Violette’s legacy shines through on inaugural New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day at Saratoga Race Course | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS Andy Belfiore could see her friend Rick Violette’s legacy on full display Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course.
Belfiore, the national Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association’s Project Manager for the Mid-Atlantic Strategic Plan to Reduce Equine Fatalities and executive director of the TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program, observed this just after Run Curtis Run’s victory in the Rick Violette Stakes, named in honor of the trainer who died at 65 in October 2018 after a battle with lung cancer.
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Destined for stardom: Little did anyone know at the time, but young Cash (left) and Steve Asmussen had such big futures
When I was younger, working in the racing industry in Europe, the name Asmussen meant only one thing: Cash.
He was a superstar there for two decades, every bit as successful in France at that time as his compatriot Steve Cauthen was in Britain. Five times Cash was France’s champion jockey. He was an Arc winner, he won four French Derbys and every French Classic at least once, and more than 70 G1s worldwide. If there had been a TRC Global Rankings back then, he would have been a regular in the higher reaches of the world top ten.
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Court Return and jockey Daisuke Fukumoto winning the $100,000 Eternal Search Stakes on Saturday, Aug. 22 at Woodbine Racetrack
Ivan Dalos stakes-winning homebred filly Court Return, beaten a neck in the E. P. Taylor (G1) last time out at Woodbine, will race south of the border for the first time in her career facing eight rivals in Saturday s $100,000 Via Borghese at Gulfstream Park.
The fifth running of the 1 3/16-mile Via Borghese for fillies and mares 3 and up on the grass serves as a supporting stake to the $100,000 Mr. Prospector (G3), which features a lineup led by Grade 1 winners Firenze Fire and Mind Control and defending champion Diamond Oops.