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Due to frigid temperatures and windy conditions, Aqueduct Racetrack, Laurel Park, and Charles Town have preemptively canceled racing Feb. 7. Aqueduct also canceled racing Feb. 8View the full article

After two runaway wins in ungraded stakes, Strategic Risk steps into graded company and a $1 million spotlight Feb. 6 in the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.View the full article

Saturday, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, post time: 20:00, ABU DHABI GOLD CUP-Listed, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, SH 3yo, 1600mT Field: Maljoom (Ire) (Caravaggio), Jonquil (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Quddwah (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Comanche Brave (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Aomori City (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Witness Stand (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), Chicago Critic (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Strauss (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}), Dark Trooper (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Tumbler (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Crown Board (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Vafortino (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Andreas Vesalius (Ire) (Caravaggio), Folk Festival (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Dioptase (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Western Writer (Ire) (Shamadal). TDN Analysis: Multiple group winner Jonquil appears a likely sort for this contest after victories in the G2 Celebration Mile and G3 Greenham Stakes. G2 Lennox Stakes hero Witness Stand also tests his mettle in the UAE. G2 Zabeel Mile scorer Quddwah is third on ratings in the 16-strong field, while his fellow Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum colourbearer Maljoom is coming in off a third-place run in the G1 Dubai Turf from last April. Click here for the complete field. The post Black-Type Analysis: Can Jonquil Bloom In The UAE? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some clarity was provided to the supporters of Sands Of Mali on Thursday after the High Court ordered Steve Parkin's legal team to release covering certificates to the breeders that have sent mares to a stallion who was reported to have sold to Yeomanstown Stud for €8 million in a silent auction held by Tattersalls Ireland back in November.  The order was made by Mr Justice David Nolan as the long-running legal battle between owner-breeder Parkin and his former racing manager and Ballyhane Stud owner Joe Foley wrangled on.  Parkin's legal team agreed to release the covering certificates on the proviso of receiving proof of payment. They had previously alleged that Foley had not granted Parkin access to, and was even holding hundreds of thousands of euros, in an escrow account that was set up to gather monies generated by Sands Of Mali.  Mr Justice Nolan was heavily critical of Foley for not setting up a standalone bank account for such funds. He went as far as saying that the stallion master was “blatantly in breach of court law” given he ignored directives that were set out at a High Court hearing between the two parties almost exactly a year ago.  However, the court heard that Foley and his legal team had been keeping Parkin updated on the collection of funds on a monthly basis and that the Ballyhane boss ran into difficulty with Bank Of Ireland when trying to set up a standalone bank account for that exact purpose. Evidence was presented of a written apology from Bank Of Ireland for its failure in the transaction.  There was also a major discrepancy between the two parties as to the exact amount that should reside in that account once all of the covering fees for 2024 are collected from breeders and costs are deducted. Parkin's legal team once again asserted that the figure was €450,000 while Foley's team stated that the sum should be €117,000. They said that 48 individuals who supported Sands Of Mali in 2024 are fully paid up. The three breeders who have yet to pay for what are now weanlings by the stallion are understood to have voiced concerns over the withholding of covering certs.  The news that Weatherbys will now be instructed by Parkin's legal team to release passports for breeders who have paid their nominations comes less than a week before the Goffs February Sale, where there are six mares due to be sold in foal to Sands Of Mali.  It was at that sales house last year, during the breeding stock sales, where this issue first came to light. A person who wishes to remain nameless told TDN Europe that one breeder, who sold a mare in foal to the stallion at that sale for €32,000, has told the owners of Sands Of Mali that they plan on pursuing the matter legally after the mare was returned to him over the covering certificate debacle.  The legal battle between Foley and Parkin along with the resolution of a dispute over ownership of Sands Of Mali, and therefore how the €8 million sum is divided, is expected to run deep into this year. The post High Court Orders The Release Of Covering Certificates For Sands Of Mali appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horse of interest for this Saturday running at Tokyo Racecourse: Saturday, February 7, 2026 7th-TOK, ¥15,620,000 ($100k), Allowance, 3yo, 1400m FULMINE BLU (c, 3, Bolt d'Oro–Thundering Sky, by Sky Mesa) was hammered at the tills to the tune of 19-10 favoritism when unveiled over a mile at this venue Nov. 23, carrying the visiting Alexis Pouchin to a 1 1/2-length victory. The Apr. 11 foal is one of three winners from three to the races for Thundering Sky, a two-time listed winner on the New York circuit and placed no fewer than seven times at the graded level from coast to coast.  Christophe Lemaire takes over on the half-brother to MGSP Corruption (Medaglia d'Oro), who was bought back for $120,000 at Fasig-Tipton July in 2024 before fetching $200,000 at the OBS March Sale. O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Naoto Chiba 10th-KYO, Elfin S.-Listed, ¥40,000,000 ($255k), 3yo, f, 1600mT ELEGANT PHARAOH (f, 3, American Pharoah–Tap That App, by Tapit) was soundly beaten on her career debut going 1400 meters at Chukyo Dec. 21, but was off the mark when facing decidedly softer competition at Himeji on the NAR circuit Jan. 22 and tries the turf for the first time here. Produced by a daughter of the Grade II-paced Conquest Curlgirl (Curlin) and descending from the CresRan family of GISW Tiz Miz Sue (Tiznow) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Bulletin (City Zip), Elegant Pharaoh is bred on the same cross responsible for Reframe, a listed winner on the grass in Japan. Acquired in utero for $125,000 at Keeneland November in 2022, the bay was a $40,000 FTNAUG purchase and matured into a $185,000 OBS April breezer. O-Kazuhiro Masuda; B-Pine Ridge Stable LLC (NY); T-Yuta Sato The post Bolt d’Oro Debut Winner Fulmine Blu Resumes at Headquarters appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article