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    • Rathbarry Stud has announced the 2026 fees for its four stallions, with the newcomer Unquestionable, successful in the 2023 edition of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, being introduced at €10,000. The son of the late Wootton Bassett is joined at Rathbarry by the multiple top-level winner State Of Rest, whose first yearlings have sold for up to 300,000gns. State Of Rest has had his fee reduced to €15,000 (from €20,000), while Kodi Bear, the sire of this year's unbeaten G2 Gimcrack Stakes scorer Lifeplan, has been clipped from €15,000 into €12,500. The roster is completed by the G3 Prix de Meautry winner Bouttemont, who remains at a fee of €5,000 ahead of his first foals being sold in the coming weeks. A press release from the County Cork-based operation added, “In announcing the above fees, Rathbarry Stud feel that, in response to an uncertain market, the stallion fees represent value for money for high-quality stallions.” The post Breeders’ Cup Hero Unquestionable Introduced at €10,000 at Rathbarry Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Stud fees are unchanged for Ocala Stud's roster of seven stallions, which is led by second-crop sire Win Win Win (by Hat Trick {Jpn}) who will stand for $8,500 S&N, the farm said via a release on Friday. Filling out the list is Roadster (by Quality Road), who will stand for $7,500 S&N, Colonel Liam (by Liam's Map) for $6,500 S&N, and Khozan (by Distorted Humor)–Florida's leading general sire each year since 2000–for $6,000 S&N. Win Win Win, the leading second-crop sire in Florida this year with progeny earnings of nearly $2 million, is at the top of every statistical category. He is represented by 33 winners, six black-type horses, and two stakes winners, including Win N Your In, winner of the Sophomore Fillies Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and third in the Game Face Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and Mati Gol, winner of the Carry Back Stakes and third in the Roar Stakes. In the auction ring this year, Win Win Win saw his juveniles command up to $325,000, $300,000 and $230,000. Roadster, a son of perennial leading sire Quality Road, will have first 2-year-olds in 2026. A winner of the GI Santa Anita Derby, Roadster is out of the stakes-winning and stakes-producing Silver Ghost mare Ghost Dancing and is a half-brother to GISW & Keeneland track record-setter Ascend (Candy Ride {Arg}). Roadster's first yearlings this year included a $120,000 colt at the OBS October Yearling Sale. Colonel Liam is a back-to-back winner of the GI Pegasus Turf Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park. He also netted the GI Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs, recording a 102 Beyer. Colonel Liam was a $1.2 million graduate of the OBS Spring Sale, where he was purchased by Jacob West on behalf of Robert and Lawana Low after breezing a quarter in :20 4/5. A son of GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam's Map, a half-brother to the red-hot sire Not This Time, Colonel Liam is produced from the Bernardini mare Amazement and hails from the family of MGISW Wonder Again, his second dam. Colonel Liam will have first 2-year-olds in 2026. Khozan, whose progeny earnings have topped $5.6 million, is the sire of 115 winners, 10 black-type horses and four stakes winners. His top runners this year include Khozalite, winner of the Florida Sire Affirmed Stakes at Gulfstream Park; Shaq Diesel, winner of the Benny the Bull Handicap and the Big Drama Handicap; Hurricane Nelson, victorious in the Sprint Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs; and Jasper Robusto (¥134,868,000), a two-time stakes winner in Japan. A son of Distorted Humor out of the multiple graded stakes-winning A.P. Indy mare Delta Princess, Khozan is a half-brother to Grade I winners Royal Delta, Crown Queen and Delta Prince. Ocala Stud Roster (Stallion/Fee): Adios Charlie–$3,000 Awesome Slew–$4,000 Colonel Liam–$6,500 Gretzky the Great–$3,000 Khozan–$6,000 Roadster–$7,500 Win Win Win–$8,500 The post Win Win Win Leads Ocala Stud’s Roster For 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • The catalogue for the fifth edition of the BBAG Christmas Online Sale is now available. Set to begin on Friday, November 21 at noon, the sale will end on Sunday, November 23 at 2 p.m. local time. The mixed sale features 59 horses divided between 27 three-year-olds and older horses, eight juveniles, 16 broodmares, seven yearlings and one foal. The broodmares are in foal to stallion like Churchill, Fantastic Moon, Neatico, Northern Ruler, Sea The Moon and Alter Adler. Supplements may be added through Wednesday, November 19. The post BBAG Christmas Online Sale Attracts 59 Entries appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Internaute, the son of two Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners in Sea The Stars and Solemia, will join the National Hunt stallion roster at Haras de la Hêtraie for 2026. The deal was brokered by Cécile Adonias of CAVA Associates. The Wertheimer homebred retires as the winner of two of his 10 career starts for Christopher Head, including the Listed Prix de la Porte de Madrid at Saint-Cloud in March this year. Beaten just a neck behind the subsequent Group 1 winner Sibayan in July's G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil at ParisLongchamp, he also finished second in April's G3 Prix de Barbeville at the same venue, having first gained black type when finishing third in last year's G3 Prix du Lys at Chantilly. Internaute is one of six winners and the first black-type scorer out of Solemia (Poliglote), who memorably won the 2012 edition of the Arc. Solemia, in turn, is out of the G3 Prix Cleopatre heroine Brooklyn's Dance (Shirley Heights), whose other star progeny include the multiple Group winner and Prix du Jockey Club runner-up Prospect Park and G2 Prix Greffulhe scorer Prospect Wells, both by Sadler's Wells. “We are delighted that this Poliglote grandson [and] descendent from Arc winner Solemia joins Haras de la Hêtraie,” said Pierre-Yves Bureau, racing manager for Wertheimer et Frere. “Internaute belongs to one of our oldest families, [which remains] extremely active in 2025. His physical, his turn of foot and his fighting spirit on the track are real assets to produce in National Hunt.” Pascal Noue of Haras de la Hêtraie added, “In these uncertain times, it is reassuring to rely on such genetics. I was immediately impressed by his physical: 1.66m, not too heavy, with a powerful walk – one can easily picture him at Auteuil. He will start at a very attractive fee to give him every chance in the current context. A few breeding rights will be available.” The post Regally-Bred Internaute Retires to Haras de la Hêtraie for 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • I hope for tabmans sake he is someone different. But after reading the obituary on the hrnz website he just sounds so familiar to the person we discuss things with on this website. the similarities seem rather long. for example he always such a strong defender of the ATC,like yourself gammalite. But it was more than that,i got the feeling he had real personal relationships with people from that club and he did say a few times he was a regular there on racenights.The thing is,when it came to the ATC,even though he was pro the atc,he never disputed any argument we made based around their financial postion. And this mr williams was an accountant. One time i drifted off in some posts i made on the topic of air quality. i referred to invercargill,timaru and nelson as having poor air quality and how it was reflected in stats relating to increased lung and heart issues for people from those areas. He had replied that i seemed to know what i was talking about as far as that went and mentioned he had lived in a couple of those areas and mentioned he had coached sport,inferring it was nelson. In his discussions with mikeynz he also more than once referred to himself as a former southern man.i hadguessed he was a ex dunedin person, although when we discussed the air thing i wondered,maybe he's worked in invercargill as well. There was no mention of invercargill in mr williams obituary, but he obviously had a long association with otago. Then there was the tone of all his replies.He always tried to be upbeat and positive and that seems similar to what they say about him in the obituary. there was the occasional time when i got under his skin and he wasn't quite his cherry self in how he replied,that was uncommon,but after one of those rare occasions i said to him,well  you may not agree with what i'm saying but i could tell a bit about him from how he had worded things,telling him i thought he came across as someone who had wealth and that when it came to his work background,he would have had positions where he was the decision maker.Reading mr williams obituary,his working background sounds famliar to  how tabman came across. And from his replies ,you could tell he had a good sense of humour. then their was the reference to him using social media. Like i've said before,when we post on this forum,we all,every now and then,tell people a little bit about ourselves.Its just what we do,even if we use pseudonyms. and for regular contributorslike myself,it feels like you have a connection with some people you don't know,but do know so to speak. And its that connection,through this forum which we enjoy having,most of the time anyway. So,i hope i'm wrong about my assumptions and tab man makes a comeback. Wouldn't that be funny if he did.But if he doesn't i'm sure,even though this is a forum where we don't actually know peoples real names,we still know them well enough to miss them when they stop contributing.And the point of my posts about tabman is,its nice to put a face to a name when they stop posting.
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