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Issue # 70

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April 2015

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Two-Year-Olds In Training Standardbred Canada has released the first list of 2015 two-year-olds in training. The list is available at the following link: www.standardbredcanada.ca/ content/two-year-olds-intraining.html The Thoroughbred Ladies Club of BC The TLC of BC, whose charity work and scholarship program has benefited backstretch workers at Hastings Racecourse since 1973, meets the first Tuesday each month. If you would like to join them in their worthwhile efforts or help at the occasional function, please call: Linda Sentes 604-318-7949 Barb Williams at 604-542-8951.

Positive News for 2015

Hastings has announced that purses have been increased to a minimum of $10,000 for lower end horses. BC-bred bottoms winners run for a minimum of $12,500.

Horses that made their last start in 2014 at Hastings, and return to run for a claiming price of $5,000 or less are eligible to receive $2,000 to offset wintering and spring training costs.

A new “Waiver Claiming” rule will permit horses laid off for 90 days or more to run without being eligible to be claimed when they start for the same claiming price, or above, upon returning to the races.

Allowance purses now top out at $25,000 and optional claimers will run for $20,000.

Two new Stakes for BC-bred or owned horses have been added to the BC Cup Day program, the Pegasus Distaff ($75,000) and the Redekop Classic ($100,000). The two new races with purses enhanced by sponsorships Hastings’s sensation Herbie D, is training from the Pegasus Training & Equine Rehabilitation Center and Peter successfully for this season at Hastings Redekop will add $75,000 to the BC Cup Day purses.

Rebecca Brown photo The BC Cup Classic and Distaff ($50,000 each) will be moved to Friday, August 21 and tops a card of excellent racing featuring six Stakes to kick-off racing during the PNE. Purses for all four Sales Stakes will be raised from $50,000 to $60,000. This will mean that BC-breds, with the two new races on BC Cup Day and the increase in the Sales Stakes, will have the opportunity to compete for $215,000 more in Stakes money than was available to them last year.

The 2015 British Columbia Derby purse has been increased to $250,000, up from last year’s $150,000.

Stakes races will pay 2% from 6th through 8th for a minimum of $8,000 for runners finishing 8th or better.

The Champions Starter Series (for horses that have started for $8,000 or less since January 1/2014) will again offer $50,000 championship races for both colts & geldings and fillies and mares. This year the championship races will be contested at 1 1/16 miles.

The Ship n’ Win Program has been enhanced in an effort to attract more horses from other jurisdictions. Owners of eligible horses that start 3 times at Hastings will receive up to $3,000, plus a 30% bonus on their first purse if they finish in the top three. courtesy of HBPA

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Harness Racing BC has named a New Executive Director

Hastings Adds Two New Stake Races…

Six Stakes Now Set for Friday Night Live – August 21 Two new stakes races have been added to BC Cup Day on Monday, August 3 while two established BC Cup stakes are moving to a huge Friday Night Live program August 21 on the eve of the 2015 PNE Fair.

Hastings GM Darren MacDonald, BC Racing, announced the addition of a new $100,000 Redekop Classic for B.C. bred and owned colts or geldings 3-years-old & up as well as a $75,000 Pegasus Distaff for B.C. bred and owned fillies and mares 3-year-olds & up.

“Our horsemen, owners and breeders want to extend a sincere thank you to Mr. Peter Redekop and Pegasus Training & Equine Rehabilitation Center owner Dr. Mark DeDomenico for sponsoring these additions to our stakes schedule,” MacDonald said.

By adding the new races to the BC Cup Day program, MacDonald said the traditional $50,000 BC Cup Classic and $50,000 BC Cup

Opinion… …an excerpt from Jay Hovdey’s column in the Daily Racing Form, April 3rd, 2015 It has been a bedrock contention of this corner for years that efforts to shoehorn Thoroughbred horse

Distaff restricted to B.C.-breds will be moved to Friday Night August 21.

That now provides us with six challenging stakes races on both August 3rd and August 21st,” MacDonald noted. “It will put Hastings Racecourse front and centre in August with over $675,000 in purse money from just those two dates alone.”

On another positive note, the CTHS Sales Stake races on Monday, Sept. 7 – four in total – have had their purses increased to $60,000 each from $50,000.

With the opening of the 2015 thoroughbred season at Hastings set for the April 25-26 weekend, MacDonald said he is encouraged by the fact that more than 550 horses are currently on the grounds with more on the way.

The 2015 regular season schedule and revised stakes schedule are available at the CTHS website: www.hastingsracecourse.com

Hovdey: Fix what’s broken, leave the rest

racing into the sporting culture as a major player have been doomed by the game’s intrinsic personality flaws.

No amount of chatter about a “league office” or an all-powerful “commissioner” or

trainers called “coach” could ever cause racing to be confused with the NFL or the NBA, nor would a “national marketing strategy” inspire an onrush of new customers to a world so rife with the archaic and arcane.

Still, horse racing has every right to be viewed as a fascinating, idiosyncratic niche pastime with a cadre of true believers and a patronage that mixes blue collar with upper crust. There is not a darn thing wrong with something being identified as a throwback (bowling, vinyl, handwriting), as long as its consumers are being thrown back to a something that fills a yearning for an admirable, bygone ideal.

Horse racing should be a small, polished gem of a sport with a few headline-inducing days that afford nothing more than a peek inside an exotic world where the curious are welcomed but not relied upon for ongoing business.

Horse racing does not need new fans as much as it needs to take perfect care of the fans it has, which means horse racing must stop trying to be hip, or liked, or trending, and spend more time and resources on getting the little things right.

By Jay Hovdey Daily Racing Form

Officials with Harness Racing British Columbia recently announced the organization’s new executive director.

The organization has announced that Carla Robin is the group’s new executive director. It was announced in January that HRBC’s former executive director, Jackson Wittup, was leaving the position to become the new race secretary at Century Downs in Balzac, Alberta.

Harness Racing British Columbia has stated that Robin brings a wealth of experience in the equine sector, as well as marketing, managing provincial and international equine events, and working with municipal and provincial governments to promote and protect the equine industry.

2015 HRBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS BREEDER CATEGORY Breeder Donna Scrannage Heather Davies Rick Turner Kelly MacMillan Owner Paul Gilley Ross Sharp Bill Pambrun Bryan Buchanan will be appointed to a vacancy at AGM Trainer/Driver Gordon Abbott Sandra Roberts Jim Mohorich Travis Tracey

Vet Talk…

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Everyone hopes for happy, healthy foals, but what happens when things don’t go according to plan and you’re faced with a weak foal fighting for its life?

“The important thing is to act right away,” says Dr. Carolina Palacios, a veterinary anesthesiologist at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Medical Centre. “If a foal is born and not breathing or has a low heart rate, the owner should be the first one to start CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).”

Cardiopulmonary arrest is when the body’s heart and lungs stop working. The result is a lack of adequate blood flow and oxygen to the brain and body — a severe, life-threatening event that requires urgent intervention.

A foal needing cardiopulmonary resuscitation will have a heart rate less than 50 beats per minute and will be gasping for breath.

This medical emergency often happens after a long, difficult birth (dystocia).

As a first effort to save a foal’s life, a horse owner or veterinarian can try CPR.

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CPR and preparation can save foal’s life

The success of this emergency procedure is improved by early intervention so preparedness is key, says Palacios.

She adds that owners should be able to check the vital signs of their foals so they can detect any problems early — especially during the foal’s first five minutes of life.

Here are key facts to remember: A newborn foal’s heart rate should be between 80 and 100 beats per minute.

Check the heart rate by putting your hand over the foal’s chest and feeling for the heart beat.

A newborn foal’s respiratory rate should be between 60 and 80 breaths per minute.

This can easily be accessed by watching the foal breathe.

You should also know how to check capillary refill time—an indicator of cardiovascular function. Press on the foal’s gums until the spot turns white. In a normal foal, the white spot will return to pink in less than two seconds when pressure is released, Clear any membranes or remaining placenta from the newborn foal’s nostrils and

mouth. Drying the foal vigourously can help to stimulate breathing and warm the foal.

“Cleaning the whole foal is the first thing that should be done,” says Palacios. “If the owners see any membranes or they can see any fluids, get rid of all these. If needed, start CPR which is compressions and ventilation.”

She adds that if you suspect that your mare is struggling and your new foal may be at risk, call your veterinarian immediately so he is at your farm or acreage before the foal is born.

But if your veterinarian hasn’t arrived yet and your newborn foal is in distress, you will have to start CPR since time is of the essence. Ideally there should be two people present: one to start CPR and the other to call the veterinarian.

“Owners should at least feel comfortable giving some breaths and giving some compressions until the veterinarian arrives,” say Palacios, adding that basic CPR consists of chest compressions and assisted breathing.

To give chest compressions, interlock

you fingers and place your hands over the widest part of the foal’s chest. Compress the chest by one-third of the width and allow the chest to completely recoil between compressions. Give compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 beats per minute.

You can provide breaths to the foal with a mask and pump or by mouth to nose. To perform mouth to nose, close off one nostril and place your mouth over the other.

Blow into the nostril and watch the chest rise while doing so.

Give breaths at a rate of 10 to 20 breaths per minute.

If there are two people available, breaths and compressions should be given simultaneously, says Palacios. The person doing compressions should switch roles

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By Hayley Kosolofski every two minutes to avoid fatigue. If you’re alone, alternate giving 15 compressions and then two breaths.

Prevention and preparedness are key in increasing your foal’s chance of survival, stresses Palacios. Here are some tips: Post your veterinarian’s contact information in the barn.

Call your veterinarian immediately if you suspect there may be a problem with the mare or foal, especially in the event of a difficult birth. Know how to assess vital signs in your newborn foal and know what is “normal.” A foal’s normal temperature is 37.5 to 37.9 °C, a regular heart rate is 80 to 100 beats per minute, normal respiration rate is 60 to 80 breaths per minute and the accepted capillary refill

time is less than two seconds.

Be comfortable performing basic CPR while waiting for your veterinarian to arrive.

Palacios recommends Foal CPR — a phone app (available from Veterinary Advances Ltd.) that provides notes, pictures and videos.

When it comes to the life of your foal, don’t take any chances, says Palacios. Taking a few minutes beforehand to prepare yourself for a possible emergency may be a life-saving decision for your foal.

Hayley Kosolofski is a third-year veterinary student from Sherwood Park, Alta., who is the undergraduate student representative for the WCVM’s Equine Health Research Fund.

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Pedro Alvarado

After a few successful years as a trainer Pedro Alvarado proved his point. He is a good horseman, But training doesn’t always pay what a jockey makes and he has decided to return to race riding— something he is exceptional good at.

The consummate professional he can be seen on race days, before the fans arrive and the hotdogs are still warm,jogging the track, examining it, running a few feet off the rail, swinging wide in the turns, testing the depth and the footing—a lone figure in the early afternoon.

“It’s just what he does,” said someone on the backstretch.

“Makes sense to know it if you make your living over it.”

And Pedro knows this racetrack, the physical side of it and the mental—knows how tough it can be. In his career Pedro has been leading rider four times and a huge fan favourite—they know a winner. We’ve had only a few riders of his calibre since the 1970’s and 80’s when the jock’s room was full of quality riders.

But his determination this spring is evident and he is probably the hardest working hombre on the backstretch—working like he has something to prove.

Born in 1965 in Jalisco, Mexico, a state on the west coast known as the centre of the tequila producing industry. His family wasn’t involved in racing but an uncle used to play the ponies and introduced him to the game when he was

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eight years old. As he grew older he started asking people around the track how he could get into racing and found out that there was a jockey’s school at Hipódromo de las Américas in Mexico City. Young Pedro attended the school for two years.

The local Mexican tracks had good riders but his heroes were Lafitte Pincay and Angel Cardero who used to come to Mexico City for the big races. After an apprenticeship, with a talented ex-rider

turned trainer named Jose Brava, he emigrated to Spokane, Washington when he was 19 years old and in the winter he went to Santa Anita to gallop horses where he met arguably the best rider of the 90’s, Patrick Valenzuela. He learned a lot working and galloping with such California superstars.

But life found him in Vancouver and he naturally drifted to Hastings racetrack where he met racing secretary Lorne Mitchell who helped

him with the necessary immigration forms to ride in Canada.

“And that was it,” says Pedro. “Within six weeks I was riding here. Vancouver has been good to me. I’ve been very happy at Hastings.

For young people who want to become a jockey Pedro offers sound advice.

“It’s a beautiful game,” he says in a surprisingly poetic turn of phrase. “If you love horses it’s beautiful, but it’s very tough. Especially if you are mentally weak,

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because you’ve got to take a lot of beatings.

You have to want it.

A champion has to know all aspects of his sport, all its facets.

That’s why Pedro, ever methodical, jogs the track each day before the races.

I want to win races and I think for the first two races it helps to know the racetrack and know where the best part of the track is.

After that, of course, the track changes and everybody knows how it is, but for the first couple of races it gives me an advantage.”

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Remembering…

Ron Principe

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The Good Ol’ Days…

1931 - 2015

With great sadness and heavy hearts the children of Ron Principe announce his passing on February 25, 2015, at the age of 84, in Mission, BC. Ron was a man of many trades and talents but his biggest passion was his career as a jockey and a horse trainer, a passion he inherited from his grandfathers, Pop Principe and Grandfather Kirby. He travelled the race track circuit around North America, won several races in United States and was the key figure in the training of the first female jockey at Hastings Park.

In recent years he came back to Hastings Park the place that truly brought him enjoyment and his presence there will be sadly missed by his ‘Race Track Family’. A Celebration of Ron’s Life will be held at a later date for friends and family.

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