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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Chief Stipe O'Neill is among a relatively small group of American-based trainers that readily seeks opportunities to travel horses to major overseas meetings. As recently as 2025, the California-based conditioner won the G2 Godolphin Mile for a third time with Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief), and the barn is set to be represented in two of the six group-level contests on Saudi Cup night Feb. 14. Purple Rein Racing and Mark Davis's Acknowledgemeplz (Bucchero) has been invited to the G3 Saudi Derby and the Florida-bred tuned up for the 1600-meter contest with a six-furlong drill from the gate Saturday over the Santa Anita main track that was timed in 1:11.60. It was one of only three moves at the distance, but matched the clocking of Imagination (Good Magic), who is expected to start in the G2 Riyadh Dirt Sprint. “Just wanted a nice, solid work,” O'Neill said of the $75,000 OBS March breezer, who went by himself. “From our experience when we get over there, we just go with easy work from a week out. Just wanted a good breeze, and he worked sensational this morning. Knock on wood, he's cooling out well, so we're right on target. “Little endurance, little lung-opener,” he continued. “The next three days are travel days, so just wanted to give him a little bit more than his average work since he's going to be traveling.” A debut second to next-out GIII Best Pal Stakes hero Desert Gate (Omaha Beach), Acknowledgemeplz earned a 93 Beyer in graduating at second asking in October. Fourth in the GII Los Alamitos Futurity last month, he exits a third in the Jan. 10 GII San Vicente Stakes, where he sizzled the opening four furlongs in :43.56. O'Neill expects to make use of the colt's speed in the desert and hold no real fears about the distance. “I think on the lead going one turn is his best gig,” the trainer said. “I love that the Saudi Derby is a one-turn mile and speed generally does well all around the world. He's got speed, he's got stamina and I think his best is around one turn and I think it sets up good for him. I don't think the surface or the distance are the real concerns, I'd be more concerned about what else is coming over.” O'Neill will give a leg up to Eclipse Award-winning jockey Flavien Prat, who will also guide Quattro Navarro Farms' Zio Jo (Nyquist) in the $2-million G2 1351 Turf Sprint. The 6-year-old fired a bullet five furlongs over the all-weather surface in :58.80 Saturday morning. “He's always been a good work horse,” said O'Neill. “Just looking for a maintenance five-eighths with a gallop-out and he did just that and cooled out well. He'll have an easy breeze five or six days out from the race. He's doing super.” Zio Jo's best form is over a mile, having gone down to a half-length defeat behind Formidable Man (City of Light) in last year's GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes. But his two most recent appearances suggest a sharper trip is in his scope, as he missed by a neck in the Nov. 30 Stormy Liberal Stakes at Del Mar over five furlongs and was a longshot third in the GII Joe Hernandez Stakes down the Santa Anita hillside course Dec. 29. “He acts like a two-turn horse, but we dropped him back down to a sprint and he's run lights out,” O'Neill commented. “Having Flavien is awesome, just get a clean break and a good position. He's been very consistent. It's quite an honor that both of them were invited. It's an exciting opportunity.” Depending on their performances in Riyadh, both O'Neill trainees are possible for the respective races on Dubai World Cup night Mar. 28, as stated, a place where O'Neill knows the way to the winner's enclosure. “There are great opportunities around the world if you have horses that are good enough,” he said. “We've done it a bunch and we've had some success doing it. You'll get your odd horses that just don't like the travel. Neither one of these seems like that type.” Both horses begin their journey to the desert on Feb. 1. The post O’Neill Duo Set For Saudi Cup Night After Quick Saturday Works 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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There is no escaping the irony that a man named Sonny has the potential to shine at the Dublin Racing Festival. That's if the weather Gods would relent and the meeting gets the go-ahead on Sunday. Stephen Carey, best known as Sonny, will be doubly-represented by Brosna Shine and Lilannbee in the Grade 2 Mares Bumper on Sunday and describes the former as the best horse he has ever had through his hands. That's saying something as the talented ex-National Hunt jockey, who cut his teeth with Arthur Moore and spent five years working for the dominant force that is Willie Mullins, has already had a couple of talented horses through his hands. But in Brosna Shine, Carey feels he could potentially be dealing with something a little bit different. “Ah she is,” comes the 39-year-old's reply when asked if Brosna Shine is the best horse that he has ever managed. “Now, she has to go and do it but she definitely is. She shows an awful lot. Lilannbee is not a bad filly, either. She wouldn't be as big as Brosna Shine but she goes well and her first two runs were my fault as she wasn't herself. I think she is improving and I think she will run well. She's owned by my wife and the local publican, so two very important people!” You may be forgiven for thinking that, if you weren't born a Mullins or an Elliott, these big National Hunt meetings in Ireland might be off limits. But that is not the case. Yes, Carey was put in a fortunate position to be sent to the sales with a six-figure order to fill but by God did he fill it. A daughter of arguably the hottest jumps stallions there is in No Risk At All, Brosna Shine boasts a good pedigree being a daughter of the highly-rated King's Theatre mare Baby Shine. She fetched €105,000 at the Goffs Arkle Sale – Sonny couldn't exactly shop elsewhere given his wife, Mary, is the bloodstock manager at Goffs – and that six-figure sum is beginning to look value. “Mary's uncle, Tony Kilduff, wanted to buy a nice mare to hopefully race and then breed from later. We went to the Arkle Sale at Goffs and, between myself, my wife and Michael O'Sullivan, we managed to pick her out. She has a beautiful pedigree, is a beautiful individual and she seems to have a big engine. We bought another filly for Tony, Brosna Queen, and she won her bumper last June so they are two nice fillies to have for him.” Brosna Shine will line out at Leopardstown after getting off the mark in very good style second time up at Fairyhouse back in December. That performance was by no means out of the blue given she travelled like the best horse in the race in last year's Goffs December Bumper before ultimately finishing third. She is deserving of her place towards the head of the betting in Sunday's race while the battle-hardened Lilannbee has rock-solid each-way claims. To have two fillies capable of running at a meeting as big as the Dublin Racing Festival certainly isn't lost on Carey. Sonny Carey and Marky Kilduff | Tattersalls “It's great, isn't it? To have the two of them going for the race is brilliant but I do think that they are entitled to go there. We've only two horses in training and I just hope they run well because I think they are capable of it. But, if they don't, what about it?” That nonchalant approach shouldn't be taken for a lack of focus. Carey has already sent out his best-ever tally of six winners this season and is operating at a 21 per cent strike-rate. He has already experienced winning big at Leopardstown over the Christmas period when The Nagger Reidy battled to a last-gasp success on Savills Chase day. This is a man enjoying something of a golden period and, what's more impressive, is that the training arm of his operation is not even the bread and butter of the business. He explained, “I rent 40 stables off Arthur Moore, who I started off with when I was 13 or 14. I rode a few winners for Arthur before spending five years with Willie Mullins. I came back and I set up my own business pre-training and we have built up some brilliant clients. The racing and the whole training has just been something on the side. A little bit of fun. We've basically been training a couple of family horses and horses on behalf of a few friends but it has been going really well and we've even managed to get a few horses sold along the way, which has been great. We're getting a bit busier but, definitely, the main job is the pre-training and the breaking.” He added, “I don't agree with the narrative of, 'how can you compete in Ireland?' Gordon Elliott, Gavin Cromwell and plenty of other trainers came from nothing. I was very lucky to have seen how Willie does things. The attention to detail in Closutton is amazing. Willie does everything off eye, everything off feel and his wife Jackie is just as big of a cog in the wheel as he is. She spots things in horses that would amaze you and I've seen the tiniest things that she has spotted make the biggest of differences. You wouldn't believe it. I tried to learn as much as I could in my five years there and my only regret is that I couldn't spend another five years in Willie's because you'd never stop learning.” The lion's share of Carey's business would revolve around National Hunt horses but he bought, trained and sold Nunc Est Bibendum, who is now a three-time winner for Gary and Josh Moore. He also enjoyed a dream debut consigning at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale last year when selling a £3,500 yearling purchase by Invincible Spirit for a cool £85,000. What's more, that filly, who was named Vishaka, came out and won on debut for David Simcock. In Carey's own words, he would “throw his hand to anything,” and it shouldn't be a major surprise that it usually works out for him. Sonny is the son of Paddy and Sally Carey, who are well-renowned in the industry, while his brother Jim is the hugely regarded stud manager at Newgate Stud in Australia. Sunday represents a massive opportunity for the spotlight to deservedly shine on Sonny. There would be few better stories to brighten up the Dublin Racing Festival. The post Brosna Shine Bids To Put Sonny Carey In The Spotlight At The Dublin Racing Festival 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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Jay Rooney BUSTLING CITY - R1 (3) Has looked sharp in his trials and can make a splash on debut with Purton up Owen Goulding NYX GLUCK - R9 (3) Did best of those who raced handy last start and reunited with McDonald Trackwork Spy INVINVIBLE IBIS - R8 (3) Looks well placed to continue hot streak with a fifth straight win Phillip Woo WE ARE HERO - R6 (1) Has plenty of boxes ticked in his favour and should win down in grade Shannon (Vincent Wong) WARRIORS DREAM - R4 (10) Ran an eye-catching...View the full article
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