A horse sanctuary near Waco that has given dozens of abandoned and abused horses a second chance at life is now fighting for its own survival https://t.co/rnMWK4L83b
Willy D's (inside) nips Coal Battle by a neck to win the $200,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes Saturday @OaklawnRacing. Francisco Arrieta (12th stakes victory of the meeting) for @trainerMMaker, Paradise Farms Corp. (Peter Proscia) & @casechambers.
Willy D’s wins the stretch duel against Coal Battle to score the 4th Running of the $200,000 Lake Ouachita with Francisco Arrieta aboard for Mike Maker. The 7yo son of Carpe Diem is owned by Paradise Farms Corp and Case Chambers🏆
WILLY D'S ($5.00) would not let Coal Battle by in the $200,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes at @OaklawnRacing with @jockeyfarrieta aboard. The son of Lookin at Lucky is trained by Mike Maker.
Willy D’s ($5) wins Lake Ouachita over Coal Battle on Saturday at #Oaklawn, while Subsandor stumbles at start and finishes fourth.
Full recap to come at https://t.co/wUZlisJbYp
The Lukas barn at @ChurchillDowns is now the Mike Maker barn. Mike, Wayne's longtime assistant before going on his own, tells @DRFRusso: "Just wish it was different circumstances"
ATTN: HORSE RACING INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS...MUST READ AND REPOST:
@jockeyclub and @BreedersCup STOP HOARDING. THE HORSES CAN’T WAIT.
We don’t need another speech.
We don’t need another Breeders Cup $650K headline pretending to be progress.
We need action.
The industry is ready, RIGHT NOW, to solve aftercare once and for all.
Start here:
A $20 MILLION commitment in seed funding to launch real infrastructure:
• $13M-$14M from the Breeders’ Cup
• $6M-$7M from The Jockey Club
This is the starting point, the catalyst for real dialogue toward a fully funded, long-term aftercare system.
Because let’s be clear:
A real plan already exists.
@RepoleStable has put forward a long-term aftercare proposal to solve this...PERMANENTLY.
The industry is ready to engage. Everyone is willing to meet.
Everyone… except The Jockey Club and the Breeders’ Cup.
And we don’t want to hear:
“Why only us?”
“Why not others?”
You’ve been sitting on the money.
You should have addressed long-term aftercare long before the last two months of exposure, the 990 filings, the forgiven loans, and the closed system with the same key players all in cahoots have forced this conversation.
No more delays.
No more silence.
No more band-aids.
What’s coming out is making people across this industry sick.
I know, because I’m listening.
The Jockey Club and Breeders’ Cup apparently aren’t.
The solution is simple:
• Sit down. Commit the seed funding.
• Engage in real dialogue.
• Finish this once and for all.
DO WHAT’S RIGHT.
REFORM IS COMING. REPOST. SPEAK OUT.
@jockeyclub@BreedersCup
"Willy D’s holds off Mercante for first graded score in Kentucky Cup Classic"
@DRFRusso recaps the Grade 3, $300,000 Kentucky Cup Classic. @TurfwayPark
https://t.co/bYVoYGksGz
🎹 #5 WILLY D'S ($17.94) is now a graded stakes winner! The Mike Maker trainee won the $300,000 Kentucky Cup Classic (G3) at @TurfwayPark with @ljlmvel in the irons.
WILLY D’S (Lookin At Lucky) gets back to his winning ways, and secures a career-first graded stakes victory, in the GIII TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes at @TurfwayPark 🏆
Owned by Paradise Farms Corp.; bred by Beau Lane; trained by Mike Maker; ridden by @ljlmvel.
Hall of Fame jockey @ljlmvel completed a hat trick with Willy D’s in the https://t.co/EVCts0K1J4 Kentucky Cup Classic (G3) @TurfwayPark@_KyleHampton got his immediate reaction after the race 🎤
At 7/1, WILLY D'S gets a stalking trip in the G3 https://t.co/EynbFb3eBd Kentucky Cup Classic at @turfwaypark for the Mike Maker barn! 🏆
Another win for @ljlmvel.
🎥 #TwinSpiresReplay