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  14. Nelson HRC 10 January 2021 - R 11 - Chair, Mr S Ching

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    • Wandering Eyes
      ‘Things Can Change Really Fast’: Tyler Conner Plans A Future Without Riding Following Colonial Downs Race Injury

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      Eleven weeks ago, jockey Tyler Conner lay on the turf at Colonial Downs calm, but for all the wrong reasons. “I couldn't feel anything,” he said. “I was totally calm which was weird but it was because I wasn't in any pain.” Conner was involved in an incident in the seventh race in Virginia July 24 when his mount, the Elizabeth Merryman-trained Stanza (Great Notion), clipped heels with eventually-disqualified race winner Montador (Nyquist) and fell around the far turn. Francisco Arrieta, who was aboard Montador, was suspended 15 days by the stewards for actions which were noted as “extremely careless”. Time has given Conner a bit of perspective about the fall itself. “My career is over because of this,” he said. “It is what it is but it was also totally avoidable. [I] can't change it now and I'm not going to hold grudges. It's what happens [in this sport].” Conner was airlifted from the track in New Kent to Virginia Commonwealth Hospital in nearby Richmond, VA where he remained until returning home to Pennsylvania for further treatment. Now, 11 weeks after the fall, Conner is still working on his recovery, a process which will take upwards of at least another year, and planning for a future without race riding. “There's no guarantee that I fully recover,” he admitted. “It's up to my body and it's just time at this point. There's a lot of pain in my neck and my back. A lot of my left arm is pretty much asleep. I can use it, but the little things are very hard to do. Things like tying your shoes. Doing anything quickly is tough. Turning around, anything where you could lose your balance. Things you don't think are that hard to do! ” Shortly after the fall, Conner announced his retirement from riding but has still spent the second half of summer at the track, watching daily training at Penn National. “I go the racetrack every day to hang out. The horses are always there [for you] and that's what's important. I love the game and I love the horses,” Conner said, adding that a career in the industry is still his long-term plan. “I'm probably going to be an agent. I've had some people reach out, saying that they would be interested in working with me. I want to try and make a positive impact.” And while his riding career may have been cut short, Conner emphasized that helping his fellow jockeys, especially those in similar situations to his own, was paramount. He recently shared the GoFundMe for Carol Cedeno who was injured herself in a serious fall during a race at the Monmouth at the Meadowlands meet Sept. 27. “I've had an overwhelming amount of support,” Conner said of the industry's help and of his own GoFundMe which has raised north of $70,000. “I've been blown away with the support I've gotten from the riders and the [Jockeys] Guild. They've been in touch a lot and have helped me whether it's with doctors or things like that. HISA has been good. Dr. Peter Hester, who is part of HISA, he has been very, very good. He's helped me with whatever I needed and put me in touch with the Miami Project. The donations from tracks all over the country has been really unexpected and a huge help. I'm really appreciative of everyone that's helped me. But there's a lot of other riders [who] have gotten hurt since me. There's a lot of people that need help.” Conner noted that he recently split a fundraiser with a fellow rider, making sure half the funds went to riders who he felt may not have gotten the same level of acknowledgment or assistance. “Sometimes we get in [bad] situations [in this game],” he said. “I always want to try and help if I can. [All of the jockeys] deserve our support.” The post ‘Things Can Change Really Fast’: Tyler Conner Plans A Future Without Riding Following Colonial Downs Race Injury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Wandering Eyes
      Geography Anchors Quartet Of Tattersalls Autumn HIT Wildcards

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      Group 2 winner Geography is one of four wildcards added to the upcoming Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale, which is scheduled for October 27-31. The son of Holy Roman Emperor is a multiple group winner in Germany and was fifth to Maranoa Charlie (Wootton Bassett) in the G1 Prix de la Foret on Arc Sunday. He is rated 114 by Timeform and is lot 726A. Rated the equal of Geography is Naqeeb (Nathaniel) (lot 726B), the winner of the Listed Foundation Stakes. He is a half-brother to the Sea The Stars pair of Baaeed and Hukum. G3 Prix d'Arenberg hero Afjan (Mehmas) (lot 726C) is also set to sell. He was also second in the G3 Prix de Cabourg. Rounding out the wildcards is G2 Italian Derby hero Molveno (Almanzor). He will be sold as lot 1110A and is rated 110 by Timeform. To view the catalogue, please visit the Tattersalls website. The post Geography Anchors Quartet Of Tattersalls Autumn HIT Wildcards appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Wandering Eyes
      Breeders’ Cup Turf Possible For Minnie Hauk

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      The Coolmore partners' Minnie Hauk (Frankel) is under consideration for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf in November, Aidan O'Brien has revealed. The winner of the G1 Oaks, G1 Irish Oaks, G1 Yorkshire Oaks and second in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the bay was just touched off in that ParisLongchamp cornerstone. “Minnie is very good, everything seems well with her and it's possible she could be trained for the Breeders' Cup Turf,” O'Brien told the PA news agency. “It would be good to see her in that, it's a possible and obviously she has to go through her work and everything perfectly.” Second to Minnie Hauk in the Oaks, Whirl (Wootton Bassett) will not be seen again this season. A winner of the G1 Pretty Polly Stakes in late June, the daughter of Salsa (Galileo) added the G1 Nassau Stakes in July before running sixth in the G1 Prix Vermeille. “Whirl is finished for the year. It's possible she could stay in training, in the last month they [the owners] will decide on the ones who stay in training,” said O'Brien. The post Breeders’ Cup Turf Possible For Minnie Hauk 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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      Undefeated Laurelin, Fionn Square Off In QE II Challenge Cup

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      Newstead Stables LLC's Laurelin (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}) looks to take her career mark to a perfect six wins from as many starts when she faces a maximum of eight fellow sophomore fillies in Saturday's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, the year's most prestigious race for the division. Graham Motion sent out Film Maker (Dynaformer) to take the 2003 QE II and Laurelin figures a strong chance to double that tally. An €160,000 purchase out of the 2023 Goffs Orby Sale, the chestnut has built on a two-for-two freshman season with a neck defeat of the re-opposing Opulent Restraint (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Apr. 27 Memories of Silver Stakes, a 1 1/4-length success over Candy Quest (Connect) in the June 27 Penn Mile and the GII Saratoga Oaks Invitational Aug. 9, where Opulent Restraint was an excuse-free and perfect-trip third. The 5-2 morning-line choice has handled all underfoot conditions with aplomb, can sit handy or farther back in the field and should give her rivals fits. Fionn (Twirling Candy) finished well to take the GIII Regret Stakes at Churchill May 31 and belied odds of 6-1 to best divisional heavy Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes July 5, with Opulent Restraint again rounding out the triple. She and Candy Quest came with wide runs in unison in the GIII Dueling Grounds Oaks Sept. 10, and the latter was narrowly in front at the eighth pole before Flavien Prat shoved Fionn across the line narrowly best to the inside. Candy Quest is an intriguing outsider for contrarian bettors. Simmering (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) was scratched from last weekend's GI First Lady Stakes in favor of this age-restricted contest going an extra furlong. A longshot–but non-threatening–third in this year's G1 Betfred 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, she was well held in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh and G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, but improved to be a latest third in the G3 Prix de Lieurey in the soft at Deauville Aug. 16. Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) ran with credit behind Nitrogen in the GIII Florida Oaks and GII Edgewood Stakes before a convincing win in the June 28 Tepin Stakes at Churchill. Her late run when last seen in the GI Del Mar Oaks fell just a half-length short of longshot Velocity (Nyquist). Glen Cove A Sharper Option For 3YO Fillies Saturday's Glen Cove Stakes is set to be run as a Grade III event for the first time in its brief history, and trainer Miguel Clement looks to hold all the aces. Love Cervere (Into Mischief) is already a course-and-distance winner, having arrived late to win the Take The A Train Stakes for the late Christophe Clement May 10 and added Woodbine's Alywow Stakes over 6 1/2 panels in her first run for the junior Clement. A tough-trip third to Pop Idol (Maclean's Music) and Abientot (Not This Time) in the Aug. 7 Galway Stakes at Saratoga and exits a runner-up effort in a valuable age-restricted Kentucky Downs allowance Sept. 6. Love Cervere | Sarah Andrew New York-bred Annascaul (American Pharoah), a close fourth in the Take The A Train for Clement, completed the exacta in the July 12 Blue Sparkler Stakes at Monmouth before easily defeating older Empire-breds in a first-level allowance at the Spa Aug. 23. Flat Out Time (Not This Time) tries the grass for the first time in her career off consecutive 82 Beyer Speed Figures achieved in a Delaware allowance victory July 17 ahead of a third to next-out GII TCA Stakes heroine Praying (Vekoma) in the GIII Prioress Stakes upstate Aug. 30. The afternoon's third and final graded event is the GIII Ontario Fashion Stakes, where Clement will saddle GII Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes heroine Gal in a Rush (Ghostzapper)–the 5-2 pick on the morning line–and the rail-drawn MSW Les Reys (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), a 3-1 chance trying a synthetic track for the first time in her career. The post Undefeated Laurelin, Fionn Square Off In QE II Challenge Cup 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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      Well-Related Nyquist Filly Debuts On the Grass at Kyoto

      By Wandering Eyes · Posted

      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 horses of interest for this weekend running at Tokyo and Kyoto Racecourses: Sunday, October 12, 2025 4th-TOK, ¥14,250,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1300m MON SOUHAIT (c, 2, McKinzie–Fashion World {GB}, by Dubawi {Ire}), a $100,000 Keeneland September yearling and $100,000 OBS April breezer (see below), is the latest starter out of an unraced daughter of GI Personal Ensign Stakes heroine Icon Project (Empire Maker), whose three winners includes Fashion Business (GB) (Frankel {GB}), winner of the GII Del Mar Handicap. Fashion World, who was acquired by this breeder for $240,000 in foal to Munnings at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale, is a granddaughter of La Gueriere (Lord At War {Arg}), victorious in the 1991 GI QE II Challenge Cup and the dam of seven winners, including MGSW/MGISP Lasting Approval (With Approval) and the unraced La Comete (Holy Bull), dam of the aforementioned Munnings (Speigtstown) and MSW & MGSP Munnings Sister (Speightstown). O-North Hills Co Ltd; B-Candy Meadows LLC (KY); T-Kazuya Takahashi     6th-KYO, ¥14,250,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m JUNE RETRIEVER (c, 2, Good Magic–Silva {Fr}, by Anabaa), whose dam was a two-time stakes winner in France for owner Alec Head, fetched $170,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale and was hammered down to this owner for $350,000 at Keeneland September last year. Silva is a half-sister to the dam of Haras du Quesnay homebred Silver Pond (Fr) (Act One {GB}), twice a winner at group level at home and Group 1-placed in France and Hong Kong; and French listed winner Silver Point (Fr) (Commands {Aus}). O-Jun Yoshikawa; B-Ghislaine Head (KY); T-Kodai Hasegawa Monday, October 13, 2025 6th-KYO, ¥14,250,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT LOVE IN ACTION (f, 2, Nyquist–My Sweet Girl, by Bernardini), a $610,000 KEESEP acquisition, looks to become the second winner out of a stakes-winning daughter of Bit of Whimsy (Distorted Humor), who defeated champion Dreaming of Anna (Rahy) in the GI QE II Cup in 2007 and went on to produce Caroline Thomas (Giant's Causeway), a Grade II winner and longshot third in the QE II Cup in 2013 and herself responsible for the Grade II-placed Highland Grace (American Pharoah). This is also the Bonner and Joyce Young family of MSW & GISP stayer Highland Sky (Sky Mesa) and SW & GSP Highland Glory (Sky Mesa). O-Koki Maeda; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Shinsuke Hashiguchi The post Well-Related Nyquist Filly Debuts On the Grass at Kyoto 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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