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VOL. 44, NO. 5/MAY 2016Editor A PUBLICATION OFJoan Colby THE ILLINOIS THOROUGHBREDPublisher BREEDERS AND OWNERS FOUNDATIONIllinois Thoroughbred Breedersand Owners Foundation “Past Performances reprinted by permission of copyrightExecutive Director owner, Daily Racing Form, Inc. Reproduction prohibited.”Dan ArrigoProduction Manager CONTENTSDena GervasiGraphic Design & Page Layout It’s Official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Ann E. Littleson 2016 Arlington Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Neil Milbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Photo/Art Editor Janine Starykowicz (1960-2016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Neil Milbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Jesse Saenz, Jr. Point of View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Ray Hallett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Mailing Director ITBOF President’s Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Dan Sullivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Tom Mikulski Sancerre: Back Home with Bill Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . By David Zenner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Advertising Sales &SubscriptionsDan Arrigo Foal Arrivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Professional Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Copyright 2016. Written permission must be ON  THE  COVER:obtained to reprint photographs and editorial material. Pictured are Jabber Dabber Doo and her filly by Flat Out. Owner is Dana Waier ILLINOIS RACING NEWS, (ISSN  #1083-8309), is Thoroughbreds. The filly was foaled atpublished bi-monthly by Illinois Thoroughbred Gallagher Farm in Walnut Hill, IL.Breeders and Owners Foundation for $24.00 per year. Cover design by Jesse Saenz, Jr.Periodicals Postage paid at Oak Brook, IL  and atadditional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Sendaddress corrections to: Illinois ThoroughbredBreeders and Owners Foundation, P.O. Box 578,Arlington Heights, IL  60006. (847-253-3670). Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs arewelcome, and all will be considered. Return postagemust accompany all submitted materials if they are tobe returned. ILLINOIS RACING NEWS assumes noresponsibility for loss or damage thereto. Any materi-al accepted is subject to such revision as is necessaryin our sole discretion to meet the requirements of thepublication. Opinions expressed in this publication are thoseof the writers and do not necessarily represent theviews of the management.

Broodmare Management Foaling Layups ™ Retireeswww.indianhillstbfarm.com At Stud: Wild Gambler & Ameriheart 618-792-3398 It’s OfficialRegistration Opens for Microchip Scanners Available to Jockey Club CustomersThird Thoroughbred Owner Conference Thoroughbred owners and breeders can now order microchip OwnerView, the Thoroughbred owner resource developed by scanners directly from Pet Travel through a link on The JockeyThe Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Club’s Interactive Registration page at registry.jockeyclub.com.Association (TOBA), announced recently that registration isopen for the third edition of the Thoroughbred Owner The Datamars Compact Max Universal Scanner, which isConference being held at Santa Anita Park, October 31 - manufactured by Datamars and marketed and distributed by PetNovember 3, 2016, the same week as the Breeders’ Cup World Travel, is available for $249.Championships. In August 2015, The Jockey Club’s board of stewards voted The conference is designed to educate, inform and entertain to change certain provisions of the Principle Rules andnew, prospective and current Thoroughbred owners through a Requirements of the American Stud Book and microchips willseries of panels and social events. become a requirement for registration for foals of 2017 and later. This enables microchips to be phased in on a voluntary basis for This conference’s panels include business considerations for foals of 2016 and enables breeders and owners to establishracehorse ownership, Breeders’ Cup winning owners, jockeys, appropriate procedures with their veterinarian and identifier andtrainers, and racehorses in Hollywood. Among the panelists are to acquire a microchip reader.Bob Baffert, Richard Mandella, Art Sherman, Gary Stevens,Mike Smith, Laffit Pincay Jr., Dean Reeves, Barbara Banke, and “Countries such as England, Ireland, France, South Africa,John Amerman. Australia, and others have instituted microchips as a requirement for registration for several years now,” said Rick Bailey, The As an added bonus, on behalf of the Breeders’ Cup, Jockey Club registrar. “Identifiers at the various racetracks inregistration will include one Grandstand Reserved seating ticket North America have also reported the microchip to be reliable infor both Breeders’ Cup World Championships racing days on confirming identity from the runners importing from Europe,November 4 and 5. Asia, and other parts of the world.” The owner conference social events include: Microchips are available upon request on a live foal report for • The Breeders’ Cup Post-Position Draw & Reception on 2016 foals and will be distributed for all 2017 foals. There is noMonday, October 31 increase to the registration fee for either foal crop. • Breeders’ Cup Breakfast Marquee near Clockers Corner onNovember 1 When coupled with the review for written markings, the use • Conference Dinner & Reception on November 1 of microchips improves the efficiency and reliability of the • Lunch on November 1 & 2 identification process for all Thoroughbreds, even for those who • A reception featuring Racing Syndicates from across the do not make it to the racetrack.U.S. on November 2 • Tour opportunities at the Rose Bowl stadium and Los The Jockey Club recommends that microchips be implantedAngeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden on November 3 by a veterinarian or under the supervision of a veterinarian.along with an afternoon of lunch and live racing • Reserved seating for both days of championship racing, The Jockey Club website features an FAQ section pertainingNovember 4 & 5 to microchips at Registrations are being taken for the full conference at registry.jockeyclub.com/registry.cfm?page=dotRegistryHelpDes$750/person. For spouses and partners who are interested in kMicroFAQ.attending just the social events, a registration for social events isavailable at $400/person. Both types of registrations include the Owners, breeders, and veterinarians can contact The JockeyBreeders’ Cup tickets. Club Registry with inquiries at 800/444-8521 or Additional information and registration forms are available at: [email protected]/event/conference. ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016 / 3

2016 Arlington Meet by Neil Milbert Horsemen and horseplayers who are hungry for stakes will 11; the Black Tie Affair for three-year-olds and up and the Mikehave a banquet awaiting them at the May 6 through Sept. 25 Ar- Spellman Memorial for fillies and mares, scheduled for June 18.lington Park meeting. The Addison Cammack and Isaac Murphy are sprints that will They will have 24 stakes races to dig into at Arlington after be run on the Polytrack, while the Black Tie Affair and Spellmanbeing on a diet consisting of claiming, maiden and allowance Memorial are route races that will be contested on the turf course.races during the March 11 through April 30 Hawthorne RaceCourse meeting in order to offset the overpayment in purses at Unfortunately, the six home-cooked races won’t be as appetiz-past meeting. ing for owners and trainers as they were last year. All of the Illi- nois-bred races are $50,000-added, whereas in 2015 they were Arlington’s total stakes purses will be in the neighborhood of $75,000-added.$4,350,000. Last year, Arlington didn’t have any stakes races for the first Last year Arlington pared down its stakes schedule and purses, two months of the meeting, but this year the Grade III Arlingtoneliminating five $150,000 races—the Arlington Classic, Arling- Classic, the Grade III Arlington Matron and Grade III Hanshinton Matron, Chicagoan Handicap, Arlington Oaks and Washing- Cup will be contested on May 28 and, in addition to the six Illi-ton Park Handicap—plus a $100,000 race, the Arlington Sprint. nois-bred races, the June schedule calls for the Grade III Chicago Handicap to be run on June 25. Purses for the 17 remaining stakes were approximately $3.5million. In addition to the Arlington Classic, Arlington Matron and Chicago Handicap, the listed Arlington Sprint (July 2), the Grade This contrasts with 2014 when there were 25 stakes worth III Arlington Oaks (on July 23) and the Grade III Washingtonabout $.5 million. The reason for the cuts in 2015 was because Park Handicap (Aug. 27) are returning after a one-year absence.money generated for purses by an impact fee levied against casi-nos ran out in 2014 and wasn’t renewed by the General Assembly, Concluding the stakes schedule on Sept. 10 will be a double-leaving betting handle revenue as the only source of purse money. header for two-year-olds: the Grade III Arlington-Washington Fu- turity and the listed Arlington-Washington Lassie. At the Illinois Racing Board hearings for this year’s dates Ar-lington entered into a dark-time purse allocation agreement with In 2015, these two races also were the last stakes, but the Fu-Hawthorne. turity was run on Aug. 22 and the Lassie on Aug. 29. The agreement called for Arlington to be the dark host track As has been Arlington’s custom for many years, it will offer itsfrom Jan. 3 through March 6. For the remainder of March, on world-class gourmet feast for horseplayers on Million Day, whichdark days Hawthorne gave Arlington the host track purse money this year is Saturday, Aug. 15.but retained the host track commissions. Million XXXIV is the main item on a menu that also includes Thus, the infusion of that money, much of which had hitherto the Grade I $700,000 Beverly D. for fillies and mares, the Grade Igone to Hawthorne, is enabling Arlington to increase its daily $450,000 Secretariat Stakes for three-year-olds, the Grade IIIpurses and its stakes purses. $350,000 American St. Leger, the Grade III $100,000 Pucker Up for three-year-old fillies and the non-graded $75,000 Bruce Arlington’s stakes menu will consist of three Grade I races, 12 Duchossois Memorial for three-year-olds.Grade III races, two listed races, one open company race and sixraces restricted to Illinois-breds. All of the graded races will be on the turf course; the Duchos- sois Memorial will be on the Polytrack. The Illinois-bred events will be run as double-headers on threesuccessive Saturdays in June. They are: the Springfield for three- The American St. Leger—which is a 1-11/16-mile event cre-year-olds and the Purple Violet for three-year-old fillies, sched- ated in 2012 to attract distance-loving European runners—will beuled for June 4; the Addison Cammack for three-year-olds and up contested as a graded race for the first time.and the Isaac Murphy for fillies and mares, scheduled for June ILLINOIS THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS FOUNDATION 2016 AWARDS DINNER JOAN KAREL: $924.60 • RALPH FOX: $4,619.12 Honoring Champions of 2015 GEOFF HERMES: $283.59 • DAVID SIMPSON: $187.27 GARY SINDELAR: $437.46 • PHILIP C. BLUM: $667.37 Saturday, May 28, 20l6RICHARD W. PLETAN: $1,528.35 • Tracy Carr: $190.44 Arlington Park Mary P. Ozanic & Randy Bond: $86.94 Chef's Table Dinner Tickets: $60 per personPaula Olson: $1,615.23 • Cleveland Richardson: $34.50 Cocktails 6:30 p.m $70 at the door Dinner 7:30 p.m. Estate of John Robertson: $539.03 Awards 8:30 p.m. Traditional Business Attire Estate of Harry Newman: $605.49 Tomas Garza: $671.21 • Sandy Bank: $96.60 For additional updates see www.itbof.net WANTED! The I.T.B.O.F. is seeking contact with the above named persons in order to pay them Breeders' Awards. If you For Tickets, Contact ITBOF Office can supply a current name, address, and/or telephone number on 847-253-3670 any of these persons, you could be of service to a fellow horseman.4 / ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016

Janine Starykowicz (1960-2016)by Neil Milbert Janine Starykowicz was born and raised in “She became passionate not only about theIndiana and made her home in East Chicago, sport, but also about the animal,” Zenner pointedbut she will be remembered as a person who out. “She was a big force behind Galloping Out.”had a deep love for Illinois racing and made Galloping Out is the non-profit organizationsignificant contributions to the sport in the founded in Illinois to provide after care for re-state. tired racehorses and Ely is its program coordina- tor. Barn to Wire is the website that Janine “Janine was a volunteer for Galloping Out andfounded in June 2000, providing readers access a founding member of the Illinois Equine Hu-to any and all articles dealing with Illinois thor- mane Center,” Ely said.oughbred and harness racing. According to Ely, when Cavel International, Inc. attempted to reopen its Illinois horse slaugh- For almost 16 years “Check it out on Barn to ter plant, Ms. Starykowicz, who had onceWire,” has been the byword for followers of worked in Washington as an aide to former U.S.those sports in this state. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, played a vital role in persuading the Illinois legislature to ban For Ms. Starykowicz, Barn to Wire was a the facility.labor of love. “She made herself an expert in the field of horse slaughter,” Ely said. “She made a couple of trips to Springfield with us and “She only made a very little bit of money when she wasn’t there she was on standby and on top of it. If wedoing it, but she didn’t want a full-time job,” said Ron Uchman, a needed pertinent information or numbers she never failed to de-racing official and member of the publicity department at liver.”Hawthorne Race Course. “She was on her website constantly. Uchman pointed out that because of the work that the Indiana University graduate with a dual major of political science and “Strangely, although she lived in Indiana, she never was in- journalism had done for Senator Luger, “she was aware of howvolved in Indiana racing. She made Illinois her racing home and things worked in government and her research made her one ofit was quite a drive for her to get from Indiana to the racetracks.” the foremost authorities in the country on anti-slaughter bills.” “She was a tireless advocate,” Uchman continued. “People The countless friends Ms. Starykowicz made in the Illinois would call her from all over the country to get information onracing community were stunned and saddened when they re- what they could do to promote legislation outlawing horseceived the unexpected word of her sudden death at age 56 in a slaughter.”northwest Indiana hospital on April 9. Ms. Starykowicz also had a brief stint as a thoroughbred owner. According to her close friend, trainer Jan Ely, she had gone to “She was a partner in More Than Able, who won a few racesthe hospital about 10 days earlier because she thought she had and made about $80,000,” reminisced Ely. “He was a son of thebroken ribs. very good sire More Than Ready, and I was able to buy him as an unbroken two-year-old for $6,000 at the January sale in Ocala.” When doctors found no evidence of broken ribs extensive tests On the way home to Illinois, Ely was contacted by one of herwere conducted. Black spots were found on her liver and the di- owners. She told him about the acquisition and he bought a 33agnosis was that she was suffering from cancer. percent share in More Than Able. Then, another client took a piece of the two-year-old. “She rarely missed making it to the racetrack on Saturdays so When Ely got back home, she went to the Yellow House barwhen she stopped showing up a few weeks ago we knew she was across the street from Hawthorne and told her friends the news.really hurting,” Ely said. “When one of her sisters called me and “Janie and Bruce, the bartender in the Gold Cup Room, weresaid she had passed away it was really sad.” sitting there,” continued the trainer. “Janine said, ‘I would love to be a part owner of a horse, but Shortly after founding Barn to Wire, Ms. Starykowicz started all I could afford is $100 a month,’ and our bartender friend saidshowing up at Illinois racetracks. the same thing. “I said, ‘For that I can give you each 5 percent,’ and they both “I met Janine via her website,” remembered Dave Zenner, a said they wanted in.Gulfstream Park racing official who formerly headed Arlington “Janine loved that horse with all her heart. As far as she wasInternational Racecourse’s publicity department. “I was an occa- concerned, he was her horse.”sional poster and an avid reader of Barn to Wire. If there are horses in heaven, they raced to the Pearly Gates of the winner’s circle to greet the founder of Barn to Wire when she “She reached out to Dan Leary (who then was Arlington’s passed the wire on April 9.publicity director) and myself for a credential and from that point Ms. Starykowicz is survived by her three sisters, JoAnne, Judyon she became a fixture in the Press Box. She always had a posi- and Jeanette, and a brother, John.tive attitude and always was willing to jump in and help out. Shewould help us get quotes and she would proofread my copy. Evenwhen she wasn’t there, if she caught something she would bring itto my attention, not to be vindictive, but to get it corrected.” It was the same when the thoroughbreds were at Hawthorne.When assistance was needed, Ms. Starykowicz was there to pro-vide it. “Janine was a big help and she never asked for anything,” saidUchman. “If people were having trouble getting online, she woulduse her computer expertise to help them. She was just an all-around good person. “She was never a big bettor. She would bet to show and shehad some little quirks as a bettor. She wasn’t the best handicapperin the world, that’s for sure, but she loved the sport.” Her love led to her embrace of animal welfare organizations. ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016 / 5

Point of View by Ray Hallett Arlington opens this month, and local racing doesn’t get any ways comes into play, the draft enabled the NFL to have parity,better. However, Illinois racing just isn’t what it used to be. It is and as a result, it thrived.convenient to blame that on mismanagement, either locally or inSpringfield, but I think the blame goes further. The other professional sports eventually came to the same conclusion as the NFL and also instituted players’ drafts. The Na- I’m reminded of when I was a kid. tional Basketball Association held its first draft in 1947, but be- As I have mentioned many times in the past, I’m originally cause of territorial selections, did not have its first completelyfrom southern Indiana. I grew up a baseball fan in an area of the open draft until 1966. The National Hockey league went to a draftcountry where fan loyalty is generally split between the Cincin- system starting in 1963. Baseball followed suit in 1965. The agenati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals. But, I was different. In my of dynasties was over. The era of parity and increased popularityyouth—we are talking the late 1950s to the mid 1960s—I was a had begun.New York Yankees fan. Why the Yankees? The answer is pretty simple. Those were the What does this have to do with horse racing? Plenty.glory years for the Yankees, and they had a lineup in which the While team sports, embracing parity and competition in ordermajority of the players were heading to the Hall of Fame. Back in to increase popularity, turned to a draft and then ultimately freethose days, they were expected to win the World Series every agency, horse racing chose to go in the opposite direction and in-year, and they came pretty close to doing that. Look in the dic- stituted a system that discouraged the distribution of talent.tionary for dynasty and you will probably find New York Yankees Horse racing, which is structured differently, couldn’t take theas the definition. For me, it was hard to ignore success. I guess same path as professional team sports. You can’t sign a horse to aeveryone either loves or hates a winner. performance contract. Owners, trainers and their charges are all Back in those days, I gave little thought to why the Yankees theoretically free agents and can race wherever they please.were so good, year after year. I just knew they were very success- However, there is another defining factor that could have beenful and managed to be on Saturday’s Game of the Week more than taken into consideration. That is the stakes schedule that topany other team. horses and their connections follow. Remember, back in those days we didn’t have satellites or The pivotal moment for racing took place in 1974 when thewall-to-wall cable channels. Even local television stations didn’t North American Graded Stakes Committee published its first list-broadcast the local team’s full schedule. Being a baseball fan usu- ing of graded stakes. It created a system that is monopolistic andally meant listening on the radio. elitist. The fix was in. An inherently unbalanced system was I didn’t realize back in my youth that there was a reason for spawned that benefits primarily top level breeders and tracks andthe popularity of the Yankees beyond achievement and exposure. allows them to control the sport and maintain a dominant positionThe Yankees were the kings of a system that was unfair. Because to the detriment of racing in the rest of the country. Think pre-of their location in the largest and wealthiest city in America and draft Yankees.their large fan base, the Yankees had more money to invest than By grading stakes, the committee gained the power to controlany other team in baseball. the distribution of racing talent. Winning prestigious graded The Yankees were successful because they could outspend any stakes became important to breeders and owners because blackother baseball franchise. They had the money to sign the best type enhances the value of horses as stallions and broodmares. Byyoung talent. They had the money to buy the best players away controlling the number and location of those anointed stakes, thefrom other teams. I think the Kansas City A’s functioned mostly committee gained the ability to influence the appearances ofas a farm club for the Yankees, or at least it seemed that way. The horse racing’s stars.Yankees were so successful that they drove both the Dodgers and Over the long run, the system has been counterproductive andGiants out of town and to the west coast. damaging to the health of the sport and industry. It has divided How dominant were the Yankees? Between 1947 and 1964 the sport into the haves and the have-nots.they won 15 American League pennants and had 10 World Series The irony is that the committee has hidden behind the rule thatwins. Their National League counterpart would be the Dodgers, every race is evaluated each year by the quality of the field. Thatwho won 10 pennants. The Yankees capitalized on what was an sounds logical, but it is a smokescreen. If you have a top runner,inherently unfair system that was good for the Yankees but bad why would you ship that horse across the country to a smallerfor baseball. track when you can stay at home and compete in a higher rated The Yankees weren’t the only ones that established promi- race?nence in an unbalanced system. In basketball, it was the era of the The result is that the major tracks have been able to hoard theBoston Celtics. The Celtics won 11 of 13 NBA championships racing talent by using the grading system to discourage horsesbetween 1957 and 1969. Seven times they defeated the Lakers, from shipping or stabling elsewhere. There is little that non-majorthe NBA’s number two team during the era. In hockey, the Mon- tracks can do to fight the system. Think of it as a “chicken or thetreal Canadians (12) and the Toronto Maple Leafs (9) won 21 of egg” scenario. You can’t raise the rating of a race without the top25 championships between 1944 and 1969. horses, but the top horses won’t come unless the rating is raised Of the professional sports leagues, only the National Football first.League managed to avoid being dominated by one team, and The numbers don’t lie.there is a reason. In 1936, the NFL chose to promote competition Contrast 1976, the year the Daily Racing Form started usingby instituting a player draft with less successful teams being re- graded stakes designations, with today. In 1976, there were 64warded with higher picks. While proper evaluation of talent al- Grade I stakes in the United States spread over eight states. New York led the way with 24, California had 18, and Kentucky had6 / ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016

three. Sixty-point-nine percent of the Grade I stakes were con- 1976, there were 14 overall graded stakes in Illinois. Despite antested in those three states. increase in total numbers nationally, in 2016 there will only be 16, all at Arlington Park. Three—The Secretariat, The Beverly D, Skip ahead to 2015 and you will find that the number of and the Arlington Million—are rated as Grade I events. Fair-Grade I stakes has been increased by 31 to 95. The states of New mount Park lost its only graded stake years ago. Sportsman’s ParkYork (35), California (31) and Kentucky (18) have 84 of those is gone, and Hawthorne has chosen to forego stakes races untilGrade I races or 86.9 percent of the total, a significant increase. the legislature in Springfield finds a way to help the tracks en-New York has gained 11. California has gained 13. Kentucky has hance purses. After the fiasco of leaving the Illinois Derby off thegained 15. Those states have been able to flourish by using the list for Kentucky Derby qualifying races, who can blamesystem to keep the best horses at home and competing against Hawthorne for surrendering to the powers that be.each other. Keep all of this in mind the next time you start wondering why The smaller market states of Illinois, New Jersey, Delaware, horse racing has declined in popularity in most of the country. ItFlorida and Maryland show a net loss of nine Grade I stakes, de- is not only in Illinois that racing is its own worst enemy.spite the overall number of Grade I stakes increasing. Unable toattract significant numbers of quality horses, the stakes in thosestates have been in decline for years. The same pattern holds for Grade II and Grade III stakes. Thebig markets get richer at the expense of the smaller markets. InSunburn and Horses Sun damage is a serious problem for some horses. It causes Fig. 2severe, painful blistering around sensitive areas, such as the eyes,muzzle, and flanks. Here are some strategies for protecting yourpink-skinned horse from the sun’s damaging rays fromtheHorse.com. Horses with pink-skinned areas on their bodies are predis-posed to painful sunburns. That includes: Fig. 3 Melanin (pigment) helps protect skin from the sun’s ultraviolet This information originally posted on theHorse.com was sponsored by Kinetic Vet.(UV) rays. Thus, pink skin (no melanin) is vulnerable to sunburn.(See Fig. 2) Sunburns are serious. Horses with painful sunburn should notbe ridden. Also, sunburn can predispose a horse to developingsquamous cell carcinoma, an aggressive cancer. Help soothe and heal an existing sunburn by applying topicalwound salve, aloe vera or diaper cream containing zinc oxide, asoothing sun protectant. Of course, prevention is best. (See Fig. 3) UV-resistant materials can block up to 70 percent of UV radia-tion from reaching a horse’s back and torso. Sunscreen should beapplied frequently, especially on small, light-colored areas, butnot around the horse’s eyes. On sunny days, keep horses inside,particularly between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Talk to your veterinarian if your horse’s sunburn is severe.You’ll want to make sure that it is not related to a serious condi-tion called photosensitization (UV light sensitivity). ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016 / 7

President’s UpdateITBOF By Dan Sullivan Summer’s Rise Last weekend, I walked through the barn and watched the last owners to provide this field size? Their numbers are going downin-foal mare who should have foaled yesterday. She is huge and along with the number of farms in Illinois.just stands there waiting. I thought of the state of Illinois racing.All the owners whose investments make Illinois racing possible How can Illinois racing support itself? Five years of waitingare just standing there waiting. to be bailed out by gaming legislation hasn’t proven productive. Also, even if legislation passes, gaming is now in every gas sta- Racing, for an owner right now, is kind of like my overdue tion and bar. Is there really a bail out waiting with a gaming sub-mare. We are all standing there in our respective stalls waiting. sidy? Will there be gamblers who will be waiting at the trackThe purses are so depressed we wonder why we bother. Day gates even if gaming passes—if it ever passes?money doesn’t go down. Layups don’t go down. The vet billsdon’t go down. Farrier bills don’t go down. It seems like nothing Illinois racing is at a tipping point, and the tipping point isgoes down in Illinois racing except the purses. purses. Either purses go up or the breeders, trainers, vets, farriers and the rest go down in Illinois. Everyone must contribute to No, there is one other number that is going down. The num- purses in this difficult time. If ever there is a time for belt tight-ber of Illinois foals and Illinois-bred horses are going down. So, ening it is now.the source of the product an owner relies upon and which makesup over 50 percent of Illinois races is going down. My horse will foal with summer’s rise. But, I wonder whether that foal will race in Illinois. The tracks want fields of eight or more. But, the Illinoisproduct that can provide those fields is disappearing. Why?Where are the owners that will buy the horses? Where are theFoal Arrivals Foals are appearing on farms across the state. Each month we will print foal arrivals. Information needed is GALLAGHER FARM farm and location, date of birth (optional), color, sex, sire, dam, owner, and breed-back (if known). Photos are also welcome. Send Foal Arrivals to: Illinois Racing News, 111 Shore Drive, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, Fax: (630) 887-0210 or email: info@midwest- outdoors.com (mark for Illinois Racing News Foal Arrivals). Walnut Hill, IL Villa Ridge, IL2/5/16, c. by First Samurai, out 4/8/16, f. by Flat Out, out of Jabber Dabber 3/30/16, f. by Greytap, out of Camagin.of Le Sang Royale. Foaled at Doo. Breeder: Dana Waier Thoroughbreds. Foaled at Ridgewood Stables LLC. Owners:Gallagher Farms. Breeder: Dana Bred back to Violence. Mark & Brian Rivolta.Waier Thoroughbreds. Bred backto Fed Biz.8 / ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016

Sancerre: Back Home with Bill Kellyby David ZennerSancerre winning the Pucker Up Stakes at Arlington in 2013. “So, I took him back. I paid to have him shipped After receiving a phone call from Denise Bennett, Bill Kelly from New Orleans to myknew he had to bring Sancerre home. The hard-knocking claimer place in Peoria. We have himwho spent the majority of his days in Kelly’s colors had been here. We’ll take good care ofinjured shortly after being claimed away from the 74-year-old him. He’s (eight) now andattorney. we’ll take good care of him.” “Denise found out the horse had gotten injured,” Kelly Sancerre ended his careerexplained. “She called me to tell me and I told her that I would with a record of nine wins,take the horse back. So she set it up with the new conFnouercFtoiootendsFotos nine seconds and 12 thirdswho said if I paid for the shipping, they’d just give me the horse from 40 starts and earningsback. just north of $300,000. He recorded victories at “We raised Sancerre (named after an area in France where Hawthorne, Arlington,they make white wine). He was born here at my place—an Tampa Bay Downs andIllinois-bred. I gave him to Dale Bennett (to train),” Kelly said. Mahoning Valley (Ohio).“In his four-year-old year, he developed a fracture in his hindlegs and we had to lay him up for six months. They put a pin in For Kelly, who did notand we brought him back. He ran well as a five-year-old (four grow up around horses, andwins). He was just a consistent, hard-trying horse in the $18,000- in fact, did not see a horse$20,000 claiming level. He probably gave us the most fun of any race in person until he washorse we’ve had. It was fun to have a horse who gave us his all 32-years-old, horse racingevery time he ran. eventually became a passion. “He tried hard every time and we had so much with him for a “I grew up in ‘corn-and-period of almost five years. He was a come-from-behind horse, beans country,’” he said. “I happened to stop at Arlington Parkso he gave us a lot of thrills. He broke a lot of hearts of horses on my way to a Chicago Bears exhibition game in Milwaukee inon the lead at the eighth pole. 1971 and that started me off. “We took him to Keeneland in October 2015 and he was “I would go to Keeneland in the spring, and a couple of yearsclaimed,” he continued. “A man from Texas (James Clanin) later, I decided to buy a horse. Frank Kirby claimed a horseclaimed him. He ran twice for the new owner—had a first and a named Volume for me,” he noted. “He had been something of asecond. He was working toward another race for them when he Derby contender on the West Coast. I made a little money withtore a suspensory ligament and was certainly through racing. him, and a few years later, I bought an Illinois yearling at the Illinois Yearling Sale. That turned out to be Peoria County who turned out to be a stakes horse and was (Illinois) two-year-old champion. That got me really hooked, so I ended up buying a farm and four or five broodmares. I’ve been in the business in a small way ever since. I breed all the horses we run. I’m just a lit- tle guy.” With Sancerre finished racing, Kelly doesn’t currently have anything running, but the love of the sport now runs through his family. “My son, Jim, who is also a lawyer, has an un-started four- year-old with Wayne Catalano that they think can run a bit. We’ll be looking forward to seeing him run.” The elder Kelly isn’t finished racing horses. “On April 13, Sancerre’s mother (Play a Song) foaled a beau- tiful filly by Discreet Cat, a nice horse who stands in Kentucky. So, we’ll watch her develop and we have high hopes for her.” ILLINOIS RACING NEWS / MAY 2016 / 9

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