Siblings (and offspring) of well-known horses

[Starine]

Satono Damsel, half-sister to Animal Kingdom by Deep Impact, wins her 4th out of 6 starts.
https://twitter.com/LongBallToNoOne/sta ... 32512?s=19

[ThreeMustangs]

There are going to be a lot of pretty pedigrees debuting this weekend.

Superman Shaq -- half to Monomoy Girl, Mr. Monomoy
Waspirant -- out of champion Life is Sweet
Spielberg -- million-dollar yearling, from the family of Outwork, Raconteur, and Katerbug...

And that's just one race at Del Mar

Spielberg was second, Waspirant fourth, and Superman Shaq sixth. The winner was the Violence colt Dr. Schivel. He ran the 6f in 1:10.49 compared to Weston’s 1:12.72 in the Best Pal (G2).

[tachyon]

Time Flyer(JPN), 2015H. Heart's Cry(JPN) x Time Traveling(JPN)[full to dirt G1 winner Time Paradox(JPN)] by Brian's Time(USA), won the G3 Elm Stakes 1700m dirt at Sapporo on August 9th 2020. It's nice to see the turf G1 winner at 2 gain his second graded title at 5 on dirt. His jockey Christophe Lemaire said he could improve more. And his sire Heart's Cry does looks like a versatile stallion.

https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001204045/
20-5-3-0



-- replay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgEMstHzZyQ

[Mylute]

There are going to be a lot of pretty pedigrees debuting this weekend.

Superman Shaq -- half to Monomoy Girl, Mr. Monomoy
Waspirant -- out of champion Life is Sweet
Spielberg -- million-dollar yearling, from the family of Outwork, Raconteur, and Katerbug...

And that's just one race at Del Mar

Spielberg was second, Waspirant fourth, and Superman Shaq sixth. The winner was the Violence colt Dr. Schivel. He ran the 6f in 1:10.49 compared to Weston’s 1:12.72 in the Best Pal (G2).

Dr. Schivel per Google is one of the original names of Dr./Mr. Freeze in Batman. Could be a coincidence.

I recently realized I love the Batman series. I have been playing the Arkham games.

[mariasmon]

Seasons (Tapit/Winter Memories) just won an eventful 2YO MSW at Saratoga.

[ThreeMustangs]

Seasons (Tapit/Winter Memories) just won an eventful 2YO MSW at Saratoga.

That was scary. Glad they’re both okay.

https://twitter.com/kimbchr/status/1292 ... 05889?s=21

[TapitsGal]

Libertyrun euthanized

[Diver52]

Libertyrun euthanized

What happened? I was sort of watching the race and wondered why he wasn't getting any calls. I feel really bad for Mattress Mac about this.

[Tessablue]

Libertyrun euthanized

No 2yo should ever have enough accumulated damage for something like that to happen. Absolutely horrific. Those commercials just went from annoying to deeply upsetting.

What happened? I was sort of watching the race and wondered why he wasn't getting any calls. I feel really bad for Mattress Mac about this.

Fell about 40 yards from the wire, shattered sesamoids in the left fore.

[TapitsGal]

Libertyrun euthanized

No 2yo should ever have enough accumulated damage for something like that to happen. Absolutely horrific. Those commercials just went from annoying to deeply upsetting.

What happened? I was sort of watching the race and wondered why he wasn't getting any calls. I feel really bad for Mattress Mac about this.

Fell about 40 yards from the wire, shattered sesamoids in the left fore.

I too wonder what happened. I don't think genetics I thought I remembered runhappy retiring injury free. Too much hard training too fast? Didn't runhappy get injured training with wohlers before borell got him?

[Flanders]

Libertyrun euthanized

No 2yo should ever have enough accumulated damage for something like that to happen. Absolutely horrific. Those commercials just went from annoying to deeply upsetting.

What happened? I was sort of watching the race and wondered why he wasn't getting any calls. I feel really bad for Mattress Mac about this.

Fell about 40 yards from the wire, shattered sesamoids in the left fore.

I too wonder what happened. I don't think genetics I thought I remembered runhappy retiring injury free. Too much hard training too fast? Didn't runhappy get injured training with wohlers before borell got him?

His dam never even raced. Her half sister produced the ill-fated Points Offthebench, it could very well be genetics.

Runhappy missed a lot of racing. He was good from July 2015 to December 2015. He barely made it back to the races in 2016 and only made 2 starts both bad. Before July 2015, I don't know, he was off for almost 6 months.

[Tessablue]

I don't remember Runhappy's injury history, but they did used to brag about working him very hard (while also refraining from from giving him Bute, poor thing), and he started refusing to train towards the end of his career. In all of the recent joking about his marketing blitz, I'd forgotten how worried everyone was when he ran in the Dirt Mile. I also recall a collective sigh of relief when he was withdrawn from the Pegasus and retired.

I suppose you can make your own conclusions about Libertyrun's workout pattern since his last start:
8/3/2020 Dirt 2F 22.60 Breezing 1/1
7/26/2020 Dirt 6F 1:15.00 Breezing 1/1

The Wholers/McIngvale team has run two other Runhappys so far this year. Prettyhappy has run four times already, including a recent two-week turnaround. Runability ran twice in two weeks and has not worked in the month since. I guess we'll have to wait and see how it works out, and who else they debut down the line.

[Northport]

I remember Runhappy's racing schedule being patchy after winning the BC Sprint and the trainer drama, but I totally forgot about him refusing to work. Yikes.

[CorridorZ75]

He fractured a bone in a hindlimb either late two year or early 3 year old season.

[Mylute]

I, too, remember well how worried everyone was, since he had become 'Runsappy." I've heard from an online buddy that they would parade Runhappy for fans/railbirds against his will post-BC, as in they would parade him when he was fighting against them or did not look like he was interested or feeling well.

Runhappy fractured a bone in his leg shortly after his first run as a 3 year old, after which Wohlers "discarded him" (per online commenters who I don't know personally but seem to have background knowledge) and Borell took up the mantle of his rehab (or so I've heard).

That first run was the Lecomte, where he finished 9th. It was only his second start.

ETA: There was a fluff piece going into the BC called *drumroll* "Meet Maria Borell." It is insightful. The way the narration goes, after RH got hurt, someone recommend Borell to Mattress, because he was looking for someone in Kentucky to handle his rehab. Borell was recommended because she had background as a vet tech and all of her horses were "well cared for." The video is still on YouTube is you want to watch it. I actually had it saved in a playlist for racing stuff. I get wanting to send or keep Runhappy in Kentucky where he would have easier access to all kinds of rehab facilities and getting a vet tech girl to watchover him, but what I don't get is completely transferring his training to an unknown quantity in Borell, who did not have a winner before him. Why didn't he transfer Runhappy back to SIL's barn the second he won the King's Bishop?

Lest we forget what happened with Eragon, too.

[ThreeMustangs]

Great tweet from Craig Bernick (@craigb1818):

Nice to win with Fly the W at Colonial. 7th generation homebred, half to Caribou Club. He has probably been the biggest problem horse we’ve ever owned, knee issues his whole life and responsible for two workman’s comp claims. 20 more wins and we will be even!

[Starine]

Libertyrun euthanized

What happened? I was sort of watching the race and wondered why he wasn't getting any calls. I feel really bad for Mattress Mac about this.

Me too. Especially after I saw a photo of the horse with the grandson. Mattress Mac does a lot of good things for the sport and that's terribly rotten luck.

[Squeaky]

So sorry to hear Mack still using LW as his trainer. Feel very bad for him and especially for the horse. With all of the new technology for screenings for bone bruising/ micro fractures it is sad that these type of catastrophic injuries still occur. You know this horse had ore- existing micro-fractures. I think the days of saying “ he/ she just took a bad step and that’s part of racing “ are over, or should be.

[Mylute]

So sorry to hear Mack still using LW as his trainer. Feel very bad for him and especially for the horse. With all of the new technology for screenings for bone bruising/ micro fractures it is sad that these type of catastrophic injuries still occur. You know this horse had ore- existing micro-fractures. I think the days of saying “ he/ she just took a bad step and that’s part of racing “ are over, or should be.

Gotta keep it in the family.

[Starine]

A couple from over the weekend that I missed:

Super Game won a one-mile turf maiden test Sunday at Del Mar in her second start for trainer Brian Koriner. The Super Saver filly is a half sister to Plus Que Parfait, who won last year's UAE Derby Sponsored By Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group (G2).

In the southeast, Newtown Anner Stud homebred Monorail found the winner's circle at Gulfstream Park in her first start Aug. 8, taking a one-mile turf maiden event by a neck. The Into Mischief filly is the first foal out of grade 1 winner Off the Tracks, a Curlin half sister to grade 2 winner and sire Concord Point.

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... t-saratoga