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Sports betting is completely different, I can bet on Moana Pacifica to win Super Rugby, or Paramatta to win next year's NRL or Southland to win next year's NPC, or Iceland to win Footballs World Cup, reason is they are actually competing in the event, Iceland are still in the qualifying stage, I still havnt been able to find anywhere on the TAB site if I bet on Djockovic to win the aussie open and he don't turn up if I get my dosh back, on betfair I'm sure you did, these days we have been blinded access to these sites so I can't confirm but with horse racing they ain't competing, you are sumising they may run. It actually allows people to manipulate the market as the no deductions probably did, maybe deductions should apply to the futures market as well but how does one not know if those close to leap to fame know hes is not going to be here and have stacked on some others in the futures market?I think no deductions should still be available, even if only for bets placed after 10am, my beef with the futures is if ya horse dont start you dont get a refund,.......Gamma you say it's just a bit of fun but tell me if you know of anyone who will put 25grand or whatever on Leap To Fame or Swayzee or whatever in the futures market, they will or may in the final field option, so the reality is as the futures market is as is now no one really going to bother much with futures market anyway. I just think the discussion should be about the race, not the markets, maybe O O'Connor and the likes are being instructed by the hierachy to push the futures market, don't know why, I may have a bet on the cup, most likely it will be in the last 15 minutes leading up to the race. -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Uptown Rythem (Speightstown–Listen to My Song, by Unbridled's Song), who previously stood at Harris Farms, has been relocated to stand at Rancho San Miguel in Central California for the 2026 breeding season. He will stand for $1,500, live foal guarantee. From extremely modest crops, Uptown Rythem's Average Earnings Index of 1.19 is among the best in California. His unraced dam is a half-sister to the dam of 2017 GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes winner La Coronel (Colonel John) from the extended family of 2025 GI Blue Grass Stakes winner Burnham Square (Liam's Map). “As a fast, good-looking son of Speightstown, Uptown Rythem offers value for savvy mare owners who are aiming to compete in California's lucrative sprint program,” said Tom Clark, owner of Rancho San Miguel. “We believe his brightest days as a sire are ahead.” The property of C Punch Ranch Inc., Uptown Rythem is available for inspection at Rancho San Miguel. The post California’s Uptown Rythem to Rancho San Miguel 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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Part 2 of the Arqana October Sale kicked off on Thursday with another 154 yearlings going under the hammer, the pick of which was a De Treville colt from the Haras des Capucines draft who fetched €95,000. Bought by trainer Christophe Escuder, lot 428 was making his second appearance on the Deauville sales ground, having fetched €26,000 when Sumbe offered him as a foal at the December Breeding Stock Sale. He is a sibling to three winners out of the winning Galileo mare Gagarina, including a full-sister in Gregarina whose four career victories included the G3 Athasi Stakes, plus a pair of Listed contests in France. Of the 154 lots offered, 117 sold (76%) for an aggregate sum of €3,128,000. The average was €26,735 and the median was €21,000, with the second session of Part 2 set to get underway at 2pm (local time) on Friday. Whilst the figures for the opening session were significantly down across the board compared to the corresponding day last year, it should be remembered that a change of format for 2025 saw an extra day added to Part 1. Haras d'Haspel was responsible for two of the other headline acts on Thursday, namely a colt by Mohaather who went through the ring as lot 359 and a Zelzal filly who was offered later in the afternoon as lot 382. From a five-strong draft, Haras d'Haspel had four sold for a total of €209,000, headed by the Mohaather colt – from the family of the dual G1 Yorkshire heroine Only Royale (Caerleon) and G1 Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance (Pentire) – who went the way of Markus Nigge for €90,000. As for the Zelzal filly, a half-sister to the Listed winner Bebeautiful (Le Havre), she sold to Bloodstock Services for €80,000. Her dam is an unraced half-sister to the top-class sprinter Gordon Lord Byron (Byron), while this is also the family of another multiple Group 1 winner in Godolphin's Barney Roy (Excelebration). Nicolas Lefevre of Equos Racing teamed up with trainer Henri-Francois Devin to feature among the most prolific buyers on Thursday, securing three yearlings together for a total of €207,000. The most significant spend was the €80,000 it cost to secure lot 480, a Muhaarar filly from Haras de Montaigu in what could be a sign of things to come following Montaigu's recent acquisition of Shadwell's champion sprinter. Meanwhile, at the other end of the distance spectrum, the sole yearling by star stayer Stradivarius to go under the hammer on Thursday found favour with Jeremy Brummitt and Quantum Leap Racing. Consigned by Haras de Grandcamp, the colt already named Lubianus (lot 487) – the first foal out of the G3 Prix Belle de Nuit third Lubiane (Authorized) – sold for €72,000 to secure his place among the five most expensive lots. The post De Treville Colt Leads Low-Key Start to Arqana Part 2 at €95,000 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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Brook Smith doesn't own many horses, but when he gets involved with one, things always seem to go right. The latest example is Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), the winner of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic and a top contender for this year's $7-million race. Along with the same ownership group that is dominated by Coolmore, Smith also owns a piece of the fast 2-year-old Schwarzenegger (Not This Time), who is pre-entered for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. To talk about such things as his Breeders' Cup horses, his charitable endeavors and the reason why he has paid for three billboards, one in Dublin, Ireland, touting Sierra Leone, Smith joined the team for this week's TDN Writers' Room Podcast presented by Keeneland. He was the Gainesway Guest of the Week. There's little doubt that Sierra Leone–a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'–is flying under the radar this year, overshadowed by stars like Sovereignty (Into Mischief) and Fierceness (City of Light). Asked to make an early line for the Classic, the podcast's Randy Moss made Sierra Leone 5-1. “He's always been that horse where he gets respect and then he kind of loses it,” Smith said. “He has trouble keeping it. He's had some odd races, like the last race (the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup), the last prep that he was in before the Classic. And it's hard to say that he's under the radar, but let's just rephrase that and say that Sovereignty is the radar. How's that?” The Sierra Leone camp has been criticized by Mike Repole for entering a rabbit, Contrary Thinking (Curlin), in the Classic in the hopes that he can set a fast pace that will help Sierra Leone. Smith doesn't see what's wrong with that. “You guys caught me at a good time because I just went to the ear doctor because I had to clean out all of the yapping that seems to be out there,” Smith joked. “Whatever happened to let these horses do their thing, right? I don't have social media and I'm not faulting anybody. I think at the end of the day, everybody has fun with it. So, you know, that's all good. The thing is that rabbits are allowed. It's part of racing. “It kind of comes down to the trainer. And if the trainer feels like he wants a rabbit in the race, this ownership group is going to be supportive because Chad (Brown) has done a great job with the horse to this point. It's a big race. It's a different race. I mean, the rabbit could get eliminated with the post position draw. It's clear. Sierra Leone needs pace.” The affable Smith turned the tables on the panel and started asking them questions. He asked Moss to make a case for Sierra Leone winning the Classic. “If I have to make the case for Sierra Leone winning the Classic, it would be this,” Moss said. “There is a very short stretch run at Del Mar. Much, much shorter, almost a football field shorter almost than Sovereignty got at Churchill Downs or at Saratoga in the Belmont Stakes or the Jim Dandy and the Travers. He's a horse that does his best running down the lane. So that will be a disadvantage but it's not one that he can't overcome. Not that he's not good enough to overcome it, but that will be a disadvantage for Sovereignty. And if there will be enough pace to keep Fierceness from getting out there and setting a nice, comfortable, easy lead, which is why Contrary Thinking was entered in the first place, that will help. Then I think that puts Sierra Leone right in the hunt. Now he's also got to deal with a short stretch, but he did last year effectively, obviously at Del Mar, and overcame it.” Out of his own pocket, Smith has paid for billboards that say “Go Sierra! Breeders' Cup World Championships. NBC on Saturday Nov. 1.” There are three billboards, one in Louisville, one in Lexington and one in Ireland. “I am unlike the boy that steps on top of the mountain and cries wolf,” he said. “I'm the guy that jumps on the top of the mountain and says 'Sierra Leone, let's go.' My partners in Ireland, I hope they don't cuss me for putting the billboard up there in Dublin. I don't think they will. It's in respect and good fun. I don't have social media, so I have to use billboards.” As is his custom, Smith will donate a portion of his Breeders' Cup earnings to the Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs. “The backside continues to benefit from Sierra Leone as a part of that Purses for a Purpose program,” Smith said. “I'll do anything I can do to help an industry that I'm passionate about that gives me a lot. It's great to give back. I was very honored to be invited to join the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Board, TOBA, and I quickly jumped on the chance to get on the charitable philanthropic committee, because that organization does incredible stuff across all kinds of different horse-related non-profits.” The “Fastest Horse of the Week” was Sumter (War Front), who got a 99 Beyer for his win in the Lure Stakes Saturday at Santa Anita. The Fastest Horse of the Week segment is sponsored by WinStar. Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by 1/st TV, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders' Association and West Point Thoroughbreds, the team of Moss, Bill Finley and Zoe Cadman went through the pre-entered fields for the Breeders' Cup. They'll save their picks for next week. This week was about an overview of all of the races. Click here for the audio version of the podcast and here for the video version. The post Brook Smith Joins TDN Writers’ Room Podcast Presented by Keeneland 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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