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A colt by last year's leading freshman sire Yaupon (hip 576) was the first to hit seven figures during Thursday's third and final session at the OBS March Sale, bringing an even $1,000,000 from the Three Amigos. “I bought him for the Three Amigos,” said bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. “So he's going to go to California. He was beautiful and fast and sound, came out of the work really good. These horses that bring this kind of money, they just have to do everything right. They've got to vet at the end and they've got to just do everything right. So he was a horse that did [everything] good and [we] loved the sire. A big Yaupon fan. And so [the price is] kind of expected. He was a cool horse” Consigned by King's Equine, the colt was bred in Kentucky by Cem Ozbelge and had passed through the ring twice previously last year, first as a short yearling at Keeneland January for $40,000 and most recently as a $235,000 pick up again at Keeneland last September for Jose d'Angelo. The second foal from a Lemon Drop Kid mare, he worked his furlong in :9 4/5. This is the seventh million-dollar horse sold at OBS March this year, matching the record set during last year's sale. The post “Beautiful, Fast and Sound”: Three Amigos Picks Up Million-Dollar Yaupon Colt appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising sits as a clear No. 1 in the first Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings of 2026 with a rating of 128.View the full article

Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) stands firmly on top of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday. Given a mark of 128, the Hong Kong Horse of the Year is four pounds clear of his Hong Kong compatriot Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) at 124. Ka Ying Rising has rattled off a record 18-straight wins for a Hong Kong-trained horse, taking the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup over Helios Express (Toronado) (117) earlier this year before his G1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup win. Former Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior has won both the G1 Stewards' Cup over Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) (118) and the G1 Hong Kong Gold Cup this term. Third on rankings is dual G1 Saudi Cup hero Forever Young (Real Steel) on 123. When taking his second Saudi Cup in Riyadh, the Japanese Horse of the Year defeated the 121-rated Nysos (Nyquist). Fourth in the rankings is Royal Champion (Shamardal) (122). His main victory in 2026 has been a 4 3/4-length tally over Facteur Cheval (Ribchester) in the G1 Neom Turf Cup. For the complete rankings, please visit the IFHA website. The post Ka Ying Rising Bosses Longines WBRR appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Juddmonte Farms' Laurel River (Into Mischief–Calm Water, by Empire Maker), a spectacular and record-setting winner of the 2024 G1 Dubai World Cup, has been retired from racing and will begin covering mares at Big Red Farm on the island of Hokkaido in Japan from this season, according to a news item on the nursery's website. A stud fee will be announced in two weeks' time. Trained across his first seven starts by Bob Baffert, the homebred won his maiden in his 3-year-old debut, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in a strong 1:15.66, and was runner-up to The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) in the GIII Laz Barrera Stakes in his next appearance. A towering 11 1/2-length allowance winner when trying a route of ground for the first time in September 2021, the attractive bay returned to take his two starts at four, a daylight victory over a mile followed by an impressive victory in the seven-furlong GII Pat O'Brien Stakes (108 Beyer), earning a fees-paid berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. After being withdrawn from the latter contest on the eve of the race, Laurel River joined the Dubai-based Bhupat Seemar to continue his career in the summer of 2023 and following a ring-rusty return in Group 3 company over 1200 meters in early 2024, ran out a highly impressive winner of the G3 Burj Nahaar, a course-and-distance prep for the G2 Godolphin Mile. To the surprise of many, Laurel River was instead entered in the World Cup, a first try beyond eight furlongs with plenty of questions to answer. Drawn widest in a field of 12, Laurel River came across to head off his rivals passing the post with a circuit to travel, and when Tadhg O'Shea asked for an effort 800 meters from home, Laurel River quickly put a margin on his rivals and strolled home to crush by 8 1/2 lengths (see below), breaking the record previously held by Dubai Millennium (GB) (Seeking the Gold). The vanquished included defending champion Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) and Senor Buscador (Mineshaft), fresh off his victory in the G1 Saudi Cup. “I'm still coming to terms with what's happened,” Seemar said in the immediate aftermath of the World Cup. Caught on the wire in the 2025 G3 Firebreak Stakes (1600m) when attempting to gear up for a possible Saudi Cup/Dubai World Cup double, Laurel River did not race again that season and time was called on his career this week. He retires with a record of 6-2-0 from 11 starts and earnings of $7,508,798. Laurel River is one of 27 elite-level winners for Into Mischief and is bred on the exact same cross as Juddmonte's GI Kentucky Derby winner and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Mandaloun. His full-brother Castlewarden is also under the care of Seemar at Meydan and was third in the Listed Dubai Creek Mile last November. Laurel River's first three dams are all daughters of GI Belmont Stakes winners. Granddam Soothing Touch (Touch Gold) was responsible for six winners, including Calm Water's four-time Grade I-winning full-sister Emollient; Hofburg (Tapit), a stakes winner and placed in the GI Florida Derby and Belmont Stakes; and SW & GSP Courtier (Pioneerof the Nile), now a stallion in Brazil. Another of Soothing Touch's offspring, Cardamon (Pioneerof the Nile), produced 2025 GIII Mahony Stakes winner Spiced Up (Quality Road). Third dam Glia (A.P. Indy), a stakes winner in France and America, descends from the family of G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner and Japanese stallion Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) and the influential Northern Dancer and Machiavellian. Big Red Farm was also the stallion home of 2005 World Cup winner Roses In May. Farewell to LAUREL RIVER – an immensely talented horse, but not the easiest to train. Kudos to @BhupatSeemar and his team for looking after him so well and getting that MASSIVE #DubaiWorldCup win pic.twitter.com/hNnTOVbLcV — Laura King لورا كنج (@LauraKingDXB) March 12, 2026 The post Dubai World Cup Winner Laurel River Retired To Japan’s Big Red Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Marc Holliday, a Thoroughbred owner, breeder and chairman of The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), and his wife Sheree, an avid and competitive equestrian, with the John Hendrickson and Marylou Whitney Award for their generous support of the New York backstretch community at its 19th Annual Fundraising Brunch to be held on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, New York, the non-profit said in a release on Wednesday. Additional information, including tickets and sponsorships for the event, may be found at www.rtcany.org. The post NYRTC To Honor Hollidays With John Hendrickson And Marylou Whitney Award appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Arqana has revealed sponsorship details for the upcoming season, which features the addition of three Listed races at regional tracks – La Teste de Buch, Craon and Marseille-Borély racecourses. The sponsorship includes the Prix Milkom at La Teste de Buch on August 26, the Critérium de l'Ouest at Craon on September 5 and the La Coupe de Marseille at Marseille-Borély on September 14. Arqana president Olivier Delloye said, “We are very pleased to sponsor these three prestigious races and to partner with the racecourse societies of La Teste, Craon and Marseille, which each play an important role in sustaining French racing within their respective regions. Through this initiative, ARQANA also reaffirms its support for regional owners and professionals who are regularly active at the Deauville sales.” The post Arqana To Sponsor Three New Listed Contests At Regional French Tracks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Caravel (Mizzen Mast–Zeezee Zoomzoom, by Congrats), who is owned by John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock, lost her Frankel colt due to complications with her pregnancy, according to a tweet on X by the owner early on Thursday morning. In the post Stewart said, “It It is with great sadness that we report that Breeders' Cup champion Caravel lost her 2026 FRANKEL colt due to complications with her pregnancy. It was a freak issue that could not have been avoided. The Resolute farm team monitors all the mares very closely.” On X Stewart also reported that Caravel will visit Not This Time during the current breeding season. A nearly $2-million earner and winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint during her racing career, Caravel was purchased by Resolute in a private sale in 2024 and sent to Frankel (GB) for the following term. The result was a 2025 April colt who Stewart owns with Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani. It is with great sadness that we report that @BreedersCup champion Caravel lost her 2026 FRANKEL colt due to complications with her pregnancy. It was a freak issue that could not have been avoided. The @resracingky farm team monitors all the mares very closely. This picture is… pic.twitter.com/hIMr7d4FPL — Jstewartrr (@jstewartrr) March 12, 2026 The post Resolute’s Caravel Loses Frankel Colt Due To Complications, Plans To Visit Not This Time appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

An introductory service fee for Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) has now been confirmed by the stallion’s management syndicate. He will be offered to breeders for a 2026 service fee of $17,500+GST with limited nominations available due to the strong support from his owners. A debut winning two-year-old, and Group One performed at that age – just like his illustrious sire Savabeel – Savaglee was subsequently crowned Champion Three-Year-Old of his generation. Following on from his Group winning juvenile victory in the Matamata Slipper, he produced a superb sequence of four consecutive Group winning performances at three, highlighted by his victory in the Gr.1 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas and a gallant runnerup finish in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas. “He’s a super intelligent horse with an amazing constitution and he was tremendously sound throughout a race career at the highest level and I’ve never come across a horse like him before”, Gerard said. Savaglee also boasts an outstanding pedigree, coming from a family that has consistently produced elite racehorses. He is a brother-in-blood to Champion 3YO Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel), with both horses being out of sisters by Champion Sire and Broodmare Sire O’Reilly. The immediate family has also produced Champion 3YO’s Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) and Daffodil (NZ), and more recently Group One winners Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and Sepals (Calyx). Mapperley Stud owner Simms Davison said the farm was delighted to secure SAVAGLEE. “We have waited patiently to find the right horse to fill the void after losing Contributer. It is extremely satisfying to have secured a colt of Savaglee’s calibre for the farm and ownership group and he is already proving very popular with breeders”, said Davison. It was Savaglees’s pedigree and physical presence that first attracted The Oaks Stud manager Rick Williams when he purchased the colt on behalf of owner Dick Karreman from the yearling draft of his breeders Waikato Stud at the Karaka sales. “He was simply all class – a great head and eye and he moved beautifully”, commented Williams. “He was very correct and had great strength throughout, particularly through his hindquarters. He took everything in his stride, so he clearly had the temperament required of a Group One horse”. Windsor Park’s Rodney Schick further underlined Savaglee’s appeal. “Savaglee represents the most influential sireline in New Zealand breeding history. “He is a direct descendent of legendary sires Sir Tristham and Zabeel through 10-time Champion Sire Savabeel, all three of whom Windsor Park has proudly held shares in.” View the full article

The lure of the BMW Hong Kong Derby often makes owners and trainers do unconventional things and that will be the case again when Emblazon lines up in the city’s most coveted race next week. Cody Mo Wai-kit will embrace the unconventional when the in-form galloper steps out beyond 1,400m for the first time, jumping from seven furlongs to the 2,000m of the Derby on Sunday week. While it is certainly not the traditional path to the HK$26 million feature, it is not completely uncharted territory...View the full article

Have no problem with having a Trackside program on a Thursday night to try and get new punters and get some interest in racing, in fact a good idea! But just how many punters when they get a collect, high five their partners, stomp around the room yahooing?? I would not think it is not that common from grown up people and especially surprising when it is not even their money that they are playing with? They are allowed to bet any amount on any type of bet they like by the TAB, and yet other punters who have been loyal for decades, do not get any of these favours? Does anyone actually believe that this is ethically or morally correct? They should not be allowed to show this type of favouritism to employees of the TAB!! At the end of the day if people want to put money into the pot to see if they can get into PROFITLAND, then so be it, so it is a bit of interest for them on a Thursday night! However I would suggest you would make be far better off by investing yourself!

Yes Brodie you are right on the money,in saying they are only winning off backing greyhounds...but I suggest Andy (usual Addington Tipster) and Blake (Greyhound Enthusiast Nationwide) use a degree of knowledge & skill to put together their winning same race multis,where the majority of their biggest collects come from. Not like putting $18k to win on a $2 shot. Tonight Started with $20,545 * had $18,000 collect from 4 leg greyhound multi *Payout $33,000 😆

tick... sigh, this be a classical case of stupid male privilege being play out in a Work Space! phew! a rather expensive Wank! lol, I presume that here was some Action to be going with the said porn!!! seen or not seen!!!!!!!!! perhaps, in the end, Not the Happen Ending he wanted!!!!! from All in hand! to Burst Asunder!!!!! wow the unbidden fall out, wow!

Lol been watching the show tonight and seriously it is not a great look. The presenters are really acting like clowns, high fiving, rubbing screens and stalking around the studio lol. They have just had a $18k return which is a good return but put it into perspective when you look at what the TAB allows them to wager, whereas other punters are restricted to miserly amounts? It is great that they think they are helping the industry attract punters but if any individual punter was allowed to wager like they do on BOAY, you would be called a compulsive gambler. They are only winning off backing greyhounds which is not hard being allowed to wager unlimited amounts. Even if the pool goes to $40k then you are only doubling your money, so wouldnt consider it that great? anyway it is what it is!!

Mark Newnham will look to hit back in the trainers’ championship at Sha Tin on Sunday with a strong squad of seven, including the likes of All Out For Six, Talents Ambition and Super Unicorn. The Australian handler has led much of this season’s premiership, but a recent purple patch from Caspar Fownes has seen him surge five clear of David Hayes and six clear of Newnham. The race is by no means over, however, with three months and many opportunities left for Newnham to strike back in a...View the full article

Wet weather is forecast ahead of racing at Tauranga on Saturday but Donna Logan is hoping the worst of it stays away. The South Auckland trainer is set to take half a dozen runners to the Bay of Plenty meeting, including her exciting Group Three performer Yokozuna (Fierce Impact), who will resume in the J Swap Contractors 3YO 1200. “I am looking forward to seeing him back,” Logan said. “I am hoping there is not too much rain because I am uncertain about how much rain he can handle.” The son of Fierce Impact has had just the two starts to date, winning on debut as a late juvenile at Ruakaka last July before finishing runner-up to the well-performed filly Tajana (NZ) (Darci Brahma) in the Gr.3 Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at the Northland venue a month later. He has subsequently been given time to mature and Logan is pleased with the way he is coming up, having won his lead in trial over 1000m at Tauranga last month. “He has been off the scene for quite some time,” Logan said. “He has strengthened up a lot, is growing physically and I look forward to seeing what he can produce for us. “He probably wasn’t a two-year-old when you see how he has matured now, so that was pretty encouraging that he did what he did as a young horse. “Our apprentice, Tom Wigram, rode him (in his trial last month) and I thought it was a nice effort. He was probably a bit further forward than I had anticipated in his prep, so I was quite happy with him.” Logan said she has no set plans for Yokozuna and said his performance this weekend will dictate his next steps. “We are going to have to be guided by how he performs and how the weather treats us,” she said. Of her remaining runners, Logan is particularly looking forward to lining up Unwritten (NZ) (Telperion) and Syracuse (NZ) (Swiss Ace) in the Craigs Investment Partners 1400. The pair were unplaced over a mile at Te Aroha last week and Logan has elected to drop them back in distance this weekend. “I thought Unwritten would have won another one by now, but Opie (Bosson, jockey) said she didn’t get the mile,” Logan said. She and Syracuse are having a quick backup. They raced at Te Aroha and they really didn’t let down on the track conditions that day. “I am hoping back to 1400m we see a bit more. Syracuse has won at Tauranga so let’s see what she can perform like back there over 1400m.” Meanwhile, Logan’s Group Two performed two-year-old Parfait Dimanche (Anders) has returned to breeder and part-owner Tony Rider’s Milan Park for a spell following her unplaced run in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) last Saturday. That run concluded a pleasing juvenile season that netted placings in the Gr.2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and Gr.3 Colin Jillings 2YO Classic (1200m), and Logan is looking forward to her returning to the barn ahead of her three-year-old campaign. “She pulled up a treat (after the Sistema),” Logan said. “We have sent her home for a well-deserved spell. She will strengthen up and I am sure she will come back better and stronger as a three-year-old.” View the full article

Stephen Ralph is more than happy to stick with a winning combination in his pursuit of a maiden stakes victory on Saturday for the in-form Leroy Brown (NZ) (Ace High). The Te Awamutu trainer has rewarded apprentice Jack Taplin for his performance aboard the five-year-old last time out with the ride on the freegoer in the Gr.2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m) at Tauranga. They combined to run their rivals ragged in an open handicap over a mile and Ralph will be hoping for more of the same from the duo at the weekend. “I said to Jack at Matamata that you should be able to lead and it was a 10 out of 10 ride, it was absolutely perfect,” Ralph said. “We like to form a relationship between the horse and the jockey and try and stick with it.” Leroy Brown also has an impressive record at Tauranga where the son of Ace High has three wins and two placings to his credit with his only failure a midfield finish in the Japan Trophy 12 months ago. “Last year, he just took off and hopefully this time he doesn’t grab the bit and charge off,” Ralph said. “In the past, he has done too much in the run, but mentally he is getting a lot better.” While Leroy Brown’s outside gate (15) is a concern, he does possess enough gate speed to cross the field to land his favoured frontrunning role. “We’ve got a bit of a problem with the barrier draw, but if it does get a bit wetter then he may not have to spend as much petrol to get to the lead,” Ralph said. “Anything from a Good4 to a Soft7 is in his range, but when it gets up to a 10 his racing manners aren’t conducive to a result. “You can’t go flat out in Red Band gumboots and think you’re going to win.” Should the gelding run up to expectations at Tauranga, a trip south for the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) is on the radar. “He might go down to Trentham, we think it’s a track that suits him and he was only 1.3 lengths off the winner (Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award)) there in the Group One (Levin Classic, 1600m) as a three-year-old,” Ralph said. Ralph will also be represented in the Snow Williams Bayleys Country Handicap (2100m) at Tauranga by Perfectmanz (NZ) (Almanzor), a past course and distance winner who didn’t find the Ellerslie track to his liking last time out. “I really like him, he’s got the ability but doesn’t really know it,” Ralph said. “He’s got a high cruising speed and hopefully he doesn’t get boxed in on a slow pace. That will be up to Jack to work out and with a bit of luck, I think he’s a strong chance.” View the full article

Most Kiwis are dreading seeing the mercury levels drop in their thermometers as the country heads into the cooler months, but Wanganui trainer Gerard Cvitanovich is rubbing his hands together with glee. His stable star Knock Off (NZ) (Fabulous) thrives during winter racing, highlighted by his deeds last year where he posted three wins and two placings from five starts, including a runner-up effort in the Gr.3 Metric Mile (1600m). “He is happy over winter, he had a good winter last year,” Cvitanovich said. Cvitanovich is hoping his homebred son of Fabulous is in for a similar preparation this year, which will kick off at his home track on Saturday in the Shane Stone Builders Open 1340, where he will be ridden for the first time by Merena Hudson. Cvitanovich has been pleased with his progression ahead of his first-up assignment and said he will make further plans with his gelding after Saturday’s run. “He seems well. He went to the jumpouts on Tuesday where he just went nice and quietly,” Cvitanovich said. “It’s nice having a race like that right here, so we thought it would be a good time to have a go. “We haven’t got too excited yet. We are just waiting for winter to come really and are just getting him ready, but he seems a happy horse.” Bred by Cvitanovich’s son, Nick, Knock Off is out of winning Rusty Spur mare Princess Nicole (NZ). Cvitanovich has bred just one other sibling out of the mare, a two-year-old full-sister who he is hoping can follow a similar path. Knock Off has become a sentimental favourite for Cvitanovich after becoming his first winner in over two decades when winning his maiden race two years ago. He has now won four and placed in four of his 12 starts to date and has earned more than $107,000 in prizemoney. Knock Off will carry 59kg from barrier seven on Saturday and has been installed a $13 outsider with TAB bookmakers in a market headed by last start winner Ma Te Wa (NZ) (Time Test) ($1.90). View the full article

Where did Freda do that? Assuming you mean indiscretions, not discretions?

So that equates to him being a "piece of shit"? Strong words. I assume you think you are in a position to judge. Obviously you haven't looked at the timeline. That said it appears you haven't read what I posted. In my opinion the reason I wouldn't have employed him is because he didn't put processes and procedures in place as per the Law Society requirements. But you overlooked that. Now there is an old saying that those without sin shall caste the first stone. Do you think that posting online about your employees discretions is without sin? I don't think what Botherway has done deserves him being called a "piece of shit" online. But obviously you have lower standards than most.

I agree. She must have had couple of rums between races

Oh dear. Those voices in your head again.

Very well put Freda. That's it in a nutshell.

As is often the case, the point has floated past you. The porn matter is a by-the-by. If he wants to watch on his own computer and in his own time, that's his business. It is the context of the event(s) and the lack of integrity inherent in his behavior and the attempts to both dodge consequences and maintain employment in a situation where integrity is not just a like-to-have, it is imperative. If he can't monitor his own, he has no right to sit in judgement on others.

Really? Since when did you join the convent? Or is it something in that Racecourse Hotel rum?

We are assuming they didn't know. I find it hard to believe, even though the Law Society would be one of the better agencies to maintain privacy, that someone in the RIB didn't know. BTW the main issue that undid him with the Law Society wasn't the misconduct itself which was minor but the fact that he didn't have the policy, processes and procedures in place to handle workplace misconduct as required by the Law Society. This point seems to fly past most online commentators. In my opinion that is the reason he probably shouldn't be employed at the RIB. I can't work out why the Office Manager(s) didn't have this covered after 7 years. Everything was all good until the employer/employee relationship broke down then the complaint was made. I've seen that happen in employement cases many many times.