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Churchill Downs and its partners Andy Frain Services, Kentucky Derby Museum, Levy and Pritchard Sports & Entertainment Group will host a job fair to recruit for Kentucky Derby Week and the Churchill Downs Spring Meet. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the First Turn Club.

The job fair will include on-the-spot interviews and hiring for positions during Kentucky Derby Week, which runs from Saturday, Apr. 26, through Saturday, May 3, and the Churchill Downs Spring Meet, which continues through Sunday, June 29.

Available positions include box office, cleaning/janitorial, food & beverage, gate staff, guest services, mutuel tellers, programs, retail sales, security and tour guides.

Attendees should enter Kentucky Derby Drive off Central Avenue and park for free in the Yellow Lot.

For more information and to register, visit www.workchurchilldowns.com.

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Sponsorships for The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP)'s 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, are currently available. The event takes place at the Kentucky Horse Park on Oct. 8-11.

“Partnering with the Thoroughbred Makeover makes companies more than just a sponsor,” said Megan Garlich, RRP development manager. “Our sponsoring partners join a passionate team of individuals and organizations committed to the advancement of Thoroughbreds in equestrian sport and the development of dedicated trainers who invest in their future. We are grateful to the many sponsors who have supported our mission through this event, and are excited to welcome additional aligned businesses, agencies, and brands to help us to shape the Thoroughbred aftercare landscape for the better.”

Sponsorship packages are available at levels and can be customized with print, digital and event-based advertising and assets. Higher tiers of sponsorship include naming rights to various aspects of the event, including the competition itself as well as health and wellness initiatives plus networking and social events.

The Thoroughbred Makeover draws competitors and spectators from both equestrian and Thoroughbred industries, as well as from all across North America. This year's competition will culminate in a new Championships format, featuring final rounds for the top 10 in each discipline on Saturday throughout the Kentucky Horse Park.

For more information about sponsorship, please visit the Sponsorship page on the RRP website, or contact Megan Garlich, development manager, at mgarlich@therrp.org.

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Dan Piazza, a financial advisor from Chicago, won the 26th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship at the Horseshoe Las Vegas held from March 14-16, and took home $825,000, an Eclipse Award as 2025 Horseplayer of the Year and earned a return trip to next year's NHC, according to a press release late Sunday from the NTRA.

Sticking to his strategy throughout the contest, Piazza prevailed by amassing a mythical bankroll of $356.52.

“I didn't try to do anything different and didn't get me out of my comfort zone,” he said. “That strategy put me up Friday and on Saturday; it was the same thing Sunday.”

The 2025 NHC began Friday morning with 800 entries from 623 players, and was reduced to 80 entries after Saturday. Bankrolls amassed during Day 1, Day 2, and the Semifinals rolled over to the Final Table, with the 10 finalists settling the NHC score in seven “mandatory” assigned races.

“Thank you to all the incredible participants at this week's National Horseplayer Championship,” said Tom Rooney, NTRA President and Chief Executive Officer. “Their passion, skill, and dedication to our sport is truly inspiring. This event serves as a reminder of the vital role that horseplayers play in supporting the racing industry year-round.”

The official top 10 finishers at the 2024 NHC and prize money won are:

Dan Piazza, $825,000 (score, $356.52)
Tom Boyd, $250,000 ($342.22)
Ray Hassan, $200,000 ($328.36)
Dean Malizia,$150,000 ($311.40)
Dylan Donnelly, $125,000 ($298.86)
Len Hanson, $90,000 ($292.24)
Greg Bone, $85,000 ($289.88)
Peter Dresens, $80,000 ($289.50)
Alex DeVito, $75,000 ($275.28)
Sean Nolan, $65,000 ($273.56)

The 2025 NHC featured cash and travel awards totaling $4.878,415 million. The tournament results can be at NTRA.com.

“I only missed one mandatory race.”

The @NTRA #NHC2025 Champion is Dan Piazza! He spoke with @IceColdExacta about how he did it which includes the @Equibase Race Lens. pic.twitter.com/Dwanajhvdj

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 16, 2025

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After running a lengthy March 2 opinion piece by Noah Shachtman that questioned why so much money from slot machines, casinos and other subsidies was being to paid to what Shachtman describes as a dying industry in horse racing, the New York Times let its readers have their say. Saturday's edition included five letters to the editor, all from people reacting to a piece entitled “Dead Athletes. Empty Stands. Why Are We Paying Billions to Keep This Sport Alive?”

Five letters were published, including one from NTRA CEO Tom Rooney and another from PETA Vice President Kathy Guillermo.

Rooney focused in on the positive economic impact the sport produces for not just racing but for many industries.

“Mr. Shachtman's essay about horse racing gave short shrift to the sport's upside,” Rooney wrote, “including its positive economic impact. Thoroughbred racing in the United States, according to 2023 data collected by the American Horse Council, has an annual economic impact of $37 billion.

It supports 491,000 jobs, thousands of farms and related businesses. Protecting those jobs and reinvesting in racing is no different than measures that states take to support other sports and businesses that are important to local economies and cultures.”

He continues: (Shachtman's) essay also discounted racing's safety record and its popularity. The sport has never been safer, with 2024 producing the lowest rate of fatal injury since the data have been kept. And, while the sport may not have the standing it did in the days of Seabiscuit, when the gates open for the 2025 Kentucky Derby, that event will attract 150,000 attendees and more television viewers than any single game of the World Series, the N.B.A. finals or the Stanley Cup.”

Guillermo thinks the answer is to replace live racing with Historical Horse Racing Machines, completely overlooking the fact that would destroy the industry and, in particular, the breeding industry.

“The racing industry also cons itself into thinking that its biggest issue is its public image, when it actually has a reality problem,” she wrote. “Hundreds of its involuntary athletes suffer gruesome, catastrophic injuries on the track every year, and you can't spin that away.

“There is a solution. Historical horse racing machines–glorified slot machines that allow gamblers to bet on videos from past races from which all identifying information (date, location, names of horses and jockeys) has been removed–generate billions of dollars annually in Kentucky.

“These machines circumvent the enormous expenses that make live horse racing one of the worst business models. They are not only profitable, but racing without live horses also solves the dead horse problem. Even PETA would support this.”

Nicole St. Clair Knobloch of Arlington, Ma, fell into the pro-racing camp.

“Horse racing is a multilevel socioeconomic enterprise that provides jobs at all levels,” she writes. “Shutting down the sport would mean that those jobs, and the livelihood and meaning derived from them, would never be replaced. Racing-related businesses run from conglomerates to individual trainers, grooms and jockeys, who are perpetual free agents, looking for the next great ride.”

She continued: “It's critical that improvements to the animals' welfare are happening; there are many industries where worker treatment needs improvement. But those improvements are made possible by more public opportunity to enjoy the sport, as there surely will be with the rehabbing of storied tracks like Belmont and Pimlico, providing beauty, nature, animals and afternoon fun right on Long Island and in Baltimore.”

Alex Hanson of Geneva, New York, also took exception to the New York Time story.

“Noah Shachtman's essay portrays horse racing as a sport that is corrupt and dependent on government subsidies to survive while exploiting the animals and workers within it,” he wrote. “But it doesn't paint the whole picture. My father has bred standardbred horses for more than 40 years. His love and care for the animals is profound, and his work has taught me so much about building relationships with people across a range of experiences and identities. I did not recognize my father or the people I have encountered in the harness horse industry in Mr. Shachtman's piece. The good aspects of this sport and the good people involved in it deserve to be seen.”

Judith Mazzucco, from Clarksburg, New Jersey focused on the slaughter issue.

“While Noah Shachtman refers to the vast amounts of money involved in the racing industry, the racehorse owners, the investors, the excellent care the racehorses are given, he never addresses the horror that awaits many of these horses at the end of their racing careers,” she wrote. “Racehorses are retired once they have outlived their usefulness as sources of income for their owners. There are some responsible owners who retire their horses to green pastures. Racehorse retirement organizations strive to save many by finding them adoptive homes. Unfortunately, the fate of thousands of these racehorses each year is to be shipped to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada. That is the true money trail.”

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Rolando (Vekoma) is on a roll. A sharp, wire-to-wire optional claiming winner sprinting at Gulfstream Mar. 2, he delivered again as the favorite in Saturday's Hutcheson S. Rolando pressed Mucho Macho Man S. winner 'TDN Rising Star' Guns Loaded (Gun Runner) from an outside second and took over on the far turn. He kicked for home in complete control and dug down deep in the stretch to fend off Multiverse (Practical Joke) by a neck.

Rolando becomes the ninth black-type winner for Vekoma. Mixteca, a half-sister to fellow St. George Stables homebred and champion Letruska (Super Saver), had a filly by Charlatan last year and was bred back to Street Sense.

“He's a horse with natural explosive speed,” winning trainer Fausto Gutierrez said. “You always want a horse that goes long, but in this case, we have a horse for one-turn, and I'm happy.”

HUTCHESON S., $102,000, Gulfstream, 3-15, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.57, ft.
1–ROLANDO, 118, c, 3, by Vekoma
            1st Dam: Mixteca, by Tapizar
            2nd Dam: Magic Appeal, by Successful Appeal
            3rd Dam: Call Her Magic, by Caller I. D.
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-St. George Stables, LLC (KY);
T-Fausto Gutierrez; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $61,380. Lifetime
Record: 6-3-1-2, $152,860.
2–Multiverse, 118, g, 3, Practical Joke–String Section, by Candy
Ride (Arg). ($575,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Pin
Oak Stud LLC; B-Highlight Thoroughbreds (Bryan and Peden
Fraley) (KY); T-Riley Mott. $19,800.
3–Joey Muscles, 118, c, 3, Khozan–Smokin Red Hot, by Stormy
Atlantic. O-John Grossi's Racing Corp.; B-John Grossi (FL);
T-Jena M. Antonucci. $11,900.
Margins: NK, 4, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.20, 2.80, 14.60.
Also Ran: Tapirs Valor, Guns Loaded, Corta Fuego.

Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

#5 ROLANDO ($4.40) dug in late under @Tyler_Gaff to hold off #6 Multiverse to win the $115,000 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The son of Vekoma (@spendthriftfarm) is trained by Fausto Gutierrez.

Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/5lwR1Bc96g

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 15, 2025

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As a result of the severe storms which moved through the area, and are still making their way through large parts of the country, high winds and corresponding electrical issues have forced Fair Grounds to cancel live racing Saturday.

The nine-race card had six main track and three turf contests scheduled for the day, but power loss in the area forced the track to abandon the card. Live racing is scheduled to resume Sunday with a first post of 12:45 p.m. CT.

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The Jana Domino Thoroughbred Foundation (JDTF)'s annual hay drive has kicked off to provide funds for New York-based off-track Thoroughbred organizations, the group announced Friday afternoon.

In addition to the drive, the JDTF is offering challenge grants to help horse care facilities raise their profile as well as funding hay purchases. Anyone interested in participating via donation, or any New York-based charitable organization that wishes to apply for a Hay Drive matching gift, can contact Carl Domino at cjdomino@gmail.com.

“Hay is the number one need for all equine rescue centers and the availability of good quality hay throughout the winter season and into Springs is essential,” said JDTF founder Carl Domino. “For years, The Jana Domino Foundation has provided local organizations with donations for hay and for 2025, we want to up our game. We are issuing matching gift challenges and helping the recipient groups to raise awareness and meet their matching gift goals.”

Founded in the honor and loving memory of Jana Domino, the foundation has donated more than $250,000 to causes that would have been most important to Jana. To learn more about the organization, please visit their website.

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Tradition since 1995, Santa Anita Park's Derby Day 5K Run & Walk is set for Saturday, Apr. 5 for the 30th running of the event, the track announced Saturday afternoon.

The race will kick off at 8 a.m. with participants encouraged to arrive early between 6:30 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. and horsemen as well as locals are reminded that Baldwin Avenue will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. to all but foot track. The closing extends between the 210 Freeway and Huntington Drive. The race begins from South Lot B for all participants.

On the Thoroughbred racing side, first post is 12 p.m. for Santa Anita Derby day, highlighting the Kentucky Derby point race as well as four other stakes, and events will include the Spring Carnival. Derby Day 5k participants 21 and over will receive two complimentary beers, a post-race party, medal, shirt, and admission to the track to enjoy a day of racing.

“The Derby Day Run & Walk embraces all that is good here in Arcadia,” said Pete Siberell, director of community events and special projects at Santa Anita. “In addition to our magnificent facility here at Santa Anita, we have access to the 127-acre L.A. County Arboretum, which is known world-over for beautiful gardens, lakes and botanical diversity.”

“We also want to thank the City of Arcadia, which is a major sponsor of the race and is again providing police and fire staffing to help ensure the safety of everyone involved. Additionally, USC Arcadia Hospital is a huge supporter. They will have 250 employees participating along with as many as 40 staffers from the city.  We expect to have 6,500 people running and/or walking, so this is a big undertaking that requires quite a bit of coordination between all of us.”

Registration for the Derby Day 5K Run & Walk is available here, though in-person registration will be possible on Friday, Apr. 4 at the Centre Court at the Shops at Santa Anita.

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9th-Oaklawn, $131,000, Alw (NW2$6MX)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-14, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.62, ft, neck.
DISARM (h, 5, Gun Runner–Easy Tap, by Tapit) returned to the races against a seasoned field of allowance rivals here, and got the job done as the 2-1 second choice with favoritism going to Group 1-placed Bendoog (Gun Runner) at 9-5 odds.

Stalking the development in front of him from fourth, the 'TDN Rising Star' watched it all unfold through :24.07, :48.30, and 1:13.08 splits with Bendoog never far away. The looming danger turning for home, Disarm took over with a furlong left to go and had to muster all his class to fend off the betting choice by a neck in a photo. The winner ended his 2024 season in fourth Sept. 28 in the GII Lukas Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs behind MGSW & GISP Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}). A highlight from last season included a third-place effort in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup in early September.

Disarm is a half-brother to a couple of accomplished runners in their own right, namely Total Tap (Candy Ride {Arg}), MSP, $221,112 and Tap Daddy (Scat Daddy), Ch. Stayer-Ven, SW & GSP-USA, MSW-Ven, $252,384. He has a 3-year-old full-brother named Reignite and a juvenile half-sister by Silver State named Cognizant. Easy Tap has since produced a yearling full-brother to the winner and is due to Gunite in 2025. Lifetime Record: GSW & MGISP, 15-4-3-3, $1,369,790. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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3rd-Santa Anita, $65,500, Msw, 3-14, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.94, ft, 1 1/4 lengths.
VOLDEMORT (c, 3, Good Magic–Beauty Buzz, by Bernardini) couldn't reel in 'TDN Rising Star' Tiz Secure (Maximum Security) in their mutual unveiling Feb. 22, but the 8-5 favorite more than got the job done here with a workman-like effort on the front end.

Quickly to the front to control the pace, he came under pressure after the half in :45.78 and tried to give the field the slip entering the second bend. On a clear lead, but with the margin shrinking late, Voldemort held on by 1 1/4 lengths over Westwood (Authentic), who came in over 10 lengths ahead of the third place runner.

The winner is the second to the races, but first winner, for his dam. Beauty Buzz has since produced a juvenile colt by Core Beliefs and is due to Pappacap for 2025. The mare is a half-sister to the dam of Venezuela's 2024 champion juvenile filly, and is out of a full-sister to the late MGISW Pioneerof the Nile, best known as the sire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Sales history: $700,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $51,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Determined Stables, Masterson, Robert E., Ryan, Tom J., Waves Edge Capital LLC and Donovan, Catherine; B-Gary Broad – Walmac Farm, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert.

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7th-Colonial Downs, $100,000, (R), Hcp, 3-14, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:20.03, ft, 2 1/2 lengths.
BOOK'EM DANNO (g, 4, Bucchero–Adorabella, by Ghostzapper) was clearly the showstopper here as the field scratched down to just three from 11 horses, and he made his 2025 bow a winning one.

Last seen running fifth in a salty GII Cigar Mile Handicap Dec. 7, he'd been winless since claiming the Listed Jersey Shore Stakes by a nose in mid-July at Monmouth Park. He'd hit the board in the GIII Perryville and GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes in between, and claimed the GI Woody Stephens Stakes in early June.

Away well as Celtic Contender (Irish War Cry) set the pace through :22.65, :45.14, and 1:07.92 fractions, the pair locked horns entering the lane with the heavy favorite overhauling that one nearing the three sixteenths. Edging away as his challenger faded, the victor was 2 1/2 lengths in front of Repo Rocks (Tapiture) at the line when that one claimed second from the pacesetter.

#6 BOOK'EM DANNO ($2.60) made his 2025 debut a winning one by taking the $150,000 Boston Handicap at Colonial Downs. The 4yo son of Bucchero has now won 7 of his 12 career starts. @PacoLopez1018 was in the irons for Derek Ryan. pic.twitter.com/aNFgEb7r7H

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 14, 2025

Book'em Danno is a half-brother to Girl Trouble (Fast Anna), MSW, $288,540, the first for their dam to make the races and to claim black-type. Adorabella has since produced an unraced 3-year-old half-brother to that pair named Coach Bennett (Classic Empire) and is due to Medaglia d'Oro for 2025 after aborting her 2024 covering to the stallion. Sales history: $475,000 RNA 3yo '24 KEECHA. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, GSP-KSA, 12-7-3-1, $1,098,125. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Atlantic Six Racing, LLC; B-Gregory J Kilka & Bright View Farm (NJ); T-Derek S. Ryan.

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Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country.

The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) “pending” and “resolved” cases portals.

Resolved ADMC Violations

Date: 03/11/2025

Licensee: Danny Morales, trainer

Penalty: 5-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on March 12, 2025; Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 2 Penalty Points. Admission.

Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Caffeine–Controlled Medication (Class B)—in a sample taken from First Again, who finished second in the New Mexico Classic Distaff Stakes at Zia Park on 11/25/24.

Date: 03/10/2025

Licensee: Michael Trombetta, trainer

Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Admission.

Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Dexamethasone–Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Sail Theseven Seas, who according to Equibase was euthanized after pulling up in the Sweetest Chant S. at Gulfstream Park on 2/1/25.

Date: 03/05/2025

Licensee: Phil D'Amato, trainer

Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); A written Reprimand (per 9/26/23 HISA Guidance). Admission.

Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole (Gastrogard)–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Ms. Brightside, who won at Santa Anita on 1/1/25.

Pending ADMC Violations

03/12/2025, Brad Cox, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Vivir Con Alegria on 2/13/25.

03/12/2025, Aaron Shorter, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Smooth Marriage on 2/13/25.

03/12/2025, Javier Morzan, trainer: Pending medication violations for an intra-articular injection within seven (7) days of a timed and reported workout on Kestenna on 1/23/24; pending medication violation for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Get a Grip Marilyn on 1/29/24 and 3/22/24; and Kestenna on 2/23/24.

03/11/2025, Brian Lynch, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Mo Moe Mow on 2/8/25.

03/11/2025, Curt Ferguson, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Star Entry, who won at Turf Paradise on 1/25/25.

03/11/2025, John Toscano, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of DMSO–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Mr. Mendelssohn, who finished second at Turf Paradise on 1/25/25.

03/11/2025, Naoise Agnew, trainer: Pending medication violation for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on I don't See Colors on 6/7/23 and 7/12/23; Northern Spy on 6/7/23; and Justice or Appeal on 8/2/23.

03/10/2025, Charles Essex, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–Controlled Medication (Class B)–in a sample taken from Willing to Burn, who won at Turf Paradise on 1/30/25.

03/10/2025, Michael Maker, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Diflunisal–a banned substance–in a sample taken from Intermittent Fast, who won at Churchill Downs on 11/29/24.

03/10/2025, Paulina Sinnefia, trainer: Pending medication violation for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Fast Freeze Kaz on 9/20/23.

03/10/2025, Dimitrios K. Synnefias, trainer: Pending medication violations for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Kaz Munnings on 7/6/23; Athena Beach 4/18/24; and El Policia 6/25/24.

03/10/2025, Bonnie Lucas, trainer: Pending medication violations for an intra-articular injection within seven (7) days of a timed and reported workout on Jill's a Hot Mess on 6/14/23; Summer Ash 6/15/23; Triple A Plus 9/4/23; Rainbow Trout 9/19/23; Blind Sight on 11/3/23; and Juggler 12/6/23.

03/07/2025, Jose Aguila, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Sawyer's Speed on 2/9/25.

03/07/2025, Carlos Rondon-Mora, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Tramadol–Controlled Medication (Class B)–in a sample taken from Marvelous Lady, who won at Tampa Bay on 12/6/24.

03/07/2025, David Geist, trainer: Pending medication violations for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Diggers Diamond on 11/2/23; Harvey Specter on 3/1/24, 5/10/24, and 6/27/24; and Romantic Gamble on 6/27/24.

03/07/2025, Jose Salinas, trainer: Pending medication violations for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Zoomster on 6/9/23.

03/06/2025, Fernando Ferreira, trainer: Pending medication violations for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Nice Weather on 10/25/23; on Dance a Little Jig on 10/26/23; and Spikes Shirl on 11/3/23.

03/06/2025, Marlin (Joe) Miller, trainer: Pending medication violations for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Highway Queen on 6/16/23, 7/13/23, 8/16/23, 12/28/23, 1/12/24, 2/23/24, and 3/1/24.

03/06/2025, Erin Carpio, trainer: Pending medication violations for an Intra-Articular Injection Within Fourteen (14) days of a Post-Time on Shoyyookh on 6/28/23; Sir Steele on 7/19/23; Bejuco on 11/22/23, 1/10/24; and Nazareno on 6/26/24.

Violations of Crop Rule

Mahoning Valley

David Haldar–violation date March 6; $250 fine, one-day suspension

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The Mark Glatt runner Vanzzy (Verrazano) tested positive for Metformin and Gabapentin after finishing second in a Dec. 6, 2024 $16,000 claiming race at Los Alamitos, according to a ruling posted on the Horse Racing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) website.

This is the first Metformin case HIWU has had since July 2024.

Glatt has denied any wrongdoing, but his lawyer, Drew Mollica, said that an internal investigation had identified a barn employee who is taking both medications.

“We have not yet been served the charges, but this is another classic case of Metformin in the environment triggering a positive for alleged picograms of a substance in a horse,” said Mollica, when asked about the case. “One–Mark Glatt denies any wrongdoing, and is willing to litigate this in the unlikely event that we cannot come to a resolution with HIWU,” he said. “Two–our internal investigation has identified a potential source. And three–the entire industry knows that this is environmental contamination, at the same time, the testing procedure in this matter was so fatally flawed that there should be no charges at all.”

The potential consequences of a positive test for the banned substances include a two-year suspension and a fine of up to $25,000, but while some cases have been resolved with no sanctions to the trainer, none were due to the potential for contamination.

“As part of our notification process, Mr. Glatt and his counsel were notified of this potential violation in January, and the B sample confirmation was sent to him yesterday, followed by the official charge today,” said HIWU's Alexa Ravit Thursday evening. “As with all pending Metformin cases, Mr. Glatt's case will be stayed following HISA's announcement in June that the RMTC Scientific Advisory Committee is conducting a review of Metformin, which is ongoing. Following that review, HISA will determine whether any rule changes regarding Metformin should be submitted to the FTC. In the current rules, a positive test for Metformin is subject to a period of Ineligibility of two years, a fine of up to $25,000, and a disqualification of race results, but those penalties can be adjusted by establishing No Fault or No Significant Fault.”

Ravit continued: “There have been four resolved Metformin cases that have resulted in no sanctions for the trainer. This was due to either 1) insufficient volume for B Sample analysis, 2) withdrawal in response to laboratory harmonization, or 3) the death of the Responsible Person. None of the resolved cases have resulted in no sanctions due to 'the potential for contamination.'”

“Metformin is one of the most prescribed medications in America,” said Mollica, “and the alleged source in this case was also prescribed Gabapentin. It is not atypical for Metformin recipients to also be prescribed Gabapentin; in fact, they are prescribed jointly on a regular basis. This is another example of the realities of life crossing into the microscopic testing of horse racing.”

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Following the fireworks that ensued with the sale of a record-setting $3-million Gun Runner colt earlier in OBS's Thursday's session, a pair of juveniles surpassed the $1 million in quick succession. Hip 721, a filly by Maxfield brought a final bid of $1.25 million from Marquee Bloodstock, while only a few hips later, a colt by Nyquist drew $1 million from Shannon Potter, bidding on behalf of Epic Horses.

Out of All in With Aces (Quiet American), the half-sister to GISW Hard Aces was consigned by de Meric Sales. She was purchased for $165,000 at Keeneland November in 2023.

The latter, himself a half-sibling to MSW Street Lute, was offered by Scanlon Training and Sales, who secured the colt for $150,000 at Fasig-Tipton last October.

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Edited Press Release

Edison International Foundation is making a $25,000 donation to Foothill Unity Center on behalf of Santa Anita Park for support in ongoing fire relief efforts.

For over 40 years, Foothill Unity Center based in nearby Monrovia has helped those in need with programs focused on food, health, job development, housing and homeless services, crisis management, volunteerism and much more. It serves the local San Gabriel Valley Foothill communities of Arcadia, Altadena, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Duarte, Irwindale, Monrovia, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena and Temple City.

“Foothill Unity Center has been doing amazing work in the community, well before the recent fires,” said Pete Siberell, Santa Anita's Director of Community Service & Special Projects. “Just as the organization stood strong during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the same dedication and compassion are now being extended to families impacted by the wildfires.

“Santa Anita Park greatly appreciates this gesture from Edison International Foundation. In a time of great need, it is gratifying to see local businesses and non-profits working together to help wherever and whenever they can.”

Since the wildfires in January that ravaged Los Angeles County and affected many in the Santa Anita community, the famed racetrack has been at the forefront of relief efforts. Portions of Santa Anita's parking lots served as a staging ground for SCE as well as a base camp for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). A donation center established at Santa Anita in the immediate aftermath of the fires had more than 100,000 people come through to pick up or drop-off needed supplies.

Santa Anita also partnered with Angelenos In Action on Feb. 23 for a donation drive to aid fire relief efforts. Those who donated were treated by Santa Anita to a complimentary day at the races. Additionally, first responders were also honored with a day at the races that included a lunch, open seating in Santa Anita's box seats and VIP tours of the historic racetrack, which is celebrating its 90th year in operation.

Due to its ongoing relief efforts, Santa Anita last month was recognized as one of nine “Eaton Fire Community Heroes” by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

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Amr Zedan made his first purchase of the week a big one, with bloodstock agent Donato Lanni going to an OBS record $3 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner (hip 654) on behalf of the Saudi businessman Thursday. The gray worked a furlong in a bullet :9 3/5 last week. He was consigned by Eddie Woods and is out of Tynan (Liam's Map), a half-sister to graded winner Pappacap (Gun Runner). He was purchased for $200,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

The previous record price for a horse sold at OBS was $2.45 million paid by agent John Moynihan on behalf of Coolmore Stud interests for a Tiznow colt at the 2017 April 2-year-olds in training sale. Hip 654 set the new standard today at $3 million to @ZedanRacing . (OBS Photo) pic.twitter.com/cnGJmNfmK9

— OBSSales (@OBSSales) March 13, 2025

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A total of 122 horses of all ages have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton Digital March Sale, which opened for bidding Mar. 13 and will close Tuesday, Mar. 18 at 2 p.m. ET.

The catalogue offers horses of racing age, breeding stock – including mares with foals at foot, two-year-olds in training, yearlings, and a no-guarantee season to Nyquist, who was represented by his eighth Grade I winner when Cavalieri remained perfect in five starts in the Mar. 8 Beholder Mile.

“We have great quality in this March sale, including graded stakes winning racing/broodmare prospects and graded stakes producers,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales.  “There are exciting offerings for breeders, as well as in-form racehorses that are ready-to-go for spring racing.”

Among the highlights of the catalogue could be hip 14, the 15-year-old mare Curls For Girls (Curlin), whose son Flood Zone (Frosted) upset the GIII Gotham Stakes in his first start for Wathnan Racing and is slated to make his next appearance in the G2 UAE Derby on Apr. 5. A half-sister to GSW Sue's Good News (Woodman)–the dam of GISW Tiz Miz Sue (Tiznow) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Bulletin (City Zip)–and SW & GSP Easyfromthegitgo (Easy Goer), Curls for Girls is being consigned by Four Star Sales, agent for Westbury Stables, and is offered in foal to Arabian Lion.

R Harper Rose (Khozan), winner of the 2024 GIII Forward Gal Stakes, is being consigned to the March Sale as a racing or broodmare prospect by Gainesway, agent, as hip 7. Also a stakes winner at two, the Florida-bred has won four of her 10 lifetime starts for earnings in excess of $380,000.

Elite Sales offers Laulne (Fr) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) as hip 18. Also a racing/broodmare prospect, the bay won the G3 Prix Eclipse in France at 2023, the Angels Flight Stakes at Santa Anita last season and was most recently third in the Feb. 22 Wishing Well Stakes.

Katonah (Klimt), who won the GII San Pasqual Stakes this January and has amassed earnings of better than $480,000, is catalogued to the March Digital Sale as hip 21. The 6-year-old gelding is being consigned by his trainer, Doug O'Neill, as agent.

The full catalogue is available at digital.fasigtipton.com.

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A New York-bred filly by Quality Road (hip 636) became the fourth juvenile–and second from the Wavertree Stables consignment–to reach seven figures at the OBS March sale when selling for $1.05 million to the bid of Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian. The bay, out of stakes winner and Grade I placed Toasting (Congrats), worked a furlong last week in :9 4/5. She was a $350,000 purchase at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

Hip 636, a bay filly by ⁦@LanesEndFarms⁩ stallion Quality Road consigned by ⁦@WavertreeInc⁩, selling for $1.05 million to AMO Racing at #OBSMarch. pic.twitter.com/UX1y9Iuu6X

— OBSSales (@OBSSales) March 13, 2025

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Officials at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) have released a 64-strong stakes schedule for the 2025 summer meeting at Saratoga Race Course. The 40-day stand will kick off on Thursday, July 10 and will continue through Labor Day, Sept. 1.

Over $20 million in prize money is to be offered across the added-money events, anchored by three seven-figure fixtures, the $1.25-million GI DraftKings Travers Stakes on Aug. 23; the $1-million GI Whitney Stakes on Aug. 2; and the $1-million GI Jockey Club Gold Cup on Aug. 31.

The meet's first elite-level events comes on Saturday, July 12, when older females take to the turf for the GI Diana Stakes, and all bar one of the remaining weekends feature at least one Grade I test. Sophomore fillies have two such opportunities at the Spa, the first in the Coaching Club American Oaks over nine furlongs on the main track on Saturday, July 19 which serves as a stepping-stone to the meet's premier main-track race for the 3-year-old fillies, the $600,000 GI Alabama Stakes presented by Keeneland Sales at a mile and a quarter on Saturday, Aug. 16.

The $500,000 GII Jim Dandy Stakes is the featured event on the only Saratoga weekend void of Grade I action on Saturday, July 26 and will toss up its fair share of runners for the Travers four weeks down the road. The turf series for 3-year-old fillies gets going on the same program with the running of the GIII Lake George Stakes.

The Whitney is one of four elite-level events set for Aug. 2, which also includes the FanDuel Fourstardave Stakes, moved forward by a week and now worth $750,000, up from $500,000; the Test Stakes presented by Ticketmaster; and the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes. The program also features the GII Troy Stakes for older turf sprinters and the GII Saratoga Special Stakes for juvenile males.

The GI Sword Dancer Stakes, customarily part of Travers Stakes, owns pride of place on the Saturday, Aug. 9 card and is supported by the GII Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes.

A total of $3.65 million is up for grabs on Travers Day, which also includes the GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes for 3-year-olds; the GI Resorts World Casino Ballerina Stakes for female sprinters; the male counterpart, the GI Forego Stakes; and the GI Personal Ensign Stakes for older fillies and mares on the main track. The GII Lake Placid Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, also run Aug. 23, has been shortened to a mile and sees its purse doubled to $400,000.

The final three Grade Is take place over closing weekend, with the GI Spinaway Stakes on Saturday, Aug. 30; the Gold Cup on the 31st; and the GI Hopeful Stakes on Labor Day, Sept. 1.

The stakes schedule also includes eight events restricted to horses bred in the state of New York, while the National Steeplechase Association will stage the $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial Stakes on July 23 and the $150,000 Jonathan Sheppard Memorial Stakes on Aug. 20.

Click here for the entire Saratoga stakes schedule.

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The OwnerView Webinar series for 2025 kicked off Mar. 11 with a discussion of accounting, legal and insurance considerations affecting Thoroughbred owners.

Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView, was the moderator of a panel that included Chapman Hopkins, chair of Stoll Keenon Ogden's Equine Litigation group; Joe Daugherty, public accountant for Dean Dorton, leading their equine tax practice; and Mike Levy, founder of Muirfield Insurance.

A discussion of equine accounting, including tax changes and the implications on Thoroughbred ownership, kicked off the webinar.

“The two questions you need to ask is what kind of property are we dealing with and do I want to own it myself or do I want to own it with someone else?” replied Daugherty when discussing tax considerations for an owner buying a horse or a farm, and how that would be structured.

Addressing the importance of accounting methods, Daugherty added: “I would say that most horse owners qualify to use the cash basis method. That's usually the preferred accounting method, because it accelerates deductions for income tax purposes.”

Among the items discussed by Hopkins was what owners should be aware of as regards the legalities of becoming a horse owner.

“The starting point for me, especially with any new clients, new owners, is getting into a mindset that the equine business really needs to be treated just like any other business,” Hopkins said. “If I could identify three things that I would keep at the forefront of my mind, they'd probably be contractual considerations, regulatory components and then just general liability.”

Levy pointed out that mortality insurance is the most common form of equine insurance. He emphasized that personal umbrella policies do not cover equine-related claims, a point with which Hopkins concurred.

The panel also discussed the void claim rule, which applies to every track that operates under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act rules.

“This is a very, very good rule. It encourages participation and it alleviates ambiguities or uncertainties, especially for people that are new in the game,” Levy said.

Nine additional virtual panels are scheduled for 2025. The next session, entitled 'Owners First' takes place Apr. 8 at 2 p.m. ET. The full schedule can be found here.

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