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Great run by Savaglee, and great to see someone post it, as it's nothing but crickets at the other site.

Fantastic for the Sire & most needed as they didn't sell that well at the recent sales.

With 8,803 wins, Pat Day is the sixth all-time winningest jockey in history, with nine Triple Crown victories, and a reputation as one of the greatest ever. But as he tells Dr. Ferrin Peterson on the new episode of The Boundless Podcast, those successes on the track are not his proudest accomplishment. Day was a leading rider in the Midwest, but had developed a drinking and drug addiction. “I celebrated every night,” he tells Peterson. “I celebrated if the sun went up or the sun set. I'd celebrate for celebration's sake.” He tells the story of a two-week drinking and drug binge that started at a New Year's Eve party after earning the leading rider title of North America. “But when I came out of that drug and alcohol stupor,” he said, “that fleeting feeling of succeeding was gone. It left me really struggling. I've got a beautiful wife, a successful career, and I'm the leading rider in North America. But something is wrong in here. I'm not a happy man.” He tells Peterson the story of the night in a hotel room that changed his life. Click here to watch the podcast on YouTube, here to listen to it on Spotify, or here to hear it on Apple Podcasts. The post Pat Day on Boundless Podcast appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

I heard it leads to severe bouts of delusion , especially in old accountants.

Saturday's Listed Jumeirah 1000 Guineas saw the same one-two-three finishers as the Jan. 31 Mawj Stakes at Meydan, which kicked off Dubai's Super Saturday programme. Godolphin's MOUNTAIN BREEZE (IRE) (f, 3, Lope De Vega {Ire}–Lava Flow {Ire}, by Dalakhani {Ire}) settled in the box seat, before overwhelming game pacesetter Octans (Spa) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}) inside the final quarter mile to win going away under William Buick. Lhakpa (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) closed to take third. The final time for the 1600 metres over good turf was 1:38.06. The Godolphin homebred and 'TDN Rising Star' was winning for the fourth time in eight starts, and was runner-up at Newmarket in both the G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes and the G3 Sweet Solera Stakes earlier in her career. Lifetime Record: 8-4-2-0. O/B-Godolphin (Ire). T-Charlie Appleby. scales new heights in the Jumeirah 1000 Guineas, sponsored by @emirates Skywards @godolphin and @WilliamBuickX have a serious horse on their hands #SuperSaturday | #DubaiCarnival pic.twitter.com/ZDk2Rxokzl — Dubai Racing Club (@RacingDubai) March 1, 2025 The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ Mountain Breeze Takes Jumeirah Guineas For Godolphin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars FAST NETWORK - R10 (1) Smart four-year-old looks poised to strike on his return to sprinting Jay Rooney FAST NETWORK - R10 (1) Drops back to a more suitable trip after a good run in the Classic Mie Trackwork Spy LASERBLANCA - R4 (7) Solid debut where he made ground and was good in defeat. Looks hard to beat Phillip Woo MIDORI GIANT - R9 (14) Can strike over a suitable trip after flashing potential in three runs Shannon (Vincent Wong) SUPER STRONG KID - R1 (10) Nice looking type who has been performing very well at the trials Racing Post Online LUCKY TOUCH - R6 (1) Honest galloper never runs a bad race and looks ready to win Tom Wood LASERBLANCA - R4 (7) Solid debut run, should strip fitter and will go close hereView the full article

The feeling of seeing sale-ring purchases go on to stardom on the racetrack is nothing new for Johnny McKeever, but the respected European bloodstock agent took special satisfaction from Feroce’s (NZ) (Super Seth) triumph in the Gr.1 Howden Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Feroce was bred by Sir Peter Vela’s Pencarrow Thoroughbreds Ltd and comes from the first crop of Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth. Offered by Eion Kemp’s Kilgravin Lodge at the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, Feroce was bought for $160,000 by McKeever Bloodstock Ltd in partnership with rookie trainer Dominic Sutton. McKeever was at Flemington on Saturday as Feroce edged out fellow New Zealand-bred Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Australian Guineas, improving his record to three wins, three placings and more than A$1.3 million in stakes from a nine-start career. “To be honest, it was the usual story,” McKeever said. “I came to New Zealand to see some Ready to Run Horses before heading back to Europe for the Goffs Foal Sale. I put together a list, and Dom bid on several horses. By some miracle, one of the ones on the list was Feroce and he got him. That’s racing for you, and that’s picking out horses at sales for you. “This is just incredibly special. Dom’s father is one of my best childhood friends. Dom is just starting his training career, and in the first year of his career, he’s trained a Group One winner with a New Zealand-bred horse. “Another special aspect of this story is that Feroce was bred by Sir Peter Vela. I’m very fond of Sir Peter. He’s been up to Newmarket a lot and we’ve got to know each other well. “So this is very special for me for a number of reasons. It’s also very special for Waikato Stud, with their young stallion Super Seth coming through with a lovely Group One winner like that. “It just gives me so much pleasure on so many levels. It’s just fantastic.” McKeever has also formed a successful partnership with Kemp in recent years, purchasing yearlings throughout Australasia with the goal of re-offering them as two-year-old at the Ready to Run Sale. “Eion has been very kind in letting me select some yearlings, mainly in Australia and some in New Zealand, to be made into Ready to Run horses,” McKeever said. “I’ve learned a lot from Eion about the Ready to Run Sale and the concept. I’m more of a traditional yearling buyer, so it’s new to me, but he’s been great to work with.” McKeever has decades of experience buying bloodstock around the world, and he speaks highly about the New Zealand-bred thoroughbred. “I’m extremely happy with the New Zealand product,” he said. “I think it’s a different level to anything we have anywhere else in the world.” View the full article

Previously a runner-up in two black-type races, Marble Arch (NZ) (Per Incanto) went one better on Saturday with a valuable victory in the A$300,000 Gr.2 TAB Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. The New Zealand-bred five-year-old had been narrowly beaten in two recent attempts in stakes company, going down by a half-length when second in the Listed Lord Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Boxing Day and by neck when second in the Gr.3 JRA Plate (1600m) at Caulfield on February 8. But this time Marble Arch would not be denied. Jockey Michael Dee sat in a handy position just behind the leaders before presenting Marble Arch three wide early in the run home. Marble Arch showed a quality turn of foot and burst to the front with 200m remaining. Attrition (Churchill) and Zardozi (Kingman) produced strong finishes to eat into the margin late in the piece, but Marble Arch coasted to a comfortable two-length victory. “She really deserved that,” said Ben Hayes, who trains in partnership with his brothers Will and JD. “She’s been bridesmaid a couple of times in stakes races this prep. To win a Group Two is just huge for her residual value. “The ownership group are fantastic – Steve and Vicky Thompson, they’re great supporters of ours. To win a Group Two for them is just a huge result. She’s been a great success story. She was a Future Stars winner on a Thursday (in 2023) in her first Australian start. “She got such a good run today. It was a great ride by Michael. There was good speed there and we ended up in a perfect position with no weight.” Dee was similarly impressed. “She peeled out and we had that race shot to bits a long way from home,” he said. “She cruised into it, hit the front without doing any work and really quickened away. She’s in great form at the minute and hopefully that continues.” The winner of the Blamey Stakes earns a ballot-free entry for the A$2.5 million Gr.1 All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington next Saturday, and the Lindsay Park team will seriously consider backing up with Marble Arch. “If she pulls up well, it won’t be a hard decision with a mare in such good form,” Hayes said. “She was quite impressive today, so we’ll definitely be considering it. “We’ve just got to see how she pulls up, but if she pulls up well, I think it’ll be an easy vote to run. “I think she has the right constitution to back up. I think that’s her tenth run for the prep and she’s just been super-consistent.” A daughter of Little Avondale Stud’s outstanding sire Per Incanto, Marble Arch was purchased privately by the Lindsay Park team after finishing third at Wanganui in her only start in New Zealand for trainer Wayne Marshment. Bred by Goodwood Stud, Marble Arch is out of the four-win Sakhee’s Secret mare Jonquil (NZ) and stems from the family of Group One winners Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and Daffodil (NZ) (No Excuse Needed). The now five-year-old mare was initially sold as a weanling for just $3,100 via gavelhouse.com. Saturday’s victory was Marble Arch’s ninth career win from 22 starts, with a further five placings, and she advanced her career earnings to A$790,646. View the full article

Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth and trainer Dominic Sutton stood in the Group One spotlight for the first time when Feroce headed a New Zealand-bred quinella in Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 Howden Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. It was a case of second time lucky for Feroce, who finished second and was beaten by an agonising short head by Private Life in the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in October. Rookie trainer Dominic Sutton soon set his sights on Australian Guineas redemption, giving the gelding only two runs in the five months in between those two 1600m classics. Feroce finished third in the Gr.3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington in early November, then returned from a summer break with a third in the Gr.3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) on February 15. It all came together in the one that counted on Saturday. Jockey Billy Egan got Feroce into a perfect position in fifth place as Stay Focused led the field up to the home turn. Standout New Zealand colt Savaglee sprinted past that runner and took command with 400m to go, but Feroce was following through in his slipstream. Egan angled Feroce to Savaglee’s outside and drove him up alongside his fellow Kiwi-bred. The pair fought a desperate battle through the last 150m, with Feroce edging ahead of a gallant Savaglee to win by three-quarters of a length. There was another length back to Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) winner Goldrush Guru in third. Feroce became an unforgettable first Group One winner for Sutton, who is in his first season of training. “I can’t even think of a word to say right now,” he said. “Crazy. I’ve got so many people to thank, especially my fiancée, Raquel. I couldn’t do it without her. Her dad’s flown over from the UK. Simon (Chappell), our biggest owner, our biggest supporter, is over as well. He literally flew in this morning. “And look, we can’t do it without the horse, and he’s just an absolute warrior. We thought we had him right for the day. Everyone sort of probably wrote him off a little bit off his first-up run, but Billy just came in and said he’s flying and just hated that soft ground. I can’t quite believe this, to be honest. “It took a long time to get over the Caulfield Guineas, I’m not going to lie. A lot of people were congratulating us, but I still felt pretty bitter about it all, thinking that we could have won on that day. And we all know how hard it is to win these races and to have a horse good enough and present him in the right order on the day. “So you sometimes think, ‘Am I going to be waiting for a long time now until the next one comes along?’ But this horse has just been super. He’s just improved, improved, improved. He was probably the third ever horse we’ve bought out of the sales, and I’ve got to thank Johnny McKeever. He’s been instrumental in helping us select these horses. He’s also selected horses like Garachico, Detroit City, our proper flagbearers. So I’ve got a lot to thank him for as well. “I was just hoping he’d really knuckle down and go past that leader. He’s had a tendency of just getting his head up a little bit, but once Billy changed the stick through, and gave him a couple more reminders, he really let down and flew.” Egan was delighted to play his part in Sutton’s first Group One triumph. “I’m just really happy for Dom,” he said. “For a young bloke, having so many horses in his first year of training and also having Group One runners in your first year of training, there’s a lot of pressure that comes with that, and he handles himself really well. He’s got his fiancée, Raq, and he’s got his parents as well, they’re all very supportive of him, so it’s just great that he can handle himself in such a way and do an amazing job with these horses in his first year. “He’s not a bad horse. It’s taken a while for the penny to drop. Dom’s done a lot right by the horse, and it’s showing when he’s getting results like this. So just a great job to have a horse spot-on and primed for a Group One event. It’s not easy to set a horse for a race, any target, anywhere, but to do it against the best trainers and horses and riders, you know, on the big stage is a real credit to him. “The race really worked out really nicely. We had the plan to press forward and be just behind those leaders, so we weren’t too far away. He can really hold a good gallop, and it just worked out a treat for him today.” Bred by Pencarrow Stud, Feroce was purchased out of Kilgravin Lodge’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale draft for $160,000 by Sutton and McKeever Bloodstock last year. Feroce is a son of the unraced O’Reilly mare Corinthia and is a half-brother to the Listed Karaka Classic winner Siracusa and a member of the famed Eight Carat family. Feroce has now had nine starts for three wins, three placings and A$1.33 million in stakes. Super Seth, meanwhile, was New Zealand’s leading first-season sire in 2023-24 and heads the second-season standings in 2024-25. He is the sire of 25 winners, with Feroce the best of his six individual stakes winners. His daughter La Dorada has won this season’s Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), while Sethito, Linebacker, Poetic Champion and Super Photon have also won at black-type level. It was a quinella for the Waikato Stud stallion roster, with Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) hero Savaglee being a son of the great Savabeel. View the full article

Nah , just another fun element to get people on course.......otherwise we'd all just stay at home and watch the tele and look for faults in the presenters and revert to the keyboard. Expecting folk to pay over $200 for 15 min of horses running in a circle while spending over 10 hours out and about just doesn't cut it ,even with a bit of music to look forward to ! Years of watching boring horse races causes anti- social behaviour , cynicism and severe depression leading people to revert to anonymous abuse on-line......in other words it ducks ya !

Role on indeed. If you are a Huey type, then forget the slot race but look at what else is on offer. NZ Derby G1, Bonecrusher stakes G1, Sistema 2yo G1, NZTBA F&M G1, plus .. G2 Auckland cup and G2 Sunline vase, final leadup for 3yo fillies before NZ Oaks. Something for everyone, so come on Huey, take an extra happy pill next Saturday and shout Dewey and Louie a top day out.

So essentially throwing money at punters to get them on course. Fish says the slot race should have them there in droves.

sigh, a once great place. Quite mindboggling to ponder all the different problems at so many tracks/clubs in CD! wow! Role on next week up north eh!

Think of the Trentham members stand, now the only stand, as a right angle. Everything at the front, ground, L1 and L2 that looks onto the track should be fine but the 'right angle' which goes back towards where the public enter the course is an addition that is potentially the problem area. The key word is potentially. There are enough well connected people at WRC to ensure an asbestos or earthquake rating can be delayed/appealed.

I read where there is trouble with the Trentham stand. It must have been gossip as I see there is advertising for best dressed and other events on Oaks day, suggesting no one is taking the condemned building ticket seriously.

That's an impressive attitude. Most would be angry with the world.

Because of the fast paced nature of racing when someone dies it seems there's some quick recognition and then back into it. It's quite difficult for families of the deceased as it's like their loved one is quickly forgotten. I know that is not the case and everyone grieves in their own way. My wish is that people think about giving someone the time of day more when at the track, sales or races. One thing I admired about Mike, he treated everyone the same.

Who would want to run a busy racing club with all those KPI's, expectations and having to continually come up with new ideas each meeting to get different crowds on track so that you keep your job?

Exactly.........,.Derby , Cup , Group 1's , Aussie horses , Aussie jockeys ......gotta be the best day of your life ! Best 'value' definitely looks to be a ticket in the BGP room where you can mix with racing people from all over NZ.....sure the price gone up to $195 in past week but with lunch , a few drinks , comfortable surroundings with the added twist of winning some Cash in the picking contest . Pick one horse in each race and the most points earned picks up $10 k Cash, $2500 for second and $2500 Bonus bet for 3rd. Plenty of stuff happening over the weekend to make it memorable ! The price seems very comparable to many of the popular hospitality spots at Wingatui today....in a tent at ground level , some cheap champagne and a snack for $250 per head !

Chris Waller continued his remarkable dominance of Sydney’s Group 1 races, training the trifecta in the 2025 Verry Elleegant Stakes, with Cox Plate champion Via Sistina returning to her winning ways. The Fastnet Rock mare, after finishing third in the Apollo Stakes, triumphed in the $1 million Verry Elleegant Stakes over the Randwick mile defeating stablemates […] The post 2025 Verry Elleegant Stakes Results: Via Sistina Leads All-Waller Trifecta appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

A significant upset shook Flemington on Saturday, as Dominic Sutton‘s Feroce defied expectations to win the 2025 Australian Guineas. The three-year-old Super Seth gelding, priced at $14, delivered a stunning performance, securing a three-quarters of a length victory under a brilliant ride from Billy Egan. The absence of race favourite Angel Capital, withdrawn on race […] The post 2025 Australian Guineas Results: Feroce Scores Impressive Upset over Savaglee appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

Lady Shenandoah continued her impressive form, securing another victory over Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot in the 2025 Surround Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained filly replicated the Light Fingers Stakes quinella, solidifying her status as a top-class performer. “I could see that she accelerated but wasn’t quite clear, and then I […] The post Surround Stakes 2025 Winner Lady Shenandoah Beats Lady Of Camelot in Thriller appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

What Hong Kong Classic Cup Day 2025 Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, March 2, 2025 First Race 1pm HKT (4pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing returns to Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday afternoon, with a bumper 10-race program set for decision. The second leg of the four-year-old series headlines the action, with a capacity field of 14 set to do battle in the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m). Participants will be racing on the B course throughout the meeting, and although some potential rainfall could hit the track, expect the Good 4 rating to hold throughout the day. 2025 Hong Kong Classic Cup Day is scheduled to get underway at 1pm HKT. Hong Kong Classic Cup Tip: Mickley Mickley had excuses in his latest outing at Sha Tin on February 16, pulling up with blood in the trachea after suffering a 3.8-length defeat to Johannes Brahms. His run prior to that performance in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) was sensational, powering home with some of the best closing sectionals to suggest the son of Soldier’s Call is worth following stepping out in trip. Ryan Moore gets legged aboard from stall five, and with this guy representing terrific each-way value with horse racing bookmakers, Mickley gets the verdict in the 2025 Hong Kong Classic Cup. Hong Kong Classic Cup Race 7 – #7 Mickley (5) 4yo Gelding | T: John Size | J: Ryan Moore (57kg) Best Bet at Sha Tin: Laserblanca Laserblanca was gallant in defeat at Sha Tin on February 16. The Safeguard gelding led them up from the widest barrier (12) on debut and gave a strong kick when persuaded by Brenton Avdulla. The three-year-old did a mountain of work and had every right to drop out of the contest, however, he kept finding to finish within a length of Ka Ying Warrior. Watch for Ryan Moore to slide across to the lead from stall eight once again, and provided he can sprint away from them stepping to the 1400m second-up, Laserblanca will prove hard to chase down. Best Bet Race 4 – #7 Laserblanca (8) 3yo Gelding | T: John Size | J: Ryan Moore (58kg) Next Best at Sha Tin: Justifying The Caspar Fownes-trained Justifying appears to be a smart type heading into his debut, claiming back-to-back barrier trial victories in preparation for this first-up assignment. The son of Justify has done all his work at Conghua, showing plenty of early speed to career away from his rivals under minor urging by Luke Ferraris. He attacks the Sha Tin straight in the opening event and may need to work to the lead from barrier four, but provided he can get across, Justifying should give a bold sight when asked for the ultimate effort. Next Best Race 1 – #9 Justifying (4) 3yo Gelding | T: Caspar Fownes | J: Luke Ferraris (58kg) Best Value at Sha Tin: Ramadan Ramadan was thrown in the deep end contesting the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on December 8, where the Le Havre colt failed to fire a shot. Now trained by Mark Newnham, Ramadan appears to have settled in comfortably to his new conditions, catching the eye in the recent barrier trial at Happy Valley on February 15. This Class 2 contest is much weaker than what he faced on his Hong Kong debut, and with the lightly raced four-year-old posing a good first-up record (4:2-0-0), expect Ramadan to figure in the finish at an each-way price with Dabble. Best Value Race 8 – #3 Ramadan (3) 4yo Colt | T: Mark Newnham | J: Hugh Bowman (56.5kg) Sunday quaddie tips for Sha Tin Sha Tin quadrella selections March 2, 2025 2-5-6-7-8-11 3-4-5-11 2-6-7-8-14 1-3-4-5-8 Horse racing tips View the full article

Iowna Merc after claiming the Group 3 Liverpool City Cup. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The Bjorn Baker-trained Iowna Merc ($4.00) has put the head down where it matters most to claim the Group 3 Liverpool City Cup (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday afternoon. The son of Winning Rupert got the verdict in a blanket go in the concluding stages, as With Your Blessing ($3.90) and the fast-finishing Gringotts ($3.60) ensured a grandstand finish to the $250,000 feature. With Your Blessing was sent to the top to battle out the early lead alongside Willaidow ($5.50), with the pair utilizing the low weight to tick over some modest sectionals. Iowna Merc got the back of With Your Blessing and went searching for a run towards the inside rail under Joshua Parr, while Gringotts settled towards the rear of the field as Tommy Berry dragged back despite drawing gate two. With Your Blessing gave a strong kick under Alysha Collett and appeared to be doing enough as they approached the final furlong; however, Iowna Merc was able to squeeze along the inside to get the head down in the shadows of the post, while Gringotts could be one to follow after a luckless run with the big weight. Click here for Randwick race replays. Luke Hilton spoke post-race on behalf of the Bjorn Baker barn. “He deserved it,” said Hilton. “He’s been so honest this campaign. “He’s done such a good job this time in and he’s been punching around in benchmark grade but he’s now a Group 3 horse and he ran a fantastic race today.” Joshua Parr was happy to get the photo as he spoke post-race. “It is an anxious moment and a bizarre feeling, As a jockey, going back to the inside, you want to make sure you win and if you get beaten by a pimple going back to the inside, it is hard to cop,” said Parr. “I’m so glad he stuck his head out and got the job done for us. “His will and the confidence (with which) he’s become. He once lacked that and you had to nurture him every step of the way. Now he travels boldly and really lets go. He’s an easy horse to ride now that he has grown in confidence.” Horse racing news View the full article

Maximus Augustus winning the Southern Mile Final (1600m) at Wingatui on Saturday. Photo: Tayler Stong Ascot Park owner-trainer-breeder Bill McNamara scored his biggest win in racing when Maximus Augustus took out the $200,000 ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m) at Wingatui on Saturday. McNamara has only five horses in work and saddled his first winner with Lily Of The Valley in February of 2022. He added three wins in the 2022-23 season, six in 2023-24 and two in the first seven months of the current term. Going into Saturday, he had saddled a total of 164 starters for 12 winners, 27 placegetters and overall earnings of $295,085. Saturday’s big win added $115,000 to that tally. Maximus Augustus went into the Southern Mile Final somewhat under the radar at a quote of +1300, but came out on top with an outstanding performance. “It’s a huge thrill, and especially since I bred him too,” McNamara said. “He’d been racing really well leading into the race. I was confident we had him as good as we could get him, we’d drawn well (gate one), and Sam Wynne is just on fire, isn’t she? So we had a few things in our favour.” Wynne also took out Saturday’s Listed Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) aboard Loftys Gift, and she guided Airpark Hustler and Perfect Scenario to second placings in the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1600m) and Group 3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) respectively. Wynne got Maximus Augustus to settle into a smooth rhythm in fifth along the rail, then moved away from the fence just before the home turn. While others ran into traffic trouble in the straight, Wynne found her way into clear air out in the centre of the track and asked Maximus Augustus to quicken. He showed a good turn of foot and soon drew up alongside the topweight Treybon, edging ahead of him in a hard-fought final 100m to win by three-quarters of a length. “It was a good field today, so it was great to see him do that,” McNamara said. “We just love him. He’s a great-natured horse and absolutely lovely to have around the stable. He’s so easy to work and everyone who rides him just loves him. I’ve got no idea what’s next for him now, but this is a great result.” Maximus Augustus has now had 29 starts for four wins, five placings and $175,990 in stakes. He is by War Decree out of the O’Reilly mare Sherenzo, who was a $4000 broodmare purchase from the 2016 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka. “He’s out of an O’Reilly mare that my brother bought for me at Karaka,” McNamara said. “This is her second foal. We’ve got a really nice full-sister who’s a two-year-old at the moment as well, so it’s very exciting.” Horse racing news View the full article