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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Super Corredora (Gun Runner), a front-running, upset winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, will launch her sophomore campaign in the GIII Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita Feb. 1, according to trainer John Sadler. She returned to the worktab with a three-furlong bullet in :34.60 (1/9) in Arcadia Dec. 12. “She had her little vacation and she's doing really well,” Sadler said. “She had her first work Friday. Right now, the plan calls for her to go in the Las Virgenes and have one more prep, whether it's the (GII) Santa Anita Oaks (Apr. 4) or whatever, then the (GI) Kentucky Oaks (May 1).” Sadler continued, “She stayed with the string here at Santa Anita and took her little time off really well. I think she can step forward at three, she's got that kind of talent. We're excited for next year. She'll probably work a half (mile) this weekend, then progress towards February.” Super Corredora cleared her eight rivals beneath an aggressive ride from Hector Berrios, set a fast pace and made every pole a winning one at odds of 8-1 in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar Oct. 31, good for an 84 Beyer Speed Figure. It was 3/4 of a length back to favored GII Oak Leaf S. winner and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Explora (Blame) in second. Fellow 'Rising Star' Percy's Bar (Upstart), disqualified from first and placed second for causing interference in the GI Darley Alcibiades S., was third. Super Corredora was previously a runaway maiden winner at third asking–her first try around two turns–going a mile at Santa Anita Oct. 11. The bay sprinted in her first two tries at Del Mar, finishing fifth July 19 and second Aug. 9, respectively. The 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards will be held on Jan. 22 at The Breakers Palm Beach. “We're excited, we think she earned it,” Sadler said of potential championship honors. “She's undefeated around two turns. We think the best is still in her future.” Super Corredora, a $400,000 Keeneland September yearling graduate, is campaigned in partnership by West Point Thoroughbreds, Spartan Equine Racing, Robert C. Gardiner and Michael W. Olszewski. One of three Breeders' Cup winners for leading young sire Gun Runner, Super Corredora was bred in Kentucky by Woodford Thoroughbreds. She was produced by Super Simple (Super Saver), a winning homebred for Winchell Thoroughbreds and a half-sister to the stakes-winning dam of MGISW Gunite (Gun Runner). Super Simple brought $2.3 million from Summer Wind Equine in foal to Gunite at last month's Keeneland November sale. The post Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Heroine Super Corredora Back to Work, Targeting Las Virgenes 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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Racing Australia has accepted the move by the Asian Racing Federation to seize control of the Australian black type pattern, a step that will lead to its Asian Pattern Committee deciding on upgrades and downgrades before the start of next season.View the full article -
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Pyromancer remained undefeated after three starts and seized the lead in the "Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby" with a victory in the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun Dec. 17 at Kawasaki Racecourse.View the full article -
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Instagrand (Into Mischief–Assets of War, by Lawyer Ron), second on the Second-Crop Sire by winners list with 86, has been added to Taylor Made Stallions' “State-Bred Initiative Program,” according to the farm's release on Wednesday. The program, created to support and incentivize regional markets, allows breeders to send approved mares to a stallion at a set stud fee, which will be waived as a complimentary no-guarantee once the resulting foal is reported as being born outside of Kentucky and supporting documentation for state-bred registration is submitted. Instagrand joins Angel of Empire (Classic Empire), Dr. Schivel (Violence), Idol (Curlin), and Tacitus (Tapit) in the “State-Bred Initiative Program.” Campaigned by OXO Equine, Instagrand wired his foes in the 2018 GII Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar by 10 1/4 lengths in just his second lifetime start. Undefeated at two for trainer Chad Brown, Instagrand was named a TDN Rising Star, sponsored by Hagyard after debuting a 10-length maiden special weight winner, blazing five furlongs in :56 flat and stopping the clock just .32 of a second off the Los Alamitos track record. A $1.2 million Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale topper, Instagrand followed up his impressive juvenile season by placing in a pair of key Kentucky Derby preps at three. He placed in the GIII Gotham Stakes and set the pace in the GI Santa Anita Derby in his two-turn debut, finishing just behind GISW Roadster (Quality Road) and defending Champion 2-Year-Old Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}). With two crops of racing age, Instagrand is the sire of 12 black-type horses, including stakes winners Sturgeon Moon, winner of the Audubon Oaks and third in the GIII Indiana Oaks; Superwolf, a two-time stakes winner in 2025; SW Kay Cup and 2-year-old stakes winners Sweet Montreal and Gangster Flash. He is also represented by the graded stakes-placed runners Ourdaydreaminggirl, third in the GI Cotillion Stakes and in the GIII Comely Stakes; Gateskeeper, runner-up in the GII Gallant Bob Stakes and 2-year-old Vost, third in the GIII Iroquois Stakes. “The reception of the new program has been incredibly positive and the addition of Instagrand is a very unique opportunity for regional breeders across the country,” said Travis White of Taylor Made Stallions. “Considering his success as a dirt sprint sire so far with horses like Superwolf, Gangster Flash, and Sturgeon Moon, he should work well with regional markets and add another option for breeders to choose from. He will provide significantly more value to the “State-Bred Initiative Program” with his sire line and progeny success in the dirt sprint division.” For more information on Taylor Made's “State-Bred Initiative Program,” or to submit a mare for consideration, contact Brock Martin or Travis White at Taylor Made Stallions at (859) 885-3345. Space in the program is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis with approval. The post Instagrand Added to Taylor Made’s “State-Bred Initiative Program” 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
We're sliding down the scale slightly for this second part of our look at the sires standing across Europe to those with an advertised fee of £15,000 to £50,000 (approximately €17,000 to €57,000). And how can we not start with the champion sire of 2024, Dark Angel? At €45,000, his fee is the lowest it has been for a decade, and of course the years are marching on, but if there is one thing we have learnt about Dark Angel in his 18 seasons at Yeomanstown Stud it is that he can not only get you a fast and early one but also a durable galloper, as his nine-year-old son Khaadem showed again this year with a Grade II strike at Keeneland and a podium finish in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. It would be good to see one of the younger sons of Dark Angel pick up their father's mantle, and in this particular group is one of his stars of 2024, the top-class miler Charyn, an exciting recruit to the French stallion ranks in 2025 who remains at his same fee of €35,000 at Sumbe. He covered 177 mares in the spring, making him the busiest Flat stallion in France. In the same intake as Charyn was Auguste Rodin, a son of Deep Impact who owns a first-rate pedigree and has six Group/Grade 1 victories to his credit from a mile to a mile and a half. His starting fee of €30,000 has been trimmed to €27,500 which really should put him in the calculations of many, and particularly for owner-breeders. The Deep Impact line does not always produce the most physically imposing animals and until we see the first foals of Auguste Rodin it is hard to gauge how his offspring might be received at the sales, but we are in the business of breeding racehorses and if you're using unproven stallions, pedigree and performance are all you have to go on. He fulfils both those criteria. Over in Japan, where Deep Impact ruled the roost for many a year, his son Kizuna is about to be crowned champion sire for the second year running, having also been champion first-season sire in 2019. It has been a big year for the family of Vandeek as not only has the dual Group 1-winning son of Havana Grey covered a first book of 161 mares, but his half-brother Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) became the Cartier Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. Plenty of credit is owed to their dam Mosa Mine (Exceed And Excel) and breeder Kelly Thomas, who, along with many, will be hoping to see Vandeek succeed at stud. He'll have had the backing of a decent number of Cheveley Park Stud mares and remains at a reasonable fee of £15,000 in 2026. We didn't see a huge amount of Look De Vega on the track but during his five starts he was a decent winner of the Prix du Jockey Club and turned plenty of heads with his good looks when he retired to Ballylinch Stud for 2025. You can make up your own mind as to whether or not there is such a thing as a 'stallion-making race' but it is hard to argue with a Jockey Club roll call which includes, since the turn of the century, Shamardal, Le Havre, Lope De Vega, New Bay and Study Of Man. Look De Vega joins a list of more recent winners at stud – Mishriff, St Mark's Basilica, Vadeni, Ace Impact and Camille Pissarro – all yet to have runners bar St Mark's Basilica, whose first-crop juveniles included six black-type performers led by G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Diamond Necklace. A terrific start. And it is heartening to see the stallion who was a champion at both two and three remain at €40,000 for a second season, having spent his first two seasons covering at €65,000. Five per cent black-type winners to runners for St Mark's Basilica is the only metric which places him ahead of the champion first-season sire for 2025, Starman, whose 40 individual winners to date include four group winners, led by G1 Prix Morny heroine Venetian Sun. The imposing Starman has truly lived up to his name and has been given a fee hike commensurate with his offspring's impressive results this year, jumping to €40,000 from two years at €10,000, having opened at €17,500. Congratulations to those breeders shrewd enough to use him in 2024 and 2025, and bad luck to those who haven't managed to book a mare for 2026 as Tally-Ho's trusty social media feed duly informed us on Tuesday that his book is now full. It will be fascinating to see which of these young sires really starts to step up next year and one who we will be keeping especially close tabs on is Palace Pier, whose three group winners among eight stakes performers from his first crop represented a highly promising start. Palace Pier was himself unbeaten at two in two novice races and was then really in his pomp at three and four. If his runners follow suit – and there is no reason not to expect to see plenty more from them in 2026 – then he could be in for an exciting time. Having stood at £55,000 at the outset, he has been held at £32,000 for 2026 when he could feasibly have been put back up in price after a decent start. Before we get onto the new entries for 2026 and stallions yet to have runners, there are a number of properly proven sires who are worthy of a mention here, just as they have been in years gone by. Frankel's contemporary Nathaniel tops that list, and he has not only proved his worth as a sire of classy middle-distance performers but also as an increasingly useful broodmare sire. He has lacked a star performer this year and a drop back to £17,500 perhaps reflects that, but Nathaniel, whose fee has remained between £15,000 and £25,000 throughout his 13 seasons at Newsells Park Stud, has simply always been great value. It has been an eventful year for Sands Of Mali both on and off the track. He has jumped up two brackets here when it comes to price following his sale to Yeomanstown Stud, with his fee having increased more than fourfold to €22,500. On paper, he has always been an interesting member of the European stallion ranks: by the unheralded Panis, he is out of an Indian Rocket mare, but even if those names aren't instantly recognisable, some familiarity is found through paternal grandsire Miswaki, and it never hurts to have doses of Mr. Prospector and Indian Ridge in a pedigree, as he does. He measures up physically as well, as Sands Of Mali is a fine individual who was of course a durable Group 1-winning sprinter. He has been given a solid start at Ballyhane Stud and the team at Yeomanstown will doubtless do everything in their power to ensure that he has more group winners to add to the names of Time For Sandals and Copacabana Sands. A ratio of 4.76 per cent black-type performers to runners puts him in the top eight active stallions in Britain and Ireland for 2025. Much was expected of Gleneagles when he retired to stud in 2016. Not only was he a Group 1 winner at two and a dual Classic winner, but he is from a family that frequently churns out classy runners and he bears a striking resemblance to his own vaunted sire Galileo. Well, things didn't go his way straightaway, and that is reflected in the fact that his 2026 fee of €20,000 is a third of his starting fee, but he has steadily compiled a decent record with top offspring across a range of distances. Of course the standout is Calandagan, Cartier Horse of the Year and sensational winner of the Japan Cup. He'll be back for more next year and it would be no surprise to see Ace Impact's half-brother Arrow Eagle step up another gear. He's been a slower burner but could make an impression in the top staying contests of 2026 after winning the G1 Prix Royal-Oak. Study Of Man is already riding the crest of a wave created by his consistent rate of stakes performers from his relatively small early crops, and that could become a tidal wave as the level of support he has been given has increased, resulting in his first two three-figure books of 123 (2024) and 140 (2025). Inevitably his fee has also risen, from £25,000 to £35,000, but it will be a surprise if the support tails off in 2026, especially on the back of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, at which 18 of his weanlings sold for an average of 71,056gns, conceived while the Lanwades sire was standing at £12,500. Sioux Nation has continued to build momentum in his dependable way and was only narrowly denied becoming a Classic sire when his daughter Shes Perfect lost the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches in the stewards' room after a dramatic tussle with Zarigana. He has a Guineas contender for 2026, too, in Victorious Forever's G2 Rockfel Stakes winner Zanthos, who cost a hefty €1 million at the Arqana Breeze-up Sale. At €37,500, Sioux Nation is facing into his most expensive stud season to date, up from €30,000. Yearlings incoming Among the group of stallions to be embarking on their third covering season is Chaldean, whose drop in fee at Banstead Manor Stud from £25,000 to £20,000 will undoubtedly have been snapped up by breeders, especially after the reception given to his first foals. His 29 sold returned an average of 107,793gns. Yes, that's only the sale ring and not the racecourse, and his all-important test will come in 2027 and beyond, but opinion counts for an awful lot in this business, and sustained support from some decent mares will give him every chance to succeed. Top miler Modern Games (£27,500) and Arc winner Ace Impact (€30,000) have also been trimmed in price this year, but the most significant drop over the last two seasons has been for Paddington, who is now €20,000 after initially being advertised at €55,000 and then €25,000 for 2025. After a delayed start in 2024, when he covered 70 mares, his book increased to 145 in 2025. A year ahead of them is another Arc winner, Torquator Tasso, who has been priced consistently at €20,000 at Gestut Auenquelle throughout his fledgling stud career to date. The first yearlings of the son of Adlerflug were given a warm reception at the BBAG Sale in September, where a range of international buyers signed for his progeny, leading to an average of €50,231 for 13 sold. Another three sold at Tattersalls for an average of 60,000gns. Class of 2026 A significantly larger general intake of stallions for the year ahead compared to 2025 includes the Group 1 winners Rosallion (£40,000, Dalham Hall Stud), Delacroix (€40,000, Coolmore), Camille Pissarro (€30,000, Coolmore), Henri Matisse (€20,000, Coolmore), Maranoa Charlie (€20,000, Tally-Ho Stud), Diego Velazquez (£17,500, National Stud) and Shadow Of Light (€17,500, Kildangan Stud), who are respectively by the big-name stallions Blue Point, Dubawi, Wootton Bassett, Frankel and Lope De Vega. It's a strong group. We know that they are unlikely all to succeed but trying to work out which of them have the best chances will keep tongues wagging over the next few sales seasons. Value Sires Podium GOLD Study Of Man (£35,000, Lanwades) His most expensive year yet but keep the faith and expect more to come. SILVER Palace Pier (£32,000, Dalham Hall Stud) His promising two-year-olds should develop into exciting three-year-olds. BRONZE Sands Of Mali (€22,500, Yeomanstown Stud) From a low start it's a big leap in price but he's a Group 1 sire now and can build on that. If you missed Part I of our Value Sires series you can find it here. The post Value Sires 2026 Part II: The Mid-Tier 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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