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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Indigo Woods at Fair Grounds. Blue Is the Colour Larry Rodgers and Coast Racing's Indigo Woods (Blue Point) prevailed by a half-length and maintained her perfect record in the Allen Black Cat LaCombe Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds on March 7 (video). A winner of a Churchill maiden in October, the Brendan Walsh trainee was bred by Tinnakill House. The 10th foal out of stakes winner Brushed Gold by GI Belmont Stakes hero Touch Gold, the three-year-old filly was a €35,000 Goffs November weanling turned €90,000 Goffs Orby yearling when sold to Brendan Heeney on behalf of Jamie Lamonica's operation. A half-sister to the stakes-placed Tumbaga (E Dubai), Indigo Woods also has GI Coaching Club American Oaks heroine Wet Paint (Blame) and multiple Grade I winner Nastique (Naskra) in her extended family. Darley stallion Blue Point has 10 winners from 19 runners (53%) in the U.S. and Canada. Indigo Woods is his third stakes winner there, and she joins GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint victor and stallion Big Evs and GIII Goldikova Stakes victress Raqiya. Winning Tampa Debut For Instability Klaravich Stables' Instability graduated at first asking at Tampa Bay Downs for Chad Brown on March 6 (video). The Lope De Vega colt was bred by Bill Crager. Mike Ryan snapped up the son of stakes winner and G3 Anglesey Stakes second Miss Katie Mae (Dark Angel) for 440,000gns out of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1. A half-brother to Listed Violet Stakes runner-up Miss Carol Ann (Kingman), Instability's latest half-sibling is a Blackbeard filly born in 2024. Miss Katie Mae is a half-sister to group winners Summerghand (Lope De Vega) and Eastern Impact (Bahamian Bounty), with the latter also placed in the G1 July Cup. Ballylinch sire Lope De Vega counts 53 winners from 101 to race (52%) in the U.S. His baker's dozen of stakes winners include four at the highest level, with Newspaperofrecord and Aunt Pearl both successful in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Mehmas Filly Leads The Way In Florida Blue Bird Stables' East Jabip (Mehmas) led from pillar to post in her debut and win at Gulfstream on February 26 (video). Bred by Jim Bolger, the daughter of Bandiuc Eile (New Approach) is trained by Brian Lynch. Blue Bird Stables shelled out €36,000 for the chestnut at the Goffs Orby Sale in 2024. The first winner from three to race for her dam who was second in the G2 Debutante Stakes, East Jabip is followed by a Space Blues juvenile filly and a Mehmas full-sister, born last year. Her dam is a half-sister to G1 Melbourne Cup hero Twilight Payment (Teofilo). Tally-Ho's Mehmas has 25 winners from 42 to race (60%) for him in the U.S. His seven stakes winners feature a trio of Grade I winners, with the GI Del Mar Oaks winner Going Global top of the heap. No Doubt At Turfway Wesley Ward sent out No Doubt About It to land a Turfway Park maiden by five lengths when unveiled on March 6 (video). Representing Smart Choice Stable, Brook Smith and Lindy Farms, the three-year-old No Nay Never gelding cost $185,000 as a Keeneland September yearling when purchased by Louis Dubois on behalf of Ward. Bred by Lynch Bages and Lindy Farms, the bay is the sixth winner from six to race for Last Jewel (Invincible Spirit). She has a colt by Little Big Bear born in 2025. The full-brother to Big Cyril (No Nay Never) is kin to G1 Irish Oaks third Princess Highway (Street Cry) and G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen winner Mad Cool (Dark Angel). Coolmore's No Nay Never has 11 stakes winners, four graded in the U.S., anchored by Meditate, the winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. He has 74 winners from 125 runners (59%) in that jurisdiction. Repeat Winners Off the mark at Gulfstream Park in January, Vasy (Space Blues) returned with a win there for trainer Brendan Walsh on the last day of February (video). The Listed Colonel Liam Stakes was the first black-type victory for the JDT Racing colourbearer. Later on that Gulfstream card, Lion Lake (Dark Angel) scampered home a narrow winner of her stakes debut in the GIII Herecomesthebride Stakes for Emcee Stable and Walsh (video). Bringing up a Walsh hat trick was GI Queen Elizabeth II Stakes heroine Lush Lips (Ten Sovereigns). Owned by Dixiana Farms after her $3.7-million sale at last year's Keeneland November Sale, the four-year-old delivered in the GIII Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream (video). The post Making Waves: Blue Point Filly Crowned At Fair Grounds appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Trust Account breaks her maiden at Gulfstream Park, while Blue Flame Six scores at Turfway Park.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs March 14 offers several runners a chance at redemption on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail, while others seek what could be their final opportunity to announce themselves as contenders.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
After another big week of Kentucky Derby preps and with the Dubai World Cup on the horizon, there was plenty to unpack in this week's TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland. The trio of Zoe Cadman, Randy Moss, and T.D. Thornton broke down the weekend's biggest performances. Cadman made sure to school her American colleagues on the correct pronunciation of The Puma (Essential Quality), the winner of the GIII Tampa Bay Derby. “He is named for Gustavo Delgado Sr., because apparently that's what they call him and I can kind of see why,” she shared. “He broke his maiden here and congrats to Ramiro Restrepo, the team that bought Mage, for purchasing him off Hidden Brook for just $150,000.” The team also looked at Potente (Into Mischief)'s win in the GII San Felipe Stakes and Majestic Oops (Majestic Harbor)'s upset of champion Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) in the GII Azeri Stakes. Alex Lieblong was this week's Gainesway Guest of the Week. The Arkansas native and veteran horse owner joined the show to discuss his homebred Reef Runner (The Big Beast), who is currently in Dubai training up for a bid in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint Stakes on March 28 following his win in last month's G2 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia. Despite regional tensions, Lieblong confirmed he and his wife, JoAnn, are ready for the trip. “Somebody said that they can hear missiles going over and this and that, but it hasn't bothered [Reef Runner],” Lieblong said. “They say he's actually training a tick better than he was in Saudi Arabia. We're planning on going if they open up the airspaces.” “Seventy-five is the time to take chances,” he added. “At 75 years old, you don't want to leave things on the table.” Reef Runner, who won last year's GII Eddie D. Stakes and was fourth in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, is out of a half-sister to multiple Grade I winner Paradise Woods (Union Rags). The 5-year-old gelding trained by David Fawkes is a son of Lieblong's Grade I-winning stallion The Big Beast (Yes It's True), who stands at McDowell Farm in Arkansas for $2,000. Lieblong is understandably proud of his latest stable star. “It's fantastic,” said Lieblong. “What's so great about it is that I've got so many of my trainers who have all got something to do with this. [Steve] Hobby was the first trainer of The Big Beast, but I remember Hobby coming to me when he was a 2-year-old and he said, 'Hey, he's too fast. If we go in now, you're not going to have a horse.' Not a lot of trainers will tell you that anymore. We ran him I think in March of his 3-year-old year. And then as Oaklawn wound down, we thought, 'Okay, he'd fit better up in New York.' So Tony [Dutrow] took him up there and did a great job in the GI King's Bishop. [Richard] Mandella is actually the one that picked out the mare. Of course he was close to the family. And then Steve Asmussen ended up training the mare.” As the chairman of the Arkansas Racing and Gaming Commission, Lieblong offered his take on the role of gaming in modern racing. “There was an old guy that used to tell me when I was kid, 'I believe every tub ought to sit on its own bottom,'” he shared. “In a way, racing is not sitting on its own bottom. It's taking contributions from other areas. I'd like to be able to see it stand up on its own, but I think still at this stage, it's got to have some help. We're lucky at Oaklawn. We have been very fortunate with the purses and we're very fortunate because the ownership at Oaklawn truly likes racing. That's hard to find at this stage of the game.” Also on this week's show, which is also sponsored by the PHBA, 1/ST TV, the KTOB, and West Point Thoroughbreds, Moss shared that the Fastest Horse of the Week, presented by WinStar, was Joe Sheisty (Air Force Blue), who earned a 104 Beyer Speed Figure in the Big Daddy Stakes. The team took a look at the GI Santa Anita Handicap, won by British Isles (Justify). After several scratches, the Big Cap only garnered five entries. “Clearly, the race is struggling for whatever reason,” said Moss. “It used to be a million dollars. 2016 was the last time Santa Anita gave away a purse of a million dollars. Now it's $300,000 and I know this is a little bit of a one-off because of Skippylongstocking scratching and all that. It's not usually this weak, but it's in grave danger of losing it's Grade I status after a field like this.” “There are no easy answers,” said Thornton. “You can zero in and try to drill down what to do, to complain about or hopefully fix the Big Cap, but it's endemic for other Grade I races and it's accentuated in Southern California because the circuit essentially functions as an island right now.” Turning to international waters, the crew debated the potential American contingent for the Dubai World Cup and reflected on the career of trainer John Kimmel following his recently announced retirement. Watch or listen to this week's show below: https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WR324_Audio_v1.mp3 The post Alex Lieblong Joins TDN Writers’ Room Ahead of Reef Runner’s Dubai Bid appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Murray Fish · Posted
what a wanker!!!!!
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