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Headlines for Tuesday, October 16, 2001

  • National HBPA to Focus on Threshold Levels

    The National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association has put together its own guidelines for national drug-testing and will unveil the model Thursday morning during a press conference at Keeneland.

  • Patrick Valenzuela Begins Long Ride Back

    Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who turns 39 Wednesday, had an informal meeting Sunday with three stewards at Santa Anita Park to begin the process of obtaining a license to exercise horses. Valenzuela, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby aboard Sunday Silence, has not ridden since February, 2000, when he was suspended for the latest in a series of drug violations. The rider applied to be relicensed one year later, but that request was rejected.

  • Overbrook Stallion Fees

    Shortly after William T. Young's Overbrook Farm announced a $500,000 fee for Storm Cat for 2002, the Lexington nursery came out with its remaining fees.

  • Albert Looks 'Great' in Breeze

    Tracy Farmer's Albert the Great, prepping for the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), breezed four furlongs over the main track in :50 1/5 at Belmont today. Afterwards, trainer Nick Zito was happy with the work. " It's been a long year," the New York-based conditioner said. "I don't have to do a lot with him. I'm going easy on him for this race. He doesn't need much."

  • Hap Works Toward Breeders' Cup Start

    Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott had Hap on Belmont's main track this morning for a four-furlong breeze. The son of 1987 Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner Theatrical was clocked at :50 1/5.

  • Peeping Tom and Five Star Day on Belmont Track

    Flatbird Stable's Peeping Tom, who is likely to start in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), worked four furlongs over Belmont's main track in :46 1/5 this morning. The 4-year-old worked in company with stablemate Bluesbreaker. They earned the bullet, outworking 36 others at that distance.

  • Adena Springs Stallion Fees For Kentucky Division

    Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Kentucky has kept the fee for 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Awesome Again at $50,000 and has announced private fees for Alphabet Soup and Lit de Justice.

  • Major Sire Irish River Pensioned

    Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm announced that syndicated stallion Irish River has been pensioned and joins fellow pensioned farm stallions Big Spruce, Lyphard, and Stop the Music for a life of leisure.

  • Preston Buys Half-Interest in Shesastonecoldfox

    Art Preston of Prestonwood Farm has purchased a half-interest in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) contender Shesastonecoldfox from Dennis and Deborah Petrisak's Langpap Stables, who also bred the filly. Preston attempted to purchase the filly outright over the weekend, but a disagreement over the deadline to complete the deal caused it to fall through.

  • AAEP Plans Medication Summit

    A wide-ranging group of industry representatives will take part in the Racehourse Medication Summit during the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Annual Symposium on Racing. The medication summit, sponsored by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), is planned for Dec. 4.

  • Here and There

    Bits and pieces from around the industry...

  • Auctions Planned To Raise Money for NTRA Charities-New York Heroes Fund

    The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Breeders' Cup Limited announced revised plans for their fundraising activities in connection with the NTRA Charities - New York Heroes Fund, including a series of charity auctions to replace the previously scheduled, black-tie Breeders' Cup Charity Gala Oct. 26. The Heroes Fund aids the families of rescue workers and other victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

  • Gainesway Farm Fees for 2002

    Gainesway Farm stallion Broad Brush once again will stand for a private fee and Cozzene's fee will remain at $60,000.

  • Breeders' Cup Classic hopeful Gander, at Belmont Park earlier this year.

    Gander Works For Classic With Gary Stevens Aboard

    Meadowlands Cup winner Gander turned in a spirited work Tuesday morning, drilling five furlongs on the Belmont main track in :58 4/5 with jockey Gary Stevens aboard. Trainer John Terranova said Stevens will wait until he works Macho Uno before deciding whom he will ride in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic. However, Macho Uno's trainer, Joe Orseno, said Tuesday that Stevens had already given him the call immediately following his fourth-place finish aboard Albert the Great in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

  • Numerous Times Turns In Sharp Workout

    Canada's best Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships hope, Numerous Times, is 100 percent following a slight illness, and is ready to contest the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT). The colt turned in a sharp five-furlong workout over Woodbine's sloppy main strip on Tuesday morning. Regular rider, Patrick Husbands, guided the four-year-old son of Numerous over five furlongs in 1:00 1/5.

  • Express Tour, among Godolphin's pre-entered horses.

    Godolphin Pre-Enters Eight in Breeders' Cup; Two Cross-Entered

    When pre-entries closed Monday for the Oct. 27 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Racing Championships, globe-trotting Godolphin Racing was represented by eight different entries, including two cross-entered for both the Classic and the Turf.

  • Stand Tall with Racing

    <i>By Richard Migliore</i> -- On Oct. 27, it is highly appropriate that we celebrate racing's greatest day in New York. I urge we all do it with the same indomitable spirit that has been guiding every New Yorker the past month. I urge we all do it with that same spirit, at one of the greatest racetracks, in the greatest city, in the greatest country.

  • Ray Paulick&lt;br&gt;Editor-in-Chief

    A Common Thread

    <i>By Ray Paulick</i> -- Those who say sports and politics do not mix are either immune to reality or, quite possibly, unfamiliar with Thoroughbred racing. Can there be a stronger link between the two seemingly unrelated pastimes than there is between world leaders and the international sport of kings, queens, sheikhs, and princes?

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