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Harness Dates Set Fraser Downs racetrack confirms dates through March for the 2014 harness racing season. New HRBC Board Member Scott Knight has rejoined the HRBC board of directors replacing Brett Currie. Wall of Memory The HRBC Board would like to update the Wall of Memory. Please let them know the names and dates of the people that should be added. 2014 CLAIMING SERIES FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE The 2014 Miss Onager, Abbetross, Spartacus and BB Mirage Claiming Stakes are now available. To view the forms go to the HRBC website and click Stakes, following Stakes Schedule and then open the "2014 Claiming Series Forms." P Val Returns to Santa Anita
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela resumes riding at Santa Anita Park when it opens on Dec. 26 after taking some time off due to an illness. A fixture in Southern California since he began his career in 1978, the 51-year-old rider has overcome numerous injuries and substance abuse issues, but has never lost his zeal for the game. Among Valenzuela’s 13 riding titles is the 2002-03 crown at Santa Anita, where he won 94 races. The Thoroughbred Ladies Club 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 at 604-318-7949 or Barb Williams at 604-542-8951.
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Herbie D: Undisputed Star Of The Show At 2013 Thoroughbred Awards
The dominant headline in the sports section of the Seattle Times on August 19 read: ‘Herbie D’s Day’. That can now be updated to Herbie D’s Night’ following the 2013 Thoroughbred Awards Dinner at Newlands Golf & Country Cub. The five-year-old gelding owned by George Robbins and Darcia Doman swept five categories including Open Horse of the Year, B.C. Bred Horse of the Year, Champion Sprinter, Champion Older Male Open Division and Champion Older Male B.C. Bred Division. “This is one of those nights that happen once in a lifetime,” Robbins beamed on his final trip to the podium. Named after Darcia’s father and Robbins’ partner Herb Doman, who passed away in 2007, Herbie D won the John Longden 6000 on May 20, the Lieutenant Governors on July 1 and the Mt. Ranier Handicap July 21 prior to capturing the 78th running of the $200,000 Grade 3 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs on August 18. Trained by Robert Gilker and ridden by Amadeo Perez, Herbie D
had earnings of $200,596 in five starts during the 2013 campaign. His lifetime earnings are $337,928. Architecture, owned by Swift Thoroughbreds and trained by Dino Condilenios, won both the B.C. Bred and Open Divisions as Champion 2-year-old Filly; Neverabettercause, owned by James Eccott, Dr. Bryan and Carol Anderson and Lillian Jarvis-Meehan and trained by Pat Jarvis, was named Champion 2-year-old in both the B.C. Bred and Open Divisions; Tempered Steel swept the B.C. Bred and Open Divisions in the Champion 3-year-old Filly categories, owned by Nite n Day Management and Joanne Todd and trained by Brian O’Connell. Go For Guinness, owned by George Gilbert and trained by Dave Forster, was named Champion 3-year-old Male, B.C. Bred Division while Title Contender, owned by Peter Redekop and trained by Anita Bolton, won Champion 3-year-old Male, Open Division. Dance The Wind, owned by Linda and Clive Lytle and trained by Carl Lausten, was named winner of the
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Champion Older Filly/Mare B.C. Bred Division with the Open Division going to Madeira Park, owned by Exclusive Stable and Raymond Hanson and trained by Dave Forster. Other winning categories included Finality, Champion Sire; Cause to Believe, Champion Sire for 2-yearolds; Chilli Chines, Champion Broodmare; Tod Mountain Thoroughbreds, Leading Breeder; Yes He’s Trouble, Claimer of the Year Under $15,000; Cry Cry Cry, Claimer of the Year Over $15,000. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Leading Jockey: Enrique Gonzalez; Leading Apprentice Jockey: Alexander Marti; Leading Trainer: Craig MacPherson; Leading Owner: Swift Thoroughbreds. Diamond Award of Excellence: George Robbins and Rosann Anderson; CTHS Award for 50 years of consecutive membership: Ed and Gladys Dittloff and Karen Dittloff and Mr. & Mrs. R.W. Hall; CTHS Ambassador’s Award: Lynn Whyte; HBPA Backstretch Award: Larry Fielding; Hall of Fame Inductees: Peter Redekop and Canyon Farms.
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Century Downs Racetrack to Open Quality Control Requirements Added for North American in Calgary IN 2014 Non-Listed Black-Type Races
A new facility featuring Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing is expected to open in 2014 near Calgary, Alberta, the partners in the project announced Dec. 4. United Horsemen of Alberta and Century Casinos said the racetrack and gaming facility will be called Century Downs Racetrack and Casino. The partners said funding of about $24 million for the project has been secured. Harness racing would begin by the end of 2014, according to projections. The first Thoroughbred meet
would be held in 2016. Calgary was home to Stampede Park, where horseracing ended in 2008. United Horsemen of Alberta has spent more than a decade attempting to develop and open a racetrack and entertainment center in Calgary. Officials said Century Downs will have a 5 1/2-furlong racing surface, 550 gaming machines, an off-track betting area, and a bar, lounge, and restaurant. The track will be located less than a mile north of Calgary not far from the Calgary International Airport.
When three-year-old Midnight Casanova won a $20,000 maiden claiming race at Betfair Hollywood Park on November 12, he became the 40th winner from the 46 starters and 52 horses cataloged in the 201112 Pegasus Thoroughbreds Two-year-oldsin-Training Sales thatwere held by Mark Dedomenico and Glen Todd. Two horses, With Council (2011 $75,000 Ascot Graduation Stakes at Hastings Race Course) and Broken Sword (2012 $50,000 Juan Gonzalez
Memorial Stakes at Santa Rosa) broke their maidens in stakes and another nine were maiden special weight winners. Thorough November 21, 2013, the Pegasus alumni had won 83 races and included three additional stakes winners. Another five runners have placed in stakes, including Blonde Fog, who finished second in the $500,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes in 2012.
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On November 20, 2013, the North American International Catalogue Standards Committee (NAICSC) issued a reminder that effective January 1, 2014, additional quality control requirements will be implemented for races in North America eligible for non-Listed black-type in catalogues compliant with guidelines required by the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA). The NAICSC establishes the requirements for non-Listed black type races in sales catalogues produced in North America that are compliant with
guidelines required by SITA. Races eligible for non-Listed black-type status include stakes races with a purse of $50,000 or more that are open or have restrictions allowed by NAICSC (e.g., state bred, stallions’ progeny, sales graduates or nonwinners of a sweepstakes). The new requirements, which were first announced in November 2012, include the addition of a minimum Race Quality Score (RQS) for individual age/sex divisions. Statistics used in the evaluation of Graded and Listed races, including ratings provided by the North American Rating
Committee, are not available for nonListed black-type races. The RQS provides an alternative quality control measurement for these races. The RQS is a composite number compiled by using speed figures for the first four finishers in each race over three years. Four speed figures are used to compile the RQS and are provided by Bloodstock Research Information Systems (BRIS), Daily Racing Form (Beyer), Equibase and ThoroGraph. A complete listing of non-Listed black-type races with their 2014 black-type status, their current RQS and the
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minimum RQS requirements for each age/sex division and additional information about the NAICSC and the new quality control requirements are available at www. northamericaniscs. com. WTBOA Sales Committee chairman Debbie Pabst checked the status of Emerald Downs black-type races and found that all of the stakes have qualified non-Listed black-type, including all of Washington Cup and the Northwest Stallion Stakes. She felt that the Emerald Downs stakes races appear to be mostly way above the minimum requirements.
50 to 1—A Film About Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird to Arrive in Theaters in March Mine That Bird, the underdog racehorse that won lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. The cowboys the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1), is the focus of a face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill new Hollywood film 50 to 1 that opens in theaters March 21, 2014. The news was announced Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite. by 50 to 1 director, producer, co-writer and “I had been waiting for a great racehorse story racehorse owner Jim Wilson (Oscar-winning producer of Dances With Wolves). Starring in the for a very long time,” Wilson said, noting he had film are Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, Scream, As Good read numerous horse racing scripts over the years, “but when I watched what unfolded at the as It Gets), Christian Kane (Leverage), William Devane (24, The Dark Knight Rises), Todd Lowe 2009 Kentucky Derby, I was stunned. I’ve always been a fan of true underdog stories and (True Blood, Gilmore Girls) and newcomer after meeting the owners, trainer and finally Bird Madelyn Deutch, as well as real-life jockey himself, I was hooked. This story had all the Calvin Borel, who plays himself in the picture. cinematic elements you could ask for. It’s been a Faith Conroy co-wrote the script with Wilson. real adventure and one I am proud to share with The film, which is rooted in New Mexico and the world.” shot in over 30 locations throughout the state Wilson won the Academy Award® for Best from Santa Fe to Las Cruces - will kick off the Picture for Dances With Wolves, which he theatrical release with the world premiere in produced. He also produced The Bodyguard, Albuquerque at the historic KiMo Theatre on Wyatt Earp, Sing Vote, Mr. Brooks and Message March 19. in a Bottle. Wilson’s previous directing credits 50 to 1 is about a misfit group of New Mexico include Head Above Water, Whirlygirl and the cowboys who find themselves on the journey of a critically-acclaimed documentary about renowned jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., Laffit: All About Winning.
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Ex-Hastings Runners Show and Shine in 2013…by Marcy Emery There is no denying the power, grace and versatility of the Thoroughbred horse. Combining tremendous athleticism with so much heart, it should be no wonder that so many of these horses built for sport go on to do very well in their careers after racing. Results from the 2013 horse show season demonstrate the quality of the horses bred and raced here in BC and seeing homegrown talent succeed anywhere ought to delight horsemen and fans alike. Take Butch Goertzen’s BC Derby winner Krazy Koffee, retired from racing in 2010 and sent to dressage Olympian Leslie Reid for a sport horse career makeover. With a solid foundation in dressage instilled by Reid’s student Chelsea Froese through 2011, Koffee changed course with new owner and Three-Day Event rider Robin Zimmer in early 2012. Competing in his
new discipline, Krazy Koffee again came up an impressive winner in 2013. Three-Day Eventing (also known as Horse Trials) tests horse and rider combinations in dressage, cross-country jumping and stadium/ show jumping. Who better to take up such an intense hobby in his “retirement” than a multiple stakeswinning son of Regal Intention? Koffee absolutely levelled the rest of the field in the regular Entry division at the Island 22 Event held over the Labour Day weekend in Chilliwack. With his stellar 29.3 dressage score, he showed his great capacity for finesse and backed that performance by demonstrating the athletic prowess required to go clear in both jumping phases. Says Zimmer of her mount “He is a wonderful, kind horse with a heart of gold, I absolutely
love him.” Hastings was very well-represented in this division on the day. Second place went to a well-known face on the backstretch, Maciej Rotecki, aboard the Ditloff’s homebred Free Capitalist. Fourth went to the multiple stakes placed Mucho Krazy Koffee and rider Robin Zimmer schooling Verde from the Brian cross-country at Maple Ridge Equestrian Centre O’Connell barn, a ridden by Glynis some time in limbo, recent purchase by Schultz of Brentwood won the BCLM Pony rider Nicole Leuthardt. Bay, ‘Q’ came out Club 2’6” Novice Also in the top ten swinging this season Jumper Championship finishers was Willie with wins in the and also scored Katchem in eighth Novice division at the Reserve Champion in under his New Stride Whidbey Island Horse the 2’ 9” Hunter adopter, Sarah Clarke. Trials in July and in Division.‘Abe’, as he’s A hardknocking fan the Pre-Training known on the farm, is (and surely, announcer) Division at the MREC just a year younger favourite with 41 starts Mary Swanson Horse than his rider and both on his record, Willie Trials in October. were novices at clearly keeps on trying Expect more from this jumping when they in his new job. This team in 2014. met in 2010. division is only the Another very wellThe pair also beginning for all of seasoned Hastings boy completed their first these horses and next also did the home team Novice Three-Day season anything can proud in a different Event last season. happen. arena this year. Henry “Abe decided that he Another up-andand Mary Miller’s El was going to run and comer in eventing is Nino Mi Amor, who there was no way that I Guilded In Silver, a found his way to 16 was slowing him 2007 grey son of year-old Ashley down. An elimination Amaruk who competes Desautels of Maple in stadium on the third under the name On Ridge in 2010 after 56 day, but the blame for Cue. Owned and starts on the track and that one goes to me. I
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got the clear cross country that I wanted, so all in all a good weekend,” says Desautels of their performance in the jumping phases. Apparently El Nino Mi Amor and his cohorts in the ribbons last year also subscribe to the ‘once an athlete, always an athlete’ philosophy and their zest and fitness for the task really personify the greatness in BC bred horses. Good on them all and let’s go along and enjoy the ride. Anything can happen. Editor’s note: Joining Horse Racing BC this month is Marcy Emery, a past President of New Stride Thoroughbred Adoption Society and active Thoroughbred and horse racing enthusiast. Marcy’s focus in these pages will be on racehorse aftercare and women in racing.
Increasing Your Horse’s Stamina With Leg Saver! The basic Leg Saver treatments are quite simple. 3 Treat the lung and heart ting points (located on the front coronet band) once, 3 days before a race or event. 3 Treatments are for one hour each. 3 Treatments should be done separately, one after the other. 3 It will take 2 hours to complete both. 3 The following day the horse should be walked for ½ hour to one hour. 3 The morning of the race the lungs should be treated for ½ hour as early as possible (about 8 am). Do not treat the heart. 3 This will increase performance about 4 to 8 lengths, depending on the horse. 3 Always check on the shoulders, hocks, poll & whirlbone to make sure the horse is ready for optimal performance. 3 Always treat the hocks if there is any heat in them at all. A number of trainers have been experimenting with the amount of exercise needed to keep the horse performing at its peak. Here is what we have found: 3 Horses that have their training reduced the week before the treatment are significantly improved over horses that are kept at their regular degree of exercise. They win a lot more money. 3 Reducing the exercise program the week before the treatment produces a much fitter horse. Results show about 80% wins & seconds—mostly wins (rider error caused some of the second place finishes). 3 These treatments reduce stress and strain on the horse’s body (hooves, ankles, tendons, ligaments, knees, hocks and other areas of stress). 3 Protocol for young race horses – treat their heart and lungs once every 2 weeks. This builds stronger horses with tremendous stamina. This will not make them run faster it just makes them finish stronger. This new protocol will give you the best results in your performance horse. Having more stamina down the stretch run results in more wins! Try it with one horse and see the results. I’m reluctant to tell a world-class trainer what to do but this protocol really generates superior results! CONTACT: GARY DESROCHES www.equi-stimlegsaver.com legsaver@gmail.com 1-800-595-7408 toll free 1-604-215-3622
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THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE ACCREDITS BC’s NEW STRIDE THOROUGHBRED ADOPTION SOCIETY
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) announced that Surrey’s New Stride Thoroughbred Adoption Society is now an accredited aftercare facility, providing ongoing care for retired Thoroughbred racehorses. New Stride is only of one two accredited facilities in Canada. The nonprofit society has strict “adoption” criteria, and volunteers work hard to find new homes that best suit their horses. “New Stride has helped find new homes for 120 former Thoroughbred racehorses since 2002,” said Bill Randall, President of the New Stride Thoroughbred Adoption Society. “Thanks to our donors and volunteers, New Stride has helped these racehorses enjoy happy second careers.” The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) facilities represent a crosssection of rescue, retirement, retraining and adoption programs located across the United States as well as two in Canada. Following a detailed application process and careful onsite examinations by TAA inspectors and independent veterinarians, each of these facilities was judged to have met or exceeded the TAA Code of Standards in the areas of operations, education, horse care management, facility standards and services, and adoption policies and protocols.
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