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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Godolphin has extended its sponsorship of the two-day Dubai Future Champions Festival meeting for a further three years, along with extending their affiliation as an associate partner of The Jockey Club, Newmarket Racecourse announced on Friday. Godolphin has been the headline sponsor of the Future Champions Festival since its inception in 2015, and the Maktoum family has previously sponsored the G1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes since 2000. Godolphin and The Jockey Club have enjoyed a successful partnership with both the Under Starters Orders Programme and Dubai Future Champions Education Week forming part of their considerable charitable activities. Across the two days of the Dubai Future Champions Festival, Godolphin showcase their Charitable Programme. Godolphin Lifetime Care continues to promote the fantastic versatility of retired racehorses, while their support of Newmarket Pony Academy continues to provide the next generation with the opportunity to learn more about the industry and the wide range of careers it offers. Hugh Anderson, Godolphin's managing director (UK and Dubai), said, “Godolphin is delighted to extend its sponsorship of the Dubai Future Champions Festival, undoubtedly the showpiece of British autumn racing.” The post Godolphin Extends Dubai Future Champions Festival Sponsorship For Three More Years 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
The 2025 Ascot fan experience has been enhanced with the introduction of infographics powered by GPS data from Total Performance Data (TPD). The graphics, already shown post-race at Royal Ascot, are now set to feature throughout the autumn programme at the racecourse and include QIPCO British Champions Day, as well as the upcoming jumps season. Each infographic contains key performance metrics from TPD's GPS tracking including the time taken for a horse to accelerate from 0-30mph, the top speed achieved during the race, the horse's speed through the final two furlongs, and the horse's stride length and frequency. “We're delighted to be working with Ascot to showcase the raw athleticism of racehorses in such a compelling way,” said TPD's director of racing partnerships Adam Moore. “These infographics give fans, owners and trainers a fresh perspective on performance–much like Formula 1 has done for motor racing–and we're proud to help bring that excitement to British racing's most iconic stage.” The post Ascot Enhances Fan Experience With Total Performance Data’s Infographics appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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By Adam Hamilton Champion Aussie stayer Swayzee remains on target for the IRT NZ Trotting Cup despite being ruled-out of a key lead-up race. Trainer Jason Grimson has confirmed Swayzee would not defend his crown in next Saturday’s $A250,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton after a health setback. But he quickly stressed Swayzee would still chase a record-equalling third successive $1m NZ Cup on November 11. Swayzee was a clear $4 second favourite for the Victoria Cup behind his arch-rival and younger half-brother Leap To Fame ($1.35). Leap To Fame’s odds have now been slashed to $1.20. The pair have clashed six times with Leap To Fame holding a 4-2 advantage, but Swayzee did beat Leap To Fame when they clashed at Melton in the Hunter Cup on February 1. Swayzee’s setback paves the way for his regular driver Cam Hart to be reunited with TAB Eureka winner Bay Of Biscay in the Victoria Cup should connections wish. Victorian young gun Ryan Sanderson will drive Bay Of Biscay in tomorrow night’s Smoken Up Sprint at Melton and was expected to keep the drive in the Victoria Cup given Hart’s long and amazing association with Swayzee. Hart has been aboard Bay Of Biscay for his two biggest wins, in the Group 1 Chariots Of Fire in March and last month’s TAB Eureka. Doubts emerged over Swayzee when he was easily beaten for the second time in as many runs this campaign, and for the fourth start in succession, at Menangle last Saturday night. Grimson will now use the 2300m Battle of Beersheba free-for-all at Menangle on October 25 to fine-tune Swayzee for his NZ raid. Swayzee won the race in 2023 before his first NZ Cup win, while Leap To Fame also won it last year before a throat infection derailed his NZ plans. Cutting it fine is nothing new for Swayzee when it comes to the NZ Cup. In a remarkable set of circumstances, the gelding had an eight-hour return road trip to win at Young on November 8 last year before flying to Auckland and then onto Christchurch and winning his second NZ Cup less than four days later. Swayzee has been sparingly raced since that win with just 11 starts over the past 11 months. Grimson opted to give him a long spell and bypass the Brisbane Inter Dominion series in July and he returned with a sixth in the Group 1 Len Smith Mile on September 6 and last week’s second to the emerging Kingman at Menangle. View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin Mighty Logan is ready to take the next step and it might be at the perfect time. The quirky trotter led home a Diamond Racing-trained quinella in the Worthy Queen Trot at Addington on Friday night, beating stablemate I Dream Of Jeannie and Muscle Mountain in a pressure-filled race. While he made the most of a 10m head start over the hotshot backmarkers by stepping quickly and heading to the lead soon after Mighty Logan was then taken on by One Over All. They ran hard early and that meant those backmarkers, led up by Muscle Mountain and tracked by Oscar Bonavena, were deterred from taking off and when they did it was too late. Because even after his early exertions Mighty Logan had shot to a winning advantage soon after entering the straight, his stablemate using the passing lane late to grab second. Muscle Mountain, Oscar Bonavena and Bet N Win all reaffirmed again just how hard those backmark handicaps are to overcome but the honours were still with the winner. And driver John Dunn says it may not be for the last time this spring. Mighty Logan suggested the same last autumn when he won the Anzac Cup at Alexandra Park only to fail in the Rowe Cup two weeks later. But Dunn says there was an excuse and a blessing in all of that. “The Rowe Cup wasn’t his fault, the horse outside him started hitting its sulky and getting keen and that made this guy just pull way too hard. “So I am willing to forgive that but more importantly that whole trip north helped really make him,” says Dunn. “He feels stronger and more experienced now and I can’t see any reason he won’t win a really big one, even the Dominion, this time in. “I know it won’t be easy but I think he is the horse on the way up.” Mighty Logan is also suited by the 3200m of the Dominion as he prefers the back straight starting point at Addington as opposed to the 2600m start point. While he will be back on level marks with the big three in the Dominion, you get the feeling Mighty Logan has closed the gap and is the trotter heading in the right direction. While the favoured trotters couldn’t overcome their backmarks, Auckland Cup winner Republican Party finally broke the hoodoo for those off the big handicaps this spring when he made short work of his 25m handicap in the open pace. He bobbled for a few strides at the start but got tactical advantage over favourite Akuta and driver Carter Dalgety won the race when he moved early on Republican Party and wrested the lead. He never looked like being beaten after and he confirmed himself as the best of the Kiwi defenders in the IRT New Zealand Cup a month on Saturday. “He will probably back up here next week and then we have options like Ashburton but the Kaikoura Cup is not out of the question either,” said Dalgety. Earlier in the night Wat Next lived up to her breeding winning the NZBS Harness Million for the two-year-old pacing fillies, paying off a gamble by trainers Mark and Nathan Purdon to bring her south a month ago even though she was unraced. She was also part on a driving treble for Bob Butt early in the evening and Wat Next looks to have an exciting future as she was clearly too good for the other fillies and yet looks the one with the most natural improvement to come. Wat Next is a daughter of Wat A Woman who has already left 1:49.6 mare Manhattan and NZ Oaks winner No Matter Wat. She wasn’t the only really smart young filly on show on Friday night as Winelight downed her stablemate Arafura with both excellent in the Leigh and Greg Ayers Classic for the three-year-old fillies, the pair peaking nicely for their features to come for trainers Hayden and Amanda Cullen. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Coolmore's G3 Prestige Stakes and G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Precise (Starspangledbanner) added to her impressive palmares with a stunning performance in Friday's G1 bet365 Fillies' Mile, dominating the latter stages to register a 22nd Group 1 success of the season, and a record seven renewal, for Aidan O'Brien. “She impressed me when she won at the Curragh and I knew she had a good turn of foot,” commented Christophe Soumillon. “She was a little bit nervous in the stalls and that's why she missed the jump. I was hoping to be a little bit closer, but she cruised the whole way. I didn't want to come there too soon and I think I still got there too soon. She's a really nice filly and she'll handle the mile easily next year.” Soumillon, stepping in for a fifth elite-level triumph after replacing the injured Ryan Moore as Ballydoyle's go-to jockey, guided the 5-4 favourite towards the stands' side after breaking in rear from a far-side stall and employed patient tactics through halfway. Cruising closer once leaving the three-furlong pole in the rear-view mirror, Precise quickened in stylish fashion to seize control approaching the final furlong and powered clear impressively on the climb to easily overpower the pacesetting Venetian Lace (Masar) by a geared-down 3 1/4 lengths. Evolutionist (Night Of Thunder) fared best of the remainder and finished one length further adrift in third. The post Starspangledbanner’s Precise Powers To Impressive Fillies’ Mile Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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