

failures has gained increasing publicity inrecent years and it is knowing whatalternatives there are that is a significantissue. Of course, not every off-track

Thoroughbred (OTTB) is suitable to find ahome for, but then neither should a horsesimply be shipped off to anyone willing totake it on. Recently, a photo of a horse was placed

with a “two weeks till slaughter” notice on avery well-known public media site. Thishorse had won a few thousand dollars in prize-money but was never going to be aworld-beater. He had been sold to a completenovice who, after four years of badmanagement and lack of knowledge, was tooscared to handle him. Apparently, this personhad never owned a horse before and wasnever questioned over her ability to ride.The question is: whose fault is it that this

horse ended up on death row? The newowner, or the owner/trainer who financiallygained from selling him to such a novice?Part of a trainer’s remit should be

education into what to do with these horses,

what the options are and how, with minimaleffort, the bar could be raised on how muchOTTBs are worth. Professionals should beworking closer together to assure that successstories become the norm, and harrowing talesof neglect a thing of the past.The horse world has always been

competitive: the racehorse trainer thinksdressage riders can’t really ride; the eventriders think show jumpers are not braveenough to ride cross country; and welfarecharities are thought to be run by ‘horsey do-gooders.’ The common denominator is that inrealistic terms the horse world could notfunction without any of the above. So, it isabout time we started working togethertowards equine welfare.

Let’s beginSay you have a four-year-old gelding who hasperformed poorly in all of his starts and theowner wants to get rid of him. What are yougoing to do?Ask yourself these questions:l What is his temperament like?l Does he have good conformation and is he sound and in good health?

l Does he move well?l Is he easy enough to handle?The best-case scenario answers are that he

moves well, he has a good nature, and isgenerally in good health, soundness, and ofgood conformation.What could he go on to do?The list is endless: he could be an event

horse, a hunter/jumper, a show horse, or evena police horse. Even if he just became a pony orcompanion horse on a farm, the importantthing is that he will be well cared for throughthe rest of his days.

The optionsSpeak to CANTER in your region. CANTER isa network solution to connect buyers andsellers of ex-racehorses online. Covering manyof the U.S. states, it is a non-profit organizationstarted in 1997 and will not charge to advertisehorses who need homes. Occasionally, in aworst-case scenario where maybe the owner ofa horse has hit financial hard times or for agood reason can no longer care for hisThoroughbred, the horse can be donated toCANTER. Obviously there’s no financialreward for this option but your horse would bein expert hands. CANTER’s re-homed horsesare successful in more than just thecompetition world; in Delaware, OTTBs arebeing used as police mounts.Look at classified advertisements for

professionals used to retraining ex-racehorses.Build a relationship with a re-trainer you cantrust and who knows what he or she is doing.Many Thoroughbreds take relatively little timeto adjust to life off the track and so for aminimal financial outlay your racetrack failureworth cents may find its niche in life and havea greater sales value. Make contact with a well-respected horse

agent. There are plenty all over the world andthese are the people who will act on yourbehalf if you think the horse you have in yourbarn has the quality, talent and nature to go onto a professional career in another discipline.Agents have the contacts to place your horseswith the right people and often for a verydecent financial return. Whatever option you take, be honest. If your

horse is difficult to saddle or has dietaryrequirements then it is important to say so. Ifyou have managed to deal with your horse’sspecial needs, it is likely someone else can, too.

It’s time to do the right thing

The plight of the Thoroughbred without a future in racingis a growing concern, but a change of attitude and anawareness of all the options in place could give thesehorses a happier alternative life. WORDS: SUZY CROSSMAN

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Worst-case scenarioYou send him to your local auction and hopethat someone makes the minimal bid. Thehorse may get lucky; a farmer or someonelooking for a riding horse may be attracted tohim. Or, just as easily, he could fall into thewrong hands and for cents end up in the handsof a kill buyer. Just because your horse did notget you into the Hall of Fame, does he deservethis fate? He was valuable enough for you toput him into training, so surely he is worth anadvertisement or a couple of phone calls to seethat he finds a good home.Alternatively, the horse could be unsound or

mentally unsuitable to be ridden in a new life.In this case you should contact the manycharities that now run to give these horsessome quality of life in retirement.

What the industry needs to doThe industry, from the grass roots up, needs totake responsibility for the animals that give usso much entertainment and pleasure. If youbred it, trained it, or owned it then some of theresponsibility should fall back on you. Thereneeds to be tougher regulations, improvedwelfare checks and better education. If apercentage from every race entry fee went intoone central trust set up for the care andretraining of these horses then everyoneinvolved in getting that horse to the track wouldensure it had the best chance when leaving it.The common myths often associated with

OTTBs have to be dealt with. A Warmblood isjust as likely as a Thoroughbred to throw anuneducated rider. A Quarter Horse is just aslikely to become hard to handle if fed or treatedincorrectly. Promotion through media is keyand the use of social media may play its part inhighlighting those in the business who earntheir living from these horses but pay norespect when they’ve outlived their usefulness.

Supporting programs, associations,and charitiesIn every state there are various charities and

organizations to help, support, and advise. Theyoffer services from re-homing to sponsoringshow classes and promoting equine welfare.

Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P)This year The Jockey Club will disburse$100,000 in prize-money and prizes in kind tomore than 375 shows in a number of U.S.states and Canadian provinces. With a rewardof $5,000 for both Thoroughbred of the Yearand Young Rider of the Year, placing your‘failure’ in the right hands could prove bothprofitable and offer your training establishmentpositive publicity. For further information visitwww.tjctip.com.

TAKE2 and Career2The New York Racing Association (NYRA),together with The New York ThoroughbredHorsemen’s Association (NYTHA) and NewYork Thoroughbred Breeders (NYTB), joinedforces to support these two programs to help,sponsor and promote the Thoroughbred inhorse shows. They aim to support the relativestate associations to develop individualThoroughbred showcases. For furtherinformation visit www.ntraaftercare.com

NTRA Safety and Integrity AllianceAftercareThis offers a comprehensive AftercareOrganization Locator on their websitewww.ntraaftercare.com.

Retired Racehorse Training ProjectThis is a project to increase demand for retiredThoroughbred racehorses as pleasure and sporthorses through public events, clinics, trainingpublications, videos and internet tools. Theyoffer online listings of horses available and alsoa trainer’s directory for those looking for aprofessional to retrain an ex-racehorse. Visitwww.retiredracehorsetraining.org

Your responseAs the person at the forefront of training these

horses we respect your opinion. We wouldlike to hear your views on how the re-homingsystem could be improved, your own successstories on horses changing codes and whatyou think the industry needs to do to supportthe owners, breeders and trainers with horsesbeyond their racing and breeding careers.

USEFUL CONTACTS

If you are in any doubt what to do withhorses ready to leave your trainingestablishment then any of the contactsbelow would be happy to advise. Theirwebsites are full of useful informationand they are there to ensure OTTBsdon’t end up in the wrong hands.

Madeline Auerbach Founder & Board Chairmanwww.carma4horses.org

Erin Crady Executive DirectorThoroughbred Charities of America PO Box 910668, Lexington, KY 40591www.tca.org

Anna Ford Program DirectorNew Vocationswww.horseadoption.com

Nancy Koch Executive Director,CANTER USA www.canterusa.org

Jane Gilbert PresidentReRun www.rerun.org

Lucinda Mandella Executive Director,CARMA www.carma4horses.org

Karl Nobert Upperville Racing LLCwww.uppervilleracing.com

Diana Pikulski Executive Director – External AffairsThoroughbred Retirement Foundationwww.trfinc.org

Steuart Pittman Retired Racehorse Training Projectwww.retiredracehorsetraining.org

Jan RoehlExecutive DirectorThoroughbred Horse ShowAssociation www.tbhorseshow.com

Smokey Stoker, a Grade 2 winner, going through his paces in the show jumping arena



CLAUGHLIN admits hehasn’t had great luck withthroat surgeries in thepast. He lamented, “I justwish there was somethingelse we could do.”

Veterinary researchers and surgeons agreethat improvements are needed, which drivesthem to seek solutions to owners’ and trainers’pleas for better results.This article looks at the most up-to-date

information on how best to diagnose and treatroaring. Novel, promising treatment optionsthat can be used with the classic “tie-back”surgery are also discussed.

To roar or not to roarWhen you are standing on the rail in themorning, the sound of a roarer galloping pastyou is fairly distinctive. The noise is caused bythe left arytenoid cartilage (see sidebars)drooping into the opening of the larynx. Theunderlying cause of the problem is dysfunctionof the left recurrent laryngeal nerve. When thatnerve fails to function properly, it stopssignaling the left arytenoid cartilage to pullback during exercise. If a horse can’t moveenough air to the lungs during exercise – in thiscase because the arytenoid cartilage is blocking

“When vets scope, what we see is not alwayswhat is happening on the track. Even if theywere making noise on the track, if we scopethem right away the horse could be completelyabducted. If you scope them again 30-40minutes later then you may see the asymmetry,”said Hunt.By “asymmetry” Hunt means that the right

and left arytenoid cartilages are not opening inan either equal or symmetric manner. “Scoping the horse on a treadmill or using a

dynamic scope can give us a lot of information,”Hunt noted. Dynamic scoping involves breezing a horse

with a scope in the horse’s airway. It is avaluable tool that allows veterinarians to recordexactly how the throat is functioning under raceconditions. Scoping on a treadmill also remainsa viable option to help diagnose upper airwaydisorders that could be overlooked withstanding (resting) endoscopy. In the right hands, ultrasound is another

important diagnostic option. Cornell Universityresearchers used ultrasound in 154 horses witha history of poor performance due to upperairway disease. In their report, scheduled to bepublished in an upcoming edition of thejournal Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound, theauthors concluded, “…ultrasound offers many

It’s the roar of the crowds, not the roaring of his horses, that KiaranMcLaughlin, trainer of Invasor, 2007’s Horse of the Year, likes to hear. Asany experienced trainer will testify, throat problems like “roaring” are alltoo frequent. Roaring is one the most common causes of respiratory-related poor performance in Thoroughbreds and has attracted a great dealof interest from the equine community. Although surgeries for thecondition were first attempted over 150 years ago, the success rate remainsless than ideal. WORDS: Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc PHOtOS: ROBIN PeteRSON

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airflow – they cannot perform their best. This iswhy roarers tend to fade or even stop duringthe latter part of a race.In contrast, the arytenoid cartilages in

normal horses abduct fully to allow a largevolume of air to move unobstructed throughthe throat.

In the eye of the beholderAs easy as an abnormal arytenoid cartilageshould be to recognize, it is not always thatstraightforward. “It can be extremely challenging to diagnose

the cause of the noise,” explained James C.Hunt Jr., DVM, a private practitioner atBelmont Park in New York. Over the course ofDr. Hunt’s 30 year career, he has scopedthousands of horses, including Curlin, Invasor,and Rags to Riches. Hunt said, “For starters, the horse usually

needs to work or run at leastfive-eighths of amile before fatigue occurs and the roaringsound can be heard. Most people don’t breezefarther than that, so if you’re relying on yourears to detect a problem, you’re going to miss alot of roarers.”He went on to explain that a routine resting

“scope” (examination of the horse’s throat withan endoscope) can only tell you so much.

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advantages for diagnosing RLN [RecurrentLaryngeal Nerve] in horses. Ultrasound isnoninvasive, depicts a real-time view of thetissues, and is widely available…. Ultrasoundshould not be used as a replacement forendoscopy, but to help refine case selection fordynamic endoscopic examination either bytreadmill or overground testing.”Eric Parente, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, an

associate professor of surgery at the Universityof Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center,concurred with Hunt regarding the importanceof properly diagnosing the horse’s throatproblem. “The first step to success is obtaining an

accurate diagnosis,” advised Parente.

Should the horse go for surgery?One of the most common questions thatowners and trainers ask veterinarians whenfaced with a roarer is, “Can they still race or dothey need to go for surgery?”Experts agree that just because a horse is

making noise does not mean they must headstraight to surgery; it depends on howasymmetric, or “lazy,” the left arytenoidcartilage is. McLaughlin mentioned, “We don’t tend to

do anything with horses with a lazy left cord

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[arytenoid cartilage] until it is compromisingtheir performance.”Parente advised, “When performance is

impacted, then it is time to consider surgeryeven if a resting endoscopic exam shows theystill have a lot of movement.” Timing of surgery is also important. Data

from a recent study showed that horses thatwere not completely paralyzed prior to surgeryreturned to a higher level of performance thanhorses that were completely paralyzed. “There is no benefit of waiting until a horse

is completely paralyzed before pursuingsurgery if the horse’s performance begins to be

compromised,” recommended Parente.

Don’t call it a comeback If you have ever trained or owned a roarer

then you know that not all horses make it backto a successful racing career after surgery. “Thinking back over the years, I have had

minimal success. I haven’t had that many greattie-backs,” McLaughlin relayed. The tie-back is one of the most common

surgeries for roarers that literally involves “tyingback” the left arytenoid cartilage so it no longersags into the airway.Parente confirmed McLaughlin’s sentiment,

noting, “Using a traditional tie-back technique,only 25–70% of surgeries are generallyconsidered ‘successful.’” Due to the fact that a traditional tie-back

costs approximately $3,000, the horse needsabout 4-6 weeks off for recovery, and onlyapproximately 50% return to a successfulracing career, Parente devised a modifiedsurgical technique. His goal was to minimizesome of the common complications that occurpostsurgically. In addition to tying back the arytenoid

cartilage, Parente now also removes thecartilage in the cricoarytenoid joint (theconnection between the cricoid and arytenoid

“There is no benefit ofwaiting until a horse iscompletely paralyzedbefore pursuing surgeryif the horse’s performance begins to be compromised”

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cartilages) to help keep the arytenoid cartilageabducted. As Parente described in a recent study

published in the journal Veterinary Surgery, “Weperformed our modified tie-back surgery on 70Thoroughbred racehorses. When compared toThoroughbreds that had previously beat ourtreated horses (and were therefore presumed tonot be roarers), the treated horses had the samenumber of race starts and same dollars earnedpostsurgically.” In addition, all horses that underwent

Parente’s modified tie-back surgery raced at leastonce, and all treated horses ultimately competedfor as long as the untreated contenders. “While still far from perfect, our technique

demonstrates a clear improvement,” notedParente. Norm G. Ducharme, DMV, MSc, Dipl. ACVS

and colleague Jon Cheetham, VetMB, PhD,Dipl. ACVS, both surgeons at CornellUniversity’s College of Veterinary Medicine inIthaca, New York, also modified the traditionaltie-back surgery. “We inject the cricoarytenoid joint of the

larynx with bone cement to help hold theairway in an open position, which helpsminimize loss of arytenoid abductionpostoperatively in horses undergoing a tie-back," Ducharme explained. In Ducharme’s hands, the success rate of a

tie-back is 70-75%..

Reasons for failure, concerningcomplicationsTie-backs fail for a number of reasons. One ofthe most common is loss of the opening thatwas created at the time of surgery. For example,the sutures that “tie-back” the arytenoidcartilage can fail (pull out), and the horse’sairway again becomes obstructed. A secondproblem with tie-backs is aspiration. If thearytenoid is tied back too far then the airway is

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too large, and food or water can go down thewrong pipe (i.e., down the trachea to the lungsinstead of down the esophagus to the stomach).Aspiration can cause the horse to cough anddevelop respiratory infections includingpneumonia. In fact, approximately 50% ofhorses cough in the postoperative period, and15% have persistent coughing.

“One problem is that we are taking whatshould be a dynamic functional larynx andmaking it into a somewhat static structure. Inaddition, we are working with tissues that havesignificant variability to their shape andstiffness, making it difficult for surgeons toconstruct and maintain an open airway,”explained Parente.In an attempt to minimize the development

of aspiration pneumonia in treated horses,Parente (like other surgeons) only abducts thearytenoid cartilage 80-90% of the way in hismodified tie-back procedure. Problems in the lower airways (lung) can

also develop postsurgically. In a recent studypublished by veterinarians with the Hong KongJockey Club, the authors warn owners andtrainers to consider some of those secondarycomplications following a tie-back, not just“surgical success.” In that article scheduled to be published in

the Equine Veterinary Journal, the authorsreported that 22 Thoroughbred racehorseroarers who underwent a standard tie-backsurgery had shorter careers than the 44 controlhorses. They found:l 100% of the horses that underwent surgeryhad excessive tracheal mucus;

l 36% (8/22) also had at least one episode of bleeding (epistaxis, bleeding from those nose, exercise-induced pulmonaryhemorrhage, EIPH);

lOnly 32% (14/44) control horses had mucus;and

l Only 6.8% (3/44) bled.

Don’t write your horse off as a roarerwithout it being fully evaluated by your vet.Intermittent dorsal displacement of the softpalate (IDDSP) also frequently causes upperrespiratory noise and is an important causeof poor performance. The DDSP is treatedby a tie-forward, which is different than thetie-back used to treat roarers.Other causes of upper respiratory noise

and problems in the throat area include:l Epiglottic entrapment;l Arytenoid chondritis (inflammation of thearytenoid cartilages);

l Pharyngeal or tracheal collapse orcollapse of other structures of thethroat/larynx;

l Epiglottic retroversion

OTHER BREATHING PROBLEMS

WORTH NOTING

As early as the 1850s, veterinarians havebeen trying to surgically achieve andmaintain a large, stable, open airway duringexercise. A variety of techniques were usedthat formed the basis of treatments that arestill used today.

“The Hobday” Devised over 100 years ago, this involvesremoving the ventricles (ventriculectomy)in an attempt to stabilize the arytenoidcartilage and restore some function. TheHobday is still performed, but often inconcert with other procedures, such asremoval of the vocal cords(ventriculocordectomy).

Tie-back (Prosthetic Laryngoplasty) Developed in the 1970s, the tie-backremains the mainstay of treatment today,using suture material to pull back theparalyzed arytenoid cartilage out of thelarynx. Cordectomies (removal of the vocalcords) and vetriculocordectomies can beperformed in concert with tie-backs. Insome (failed) cases, repeat tie-backs can beperformed.

ArytenoidectomyFirst reported in 1866, arytenoidectomy(removal of some of the arytenoidcartilages/flapper) is sometimes used as aninitial treatment approach, although it isoften reserved for a second-line surgery incases of failed tie-backs.

Laryngeal Reinnervation and GraftingCurrently, techniques to essentially“rebuild” the connection between the leftrecurrent laryngeal nerve and the musclesthat abduct the larynx are technicallydifficult and have not achieved bettersuccess rates than the tie-back.

SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES

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Horses that underwent surgery had fewer starts following the surgerythan racehorses which did not have surgery; however, no overalldifference in the stakes money earned was found between the twogroups of horses in this long-term study.The authors concluded, “Epistaxis in particular can lead to premature

retirement and shorter racing careers, especially in countries that havestrict regulatory regulations for this condition.”

Breathing success into the futureIn lieu of lasers and scalpels, Huisheng Xie, DVM, PhD, an associateclinical professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University ofFlorida, is using electroacupuncture to treat roarers. Electroacupunctureinvolves passing an electric current through needles inserted in specificpairs of acupuncture points. The electrical current presumablystimulates a larger area than ‘dry needling.’ In his report, the only study published to date on the use of any form

of acupuncture for roarers, Xie described performingelectroacupuncture on 18 Thoroughbreds once weekly for betweenthree and seven sessions, depending on severity of the disease.“The grade of laryngeal disease improved in all the horses after

electroacupuncture therapy, and no side effects were observed," wrotethe authors. "The results of this study suggest that electroacupuncturemay serve as an effective non-surgical method for the control oflaryngeal hemiplegia.”Cornell University

researchers areapproaching theroaring problem fromyet another angle, witha technique called“functional electricalstimulation” (FES). Therationale is to externallystimulate the musclesthat open the throat.When tested on sixadult horses, FESsignificantly improvedabduction of thearytenoid duringexercise. “Essentially, this is like a laryngeal pacemaker. This type of technique

can answer trainers’ wishes for new treatment options. Although notclinically available yet, a number of studies support FES, indicating thatFES is promising strategy for roarers,” said Ducharme.

Concluding thoughts“Because of the advancements in diagnostics, [veterinarians] are bothfurther ahead and at a bit of a disadvantage. We can now detect evenslight deviations from normal but remain limited in our knowledge ofhow to treat them,” noted Hunt.Parente concurred, recognizing that his surgical approach remains a

less than perfect solution for roarers.“I believe the modified technique gives horses a better chance at

getting back to racing than the traditional tie-back, but I don’t think I’llfind it ‘acceptable’ until the success rate is 100%,” said Parente. “Fornow, the modified technique is the best we can do while we continue tostrive to find ways to further modify the technique and find other waysto minimize complications.”He added, “Owners and trainers need to appreciate and remember

that athletic competition is never about one factor. We can’t just fix thethroat to make the horse great. Some horses can compete successfullywith less than perfect throats because everything else is so good. Puttinga realistic face on the current condition of treatment is prudent.Understanding that [surgeons] can usually provide significant benefitbut can’t make the horse ‘normal’ is probably a good place to start.” n

“I believe the modifiedtechnique gives horses abetter chance at gettingback to racing than thetraditional tie-back, butI don’t think I’ll find it‘acceptable’ until thesuccess rate is 100%”

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The WolfsonsOn January 20th at Gulfstream Park, Patrice Wolfson,her late husband Louis, and their homebred TripleCrown champion Affirmed were honored at a brunchwith the inaugural ThoroFan Award, presented byThoroFan to individuals “who have contributedsignificantly to helping energize the racing fan base.”Proceeds from the brunch were split betweenThoroFan and a Thoroughbred retirement program.WORDS: BILL HELLER PHOTOS: HORSEPHOTOS.COM

HAT was lovely,” Patrice said.“That was so nice. They try tomake sure the fans are treated theright way.”Retired Hall of Fame jockey

Jose Santos has personalknowledge of the Wolfsons’ contributions toracing. Santos still cherishes the support hereceived from Louis Wolfson and his family ashe was just beginning his incredible career inthe United States more than 25 years ago. “Hewas very nice to me, very noble,” Santos said. “Ispoke with him many times. He said to me,`Kid, you’re going to make it. I’ve seen a lot ofgood jockeys in my lifetime. You’re a goodrider. Just keep working hard and be honest.’He was a very, very nice man. Every time hesaw me, he and his wife and his son Martycame to me to shake my hand.”Louis was a giant in the Thoroughbred

industry and in finance, a man who didn’t let amajor setback in his life prevent him fromcontinuing his philanthropy and success inracing.His second wife, Patrice, is Thoroughbred

royalty, an incredible horsewoman herself whowas the daughter of legendary Hall of Fametrainer Hirsch Jacobs.Louis’ 61-year-old son Marty is a successful

Florida-based trainer who has won a Breeders’Cup race and routinely develops successfulThoroughbreds. His brothers, Steve and Gary,founded Happy Valley Farm. Marty’s nephew,

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Patrice Wolfson, daughter of legendary Hall of Fame trainer,Hirsch Jacobs, has a websitebased on Wolfson family’s greatest horse, Affirmed,www.Affirmedtriplecrown.com



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hear Jacobs’ name, but Jacobs had a Hall ofFame resume long before he made his mosthistoric purchase in 1943.Born April 8th, 1904, Jacobs led the nation

in training victories from 1933-39 and from1941-44. He also led trainers in earnings in1946, 1960, and 1965 and was the leadingbreeder in earnings from 1964-67. He saddled3,593 winners in his remarkable career, whichstill ranks 15th all time. Hirsch and Patrice’smom, Ethel, owned and raced a number ofhorses in her name. Jacobs also hadtremendous success with his partner, ColonelIsidor BieberOne of ten children of a tailor in Brooklyn,

Jacobs raced pigeons for small bets. “Almostevery kid in the neighborhood was interested inkeeping pigeons when I was growing up,”Jacobs told Sports Illustrated in a June 26th,

Steve Wolfson Jr., was the 2003 Daily RacingForm Champion Handicapper.They are an eclectic family who continue to

impact Thoroughbred racing more than sevendecades after Hirsch Jacobs set the bar high forevery single trainer who has followed him.Asked why she has maintained her love of

horses and racing, Patrice said, “How could Ihave not? It’s in my blood.”Still. Patrice, who began a website for Affirmed

last year, www.Affirmedtriplecrown.com, iscurrently working on a coffee table book abouther life with horses, tentatively entitled “FromStymie to Affirmed.”Stymie, whom Jacobs claimed for $1,500

and became the richest Thoroughbred earner ofall time as well as a Hall of Fame inductee, maybe the first horse people think of when they

Left: Stymiewon 35 of his131 starts, withrecord earningsof $918,485,having beenpurchased in1943 for $1,500

Below: Affirmed(right) gets upby a nose tobeat Alydar inthe BelmontStakes to winthe Triple Crown

1961 story. “The importance of pigeons in mycase was that they put me in touch with peoplewho were interested in horses.”At the time of the article, Jacobs’ three

children, John, Patrice, and Tommy, were 26,24 and 20 years old, respectively. John was hisdad’s assistant. Sports Illustrated describedPatrice as “animated and pretty as DebbieReynolds,” while also documenting herintricate knowledge of horses and racing.Patrice was especially close to Hail To

Reason, who won seven stakes as a two-year-old in 1960, including the Hopeful at Saratogawhen he set a track record under Bobby Ussery,before losing a shoe and breaking bothsesamoid bones in his right front leg during aworkout. He had done enough to be namedChampion Two-Year-Old Colt and was anoutstanding stallion, leading North Americansires in earnings in 1970. Jacobs called Hail toReason “the greatest horse I ever had.”But it was Stymie’s earnings that enabled

Bieber and Jacobs to acquire their 283-acrefarm in Maryland, which they named StymieManor. Jacobs claimed two-year-old Stymie for$1,500 for his wife, and he did not show muchimprovement initially, losing ten straight. Heimproved considerably in 1943, finishingsecond in the Wood Memorial and third in sixother stakes. But the key to his success mayhave come when racing was shut down by thefederal government for four months in 1945.That extended Stymie’s layoff from threemonths to seven, and, when he returned, heexcelled, winning numerous stakes before


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suffering a career-ending injury as an eight-year-old when he suffered a fractured sesamoidbone in his right front foot. He had won 35 ofhis 131 starts, with 33 seconds and 28 thirdsand record earnings of $918,485. At the zenith of his career, Jacobs had 215

horses in New York, Virginia, Kentucky,Florida, and California. None of those horses accomplished more

than Affirmed, Patrice and Louis’s Harbor ViewFarm homebred and 1978 Triple Crownwinner, pushed to greatness by Calumet Farm’sgallant Alydar in the greatest rivalry in modernracing history. They met six times as two-year-olds, with Affirmed winning four of them.Affirmed beat Alydar in the Kentucky Derby,Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, but in theirtenth and final meeting, Affirmed blatantlyfouled Alydar while winning the Travers Stakes,only to be disqualified and placed secondbehind his rival, who recovered frominterference to re-rally into second.Thoroughbred racing hasn’t had a Triple

Crown winner since. “You need a specialhorse,” Patrice said. “I think he has to be asuperstar and do extraordinary things as thelast three (Secretariat, Seattle Slew, andAffirmed) did.”Louis Wolfson was born in St. Louis,

Missouri, on January 28th, 1912. His familymoved to Jacksonville, Florida, when he wasjust one year old. His dad, Morris Wolfson, wasa junk man/scrap metal dealer. One of eightchildren, Louis boxed professionally as “Kid

Marty Wolfson withwife Karla at Calderwhere he operates a20-barn stable

Wolf,” earning as much as $100 per fight as ateen-ager. An outstanding athlete, he was anAll-Southern end for Jacksonville’s AndrewJackson High School football team, then playedfootball at the University of Georgia.He left college after two years, never

graduating. Instead, using $5,000 from awealthy University of Georgia football fan,Harold Hirsch, and a matching stipend from hisfamily, he started the Florida Pipe and SupplyCompany. Trading building materials, hiscompany grew exponentially, allowing Louis tobecome a millionaire at the age of 28.He then had tremendous success with the

Capital Transit Company; Merritt-Chapman &Scott, a marine construction and salvage firm;and Universal Marion Co., which owned theMiami Beach Sun and the JacksonvilleChronicle. The firm was a co-sponsor of MelBrooks’ first movie, ”The Producers,” whichwon an Oscar and then enjoyed a great run onBroadway.By then, his father had begun a pattern of

philanthropy Louis would embellish. His fatherdonated half a million dollars in 1946 to createWolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville.Louis served as chairman of the Wolfson FamilyFoundation for 35 years until the 1980s.In 1960, Louis established Harbor View

Farm in Fellowship, Marion County, Florida,and raced 1963 Co-Champion Two-Year-OldColt Raise a Native and 1965 Horse of the YearRoman Brother.Louis’s first wife, Florence, died from cancer

in 1968. The timing couldn’t have been worsefor Louis. He was convicted in 1967 and againin 1968 by two separate federal judges. Thefirst conviction stemmed from stock sales; thesecond from perjury and obstruction of justice.Louis served nine months in prison, but his lifeturned around when he met and then marriedPatrice on December 30th, 1972.Following his incarceration, Wolfson became

a prison-reform advocate. He resumed hisphilanthropy and delighted in continuing his

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success with horses with Patrice, winningEclipse Awards as the nation’s outstandingowner and breeder in 1978 and again as ownerin 1979.Affirmed, the horse of a lifetime, was the

1978 and 1979 Horse of the Year. He finishedhis brilliant career with 22 victories, fiveseconds and one third from 29 starts andearnings of just under $2.4 million – likeStymie, a record at the time.Affirmed’s impact on Louis was substantial.

“Affirmed’s name meant more to him thananything in the world,” his son, Steve, toldGlenye Cain Oakford in her story in the DailyRacing Form, June 7th, 2007. “On the back ofAffirmed, he was resurrected. It was a greatbringing together of a family, seeing him rise tothe top again. It was palpable. He had lost hisname and never stopped trying to prove hisinnocence. Affirmed brought him back.”Other racing stars followed, including 1984

Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Breeders’Cup winner Outstandingly and Flawlessly, anAffirmed homebred who was Champion TurfFilly or Mare in 1992 and 1993.Louis died from Alzheimer’s disease and

colon cancer at the age of 95 on December30th, 1997, his and Patrice’s 35th weddinganniversary. Louis’s children would continuehis legacy.Marty’s acclimation to racing was similar to

his stepmom’s. “I was always around the Jacobsfamily at Saratoga,” he said. “We’d always talkabout racing. They had some really greathorses.”Though he attended Miami-Dade

Community College after graduating from highschool, he didn’t take long to return to hispassion. “I was studying psychology,” he said. “Iwanted to train horses. I dropped out ofcollege.”

He received his trainer’s license at the age of18. “The first horse I ran, End of Time, won theSteven Calder Handicap,” he said. “My dad wasthere. We were close, especially when I hadhorses for him. I learned from the peopleworking with him, like Laz Barrera. I learnedpatience, to know your horse. I think, in thebeginning, I just wanted to run horses. Youneed to be patient.”Eventually, Marty would train horses for Live

Oak Plantation, John Franks, and Fred Hooper.“Mr. Hooper was great,” Marty said. “He sentme 20 horses in one day. He would always fillme up with horses. He was a very goodhorseman himself. He didn’t have to talk to thefarm manager. He knew his horses, even intohis eighties and nineties.”Marty won the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Mile with

Miesque’s Approval, who was namedChampion Older Turf Male.Marty enjoyed tremendous success with

Ask the Moon, a filly he claimed for $75,000 on June 15th, 2011. She finished third in the Sky Beauty Stakes, then won the Grade IRuffian Handicap and Grade I Personal Ensign Stakes. He had similar success withJessica Back, claiming her for $35,000 and

“We try to buy fillies,turn them out, get someblack type with themand put them in sales.We sell most of them.”

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winning the Princess Rooney Stakes and morethan $600,000. “Then we sold her for$475,000,” Marty said. “We try to buy fillies,turn them out, get some black type with them and put them in sales. We sell most ofthem.”With the assistance of his wife, Karla, Marty

operates a 20-horse stable at Calder, his homebase for his entire career.Marty’s brothers, Steve and Gary, operated

Happy Valley Farm and bred It’s in the Air, the1978 Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, beforeselling the farm.Steve Wolfson Jr., a high school teacher,

made headlines as a professional handicapperwhen he captured the 2003 Daily RacingForm/National Thoroughbred RacingAssociation National HandicappingChampionship, worth $100,000, at the age of37. To do so, he passed his father, who had ledafter the first day of the two-day tournamentbefore finishing fifth overall. The Wolfson family’s common bond is their

love and passion for horses and for the sport.Never is that more evident than when a three-year-old enters the Belmont Stakes with achance to win the Triple Crown – a chance tomake history, an opportunity to join Secretariat,Seattle Slew, and Affirmed as only the fourthTriple Crown winner since 1948.In three consecutive years in the late ‘90s,

Silver Charm, Real Quiet, and Charismatic hadthat chance. So did War Emblem, Funny Cide,and Smarty Jones from 2002-2004 and BigBrown in 2008. I’ll Have Another would havehad his opportunity last year had he notsuffered a career-ending injury before theBelmont Stakes.Each time a Triple Crown has been on the

line, Patrice and her friend, Penny Chenery ofSecretariat fame – just a few box seats away atBelmont Park – were rooting for a new three-year-old to join their exclusive club, simply

because it would be so good for racing.Marty said, “They’ve been there and

done that, her and Penny. Theyknow how good horseracing

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This horse may be benefitting from

fresh air but as doorways can be

areas of high traffic, particulate

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R MELISSA Millerck-Mayand colleagues havepublished two reports inthe Equine VeterinaryJournal, the most recent ofwhich will appear in the

January issue. These researchers have at longlast been able to show a direct link betweenairborne particulate matter and visibletracheal mucus in Thoroughbred racehorses.

Mucus in the trachea (a.k.a. windpipe) andairway inflammation can be triggered bybacteria, viruses, and airborne irritants suchas pollen, dust, and molds. Many horses withmucus do not have active infection and thisprompted the Michigan researchers toinvestigate whether airborne particulatematter in the stable environment was linkedto mucus production and inflammatory cell

numbers. As most trainers know, the first signthat a horse has mucus can be a cough but inmany, the problem is not evident until it isexamined by endoscopy. Tracheal washes, orsamples of the material within the trachea,can be submitted for laboratory investigationsthat usually include counting the number ofinflammatory cells and culturing for bacteria.Occasionally samples are analyzed forevidence of viral or other infections.

In humans it is known that inhalation ofparticles of less than ten micrometers (onemicrometer is one thousand of a millimeter),referred to as PM10 by the researchers, willcause inflammation of the airways and thishas been related to their metal content.PM2.5, even smaller particles that are lessthan 2.5 micrometers, make up a largerpercentage of the airborne particulate matter,and because of their large numbers and smallsize, collectively they have a large surface areaper unit mass, and as a result, these particlesare inherently more damaging to the airwaysthan the coarser particles. Bacteria and theirharmful by-products can stick to these smallparticles and add to their injurious effects onthe respiratory tract.

In humans, increases in PM2.5 areconsistently associated with increased severityof respiratory disease while increases in PM10tend to be linked to short-term, transientworsening of disease. Specific information onhow different particle sizes influencerespiratory tract of horses is not yet availablebut the Michigan group found that visiblemucus was associated with particles between0.7 and 2.0 micrometers in size.

Stable air quality is influenced by particlesoriginating from both outside and inside thestable. Sources inside include the forage,bedding, and stable dust while outside, roads,car parks, and woods can all be sources ofparticles.

Millerck-May and her colleagues usednovel methods to assess the stableenvironment. Traditional methods ofassessing air quality used stationary samplingpump/filter devices and Millerck-May’s groupwas the first to use particle concentration

Accumulation of mucus in the trachea is an incrediblycommon ailment in racehorses and it can significantlycompromise their performance. Since the early 18thcentury respiratory health has been linked to the stableenvironment, but researchers based at the College ofVeterinary Medicine at Michigan State University haverecently taken a fresh look at the problem, with fundingfrom the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. WORDS AND PHOTOS: CELIA MARR

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Above left: Samples of

mucus are often

submitted for further

laboratory testing to

assess the numbers of

inflammatory cells and

look for bacteria or viral

products

Above right: under the

microscope, strands of

mucus are interlaced with

inflammatory cells.

Left: Mucus is generally

diagnosed during

endoscopic examination,

or “scoping.” This horse

has a large stream of

mucus in the windpipe.


VETERINARY


Neutrophil: With airway inflammation, the numbers of neutrophils will rise. This

inflammatory cell can be identified because its nucleus has a characteristic multilobed

appearance (arrows)

Above: This diagram shows how particle

concentration mapping creates a plan of

areas within stables that have the highest

concentrations of particles. Red represents

stalls with the high levels of particular

material; yellow intermediate and white,

low levels. Gray stalls were not examined.

Green = trainers office, blue arrows

indicated doorways. Reproduced with

permission from Equine Veterinary Journal,

2012, 45(1)

Below: Inside stables, forage, bedding and

stable dust are obvious sources of

particulate matter but outside, trees, woods,

roads and traffic important sources of

harmful particles that can be harder to limit

prevalence of visible mucus, emphasizingwhat horsemen have long known, thatventilation is critical for respiratory health.However, open sides and high vaulted ceilingsalso allowed the smallest particles, generatedfrom roads and parking areas near the stables,to enter the building. Millerck-May reportedthat increased odds of visible tracheal mucusassociated with stable and particleconcentration and numbers are probably dueto insufficient ventilation within enclosedstables resulting in continual exposure toparticles, whereas ventilation in open-sidedstables allows for more rapid settling ofparticles.

Specific details of management practicesalso had important influences on air quality.These are the aspects that should be theeasiest for trainers to change. The stable thathad the highest particle concentrations hadstaff working for the longest periodthroughout the morning, thus creating greateropportunity for generation and dispersion ofparticles and at the same time reducing the length between busy times during whichthe particles could settle. This was also theonly stable that fed hay from nets. Millerck-May noted “the hay was taken from the baleand shaken to loosen it before it was packedinto the hay nets and hung near the doorwayof each stall. In order to eat from the net,horses pulled the hay-filled net into thedoorway, which both released particles andprobably obstructed air from entering thestall.”

One of the most fascinating aspects of thisstudy was that by allowing individual stalls tobe sampled, it was possible to show that someareas within a stable are more problematicthan others. In one of the stables, stallslocated at the center of the barn had higher

mapping. This novel approach samples theenvironment at multiple sites and on multipleoccasions. In this way, a map of particleconcentration can be created to show exactlywhere within the facility the highestconcentrations of airborne particulate matterexist.

Millerck-May conducted particleconcentration mapping in three stables basedwithin an Thoroughbred racetrack, at threedifferent times of day and three different timesof year. Stable design, specific stalls, and timeof day and month all influenced the numbersand types of particles. Morning samples weretaken during the busiest times when horseswere being fed and groomed and stalls andwalkways were being cleaned; at midday,when the stables were at their quietest; and inthe early evening, which coincided withfeeding and racing. Both the particle types,PM10 and PM2.5, were at their highest in thebusy morning time.

In the latest Equine Veterinary Journal study,the researchers showed that stable, stall,month, and particle concentration were alllinked to the accumulation of tracheal mucus.By scoping 107 Thoroughbred racehorses,they found that those 67% had visible mucus,and this was highest in September, thewarmest, driest month when 77% had mucus,and lowest in July, which was cool and dampand 54% had mucus. November, with amucus prevalence of 69%, was cold, snowy,and wet, and trainers had closed doors andwindows at that time.

Stable design is vitally important and thestable with the most modern design includingopenings along both long sides, high vaultedceilings, and large sliding doors had thelowest levels of larger particles and the lowest


levels, most likely because of lack of mixing of the air limiting dilutionof the particles. Perhaps more surprisingly, stalls near the doors werealso likely to have higher levels of particles. The researchers proposedseveral reasons for this. Millerck-May noted that there was a lot of horseand human traffic through the doors and vehicles stopped and startedoutside throughout the day, and a manure storage building was locatednear the door. At some times of year, large floor fans were used butbecause these were placed near the high-traffic manure handling area,the fans maybe contributed to particle accumulation rather thanreduced it.

In another barn, acentral group of stallshad high numbers oflarge particles presentin the afternoon,contrasting from otherareas where particlelevels were low in theafternoon. Theresearchers observedthat this area of thestable was used to cooldown horses bywalking them aroundthis central group ofstalls. Millerck-Maycommented that thisobservation was anexcellent example ofwhy one cannot gain agood understanding ofparticle concentrations in stables by simply using stationary samplersat one or two locations. There may be many factors that can cause highparticle concentration in a few stalls and very specific times of day.

The important message from this study is that the generation,accumulation, and dispersal of particulate material within and nearbystables involves complex processes influenced by stable design, localgeography, weather patterns, and stable management practices. Particleconcentration mapping can identify problem areas that if addressedshould benefit respiratory health. Reasons for these problem areas canbe explored, and remedial action taken. n


“The stable with themost modern designincluding openingsalong both long sides,high vaulted ceilings,and large sliding doorshad the lowest levels of larger particles and thelowest prevalence of visible mucus”

Horses in a barn at the British Racing School benefit from having

open windows at the back of each stall so they can take

advantage of the outdoor environment.



RACING

HIGH STAKESThe decline of races


Sunny Desert wins the Cat Cay

Stakes at Aqueduct, one of the few

races in the country available

exclusively to four-year-old fillies

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RACING

HOSE two exclusive raceswere an aberration. Racesrestricted to four-year-oldsare few and far between.Santa Anita was the onlymajor track in the country

this winter with regular opportunities for four-year-olds to face their own generation ingraded stakes, claiming races, and conditionalraces. But even at Santa Anita, the Grade II ElEncino Stakes was dropped from the 2013schedule. “It just wasn’t showing the supportthat the four-year-old stakes for colts had,”Racing Secretary Rick Hammerle said.

The El Encino, first contested in 1954 andwon by two Horses of the Year – Lady’s Secretin 1986 and Zenyatta in 2008 – was themiddle leg of the La Canada Series, whichbegan with the La Brea and ended with the LaCanada. Only three fillies swept the series:Taisez Vous (1978), Mitterand (1985) and GotKoko (2003).

The male counterpart of the La CanadaSeries, the Strub Series, has survived, with theGrade I Malibu run in late December for three-year-olds, the Grade II San Fernando, and theGrade II Strub, named to honor Charles H.

one’s perspective. Obviously, two-year-oldsnever face older horses – at least not in thiscountry, though they can in Europe. However,there is an important rite of passage for three-year-olds when they square off againstolder horses every fall or early winter. Somethree-year-olds succeed. The ones who don’twould have been better off sticking to theirown generation. So if a three-year-old can be ata disadvantage facing elders, wouldn’t a just-turned four-year-old possibly be at adisadvantage facing older horses in Januaryand February?

It’s an interesting argument. Horsemen whorace at Santa Anita can use stakes exclusively

Strub, who built and owned Santa Anita.The San Fernando and Strub are the only

graded stakes exclusively for four-year-olds inthe winter. “I am aware of that, and I get asked about that all the time,” said Hammerle,who previously worked at Monmouth,Meadowlands, Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate,and Del Mar. “Years ago, the racing world wasa little more traveler-friendly. Everythingseems to be a little more territorial. There usedto be a little more movement for three-year-oldpreps and four-year-old preps.”

Whether or not stakes for older horsesshould be exclusively for four-year-olds ratherthan four-year-olds and up depends upon

T Just 78 minutes after Sunny Desert won the $75,000 CatCay Stakes for four-year-old fillies at Aqueduct on Sundayafternoon, January 6th, in Jamaica, New York, Almost aLady captured a $21,000 claiming race (for a tag of$12,500) for four-year-old fillies at Santa Anita, more than2,500 miles away.WORDS: BILL HELLER PHOTOS: HORSEPHOTOS.COM, BOB COGLIANESE PHOTOS


4YO RACES

Ultimate Eagle, with Martin Pedroza up, after winning last year’s G2 Strub Stakes


Eventual winner Sugar Shake (number 4,

above) at the start of the G2 El Encino

Stakes, part of the four-year old fillies

three-race La Canada Series, which has

been dropped from the 2013 schedule

for four-year-olds or stakes for four-year-oldsand up as a bridge to get to the Grade I SantaAnita Handicap.

Hammerle said that Santa Anita iscommitted to keeping its exclusive four-year-old only races. “Each year, we go to look at ourstakes schedule,” he said. “There’s less horsesbeing bred. There should be less graded stakes to make them more meaningful. Fornewly-turned four-year-olds, they tend to stickwith their own generation. The end of theStrub Stakes is early (Feb. 2nd). It allows afour-year-old to stay in his own division. We’retrying to make avenues to get to the SantaAnita Handicap. If we took out the SanFernando or the Strub, it wouldn’t be goodhere. These have been a staple for so long,there would be a lot of bad karma. We’re notextending four-year-old stakes, but it giveshorsemen another operation. While we haveenough horses to do that, we’ll keep it. I thinkit’s pretty unique here. Just a few races at thebeginning of the year.”

At the same time, Santa Anita hasn’tforgotten its blue-collar four-year-olds. “I havea few races each book limited to four-year-oldclaimers, all over the place, from $10,000 to

$62,500,” Hammerle said. “The horsemenappreciate them. I’ll keep writing them as longas they don’t interrupt other four-year-olds andup races. We’re trying to give owners a chanceto run their horses at competitive levels.People get used to a system. If you make themthink they’re racing in an easier spot, let themdo it. When Hollywood opens in April, itkinds of ends it.”

Trainer John Sadler is pleased by theopportunity Santa Anita gives four-year-olds.“We think it’s very good,” Sadler said. “I’vebeen racing here my whole life. Santa Anitahas always had a four-year-old program. In theold days, you had a lot of horses who would

use the Strub to get to the Santa AnitaHandicap. The problem with modern racing isthat there are horses everywhere. Other trackswrite up races for three-year-olds and up. Wethink four-year-old races are a great transitionto four-year-olds and up. I’m hoping the four-year-old races will continue for years to come.”

Trainer Jack Carava is also a fan. “From atrainer’s standpoint, they’re nice to have if theinventory is big enough,” he said. “The oneproblem you can run into is that the olderhorse population might not be able to fill it.Sometimes, it’s more about the older horsesthan the four-year-olds. When you go aheadand have straight four-year-old races, they


RACING

Monterey Jazz wins the

2008 Strub Stakes at Santa

Anita, part of the three-race

Strub series for four-year-old

horses

tend to be a little easier. I see both sides of it. Ithink the race secretary here (at Santa Anita)does a good job knowing his inventory.”

In New York, Racing Secretary P.J. Campo,son of trainer Johnny Campo, tries to beflexible dealing with the New York RacingAssociation’s three tracks: Aqueduct, BelmontPark and Saratoga. “If you have enough horsesto do it, it’s not a bad idea,” he said in earlyJanuary. “We just had the four-year-old stakesfor fillies (the Cat Cay). It was light (a field offive was reduced to four with a scratch). Youdon’t try to write too many of them. I haven’tdone it in the last two, three years, but we’vehad straight four-year-old claiming races,especially in January and February. You try todo it sparingly. I don’t think it’s one of the maincategories. But when we write some races, wedo it with a tag for four-year-olds.”

Sunny Desert’s trainer, John Parisella, wasobviously delighted to have his filly facing onlyfour-year-olds in the Cat Cay Stakes, which,while marred with the fatal breakdown ofWildcat’s Smile, proved to be Sunny Desert’ssixth consecutive victory. “I think it’s a goodthing,” he said of the age-restricted race. “It’snot often that a trainer has a horse who wonsix in a row.”

Parisella has an interesting perspectivebecause he trained in California for a couple ofyears. “Going back, I thought it was a greatidea when I was out there,” he said. “Theyhave the Strub Series and that’s verysuccessful.”

He hasn’t seen many four-year-old onlyraces, including stakes, in New York. “Not at

all,” he said. “We didn’t have any and itbothered me. You get a three-year-old who justturned four and you have a five-year-old whohas won $850,000. It’s not fair.”

Other than Santa Anita and Aqueduct, theonly other major winter track with a stakeswritten for four-year-olds was Tampa BayDowns, which had a pair of overnight turfsprint stakes listed. But those two racesdeserve a huge asterisk, because they weren’tactually run as written. “It was a mistake in thebook,” Race Secretary Allison DeLuca said.“The turf races were a misprint. They werefour-year-olds and up.”

Tampa Bay has had four-year-old races. “Itried one, a dirt handicap, aboutfour years ago, and it didn’t fill,”DeLuca said. “When I was racesecretary at Sportsman’s Park along time ago, we had a stakesfor four-year-olds, the Cicero,and it was very popular. It’s a

“We tried straight four-year-old maidensand four-year-oldclaimers. But why doyou need it? Somebody’sgot to give me a reasonto do it”

Patrick Pope, Oaklawn Park

good idea. I don’t know why it didn’t fill here.”At Gulfstream, Race Secretary Don Bork

hasn’t written a race exclusively for four-year-olds in his four-year tenure, but he isn’topposed to the idea. “I know some places thathave them,” he said. “The thought has crossedmy mind. I haven’t ruled it out. With maidens,there’s no need to do it, but maybe with someof the conditional races it could work. Thoseraces are a possibility. There’s a couple differentsides to it. I can see both sides. You want to geteveryone involved. You don’t want to leaveanybody on the sidelines. That’s the trickypart.”

Oaklawn Park Racing Secretary PatrickPope wrote four-year-old races previously, buthas abandoned them. “We had them in thepast,” he said. “We tried a couple, maybe threeor four years ago. We tried straight four-year-old maidens and four-year-old claimers. Butwhy do you need it? Somebody’s got to giveme a reason to do it. If I wrote a straight$10,000 claimer for four-year-olds, it wouldfill. But I don’t need another category. SantaAnita does it for three-year-olds turning four.But now with the Breeders’ Cup, we havethree-year-olds facing older horses then.”

Fair Grounds has no four-year-old stakes orany other races exclusively for four-year-olds,only for horses four-year-olds and up.

Different tracks have different priorities fortheir horsemen. At Santa Anita,

trainers with four-year-oldshave more options at thebeginning of the yearthan at any other track inthe country. n




NUTRITION

BRAN MASHESUseful tradition ornutritional pariah?

Bran mashes are perhaps one of the most traditionalelements of a feeding regime for a horse in race training.The attraction of this equine equivalent of a warm bowl ofoatmeal or cup of hot chocolate has endured despite themany other changes in feeding practices over the years. WORDS: CatheRine Dunnett BSC, PhD, R.nutR PhOtOS: BOB LanGRiSh

N ITS most common form a bran mashconsists of a warm sloppy mixture ofwheat bran, with other minoringredients such as rolled barley,linseed, vegetable oil, honey, molassesor date syrup often being added. The

exact recipe for a particular yard’s bran mashis often a closely guarded secret, beingregarded as part of a winning formula, and itcould have been handed down through thegenerations of trainers. Traditionally a warm‘mash’ has been offered to horses followinghard exercise, or sometimes just once a weekon the day of no or limited exercise, which iscommonly a Sunday. Some of the oldest horsemanship texts give

us insight into the rationale for a bran mash aspart of a racing diet. Bran mashes were seen ashaving a purgative or laxative effect and sowere used in the belief that they would help tocleanse the digestive tract and maintain thenormal movement of the gut, thus preventingimpactions following hard exercise andduring days of rest. Bran mashes have also been used to

encourage normal eating and water intakeduring periods where appetite may besuppressed such as in sick horses, followingsurgery, or simply after racing or hard days ofwork. They have also been used as a methodfor introducing medications or other additivesgiven on a periodic basis. In clinical settings,wheat bran is also combined with paraffin oilin an attempt to soften feces and help resolveearly stage impactions within the digestivetract, although in this application the wheatbran really only serves as the carrier for theparaffin oil, which can of course beintroduced by the veterinarian via nasogastrictube.When evaluating the usefulness of wheat

bran mashes, we need to consider the main

Iand endosperm. From a negative viewpointthe fibrous outer layer of cereals includingwheat bran can harbor undesirablemycotoxins.Nutritionally wheat bran is high in fiber,

which has a relatively low digestibility. It isalso comparatively high in protein, but thestarch content is relatively low, as most of thestarch would be located in the grain portion

nutritional characteristics of this ingredientand evaluate whether it’s suitable for the job.Wheat bran, as the name suggests, is a by-product of the production of flour fromwheat, made from the high fiber outer layers of wheat, whereas wheat feed or wheat middlings, which are widely used inhorse feed pellets, contain much more of theinner layers of wheat including some germ

Nutritional Characteristic Unit Wheat bran Wheat feed

Protein % 15.5 16.5

Oil % 3.5 4.5

Crude Fiber % 11.0 7.5

NDF Fiber % 45.4 32.0

ADF Fiber % 13.4 9.9

Ash % 6.0 4.5

Starch % 16.0 23.0

Energy (DE) MJ/kg) 9.5 11.0

Calcium (Ca) % 0.12 0.1

Phosphorus (P) % 1.15 0.95

Ca/P ratio 0.1:1 0.1:1

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of the wheat itself. Wheat bran provides a lowlevel of digestible energy and also has a lowbulk density, and so it is able to absorb largeamounts of water or other liquid. As withmost cereals and their by-products, wheatbran is very low in calcium and comparativelyhigh in phosphorus giving a most unsuitablecalcium-to-phosphorus ratio.The perceived laxative effect of wheat bran

in horses probably reflects its use in humannutrition. Our digestive tract does not havethe well-developed fiber fermenting capacityof a horse’s. In people, the insoluble fiber fromwheat bran travels through our digestive tractlargely unchanged and so adds bulk to thefeces giving rise to its reputation for ‘keepingyou regular.’ Horses have a superior fiberfermenting capacity and studies to date havenot confirmed a similar laxative effect. In factsome research at Cornell University failed toshow any change in fecal moisture when theconcentrate feed was replaced by 50% wheatbran fed alongside hay. Additionally, in terms of fiber intake, wheat

bran is not that spectacular and certainlymany other ingredients – such as hay, alfalfa,and oats – would offer a higher fiber content.The strengths of the traditional bran mashprobably lies in its palatability and thereforeits use to encourage eating, where appetite issuppressed. Improvement of water intake,when voluntary drinking is reduced, isanother potential benefit. However, there are two big negatives to

bran mashes that have demonized their usewith nutritionists worldwide, the first beingthe appalling calcium-to-phosphorus delivery.Being pragmatic, bran mashes are rarely givenin isolation and are usually fed as part of awell-balanced ration. Equally, it is a relativelysimple task to add a little limestone to thehistorical bran mash recipe in order to rectifythis calcium-to-phosphorus situation,although the high level of phosphorus in theform of phytate may reduce the absorption ofother minerals in the diet.Nutritionists also get very excited about the

potential negative impact of the periodicallyfed bran mash on the microbial balance of thehindgut. A disruption to the normal balanceof microflora in the hindgut is vey undesirableand may increase the risk of digestivedisturbance. However, hindgut microbesgenerally respond badly to abrupt changes towhat is being fed and so in some ways regulardaily use of a bran mash may be moreappropriate. It is possible to produce a bran mash recipe

that has a balanced calcium-to-phosphorusratio and which introduces other desirableingredients such as Omega-3 rich full-fatlinseed. When fed daily as part of the normaldiet, a mash of this type is unlikely to upsetthe microbial balance and may offer somebenefits in terms of feed and water intake infussy feeders, although is unlikely to have any significant effect on fecal bulk orregularity. n

Nutritional IEN

Characteristic Unit bran mash

Protein % 15.5

Oil % 10.5

Crude Fiber % 8.2

Ash % 9.5

Starch % 14.0

Energy (DE) MJ/kg) 12.0

Calcium (Ca) % 1.9

Phosphorus (P) % 0.8

Ca/P ratio 2.2:1

NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS 2

Wheat bran 300g

Micronized full fat linseed 150g

Oats 50g

Honey 25g

Limestone 25g

Total per day 550g*

*Add warm water to provide a warm

sloppy feed

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Sunland Park Mt. Cristo Rey H’cap S 09-Mar-13 $100,000 3+ D 900 4.5 01-Mar-13USA Sunland Park Copper Top Futurity S 13-Apr-13 $60,000 2 C&G D 900 4.5 15-Oct-12USA Sunland Park Copper Top Futurity S 13-Apr-13 $60,000 2 F D 900 4.5 15-Oct-12USA Charles Town Webb Snyder Charles Town Dash 20-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ D 900 4.5 10-Apr-13USA Charles Town Fancy Buckles St S 25-May-13 $50,000 3+ FM D 900 4.5 15-May-13USA SunRay Park C.O. Ken Kendrick Memorial St S 08-Jun-13 $65,000 2 F D 900 4.5 01-Jun-13USA SunRay Park Totah St S 18-Jun-13 $65,000 2 CG (NM Bred) D 900 4.5 11-Jun-13USA Charles Town It’s Binn Too Long S 22-Jun-13 $50,000 3 F D 900 4.5 12-Jun-13USA Charles Town Coin Collector St S 29-Jun-13 $50,000 3 D 900 4.5 19-Jun-13USA Charles Town Henry Mercer Memorial S 21-Sep-13 $50,000 2 D 900 4.5 11-Sep-13USA Charles Town Rachel’s Turn St S 21-Sep-13 $50,000 2 F D 900 4.5 11-Sep-13USA Charles Town Its Only Money S 21-Sep-13 $50,000 3 + D 900 4.5 11-Sep-13

USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Bon Temps Starter S 02-Feb-13 $55,000 4+ F&M D 1000 5 17-Jan-13USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Matron S 02-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ F&M D 1000 5 17-Jan-13USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Sprint S 02-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ D 1000 5 18-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Gr 1 02-Feb-13 $75,000 4+ T 1000 5 19-Jan-13USA Sunland Park Budweiser H 02-Feb-13 $50,000 3+ D 1000 5 25-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park The Ladies Turf Sprint 24-Feb-13 $60,000 4+ F&M T 1000 5 09-Feb-13UAE Jebel Ali Jebel Ali Sprint 08-Mar-13 AED 500,000 3+ D 1000 5 03-Mar-13UAE Meydan Meydan Sprint L 09-Mar-13 $17,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1000 5 04-Feb-13UAE Meydan Al Quoz Sprint Gr 1 30-Mar-13 $1,000,000 NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1000 5 25-Mar-13USA Churchill Downs Twin Spires Turf Sprint St Gr 3 04-May-13 $125,000 3+ T 1000 5 10-Apr-13USA Evangeline Downs Need for Speed St S 17-May-13 $50,000 3+ T 1000 5 07-May-13USA Evangeline Downs Tellike St 18-May-13 $50,000 3+ FM T 1000 5 07-May-13USA Canterbury Honor the Hero St 27-May-13 $50,000 3+ T 1000 5 16-May-13USA Penn National Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup 01-Jun-13 $150,000 3+ T 1000 5 22-May-13USA Lone Star Park TTA Sales Futurity - C&G Div R 06-Jun-13 $100,000 2 CG D 1000 5 15-Apr-13USA Golden Gate Fields Lost in the Fog St 15-Jun-13 $50,000 2 AWT 1000 5 06-Jun-13USA Lone Star Park TTA Sales Futurity - Filly Div R 06-Jul-13 $100,000 2 F D 1000 5 15-Apr-13USA Monmouth Park Tyro St 04-Aug-13 $60,000 2 D 1000 5 26-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Colleen St 11-Aug-13 $60,000 2 F T 1000 5 02-Aug-13

USA Oaklawn Park Spring Fever 17-Feb-13 $60,000 4+ F&M D 1100 5.5USA Fair Grounds Colonel Power St 16-Mar-13 $75,000 4+ T 1100 5.5 02-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Happy Ticket S S 16-Mar-13 $75,000 4+ F&M LA Bred D 1100 5.5 02-Mar-13USA Sunland Park La Coneja St S 24-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ FM ( NM Bred) D 1100 5.5 15-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Bayou St. John St 31-Mar-13 $60,000 4+ La Bred D 1100 5.5 16-Mar-13USA Keeneland Shakertown St Gr 3 13-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ T 1100 5.5 27-Mar-13USA Evangeline Downs Hallowed Dreams St S 20-Apr-13 $50,000 3 F D 1100 5.5 09-Apr-13USA Keeneland Giant’s Causeway St 20-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ FM T 1100 5.5 03-Apr-13USA Belmont Park Dancing Renee 01-Jun-13 $100,000 3+FM D 1100 5.5 18-May-13USA Monmouth Park Fort Monmouth St 08-Jun-13 $60,000 3+FM T 1100 5.5 31-May-13USA Monmouth Park John McSorley St 09-Jun-13 $60,000 3+ T 1100 5.5 31-May-13USA Monmouth Park Crank It Up St 15-Jun-13 $60,000 3 F T 1100 5.5 07-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Stallion Futurity R 05-Jul-13 $60,000 2 D 1100 5.5USA Arlington Park Arlington Sprint 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ T 1100 5.5 26-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Legends Ladies Sprint S 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3 + FM T 1100 5.5 22-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Legends Sprint - La Bred S 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ D 1100 5.5 22-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Klassy Briefcase St 14-Jul-13 $60,000 3+ FM T 1100 5.5 05-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Gold Juvenile 20-Jul-13 $75,000 2 D 1100 5.5 11-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Gold Lassie 20-Jul-13 $75,000 2 F D 1100 5.5 11-Jul-13USA Saratoga Quick Call 25-Jul-13 $100,000 3 T 1100 5.5 18-Jul-13USA Evangeline Downs D.S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity - La Bred S 27-Jul-13 $100,000 2 F D 1100 5.5 01-May-13USA Evangeline Downs D.S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity - La Bred S 27-Jul-13 $100,000 2 CG D 1100 5.5 01-May-13USA Saratoga Caress 02-Aug-13 $100,000 3 + FM T 1100 5.5 26-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park My Frenchman St 03-Aug-13 $60,000 3+ T 1100 5.5 26-Jul-13USA Saratoga Coronation Cup 12-Aug-13 $100,000 3 F T 1100 5.5 05-Aug-13USA Saratoga Troy St 14-Aug-13 $100,000 3 + T 1100 5.5 07-Aug-13USA Evangeline Downs John Franks Memorial Sales St (Filly Div) R 07-Sep-13 $60,000 2 F D 1100 5.5 17-Jul-13

USA Aqueduct Correction S 02-Feb-13 $100,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 19-Jan-13USA Aqueduct Toboggan H’cap Gr 3 02-Feb-13 $150,000 3+ D 1200 6 19-Jan-13USA Aqueduct Dearly Precious St 09-Feb-13 $75,000 3 F D 1200 6 26-Jan-13USA Fair Grounds Mardi Gras S 12-Feb-13 $75,000 4 + FM T 1200 6 02-Feb-13UAE Meydan Al Shindagha Sprint Gr 3 14-Feb-13 $200,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 1200 6 11-Feb-13USA Turf Paradise Phoenix Gold Cup 16-Feb-13 $75,000 4+ D 1200 6 08-Feb-13USA Aqueduct Hollie Hughes (NYB) 18-Feb-13 $75,000 3+ D 1200 6 02-Feb-13USA Golden Gate Fields Albany St 18-Feb-13 $50,000 4+ AWT 1200 6 07-Feb-13USA Oaklawn Park Downthedustyroad Breeders S 23-Feb-13 $60,000 3+ F&M (Ark Bred) D 1200 6USA Oaklawn Park Nodouble Breeders S 24-Feb-13 $60,000 3+ C&G (Ark Bred) D 1200 6USA Belmont Park Tom Fool H’cap Gr 2 02-Mar-13 $200,000 3+ D 1200 6 16-Feb-13USA Oaklawn Park Gazebo 02-Mar-13 $60,000 3 D 1200 6USA Sam Houston Race Park Sam Houston Cup Sprint S 02-Mar-13 $50,000 D 1200 6 20-Feb-13USA Aqueduct Tom Fool Gr 3 03-Mar-13 $200,000 3+ D 1200 6 16-Feb-13USA Aqueduct Fred Cappy Capossela St 09-Mar-13 $100,000 3 D 1200 6 23-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Duncan F. Kenner St L 09-Mar-13 $150,000 3+ D 1200 6 23-Feb-13USA Golden Gate Fields Camilla Urso St 09-Mar-13 $50,000 4+ AWT 1200 6 28-Feb-13UAE Meydan Mahab Al Shimaal Gr 3 09-Mar-13 $200,000 NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 1200 6 04-Mar-13

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RACESRaces are divided by distance and the relevant surface is indicated as follows:AWT - All Weather Track D - Dirt T - TurfThe indexes cover all graded races in North America over $50,000 in value, where information was available at the time of publication.

CLOSING DATESDates for Arlington Park have yet to be approved by the state racing board.

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Monmouth Park Decathlon Stakes 11-Mar-13 $75,000 3 + D 1200 6 03-May-13USA Aqueduct Cicada St Gr 3 16-Mar-13 $150,000 3 F D 1200 6 02-Mar-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Wayward Lass St 16-Mar-13 $50,000 4+ FM D 1200 6 02-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Hot Springs S 23-Mar-13 $75,000 4+ D 1200 6USA Churchill Downs Winning Colors St Gr 3 27-Mar-13 $100,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 11-May-13USA Oaklawn Park Rainbow Miss S S 29-Mar-13 $60,000 3 F (Ark Bred) D 1200 6USA Aqueduct Broadway (NY Bred) S 30-Mar-13 $75,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 16-Mar-13UAE Meydan Dubai Golden Shaheen Gr 1 30-Mar-13 $2,000,000 NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 1200 6 25-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Rainbow S S 30-Mar-13 $60,000 3 C&G (Ark Bred) D 1200 6USA Sunland Park Czaria H 06-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ F&M D 1200 6 29-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Carousel H 11-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ F&M D 1200 6USA Oaklawn Park Instant Racing 12-Apr-13 $75,000 3 F D 1200 6USA Aqueduct Distaff H’cap Gr 2 13-Apr-13 $200,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 30-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Count Fleet Sprint H Gr 3 13-Apr-13 $250,000 4+ D 1200 6USA Evangeline Downs Inaugural St S 14-Apr-13 $50,000 3 D 1200 6 05-Apr-13USA Prairie Meadows Golden Circle 20-Apr-13 $60,000 3 D 1200 6 11-Apr-13USA Hawthorne Racecourse Land of Lincoln St S 27-Apr-13 $100,000 3 D 1200 6USA Hawthorne Racecourse Pretty Jenny St S 27-Apr-13 $100,000 3 F D 1200 6USA Hawthorne Racecourse Robert S. Molaro H’cap S 27-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ D 1200 6USA Hawthorne Racecourse The Third Chance H’cap 27-Apr-13 $100,000 4+FM D 1200 6USA Prairie Meadows Goldfinch 27-Apr-13 $60,000 3 F D 1200 6 18-Apr-13USA Oaklawn Park Bachelor 06-May-13 $75,000 3 D 1200 6USA Tampa Bay Downs Hilton Garden Inn Sprint 06-May-13 $75,000 4+ D 1200 6 23-Mar-13USA Prairie Meadows Mamie Eisenhower S 10-May-13 $70,000 4+ F&M (IA Bred) D 1200 6 01-May-13USA Prairie Meadows John Wayne S 11-May-13 $70,000 4+ C&G (IA Bred) D 1200 6 02-May-13USA Canterbury Ladys Slipper St 17-May-13 $50,000 3+F&M D 1200 6 10-May-13USA Canterbury 10,000 Lakes St 18-May-13 $50,000 3+ D 1200 6 10-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Bob Bryant S 18-May-13 $60,000 3 F (IA Bred) D 1200 6 01-Mar-12USA Prairie Meadows Gray’s Lake S 18-May-13 $60,000 3 C&G (IA Bred) D 1200 6 15-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Express 24-May-13 $60,000 3+ D 1200 6 15-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Rose 24-May-13 $60,000 3+ F&M D 1200 6 15-May-13USA Monmouth Park Red Cross St 27-May-13 $60,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 17-May-13USA Churchill Downs Aristides St Gr 3 01-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ D 1200 6 18-May-13USA Monmouth Park John J Reilly H’cap 01-Jun-13 $60,000 3+ (NJ Bred) D 1200 6 24-May-13USA Monmouth Park Open Mind H’cap 02-Jun-13 $60,000 3+ FM (NJ Bred) D 1200 6 17-May-13USA Arlington Park Isaac Murphy St S 08-Jun-13 $125,000 3+ FM AWT 1200 6 29-May-13USA Arlington Park Addison Cammack S 08-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ AWT 1200 6 29-May-13USA Belmont Park True North H’cap Gr 2 08-Jun-13 $400,000 3+ D 1200 6 24-May-13USA Churchill Downs Debutante Gr 3 22-Jun-13 $100,000 2 F D 1200 6 08-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Blue Sparkler St 22-Jun-13 $60,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 14-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Sprint H’cap 28-Jun-13 $125,000 3+ D 1200 6 16-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Saylorville 28-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ F&M D 1200 6 16-Jun-13USA Belmont Victory Ride St Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $150,000 3 F D 1200 6 15-Jun-13USA Churchill Downs Bashford Manor St Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $100,000 2 D 1200 6 15-Jun-13USA Canterbury Frances Genter 04-Jul-13 $50,000 3 F (Min Bred) D 1200 6 20-Jun-13USA Canterbury Victor Myers St 04-Jul-13 $50,000 3 + CG D 1200 6 20-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Jersey Shore St Gr 3 04-Jul-13 $100,000 3 D 1200 6 22-Jun-13USA Lone Star Park Valor Farms St S 06-Jul-13 $50,000 3+ FM (TX Bred) D 1200 6 27-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Mr. Prospector St 07-Jul-13 $75,000 3+ D 1200 6 28-Jun-13USA Saratoga Schuylerville St Gr 3 19-Jul-13 $150,000 2 F D 1200 6 06-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Just Smashing St 21-Jul-13 $60,000 3 F D 1200 6 12-Jul-13USA Saratoga Sanford St Gr 2 21-Jul-13 $200,000 2 D 1200 6 06-Jul-13USA Belmont Park Prioress St Gr 1 27-Jul-13 $300,000 3 F D 1200 6 13-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Regret St 27-Jul-13 $75,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 19-Jul-13USA Saratoga Prioress Gr 1 27-Jul-13 $300,000 3 F D 1200 6 13-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Teddy Drone St 28-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ D 1200 6 19-Jul-13USA Saratoga Honorable Miss H’cap Gr 2 29-Jul-13 $200,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 13-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Classic Sprint S 03-Aug-13 $60,000 3+ (IA Bred) D 1200 6 25-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Cradle S S 03-Aug-13 $75,000 2 C&G (IA bred) D 1200 6USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Sorority S 03-Aug-13 $75,000 2 F D 1200 6USA Saratoga Alfred G Vanderbilt H’cap Gr 1 04-Aug-13 $400,000 3+ D 1200 6 20-Jul-13USA Canterbury Hoist Her Flag St 17-Aug-13 $50,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 08-Aug-13USA Saratoga Union Avenue St S 19-Aug-13 $100,000 3+ FM (NY bred) D 1200 6 12-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Miss Woodford St 31-Aug-13 $60,000 3 F D 1200 6 23-Aug-13USA Canterbury MN Distaff Sprint Championship S 01-Sep-13 $55,000 3 FM D 1200 6 22-Aug-13USA Canterbury MN Sprint Championship S 01-Sep-13 $50,000 3 D 1200 6 22-Aug-13USA Canterbury Northern Lights Debutante St S 01-Sep-13 $55,000 2 F D 1200 6 01-Apr-13USA Canterbury Northern Lights Futurity St S 01-Sep-13 $55,000 2 D 1200 6 01-Apr-13USA Monmouth Park Sapling St Gr 3 01-Sep-13 $100,000 2 D 1200 6 18-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Sorority St 01-Sep-13 $100,000 2 F D 1200 6 23-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Icecapade St 02-Sep-13 $75,000 3+ D 1200 6 23-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Eleven North H’cap 14-Sep-13 $60,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 06-Sep-13USA Monmouth Park New Jersey Breeders H’Cap 14-Sep-13 $60,000 3+ D 1200 6 06-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Vosburgh Invitational Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $400,000 3+ D 1200 6 14-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Futurity St Gr 2 29-Sep-13 $200,000 2 D 1200 6 14-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Matron St Gr 2 29-Sep-13 $200,000 2 F D 1200 6 14-Sep-13USA Monmouth Park Jersey Juvenile S 05-Oct-13 $60,000 2 (NJ bred) D 1200 6 27-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Hudson H’cap S 19-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ (NY bred) D 1200 6 05-Oct-13USA Aqueduct New York Stallion Series - Fifth Avenue Division S 23-Nov-13 $125,000 2 F D 1200 6 CLOSEDUSA Aqueduct New York Stallion Series - Great White Way Division S 23-Nov-13 $125,000 2 D 1200 6 CLOSEDUSA Penn National Lady in Waiting 27-Nov-13 $150,000 3+ F&M D 1200 6 15-Nov-13USA Penn National The Fabulous Strike H’Cap 27-Nov-13 $250,000 3+ D 1200 6 15-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Fall Highweight H’cap Gr 3 28-Nov-13 $150,000 3+ D 1200 6 16-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Garland of Roses 07-Dec-13 $75,000 3+ FM D 1200 6 23-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Gravesend 21-Dec-13 $75,000 3+ D 1200 6 07-Dec-13

USA Sam Houston Race Park Bucharest S 02-Feb-13 $50,000 4 + T 1300 6.5 23-Jan-13USA Turfway Park Cincinnati Trophy St 02-Feb-13 $50,000 3 F AWT 1300 6.5 24-Jan-13USA Sunland Park El Diario H 09-Feb-13 $50,000 3+ F&M D 1300 6.5 01-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Hurricane Bertie H Gr 3 10-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ F&M D 1300 6.5 26-Jan-13USA Santa Anita Sensational Star St S 24-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ (CA Bred) T 1300 6.5 14-Feb-13USA Santa Anita Las Flores St Gr 3 10-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ FM AWT 1300 6.5 28-Feb-13USA Santa Anita Irish O’Brien St S 17-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ FM (CA Bred) T 1300 6.5 07-Mar-13USA Sunland Park Bill Thomas Memorial S 24-Mar-13 $85,000 3+ D 1300 6.5 16-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park Sir Shackleton 30-Mar-13 $75,000 4+ D 1300 6.5 16-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Echo Eddie St S 30-Mar-13 $200,000 3 (CA Bred) D 1300 6.5 21-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Evening Jewel St S 30-Mar-13 $200,000 F 3 (CA Bred) D 1300 6.5 21-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Potrero Grande St Gr 2 06-Apr-13 $150,000 4+ D 1300 6.5 28-Mar-13USA Lone Star Park Premiere St R 11-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ ( TX Bred) D 1300 6.5 04-Apr-13USA Lone Star Park JEH Stallion St R 13-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ FM (TX Bred) D 1300 6.5 04-Apr-13USA Santa Anita Las Cienegas St Gr 3 13-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ FM T 1300 6.5 04-Apr-13USA Santa Anita San Simeon St Gr 3 20-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ T 1300 6.5 11-Apr-13

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA SunRay Park Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff H’cap S 20-Apr-13 $65,000 3+ FM D 1300 6.5 13-Apr-13USA Belmont Park New York Stallion - Park Avenue Division 05-May-13 $100,000 3 F 1300 6.5 CLOSEDUSA Belmont Park New York Stallion - Times Square Division 05-May-13 $100,000 3 D 1300 6.5 CLOSEDUSA Belmont Park Vagrancy H’cap Gr 2 18-May-13 $200,000 3+ FM D 1300 6.5 04-May-13USA SunRay Park Aztec Oaks S 25-May-13 $65,000 3 F (NM Bred) D 1300 6.5 18-May-13USA SunRay Park Dine St S 26-May-13 $65,000 3 CG (NM Bred) D 1300 6.5 19-May-13USA Canterbury Dark Star Cup 08-Jun-13 $50,000 3+ D 1300 6.5 30-May-13USA Saratoga Amsterdam St Gr 2 28-Jul-13 $200,000 3 D 1300 6.5 13-Jul-13USA Saratoga John Morrissey St S 01-Aug-13 $100,000 3+ (NY bred) D 1300 6.5 25-Jul-13USA Saratoga Adirondack St Gr 2 11-Aug-13 $200,000 2 F D 1300 6.5 27-Jul-13USA Saratoga Saratoga Special Gr 2 11-Aug-13 $200,000 2 D 1300 6.5 27-Jul-13USA Belmont Park Gallant Bloom H’cap Gr 2 21-Sep-13 $200,000 3+ F&M D 1300 6.5 07-Sep-13

USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Prince S 02-Feb-13 $125,000 3 D 1400 7 18-Jan-13USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Starlet S 02-Feb-13 $125,000 3 F D 1400 7 17-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park Hutcheson St Gr 2 02-Feb-13 $150,000 3 D 1400 7 19-Jan-13USA Laurel Park The Wide Country Stakes 02-Feb-13 $125,000 3 F D 1400 7 24-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Sprint Gr 2 09-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ D 1400 7 26-Jan-13USA Tampa Bay Downs The Manatee St 09-Feb-13 $50,000 4+ F&M D 1400 7 26-Jan-13USA Laurel Park The Barbara Fritchie H’Cap 16-Feb-13 $250,000 3+F&M D 1400 7 07-Feb-13USA Santa Anita San Vicente St Gr 2 17-Feb-13 $150,000 3 D 1400 7 07-Feb-13USA Laurel Park General George H’cap Gr 2 18-Feb-13 $250,000 3+ D 1400 7 07-Feb-13USA Santa Anita San Carlos St Gr 2 23-Feb-13 $200,000 4+ D 1400 7 14-Feb-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Super St 23-Feb-13 $75,000 4+ D 1400 7 09-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Swale S Gr 3 02-Mar-13 $150,000 3 D 1400 7 16-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Inside Information Gr 2 17-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ F&M D 1400 7 02-Mar-13USA Aqueduct Carter H’cap Gr 1 06-Apr-13 $400,000 3+ D 1400 7 23-Mar-13USA Aqueduct Bay Shore St Gr 3 06-Apr-13 $250,000 3 D 1400 7 23-Mar-13USA Keeneland Madison St Gr 1 11-Apr-13 $300,000 4+ FM AWT 1400 7 27-Mar-13USA Keeneland Commonwealth St Gr 2 13-Apr-13 $175,000 3+ AWT 1400 7 27-Mar-13USA Keeneland Beaumont St Gr 2 14-Apr-13 $150,000 3 F AWT 1400 7 27-Mar-13USA Charles Town Confucius Say St S 20-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Charles Town Original Gold St S 20-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ FM D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Charles Town Robert Hilton Memorial 20-Apr-13 $85,000 3 D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Charles Town Sugar Maple St 20-Apr-13 $200,000 4+ FM D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Eight Belles St Gr 3 03-May-13 $150,000 3 F D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Humana Distaff Gr 1 04-May-13 $300,000 4+ FM D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Churchill Downs St Gr 2 04-May-13 $400,000 4+ D 1400 7 10-Apr-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore St 06-May-13 $75,000 3 D 1400 7 23-Mar-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies St 06-May-13 $75,000 3 F D 1400 7 23-Mar-13USA Evangeline Downs The Acadiana St - La Bred 31-May-13 $50,000 3 F D 1400 7 21-May-13USA Belmont Park Affirmed Success 01-Jun-13 $100,000 3 + (NY Bred) D 1400 7 18-May-13USA Belmont Park Bouwerie St S 01-Jun-13 $125,000 3 F (NY bred) D 1400 7 18-May-13USA Belmont Park Mike Lee St S 01-Jun-13 $125,000 3 (NY bred) D 1400 7 18-May-13USA Evangeline Downs The Ragin Cajun St - La Bred 01-Jun-13 $50,000 3 D 1400 7 21-May-13USA Belmont Park Jaipur St Gr 3 07-Jun-13 $150,000 3+ T 1400 7 25-May-13USA Belmont Park Woody Stephens St Gr 2 08-Jun-13 $400,000 3 D 1400 7 25-May-13USA Belmont Park Bed o’ Roses (H’cap) Gr 3 15-Jun-13 $150,000 3+ F&M D 1400 7 01-Jun-13USA Arlington Park Chicago H’cap Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $150,000 3+ FM AWT 1400 7 19-Jun-13USA Belmont Park New York Stallion Series - Cupecoy’s Joy Division R 30-Jun-13 $75,000 3 F T 1400 7 CLOSEDUSA Belmont Park New York Stallion Series - Spectacular Bid Division R 30-Jun-13 $75,000 3 T 1400 7 CLOSEDUSA Evangeline Downs Oak Hall St 13-Jul-13 $50,000 3+ D 1400 7 02-Jul-13USA Saratoga James Marvin Gr 3 19-Jul-13 $150,000 3+ D 1400 7 06-Jul-13USA Charles Town Robert G Leavitt St S 03-Aug-13 $50,000 3 D 1400 7 24-Jul-13USA Charles Town Sadie Hawkins St S 10-Aug-13 $50,000 3+ F&M D 1400 7 31-Jul-13USA Charles Town Sylvia Bishop Memorial S 17-Aug-13 $50,000 3 F D 1400 7 14-Aug-13USA Charles Town Frank Gall Memorial S 17-Aug-13 $50,000 3+ D 1400 7 07-Aug-13USA Saratoga Ballerina St Gr 1 23-Aug-13 $500,000 3+ FM D 1400 7 10-Aug-13USA Saratoga Test Gr 1 24-Aug-13 $500,000 3 F D 1400 7 10-Aug-13USA Saratoga Foxwoods King’s Bishop Gr 1 24-Aug-13 $500,000 3 D 1400 7 10-Aug-13USA Saratoga Forego Gr 1 31-Aug-13 $500,000 3+ D 1400 7 17-Aug-13USA Saratoga Spinaway St Gr 1 01-Sep-13 $300,000 2 F D 1400 7 17-Aug-13USA Saratoga Three Chimneys Hopeful St Gr 1 02-Sep-13 $300,000 2 D 1400 7 17-Aug-13USA Charles Town Pink Ribbon St 21-Sep-13 $50,000 3+ FM D 1400 7 11-Sep-13USA Charles Town Charles Town Oaks 21-Sep-13 $400,000 3 F D 1400 7 07-Sep-13USA Charles Town Wild and Wonderful St 21-Sep-13 $85,000 3+ D 1400 7 11-Sep-13USA Charles Town Researcher S 21-Sep-13 $400,000 3 F D 1400 7 07-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Iroquois S 19-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ F&M (NY bred) D 1400 7 05-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Bertram F Bongard St 19-Oct-13 $125,000 2 D 1400 7 05-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Joseph A Gimma St 19-Oct-13 $125,000 2 F D 1400 7 05-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Bold Ruler Gr 3 26-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ D 1400 7 12-Oct-13USA Charles Town Tri-State Futurity R 09-Nov-13 $100,000 2 D 1400 7USA Aqueduct New York Stallion Series - Staten Island Division S 23-Nov-13 $100,000 3+ FM D 1400 7 CLOSEDUSA Aqueduct New York Stallion Series - Thunder Rumble Division S 23-Nov-13 $100,000 3+ D 1400 7 CLOSEDUSA Charles Town West Virginia Futurity (WV) 30-Nov-13 $50,000 2 D 1400 7 20-Nov-13USA Charles Town Eleanor Casey Memorial S 21-Dec-13 $50,000 2 F D 1400 7 11-Dec-13USA Gulfstream Park The GP Aftercare Stallion Stakes 05-Apr-13 $60,000 3+ 1400 7 23-Mar-13

USA Fair Grounds Black Gold St 02-Mar-13 $75,000 3 D 1500 7.5 19-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Allen Lacombe Memorial H’cap 02-Mar-13 $75,000 3 F T 1500 7.5 19-Feb-13USA Delta Downs Azalea S 07-Mar-13 $100,000 3 F D 1500 7.5 22-Feb-13USA Delta Downs Pelican S 09-Mar-13 $100,000 3 D 1500 7.5 22-Feb-13USA Lone Star Park Lane’s End Stallion Scholarship St R 11-May-13 $50,000 3+ T 1500 7.5 02-May-13USA Canterbury Brooks Fields St 16-Jun-13 $50,000 3+ T 1500 7.5 06-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Showcase Starter St (10,000 or less in 2012-13) R 06-Jul-13 $75,000 3+ (La Bred) T 1500 7.5 22-Jun-13USA Canterbury Shakopee Juvenile Stakes 03-Aug-13 $100,000 2 T 1500 7.5 25-Jul-13

USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Ladies Starter S 02-Feb-13 $70,000 4+ F & M D 1600 8 17-Jan-13USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Distaff S 02-Feb-13 $150,000 4+F&M D 1600 8 17-Jan-13USA Fair Grounds Tiffany Lass S 02-Feb-13 $100,000 4 + F&M D 1600 8 19-Jan-13USA Santa Anita Arcadia St Gr 2 02-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ T 1600 8 24-Jan-13USA Turfway Park 96ROCKStakes 02-Feb-13 $50,000 3 AWT 1600 8 24-Jan-13USA Turfway Park Valdale St 03-Feb-13 $50,000 3 F AWT 1600 8 21-Feb-13UAE Meydan UAE 1000 Guineas L 07-Feb-13 $250,000 NH 3F SH 3F AWT 1600 8 04-Feb-13USA Laurel Park The Miracle Wood Stakes 09-Feb-13 $125,000 3 D 1600 8 31-Jan-13USA Oaklawn Park Martha Washington S 09-Feb-13 $75,000 3 F D 1600 8UAE Meydan Firebreak St Gr 3 14-Feb-13 $200,000 SH-bred 3+ & NH-bred 4+ AWT 1600 8 11-Feb-13UAE Meydan UAE 2000 Guineas Gr 3 14-Feb-13 $250,000 NH 3yo SH 3yo AWT 1600 8 11-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Sarah Lane’s Oates S S 16-Feb-13 $60,000 3 F LA Bred T 1600 8 02-Feb-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Jim’s Orbit S 16-Feb-13 $100,000 3 D 1600 8 31/12 of Yearling Year

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Sam Houston Race Park Two Altazano S 16-Feb-13 $75,000 3 F D 1600 8 31/12 of Yearling YearUSA Aqueduct Comely Gr 3 18-Feb-13 $200,000 3 + F D 1600 8 16-Nov-13USA Oaklawn Park Southwest S Gr 3 18-Feb-13 $300,000 3 D 1600 8USA Santa Anita Buena Vista St Gr 2 18-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ FM T 1600 8 07-Feb-13UAE Meydan Al Fahidi Fort Gr 2 21-Feb-13 $250,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1600 8 18-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Canadian Turf Gr 3 23-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ T 1600 8 09-Feb-13USA Sunland Park Island Fashion S 24-Feb-13 $50,000 3 F D 1600 8 16-Feb-13USA Delta Downs Eldorado R 28-Feb-13 $60,000 4+ F M D 1600 8 15-Feb-13UAE Meydan Meydan Classic L 28-Feb-13 $150,000 NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1600 8 25-Feb-13USA Delta Downs Fremont R 02-Mar-13 $60,000 4 + D 1600 8 15-Feb-13USA Laurel Park Caesar’s Wish St 02-Mar-13 $150,000 3F D 1600 8 21-Feb-13UAE Meydan Zabeel Mile Gr 2 02-Mar-13 $250,000 NH 3yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1600 8 25-Jan-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Texas Heritage Stakes 02-Mar-13 $50,000 3+ D 1600 8 20-Feb-13USA Santa Anita Las Virgenes St Gr 1 02-Mar-13 $250,000 3 F D 1600 8 16-Feb-13USA Santa Anita Frank E. Kilroe Mile Gr 1 02-Mar-13 $300,000 4+ T 1600 8 16-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park H Gr 2 09-Mar-13 $300,000 4+ D 1600 8 23-Feb-13UAE Meydan Burj Nahaar Gr 3 09-Mar-13 $200,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 1600 8 04-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park Honey Fox H Gr 3 16-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ F&M T 1600 8 02-Mar-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Spring Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge S 16-Mar-13 $50,000 3+ F&M D 1600 8USA Delta Downs Gold Coast R 22-Mar-13 $70,000 4+ FM D 1600 8 08-Mar-13USA Delta Downs Borgata R 23-Mar-13 $70,000 4+ D 1600 8 08-Mar-13USA Turfway Park Bourbonette Oaks Gr 3 23-Mar-13 $100,000 3 F AWT 1600 8 14-Mar-13USA Sunland Park Harry W Henson H 24-Mar-13 $85,000 3+ F&M D 1600 8 16-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Crescent City Oaks S 30-Mar-13 $75,000 3 la. bred F D 1600 8 02-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park Appleton H Gr 3 30-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ T 1600 8 16-Mar-13UAE Meydan Godolphin Mile Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $1,000,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 1600 8 25-Mar-13USA Aqueduct Ruffian H’cap Gr 2 06-Apr-13 $25,000 3+ FM D 1600 8 23-Mar-13USA Keeneland Maker’s 46 Mile Gr 1 12-Apr-13 $300,000 4+ T 1600 8 27-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Northern Spur 13-Apr-13 $100,000 3 D 1600 8USA Keeneland Appalachian St Gr 3 18-Apr-13 $100,000 3 F T 1600 8 03-Apr-13USA Belmont Park Westchester H’cap Gr 3 27-Apr-13 $150,000 3+ D 1600 8 13-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Derby Trial Gr 3 27-Apr-13 $175,000 3 D 1600 8 10-Apr-13USA Golden Gate Fields San Francisco Mile Gr 3 27-Apr-13 $100,000 3+ T 1600 8 18-Apr-13USA Lone Star Park Texas Mile Gr 3 27-Apr-13 $200,000 3+ D 1600 8 18-Apr-13USA SunRay Park Jack Cole H’cap S 27-Apr-13 $65,000 3+ D 1600 8 20-Apr-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Mile 01-May-13 $60,000 3 D 1600 8 23-May-13USA Churchill Downs Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Gr 2 04-May-13 $250,000 4+ FM T 1600 8 10-Apr-13USA Lone Star Park Texas Stallion St - Got Koko Division R 11-May-13 $75,000 3 F D 1600 8USA Monmouth Park Red Bank St Gr 3 18-May-13 $100,000 3+ T 1600 8 06-May-13USA Arlington Park Hanshin Cup Gr 3 25-May-13 $150,000 3+ AWT 1600 8 15-May-13USA Evangeline Downs Opelousas St S 25-May-13 $50,000 3 + FM T 1600 8 14-May-13USA Belmont Park Metropolitan H’Cap Gr 1 27-May-13 $750,000 3+ FM D 1600 8 11-May-13USA Belmont Park Acorn St Gr 1 27-May-13 $300,000 3 F D 1600 8 11-May-13USA Monmouth Park Little Silver St 27-May-13 $60,000 3 F T 1600 8 17-May-13USA Arlington Park Purple Violet St S 01-Jun-13 $100,000 3 F AWT 1600 8 22-May-13USA Arlington Park Springfield St S 01-Jun-13 $100,000 3 AWT 1600 8 22-May-13USA Belmont Park Kingston H’cap S 01-Jun-13 $125,000 3+ (NY Bred) T 1600 8 18-May-13USA Belmont Park Mount Vernon H’cap S 01-Jun-13 $125,000 3+ FM (NY Bred) T 1600 8 18-May-13USA Golden Gate Fields Campanile St S 01-Jun-13 $100,000 3 F (CA Bred) T 1600 8 23-May-13USA Penn National Penn Mile 01-Jun-13 $50,000 3 T 1600 8 02-Jan-00USA Prairie Meadows Panthers 01-Jun-13 $60,000 3 F D 1600 8 23-May-13USA Belmont Park Just a Game St Gr 1 08-Jun-13 $500,000 3+ F&M T 1600 8 25-May-13USA Golden Gate Fields Silky Sullivan St S 09-Jun-13 $100,000 3 (CA Bred) T 1600 8 30-May-13USA Canterbury Mystic Lake Mile 13-Jun-13 $125,000 3 T 1600 8 27-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Hill Prince St Gr 3 15-Jun-13 $150,000 3 T 1600 8 01-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park The Dan Horn H’Cap 16-Jun-13 $60,000 3+ T 1600 8 07-Jun-13USA Churchill Downs Firecracker H’cap Gr 2 29-Jun-13 $150,000 3+ T 1600 8 15-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Poker H’cap Gr 3 04-Jul-13 $150,000 3+ T 1600 8 22-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Elkwood St 05-Jul-13 $75,000 3+ T 1600 8 28-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Legends Distaff S 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ F&M D 1600 8 22-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Legends Mile - La Bred Fillies S 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3 F D 1600 8 22-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Legends Mile - La Bred C&G S 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3 D 1600 8 22-Jun-13USA Lone Star Park Assault St R 06-Jul-13 $50,000 3+ (TX Bred) D 1600 8 27-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Salvator Mile Gr 3 06-Jul-13 $150,000 3+ D 1600 8 22-Jun-13USA Canterbury Lady Canterbury St 13-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ FM T 1600 8 27-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Shuvee H’cap Gr 2 20-Jul-13 $200,000 3+ FM D 1600 8 06-Jul-13USA Evangeline Downs Matron St 20-Jul-13 $50,000 3+ FM T 1600 8 09-Jul-13USA Canterbury Northbound Pride Oaks 03-Aug-13 $100,000 3 F T 1600 8 25-Jul-13USA Canterbury Mystic Lake Derby 03-Aug-13 $100,000 3 T 1600 8 25-Jul-13USA Saratoga De La Rose St 03-Aug-13 $100,000 3 + FM T 1600 8 27-Jul-13USA Saratoga New York Stallion Series - Cab Calloway Division R 07-Aug-13 $100,000 3 T 1600 8 CLOSEDUSA Saratoga New York Stallion Series - Statue of Liberty Division R 08-Aug-13 $100,000 3 F T 1600 8 CLOSEDUSA Evangeline Downs Evangeline Mile 10-Aug-13 $125,000 3+ D 1600 8 30-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Juvenile Mile 10-Aug-13 $60,000 2 D 1600 8 01-Aug-13USA Saratoga Fourstardave H’cap Gr 2 10-Aug-13 $500,000 3+ T 1600 8 27-Jul-13USA Saratoga Riskaverse 20-Aug-13 $100,000 3 F T 1600 8 23-Aug-13USA Saratoga P.G. Johnson St 28-Aug-13 $100,000 2 F T 1600 8 21-Aug-13USA Saratoga With Anticipation St Gr 2 29-Aug-13 $200,000 2 T 1600 8 17-Aug-13USA Arlington Park Arlington-Washington Lassie Gr 3 07-Sep-13 $100,000 2 F AWT 1600 8 28-Aug-13USA Arlington Park Arlington-Washington Futurity Gr 3 07-Sep-13 $150,000 2 AWT 1600 8 28-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Noble Damsel Gr 3 14-Sep-13 $150,000 3+ F&M T 1600 8 31-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Kelso H’cap Gr 2 28-Sep-13 $400,000 3+ D 1600 8 14-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Frizette St Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 2 F D 1600 8 21-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Foxwoods Champagne Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 2 D 1600 8 21-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Pebbles St 14-Oct-13 $200,000 3 F T 1600 8 28-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Nashua St Gr 2 03-Nov-13 $200,000 2 D 1600 8 19-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Tempted St Gr 3 03-Nov-13 $150,000 2 F D 1600 8 19-Oct-13USA Aqueduct Go For Wand Hcap Gr 2 29-Nov-13 $250,000 3+ FM D 1600 8 16-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Cigar Mile H’cap Gr 1 30-Nov-13 $400,000 3+ D 1600 8 16-Nov-13

USA Monmouth Park Monmouth Beach St 26-May-13 $75,000 3+ FM D 1625 8.25 17-May-13USA Monmouth Park Serena’s Song St 13-Jul-13 $750,000 3 F D 1625 8.25 05-Jul-13USA Sunland Park Mine That Bird Derby 23-Feb-13 $130,000 3 D 1625 8.25 15-Feb-13

USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Breeders’ Oaks S 03-Aug-13 $75,000 3 F (IA bred) D 1664 8.32USA Canterbury Minnesota Derby S 10-Aug-13 $75,000 3 CG D 1664 8.32 01-Apr-13USA Canterbury Minnesota Oaks S 10-Aug-13 $75,000 3 F D 1664 8.32 01-Apr-13USA Aqueduct East View St S 15-Dec-13 $80,000 2 F N.Y. Bred D 1664 8.32 30-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Damon Runyon St S 15-Dec-13 $75,000 2 (NY Bred) D 1664 8.32 30-Nov-13

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Aqueduct Withers St Gr 3 02-Feb-13 $200,000 3 D 1700 8.5 19-Jan-13USA Aqueduct Busher St 02-Feb-13 $75,000 3 FM D 1700 8.5 19-Jan-13USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Gentlemen Starter R 02-Feb-13 $70,000 4+ D 1700 8.5 18-Jan-13USA Delta Downs L.A Premier Night Championship S 02-Feb-13 $200,000 4+ D 1700 8.5 18-Jan-13USA Oaklawn Park Essex H 02-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ D 1700 8.5USA Santa Anita Robert B. Lewis St Gr 2 02-Feb-13 $200,000 3 D 1700 8.5 24-Jan-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Endeavour St Gr 3 02-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ FM T 1700 8.5 19-Jan-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Sam F. Davis St Gr 3 02-Feb-13 $250,000 3 D 1700 8.5 19-Jan-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Florida Oaks 02-Feb-13 $150,000 3 F T 1700 8.5 19-Jan-13USA Golden Gate Fields California Oaks 09-Feb-13 $50,000 3 F AWT 1700 8.5 31-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park Donn H Gr 1 09-Feb-13 $500,000 4+ D 1700 8.5 26-Jan-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Tomball S 09-Feb-13 $50,000 4 + F&M T 1700 8.5 30-Jan-13USA Sunland Park Curribot H 10-Feb-13 $50,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 02-Feb-13USA Oaklawn Park Bayakoa S 16-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ F&M D 1700 8.5USA Santa Anita Santa Maria St Gr 2 16-Feb-13 $200,000 4+ FM D 1700 8.5 07-Feb-13USA Tampa Bay Downs The Tampa Bay St Gr 3 16-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ T 1700 8.5 02-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Sabin Gr 3 17-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ F&M D 1700 8.5 02-Feb-13USA Aqueduct Kings Point S 23-Feb-13 $75,000 3+ (NY Bred) D 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Rachel Alexandra St Gr 3 23-Feb-13 $200,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Risen Star S Gr 2 23-Feb-13 $400,000 3 D 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Mineshaft H’cap Gr 3 23-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ D 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Gentilly S S 23-Feb-13 $60,000 3 LA Bred T 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Bayou H’cap 23-Feb-13 $75,000 4+ FM T 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Davona Dale St Gr 2 23-Feb-13 $250,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 09-Feb-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Jersey Village S 23-Feb-13 $50,000 4+ T 1700 8.5 13-Feb-13USA Turf Paradise Turf Paradise Derby 23-Feb-13 $75,000 3 D 1700 8.5USA Aqueduct Top Flight H’cap Gr 2 02-Mar-13 $200,000 3 + F&M D 1700 8.5 16-Feb-13USA Aqueduct Gotham St Gr 3 02-Mar-13 $400,000 3 D 1700 8.5 16-Feb-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Jersey Lilly S 02-Mar-13 $50,000 4+ F&M T 1700 8.5 20-Feb-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Challenger St 02-Mar-13 $60,000 4+ D 1700 8.5 16-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds New Orleans Ladies St L 09-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ FM D 1700 8.5 23-Feb-13USA Oaklawn Park Honeybee S Gr 3 09-Mar-13 $150,000 3 F D 1700 8.5USA Oaklawn Park Razorback H Gr 3 09-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ D 1700 8.5USA Santa Anita San Felipe St Gr 2 09-Mar-13 $300,000 3 D 1700 8.5 28-Feb-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Tampa Bay Derby Gr 2 09-Mar-13 $350,000 3 D 1700 8.5 23-Feb-13USA Oaklawn Park Rebel S Gr 2 16-Mar-13 $600,000 3 D 1700 8.5USA Oaklawn Park Azeri S Gr 3 16-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ F&M D 1700 8.5USA Fair Grounds Red Camelia St S 23-Mar-13 $60,000 4+ FM La Bred T 1700 8.5 09-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Arkansas Breeders (Female Division) S 24-Mar-13 $60,000 3+ F&M (Ark Bred) D 1700 8.5USA Sunland Park New Mexico Breeders’ Derby S 24-Mar-13 $100,000 3 D 1700 8.5 16-Mar-13USA Sunland Park New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks S 24-Mar-13 $100,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 16-Mar-13USA Sunland Park Sunland Park Oaks 24-Mar-13 $200,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 09-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Fair Grounds Oaks Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $500,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 16-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Costa Rising St S 30-Mar-13 $60,000 4+ La. Bred D 1700 8.5 16-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Crescent City Derby S 30-Mar-13 $75,000 3 La. Bred D 1700 8.5 16-Mar-13USA Keeneland Transylvania St Gr 3 05-Apr-13 $100,000 3 T 1700 8.5 20-Mar-13USA Keeneland Central Bank Ashland St Gr 1 06-Apr-13 $500,000 3 F AWT 1700 8.5 27-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Santa Anita Oaks Gr 1 06-Apr-13 $300,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 28-Mar-13USA Tampa Bay Downs The First Dude Turf Distaff 06-Apr-13 $75,000 4+ FM T 1700 8.5 23-Mar-13USA Tampa Bay Downs The Dayton Andrews Sophomore Turf 06-Apr-13 $75,000 3 T 1700 8.5 23-Mar-13USA Golden Gate Fields Golden Poppy St 07-Apr-13 $50,000 3 T 1700 8.5 28-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Arkansas Breeders (Open) S 07-Apr-13 $60,000 3+ (Ark Bred) D 1700 8.5USA Oaklawn Park Fantasy S Gr 2 10-Apr-13 $400,000 3 F D 1700 8.5USA Keeneland Jenny Wiley St Gr 1 13-Apr-13 $300,000 4+ FM T 1700 8.5 27-Mar-13USA Keeneland Hilliard Lyons Doubledogdare St Gr 3 19-Apr-13 $100,000 4+ FM AWT 1700 8.5 03-Apr-13USA Keeneland Coolmore Lexington St Gr 3 20-Apr-13 $200,000 3 T 1700 8.5 03-Apr-13USA Evangeline Downs John Henry St S 27-Apr-13 $50,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 16-Apr-13USA Hawthorne Racecourse Milwaukee Avenue H’cap S 27-Apr-13 $100,000 3+ D 1700 8.5USA Hawthorne Racecourse Peach Of It H’cap S 27-Apr-13 $100,000 3+ FM D 1700 8.5USA Turf Paradise Gene Fleming Breeders Derby 27-Apr-13 $50,000 3 (AZ Bred) T 1700 8.5 EARLY CLOSINGUSA Churchill Downs Edgewood St 03-May-13 $150,000 3 F T 1700 8.5 10-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs American Turf St Gr 2 03-May-13 $200,000 3 T 1700 8.5 10-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs La Troienne St Gr 2 03-May-13 $300,000 3+ FM D 1700 8.5 10-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Alysheba St Gr 2 03-May-13 $300,000 4+ D 1700 8.5 10-Apr-13USA Belmont Park Beaugay Gr 3 04-May-13 $150,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 20-Apr-13USA Belmont Park Fort Marcy Gr 3 04-May-13 $150,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 20-Apr-13USA Lone Star Park Texas Stallion St - Stymie Division R 11-May-13 $75,000 3 CG D 1700 8.5USA Arlington Park Arlington Classic 25-May-13 $150,000 3 T 1700 8.5 13-Apr-13USA Monmouth Park Majestic Light S 25-May-13 $750,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 17-May-13USA Monmouth Park Lamplighter St 25-May-13 $60,000 3 T 1700 8.5 17-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Jim Rasmussen Mem 25-May-13 $60,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 16-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Wild Rose 25-May-13 $60,000 3+ F&M D 1700 8.5 16-May-13USA Monmouth Park The Miss Liberty 26-May-13 $75,000 3+FM T 1700 8.5 17-May-13USA Belmont Park Ogden Phipps H’cap Gr 1 27-May-13 $400,000 3+ F&M D 1700 8.5 11-May-13USA Golden Gate Fields All American Gr 3 27-May-13 $100,000 3+ AWT 1700 8.5 16-May-13USA Lone Star Park Lone Star Park H’cap Gr 3 27-May-13 $300,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 16-May-13USA Belmont Park Commentator 01-Jun-13 $150,000 3 + (NY Bred) 1700 8.5 18-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Hawkeyes Handicap S 07-Jun-13 $75,000 3+ F&M (IA Bred) D 1700 8.5 29-May-13USA Churchill Downs Early Times Mint Julep H’cap Gr 3 08-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 25-May-13USA Prairie Meadows Cyclones Handicap S 08-Jun-13 $75,000 3+ (IA Bred) D 1700 8.5 30-May-13USA Arlington Park Black Tie Affair H’cap S 15-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 05-Jun-13USA Arlington Park Lincoln Heritage H’cap S 15-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 05-Jun-13USA Churchill Downs Matt Winn St Gr 3 15-Jun-13 $100,000 3 D 1700 8.5 01-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Pegasus S Gr 3 16-Jun-13 $150,000 3 D 1700 8.5 03-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Mother Goose St Gr 1 22-Jun-13 $300,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 08-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Revidere St 23-Jun-13 $60,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 14-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Distaff 28-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ F&M D 1700 8.5 16-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Eatontown St Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $100,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 15-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Derby Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $250,000 3 D 1700 8.5 16-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Iowa Oaks Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $200,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 16-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Lighthouse St 30-Jun-13 $750,000 3+ FM D 1700 8.5 21-May-13USA Evangeline Downs The Louisiana Legends Mile - La Bred R 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 22-Jun-13USA Evangeline Downs Louisiana Legends Classic - La Bred S 06-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 22-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Long Branch St 07-Jul-13 $100,000 3 D 1700 8.5 22-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Jersey Derby 20-Jul-13 $60,000 3 T 1700 8.5 12-Jul-13USA Saratoga Lake George St Gr 2 24-Jul-13 $200,000 3 F T 1700 8.5 13-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Desert Vixen S 27-Jul-13 $60,000 3 F T 1700 8.5 19-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Molly Pitcher St Gr 2 28-Jul-13 $200,000 3+ FM D 1700 8.5 14-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Oceanport St Gr 3 28-Jul-13 $150,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 14-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Monmouth Cup Gr 2 28-Jul-13 $200,000 3+ D 1700 8.6 14-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Donna Reed S 03-Aug-13 $85,000 4+ F&M (IA Bred) D 1700 8.5 25-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Ralph Hayes S 03-Aug-13 $85,000 4+ C&G (IA Bred) D 1700 8.5 25-Jul-12USA Saratoga Waya St 05-Aug-13 $100,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 29-Jul-13

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Monmouth Park Monmouth Oaks Gr 3 10-Aug-13 $150,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 27-Jul-13USA Saratoga West Point H’cap S 15-Aug-13 $150,000 3+ (NY bred) T 1700 8.5 03-Aug-13USA Saratoga Yaddo H’cap S 16-Aug-13 $150,000 3+ FM (NY bred) T 1700 8.5 03-Aug-13USA Arlington Park Hatoof 17-Aug-13 $75,000 3 F T 1700 8.5 07-Aug-13USA Canterbury HBPA Distaff 17-Aug-13 $50,000 3+FM T 1700 8.5 08-Aug-13USA Saratoga Ballston Spa Gr 2 24-Aug-13 $250,000 3+ FM T 1700 8.5 10-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park The Ladys Secret St 25-Aug-13 $75,000 3+FM D 1700 8.5 16-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Cliff Hanger St Gr 3 25-Aug-13 $100,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 11-Aug-13USA Canterbury MN Classic Championship S 01-Sep-13 $55,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 22-Aug-13USA Canterbury MN Distaff Classic Championship S 01-Sep-13 $50,000 3+ FM D 1700 8.5 22-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Charles Hesse H’cap 14-Sep-13 $60,000 3+ D 1700 8.6 06-Sep-13USA Monmouth Park Jersey Girl H’cap 14-Sep-13 $600,000 3+ FM D 1700 8.5 06-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Pilgrim St Gr 3 06-Oct-13 $150,000 2 T 1700 8.5 21-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Athenia 12-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ F&M T 1700 8.5 28-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Ticonderoga H’cap S 19-Oct-13 $175,000 3+ F&M (NY bred) T 1700 8.5 05-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Mohawk St S 19-Oct-13 $175,000 3+ (NY bred) T 1700 8.5 05-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Turnback the Alarm Gr 3 26-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ F&M D 1700 8.5 12-Oct-13USA Penn National The Swatara 27-Nov-13 $150,000 3+ D 1700 8.5 15-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Alex M. Robb H’cap S 28-Dec-13 $80,000 3+ (NY Bred) D 1700 8.5 14-Dec-13

USA Santa Anita Strub St Gr 2 02-Feb-13 $200,000 4 D 1800 9 24-Jan-13USA Santa Anita San Antonio St Gr 2 03-Feb-13 $200,000 4+ D 1800 9 24-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park Turf H Gr 1 09-Feb-13 $300,000 4+ T 1800 9 26-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park Suwannee River Gr 3 09-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ F&M T 1800 9 26-Jan-13USA Aqueduct Stymie H’cap 16-Feb-13 $75,000 3+ D 1800 9 02-Feb-13USA Golden Gate Fields El Camino Real Derby Gr 3 16-Feb-13 $200,000 3 AWT 1800 9 07-Feb-13USA Laurel Park John B. Campbell H’cap 16-Feb-13 $100,000 3+ D 1800 9 07-Feb-13UAE Meydan Balanchine Gr 2 21-Feb-13 $200,000 NH F&M 4yo+ SH F&M 3yo+ T 1800 9 18-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Fair Grounds H’cap Gr 3 23-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ T 1800 9 09-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Fountain Of Youth St Gr 2 23-Feb-13 $400,000 3 D 1800 9 09-Feb-13USA Laurel Park Maryland Racing Media St 23-Feb-13 $125,000 3+ FM D 1800 9 14-Feb-13BAR Garrison Savannah XXXII Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup Gr 1 02-Mar-13 $102,500 3+ T 1800 9 11-Jan-13USA Gulfstream Park The Herecomesthebride S Gr 3 02-Mar-13 $100,000 3 F T 1800 9 16-Feb-13USA Sam Houston Race Park Maxxam Gold Cup 02-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ D 1800 9 20-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park The Palm Beach S Gr 3 03-Mar-13 $150,000 3 T 1800 9 16-Feb-13USA Santa Anita Santa Margarita St Gr 1 07-Mar-13 $300,000 4+ FM D 1800 9 07-Mar-13USA Laurel Park Private Terms St 09-Mar-13 $150,000 3 D 1800 9 28-Feb-13UAE Meydan Jebel Hatta Gr 1 09-Mar-13 $300,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1800 9 04-Mar-13USA Tampa Bay Downs Hillsborough St Gr 3 09-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ FM T 1800 9 23-Feb-13USA Laurel Park Harrison E. Johnson Memorial St 16-Mar-13 $125,000 3+ D 1800 9 07-Mar-13USA Aqueduct Excelsior Gr 3 23-Mar-13 $150,000 3+ D 1800 9 09-Mar-13USA Turfway Park Spiral Stakes Gr 3 23-Mar-13 $500,000 3 AWT 1800 9 02-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Santa Anita St Gr 2 24-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ F&M T 1800 9 14-Mar-13USA Sunland Park Sunland Derby Gr 3 24-Mar-13 $800,000 3 D 1800 9 01-Feb-13USA Fair Grounds Louisiana Derby Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $1,000,000 3 D 1800 9 16-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds Mervin H Muniz Jr Memorial Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $400,000 4+ T 1800 9 16-Mar-13USA Fair Grounds New Orleans H Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $400,000 4+ D 1800 9 16-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park The Gulfstream Oaks Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $300,000 3 F D 1800 9 16-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park The Rampart S Gr 3 30-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ F&M D 1800 9 16-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park Florida Derby Gr 1 30-Mar-13 $1,000,000 3 D 1800 9 12-Jan-13UAE Meydan Dubai Duty Free Gr 1 30-Mar-13 $5,000,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ T 1800 9 25-Mar-13USA Aqueduct Gazelle St Gr 3 06-Apr-13 $350,000 3 F D 1800 9 23-Mar-13USA Aqueduct Wood Memorial St Gr 1 06-Apr-13 $1,000,000 3 D 1800 9 23-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Santa Anita Derby Gr 1 06-Apr-13 $7,500,000 3 D 1800 9 22-Dec-12USA Tampa Bay Downs The Turf Classic 06-Apr-13 $75,000 4 + T 1800 9 23-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Providencia St Gr 3 07-Apr-13 $150,000 3 F T 1800 9 28-Feb-13USA Keeneland Toyota Blue Grass St Gr 1 13-Apr-13 $750,000 3 AWT 1800 9 27-Mar-13USA Oaklawn Park Oaklawn H Gr 2 13-Apr-13 $500,000 4+ D 1800 9USA Oaklawn Park Arkansas Derby Gr 1 13-Apr-13 $1,000,000 3 D 1800 9USA Sunland Park Sunland Park H 14-Apr-13 $85,000 3+ D 1800 9 06-Apr-13USA Charles Town Charles Town Classic Gr 2 20-Apr-13 $1,500,000 4+ D 1800 9 06-Apr-13USA Hawthorne Racecourse Illinois Derby Gr 3 20-Apr-13 $750,000 3 D 1800 9 06-Apr-13USA Hawthorne Racecourse Sixty Sails H’cap Gr 3 20-Apr-13 $200,000 3+ F&M D 1800 9 10-Apr-13USA Keeneland Ben Ali St Gr 3 21-Apr-13 $150,000 4+ AWT 1800 9 03-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Kentucky Oaks Gr 1 03-May-13 $1,000,000 3 F D 1800 9 23-Feb-13USA Churchill Downs Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Gr 1 04-May-13 $500,000 3+ T 1800 9 10-Apr-13USA Belmont Park Peter Pan St Gr 2 11-May-13 $200,000 3 D 1800 9 27-Apr-13USA Arlington Park Arlington Matron Gr 3 25-May-13 $150,000 3+ FM AWT 1800 9 15-May-13USA Belmont Park Sands Point St Gr 2 27-May-13 $200,000 3 F T 1800 9 11-May-13USA Penn National The Mountainview H’cap 01-Jun-13 $25,000 3 + D 1800 9 22-May-13USA Monmouth Park Monmouth St Gr 2 09-Jun-13 $200,000 3+ T 1800 9 26-May-13USA Churchill Downs Stephen Foster H’cap Gr 1 15-Jun-13 $500,000 3+ D 1800 9 01-Jun-13USA Churchill Downs Regret St Gr 3 15-Jun-13 $100,000 3 F T 1800 9 01-Jun-13USA Churchill Downs Fleur de Lis H’cap Gr 2 15-Jun-13 $175,000 3+ FM D 1800 9 01-Jun-13USA SunRay Park San Juan County Commissioners H’cap 23-Jun-13 $75,000 3+ D 1800 9 16-Jun-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H’cap Gr 3 29-Jun-13 $300,000 3+ D 1800 9 16-Jun-13USA Canterbury Blair’s Cove St S 03-Jul-13 $50,000 3+ CG T 1800 9 20-Jun-13USA Canterbury Princess Elaine St S 03-Jul-13 $50,000 3+ FM T 1800 9 20-Jun-13USA Arlington Park Arlington Oaks Gr 3 20-Jul-13 $150,000 3 F AWT 1800 9 10-Jul-13USA Saratoga TVG Coaching Club American Oaks Gr 1 20-Jul-13 $300,000 3 F D 1800 9 06-Jul-13USA Saratoga Evan Shipman (NYB) 22-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ D 1800 9 06-Jul-13USA Saratoga Curlin 26-Jul-13 $100,000 3 D 1800 9 19-Jul-13USA Saratoga Diana St Gr 1 27-Jul-13 $600,000 3+ FM T 1800 9 13-Jul-13USA Saratoga Jim Dandy St Gr 2 27-Jul-13 $600,000 3 D 1800 9 13-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Taylor Made Matchmaker Gr 3 28-Jul-13 $150,000 3+ FM T 1800 9 14-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Haskell Invitational (INV) Gr 1 28-Jul-13 $1,000,000 3 D 1800 9USA Saratoga Whitney H’cap Gr 1 03-Aug-13 $750,000 3+ D 1800 9 20-Jul-13USA Saratoga National Museum Racing Hall of Fame St Gr 2 09-Aug-13 $200,000 3 T 1800 9 27-Jul-13USA Monmouth Park Restoration St 17-Aug-13 $60,000 3 T 1800 9 09-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Philip H. Iselin St Gr 3 18-Aug-13 $150,000 3+ D 1800 9 04-Aug-13USA Saratoga Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Gr II 18-Aug-13 $200,000 3 F T 1800 9 03-Aug-13USA Saratoga Albany St S 21-Aug-13 $150,000 3 (NY bred) D 1800 9 10-Aug-13USA Saratoga Personal Ensign Inv St Gr 1 25-Aug-13 $600,000 3+ FM D 1800 9 10-Aug-13USA Saratoga Saratoga Dew St S 26-Aug-13 $100,000 3+ FM (NY bred) D 1800 9 19-Aug-13USA Monmouth Park Twin Light St 31-Aug-13 $60,000 3 F T 1800 9 23-Aug-13USA Saratoga Bernard Baruch H’cap Gr 2 31-Aug-13 $250,000 3+ T 1800 9 17-Aug-13USA Saratoga The Woodward Gr 1 31-Aug-13 $750,000 3+ D 1800 9 17-Aug-13USA Arlington Park Pucker Up St Gr 3 04-Sep-13 $175,000 3 F T 1800 9 04-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Garden City St Gr 1 14-Sep-13 $300,000 3 F T 1800 9 31-Aug-13USA Belmont Park John Hettinger 15-Sep-13 $150,000 3+ F&M T 1800 9 31-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Ashley T Cole H’cap S 15-Sep-13 $150,000 3+ (NY bred) T 1800 9 31-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Beldame Invitational Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $400,000 3+ F&M D 1800 9 14-Sep-13




Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Aqueduct Discovery Gr 3 02-Oct-13 $150,000 3 D 1800 9 19-Oct-13USA Belmont Park Jamaica H’cap Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 3 T 1800 9 21-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Knickerbocker Gr 3 12-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ T 1800 9 28-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Empire Classic H’cap S 19-Oct-13 $250,000 3+ (NY bred) D 1800 9 05-Oct-13USA Charles Town My Sister Pearl S 09-Nov-13 $50,000 3+ F&M D 1800 9 30-Oct-13USA Charles Town A Huevo St S 16-Nov-13 $50,000 3+ D 1800 9 06-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Demoiselle St Gr 2 30-Nov-13 $250,000 2 F D 1800 9 16-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Remsen St Gr 2 30-Nov-13 $250,000 2 D 1800 9 16-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Queens County H’cap Gr 3 14-Dec-13 $80,000 3+ D 1800 9 30-Nov-13

UAE Meydan Al Maktoum Challenge Rd 2 Gr 3 07-Feb-13 $250,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 1900 9.5 04-Feb-13UAE Meydan UAE Oaks Gr 3 28-Feb-13 $250,000 NH 3F SH 3F AWT 1900 9.5 25-Feb-13UAE Meydan Al Bastakiya L 09-Mar-13 $250,000 NH 3yo SH 3yo AWT 1900 9.5 04-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park The Skip Away S Gr 3 30-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ D 1900 9.5 16-Mar-13UAE Meydan UAE Derby Gr 2 30-Mar-13 $2,000,000 NH 3 SH 3 AWT 1900 9.5 25-Mar-13USA Arlington Park Modesty H’cap Gr 3 13-Jul-13 $200,000 3+ FM T 1900 9.5 03-Jul-13USA Arlington Park American Derby Gr 3 13-Jul-13 $200,000 3 T 1900 9.5 13-Apr-13USA Arlington Park Beverly D. St Gr 1 17-Aug-13 $750,000 3+ FM T 1900 9.5 20-Apr-13USA Arlington Park Washington Park H’cap Gr 3 31-Aug-13 $150,000 3+ AWT 1900 9.5 21-Aug-13USA Saratoga Saranac St Gr 3 01-Sep-13 $150,000 3 T 1900 9.5 17-Aug-13

USA Santa Anita San Marcos St Gr 2 09-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ T 2000 10 31-Jan-13USA Santa Anita Santa Anita H’cap Gr 1 03-Mar-13 $750,000 4+ D 2000 10 16-Feb-13UAE Meydan Al Maktoum Challenge Rd 3 Gr 1 09-Mar-13 $400,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 2000 10 04-Feb-13UAE Meydan Dubai World Cup Gr 1 30-Mar-13 $10,000,000 NH 4yo+ SH 3yo+ AWT 2000 10 18-Jan-13USA Santa Anita Santa Barbara H’cap Gr 2 20-Apr-13 $150,000 4+ FM T 2000 10 11-Mar-13USA Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby Gr 1 04-May-13 $2,000,000 3 D 2000 10 23-Mar-13USA Belmont Park Woodford Reserve Manhattan H’cap Gr 1 08-Jun-13 $500,000 3+ T 2000 10 25-May-13USA Belmont Park New York St Gr 2 29-Jun-13 $200,000 3+ FM T 2000 10 15-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Dwyer St Gr 2 06-Jul-13 $200,000 3 + FM D 2000 10 22-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Suburban H’cap Gr 2 06-Jul-13 $350,000 3+ D 2000 10 22-Jun-13USA Arlington Park Arlington H’cap Gr 3 13-Jul-13 $200,000 3+ T 2000 10 03-Jul-13USA Prairie Meadows Prairie Meadows H’cap 27-Jul-13 $100,000 3+ D 2000 10 18-Jul-13USA Arlington Park Arlington Million XXXI Gr 1 17-Aug-13 $1,000,000 3+ T 2000 10 20-Apr-13USA Arlington Park Armerican St Leger St Gr 1 17-Aug-13 $400,000 3+ T 2000 10 20-Apr-13USA Arlington Park Secretariat Stakes Gr 1 17-Aug-13 $500,000 3yo T 2000 10 13-Apr-13USA Saratoga Alabama Gr 1 17-Aug-13 $600,000 3 F D 2000 10 03-Aug-13USA Saratoga Travers Gr 1 24-Aug-13 $1,000,000 3 D 2000 10 10-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Flower Bowl Invitational St Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $600,000 3+ F&M T 2000 10 14-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational St Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $1,000,000 3+ D 2000 10 14-Sep-13

USA Gulfstream Park The Very One Gr 3 16-Feb-13 $100,000 4+ F&M T 2200 11 02-Feb-13USA Gulfstream Park Mac Diarmida Gr 2 16-Feb-13 $150,000 4+ T 2200 11 02-Feb-13USA Belmont Park Sheepshead Bay H’cap Gr 2 25-May-13 $250,000 3+ FM T 2200 11 11-May-13USA Monmouth Park United Nations St Gr 1 06-Jul-13 $500,000 3+ T 2200 11 22-Jun-13USA Belmont Park Man o’ War BC St Gr 1 13-Jul-13 $600,000 3+ T 2200 11 29-Jun-13USA Monmouth Park Omnibus St 24-Aug-13 $60,000 3+ FM T 2200 11 16-Aug-13USA Saratoga Glens Falls H’cap Gr 3 02-Sep-13 $150,000 3+ FM T 2200 11 17-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Bowling Green H’cap Gr 2 07-Sep-13 $200,000 3+ T 2200 11 24-Aug-13USA Aqueduct Red Smith Gr 2 16-Nov-13 $200,000 3+ T 2200 11 02-Oct-13

UAE Meydan Dubai City of Gold Gr 2 09-Mar-13 $250,000 NH 4yo+ SH 4yo+ T 2400 12 25-Mar-13USA Santa Anita San Luis Rey St Gr 2 16-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ T 2400 12 17-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park Pan American Gr 2 23-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ T 2400 12 09-Mar-13USA Santa Anita Toyko City Cup Gr 3 23-Mar-13 $100,000 4+ AWT 2400 12 14-Mar-13USA Gulfstream Park Orchid St Gr 3 30-Mar-13 $150,000 4+ F&M T 2400 12 16-Mar-13UAE Meydan Dubai Sheema Classic Gr 1 30-Mar-13 $5,000,000 NH 4yo+ SH 4yo+ T 2400 12 25-Mar-13USA Keeneland Bewitch Gr 3 24-Apr-13 $150,000 4 + F&M T 2400 12 03-Apr-13USA Keeneland Elkhorn St Gr 2 26-Apr-13 $150,000 4+ T 2400 12 03-Apr-13USA Churchill Downs Louisville H’cap Gr 3 25-May-13 $100,000 3+ T 2400 12 11-May-13USA Belmont Park Brooklyn H’cap Gr 2 07-Jun-13 $200,000 3+ D 2400 12 25-May-13USA Belmont Park Belmont St Gr 1 08-Jun-13 $1,000,000 3 D 2400 12 26-Jan-13USA Saratoga Sword Dancer Invitational St Gr 1 17-Aug-13 $600,000 3+ T 2400 12 03-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational St Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $600,000 3+ T 2400 12 14-Sep-13USA Aqueduct Long Island Gr 3 09-Nov-13 $150,000 3+ FM T 2400 12 26-Oct-13

USA Arlington Park Stars and Stripes St Gr 3 13-Jul-13 $150,000 3+ T 2600 13 03-Jul-13USA Saratoga John’s Call St 31-Jul-13 $100,000 3 + T 2600 13 24-Jul-13

UAE Meydan Nad Al Sheba Trophy L 02-Mar-13 $200,000 SH-bred 3+ & NH-bred 4+ T 2800 14 25-Mar-13USA Santa Anita San Juan Capistrano H’cap Gr 2 21-Apr-13 $150,000 4+ T 2800 14 11-Apr-13

UAE Meydan DRC Gold Cup Gr 3 30-Mar-13 $1,000,000 4+ T 3200 16 25-Mar-13

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At this writing, January 19,2013, here’s how AqueductRacetrack’s inner track meetequine fatality statisticscompare to the year before:five deaths this seasonversus seven through Januarya year ago.

Wonder Why It Was Running.” Joe Drape, thewriter, came by the story when an outragedand outspoken critic on Twitter sent a tweet infull public view to him (@joedrape) aboutTweebster’s big drop and subsequent demise.Drape didn’t know about the breakdown atthe time, but he promised to investigate anddid because the issue has been special to theTimes.

Drape and his co-writers and editors at theTimes spent 2012 outing racing’s fatalities on ascale never seen before. The paper’s March 24,2012, exposé “Mangled Horses, MaimedJockeys,” the first of its multi-part “Death anddisarray at America’s racetracks” series that ranthroughout 2012, spells out the content in theheadlines unequivocally. Though the firstarticle’s main focus was on the climate of drugsand carnage at racetracks in New Mexico, thecollateral damage to racing’s public standing –even in New York – was vast. AqueductRacetrack was only marginally mentioned inthe Times piece, but it quickly came under themicroscope for the equine fatalities of its innertrack meet, which ended early at about thetime the Times article was blowing up.

Bluntly, the 2011/2012 inner track meetwas a catastrophe. From November 30, 2011,to its premature end on March 22, 2012, 21horses lost their lives on its winterized racingsurface – significantly more than the fatalitiesat the meet in each of the last three years –and were the subject of a Task Force reportinstigated by New York Governor AndrewCuomo’s office. Before the inner track meetbegan this year on December 12, many of therecommendations of the task force had beenimplemented by the New York RacingAssociation (NYRA) and state regulatoryagencies. Yet the deaths have still come.Because of this, NYRA was scheduled to

discuss the possibility of a synthetic-surfaceinstallation for next year at its January 25board meeting. This was originally suggestedin the Task Force report, and it’s certainlyworth the discussion if the experts feel itcould lead to a decrease in fatalities. Takingaction, and acting preemptively, is the onlyway forward in today’s world. n

(@midnightlute) to tweet, on December 31,“it’s times like these that sort out who yourreal friends are and those who secretly takesatisfaction in watching you suffer.” Hefollowed that up with a traditional pressrelease the same day, underlining his side ofthe story: that the horse was sound before therace. The release said in part, “When thepublic’s perception is that you are somehowresponsible it makes the pain all the greater.Not only am I distressed over the death of thistough, gallant horse, I am deeply troubled bythe comments on social media.”I was on Twitter when this story was raging

and saw firsthand how it triggered the NewYork Times story that appeared on December31, the same day of Baffert’s tweet and pressrelease. The article was titled “Baffert’s HorseIs Euthanized After Claiming Race, but Some

Y the time you’re reading this,we’ll know whether the next 12days yielded more deaths tomatch or exceed last year’smonth-end total. I hope not,because many safeguards –

surface excepted – were put in place this yearto prevent the fatal accidents that marredracing last season.Allow me to mash-up some lines from a

favorite poem by John Fernando and applythem to the intersection of horseracing,technology, and society, as they apply to thisissue: “Get a taste and awake to the sounds of anew age, page after page, enter the stage of…taking horseracing fatalities seriously.” It’ssomething the industry needs to do to adaptto the times, and it was the subject of the“Will’s Way” column of William Koester in thefront of this magazine last quarter. It’s an issuethat’s not going away and one that must beaddressed.Media (old, new, and social) now routinely

amplifies the outrage of society to equinebreakdowns and deaths and to themistreatment of horses – whether real orperceived. And there’s real interest from fansand the public to find out what’s going on.This tweet from Dan Needham(@thorotrends) on January 18 put it aptly:“[I’ve] Been thinking about how we learned[about] the outcome of racing injuries beforeturf writers [began] Tweeting, and the answeris we usually never did.” It’s not just thewriters tweeting, either; fans, bloggers,bettors – in short, anyone plugged into thetechnology – are sources, and bad newstravels as fast as it’s made. Breakdowns arenews.Bob Baffert got a taste of this “new age”

when he dropped Kaleem Shah’s one-timeGraded horse Tweebster into a $12,500claimer on December 30, 2012, at SantaAnita. There was quite a bit of chatter,speculation, and concern on Twitter aboutthis drop before the race, but the reaction tothe horse’s euthanasia after breaking downwas unprecedented. The uproar againstBaffert and Shah was loud enough for Baffert


BTaking horseracing fatalities and

the treatment of horses seriously

“Media (old, new, andsocial) now routinelyamplifies the outrage ofsociety to equine breakdowns and deathsand to the mistreatmentof horses – whether realor perceived”

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