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National Economic Impact Study

Jay Hickey - President, American Horse Council

Ogden Mills Phipps: A business that thrives is one that adapts well to change. There have been many changes in the legislative area this year, and Jay Hickey, Greg Avioli and Greg Means are going to be with us talking about these important items. Jay, would you be first? Jay Hickey: Good morning, everyone, and I want to thank Dinny for having me here and thank him for the opportunity to address The Jockey Club Round Table again. In late June, the American Horse Council released its study on The Economic Impact of the Horse Industry on the United States at a press conference in Washington, D.C., complete with members of Congress and horses in front of the White House. Deloitte Consulting did the study, and it was completed with major funding from The Jockey Club, NTRA-Breeders' Cup, the American Quarter Horse Association, Keeneland and the organizations listed on the slide. We thank all of these associations for their support. We also thank the many individuals, some in this room, who contributed to the study. We couldn't have done it without that economic support. A steering committee was formed to oversee the project and included representatives from The Jockey Club, NTRA, AQHA and the U.S. Equestrian Federation. And I can tell you that they did much more work than they thought they would do, and we thank them for that. This was a very large undertaking. Deloitte began with membership lists from 80 horse organizations totaling more than 1 million individuals. They "cleansed and validated" the lists, invited 400,000 owners and service providers to participate, and received 28,000 surveys filed electronically. That is a 400% increase over the number of participants in our 1996 study. In addition, Deloitte sent surveys to nearly every racetrack and off-track betting parlor, hundreds of large breeding farms and training facilities, and over 4,500 horse shows. The result is the most comprehensive economic study ever done on the horse industry. It describes an industry that involves agriculture, sport, gambling, entertainment, recreation, and is all built on the agri-business of breeding and training horses. Sometimes even within the industry, many of us don't always recognize the other segments of the industry and the horse world and how they are interrelated. This study shows how important each segment is and how each compliments the other. For example, more Thoroughbreds, or Thoroughbred crosses, are used in showing, recreation and other activities than in racing. These other sectors provide markets for Thoroughbreds and second or third careers for our race horses. They are a source of new owners and new fans for the sport. And they are very important in providing added support to the many legislative initiatives that we are faced with in Washington, D.C., some of which you will hear about shortly. The study shows that the horse industry, in all its segments, including racing, showing, recreation and other activities: Involves 9.2 million horses, including 1.3 million Thoroughbreds. Includes nearly 2 million owners. Pays approximately $1.9 billion in taxes each year to all levels of government. Contributes $40 billion a year in direct economic impact, an important figure, and $102 billion in total economic impact. Supports 453,000 jobs directly and 1.4 million in total. By itself, racing contributes $11 billion directly to the economy and $26 billion in total. It supports 146,000 jobs directly and 384,000 in all. Horse breeding by itself provides an annual impact of $4.5 billion and $12 billion in total impact. These are just some of the findings of the study. It also went into 15 "breakout states." The industries in those states provided additional funding for this focus, and we know that the information will be very helpful as they deal with their state legislatures and the media. A new part of the study provided by Deloitte was an estimate of the horse population in each of the 50 states. Texas leads with 1 million, California is second with 700,000 and Florida third with 500,000. But, importantly, 45 out of the 50 states have at least 20,000 horses. This study was undertaken to provide fresh statistics. It will be a great asset in educating the public, the media, the press, and federal, state and local officials, about how important the horse industry is. This is just the type of information, particularly the economic impact and the jobs, that gets the attention of elected officials. Perhaps Senator Mitch McConnell, a great supporter and a great friend of the horse industry, said it best when he noted, "This study confirms what many in Congress already knew: That the American horse industry is a vital contributor to the U.S. economy while bringing pleasure and recreation to millions of people." And now for a commercial break, if anyone wants a copy of the national study, complete with colored pictures this time, just give a call to the American Horse Council. We'd be pleased to get you one.

Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Nov. 4-5

Odds and Ends

Sunday, November 6, 2011

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Jockey Mike Smith ties Jerry Bailey for All-Time Lead in Breeders’ Cup Wins after Classic Victory with Drosselmeyer

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith’s victory aboard Drosselmeyer in Saturday’s  Breeders’ Cup Classic, after guiding Amazombie to score in the Sprint earlier in the afternoon, brought his total number of wins in the Breeders’ Cup to 15 and bringing him into a tie atop that leaderboard with retired Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey.

John Velazquez rode two Breeders’ Cup winners Friday to bring his total to 11, ranking fifth behind Bailey, Smith and Pat Day and Garrett Gomez tied for third with 12 each.

Two trainers sent out two Breeders’ Cup winners. Hall of Fame horseman Bill Mott won the climactic events both days with Royal Delta capturing the Ladies’ Classic on Friday and Drosselmeyer the Classic on Saturday. Mott drew into a tie for third in all-time wins with Bob Baffert with eight each, trailing D. Wayne Lukas’ remarkable total of 18 and Shug McGaughey second with nine. Baffert won the inaugural Juvenile Sprint Friday with Secret Circle.

Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien also saddled two winners Saturday with Wrote taking the Juvenile Turf and St Nicholas Abbey the Turf, drawing into a five-way tie for most wins at six with Neil Drysdale, Richard Mandella, Bobby Frankel and Todd Pletcher.

Goldikova Gallant in TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile Defeat

Led by Wertheimer et Frere’s three-time Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Goldikova, the 2011 Breeders’ Cup featured eight defending or former Breeders’ Cup champions. The 6yo homebred mare posted the best result of the group when finishing third as the 1.30-1 favorite in her attempt to win a fourth straight Mile.

Repole Stables’ 3yo colt Uncle Mo, who won the 2010 Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs for trainer Todd Pletcher, finished 10^th in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, thwarting his attempt to become the first Juvenile winner to return to win the Classic.

Sagamore Farm’s Shared Account, a 46-1 upset winner of the 2010 Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, was denied a repeat bid in the 2011 edition of the race when finishing seventh, beaten 2 ½ lengths at 18.50-1 for trainer Graham Motion.

Juddmonte Farm’s Midday, winner of the 2009 Filly & Mare Turf and runner-up to Shared Account in the 2010 running of that race, opted for a start in the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf this year in which the 5yo  mare finished sixth at 5.60-1.

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Harold Queen’s Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Big Drama, who won the 2010 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint for trainer David Fawkes, finished seventh as the 3.40-1 second choice in the 2011 Sprint in just his third start of the year.

Carl Moore Management’s Chamberlain Bridge, winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs, and Hi Card Ranch’s California Flag, who won the Turf Sprint down the hillside turf course at Santa Anita in 2009, both returned for the 2011 Turf Sprint. Chamberlain Bridge finished eighth at 10.70-1 after breaking from post 14, while California Flag finished 12^th at 12.30-1.

E-Racing.Com and Kevin Jacobsen’s Eldaafer, whose 10.60-1 upset win in the 2010 Marathon allowed trainer Diane Alvarado to become the fourth female trainer to win a Breeders’ Cup race, finished sixth in the 2011 running at 12.80-1.   

More Breeders’ Cup World Championships Odds and Ends

With victories by Drosselmeyer in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Royal Delta in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, trainer Bill Mott joined John Shirreffs as the only trainer to win both races in the same Championship weekend. Shirreffs accomplished the feat at Santa Anita in 2009 when Zenyatta won the Classic one day after Life Is Sweet prevailed in the Ladies’ Classic.

The all-Mott Classic/Ladies’ Classic Daily Double returned $84.00 while the all-Shirreffs Double in 2009 paid $92.60.

Jockey Joseph O’Brien, at 18 years 5 months, 13 days, became the youngest jockey to win a Breeders’ Cup race when prevailing with St Nicholas Abbey for his father, trainer Aidan O’Brien, in the Turf, surpassing Fernando Jara, who won the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Classic with Invasor at 18 years, 10 months, 18 days.

The victory by Spendthrift Farm LLC’s Court Vision at longshot odds of 64.80-1 in the Breeders’ Cup Mile provided the second largest win mutuel in the history of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships:

Arcangues $269.20 (1993 Classic)

Court Vision $131.60 (2011 Mile)

Spain $113.80 (2000 Distaff)

Lashkari $108.80 (1984 Turf)

One Dreamer $96.20 (1994 Distaff)

Four post-time favorites won Breeders’ Cup races this year. The winning favorites were Secret Circle (.40-1 in Juvenile Sprint), My Miss Aurelia (2.10-1 in Juvenile Fillies), Royal Delta (2.20-1 in Ladies’ Classic), and Regally Ready (2.30-1 in Turf Sprint). Of the four winning post-time favorites, just one prevailed on Championship Saturday

Juvenile Turf winner Wrote became the first Breeders’ Cup winner sired by 2002 and 2003 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner High Chaparral.

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Breeders’ Cup World Championships Leading Jockeys (by earnings)

Jockey	Earnings
Pat Day	$23,033,360
Jerry Bailey	$22,006,440
Mike Smith*	$20,979,760
Garrett Gomez*	$18, 472,600
Frankie Dettori*	$18,191,172
John Velazquez*	$17,270,930
Chris McCarron	$17,669,600

*Denotes Active Jockey

Breeders’ Cup World Championships Leading Jockeys (by win)

Jockey	Wins
Jerry Bailey	15
Mike Smith*	15
Pat Day	12
Garrett Gomez*	12
John Velazquez*	11

*Denotes Active Jockey

Breeders’ Cup World Championships Leading Trainers (by earnings)

Trainer	Earnings
D. Wayne Lukas*	$20,005,520
Bill Mott*	$13,441,210
Bobby Frankel	$13,242,050
Bob Baffert*	$11,950,000
Todd Pletcher*	$11,601,650
Aidan O’Brien*	$11,376,000

*Denotes Active Trainer

Breeders’ Cup World Championships Leading Trainers (by win)

Trainer	Wins
D. Wayne Lukas*	18
Shug McGaughey*	9
Bob Baffert*	8
Bill Mott*	8
Neil Drysdale*	6
Bobby Frankel	6
Richard Mandella*	6
Todd Pletcher*	6
Aidan O’Brien*	6

*Denotes Active Trainer

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Jockeys Who Won Their First Breeders’ Cup World Championships race in 2011

Jockey	Horse	Race
Juan Leyva*	Musical Romance	Sentient Jet Filly & Mare Sprint
Rajiv Maragh	Caleb’s Posse	Dirt Mile
Joseph O’Brien*	St Nicholas Abbey	Emirates Airline Turf

*Denotes First Breeders’ Cup Mount

Trainers Who Won Their First Breeders’ Cup World Championships race in 2011

Jockey	Horse	Race
Bill Kaplan	Musical Romance	Sentient Jet Filly & Mare Sprint
Roger Attfield	Perfect Shirl	Emirates Airline Filly & Mare Turf
Robert Reid, Jr.*	Afleet Again	Marathon
Bill Spawr	Amazombie	Sentient Jet Sprint
Donnie Von Hemel	Caleb’s Posse	Dirt Mile

*Denotes First Breeders’ Cup Starter

The 29^th Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held

Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3, 2012 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

 

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Horse industry's race to survive

Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

Letters
Horse industry's race to survive

March 3, 2009

Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky is in a race to survive. With reports that Ellis is ready to close and that Turfway Park is in a daily struggle to hang on, can Keeneland and Churchill Downs be far behind without help? Don't say it cannot happen in Kentucky. Just look north to Ohio and visit River Downs or Beulah Park sometime.
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But don't tell any of this to our governor or our legislators. They fail to see dwindling attendance and handle, an aging (60-plus) but devoted fan base, and competition from neighboring states that have installed slot machines or casinos to help boost purses paid to horsemen.

Kentucky cannot balance its budget. It is raising taxes on alcohol and tobacco products and hints that some other form of tax increase will happen next year also. Gov. Steve Beshear ran on a platform of expanded gambling in order to help keep taxes lower and balance the budget, but he has done little if anything to fulfill his promise. The legislature has timidly brought bills up the last two years, but it was a weak effort to get them passed. Slots could be a win ticket for Kentucky taxpayers, schools and the horse industry if the Governor and the legislators were proactive. Instead, it appears they will wait to be reactive.

Granted, the horse industry has failed to present a united front, thus sending mixed signals to our legislators. Nationally, many think racing needs a czar to oversee and manage racing's problems and promotion. Kentucky needs a czar also, long enough to pull its tracks, breeders and the rest of the horse industry together.

The first job such a czar would tackle is promotion. The czar would need to coordinate efforts of all horse groups to bring its clout and its money to mass market this signature industry to the public. Tell the story of the economic impact this business has on this state and what slots or casinos could do to improve our state. Polls taken the last several years indicate that the public wants some form of slots or casinos. It's time for action. Let the public help influence our legislators. Public pressure moves them to act, not sit and wait.

HIPODROMO DE AZUL

Turf: Donde la pasión no tiene fronteras

Buenos Aires.- Desde su reapertura, el hipódromo de Azul resulta un imán para los caballos de las ciudades vecinas y nutre a los principales escenarios. La apuesta es volver a ser sede de la pasión de los aficionados a las carreras y una opción para propietarios y profesionales que aspiran a correr en su zona, como paso previo antes de competir en las pistas principales. Uno de los hipódromos en crecimiento es Azul, que cuenta con apoyo oficial, al igual que Mendoza, San Luis y Tandil.

Inaugurado el 12 de octubre de 1914 por el Jockey Club, Azul se encuentra ubicado en la intersección de las calles Mujica y Jujuy, a 300 km de la Capital Federal. Ocupa un predio de 52 hectáreas, con una pista de arena que tiene una extensión de 2100 metros, un ancho de 29,60 y fue una de las primeras inversiones que realizó Hipódromo Azul SA, la empresa concesionaria, que remodeló todas las instalaciones desde que asumió en 2000 y a partir de 2003 recibe los beneficios de la Ley del turf bonaerense, con el Fondo de Reparación.

Allí, los alrededor de 1500 aficionados que concurren a cada jornada no sólo disfrutan del espectáculo de las carreras, organizadas mensualmente, sino también de un asado o una mateada bajo la frondosa y casi centenar arboleda. Ejemplos sobran, como el del entrenador Pedro Paganti, que el mes pasado hizo una reunión para casi medio centenar de personas, para celebrar el cumpleaños de su nieta, y festejó, además, el triunfo de uno de sus caballos, Ever Free.

El hipódromo en el que dejaron su huella caballos como Villares, Atilia y Palotes, por citar algunos, cuenta con tres tribunas, oficinas, un restaurante y un salón que se utiliza como agencia receptora de apuestas para las carreras de San Isidro, La Plata y Palermo. La Villa Hípica está a pleno, con sus 172 boxes ocupados. Otros 30 pertenecen al sector de tránsito, inaugurados hace dos años. Y cien se encuentran en los studs cercanos al predio.

Escenario con destacada actividad hasta principios de la década del 80, actualmente funciona lejos de aquellos problemas financieros que incidieron en el éxodo de ejemplares, profesionales y hasta llevó a la institución a ver como se remataba su sede del centro, una de las edificaciones más tradicionales de la ciudad

La actividad fue en aumento, con mejores premios y más carreras. El entusiasmo volvió a reinar. Incluso, dos de las pruebas de cada reunión forman parte de la programación del Bosque, como sucederá el domingo próximo, y los controles de doping se realizan en la Universidad de La Plata.

Jorge Valdivieso, Vilmar Sanguinetti y Pablo Falero son algunos de los profesionales que fueron agasajados desde la reapertura. Para ellos, no obstante, quedó una cuenta pendiente, porque no corrieron en el terreno donde la amazona estadounidense Susane Davis ganó dos cotejos el 25 de mayo de 1973.

Azul no sólo recuperó un lugar para su gente. Desde ciudades vecinas, como Olavarría, Tandil, Mar del Plata, Las Flores, Rauch, General Alvear y Bolívar, entre otras, llegan caballos que nutren sus programas. Con su crecimiento hay más opciones para todo el turf del centro de la provincia.

La Nación / DINGNews.com 30/01/2009

Por casi una semana, el jinete y el caballo tuvieron que trabajar juntos para conocerse antes de salir a escena.

La Opinión - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Luis Fernando Villegas, el jinete actor de la obra De mostruos y prodigios: La historia de los castrati arribó a Los Ángeles días antes del estreno de la obra del Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes de la Ciudad de México. La pieza requiere de las habilidades de un jinete de equitación clásica, ya que uno de sus ocho actores es un caballo. Pero no de un caballo cualquiera, sino de un caballo actor.

Para su puesta en escena en el teatro REDCAT de Los Ángeles, la obra tiene a El Rey Sol, un caballo del sur de California, que representará a Marengo, uno de los 130 caballos de Napoleón Bonaparte, que estaba en la lista de sus preferidos por su fuerza y hermosura.

No es la primera vez que El Rey Sol está en el escenario. En su currículum vitae tiene una amplia lista de presentaciones en charreadas, videos musicales y shows fotográficos. Entre sus actuaciones más relevantes está la que hizo con la cantante Madonna durante su gira musical Confession de 2006.

"A [El Rey Sol] le encanta la música", dijo esta semana su propietaria Samantha Kirkeby. "Su entrenador José Luis Flores, de Zacatecas, lo acostumbró a estar rodeada de ella desde que tenía como unos cuatro años. Él es un buen caballo, tiene una buena fundación para actuar con el bullicio de la música, los aplausos, las luces, las cámaras".

"El Rey Sol tiene gran potencial escénico", aseguró Villegas por su parte. "Y nos hemos acoplado el uno al otro muy bien".