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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Jonny Turner Bob Butt doesn’t have to do any second guessing ahead of The Lazarus Effect’s Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup quest. The rising star comes into the Southland feature at Ascot Park on Friday with all kinds of ticks next to his name. He’s in great form, has been beginning brilliantly in recent standing starts and has proven himself at Group 1 level. It is the latter of those which means Butt will head into the Invercargill Cup with the utmost confidence in his pacer. A brilliant effort in the recent The Christian Cullen confirmed everything Butt already suspected about The Lazarus Effect. “He did plenty of work and went great, he proved he can tough it out at that level,” Butt said. “I always knew he had plenty of speed, but coming through the grades he was always a hot favourite and he didn’t have to be as tough.” “To run second to Kingman like he did, it showed he is going to be pretty versatile in that top grade.” The way The Lazarus Effect has been beginning, he looks a serious chance of being the first of the big chances to find the front in the Invercargill Cup. Though Butt knows you can’t make too many plans ahead of the tapes releasing in a Group 1 event. “He has been beginning brilliantly but it will come down to what happens on the day.” “He has got the trip down there and it’s a new track and it is a Group 1, anything could ping away fast.” “We have got to hope he does begin as well as he has been because staying in front of the backmarkers is going to be important.” From the front line, The Lazarus Effect gets a 10m buffer on Alta Meteor and a 20m head-start on the favourite and defending champion Republican Party. If the four-year-old can get away quickly and get near the pace, a repeat of Butt’s tactics in his brilliant win at Kaikoura in November could be in order. “We let him roll along at Kaikoura and he was good, it is a similar track and it would be good if he could do something like that.” With just 12 starts, The Lazarus Effect is the baby of the Invercargill Cup field. Wag Star, with 33 starts, is the second least experienced pacer in the Group 1 event. To see the Invercargill Cup field click here View the full article -
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Both Charles Town Races (165 dates) and Mountaineer Park (125 dates) got approval Dec. 16 from the West Virginia Racing Commission (WVRC) to finalize live racing schedules for 2026. The awarding of race dates in West Virginia is annually an outdated, several step process. A state statute requires Charles Town to apply for 220 programs every year, and Mountaineer is required to apply for 210 dates. But those quotas haven't been reached for quite some time. So what has ended up happening in recent seasons is that after the initial approvals of those mandated 220 and 210 dates every November by the WVRC, both venues have subsequently come back before the commission to ask for reductions that reflect what each track and its respective Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association chapters think is a workable schedule. The post ’26 Dates Set For Charles Town And Mountaineer 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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Pinhooker Fearghal Hogan completed his shopping for the year at the Tattersalls Ireland Sapphire Sale when going to €60,000 to secure a Make Believe colt that was offered by the Irish National Stud. Out of black-type Sea The Stars mare The Sky Is Blazing, the Make Believe colt was the most expensive horse sold at the one-day sale on Tuesday. The Sky Is Blazing has already produced two individual winners, including the 91-rated Blazing Skies (Dark Angel). “I love the foal,” Hogan said. “I saw him when the videos came up on the website a few weeks ago. I like the sire and I just thought he was the best foal on the day – it was plenty of money for him.” Hogan added, “He's out of a black-type Sea The Stars mare who has bred two good horses. She is still a young mare. I knew he was going to cost….but not that much! “When you see a horse that you like, you just want to buy it. I have bought between 12 and 14 this year.” The turnover for the Sapphire Sale almost doubled [up 93%] to €609,200 for 62 lots sold at a clearance rate of just 60%. The average was up by 50% to €9,826 while the median was up 127% to €6,250. The post Hogan Completes Haul For 2025 With Make Believe Colt At Tattersalls Ireland 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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Writers Edward L. Bowen and Ray Kerrison and photographer Charles Christian “C. C.” Cook have been selected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor. Edward L. Bowen (1942-2025), who was inducted into the Hall of Fame earlier this year as a Pillar of the Turf, enjoyed a prolific career as a racing journalist and historian for more than 60 years. An editor-in-chief of The BloodHorse magazine and the author of 22 books on horse racing, Bowen also served 24 years as president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, traditionally the leading source of funding for veterinary research specifically to promote horse health and soundness. He was the chair of numerous committees at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, including the contemporary Nominating Committee for 38 years, beginning in 1987. “Ed contributed to the betterment of racing in so many ways and the historical record of his outstanding writing will live on forever,” said Brien Bouyea, the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame and Communications Director. “Ed built a reputation on integral reporting and captivating storytelling. He loved horses and horse racing and that passion shined through in his vivid work.” Charles Christian “C. C.” Cook (1873-1954) was one of American racing's first and most influential photographers. A native of Carmi, Illinois, Cook worked as a photojournalist for newspapers in Chicago before becoming a freelancer around 1900. His images of animals in the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and the Barnum and Bailey Circus attracted wide attention. Cook began his association with racing photography at Washington Park in Chicago in the late 1890s. Cook was one of the first photographers in the United States to specialize in horse racing photography, as well as portraits and scenic images at various racetracks. “Cook was a prolific photographer who established trends in U.S. racing photography as both an artist and as a pioneer of track photography equipment that evolved heavily in the early decades of the 20th century,” said Keeneland Library Director Roda Ferraro. “The Cook Collection remains a pillar of Keeneland Library's vast photography collections, and Cook's seminal body of work is alive and influential as we connect people daily to his captured race day moments for use in international articles, books, films, exhibits, social media, and track and farm marketing campaigns.” Ray Kerrison (1930-2022) was one of racing's most respected writers and had few peers as an investigative reporter. A native of Australia, Kerrison wrote for the New York Post from 1977 through 2013, serving the paper as both a news and horse racing columnist. He covered 32 editions of the Kentucky Derby and numerous other major races, including Breeders' Cup events. “Ray was smart, kind, dryly witty, and as committed to his craft as any journalist I've ever known,” Bob McManus, The Post's retired editorial page editor, said after Kerrison's death in 2022. “He was a man of unshakable principle, which was obvious in his writing, but also a fellow who respected his readers' intelligence. His goal was to persuade, not to lecture, and while his work could be controversial, it always was honest.” “I used to refer to him as the Fred Astaire of thoroughbred racing because he was the best,” former Post sports editor Greg Gallo said. “He was the classiest guy who ever worked that beat. No one was better as a journalist.” For more information on the newest Joe Hirsch Media Roll honorees, click here. The post Bowen, Cook, Kerrison Selected to Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor 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 Australian Turf Club has secured a temporary injunction from the Supreme Court of New South Wales halting Racing NSW's move to place the club under administration, with the matter set to be heard on Thursday, December 18. Racing NSW announced on Monday it intended to appoint an administrator, citing concerns over the ATC's financial position and corporate governance, claiming the club failed to present a credible remediation plan during a protracted show-cause process. ATC chairman Tim Hale rejected those claims, saying the club is “financially strong and operationally stable”. “As of today, the club holds approximately $29 million in cash and continues to meet all financial obligations as they fall due,” Hale said. “Our balance sheet is supported by more than $400 million in land and property assets, including strategically significant holdings at Canterbury and Camellia.” Hale also said Racing NSW currently owes the ATC $1.2 million in outstanding payments, with almost $800,000 more than 120 days overdue. Racing NSW responded on Tuesday afternoon with a statement. Chairman Dr Saranne Cooke said the decision followed what she described as a misrepresentation of the situation by the ATC in a notice to members. “Racing NSW will continue to act in the best interests of the NSW Thoroughbred Racing industry, and we believe the facts in the attached letter speak for themselves,” Cooke said. A sizable part of the letter called into question the conduct of Hale around the proposed sale of Rosehill Gardens and his communications at the time with the Hon Mark Latham. The letter stated that Hale did not inform the rest of the Board that he was communicating with Latham at that time. Racing NSW expressed concern for the “changing nature” of Hale's correspondence with Latham, and that “the conduct of the ATC Board gives rise to serious and systemic corporate governance concerns”. The matter returns to the Supreme Court on Thursday. The post ATC, Racing NSW Head to Court 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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