Royal Ascot was no cup a tea for Derby winner Animal Kingdom

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

Animal Kingdom on the backside of Churchill Downs

Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom was the favorite to win the Queen Anne Stakes yesterday as the United Kingdom begins its highlighted racing season at Royal Ascot. Horse racing fans around the world watched.

Animal Kingdom was ridden by jockey John Velazquez, trained by Graham Motion, and was bred by Team Valor, the group that was founded by Barry Irwin, a former Daily Racing Form writer who has become a prominent leader in America’s thoroughbred racing industry.

The last Kentucky Derby winner to make it to Royal Ascot was Omaha, who landed the 1935 race at Churchill Downs and went on to claim the US Triple Crown. The following year Omaha was shipped to Britain and placed in the care of Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, who was to become Sir Henry Cecil’s stepfather, with the Ascot Gold Cup as his aim. He won his first two races on turf at Kempton and was sent off 11-8 favorite for the Gold Cup, but was caught and headed in the last strides by the filly Quashed.

Animal Kingdom’s lifetime record is 11 races, 5 wins and 5 seconds. His biggest wins: 2011 Kentucky Derby and 2013 Dubai World Cup. He is the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby having never previously raced on Dirt.

The fact he ever raced again after his 2011 Belmont Stakes injury is amazing. Two screws were inserted in his left hind cannon bone. Then in 2012, he suffered a fracture in the same place and was off for eight months, but he returned with a second in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in the fall of 2012. Then came the triumph in the 2013 Dubai World Cup.

But, Tuesday was not to be his day. Animal Kingdom and John Velazquez were in contention for the first half of the one-mile race, but dropped back as the pace of the race quickened. The Aidan O’Brien trained Declaration of War won the race.

After the Quees Anne Stakes, trainer Graham Motion said, “”I am disappointed obviously. Johnny (Velazquez) had to fight him a little bit early, which made me worry, and said at the half-mile pole he started to ask him to run and there wasn’t much there. He said (the course) rode a bit softer than it walked, but I cannot really use that as an excuse. I would say that is probably it for the horse (his last race).”

We wish Animal Kingdom the best in his retirement and we hope to see him in Kentucky when he starts standing at Darley.

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Royal Ascot and Animal Kingdom

Posted on June 17, 2013 by admin

2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is quickly becoming the English favorite with both bettors and fans for the June 18 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Between his work outs in England along with his Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup wins, everyone including the English bettors is thinking he will close out his career with a win.

Animal Kingdom will be the first Kentucky Derby winner to race at Royal Ascot since 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha, who raced in the two-and-a-half mile Ascot Gold Cup in 1936. Omaha lost that race to a filly named Quashed, the winner of the Epsom Oaks the year before.

When asked about the injuries that kept Animal Kingdom on the sidelines, trainer Graham Motion said, “I never lost faith in the horse, that would be silly. Of course, I sometimes questioned myself if we were doing the right thing by the horse, bringing him back to the races after his physical issues. But I felt very strongly about the horse and the level of talent he possesses. Bringing him back, off a long layoff for the Breeders’ Cup Mile, I could not have done that if I did not believe in the horse.

Some people in the States are still skeptical about the horse, perhaps because he is lightly raced. I think the fact that he has had to deal with some physical issues only makes his record more remarkable. And really, his performances in all his races, even his losses, have been good. He only just got beaten in the Preakness Stakes, after a slow start. His Belmont was hampered by the start. He won his return race at Gulfstream on the turf, and ran a great race in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, where he was a little unlucky. Jay Hovdey (Daily Racing Form) commented that he is the most versatile horse since Ack Ack. He has won a Grade 1 on both the dirt and synthetics, on two continents.”

When asked how Graham Motion feels the horse racing world will remember Animal Kingdom, he said “I’ll never train another horse like him. I could never get another horse as good as him. Winning Grade 1s on the dirt and synthetics, in Kentucky and Dubai, it’s just amazing. If he won at Royal Ascot, surely there would be no more skeptics. I don’t know where that would place him compared to other horses, but winning on the different surfaces, different continents, no horse has done that.”

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2013 Belmont Stakes after race interviews – Part 2

Posted on June 15, 2013 by admin

This is Part 2 of the New York Racing Associations interview session with the connections of 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice after the race. Present were trainer Todd Pletcher, Cott Campbell representing owners Dogwood Stables, and of course, jockey Mike Smith.

Q. Earlier in the week you were talking about driving with your dad to first come to work [at Belmont Park for Wayne Lukas]. Can you talk about those days, your thoughts? You ever thought you’d get to the spot you’re at now?
TODD PLETCHER: No, I never dreamed it would happen that way. I was telling someone the other day when they were talking about Easy Goer and Sunday Silence. My dad and I drove up, it was like a 24-hour drive, basically, and we got to the hotel in time to see that Preakness.
As you’re coming here next day is my first day of working for Wayne and, you know, couldn’t have imagined getting the opportunity to win races like this.

Q. Do you still get excited and nervous about this type of thing? What are you feeling in the moment?
TODD PLETCHER: I don’t know if they showed in the replay yet. They were filming me in the grandstand. I told Mike about the 16th pole, I jumped on pretty hard. I kind of looked and I thought that point he had a good chance and kind of surveyed the rest. Better help Mike ride this one home.

Q. How does it feel to have your sons here and your dad and family be a part of it?
TODD PLETCHER: You know, what’s really gratifying more for me about the job that I have is that something that you can share with your friends and family, and you know, having my dad here and my whole family here, and my best friend from college came today, him and his wife, roommates in college. So they came in. Really, to me, this win was for Mr. Campbell.

Q. What are your plans now and future plans for Palace Malice, if anything?
TODD PLETCHER: I mean, I know Mr. Campbell pretty well. I imagine he’s got Saratoga on his mind pretty quick.

Q. Todd, can you elaborate on what this means, to win this for Dogwood and, you know, a client of yours for a very long time?
TODD PLETCHER: Mr. Campbell gave me an opportunity when no one knew who I was, and I didn’t have any horses. He’s been a supporter of me, basically, from the very beginning. We’ve had a long, terrific relationship. He’s been very, very good to me.
COTHRAN CAMPBELL: Let me pitch in and say that I sent maybe four horses to Todd in 1996, and I guess he had eight, and he might have lied a little about his age. I think he said he was 30, and he probably was 29, but it’s been a great relationship and we’ve hit it off, we never had a bad moment, and I’m proud of what he’s done.
He will go down as one of the great trainers in the history of the game. At least I had the good sense to give him a shot early on. Lucky.

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2013 Belmont Stakes after race interviews – Part 1

Posted on June 11, 2013 by admin

The New York Racing Association had an interview session with the connections of 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice after the race. Present were trainer Todd Pletcher, Cott Campbell representing owners Dogwood Stables, and of course, jockey Mike Smith.

Q. Could you explain what the difference today was compared to the Derby? You went so fast in the Derby and then today he was able to relax more?
TODD PLETCHER: Well, I think the real key, he was relaxed. It was actually, I thought, for a Belmont, pretty keenly run, first part of the race. But the main thing was, Mike was able to get him to a real comfortable rhythm. The horse had trained really impressively, and we just felt if we could get him into that rhythm, get him relaxed, it wouldn’t necessarily matter if he was on the lead, fourth, fifth. Wherever he was, it wouldn’t matter as long as Mike had him in that big gallop he had.

Q. Mike, you’ve [won or hit the board] in the last four Belmonts you’ve ridden in. You got two wins during that stretch. I mean, is experience some you really need to excel in this race? Did you figure some things out in your career to do so well at this point in your career in the Belmont?
MIKE SMITH: Experience and extremely talented horse. I was just blessed, again, to be part of it and to have ridden so many years in the Belmont. I think Gary Stevens put it best when he said, it’s like the ocean. You can get lost, if you don’t know it. And these are my waters. I know where the fish are at.

Q. For Mike, can you tell us as you got toward the end of the backstretch, you know, and you’re still tracking those horses, you know, what you saw from Oxbow, and I understand there was an exchange between you and Stevens. I’d like to you elaborate on.
MIKE SMITH: Yeah, I was just keeping a close eye on him. He wasn’t going to try and — would be able to steal it at some point. Gary is known to do stuff like that. You know, I was keeping a close on eye on him. I felt I was moving better. When I ranged up next to him, it was like a movie scene. He looked over to me. I could see his face clear as day. He says, “hey go on little brother, you’re moving better than me. Just ride off your win. Don’t leave me yet.”
And I won. He ran second. You couldn’t have written this script any better.

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Almost Triple Crown Winners

Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin

The saga continues of the almost Triple Crown winning horses. Forty-six horses have won two legs of the Triple Crown. Of those, sixteen won the Kentucky Derby (KD) at Churchill Downs and Preakness Stakes (PS) at Pimlico only to be beaten in the Belmont Stakes (BS) at Belmont Park.

Two others, Burgoo King (1932) and Bold Venture (1936), won the Derby and Preakness, but were forced out of the Belmont with the same injury–a bowed tendon–that effectively ended their racing careers. As a side note – Bold Ventures jockey Ira Hanford attended the Kentucky Derby in 2006 with Kentucky Derby Tours where he was honored in the Gallop to Glory exhibit in Lousiville.

In 1978, Alydar finished second to Affirmed in all three races, which is the only time that has happened. Another side note – the Preakness preceded the Kentucky Derby in 1922, ’23 and ’31; (*) indicates won on a disqualification.

Year (decades divided) KD PS BS

1877 Cloverbrook DNS won won
1878 Duke of Magenta DNS won won

1880 Grenada DNS won won
1881 Saunterer DNS won won

1895 Belmar DNS won won

1920 Man o’ War DNS won won
1922 Pillory DNS won won
1923 Zev won 12th won

1931 Twenty Grand won 2nd won
1932 Burgoo King won won DNS
1936 Bold Venture won won DNS
1939 Johnstown won 5th won

1940 Bimelech 2nd won won
1942 Shut Out won 5th won
1944 Pensive won won 2nd
1949 Capot 2nd won won

1950 Middleground won 2nd won
1953 Native Dancer 2nd won won
1955 Nashua 2nd won won
1956 Needles won 2nd won
1958 Tim Tam won won 2nd

1961 Carry Back won won 7th
1963 Chateaugay won 2nd won
1964 Northern Dancer won won 3rd
1966 Kauai King won won 4th
1967 Damascus 3rd won won
1968 Forward Pass won* won 2nd
1969 Majestic Prince won won 2nd

1971 Canonero II won won 4th
1972 Riva Ridge won 4th won
1974 Little Current 5th won won
1976 Bold Forbes won 3rd won
1979 Spectacular Bid won won 3rd

1981 Pleasant Colony won won 3rd
1984 Swale won 7th won
1987 Alysheba won won 4th
1988 Risen Star 3rd won won
1989 Sunday Silence won won 2nd

1991 Hansel 10th won won
1994 Tabasco Cat 6th won won
1995 Thunder Gulch won 3rd won
1997 Silver Charm won won 2nd
1998 Real Quiet won won 2nd
1999 Charismatic won won 3rd

2001 Point Given 5th won won
2002 War Emblem won won 8th
2003 Funny Cide won won 3rd
2004 Smarty Jones won won 2nd
2005 Afleet Alex 3rd won won
2008 Big Brown won won 9th

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2013 Belmont Stakes TV Schedule & the Belmont Breeze

Posted on June 6, 2013 by admin

TV Schedule for the 2013 Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes Classics, June 7 between 4-5 p.m. on NBC Sports Network

Belmont Stakes Access, June 7 between 5-6 p.m. on NBC Sports Network

Belmont Stakes Prerace, June 8 between 3-5 p.m. on NBC Sports Network

Belmont Stakes Race, June 8 between 5-7 p.m. on NBC

Belmont Stakes Post, June 8 between 7-7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network

Radio Broadcast Schedule for HRRN through the Belmont Stakes
6/8/13 Belmont Park from 2-4 PM ET Covering the Acorn, True North, Woody Stephens, Just a Game
6/8/13 Belmont Park from 5-7 PM ET BELMONT STAKES

Actual Post Times on June 8
Actual Post Time Stakes Division Grade Purse Distance Age
2:34pm Acorn Stakes fillies- dirt I $300,000 1 mile 3 yo
3:15pm True North Stakes Dirt II $250,000 6 f 3 Yrs & Up
3:59pm Woody Stephens Stakes Dirt II $250,000 7F 3 Yrs
4:43pm Just a Game Stakes fillies & mares- turf I $400,000 1 mile 3 yo’s & up
5:39pm Woodford Reserve Manhattan Stakes Turf I $400,000 1 1/4 miles 3 yo’s & up
6:35pm Belmont Stakes Dirt I $1,000,000 1 1/2 miles 3 Yo

The Belmont Breeze is the official drink of the Belmont Stakes. Called the “Toast of the Champion”, it was created by New York’s premiere beverage authority Dale DeGroff, the profile of the Belmont Breeze comes from the colonial recipe: one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak.

The ingredients are:

1 1/2 ounces of a good American blended whiskey
3/4 ounces Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry
1/2 ounce of fresh lemon juice
1 ounce of simple syrup
(1 ounce of sweet and sour mix may be substituted for the lemon juice and simple syrup)
1 1/2 ounces fresh orange juice
1 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
1 ounce 7-Up
1 ounce Club Soda

Shake first six ingredients with ice, then top with 7-Up and club soda. Garnish with mint sprig and lemon wedge.

Have fun!

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2013 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 8

Posted on June 5, 2013 by admin

The 2013 Belmont Stakes will be run on Saturday, June 8. While we will not know the starters until the post position draw, it looks like it will be a field of 14 going to the post. The horses now set to go in the Belmont are:

Horse, Trainer, Jockey and probable odds

Orb, Shug McGaughey III, Joel Rosario, 5-2
Revolutionary, Todd Pletcher, Javier Castellano, 5-1
Oxbow, D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens, 6-1
Freedom Child, T. Albertrani, L. Saez, 8-1
Golden Soul, Dallas Stewart, Robby Albarado, 12-1
Unlimited Budget (filly), Todd Pletcher, Rosie Napravnik, 12-1
Overanalyze, Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez, 15-1
Palace Malice, Todd Pletcher, Mike Smith, 15-1
Vyjack, Rudy Rodriguez, Julien Leparoux, 15-1
Incognito, Kiernan McLaughlin, I. Ortiz Jr., 20-1
Will Take Charge, D. Wayne Lukas, Jon Court, 20-1
Giant Finish, Anthony Dutrow, Edgar Prado, 30-1
Midnight Taboo, Todd Pletcher, Garrett Gomez, 30-1
Frac Daddy, Kenny McPeek, A. Garcia, 30-1

Some stories that we know about the Belmont Stakes don’t come up often but are worth repeating. The Kentucky Derby and the Preakness history cannot claim this history. When Grey Lag won the Belmont in 1921, it marked the first running of the Belmont Stakes in the counter-clockwise manner of American horse racing fashion. This 53rd running was a mile and three-eighths over the main course; previous editions at Belmont Park had been run clockwise, in accordance with English custom, over a fish-hook course which included part of the training track and the main dirt oval. So the Belmont Stakes have been run counter-clockwise for less than a century.

The first post parade in this country came in the 14th running of the Belmont in 1880. Until then the horses went directly from paddock to post. Can you imagine a Kentucky Derby or a Breeders’ Cup without the post parade?

The Belmont has been run at various distances. From 1867 to 1873 it was 1 5/8 miles; from 1874 to 1889 it was 1 1/2 miles; from 1890 through 1892, and in 1895, it was held at 1 1/4 miles; from 1896 through 1925 it was 1 5/8 miles; since 1925 the Belmont Stakes has been a race of 1 1/2 miles.

So as you watch the post parade at the Belmont Stakes this year, just think how boring it would be to just see the horses go to the gate?

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EBay auction features Animal Kingdom art

Posted on June 1, 2013 by admin

Animal Kingdom Painting

An original MONEIGH® Painting by 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is up for auction on eBay. Animal Kingdom also won the 2013 Dubai World Cup.

See the auction at http://www.ebay.com/itm/MONEIGH-Painting-ANIMAL-KINGDOM-5-year-old-son-of-Leroidesanimaux-Dalicia/310675817564?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D7992043253295654923%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D310675817564%26

The online auction ends June 2.

Animal Kingdom is a 5 year old son of Leroidesanimaux and  Dalicia who is now in training in England for what will be his last race before going to stud duty.

The beneficiary of the auction is a wonderful organization – ReRun, Inc. They are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping the thoroughbred, focusing on ex-race horses. ReRun has chapters in New York, New Jersey and Kentucky.  They are supported through volunteer efforts by horse racing and equestrian enthusiasts.

ReRun was founded in 1996 as a division of the Kentucky Society by two racing insiders, Shon Wylie and Lori Neagle. They saw an acute and compelling need for an organization that focused not on providing a permanent sanctuary for retired racehorses, as was the predominant model, but on rehabilitating, retraining, and adopting them out to well-suited homes. After only two years ReRun outgrew the KHS and became incorporated as its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

ReRun pioneered the concept that when Thoroughbreds’ horse racing days are over, they don’t need to be sent to auction or slaughter but can be retrained to pursue second careers in other forms of equitation while enjoying another 20+ years of companionship with their new adoptive families.

The word “MONEIGH®” came from combining the name of the famous artist, Monet, and the sound that a horse makes, a neigh. They are pieces of artwork created by horses using their muzzle, tail and hooves. Some of the greatest Thoroughbreds in racing have created MONEIGH® to raise money for ReRun. Thoroughbred artists have included Curlin, Zenyatta, Storm Cat, Shackelford, Rapid Redux, Lawyer Ron, Evening Attire, and most recently Animal Kingdom.

Rerun has other MONEIGH® Paintings on eBay  so please check them all out!

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2013 Belmont Stakes possible entries

Posted on May 30, 2013 by admin

Right now, the field for the 2013 Belmont Stakes is starting to take shape.  While there will be many changes, we thought we would give you an idea of who may be entered in the race to be held at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 8, 2013. It doesn’t seem as if there is the “big Belmont spoiler” that we have seen in so many recent years but one usually has to figure out who will be the one!

Horse, Trainer, Jockey, Background Info

Orb,  Shug  McGaughey,  Joel Rosario, 2013 Kentucky Derby winner is looking like a strong possibility to run in the Belmont

Oxbow, D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens, Showed in the Preakness Stakes that if left alone on the lead he can win

Revolutionary,  Todd Pletcher,  Javier Castellano,  Had a three-race winning  streak snapped when he was third in the Derby

Golden Soul, Dallas Stewart,  Robby  Albarado, Stayed in his stall at Churchill Downs hoping to have enough points and then placed in the Derby. Feeling good after Derby effort and eating well.

Freedom Child,  Thomas  Albertrani,  Luis  Saez, Did well in the slop when winning the Peter Pan

Unlimited Budget,  Todd Pletcher, rider to be advised,  Undecided if this Kentucky Oaks filly will try the boys after a third in the Kentucky Oaks

Code West, Bob  Baffert,  Rosie Napravnik, won a race on Preakness day but is stepping way up in class

Power Broker, Bob  Baffert,  rider to be advised, He has been working well since beating older horses on May 10

Will Take Charge, D. Wayne Lukas, Jon Court, jockey Mike Smith was on him in Derby and now Jon Court who was aboard in Rebel Stakes win will ride

Overanalyze , Todd Pletcher, ride to be advised,  Won Arkansas Derby going away before troubled trip in Kentucky Derby

Palace Malice, Todd Pletcher, Mike Smith, Blinkers reportedly will come off in Belmont after setting blistering fractions in Derby

Giant Finish,  Anthony  Dutrow,  New York-bred beat half the field in the Derby but ….

Always In a Tiz,  Dominick Schettino,  David Cohen , Is coming off two efforts but connections feel that he will go the mile and a half

Midnight Taboo, Todd Pletcher, Rider to be advised, finished second in an allowance race last time out

Belmont Park is a 430-acre racetrack located at 2150 Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, NY. The Belmont Stakes, the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown, and is named after August Belmont who had been a leading banker and racing man of the 19th century. He was also the first President of the Jockey Club in 1867. In 1869, August Belmont             took first and second money with his own horses Fenian and Glenelg.

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Photographer Tony Leonard Secretariat calendar available

Posted on May 26, 2013 by admin

Secretariat on the cover of Time Magazine

The first project from the extensive collection of prints and negatives of the late equine photographer Tony Leonard has been released in the form of a 40th Anniversary calendar commemorating the 1973 Triple Crown Winner Secretariat reports Valarie Honeycutt Spears in the Lexington Herald Leader.

She continues that in 2009, the fate of Leonard’s 500,000 negatives was in question when a court made Leonard and his wife wards of the state. In 2010, the couple and their relatives won their effort in court to end the state’s control of the collection of images of Thoroughbred racing champions.

Shortly before Leonard died on July 14, 2012. the collection was purchased by businessman Bobby Shiflet and two men in the Thoroughbred industry John Adger and David Sorrell. A company was formed called the Tony Leonard Collection LLC.

Collection officials said they spent much of 2012 archiving Leonard’s more than 500,000 negatives. In the process of sorting more than 40 years of negative and prints, among the first works to stand out were photos from the 15 years Leonard spent following the career of Secretariat, said Shiflet.

Some images in the calendar are in print for the first time, he said. The 20- month calendar “is kind of like a book,” Shiflet said Monday. “It’s got so much information about Secretariat and about Tony, but mainly about Secretariat … It was a good starting project.”

Shiflet, who worked with Leonard on projects, owns Frames on Main Gallery, an art gallery and custom frame shop in Paris. Adger, of Houston, is a Thoroughbred owner and breeder and was the bloodstock and racing manager for Robert and Janice McNair’s Stonerside Stable. Sorrell, of Lexington, was vice president and controller at Stonerside and is finance manager of Darley, which bought Stonerside from the McNairs five years ago.

The mission of the Tony Leonard Collection LLC is to ensure that Tony Leonard’s “legacy is preserved intact for posterity, to provide access to his body of work, and to keep the memory of the magnificent creatures he immortalized alive for future generations to enjoy,” according to a news release from the Tony Leonard Collection.

The calendar is being sold at Shiflet’s store. and other retail locations for $24.95.

The 2012 deal regarding the sale of the photo and negative collection was approved by a Fayette Court overseeing the conservatorship of Leonard’s assets. In an addition to the purchase price, the terms of the sale of the collection included that a monthly payment would be made for the care of Leonard’s widow, Adelle Bergantino, according to Sorrell.

Throughout his career Leonard perfected the conformation shot, which shows off a horse’s strength and lines.

The calendar is available at Secretariat.com, the official website for Secretariat. Secretariat.com, operated in conjunction with Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery, also features historical information, photography, merchandise and memorabilia.

 

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