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Just uses fast horses ? lol. The Mitchell Dawson 'show' continued last night with his 3 runners right on the money. But How do you beat a trainer going 1.50 miles with Country class horses ? ANSWER/ bring in the BIG Guns 😎 . Race 1 last night at Albion  'Leader' Peter quite happy to hand up the lead a lap out 🤣😉, to the flying 1.50 improved wonderhorse 'BOLD MEDLEY JUJON' . and peels off it's back in the home straight and takes him down in 1.49.3 .   low flying. there was 10 lengths back to the others.  Pete McMullen confirms how good he is training with NZ three year old FERNCO NEL to a blistering 1.49.3.  These aren't even Metro class horse yet ??  😂. this was a 'Qualifying race' to get them into Metro class racing (for the better prizemoney) Fastest Quallies every run in history I think. only a 3 year-old too. near track record.   1.49.3 !! good grief that was 3 seconds faster than the FFA later in the evening.    FOOTNOTE : straight after in race 2 the ex-pat NZer young trainer Trent Lethaby from Canterbury won race 2 , narrowly defeated another 'Miracle Mitch Dawson trained improver 'BIGGER THE BETTOR' who could only win One maiden in NZ at Manawatu in about 20 starts. BIGGER THE BETTOR winning 5 of 13 here and 5 narrow 2nds in 1.53 last night. is jumping out of the ground now , after those dark NZ days. Trent Lethaby's girlfriend is Pete McMullens young sister Taleah . so She steered the NZ bred horse 'Tremendous Sensation' brilliantly to knock off the Mitch Dawson horse.  well done Taleah !  Mitch got some revenge for his 2 narrow Second placings , getting his "Much Improved' mare ZAHRA LOU , to win the Mares Quallie at the end of the night in very quick time by 4 lengths. (1.52.7 the same as the FFA lol )  Go Mitch !! 

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As trainer Chad Brown and Klaravich Stables owner Seth Klarman formulate plans for their 2026 stable, a very nice option popped into place in the dirt older filly and mare category. View the full article

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Every Vote Counts in New York. Third Start The Charm For Pinatubo Filly Klaravich Stables' Every Vote Counts (Pinatubo) strolled to a 1 1/4-length victory during the Belmont at the Big A meeting on November 2 (video). Trained by Chad Brown and bred by The Sparkle Roll Partnership, she was making her third start. A 220,000gns Tattersalls October yearling, the daughter of G2 Ribblesdale Stakes-placed Sparkle Roll (Kingman) has yearling and weanling half-sisters by Kameko. Sparkle Roll is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Wings Of Eagles. Darley stallion Pinatubo, priced at £17,500 next year, has sired 63 winners from 127 runners worldwide with his first two crops. Four of his progeny are stakes winners, with his flagbearer G2 Prix de Malleret heroine Qilin Queen. Strictly in the U.S., the son of Shamardal is responsible for six winners from seven starters (86%). His GIII With Anticipation Stakes third Cavallo Bay is his best there. Repeat Winner Three Diamonds Farm's Bunratty Manor (No Nay Never) returned to the winner's circle in a Churchill Downs affair for trainer Rusty Arnold on November 6 (video). The daughter of Sapphire Ring (Galileo) was winning for the second time in seven starts. Fresh off a career high when third in the GIII Waya Stakes on this circuit in October, Alluring Angel (Fastnet Rock) earned a graded win of her own in the GIII Long Island Stakes on November 8 (video). The five-year-old mare is owned by Lawrence Goichman and trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott. The Big Con (Dark Angel), who is owned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Tony Weintraub and Brandon Dalinka, captured the GIII Grey Stakes at Woodbine for trainer Miguel Clement (video). The full-brother to U.S. graded winner Heredia was taking his first stakes victory. Klaravich Stables' Growth Trajectory (Lope De Vega) won for the second time in three starts in New York on November 2 (video). The relative of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Aunt Pearl (Lope De Vega) is trained by Chad Brown. The post Making Waves: Vote Carries The Day In New York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

To hose her down or your fence?

Luckily it stopped a couple of hours after the last.  Not opposed to entertainment, music, etc , good concept as alluded to above....but had visions of the noise carrying on for a lot longer.  Thinking of the horses stabled very close by too.   Wish I'd been out with the hose when a woman fell off her heels and then threw up over my fence.

Blackout Time, scratched by regulatory veterinarians from the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar, remains targeted toward races next year leading to the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, trainer Kenny McPeek said.View the full article

Too tired and a wee bit burnt to hit the Grand tour this time. I thought the racing was great yesterday and picked a couple of winners.   

May be a few gaps in those trees now.