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Not so much a focus just on stakes/turnover But stakes are the biggest cost to the industry and turnover is the biggest effective income to the industry, so it has to be the main focus. Less money allocated to stakes would mean more money for infrastructure, just as higher turnover would

Multiple group 1-placed, group 2 winner Maljoom is a highly rated entry at 118 but he has not raced since last April, when third in the Dubai Turf Stakes (G1). Quddwah has already won at Meydan Racecourse this year in the Jan. 2 Zabeel Mile (G2). View the full article

Edited Press Release The catalog for the 2026 Inglis Digital USA February Sale is now online, featuring 45 entries and numerous opportunities to make last-minute additions to broodmare bands before the start of the breeding season. Bidding is currently open for the February sale, and it will run through Friday, Feb. 6, with the first lot closing at 2 p.m. ET and each successive offering hammering in three-minute increments. The auction offers horses and one stallion season available for inspection in eight different states, giving potential buyers a local option practically anywhere in the U.S. The latest catalog features offerings based in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia. Included among the catalog is a strong trio of broodmare prospects from the consignment of Last Laugh Stables. Those horses are available for inspection at Clearbrook Farm in Paris, KY. Jeanie's Faith (Algorithms) is a half-sister to the unbeaten 3-year-old So Happy (Runhappy), who turned heads in the GII San Vicente Stakes on Jan. 10 at Santa Anita Park, and is being pointed toward the Southern California leg of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Hailing from a strong branch of the Leverett Miller breeding program, Jeanie's Faith is out of a daughter of Blame, who has emerged as a top broodmare sire, and her extended family features the Grade I winner Silver Wagon. Also consigned by Last Laugh Stables is broodmare prospect Six O Three (Runhappy), a half-sister to Five G (Vekoma), winner of last year's GII Gulfstream Park Oaks and Cash Run Stakes. Tracing back through the breeding program of prominent stable Courtlandt Farms, Six O Three is out of the winning Quality Road mare Triumphant from the family of Grade I winners Golden Treat and Bet Twice. Ginas Serenade is a stakes-winning daughter of Maclean's Music being offered as a racing or broodmare prospect. Her page is rich with black type, including Grade I winner Honey Ryder, Grade II winner Dominus, and Grade III winner Epic Ride. Pregnant mares in the catalog offer in-utero foals by Goldencents, sire of GI Kentuky Derby winner Mystik Dan, leading California sire Grazen, New York's King for a Day and popular young stallion Pappacap. “We're thrilled to begin our second full year in operation,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “I encourage all of our customers to take a look at this catalog, as there are some exciting opportunities on offer.” Interested parties must register for an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to place bids. The post Inglis Digital USA February Catalog Goes Live appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

So the Nuggets should have been upgraded and the Auckland Cup downgraded? His best effort in Australia was winning the Terang Cup. His dam was the Granddam of Pennyweka.

Focusing on Stakes vs Turnover is doomed to fail. The focus should be on the fundamentals - providing safe tracks and facilities for horses to train and race on.

Well if you have better data or analysis on the correlation between turnover and stakes supporting your view that they are unrelated, please post it. At this point your restraint appears to be due to you having no evidence to the contrary.

We are potentially reaching a watershed in NZ racing The Entain 5 year guarantee of money finishes in 2.5 years and if the profit is not at a certain level we will potentially see a reduction in payout This in a climate where racing is losing ground, I think it is worldwide??? Also as sports betting increases, sports bodies will want a bigger share There is also the threat from animal rights groups just sitting there waiting to possibly erupt. The political climate in NZ is uncertain, God forbid it but if the Greens make it into a coalition, more pressure will come on racing. Racing has to make sure it uses the money it does get wisely and putting it into races that generate a higher turnover is one avenue. Yes, there are many others.

Yes but I showed some restraint in saying what I thought of it. I'm disappointed that you think this graph has any meaning. You would get the same line if you put Marketing Expenditure vs Turnover on the axis. Or Turnover vs Expenditure.

I'm not prejudging. Surely there is ample data available now to show any correlation between Stakes and Turnover. Yes one funds the other but in my opinion there is no relationship between the amount of stakes paid and turnover.

Titch won the Kumara Gold Nuggets and then the Auckland Cup

You are pre-judging. Hopefully Curious will post the data and posters can chew it over (debate).

Did you not see the graph for 24/25 season that I posted in the Ellerslie thread?

What has " big stakes" got to do with turnover?

@Comic Dog much of what is said on your site is untrue. But you'll do anything to get traffic as you don't actually have any moral compass. As for your sanctimonious mates - Waldorf and Statler.

The recent Listed winner Believer (Make Believe) (lot 345) is one of two wildcards added to the catalogue for the two-day Arqana February Sale, which gets underway on Tuesday, February 17. Trained by Gianluca Bietolini, Believer previously changed hands at the 2024 Arqana Arc Sale when bought by owner Omar Esmil Sh Ghrghar for €150,000. Last seen winning the Listed GP Riviera Cote d'Azur at Cagnes-sur-Mer on January 24, the five-year-old will be offered as the winner of five of his 16 career starts. The full catalogue is available to view here and features a second wildcard in the five-year-old Siyouking (Siyouni), who recently won the Prix de Giverny at Deauville for trainer François Rohaut. He will go under the hammer as lot 350. The post Listed Winner Believer Added to the Arqana February Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Curious, are you able/willing to keep posting this data each month. Some big stakes racing coming up in Feb/March. Thanks

Trainer William "Jinks" Fires will be honored as an HBPA Living Legend March 5 at the National HBPA's annual conference March 3-7 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.View the full article

A bay colt out of Rio's Cliffs (Canford Cliffs), the dam of the G3 Premio Ambrosiano third Rex Of Thunder (Night Of Thunder), is among the first reported foals on the ground for Newsells Park Stud's Isaac Shelby. “We've been out of the breeding game for a while, so it was a very special moment to have this lovely foal born by Isaac Shelby,” read a statement attributed to the colt's breeders, Mark and Pippa Hackett of Moat House Farm, Ireland. “He's a great size, with plenty of scope and bone. He's one of the nicest foals we've had born here, so we are thrilled. The dam, Rio's Cliffs, has bred three winners from four runners, and her first foal was the Group 3-placed Rex Of Thunder, so we're excited to see what lies ahead for this lovely colt.” Elsewhere, Robbie and Kirsty Mills of RMM Bloodstock have welcomed a bay colt out of the American Pharoah mare Asamosa who, in turn, is out of the GII Santa Ynez Stakes winner Renee's Titan (Bernstein). “We're delighted with this foal,” read a statement from the owners. “He's a fine stamp with lots of strength, bone and presence. We're big fans of Isaac Shelby, who is a stunning-looking horse, and we were always keen to support him. We sent him three mares and, on the strength of this foal, we'll be sending him more again this year.” The multiple Group winner Isaac Shelby, who also filled the runner-up spot in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, covered 96 mares in his first season at Newsells Park Stud in 2025, according to the Return of Mares, published by Weatherbys. The son of Night Of Thunder will stand the upcoming season at the unchanged fee of £7,000, with Newsells Park offering 'No Risk Terms' as outlined here. “Three [reported] foals so far and three very positive reviews, so we're very encouraged and looking forward to seeing the rest of his babies this spring and summer,” Newsells Park general manager Julian Dollard said of the new arrivals. “No doubt helped by our recently announced 'No Risk Terms', Isaac Shelby is proving very popular once again and his book is filling well. Upbeat foal reports like this will all help to ensure that he covers a second successive strong book.” Isaac Shelby will be parading later this week as part of the Tattersalls British EBF Stallion Parade, which gets underway at Park Paddocks at 11am on Thursday, February 5. The post First Foals by Isaac Shelby Subject to “Very Positive Reviews” appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

.... and they dropped the NZ fee to make him eligible for the Harness 5000 methinks

To a degree, 2025 was the year of the gelding. Those who won at least one Group or Grade 1 race included Calandagan, Ka Ying Rising, Romantic Warrior, Goliath, Cicero's Gift, Lazzat, American Affair, Half Yours, Caballo De Mar, Candelari, Ethical Diamond, Never So Brave, Rebel's Romance, and Trawlerman. Indeed, three of those were among the top-ten-rated horses in the world. There is no doubting the popularity and resonance of some of those names above but to what extent should we prioritise promoting the sport over protecting the breed, or vice versa? Since 1904 no gelding has been allowed to run in the Derby, and that ban extends to the 2,000 Guineas, St Leger and Commonwealth Cup in Britain, the Irish 2,000 Guineas, Irish Derby, Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix du Jockey Club, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Deutsches Derby, German 2,000 Guineas, Derby Italiano, and Premio Parioli (Italian 2,000 Guineas). It is naturally a topic which divides opinion, and that has long been so. One hundred years ago, Mr J Reid Walker submitted a letter to the Bloodstock Breeders' Review on the subject. He wrote, “I cannot help thinking that racing would be even more interesting than it is if more horses were added to the list than at present. Geldings retain their temper, soundness and form much longer and are more useful for leading work, whereas the entire in many cases loses his temper altogether, and requiring as he does, more work, there is a greater strain on his legs…Even if retained as a stallion and sent to stud, he is, unless a high-class horse, generally a drug in the market, and frequently sold for an old song.” A century on, we have asked some knowledgeable members of the bloodstock community one simple question: should geldings be allowed to run in Group 1 races? Here are their thoughts on the matter. John Hammond, racing manager and former dual Arc-winning trainer “I don't think that you should ban them from all Group 1 races because some of the mythical horses over the years, Australian, American and so on, have been geldings. “Make no mistake, it does improve horses. I think it's an advantage because they'll be a bit lighter so they tend to need less work and it's easier to keep them sound. It also makes them more willing compared with the colts, who, when they get to four or five, tend to put on the handbrake a bit. “It's a bit difficult to give constructive arguments because none of us really know the consequences of it. It's a bit like moving the Derby from the Wednesday to the Saturday. The thinking was that so many people can't go to the races on the Wednesday so it should be on the Saturday, then anybody can go to the Derby. And actually, it's been an absolute disaster, but the original idea behind moving it has a certain logic to it. “Personally, I think they should probably let them run in the Arc and in all Group 1s apart from the Classics.” Kirsten Rausing, breeder and stallion owner, Lanwades “My view on this is well known. I know the counter-argument is that if colts were not gelded, then they would perhaps not run in so many races but, of course, the counter-counter-argument is that if we were all running in the same ballpark, i.e. if these races were only, as they used to be, open for full, entire colts, then horses who had temperament problems and so on would be sorted out. “We are well aware of the scarcity of stallions already at stud in, for example, Britain and Ireland. Their number is dwindling further and we are now below 100 active thoroughbred stallions in Britain. Most of these 100 would cover only a very limited number of mares each. All of this makes for a further concentration of thoroughbred mares being bred to perhaps two dozen stallions, at most, with the very significant implication for the thoroughbred herd inbreeding coefficient this carries. “We are in definite need of more stallions at stud – and thus more stallion candidates winning good races.” Anna Kerr, chief executive, The National Stud “I think the answer is that there are plenty of Group 1 races for all to run in, and conditions are in place for a reason. Sourcing stallions to stand at stud is not an easy business, and the Classics in particular provide that gauge of each generation's ability and ranking which then feeds into where they fit in that year's roster of stallions going to stud. “It is always important to question if things should remain or change, however I would be wary of unintended consequences.” Patrick Cooper, bloodstock agent and racing manager “Yes, because we have got to look after the sport and the sport requires the best to meet the best. And anything that diminishes that takes away from the spectacle of horse racing. It's that simple. “The guy who goes to Ascot to see the two best horses running against each other doesn't give a monkey's whether it's a mare, a colt or a gelding. He just wants to see Calandagan against City Of Troy, or whoever it happens to be. “I'm quite happy to have the outliers like the Derby and the Arc as a sop to the purists, if you like. But to be honest, it's the same argument I have with the Irish Derby. We have got to force the horses to race against each other, and Cheltenham has been wrecked because they've allowed them to avoid each other. “The other question is that if the colts can't beat the geldings, are they deserving of a place at stud? I'm sure you've heard the great quote of Alfred Vanderbilt, who owned Native Dancer. He had hundreds and hundreds of horses and as he was quoted as saying 'If I had gelded every single colt I ever owned, I would have made one mistake.' “You'll always get stallions like Havana Grey, for example. The breed will look after itself but we've got to look after the sport. We need Liverpool against Manchester United.” Jim McGrath, broadcaster and breeder “The last gelding to be placed in the Derby was in 1895, and they were banned in 1904, but why were they banned? I can't find a good reason. “In top races in America, i.e. the Kentucky Derby, they can run. They were banned for a little while, but reinstated. Winners of the Kentucky Derby have included geldings, and that hasn't damaged the race. “I remember asking a vet about what gelding actually does, apart from the bleeding obvious. And of course, when you castrate a horse, you're taking away his capacity to produce testosterone, but it's not just that. Testosterone is present in males and females, but in the male particularly it's very important, and when you take it out of a male, you are creating an imbalance. You're interfering with chemicals naturally in the body. “So there are consequences for interfering, and in horses, in particular, it affects the epiphysis – the end of the bone splints, basically. We've heard the phrase, 'I cut him, threw him in the field and gave him time.' Why? Because they grow bigger. “Now, why did they stop doing it to humans? To preserve choirboys, in Italy in particular, before the Middle Ages, they had them castrated. And they stopped the practice because a lot of them got rickets – they grew tall and stooped a bit. “The physical alterations that happen when you castrate a horse include that they are lighter and, of course, they are easier to train from a temperament perspective. “So you've got to ask yourself, is that a good enough reason for them not to run? Because in some cases, they might be at an advantage. But, to me, the Kentucky Derby argument counteracts that. “Most times, geldings enhance races because they're representative of the crop. If you're trying to make a stallion and you want breeders to use a horse, how is he completely proven if in some of your most important races, your benchmark of excellence, [geldings] are taken out of the equation? “At heart, I am a traditionalist, but because I worked at Timeform, and we're all boring nerds that work there, through Phil Bull, Reg Griffin, Geoff Greetham, Dave Newton – the senior men that we all have learned from down the years – they demanded of us to present some reasoning. But I can't really see a reason [for geldings not to run], and the idea that it's protecting the breed is a bit highfalutin. In essence, really, it's poppycock.” Stuart Williams, trainer and breeder “I'm a bit of a traditionalist, I'm afraid. The reason we had parades and such for the Group 1 races was to test the stock to see if they had the temperament to be good stallions. “By the trainer's admission, horses like Calandagan almost certainly wouldn't have been Group 1 horses without the advantage of being geldings. “I understand the argument for the best horses competing being good for racing and creating interest, etc. In my opinion, a handful of races restricted to colts and fillies or mares doesn't impinge too much on the excitement of the overall programme.” Felix Lepeudry, breeder, Elevage de Tourgeville “The geldings are wonderful as they go on through time. Cirrus Des Aigles ran against several generations of stallions and it allowed us to compare them. Some horses run in the Arc with a 100/1 chance because they weren't gelded, meanwhile some well-rated geldings aren't considered and end up running abroad. It would make a lot of big owner-breeders think again before selling. “In trotting, the best horses stay on the track for five or six years and the public gets attached to them a lot more – and they cover in the meantime but that's another topic!” Kate Sigsworth, breeder and deputy chair of the TBA “In the UK and Europe generally we are struggling to supply enough runners of the right calibre to populate these races. The inclusion of geldings make the races more competitive and, therefore, more appealing to a wider audience, something the sport is struggling with at the moment. “All geldings represent a stallion, a mare and her wider family, so to have them winning and competing in these races does help 'the breed'. “I know how hard it can be for trainers to persuade an owner to geld a horse who desperately needs gelding, even when they can still compete in Group 1 races. A horse should be gelded and not used to be bred from if they are unsound either in wind or limb, have temperamental issues, are not well conformed, etc., but they should not be prevented from attaining the best possible racing career they are able to achieve. “Geldings often have a better quality of life while in training than a colt – if there is available turnout it's easier to turn a gelding out, they can be kept in a mixed barn, they can go out with any string, either at the front or the back, and they are easier to give a holiday and rest, etc. “As a breeder I want colts to be tested against the best horses in the country and/or world, not just against the best colts. By doing this I have a better idea of his racing ability and that I am using the best possible stallion for my mare. If we have a champion gelding I would be looking at his sire/sireline to use on my mare. “The BHA has set up a working group to look at ways of stemming the exodus of quality horses to other racing countries – if we don't allow geldings to compete in Group 1 races then British racing is sending a mixed messages.” The post The Great Gelding Debate: Poppycock or Protectionism? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The President of Unified Door and Hardware Group, L C Racing's Glenn Bennett has grown from a regional, Pennsylvania-based breeding program to a band of 20 which now includes the dam of an Eclipse winner. Bennett, who lives close to Parx and still brings his family to the track for days like the Pennsylvania Derby card and Owner Appreciate Day, often partners with Chuck Zacney's Cash Is King Racing (best known for campaigning MGISW Afleet Alex) along with now-retired trainer Mark Reid who Bennett credits with the genius behind these mating plans. Together, Bennett and Zacney co-own successful young Spendthrift stallion Maximus Mischief who is heavily-supported in Bennett's 2026 blueprint. ADORABELLA, 10, Ghostzapper–Alydorable, by Arch. Due to Forte. Will be bred to Not This Time. L C Racing purchased her for $550,000 from the Fasig-November Sale in 2023 and the dam of newly-crowned Champion Sprinter Book 'em Danno (Bucchero) goes to one of the top stallions in the game in Not This Time. You can't go wrong with him. She nicks really well with him. Her first two foals were MSW Girl Trouble (Fast Anna) and Book'em Danno. Mark Reid, who helps put these breedings together, really liked Not This Time for Adorabella. We're swinging for the fences. BINSKY, 6, Curlin–Retraceable, by Medaglia d'Oro. Due to Mandaloun. Will be bred to Omaha Beach. We acquired her at the Fasig-Tipton June Digital Sale last year for $100,000. Mark [Reid] loved this mare and wanted to get her. She's out of a stakes-winning mare and a half to MSW and GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Spring third Another Miracle (American Pharoah). Another one of her half-sisters, Le Moine, is the dam of GSW Alpine Princess (Classic Empire). Her first foal is now a 2-year-old Uncle Mo colt. She's in foal to Mandaloun and then she'll go to Omaha Beach. BLACK MAGIC WOMAN, 9, Uncle Mo–Dazzling Song, by Unbridled's Song. Due to Vekoma. Will be bred to Vekoma. She's the newest one we just bought (for $450,000 at Keeneland January). She's a half to GI Arkansas Derby winner Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon). She has a Guntie yearling and Mark loves her match with Vekoma so she's likely to go back to him. BOUQUET OF GOLD, 11, Medaglia d'Oro–Bouquet Booth, by Flower Alley. Will be bred to Maximus Mischief. The first of four mares that I'm sending to Maximus this year. She wasn't bred this year just because it got so late last year. She's already produced a two-time stakes winner by him in Mailata along with another stakes filly in Jeanne Marie (Speightster). Mailata's going to the Gotham to try and get on the Derby trail. Plenty of back class in the family with MGISW Riskaverse (Dynaformer), Horse of the Year Havre de Grace (Saint Liam) and MGISW and sire Tonalist (Tapit) under her third dam. DR B, 8, Liam's Map–Boleyn, by Proud Citizen. Due to Constitution. Will be bred to Life Is Good. Chuck and I raced this mare and she's a nice one, won the GIII Go For Wand Stakes twice and was also placed in the GII Honorable Miss Handicap twice and the GIII Vagrancy Stakes once. Her dam placed in the GII Demoiselle Stakes and she has two stakes-winning half-siblings. She produced her first foal in 2025, a Flightline colt, and now she's due to Constitution. She'll go to Life Is Good. Maximus Mischief | Spendthrift Farm EXPECT WONDERFUL, 12, Tiz Wonderful–Holiday Peace, by Harlan's Holiday. Due to Maximus Mischief. Will be bred to Maximus Mischief. She's another one that I'm partnered up with Mark on and she's a big-time nick to Maximus. She's already produced GIII Withers Stakes winner Uncle Heavy (Social Inclusion) who also ran fourth in the GI Pennsylvania Derby and MSP Beyondexpectations (Peace and Justice). She has a yearling by Omaha Beach and she's due to Maximus this year too. FOOLERY, 8, Distorted Humor–Firefly, by Tapit. Due to Medaglia d'Oro. Will be bred to Maximus Mischief. She's in foal now to Medaglia d'Oro after producing a Maximus Mischief filly in 2025. And she's going back to Maximus. Her dam is a half to the mother of several Group 1 winners (G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks winner Seventh Heaven {Ire} {Galileo [Ire]) and G1 Emaar Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade {Mr. Greeley). MAINSTAY, 7, Astern (Aus)–Vero Amore, by Mineshaft. Due to City of Light. Will be bred to City of Light. The half-sister to champion 2-year-old filly and $3.4 million FTKNOV broodmare buy Vequist (Nyquist). She placed in the GIII Schuylerville Stakes and her first foal, a Candy Ride (Arg) colt is now 3-years-old. She also has a Golden Pal 2-year-old and an American Pharoah yearling. She's due to City of Light and she'll go back to him. NIKKI M P, 6, Into Mischief–Allegheny Angel, by Medaglia d'Oro. Due to Munnings. Will be bred to Epicenter. This is a mare I partnered with Mark on. She had her first foal last year (a colt by Corniche) and she went to Munnings this year. Her half-sister (Whoa Nellie {Orb}) is a multiple stakes winner and twice placed in graded company and her second dam is a Grade I winner (Awesome Humor). QUIET VIRTUE, 14, Quiet American–Stage Dream, by Theatrical (Ire). Due to Maximus Mischief. Will be bred to Maximus Mischief. This was one of Mark's horses that I bought off of him. She already has stakes runner by Maximus in Maximus Meridius who has won over $600,000. And Flyin Hawaiian (Maximus Mischief), who ran in last year's GI Hopeful Stakes, was also from her. So she's another that's going back to Maximus. 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Can Little Paradise follow in the footsteps of some of the best Classic Mile winners and progress to superstardom? On the strength of his explosive victory on Sunday, when he overcame a horrific run in the first half of the straight to dispose of what many rated as a strong crop of four-year-olds with ease, it’s hard to say no. Stepping up to the mile for the first time, Jimmy Ting Koon-ho’s stable star was in danger of being the hard luck story of the race when he was second last on the turn...View the full article

Last year’s Australian Guineas winner Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) is set return to racing this Saturday at Caulfield, where his trainer Dom Sutton is hopeful he can re-affirm his Group One form of 12 months ago. Sutton explained on Saturday that Feroce was likely to run first-up in the Gr.3 Kevin Heffernan (1400m) in a race that is likely to dictate which path the four-year-old takes this autumn. “He trialled on Friday (at Flemington) so we want to make sure he’s come through that trial,” Sutton said. “We haven’t made any set plans whether we go back to Group One level or stay in Group Two or Group Three level. “He’s come back really well, and he did show us plenty in the spring so we’re hopeful. The beginning of the spring was really good for him as he ran a personal best when third in the Group One (Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes) and then we got things wrong tactically in the Toorak. “After that, we went to Sydney (for the Golden Eagle) and it rained the morning of and the ground was horrific and he never went a yard in it. “But he’s shown that he is up to that level and if he runs well on Saturday then he’d probably go to the (G1) Futurity Stakes two weeks later.” Sutton said he carried some confidence that Feroce can compete successfully at Group One level this autumn as the subsequent record of Australian Guineas winners suggest. Subsequent Group One record of Australian Guineas winners (past 10 years): 2024 – Southport Tycoon (went on to win the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes) 2023 – Legarto (won Gr.1 Herbie Dike Stakes) 2022 – Hitotsu (win Gr.1 ATC Derby) 2021 – Lunar Fox – no more Group One wins 2020 – Alligator Blood (won six more Group Ones) 2019 – Mystic Journey (won inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile) 2018 – Grunt (won Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes) 2017 – Hey Doc (Won Gr.1 Manikato Stakes and Gr.1 Winterbottom Stakes) 2016 – Palentino (won Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes) 2015 – Wandjina (ran 2nd Gr.1 All Aged Stakes) View the full article

Ciaron Maher says 2024 All-Star Mile champion Pride Of Jenni could tackle the race first-up in 2026 after continuing to impress him in her work at Cranbourne. Maher told Racing.com on Monday all signs were positive with last spring’s G1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) winner, confirming the $2 million All-Star Mile over the same course at Flemington on March 7 made appeal as a starting point. “She’s in very good order actually,” Maher said of the autumn progress of the winner of more than $11 million in stakes. “Galloped this morning and she is going to jumpout next week, all going well. “Very happy with her condition. She looks fantastic. Her demeanour is good and just the way she is applying herself to her work is just the same as normal. “The All-Star Mile might be an option, but we will see how she jumps out.” Fellow eight-year-old star mare Via Sistina failed to come up this campaign and was retired from racing, but Maher said Pride Of Jenni was showing no such signs. Maher takes us through a few of his autumn G1 chances… Benedetta: “She trialled a bit casual the first one, but we put the shades on her this morning and trialed very sharp. Jamie (Melham) was pretty happy with her. Looks a treat. Very sound and she is going to work towards the Lightning as her kick-off.” Jimmysstar: “He’s going to kick-off in the William Reid to the TJ (Smith) and into the All Aged all going well. He’s just ticking over. He had a pretty busy time (in the spring) so we’ve just program the three races for him.” Observer: “He came back a little bit more causal. He’d just grown up a little bit and was a lot more relaxed, which was good because he was sort of quite on-it in the spring. I needed to see a sharper piece of work from him before racing and he did that this morning. It was quite sharp so he’ll kick-off in the Autumn Stakes.” Tempted: “Her aim will be the Surround and she probably kicks-off in the Eskimo Prince (Randwick on Saturday). She worked this morning as well at Bong Bong and I think she’s a little bit more forward than what we had her last time. She’s a pretty exciting horse.” Unit Five: “He’ll do a piece of work tomorrow and he trials next week before his next start in the Blue Diamond. Traveling young colts brings them on and it (travel from the Gold Coast) certainly has with him.” Gilded Water: “I just wanted to give him a decent break (post spring) so he probably ends up in Queensland in the winter as that’s quite a proven path (to the Melbourne spring).” View the full article

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