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You easily get sucked in…So above statement says 20k more active account holders compared to 2024….yet active accounts in Oct 2024 was 105,600 compared to 117,400 Oct 2025. So thats a worry, plenty not using accounts in the big month of October for racing….

Of 13 horses expected to fly into Southern California this week, only one didn't make the trip, according to Del Mar. Flights were grounded due to the FAA grounding MD-11 freighter aircraft for inspections and repairs.View the full article

Runaway GII Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes winner and GI Pennsylvania Derby runner-up Magnitude (c, 3, Not This Time–Rockadelic, by Bernardini) put it all together in his first start against older horses, capturing the 151st running of the GII Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs Friday. Off from the outside as the 2-1 favorite, he pressured early pacesetter and GIII West Virginia Derby winner Chunk of Gold (Preservationist) through the :23.21 first quarter, then backed off a bit to track behind Chunk of Gold's :47.07 half. Magnitude began moving up on the turn at the same time G1 Dubai World Cup hero Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) advanced from midpack, then took command despite Chunk of Gold not relenting easily. The ultra-game latter sophomore fought back and the two appeared to brush, with Chunk of Gold only giving way grudgingly in the last strides as Magnitude swapped to his wrong lead and Hit Show joined the fray late. Magnitude held his advantage, winning by about a half-length over Hit Show, with Chunk of Gold another head back. The final time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:48.69. “In the second turn, I started moving forward and he did the rest,” said winning jockey Jose Ortiz. Last seen finishing second to Baeza (McKinzie) in the Sept. 20 Pennsylvania Derby, Magnitude was also third in the GI Travers Stakes behind dual Classic winner Sovereignty (Into Mischief). He captured the Iowa Derby July 5 at Prairie Meadows after nearly five months on the sidelines after coming out of a 108 Beyer tour-de-force in the Risen Star Feb. 15 with a bone chip. WHAT A FINISH! The 3YO Magnitude wins the G2 Clark at @churchilldowns under @jose93_ortiz for trainer Steve Asmussen! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/q4qkdIHwD8 — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 28, 2025 Friday, Churchill Downs CLARK S. PRESENTED BY NORTON HEALTHCARE-GII, $595,000, Churchill Downs, 11-28, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:48.69, ft. 1–MAGNITUDE, 118, c, 3, by Not This Time 1st Dam: Rockadelic, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Octave, by Unbridled's Song 3rd Dam: Belle Nuit, by Dr. Carter ($310,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $450,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Ron Stolich (KY); T-Steven Asmussen; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $360,700. Lifetime Record: MGISP, 11-5-2-1, $1,291,865. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Hit Show, 125, h, 5, Candy Ride (Arg)–Actress, by Tapit. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $117,000. 3–Chunk of Gold, 120, c, 3, Preservationist–Play for Gold, by Cairo Prince. ($2,500 Ylg '23 FTKOCT). O-Terry L. Stephens; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Ethan W. West. $58,500. Margins: HF, HD, 4 3/4. Odds: 2.18, 5.21, 13.51. Also Ran: Who Dey, Rattle N Roll, Gosger, First Mission, Cooke Creek. Scratched: Willy D's. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Not This Time’s Magnitude Causes Good Vibrations in the Clark appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Well, I think Reefton - for one - provides its own maintenance and has a positive balance sheet. I can't imagine Mr Molloy tolerating debt. Hokitika was another that had plenty in kitty, enough to undertake any works determined to be necessary. Not given the chance. Gone.

In dramatic fashion, Glorious Boy awarded his freshman sire Independence Hall (by Constitution) his first stakes winner in Friday's Pulpit Stakes. He didn't have much luck earlier in the summer on the main track at Saratoga, though he was meant for the turf initially on debut before getting rained onto the dirt upstate. But, once switched to the grass at Aqueduct Sept. 28, he found a nice improvement to his form, breaking his maiden in an optional claimer and running second most recently in the six-furlong Awad Stakes Nov. 9. Shipping into Gulfstream for the first time, the 8-1 shot faced both a weather-necessitated surface switch to Tapeta and a stretch in distance out to the one mile and 70 yards Friday. Bumped at the break, he found himself off the pace in fifth just behind Bronze Bullet while able to save ground from his outside draw just off the rail on the short run into the clubhouse turn. That pair stayed in tight quarters for much of the backstretch run with Glorious Boy swinging out wide for running room outside of his rival. In a joint move with just over a quarter mile to run, the two came for home together with Bronze Bullet hitting the front. As they raced down to the wire, they came together several times late in a head-bobbing dead-heat finish. The stewards immediately hung the inquiry sign as Rajiv Maragh aboard Glorious Boy also lodged an objection against Emisael Jaramillo on Bronze Bullet. After review, Bronze Bullet was disqualified from the dead heat win and placed second with Glorious Boy elevated to solo first. “I objected because there was some contact that I felt impeded my horse,” said Maragh. “In the moment, it was so close I wasn't sure if I won, so I made sure I claimed foul.” Winning trainer Carlos Martin added: “I wasn't sure about the DQ because it seemed like there was some incidental contact both ways. But Stacy Prior, trainer Joe Orseno's assistant who helped us with the horse–Joe and her have been great the whole time we've been here, about 10 days–she said to watch it again because the second time our horse's [behind] kind of went out from underneath him, maybe just enough. A tie is great, but it's better to have the win.” Of Bronze Bullet's DQ, trainer Jose D'Angelo said: “It was a tough call. I think he was tired. They are babies going two turns for the first time.” Freshman sire Independence Hall has 16 winners from his first crop. First dam Love Co, herself a stakes winner in New York, has eight winners from 10 to race including now three stakes performers. Glorious Boy is her last reported foal. #5 GLORIOUS BOY ($19.40) was declared the winner of the $100,000 Pulpit Stakes at @GulfstreamPark after a DQ of #2 Bronze Bullet who originally was involved in a dead heat for the win. @RajivMaragh was up for trainer Carlos Martin and owned by Centurion Thoroughbred Club. pic.twitter.com/P8xRDRFSKM — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 28, 2025 PULPIT S., $100,000, Gulfstream, 11-28, 2yo, 1m 70y (AWT) (off turf), 1:40.74, ft. 1–GLORIOUS BOY, 119, g, 2, by Independence Hall 1st Dam: Love Co (SW, $121,881), by Not For Love 2nd Dam: Cozzekiki, by Cozzene 3rd Dam: Raffinierte (Ire), by Surumu (Ger) ($19,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $90,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Centurion Thoroughbred Club; B-Vossfeld Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Carlos F. Martin; J-Rajiv Maragh. $60,760. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $136,260. *1/2 to Portofino (Speightster), SP, $230,793 and Veaisha (Wando), SW, $290,078. 2–Bronze Bullet, 118, c, 2, Leinster–Renovation, by Alternation. ($7,000 Ylg '24 OBSWIN; $37,000 Ylg '24 OBSOCT; $180,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Three Diamonds Farm; B-Charles Weston & Robert Vickers (FL); T-Jose Francisco D'Angelo. $19,600. 3–A Million Dreams, 118, c, 2, By My Standards–So Beautiful, by Arch. ($27,000 Ylg '24 FTKFEB). O-Bella Mia Stables, LLC; B-University of Kentucky (KY); T-Kevin Rice. $9,800. Margins: 3HF, 3HF, HF. Odds: 8.70, 2.10, 7.90. Also Ran: Shipmate, Behold the King, Sunrise, Chalky White. Scratched: Skipping Stars, Uncle Aldo. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Independence Hall Gets First Stakes Winner In Dramatic Rendition Of Pulpit appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Really? If Slot Holder Coolmore has the three best sprinters racing what are the odds are that other Slot holders that own horses will choose one of the two that Coolmore don't? The final starters are the result of a closed auction rather and deals rather than on talent.

A few weeks removed from having topped this year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on a bid of $3.7 million from Bill Shiveley's Dixiana Farms, LUSH LIPS (GB) (f, 3, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}–Lamyaa {GB}, by Arcano {Ire}) pounced on long-time leader Classic Q (Classic Empire) with less than a furlong to race in Friday's GII Mrs. Revere Stakes and held off a late dive from East Coast raider Pretty Picture (Munnings) by a long neck as the heavy 1-2 favorite. Exiting a victory in Keeneland's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup about 70 miles east on Interstate 64, Lush Lips hit the ground running from the inside gate, but she was outfooted and was content to lay second, as Classic Q–who ran on from behind to fill the runner-up spot in the GIII Valley View Stakes–reverted to the front-running tactics that saw her annex Saratoga's Wild Applause Stakes and just miss in the GII Lake George Stakes. Taken off the fence approaching the half-mile marker by Tyler Gaffalione, Lush Lips looked to have the front-runner where she wanted her on the turn and into the lane. The Gary Barber runner proved a stubborn rival, in large part owing to a fairly sedate time of things on the engine, but Lush Lips called upon her class to push past for the victory. Pretty Picture flashed home for second, while Classic Q was a very game third. The final time for the 8 1/2 furlongs on fast ground was 1:41.75. Sales history: £82,000 Ylg '23 GOFAUG; $3,700,000 HIT '25 KEENOV. O-Dixiana Farms LLC; B-The Pocock Family; T-Brendan Walsh Lush Lips gets another graded stakes win in the G2 Mrs. Revere at @churchilldowns! @brenpwalsh trains the 3YO filly and @tyler_gaff was aboard! The G2 Clark is up next! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/Lu7wTVppVl — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 28, 2025 The post Keeneland November Topper Lush Lips Brave In Mrs. Revere appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Correct me if I'm wrong but does Ellerslie have raceday protocol exemptions: They seem to be able to irrigate closer to raceday than any other Club; They don't use a penetrometer or any other measurement device to derive a track rating; They don't gallop horses on raceday mornings to confirm the rating or a safety test as well. Yet they do at Pukekohe - "because we have horses available there"; The "Soft 5" rating seems standard rather than measured and is achieved by verti-draining late in the week leading up to raceday. What does this do to the stability of the surface? Is this why some horses find it shifty particularly on the bends?; They rely on what the Jockeys say to determine when the rating should be upgraded during the day. If that is the case why don't they gallop horses prior to Race 1? If they don't use a standard rating measurement device how do punters compare the arbitrary "Soft 5" with other NZ tracks?

In her second trip to post, PASHMINA (f, 2, Constitution–Panthera Onca {MSP}, by Super Saver) graduated from the maiden condition in a big way. The daughter of Constitution was elevated to fifth on debut Oct.18 at Keeneland after a disqualification occurred in front of her after the mile turf maiden concluded. Running with first-time Lasix here, and sent off as the 9-5 favorite for the swap over to the main track, she opted to watch the race unfold from third as the frontrunner posted a pressured pace of :23.29 and a half in :47.44. The looming danger after six panels in 1:13.64 and with the field spinning into the lane, she overhauled Lit Up (City of Light) to stroll home much the best. The victress is the first surviving foal for her dam, and first winner. Panthera Onca, herself a half-sister to Grazie Mille (Bernardini)–mother of GISW Mo Town (Uncle Mo), has since produced a yearling filly named Giclee (Munnings) and was bred to Gun Runner for 2026. The aforementioned sister also claims 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' SW & MGSP Justique (Justify), who recently sold for $2-million to Whisper Hill Farm during the 2025 Fasig-Tipton November sale. This is the extended female family of SW West Memorial (Caracaro). 7th-Fair Grounds, $54,000, Msw, 11-28, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:46.12, ft, 10 3/4 lengths. PASHMINA (f, 2, Constitution–Panthera Onca {MSP}, by Super Saver) Sales history: $350,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $35,411. O-Red White and Blue Racing LLC; B-Narola, LLC (KY); T-Rob Atras. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Constitution’s Pashmina Graduates at Second-Asking Against Fair Grounds Maidens appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

No it's not is it? The guidelines are that it a G1 must not be restricted. And I'd say entry depends on whether or not you have a good enough horse, not how much money you have.

True but without restrictions is a moot point. Doens't it depend on how much money you have? Although the Asian Pattern Committee has approved its Grp 1 status.

Calandagan is the world's top-rated horse and rides a string of three straight group 1 wins but faces one more challenge this season--the Nov. 30 Japan Cup (G1T).View the full article

Grade 1 winner Hope Road appears strong to get a second consecutive win in the Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Del Mar, while Hey Nay Nay faces a competitive field of juveniles earlier on the Nov. 30 card in the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T).View the full article

HISA has issued a $6,000 fine and a 10-day suspension to trainer Danny Gargan for breezing a horse six days after it had received an intra-articular joint injection. He is to serve his suspension from Dec. 7-16.View the full article

Domino Vitali (Uncle Mo), one of just two first-time starters in the field, made a winning debut for Amo Racing after they picked her up for $600,000 at OBS March last year. Quickly to the front from the outside gate under Daniel Centeno, the 4-5 favorite had to shake off early pressure from Hola Hermosa (Adios Charlie) but, once free of that rival, burst clear of the back and came home largely untested six lengths ahead of Blazing Affair (Mastery). Bred by Repole Stable, who purchased West Coast Chick for $400,000 at Keeneland November in 2019, Domino Vitali is her dam's third winner from four to race. That dam, herself a half-sister to GISW and sire Klimt (Quality Road), has a yearling Life Is Good filly sold for $170,000 at Keeneland September this year and a weanling Forte colt who brought $125,000 at Keeneland November behind his dam who sold in foal to Yaupon for $60,000. DOMINO VITALI was much the best today under Daniel Centeno for owner @amoracingltd pic.twitter.com/9n3BGhBmd9 — Delgado Racing (@RacingDelgado) November 28, 2025 6th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 11-28, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:17.80, ft, 6 lengths. DOMINO VITALI (f, 3, Uncle Mo–West Coast Chick {GSP, $163,184}, by Malibu Moon) Sales History: $280,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $600,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Amo Racing USA; B-Repole Stable, Inc. (KY); T-Jorge Delgado. The post Uncle Mo’s Domino Vitali Goes Coast To Coast In Tampa Maiden Win appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Well if KYR wins it. It's G1 quality for sure. And it's not a restricted race. It's a sweepstake.

Calandagan is the world's top-rated horse and rides a string of three straight group 1 wins but faces one more challenge this season--the Nov. 30 Japan Cup (G1).View the full article

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen starts Iroquois Stakes (G3) winner Spice Runner and dominant allowance winner Soldier N Diplomat in the Nov. 29 Kentucky Jockey Club at 1 1/16 miles on the Churchill Downs main track.View the full article

Ag Bullet, bought back by owners Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran at The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton when she fell short of her reserve when bidding halted at $2.9 million, may collect instead Nov. 30 in the $300,000 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) at Del Mar.View the full article

Because it isn't a true statment. It is a self evident truth that dogs are bred to have four legs - you only have to provide evidence of ONE dog that has four legs. You disagree with my statement and you only need to provide one example of where I'm wrong. You could argue Ellerslie is one but then you have shot that one down many many times.

How can I ignore statistics you haven't produced? I may very well be silly by your defnition but you are silly and very negative about everything. I'm surprised there hasn't been a mass escape from the retirement village!!

Is the quality of the field really a Grp 1 though? Some years they have been poor and certainly not representative of the very best sprinters.

How is it flawed apart from the Aussies making their own rules over sweepstake (restricted entry) races?

Right arms and legs were made to be given for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale-topping Frankel colt who, at 1.15 million gns to Coolmore Stud, became the most expensive foal sold anywhere in Europe this year. Like two old gunslingers facing off at dawn, MV Magnier took his position at the back of the cage while his opposition and eventual underbidder, Juddmonte's Simon Mockridge, sat almost directly opposite the Coolmore posse in the seats close to the exit of the ring. Flanked by Barry Mahon, Mockridge did not go down without a fight. In fact, he produced an audacious piece of bidding when the James Wigan-bred colt was hovering on the 900,000gns mark by instructing Tattersalls boss Edmond Mahony to round the number up to a cool million. Alas, that volley was returned by Magnier and then some. “A great result for James Wigan – he is one of the best breeders there is,” said Magnier, with his pockets a little lighter but arms and legs intact. “It's a great farm and they have a great track record of raising very good horses. Frankel is a very good stallion, as you all know, and a lot of the sons of Galileo are doing well at stud.” This sale has been a happy hunting ground for Coolmore in recent times. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), who Magnier sourced from Maywood Stud here in 2023 for 450,000gns, is perhaps the best example of such. Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia is another. Magnier revealed that the Frankel colt would likely chart a similar path to those horses and end up in Ballydoyle. After that, there's no predicting what kind of heights he might scale. He said, “We'll bring him back home and we'll review what we do in the summer but I would say most likely he will go to Ballydoyle. It's a lot of money for him but, I suppose when you breed a horse like that, the Wigans deserved to get that price.” If the bidding battle between Coolmore and Juddmonte was one of wit and great stamina, what can you say about the foresight of the breeder, who sourced the granddam, In The Mist (Pivotal), as a foal at this sale exactly 20 years ago. In The Mist carried Wigan's distinguished colours to victory but her daughter and dam of the Frankel colt, Cloudy Dawn (Kodiac), really put the page in lights with a Group 3 success when in training with William Haggas. Wigan said, “I didn't have any sort of price in my head. I just thought he was a very nice horse who deserved to make a good price. I bred the dam and bought the granddam as a foal at this sale. Frankel is a stallion who produces horses with great bone, great substance and I think he suits a mare with speed – and she was fast.” Asked if he always knew that the Frankel colt could be something out of the ordinary, he added, “He's always been a very nice horse and he has a very nice character. Obviously, you don't expect to sell a foal for that sort of price. Delighted that MV got him and he is going to the best possible home. The mare is back in foal to Camelot.” While the stats were down overall on Friday, it is worth remembering that this corresponding day of trade 12 months ago was off the charts. Of the 215 foals offered on Friday, 188 sold at a clearance rate of 87%, which was down by 3%. The turnover fell by 25% to 23,311,500gns while the median fell by 9% to 80,000gns. The average fell by 22% to 123,997gns. Cheers! More Success For Starman's Breeder David Ward A Frankel colt out of a sister to Starman; it sounds like something from a Carlsberg advert, doesn't it? 'Carlsberg don't breed horses, but if they did, they'd probably be the best in the world.' Okay, you get the gist. Well, David Ward has enjoyed something of his own real-life Carlsberg advert. Having bred and raced the first-season sire sensation Starman, he also supplied the Frankel colt out of Group 3-placed Sunday Star (Kodiac), who sold to Ed Sackville on behalf of TBT Racing for 700,000gns. The colt, who was described by the agent as having a stallion's pedigree, was sold by Watton Manor Sud. Ed Player commented, “The pedigree needs no introduction. Starman has had the most incredible first season and I think he is going to get even better. His horses are scopey and they stay a mile – he is going to be the real deal as a stallion. There is no reason why this lad can't turn into a stallion, too. I am delighted for David as he puts a lot into it and he has had a fantastic year on the track and with the stallion.” TBT Racing has not had a bad year, either, and Simon Sadler, the man behind the white, blue and orange silks, was in attendance at Tattersalls to oversee his new purchase. The owner of horses like Noble Champion, Ten Bob Tony and more, said, “It's been fantastic – really enjoyable. Never really anticipated having three Group winners and a Listed winner. Ecstatic. This rounds it all off. Today has been a great day, seeing Frankel [at Banstead Manor Stud] this morning and then buying a Frankel who is related to Starman. Very much looking forward to next year.” Sackville added, “Simon came to Newmarket today. We went to Banstead Manor this morning to see Frankel. After seeing Frankel, he wanted a Frankel. Lovely horse. Ed [Walker, trainer] knows the family better than anyone. He trains the full-sister, who we expect to hopefully win next time. It's a stallion's pedigree and he is a lovely, athletic colt who will hopefully make up into a very nice racehorse.” Ace Stud Swoops For Gewan's Little Brother Given Yuesheng Zhang's Yulong team holds Classic aspirations for Dewhurst Stakes winner Gewan (Night Of Thunder), it was not surprising to see those connections swoop for his little brother by Native Trail from Overbury Stud at 500,000gns. Gewan has been one of the star performers of 2025. A breeze-up graduate, he won the Group 3 Acomb Stakes before being snapped up by the Yulong boss. That proved to be an inspired acquisition when Gewan defeated Gstaad in the Dewhurst, a performance that will no doubt provide connections with genuine Classic hopes heading into the winter. The Native Trail colt, who was consigned by Overbury Stud, was rightly billed as one of the star lots of the sale and he didn't disappoint. “Surprised, thrilled and very excited – it is wonderful,” said Overbury Stud's Simon Sweeting. “We have been very lucky indeed. He is a late foal, but it is fabulous.” He added, “We did consider selling as a yearling and, if we had to take him home today, we would have done. We entered him before the Dewhurst and when myself, Charlie and Richard [Brown, Blandford Bloodstock] chatted, we decided that if we could get him away to an end user now, we would do that and we are thrilled that he has been bought by Ace Stud.” The colt's dam, Grey Mystere (Lethal Force), was shrewdly purchased by the ace agent Brown for €120,000 at the breeding stock sale at Arqana in 2021. Sweeting recalled, “We were very lucky! I was in England, Charlie was here in Newmarket, and Richard was in France, and we got a call from him to say that you have got a new mare. She is empty this year because this was so late, but she is booked into Night Of Thunder for next spring.” On the emotions surrounding the sale, he concluded, “You could watch the Dewhurst and enjoy it, but this was a blur. It won't sink in for a while – it might never happen again so we will enjoy this.” Subplots In many ways, Frankel was the hero of the day given the only three foals offered by the superstar stallion ended up being the three most expensive lots through the ring on Friday. Featuring among that 2.7 million spend was an 850,000gns Lady Bamford homebred filly out of Group 1-placed Tropbeau (Showcasing). It was Henry Lascelles who retained the filly on behalf of her breeder. He commented, “She's a homebred filly who we really like. Her full-brother is a two-year-old with the Gosdens. We like him too and he'll run in the spring next year, and we also have a Night Of Thunder filly who'll go into training next year too. This filly is a credit to Lady Bamford, Chris [Lock, stud manager] and the whole team at Daylesford. She's a lovely filly and we're delighted to get her back. Tropbeau was a very good racemare, she was a Group 2 winner at two and Group 1-placed at three. She's a really exciting mare.” Minzaal's stock has never been higher and many shrewd judges are tipping the Derrinstown Stud-based stallion for first-season sire honours in 2026. The Group 1-winning sprinter is one of the most famous horses that Ringfort Stud boss Derek Veitch has bred and the County Offaly-based breeder was back in the big time with a half-brother by Blue Point selling for 260,000gns to Manyard Thoroughbreds. Veitch said, “Lots of good people turned up for him. It was brilliant and the mare has been really lucky for me. It still makes me giggle when I see all the gilets and hats here with Minzaal's name on them – to think that our little farm in Offaly is having an influence on the breed.” On selecting Blue Point for Pardoven (Clodovil), he added, “He was a very good sprinter – he is a young sire that suits the market and the pedigree suited. It made a lot of sense. We need to decide what to do with the mare now. She is empty and I could do with a filly out of her at this stage. We might visit some neighbours and send her to Starman.” Paddy Twomey has been a notable force at the foal sales this year – signing under various different guises – and went to 550,000gns on behalf of Bond Thoroughbreds to secure a Wootton Bassett colt out of Galileo mare First Flower, who is a sister to Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Hermosa. The Wootton Bassett colt was consigned by Baroda Stud. Godolphin's sole purchase of the week came deep into the session when Anthony Stroud went to 625,000gns for land a Kingman filly dual German Group 3 scorer Well Disposed (Dubawi). Frank Dorff, manager of Gestut Rottgen, said, “She looks just like her mother. I am very happy she made a very good price and she has gone to a very good home. Let's hope she is a Group 1 winner in Britain. He added, “She is a special one and we were very tempted to keep her. You don't often breed one with that quality and the market recognised that and sometimes you have to sell. The mare is in foal to Frankel and if it is a colt he will be a stallion prospect. We have not sold many from the family as we are not a commercial stud. We breed to produce good racehorses and later good broodmares.” Buy of the day Top marks to David Byrne of Rochestown Lodge Stud for acting fastest to secure lot 820, a Mehmas filly who failed to sell in the ring at 70,000gns, but was signed up merely minutes afterwards for 68,000gns. A good-looking filly by a top-notch stallion, she fell through the cracks for whatever reason by not selling in the ring. Byrne didn't complicate things and is understood to have gotten down to the Kenilworth House Stud's door before a number of other pinhookers. She's one to keep an eye on with a view towards the yearlings sales next year. Chances are she won't be led out of the ring unsold twice in her life. Thought for the day Rare enough that you canvass the opinion of buyers about the first-season sires and every single bit of feedback is positive. From Dragon Symbol to Good Guess and Triple Time, the general consensus among buyers is that the foals by the younger generation have been very good. The market seems to agree. The post Coolmore Beats Juddmonte To The Punch On 1.15 Million Gns Frankel Colt At Tattersalls 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 weekend running at Kyoto and Tokyo Racecourses: Saturday, November 29, 2025 6th-KYO, ¥14,250,000 ($91k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m MATENRO HOUR (c, 2, Constitution–Stave, by Ghostzapper) was a $1.1-million purchase by former trainer Yuichi Fukunaga at the 2024 Keeneland September Sale and is the second foal to the races for her three-times stakes-placed dam, a daughter of Grade II winner Buy the Barrel (E Dubai) and a half-sister to European multiple group-placed Mise En Rose (War Front) and to the unraced Indian Bay (Indian Charlie). The latter has left her mark on racing in this jurisdiction as the dam of Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed turf sprinter Shivaji (First Samurai), while his sister Tarabi was a stakes winner and twice placed at the elite level in this country. The yearling half-sister to Matenro Hour, Maranello (Not This Time), was knocked down to Cindy Heider for an even $2 million at Keeneland this past September. O-Chiyono Terada; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Yuichi Fukunaga Sunday, Noveber 30, 2025 5th-TOK, ¥14,250,000 ($91k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600m EGYPTIAN MAU (JPN) (f, 2, American Pharoah–Heavenhasmynikki, by Majestic Warrior) is the first Japanese-foaled produce for her dam, who carried the colors of owner Ron Paolucci to eight victories and earnings of better than $426,000, including the 2019 GIII Vagrancy Handicap at Belmont Park. The Ohio-bred mare changed hands at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, fetching $775,000 from Katsumi Yoshida carrying the Into Mischief filly Sylph's Mischief, a winner at two in Japan in 2024. Tom Marquand, who rides Group 1 winner Brede Weg (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) in Sunday's G1 Japan Cup, has the call on the filly, who runs in the Silk Racing blue-with-red-dots. O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Northern Racing; T-Ryo Takei The post Seven-Figure Constitution Colt Makes First Appearance At Kyoto appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article