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needing a good sale... Lot 459 Proisir x Gracehill filly “I can't not mention the half-sister to Crocetti. I’m lucky enough to be vending her on behalf of Daniel Nakhle. It's a family that Daniel has developed very well through the likes of Irish Colleen, Crosshaven, Killarney, and Crocetti, who has won a Railway (Gr.1, 1200m) and 2000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m). She's a November foal, but you wouldn't think it. I think the guys from the New Zealand Bloodstock team are quite surprised with where she's got to now. She's a lovely filly going forward into the sale, and got that real residual value.”

thanks.. I see that in ODT "Waldron is also looking forward to stablemate Mawkeb making her New Zealand debut in race 5 over 1200m." sigh, no, starting in R3 instead...

WinStar Farm's Heartland, a 'TDN Rising Star' son of Justify out of the Cat Thief mare Sambuca Classica and a half-brother to Classic Empire, sired his first reported foal on Friday, Jan. 16, when a colt out of I Love Nola (Champali) was born at Katierich Farm in Midway, Ky, the farm announced Friday. The colt, whose dam is a half-sister to stakes-placed Love Boot (Storm Boot), the dam of stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Made to Love Her (Steve Wonderboy), and hails from the family of multiple stakes winner True Love's Secret Desert Secret {Ire}), was bred by Rattner Bloodstock LLC. “Nice foal, strong, healthy 136-pound colt,” shared George Barnes of Katierich Farm. “If the rest of our foals look like this, we'll be in good shape.” Martha Rattner added, “He is a leggy colt with good bone and a great hip. He looks very much like Scat Daddy (sire of Justify) and we are thrilled with him. He is sentimental to us because we were the owners of Train Robbery (Cat Thief's dam) in her later years. Our farm is named after her and we are dedicated to taking her pedigree forward. We are thankful for the opportunity WinStar provided us for breeding I Love Nola to Heartland. We are also thankful for Katierich Farm and their excellent care with our broodmares. We have another mare in foal to Heartland that is due in April.” Owned by CHC Inc., Siena Farm, and WinStar Farm, and trained by Bob Baffert, Heartland was a $575,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduate. He flashed his brilliance with a head-turning career debut at Del Mar at two to become a 'Rising Star', winning a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight and overcoming trouble at the start to win going away impressively by two lengths from Slider who captured the Speakeasy Stakes and placed in the GIII San Vicente Stakes in subsequent starts. Heartland's final clocking of 1:03.20 was the fastest time of any juvenile at the distance at Del Mar or Saratoga in 2023 and earned a 90 Beyer Speed Figure. Heartland bred 123 mares in his initial book and will stand the 2026 breeding season at WinStar Farm for $10,000 S&N. The post First Foal A Colt For WinStar Farm’s Heartland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ted Noffey, the 2025 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner who is expected to be honored next week as the Eclipse Award-winning champion 2-year-old of 2025, is back on the worktab for the first time as a 3-year-old.View the full article

I think you actually find those good on course turnovers at many of the small holiday venues is pushed by tote betting by the non regular race goers, they don't care about fixed odds, probably don't care about horse racing that much either but just enjoying the summer outings that become traditional for many.

BLACK CHERRY (f, 3, Liam's Map–Summer Raven {GSW, $168,910}, by Summer Squall) entered this contest with a bullet work to her name in preparation for her debut, and the betting public liked her to the tune of 7-2 odds as the race came off the turf in favor of the tapeta. Breaking on top to show the way through an opening quarter in :21.77, she was still at the head of affairs as the field swung off the bend for the homeward run. Bracing as challenges arrived on both sides, Black Cherry gamely held on late to win by a neck over a fast-closing Pearl of Pearl (Vino Rosso). Black Cherry is a half-sister to multiple graded winner Lewis Bay (Bernardini), MGSW & MGISP, $1,166,560; Misconnect (Unbridled's Song), GSW, $327,100; and Winslow Homer (Unbridled's Song), GSW, $273,365. Her half-sister Elusive Raven (Elusive Quality) is the dam of GSW Lost Raven (Uncle Mo) and another half-sister went on to be the granddam of SW Our Lady (Bolt d'Oro). A third sibling claims MSP Mojave Desert (Munnings). Black Cherry is Summer Raven's last registered offspring. This is the immediate female family of MGISW Wild Rush (Wild Again). 5th-Gulfstream, $68,000, Msw, 1-16, 3yo, f, 5f (AWT) (off turf), :57.09, ft, neck. BLACK CHERRY (f, 3, Liam's Map–Summer Raven {GSW, $168,910}, by Summer Squall) Sales history: $200,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $40,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-William I. Mott. *1/2 to Winslow Homer (Unbridled's Song), GSW, $273,365; 1/2 to Misconnect (Unbridled's Song), GSW, $327,100; 1/2 to Lewis Bay (Bernardini), MGSW & MGISP, $1,166,560. #1 BLACK CHERRY ($9.80) refused to be beaten, breaking her maiden in R5 at @GulfstreamPark. @JuniorandKellyA was aboard the three-year-old filly by @LanesEndFarms' Liam's Map for trainer Bill Mott. pic.twitter.com/15nkiEg9U5 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 16, 2026 The post Liam’s Map’s Black Cherry Wins the Photo at Gulfstream to Graduate First Out appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Kyoto Racecourse: Saturday, January 17, 2026 6th-KYO, ¥15,200,000 ($96k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m BOOM BAP BEAT (c, 3, Into Mischief–Point of Honor, by Curlin), a $1.25-million Keeneland September acquisition for owner Susumu Fujita, has acquitted himself well in his two previous appearances over this course and distance, finishing third Oct. 10 before showing the necessary improvement to graduate by 3 1/2 lengths when last seen Nov. 15. The bay is the first produce from his dam, winner of the GII Black-Eyed Susan Stakes before placing in the GI CCA Oaks and GI Alabama Stakes at three. Point of Honor held top-class form at four, with a quartet of Grade I placings and her now 2-year-old full-brother to this colt made $1.5 million at KEESEP last year. O-Susumu Fujita; B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY); T-Mitsu Nakauchida 10th-KYO, Kobai S.-Listed, ¥40,290,000 ($255k), 3yo, f, 1400mT PRINCESS MOKO (f, 3, Charlatan–Tiger Ride, by Candy Ride {Arg}) opened her account at first asking with a three-length success on the dirt at Kyoto in November and made a favorable impression when switched to the turf for the first time, going down by a neck in a 1400-meter allowance at Chukyo Dec. 13. A $170,000 KEESEP yearling turned $300,000 OBS April breezer, the Feb. 21 foal is out of a mare that won a rained-off renewal of Keeneland's GIII Valley View Stakes and was later second to Forever Unbridled (Unbridled's Song) in the GI Beldame Stakes. Yutaka Take has the riding assignment. O-Mishima B.; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-Hideaki Fujiwara The post Pricey Into Mischief Colt Makes Sophomore Bow at Kyoto appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The nearly four-year rebuild of the new Belmont Park is scheduled to hit a significant milestone by the end of February, when training on the innermost Tapeta track is set to open. Glen Kozak, the New York Racing Association (NYRA)'s senior vice president of operations and capital projects, delivered that news nugget Friday as part of a broader overview of the track's $455-million reimagining during a meeting of the New York State Franchise Oversight Board (FOB). Before delving into details, Kozak underscored an overall message of “on schedule [and] on budget.” The projected timeline still calls for Belmont to open in September 2026 after the Saratoga Race Course meet ends. After this year's spring/early summer season at Aqueduct Racetrack, racing will cease there, leaving Belmont and Saratoga as the only two tracks on the NYRA circuit as of this coming autumn. David O'Rourke, NYRA's chief executive officer and president, explained during the Jan.16 meeting that, “When Belmont opens in the fall, the first two floors will be open. The grounds will be open. There will be a 'preview party' for lack of a better term.” But the entire venue won't be completely accessible to the public until about half a year later. “We'll be working our way into full utilization of the building for the [GII] Wood [Memorial Stakes in April 2027],” O'Rourke said. NYRA and its contractors have been laying down Belmont's four redesigned racing surfaces from the inside out. Once completed, in that concentric order, will be a one-mile Tapeta track, two grass courses at nine and 10 furlongs, and the iconic 1 1/2-miles main dirt track. “The synthetic is complete, in place,” Kozak said. “Horse tunnel is complete with the synthetic on it.” Kozak said the Tapeta track is pretty much ready to handle horses right now, but the wrapping-up of infield construction and massive piles of earth dominating the view are what's keeping training from being greenlighted. “The infield video board is now in place. But leading up to that was the concrete, the structural steel, the crane that was directly adjacent to the inside rail of the synthetic track,” Kozak said. “We still have 30,000 yards of material for the base of the track. We've got probably close to 30,000 to 35,000 yards of topsoil for the infield that needs to get spread, so that's what we're currently working on,” Kozak said. “We're able to start spreading topsoil out in the infield right now. Once the piles are down in the infield, we'll be able to see across the track, and that was the biggest concern. Because we could train-we're able to put horses on the [synthetic] track for galloping and jogging right now. But in order to have the outriders and the exercise riders [see clearly] if they need help, visually there's impairment across the track,” Kozak said. “The clay base for the main track is in the infield. It's screened, it's ready to go. Now we're waiting for the weather this spring to be able to install that, have the temperatures to be able to get that thing down and rolled and [give it] the compaction that's required. That'll take place sometime in March, early April,” Kozak said. NYRA recently gave some 40-plus horsemen a tour of the infield and the under-construction tracks with the aim of getting their input as to how the earliest stages of training might roll out. “We had that communication with the trainers, and their feedback has been, 'Let's get this right and make sure all parties have the proper [safety] coverage and we have everything in place,'” Kozak said. “It gives us the opportunity to continue to push some of the construction components that we have to work around, some of the start times, with training taking place from 5:30 a.m. to whatever time we designate,” Kozak said. “We will continue to work with the horsemen as far as the video board installation, and we're currently working six to seven days a week as far as what we're responsible for for moving that material around, so it's coming together very, very quickly,” Kozak said. “The synthetic harrow yard building is complete. The outrider stands are complete. And the end of February we're expecting all the light poles in for it, so there will be training lighting on the synthetic as well,” Kozak said. “And then the main track, the sub-base is down, meaning the stone dust is set to grade. Inside rail, outside rail are all complete. We're currently in the process now of just putting up marker poles on the inside,” Kozak said. NYRA's target date for the opening of main-track training is late April, Kozak said. “Just to get the horsemen who are coming back from Florida the ability to get on the main track,” Kozak said. “And then we'll coordinate with the construction team whether it is modified training hours or what we need in place,” Kozak added. As for the two grass courses, “[the inner] course was down since July, the [outer] course was down in October,” Kozak said. “Full irrigation is installed. All the rails are installed. We currently have three-quarters of both turf courses blanketed and covered, similar to what we do at Aqueduct.” Moving on to general construction of the grandstand, clubhouse and backyard saddling area, Kozak gave the following update to the FOB, which is the governor-appointed committee that represents the interests of New York State in the real estate at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga. “Steel superstructure and canopy is complete. The concrete superstructure is also complete. Paddock site work is roughly 40% done. Saddling stalls, with the steel work for that, is about 75% complete. Waterproofing on the main roof has started. That will take place for probably another two months, aiming to be watertight by mid- to early-April is what we're projecting. Purchase of all the electrical, mechanical, plumbing, sprinkler [systems are] either on-site or installed [and] the first-floor interiors are 40% complete,” Kozak said. “There's roughly 250 trades personnel on site roughly six days a week. There's been a couple of cases where it's been seven days a week, anywhere from an eight- to a 10-hour day. All the procurement and contracts are now fully executed. The last was the landscape that was just done a couple weeks ago,” Kozak said. The post Belmont Park Update: Tapeta Training Could Start Late Feb., Main Track Aim Is End Of April appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Every week in the TDN, we have been running the five fastest maidens as judged by the Beyer Speed Figure time. An astute reader suggested that since all breeders like fast fillies, we should have a look and see who the five fastest fillies of the week are each week. Here you go. 5. GRATEFULLY, SA, 1/8-5th, Alw, 6 furlongs (turf) Beyer Speed Figure-91 (f, 4, by Laoban–Selflessly, by More Than Ready) O- Adelphi Racing Club and Shelly & Russell Hume. B-WinStar Farm (Ky). T-Robert Falcone. J-Umberto Rispoli. In her '26 debut, Gratefully's 3 3/4-length turf score ran her record to 4-for-4: two on grass, two on dirt (off-the-turf), all in sprints. She's the first foal from Selflessly (More Than Ready-Uniformly Yours), a GSW at 2 and 3 for Klaravich Stable/Chad Brown in 2019's GII Miss Grillo and 2020's GIII Lake George. The “acquisition chain”: WinStar acquired Selflessly, bred her in 2021 to now-deceased Laoban to get Gratefully, sold the mare in November 2022 for $875,000 to Ireland's Barronstown Stud, then sold yearling Gratefully in 2023 for $155,000 to Adelphi. 4. SHINING STAR (Chi), FG, 1/9-7th, Alw, 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) Beyer Speed Figure-93 (m, 5, by Saraha Spirit–Green Power (Chi), by Dublin (Ire)) O-Sumaya U.S. Stable. B-Haras Sumaya (Chi). T-Brad Cox. J-Jose Ortiz. The two-time minor SW in Chile is a potential stakes star here after consecutive turf sprint Beyers of 92-93. Chilean owner/breeder Oussama Aboughazale sent her to the U.S. in early '25 on dirt form, but after flopping on dirt at Santa Anita she was transferred to Cox and now has won two straight on grass by a combined 11 1/2 lengths. Aboughazale stands unraced Tapit stallion Saraha Spirit in Chile: he's out of Wild Spirit, who Aboughazale also imported in 2003 to become his only Gr I winner in this country. Saraha Spirit is a half-brother to stallion Protonico (Giant's Causeway). 3. PRINCESA MOCHE (Per), SA, 1/11-8th, GIII Las Cienegas S., about 6 1/2 furlongs (turf) Beyer Speed Figure- 94 (2nd) (m, 6, by Muwaary (GB)–Queen Jezebel, by Motivator (GB)) O-Rancho San Roberto. B-Haras Los Azahares. T-Chief Stipe O'Neill. J-Marco Demuro. After two allowance wins, Princesa Moche took a big step forward Beyer-wise in a frontrunning half-length Las Cienegas (Gr III) loss to Queen Maxima (see below) at 16/1 odds. California jeweler and Peru native Roberto Spasiano acquired her last summer in Peru and after two $1500 handicap wins sent her to O'Neill. She initially looked overmatched in this country, but not any more. 1 (tie). QUEEN MAXIMA, SA, 1/11-8th, GIII Las Cienegas S., about 6 1/2 furlongs (turf) Beyer Speed Figure-96 (m, 5, by Bucchero–Corfu Lady, by Corfu) O-Dutch Girl Holdings and Irving Ventures. B-Saul Rosas (Fla). T-Jeff Mullins. J-Juan Hernandez. With her game Las Cienegas victory, Queen Maxima now has won seven of her last nine, all in turf sprints and three against graded company – and her name belongs high on the list of the country's best female turf sprinters, arguably just below Shisopicy. Co-owner Michele Arthur (the Dutch girl) bought her for only $40,000 as an Ocala June 2-year-old and races her in partnership with Ruben Isla. Arthur and Isla also own Gr I-winning 3-year-old Intrepido. 1 (tie). LOTSANDLOTSOFCANDY, FG, 1/10, Nelson J. Menard Memorial S., 5 1/2 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure-96 (m, 5, by Twirling Candy–Lotsandlotsofhope, by Tiznow) O-Jay Em Ess Stable. B-Samantha Siegel. T-Paul McGee. J-Brian Hernandez Jr. She has lately been drifting to the middle of the track through the stretch, but with her lotsandlotsoftalent, so far that hasn't mattered. Her family talent can be expressed in Beyers: in 2000, Samantha Siegel and late parents Jan/Mace bought 2nd dam Hope Rises, a SW who ran five Beyers between 91-93; she produced Lotsandlotsofhope, whose only start in 2012 was a nose loss with a solid 85 Beyer; and Lotsandlotsofhope has produced not only this mare (90, 94 and 96 Beyers) but also GSW Extra Hope, who three times ran Beyers between 90-95. The post Five Fleet Fillies: January 5-11, 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

My point was about Reefton. Turnover per race was 311k Ellerslie (stakes 460k) 280k Kumara (stakes 240k)

I'm not sure what your point is. You aren't exactly comparing apples with apples. For a start: Kumara had 9 races. Ellerslie had 8 races.

Laurel Park will run two $100,000 stakes Jan. 17 for runners bred Maryland or Virginia or by sires in these states: the Jennings Stakes and Geisha Stakes. The card also includes two $100,000 open handicaps.View the full article

It has been a wild ride for Jes Sikura, son of Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa owner and president John Sikura, since the 24-year-old graduated from the University of Kentucky in December. Just a few days after receiving his diploma, he and his father were on a plane to California. What began as a trip to celebrate opening weekend at Santa Anita proved serendipitous when the Sikuras secured multiple graded stakes winner Barnes (Into Mischief) for their stallion roster following his scratch from the GI Malibu Stakes. Since stepping into his new role as Hill 'n' Dale's Director of Bloodstock at the start of this year, the younger Sikura has taken on the assignment of putting together Barnes's first book. Sikura describes it as “an easy first job.” “I don't have to beg anybody to come to us,” he explained. “People are calling us because they're excited about him. People are excited to bring their mares to him.” Sikura recalled attending the 2023 Fasig-Tipon Saratoga Sale when Barnes first made headlines, selling to Zedan Racing for $3.2 million. Bred by Jeff Drown and Rachel Don, the son of Into Mischief hails from the family of Grade I winners Majestic Warrior, Dream Supreme and Spinning Round, but Sikura said it was the bay's imposing physical that made him one of the talking horses of the auction. “A huge endorsement is if Bob Baffert and Donato Lanni are going to pay $3.2 million for a yearling,” he said. “The fact that they did means that as a yearling, he possessed what looked to be an athletic physical.” Sikura noted that the same physical presence that made Barnes a standout in the sales ring now serves as a major draw for breeders visiting the new Hill 'n' Dale sire. “He has great size, great bone and a great shoulder,” he explained. “He walks well and has a beautiful face. I would describe him as an impeccable physical. I think anybody who is looking for a nice foal would be pleased to see Barnes and hope he's going to produce something that looks like himself.” A winner on debut at Churchill Downs in November of his juvenile season, Barnes returned to California to claim the GII San Vicente Stakes by over five lengths. He followed that performance with a second-place finish to MGISW Journalism (Curlin) in the GII San Felipe Stakes and was fifth in the GI Santa Anita Derby. After a mid-summer layoff, Barnes made three more starts including a third-place finish behind Patch Adams (Into Mischief) and Captain Cook (Practical Joke) in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes and an 8 1/4-length victory in his final career start in the GIII Perryville Stakes, besting rival Captain Cook and GSW Owen Almighty (Speightstown). “He had a lot of talent, a lot of speed and a lot of ability and courage,” Sikura said of the colt, who was retired due to a tendon injury after hitting the board in five of his seven starts. Sikura noted that at a $15,000 price point, the response has been immediate. He reported that the stallion syndicate filled within an hour of the announcement of his retirement. Sara Gordon photo “Being a first-year stallion at $15,000 who has the endorsement of being a $3.2 million yearling bought by Bob Baffert, Donato Lanni and Amr Zedan, he's got a lot of potential,” Sikura said. “He's going to breed a lot of good mares and have every opportunity. He's standing at a range where breeders are going to have a chance to get to him and we hope that he replicates his success and more through his progeny on the track.” While Sikura is just getting started in his first full-time chapter at Hill 'n' Dale, he grew up in the business learning from his father and other mentors. He worked in the farm's bloodstock division while in college and also found time between classes to spend mornings walking hots for Todd Pletcher and evenings working as a server at Carlo Vaccarezza's Frank & Dino's Restaurant. “It gave me the opportunity to meet people in Lexington and in the horse business while going to school,” explained Sikura. Sikura is looking forward to channeling that same work ethic into his new position. “My new role entails everything bloodstock-related at Hill 'n' Dale, whether that would be the sales, the breeding shed, keeping up with clients' yearlings and mares on the farm or anything organizational in the office,” he said. “It's anything I can do to be a helping hand.” “I love everything about what we do,” he continued. “I love getting to work for the family business. I love promoting the great job that we do. I love getting to reward clients who entrust us with big mares and big yearlings. I love everything I get to do that is Hill 'n' Dale associated–promoting the brand, rewarding clients and giving our stallions an opportunity.” The post Jes Sikura On The Job with New Hill ‘n’ Dale Sire Barnes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

6th-FG, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:30 p.m. ET A pair of Keeneland September acquisitions by Belladonna Racing and C R K Stable, each sold for better than a half-million dollars, debut for the in-form Cherie DeVaux barn in what appears to be a hot maiden on the Lecomte Stakes undercard. MOJACAR (Essential Quality) looks to become the fifth winner from as many to the races for dam Spanish Star (Blame), who is responsible for 2025 GI Test Stakes victress Kilwin (Twirling Candy); the crack Grade II-winning turf sprinter One Timer (Trappe Shot); and Just Basking (Arrogate), the 2024 Iowa Oaks winner who was subsequently third in the GI Alabama Stakes. A $500,000 KEESEP grad, the Apr. 12 foal is a half to 2019 GI Belmont Stakes hero Sir Winston (Awesome Again). Double Entendre (Tapit) cost $625,000 in Lexington and is out of a half-sister to GI Delaware Handicap and GI Beldame Stakes winner Belle Gallantey (After Market). Whisper Hill Farm unveils Guns Allowed (Gun Runner), a homebred half-brother to GISW Volatile (Violence) and SW & GSP Buy Sell Hold (Violence), herself the dam of SW Bourbon Bash (City of Light) and GSW Showcase (Uncle Mo). The colt's second dam is 2003 GI Test heroine Lady Tak (Mutakddim). TJCIS PPs 5th-FG, $60k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:00 p.m. Whisper Hill is represented in this fillies' division by the beautifully bred TAP TO OPEN (Tapit). Mandy Pope acquired the May 27 foal's dam I'll Take Charge (Indian Charlie) for $2.2 million at the 2013 Keeneland September Sale and from her bred this filly's full-brother 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Charge It, twice a winner at the graded level and runner-up in the 2022 GI Florida Derby. I'll Take Charge is one of eight winners produced by treble Grade I victress Take Charge Lady (Dehere), dam of champion Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song); GISW sire Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy); and GISW As Time Goes By (American Pharoah); and the granddam of champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway) and dual Grade I-winning stallion Omaha Beach (War Front). Jay Em Ess homebred Thesewallshaveears (Gun Runner) is the first foal out of the operation's two-time graded winner Go Google Yourself (Into Mischief) and the dual GISW third dam I Ain't Bluffing (Pine Bluff) produced GSW & MGISP Acting Happy (Empire Maker). Goodall (Yaupon) needs a defection to draw in from the also-eligible list but could be heard from should that happen. Sold to Tom McCrocklin for just $67,000 at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton July Sale, the bay was knocked down to Spendthrift for $525,000 after breezing in a bullet :20 2/5 at last year's OBS April Sale. TJCIS PPs 5th-GP, $84k, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 2:20 p.m. ET CONGRESSIONAL (Constitution) is a debuting son of 2017 Sunland Park Oaks winner Ghalia (Medaglia d'Oro), a $600,000 Keeneland November weanling whose two winners to date includes Ghalia Princess (American Pharoah), victorious in the 2024 Cicada Stakes. Grandview Equine went to $650,000 for this Feb. 7 foal at KEESEP in 2024 and his now juvenile half-brother Second Strike (Not This Time) was hammered down to Case Clay Thoroughbred Management for $700,000 at last year's September Sale. Gondorff (Charlatan) is bred for this surface, as he is a half-brother to Major Dude (Bolt d'Oro), whose four successes at the graded level includes the GII Fort Lauderdale Stakes at this venue. The $500,000 Keeneland September yearling is out of a half-sister to Unbound (Distorted Humor), the stakes-placed dam of GISW Arabian Lion (Justify). TJCIS PPs The post Uncoupled DeVaux Entry Packs A Powerful Pedigree Punch appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

La Route des Etalons returns next week when, as ever, you can bet your bottom dollar that bloodstock enthusiasts won't be able to resist straying slightly off the beaten track to view the seven-strong roster at Haras d'Etreham. Situated roughly an hour west of Deauville, a fair distance from most of the other farms participating in the two-day extravaganza, Etreham has a long history of standing stallions, with a certain Wootton Bassett featuring among its famous residents of yesteryear. In 2014 and 2015, the privilege of sending a mare to Wootton Bassett at Etreham would have set you back just €4,000, a far cry from the €300,000 fee he commanded in his fifth season at Coolmore in 2025. Though his own day-to-day involvement with the son of Iffraaj had long since passed, Etreham's Nicolas de Chambure came in for plenty of plaudits when the tragic loss of Wootton Bassett was announced in September last year, with a statement from Coolmore hailing the “incredible start” he enjoyed during his time in Normandy. It wasn't the first time de Chambure had provided such a platform, either, and it almost certainly won't be the last. Indeed, therein lies the dream with a young stallion such as Beauvatier, who is new to Etreham for 2026 following a distinguished racing career for trainer Yann Barberot which yielded six wins from 18 starts. Three of those victories, including Beauvatier's most notable triumph when winning October's G2 Challenge Stakes at Newmarket, were achieved over seven furlongs, which de Chambure is taking as a positive omen as he prepares to throw open the doors of Etreham for La Route des Etalons. “Siyouni and Wootton Bassett were real seven-furlong horses and they became extraordinary stallions,” he says of comparisons with the much-missed Wootton Bassett. “With Beauvatier, we tried him over a mile and we tried him over a little shorter, but I think his best distance was really seven furlongs. It's a distance where you need speed, a turn of foot and a little bit of stamina. It's all of the attributes that we like to see in a stallion and, hopefully, there will be similarities down the road between Beauvatier and Siyouni and Wootton Bassett. We would love that – nothing is written, but I think he has a very good chance.” The first chapter of the Beauvatier story was written at Ecurie des Monceaux, his place of birth back in February 2021. Bred by a partnership consisting of Monceaux, Qatar Bloodstock and Barbara Keller, the son of Lope De Vega is the first foal out of the Listed Prix de Thiberville runner-up Enchanting Skies (Sea The Stars), a half-sister to three other black-type performers, including the G1 Preis von Europa winner Empoli (Halling). This is also the family of the German champion racemare Elle Danzig (Roi Danzig). Bought by Barberot for €160,000 at the Arqana August Yearling Sale, Beauvatier earned 'TDN Rising Star' status when winning over five furlongs at Chantilly on his debut in May the following year, drawing right away in the final furlong to win by over five lengths. Five months later, following his fourth consecutive win in the G3 Prix la Rochette, the unbeaten colt arrived at ParisLongchamp as the red-hot favourite for the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. Here, however, the similarities with Siyouni and Wootton Bassett end. Whilst that pair both won France's premier race for two-year-olds, Beauvatier had to settle for third, two and a half lengths behind Rosallion (Blue Point). “He was a very precocious, early horse, more than his pedigree would suggest,” de Chambure says of that juvenile campaign. “He was out in May and he beat Ramatuelle on his second start over six furlongs. He carried that precocity all the way to the Jean-Luc Lagardere where he was an unlucky third. “I think when horses have shown a bit of something at two, it's always important. We've seen with champion horses at three and four that didn't run at two, breeders are always cautious that it could it could be a negative. That's what I like about him is that he was a spring two year old, but he was also a three-year-old, and he was also a four-year old, so it makes the whole thing very attractive.” At three, Beauvatier continued to be highly tried, running at the top level six times in seven starts. On three of those occasions he finished third, with de Chambure identifying his performance behind old rival Ramatuelle (Justify) in the Prix de la Foret as arguably the best of his career. “I think his most impressive race was the Prix de la Foret as a three-year-old,” he explains. “He was at the end of a long campaign. When they go through the Classics and all of that, they can sometimes get a little tired at the end of the season, but that was his best race of the year. It was a 16-horse field and he had a wide draw. He had to sit at the very back and he came flying on the outside to be third. That was very eye-catching, against the older horses and a very strong field.” Having confirmed at Newmarket that every inch of his ability remained intact at the age of four, Beauvatier is reported to have retired sound in wind and limb after being beaten less than five lengths on his swansong in December's G1 Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin. In fact, when it was announced in October that Beauvatier would be standing at Etreham in 2026, Barberot vouched that the colt had “never seen a vet”. “That was a big factor for us,” says de Chambure. “I think it makes a lot of appeal for the breeders, because the racing is meant to allow us to select the stallion for tomorrow. Sometimes, I think the market probably gives too much room to horses that only won one race and were unsound. “In Beauvatier's case, people can see that he was consistent three years in a row, without having any holes in his career. That's important for us and we're going to support him. The three main partners would be the Allaire family, LNJ Foxwoods and ourselves. The interesting part is that the three of us have different views on what broodmares could suit, so that's going to give the horse a different type of support, but three strong partners, very keen on giving him a good start.” Philippe Allaire, LNJ Foxwoods and Etreham have retained 50% ownership of Beauvatier from his racing days, with the remaining 50% in the process of being syndicated. He has been introduced at a fee of €7,000 for 2026. “We feel that he's got quite a bit going for him as a stallion prospect,” de Chambure sums up. “He's quite an outcross and he's going to be easy for breeders to use. He's a Lope De Vega out of a Sea The Stars mare. This is a successful sireline on both sides and Lope De Vega is yet to have a successful son in France. He's done really well as a sire of sires with some of his young sons in England and Ireland, so it's exciting for the French breeders to be accessing that blood without having to travel. “He's a horse that could sit and quicken, and I think that's very important in France where our racing can be a little bit tactical. He has a very good turn of foot and he performed well until he was a four-year-old, which I think is very important as well. And he's a good-looking horse. He's a quality son of Lope De Vega, a good color with a nice head and a good walk. He has a lot of things going for him.” The post Seven-Furlong Specialist Beauvatier Following the Wootton Bassett Path at Etreham appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fasig-Tipton has added 30 horses as supplemental entries to its Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET on Monday, Feb. 9, according to a press release from the auction company on Friday. The latest entries, catalogued as hips 351-380, include: R Morning Brew (hip 352): A SW and earner of nearly $200,000, the current 4-year-old is a half-sister to Dancing N Dixie (Neolithic), who has in excess of $400,000 in earnings herself. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Gainesway, agent; Pop Idol (hip 361): Daughter of Maclean's Music is a stakes winner at 2 and 3. She's a daughter of Canadian GSW Unspurned (Lemon Drop Kid) from the family of GISW A Z Warrior (Bernardini). Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent; Candy Light (hip 364):Track record-setting stakes winner by Candy Ride (Arg), from the family of Grade I winners Cogburn, Commentator and Behrens. She is offered as a broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent; Disco Diva (hip 366): An Arrogate half-sister to undefeated GSW Disco Time (Not This Time), who is an invitee to GI Pegasus World Cup Stakes. Offered in foal to Taiba, she is consigned by Gainesway, agent; Sweetlou'sgotaces (hip 378): A stakes-winning daughter of Constitution from the family of MGISW Colonel John. In foal to Arabian Knight, she is consigned by Denali Stud, agent; Mares in foal to City of Light, Forte, Hard Spun, Liam's Map, Jackie's Warrior, Tiz the Law, Up to the Mark, and Upstart; Yearlings by Corniche, Taiba and Violence Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept supplemental entries up until sale time. Click here to access the online catalogue and the offerings will also be available in the Equineline app. The post Fasig-Tipton Adds Supplemental Entries To Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Kumara on course 430k Off 2.517k Ellerslie off course 2.488k

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Champion sprinter Bradsell has sired his first reported foal, a filly out of the Iffraaj mare Lady Eleanor. The dam is a daughter of stakes producer Firenze (Efisio). “We are delighted with Lady Eleanor's first foal by Bradsell,” said breeder Jan Hopper. “She is a quality filly with plenty of strength and size, and as good a foal as the mare has produced.” A three-time Group 1-winning sprinter, the son of Tasleet stands for £10,000 at The National Stud (TNS) in Newmarket. Anna Kerr, CEO of TNS, said, “Bradsell's temperament and tenacity are second to none. He had an excellent first book of mares with a high percentage of stakes performers and producers, along with multiple dams of 2yo winners. It is fantastic to see the quality coming through in his foals, the future looks very bright for him.” The post Bradsell Sires First Reported Foal, A Filly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

AMERICAN SUMMER (f, 3, Constitution–Speaktomeofsummer {GSW, $266,185}, by Summer Front) was bumped by her competition heading out of the gates, and had to settle near the rear of the field as they went into the bend behind an opening quarter in :22.46. On the move after a half in :46.34, she was rallying between runners at the head of affairs but had real estate to make up in the lane. Shifting inside and relentlessly closing the distance, American Summer struck the front with enough time to put 1 1/4 lengths on American Tapit (American Pharoah) by the time they hit the line. The first foal to the races for GII Lake Placid victress Speaktomeofsummer (Summer Front), the victress has two other half-siblings in the wings–a 2024 juvenile filly by Munnings who RNA'd last year at the Keeneland September sale at $235,000 and a 2025 colt by Golden Pal. Their dam, a half-sister to a fleet of black-type performers, is due to Cairo Prince for 2026. A winning half-sister to the mare who did not achieve stakes success on track turned her fortunes around in the breeding shed as Lifetime Memory (Istan)'s claim to fame is through her son, GISW Antiquarian (Preservationist). This is the female family of multiple Group 1-placed Lucayan Prince. 9th-Turfway, $99,825, Msw, 1-15, 3yo, f, 6f (AWT), 1:12.57, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. AMERICAN SUMMER (f, 3, Constitution–Speaktomeofsummer {GSW, $266,185}, by Summer Front) Sales history: $190,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $58,842. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Estate of Brereton C. Jones; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Kelsey Danner. Promising debut from American Summer for Kelsey Danner! Congrats to the team! 2️⃣ win night for @gabe__saez @TurfwayPark pic.twitter.com/7NAw4KMX9q — Jason Barkley (@jbark131) January 16, 2026 The post Constitution’s American Summer Strikes at First Asking Under the Turfway Lights appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A new two-year partnership between Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and the National Trainers Federation (NTF) was agreed upon to support trainers and help further grow the sport of horse racing. The deal sees RMG commit to a range of support and integration with the NTF, from helping produce content for play-out on Racing TV's (RTV) broadcast and digital channels, to an annual contribution to cover the NTF's legal expenses insurance. There is a specific commitment to help raise the profile of smaller yards through increased TV exposure, while NTF members can access footage for use on their own channels. For more information on the deal, please visit the NTF website. Nick Mills, CEO of RMG, said, “It's great to be building a closer working relationship with the NTF. We share several common goals, and this new two-year-deal will be mutually beneficial as well as good for racing as a whole. We look forward to working closely with Paul [Johnson] and would welcome NTF members from across the UK to get in touch with their thoughts and ideas for content to broadcast across our platforms.” Nick Alexander, NTF president, said, “This is brilliant news for the sport and for NTF members. We have seen this year that we can achieve more as a sport when we are able to work collectively and I hope that this will be another example of this. The NTF will be communicating more to members on the specific broadcasting initiatives that will come out of this collaboration in the coming days, and I would encourage trainers to get behind them when we do.” The post Two-Year Deal Inked Between RMG And NTF appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 2025 Longines World Racing Awards will be held on Tuesday, January 20, and will be available via live stream. Organised by Longines and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), the ceremony will honour the Longines World's Best Racehorse (WBR) and the Longines World's Best Horse Race (WBHR) of the 2025 season. Winners will be announced beginning at 1:40 p.m. GMT at The Savoy in London. The IFHA website will also stream the ceremony. The IFHA will also be releasing the world's top 100 Group/Grade 1 races, as well as the rankings for all horses rated 115 or higher worldwide. The post Longines World Racing Awards To Be Streamed Live appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Three Chimneys Farm sire Newgate (by Into Mischief) has his first foal on the ground, a filly born at Jody and Michelle Huckabay's Elm Tree Farm in Paris, Kentucky Jan. 4, the stallion operation said via a Friday release. The brand new chestnut filly is out of GSP Pakhet (Cairo Prince), who is also the dam of recent SW Spirit Doll (Tiz the Law). “Newgate is a tremendous physical and covered a high-quality book of 180 mares in his first year at stud,” said Director of Stallion Nominations Rebecca Nicholson. “He has all of the qualities breeders look for in a young stallion, being by a proven sire of sires and combining an exceptional physical with superior talent and brilliance on the racetrack. We're very excited to have his first foals hit the ground.” A $850,000 2021 Keeneland September yearling, Newgate was sent to trainer Bob Baffert and the bay's debut win at Del Mar yielded a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'. The future sire's career highlight came when he captured the GI 'Big Cap' at Santa Anita in 2024. Newgate's dam Majestic Presence was third in her own debut in 2014 behind Baffert-trained 'Rising Star' Luminance (Tale of the Cat) and graduated on the stretch out at second asking. She was fourth in a pair of Grade I events that season and contested the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, but had her best black-type finish when third in the GIII Delta Downs Princess behind champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway). Newgate stands at Three Chimneys for a 2026 fee of $17,500 LFSN. The post Three Chimneys Sire Newgate Gets A Filly As First Foal appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Jim Goldie was awarded the Timeform Special Recognition Award at the Timeform Flat Awards. He won his first Group 1 with American Affair (Washington DC) in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot last June. Goldie also became the first Scottish-based trainer to break 100 winners in the calendar year. “I think we got lucky with American Affair, because the Sunday Series [in 2024] was the making of him,” Goldie told Timeform's Dan Barger. “Although we didn't do it [win the bonus] we came close and it gave him plenty of time to mature between his races, and then he went on to win the Portland. I always felt after winning the King Charles III at Ascot it was job done.” The likeable gelding is on the recovery trail, according to Goldie. A trip to America was also scuppered after his injury. He said, “He's back on the gallop. Because of what he was and where he was, we took no chances – he came out of winning at Ascot and he wasn't particularly sore, but he was due his annual flu vaccination and after we gave him it, he went lame behind the next day. It might have been his immune system reacting to the vaccine, but we decided to bone scan him and while the results were unremarkable, there was a hotspot in his hind fetlock. So, we MRI-ed him and that told more of a story – there were changes going on in the bone. “We gave him eight weeks and started to train him and then MRI-ed him again, and it was actually going the wrong way. We've got a programme to stress the bone and rebuild it, and hopefully when we MRI him again it's going the right way, and he comes back 100 percent.” Goldie's 100th winner was Krissy (Calyx) at Wolverhampton after Christmas. Overall, the 70-year-old has saddled over 1,000 winners on the Flat and over jumps. “It's a great team effort and a lot of horses have done brilliantly this year. I always spot where there's prize-money and then make a plan.” The post Jim Goldie Recognised With Timeform Special Recognition Award appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article