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That finish of Tentyris is reminiscent of Chautauqua so yes, he can win

Brodie gets stuck into them all the time . You don't see well at all Peter. 😆😉 . Maybe try reading a Few Threads on BOAY . Who do you think ATC and HRNZ are? Brodie quite happy to call them Basket cases on about , oh lets see? hundreds of occasions . It's a bit of a running joke actually. Who do you think works at ATC and HRNZ ? plenty of horse people. People who love the sport. Brodie critical to the max old mate. Completely insults them at their jobs constantly . Are you living under a rock and didn't notice? Alas he Doesn't like Entain helping out either, nor about 50 other things and organisations. I don't have to suggest anything . It's in plain view across several threads. People (including Chief) don't even bother replying to the trots thread anymore with all that crap on it . I wonder why ?? lol🙄😋 What happens when TOUR PARTY is in $100,000 young guns 6 horse field race shortly as $1.10 favourite. ? should Can the race ? . Waste of money? .It's at the ATC for strters. money could be better used elsewhere? No one can bet on it lol . (should be used for thoroughbreds would be better than you unappreciative lot anyway.) BUT don't Run one of the greatest Trot races ever seen with OscarB , Muscle Mountain, Keayang Zahara , Gus and 3 others , possibly the current Interdominion Champ Arcee Phoenix as well. THATS JUST a DISGRACE PETER. well done Peter well done. recklessness . lol.

I am at a loss to understand where you are coming from. As far as I can see, neither Brodie or myself have been critical of our horse people, yet you keep suggesting we are. I have always believed they are some of the best in the World, and have been privileged to know many of them personally. Obviously, your idea of 'tiny' and mine are different, and my issue is that the 'tiny' amount would be much better spent elsewhere, instead of subsidising races for people who have horses that are capable of winning far more than that.

A syndicate headed by Windsor Park Stud, Mapperley Stud & Lion Rock Bloodstock have secured Champion Three-Year-Old SAVAGLEE as he begins the next chapter of his career at stud. The son of 10-time champion sire Savabeel retires as one of the standout colts of his generation, combining precocity, brilliance and toughness throughout a career that produced seven wins from 900 metres to 1600 metres, along with elite-level performances on both sides of the Tasman. Prepared by trainer Pam Gerard, Savaglee first signalled his ability early in his two-year-old season winning on debut over 900 metres in the spring at Trentham before establishing himself among the leading juveniles of his crop. A Group One performer at two, Savaglee was successful in the Gr.3 Matamata Slipper at that age. https://bitofayarn.com Savaglee made significant improvement from two to three and went on to dominate his age group during his classic campaign. His winning sequence included the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas, the Gr.2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial, the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas and the Gr.2 Levin Classic, confirming him as the leading three-year-old in the country. His defining performance came in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas at Riccarton where he delivered a crushing victory against the best of his contemporaries. Travelling strongly throughout, Savaglee cruised into the race before accelerating clear to win by three lengths in the third-fastest time ever recorded in the time-honoured classic’s history. He later stepped up to weight-for-age company against older horses, finishing a meritorious third in the Gr.1 BCD Sprint. Savaglee then crossed the Tasman to contest the Gr.1 Australian Guineas at Flemington where he further enhanced his reputation with a courageous runner-up performance that underlined his ability at the highest level in Australia.https://bitofayarn.com Bred and sold by Waikato Stud, Savaglee is out of Glee, by Champion Broodmare Sire O’Reilly, and comes from a family that has produced multiple champions, including his sister in blood Orchestral together with Aegon and Daffodil. The family’s ongoing strength is further demonstrated by recent Gr.1 winners Atishu and Sepals. His quality was apparent from the moment he entered the sales ring at the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale where he was purchased for $400,000 by The Oaks manager Rick Williams on behalf of stud principal Dick Karreman. A strong, correct and athletic individual, Savaglee stood out as a yearling and has developed into an imposing stallion prospect. Standing at 15.3½ hands, he is correctly made and beautifully balanced, possessing powerful hindquarters, with a great outlook – typical of the best horses by Savabeel. https://bitofayarn.com His commercial appeal was further highlighted when a sister in blood sold for $2.4 million at Karaka last year, emphasising the strength and demand for the family. Windsor Park Stud principal Rodney Schick said securing a horse of Savaglee’s quality represented a very exciting opportunity. “I am really appreciative that Dick Karreman and stud manager Rick Williams have been so good to deal with throughout the process of our negotiations”. “Dick has invested so much into NZ’s breeding and racing industry over a long period of time with so much success and Savaglee really is testament to that”. “We’re so thrilled to have secured a colt of Savaglee’s calibre and quality for stud,” Schick said. Mapperley Stud owner Simms Davison also concurred. https://bitofayarn.com “I’m really excited to again be involved with Windsor Park and Lion Rock in securing a superb stallion prospect”. “I loved him when we inspected him at The Oaks, he oozes quality and style and is a magnificent physical. Together with his race performance and pedigree he really is the total stud package”. Savaglee now offers breeders access to speed, class and one of the most powerful sire lines in the Southern Hemisphere and further details, including a service fee for the 2026 season, will be announced in the coming days.https://bitofayarn.com 0:00 /2:44 1× View the full article

ENTAIN are a 'Gift horse' to racing. I don't expect you to understand why . I don't agree with much you say at all actually sorry. I can see you're just total ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT Brodster. anyone in any authority you just can em' It's a bit of a shame for you as you worry too much about stuff that's not real . Like People in WORKING jobs that they're paid to do have No Business sense???. they've been very successful . that doesn't even make sense to start off with . ENtain and HRNZ (for over 100 years) have been very successful companies and employ plenty of fine businessmen and accountants and handicappers and employees that have been successful in Multiple fields of endeavor . I found some of them a pleasure to race horses for like Jim McNeil and Chris Garrard and Alistair Cox NZ and John Devlin NZ . I feel privileged to know such great people that are involved in harness and raced their horses for them. The horsemen themselves ? well that's just Best on the Planet Level Brodster. I feel like i'm at the top of EVEREST like Sir Edmund Hilary, watching them go . amazing stuff they do these days. Reading this BOAY forum is like harness is being abbandoned on Mt Erebus with some DC10 remains. Do you realize this Slot Trot SHOWS oFF NZ and AUS as the Best Trotting trainers and trotters on the Planet.?? A/ you blokes don't. you want to can the race because of a tiny tiny 200-300 k input by HRNZ ?? lol 🤣 One fellow here saying its a disgrace above above ??? . lol whatta a disgrace that is. Keayang Zahara and Gus and Muscle Mountain racing is a disgrace . qeeez mate . what is wrong with the world . better off firing missiles I spose. Chief puts at the top of the page BOAY : New Zealand s Premium Pro Racing Forum. Re-name it Chief!!!! . BOAY: New Zealand s Premium ANTI-Racing Forum .

Gamma, you are now agreeing that once Entain pulls the plug on the heavily reduced stakes then harness is knackered! Shame HRNZ hasnt got people in the leadership positions with business sense! Anyway enjoying the Westport racing today. HRNZ can not afford to chuck anything into the slot races and dont need to, but then again it is Entains money until it is gone, and nothing surer than the Ozzies will be back in Oz!

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of the number of mares being bred by the big studs, compared to the so-called hobby breeders

It's a tool to assist in achieving the objectives.

so the headline currently on the hrnz website is confidence returns,largest breeding increase in 16 years. hey,i'm not saying its not a good thing numbers are slightly up,but what is obvious is HRNZ are overplaying how significant the progress is. They could have run a headline that said breeding numbers 2nd lowest in history and that would have been just as true. Peden and steele talk about stabalisation of breeding numbers being so important and i get that,but its also very obvious that there had to be a point where numbers hit rock bottom. But anyone who thinks the numbers are good,as indicated by the headline,must be kidding themselves. all that story on hrnz is,is positive spin. i'm not saying i don't get why they have run that story,its just they have again way oversold it. lets remember HRNZ are throwing money around like theres no tomorrow and that includes substanial money being used to incentivise breeding. personally i just don't get why they can't see big holes in how they are dealing with the industry,including breeding incentives. Hrnz should be focusing on creating an environment where breeders have the confidence to continue breeding without the need for hrnz subsidising. And what happens if and when they can no longer keep stake levels at their current level because they have spent all the money trying to give an impression things are better than they really are. And i note they said the sires $5000 or under was the main reason the breeding number rose. Up by 231 on the previous year. But of course that also meant the sires over $5000 were down by 132. now that harness 5000 does seem to have worked for hrnz. I have no idea why anyone with much sense would breed to a harness 5000 on the basis of that it will be eligible for a one off race once a year worth $60,000. But people seem to think like that. My guess is yes there may be that one race they could aim to start in 4 years time but while they realistically have a very small chance of starting in may still be the same,every other race they are running in throughout the year could and probably will be less than what the current stakes are because hrnz is overspending to create that false impression. . As i said one other time,seeing more breed because of the harness 5000 is like watching the people silly enough to breed to nz stallions because hrnz said they would be running for bonuses in years to come,which of course they cancelled beofre anyone got that chance who had bred. But hey,hrnz seem to have sold people on that,so that was a win for hrnz.

Gamma, it's obvious a discussion (I was going to say argument but refrained) with you about this is futile. Only the future will tell who was right or wrong. My understanding is that when the Entain deal was signed, it was conditional on NZ introducing Geo-blocking (which Australia have had for years).The idea/thinking was that that would create a large boost in wagering (I seem to recall a figure of $40m being talked about) to replace for the money that Entain is putting in now. Given that HRNZ have just announced that turnovers are actually down on a reduced turnover of last year, and the year before that etc., that seems to have been proven to be pie in the sky. As I've said before, we don't have generous State Governments of billionaires to help...ALL, I repeat, ALL our money comes from wagering, hence my comments on Slot Racing, which, as does Cup Week almost every year, run at a substantial loss.

It's not the Entain money that will 'Stop' the industry . They are the one's propping it up with spare back pocket cash at the moment. NZ and Australia. blatant mismanagement is JUST Not Correct. they're helping out in hour of need. And as The Galah correctly says , SPortsBetting is the go these days for them , and horse racing is just like a side dessert if you like , that they don't really need. It's a TWILIGHT industry . NZ especially has TWILIGHT participants. I can't believe Ricky May coming back again , nor Barry Purdon the other day. Dr Chin . really ? who's gunna lose money betting on them ? not you or I. didn't get enough youngsters involved is the HUUUGEE knife in the back for NZ harness. I agree Fully with you Brodster that the mile racing and smaller field's are quite boring. commonly run in Aus every day of the week. and you have advocating keeping them to a minimum in NZ as a spectacle or a Betting prospect. NZ has a GREAT VAriety of RACES put on by HRNZ 9cmpared to Aus) and Caters for All their participants. THE PARTICIPANTS are just as Important as the Punters to keep it going. No Participants = No Racing = You're washed Up. ENTAIN and HRNZ are handling it to keep it going. And you know this. you're just being mean really not appreciating the efforts . we'll lose heaps on the Interdominion but you still need these Pinnalcle events to keep people like Seymour interested ( as well as all the 5 day to day meetings we run each and every week. HRNZ does it better than all our OZ states , except NSW HR which look after their participants magnificently across the board and hopefully at a profit. For your tiny HRNZ industry the results achieved are Just amazing really. fancy people grizzling they put in 200-300 thousand ( a pittance to Entain) to run the feature Slot TROT of Australasia? , of the world nearly? . with some of the world's best trotters EVER SEEN , yet this thread says Call it off ?????????????????. I give up mate. It's like calling off the Olympics 100m because BOLT was too fast for them . 🤣😆. forget the spectacle 😉

After Disco Time suffered his first career defeat in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park, his connections are hoping for a fresh start to his 4-year-old season March 7 in the Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.View the full article

Thanks. That's enlightening. Just I didn't recall that term being in the ToR objectives for the project.

Did it lose momentum you mean? 1 l behind at 150M...1/2 L at 100M..head behind 30M out...it had momentum alright and was going to win a head....after being carted 3/5 widths out after another look 0.01 sec behind at the post...call it a DH in olde school lingo of course subjective...BUT didn't even rate a mention in the report WOEFUL

It’s been a successful New Zealand raid for the Gavin Bedggood-trained Kingswood, and the grey entire will be looking to end it on a high when he heads to Ellerslie on Saturday. The son of Roaring Lion won first-up in New Zealand on Boxing Day at Ellerslie in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) before finishing runner-up to Legarto in last month’s Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The ledger is now one apiece between the pair, with Legarto running third in the Zabeel Classic, and Bedggood is hoping Kingswood can once again have the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained mare’s measure when they return to Ellerslie on Champions Day to contest the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m). “I have got full respect for her and she beat us fair and square last start,” Bedggood said. “We are racing back right-handed, which I know is my horse’s advantage, and hopefully back on a track with a little bit more of a forgiving surface can help us.” Bedggood has been rapt with what has turned into a lucrative campaign and he said he would love to return to New Zealand in the future if the opportunity presented itself. “It’s been a well worthwhile trip, and we have been very well looked after,” he said. “Mike Rogers, who has accommodated us for the last 11 weeks at Pukekohe, has bent over backwards to help us. It has been good. “I was over there a week leading up to Christmas and I did 10 days after the sales and all my riders have done a two-week block each. It has been a little bit testing in that regard, but it has been a fruitful trip, and I would have no hesitation doing it again.” Kingswood is set to return to Australia following Saturday’s race and Bedggood is looking forward to tackling some elite-level targets on home soil with the six-year-old, but he has yet to lock down what they will be. “He will fly out on Sunday and head back to Victoria,” he said. “He will be nominated for the Australian Cup (Gr.1, 2000m) and a few different races in Sydney, but we might put him aside and prep him up for Brisbane.” While he will be chasing Group One glory and the lion’s share of the $1 million purse on offer in the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes, Bedggood will also have a couple of runners at Flemington on Saturday. Jennilala will be seeking to defend her crown in the Gr.3 Matron Stakes (1600m), while in form gelding Castellar will contest the Herald Sun Plate (1100m). “Jennilala won that race 12 months ago,” Bedggood said. “She is deep into her campaign whereas when she went into it last year she was first-up. I am hopeful more than confident of her winning, but she ran well a fortnight ago. “Castellar is in great form. He was gallant in defeat last start, he probably went a bit too quick. Although it is a step up in grade, he drops in weight, and he will be very competitive in that race.” View the full article

Burgeoning thoroughbred giant Yulong Investments has made a splash in New Zealand this season, buying up the nation’s top three-year-olds, and while they have already been rewarded with instant success, they are favoured to have plenty more on Champions Day at Ellerslie on Saturday. Zhang Yuesheng’s Victoria-based operation has purchased a quartet of Kiwi three-year-olds in the last six months, and they have tasted topline success courtesy of Well Written (Written Tycoon) in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) and Ohope Wins (NZ) (Ocean Park), who led home a Yulong quinella in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) last month. While Ohope Wins has crossed the Tasman in a bid to add to her elite-level tally under leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller, New Zealand Oaks runner-up Autumn Glory (NZ) (Ocean Park) and Well Written have remained in New Zealand to contest the Gr.1 HKJC World Pool New Zealand Derby (2400m) and $4 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) respectively on Champions Day. Autumn Glory will be joined in the Derby by That’s Gold (Lucky Vega), who will carry Yulong’s silks for the first time after they purchased him following his dominant victory in last month’s Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m). Well Written and That’s Gold have a particularly close connection with Yulong, with the pair being by resident stallions Written Tycoon and Lucky Vega respectively, while That’s Gold was bred by the farm, and Well Written was purchased by Yulong’s sales and nominations manager Harry King as a weanling in Australia on behalf of his brother Benji. She was subsequently on sold through Brighthill Farm’s 2024 New Zealand Bloodstock Online Yearling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus to trainer Stephen Marsh and Dylan Johnson Bloodstock, and the King brothers have been enjoying watching her meteoric rise as a three-year-old. Harry King had the pleasure of purchasing a share of her back, on behalf of his employer, ahead of her New Zealand 1000 Guineas success last November, and she continued on her upward trajectory, subsequently winning the Gr.2 Auckland Guineas (1400m) and $1.5 million Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), and capturing the attention of racing enthusiasts on both sides of the Tasman. She now heads into The NZB Kiwi on Saturday, representing TAB’s slot, as a dominant $1.20 favourite, and like many, King is hoping she can continue her winning ways this weekend. “It is a very exciting weekend for Benji and I and the whole team involved in selecting her,” King said. “Benji gave me a bit of a brief to find some nice foals, he was unable to make it to the sale (in Australia), and we were very fortunate to get her and bring her back to New Zealand. “She is the first Group One winner by Written Tycoon for Mr Zhang (Yulong principal). For me to be involved in purchasing her with Dylan Johnson and Stephen Marsh privately was extra exciting.” King said he took particular satisfaction from her Karaka Millions win where he was trackside to watch her triumph, with the bonus of Benji training a winner on the undercard. “I was speaking to Benji during the week and I think what has hit home is after the Karaka Millions I opened social media and saw Chris Waller, Peter Moody and Gai Waterhouse all commenting on Well Written,” he said. “That gave us a bit of excitement, seeing those people that we look up to all talking about a horse that we purchased.” While the brothers didn’t retain Well Written to race, she has helped raise the profile of Benji’s business, Foxhill Thoroughbreds, and given them the confidence to continue to invest in bloodstock. “The amount of business he has gotten out of it in terms of marketing and promotion is great,” Harry King said. “Even off this sale he has been sent two horses by David Digney, who bred Well Written. “We have purchased three or four horses over the past 12 months, two of those at Karaka that sold out straight away. We got a nice colt that we purchased out of Book 2 that we have put a lot of friends in, and he is a nice, sharp two-year-old looking horse and we will be expecting him to run in the Karaka Millions next year.” While King is particularly close to Well Written’s journey, he has also been watching Yulong’s other recent New Zealand purchases with interest, and he is pleased to see his employer investing heavily in his homeland. “As a proud Kiwi, and someone who works for Mr Zhang, I take great pride in seeing what he is doing over there,” King said. “Being brought up in New Zealand and a former employee of NZB (New Zealand Bloodstock), it makes me proud to see him going full force into New Zealand and supporting an array of trainers. We are not just supporting one trainer. “We have got That’s Gold (trainer Chris Wood) running now, who is a son of Lucky Vega, who looks like he is really in the market for the Derby ($5 second favourite) with Autumn Glory (trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood) looking a strong chance ($4.20 favourite). “We have purchased Ohope Wins (formerly trained by Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott) and brought her back to Australia and she is with Chris Waller.” King has also been buoyed by the strong interest Yulong’s purchases have garnered. “Between those four horses, they have really captured the New Zealand imagination,” he said. “The support that we have had from New Zealanders, and even Australians, they are really getting in behind them, particularly Ohope Wins and Well Written. “As a farm, we haven’t been going for generations, but for us to be involved and a part of that has really given everyone here a lot of satisfaction.” While King said he would love to be at Ellerslie for Champions Day, he has commitments at Flemington, with Yulong the naming sponsor of the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m), but he will be keeping one eye on the television taking in the racing action from Ellerslie. “It is a massive day at Flemington and as a farm we like to sponsor and support race clubs,” he said. “We have still got jobs to do back here at Flemington, and that will take pole position, but we will have huge interest in what they are doing at Ellerslie. “I was there that day last year, we had our first ever runner in New Zealand in our silks in Vega For Luck (in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes, 1200m), and a year later we now have some of the headline acts. “We feel very grateful to be playing our role in that day because it is just a superstar day for New Zealand racing.” View the full article

Gamma, we admire your support for HRNZ and the high class harness horses! However, for NZ there is absolutely no reason for confidence in harness racing in the future! You will realise in the future that those that are prepared to speak up about the blatant mismanagement of harness racing in NZ are speaking up for the best interests for longevity of the industry! The Entain money has been blatantly mishandled and you and everyone else will see that once it is stopped! The total silence from HRNZ and Entain is surely showing that they know we are right or they would be defending their position and guaranteeing that things are going in the right direction???? How on earth can things be going well when the North Island clubs are broke and getting poorer by the day?

What chance tomorrow? Second fav and not much to beat. Not much luck with draw but big track and gun jock. Track too firm? It’s her big chance to finally pick up a group win. As track unlikely to be soft be hoping for at least 6 bucks.

they could spend it on thoroughbreds I spose. 🙄 But that would be no no no good to ya. and harness racing NZ. Thankfully Ladbrokes put on QLD racing (Ladbrokes is a subsidiary of Entain) and we don't bet much on the 'Boring' racing here. the fields are too even with the rating system. It's just 500-600 participants making a living virtually. So even though QLD harness is running at a betting loss we still use the ENtain money to run the Interdominion each Winter and a whole host of Group 1' s (just in July and Dec as that's the budget we have) . the 2 Interdominions are worth $1.5 million between them . BUT WE don't say DISGRACE and WASTE of FUNDING , even though the whole lot is funded by Queensland racing (and not the participants like the slot races) just because in ALL likelihood LEAP TO FAME and KKEAYANG ZAHARA will Win the 2 Interdominions and will Stifle the betting. We have the races Still !! and enjoy and Don't call it a disgrace or Recklessness . a bit like the progressive HRNZ introducing the great slot racing to Addington past 2 years as well to really sell the great harness product. I guess it's in the approach you have as a doomsayer . how's your Bunker going. get it as deep as Brodie yet 😋

Betcha started out as if they were going to be more user friendly than the standard TAB site! However they dont now appear to be heading in the right direction in several respects! When you receive advice from them that they no longer are going to offer any promotions to you just because you arent a losing punter then that is less than average. Yes they are there to make money for the industry I appreciate that, however when their advice to you is not correct, you can tell that they are not travelling well!!!!!!

Well they're just preparing for some fabulous Autumn racing . Here's the article. Track All done up with new surface ready to go. Plenty of Group racing. Gunna be epic !! hope you enjoy. Only one kiwi tackling the Miracle Mile qualifiers this week ? . PINSEEKER with Jonny Cox . The same bloke who was the only one Brave enough to go to the Interdominion last year ( Chapman's did send their Pacer to McCarthy to have a go thought. Beach Ball . so credit to them too for having a go too) So should be plenty of horses in NZ harness racing to cheer on next few weeks . Messenger, Taylor Mile and that . Choc's and Marketplace and Rubira clashes. gunna be a ripper. It's the first time the track has been re-surfaced since 2023 when major flooding prompted a complete reconstuction. "I am very grateful to the Auckland Trotting Club and Red Contracting for their help in getting the job done so efficiently," says Denton. Alexandra Park's meeting tomorrow night kick-starts the new Northern Lights Autumn Carnival which will see 13 Group 1s and nearly $5m in feature race stakes on offer between March and May at the Park and Cambridge Raceway.

Gamma, I really do admire you rose-tinted glasses. Yes, the 7 slot holders put in $30k each, but although I was never much good at maths, that only comes to $210K.So to say HRNZ only puts in a small amount to a $500k stake is simply wrong. Nobody likes watching super horses race more than me, as I've been doing for around 60 years, but I'm a realist and, as it stands, the race will be boring and very expensive for a game that can't afford either. I could send the rest of the day outlining the better ways that the Entain money could be spent, but others on here have already done it on here.

Eight-year-old mare Pride Of Jenni bids to become the first two-time winner of the All-Star Mile (G1) when she enters the gate March 7 at Flemington Racecourse.View the full article

At the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association conference, experts see a future where prediction markets could work for racing, but first the sport needs to protect its turf. View the full article

A filly by Nyquist and colt by Yaupon realized the co-fastest eighth in :9 3/5 on Day 2 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-year-old in Training Sale's under-tack show on Thursday. Offered as Hip 391, the day's fastest-working colt is out of unraced Stand Back (Giant's Causeway), the dam of Grade II winner Step Forward (Speightstown). The Florida-bred hails from the family of Grade I winners Cavorting (Bernardini) and Clairiere (Curlin). He is consigned by Raul and Martha Reyes' Kings Equine. “I expected something good, but we never was to say [they will go] in :9 3/5 or :9 4/5 because you don't want to jinx the poor horse,” said Raul Reyes. “I did expect him to go fast because he's been very quick the whole time. Also, being by Yaupon, I expect him to have natural speed.” A $110,000 buy by Scott and Evan Dilworth at Keeneland in November of 2024, the colt RNA'd for $235,000 when offered at that venue last September. Reyes explained, “One of the reasons the owner didn't sell the horse [as a yearling] was because he felt the horse had ability and he wanted to keep him for the 2-year-old sales.” Already in the 2-year-old sales' game for 25 years, Kings Equine recorded a first with Thursday's co-fastest eighth of a mile worker. “That was the first time I had a horse go in :9 3/5 in my life,” Reyes said. “I've had a lot of horses go in :9 4/5 but never that fast.” According to Reyes, the reason for that somewhat surprising fact is likely because the body under-tack appearance is as important as the listed breeze itself. “Right now, the majority of the bloodstock agents clock the horses galloping out,” he explained. “It's become pretty much a standard thing now. Going fast an eighth, that's pretty good. But it's better if you also have a good gallop out too.” Heading the fillies during Thursday's session, Hip 372 is out of Smooth and Savvy (Lucky Pulpit), a half-sister to Grade I winner Smooth Like Strait (Midnight Lute). This is the extended family of GISW Siphonic (Siphon (Brz) and Laragh (Tapit) in addition to Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents). A member of the Wavertree Stables consignment, the Mar. 26 foal was purchased for $300,000 at Keeneland September last year. Hip 284, a filly by Drain the Clock registers the fastest quarter at OBS on Day 2 | OBS| Photos by Z Leading the fray with the track-record equaling quarter mile in :20 1/5 was Hip 284, a Kentucky-bred filly by Drain the Clock. Out of the 9-year-old Queen of Aces (Street Boss), the Apr. 4 foal is from the extended family of Kentucky Oaks heroine Dispute (Danzig). “We knew she was fast,” said Jesse Hoppel. “We let her run and found she was faster than most of them here. She had a good day.” Represented by his first crop of juveniles in 2026, the Maclean's Music stallion stands for $10,000 LFSN at Gainesway. “I have a lot of Drain the Clocks right now, her and several others in training and to tell you the truth, I can't think of one I don't like,” he said.” I have another colt [Friday] that is going to breeze pretty good. I think all in all, the sire might be a pretty decent stallion. I haven't found one (Drain the Clock) I didn't like yet.” Asked why the decision was made to work a quarter rather than an eighth, Hoppel explained, “Some horses by themselves are self-motivated and they'll do it on their own. Those horses who want to do it by themselves and are naturally aggressive, they like doing it and those are the horses I try to send farther because they like it. If you like your job, you do it better.” Hoppel also was responsible for the second-fastest quarter-mile worker at OBS on Thursday, a colt by Mo Town (Hip 299) who completed the task in :20 2/5. A $40,000 Keeneland November purchase in 2024, the colt is out of the listed-producing mare Reckon (Into Mischief). “That horse has been unreal,” Hoppel said. “I bought him as a baby and was thinking I would call somebody and get a partner on the way home. And I ended not calling anybody and keeping him for myself. He just grew up and got better and better and better. You pull him out on the end of the shank, he's absolutely striking. Fellow consignors that I respect on the way up to the chute were asking 'Who's that?' He's just a physically imposing individual.” The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 8 a.m. The OBS March sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday. Bidding begins each day at 11 a.m. The post Yaupon, Nyquist Juveniles Work Co-Fastest Eighth, Drain the Clock Filly Posts Top Quarter on Day 2 of OBS Under Tack appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article