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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Scandinavia, removed from G1 Melbourne Cup contention last month by connections, failed to pass the required Australian veterinary scans leading up to the Race that Stops the Nation, according to trainer Aidan O'Brien. The son of Justify won the Goodwood Cup and the G1 St Leger and will instead target the G1 Gold Cup next June. “He didn't pass the scans,” O'Brien told Matt Chapman of At The Races. “That's the long and short of it. He is a three-year-old and obviously three-year-olds do have different bone structures than four-year-olds or five-year-olds. They are maturing all the time. Their bones are filling in and that's the way it is. Everyone else thought that his scans were perfect, but when he went down in front of the Australian vets they weren't happy about it, so that's fine. “When you go to Rome, you play by the Pope's rules. That's the way it is in Australia. When you're in Australia, you play by the Australian rules. Hopefully we'll have horses that will go and try again sometime.” The post Scandinavia Failed To Pass Scans In Melbourne Cup Leadup 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
DEL MAR, USA — As the World Series continues its three-game run in Los Angeles, at Dodger Stadium it's all about Japanese baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani. Head a little farther down the Californian coast to Del Mar and the Thoroughbred World Championships, aka the Breeders' Cup, features plenty of Japanese participation of its own. American racing could hardly ask for more than to have the first three home from the last two Kentucky Derbys in action at Del Mar. Sovereignty's fever scare could yet throw a spanner into the works but, if he recovers in time, five of that sextet will line up for a sensational rendition of the Breeders' Cup Classic. They include the Yoshito Yahagi-trained Forever Young, who in February was involved in one of the most thrilling finishes of the year when grinding down Hong Kong superstar Romantic Warrior in the Saudi Derby. Yahagi loves to travel and so does his horse. While the European challengers remained in quarantine on Monday morning, the Japanese contingent took time to familiarise themselves with the paddock and saddling boxes. In the case of Forever Young it was merely a reminder. He's been here before, finishing third behind Sierra Leone and Fierceness in last year's Classic. If physique and temperament have anything to do with it – and let's face it they have everything to do with it – then this beefed-up four-year-old son of Real Steel has an excellent chance of improving on that position this time around despite the fierceness of the competition. Ryusei Sakai and Forever Young | Emma Berry Forever Young has already been joined by his regular jockey Ryusei Sakai this week and the pair of them could hardly be more laid back, their antics bordering on the goofy as Sakai positioned his mount behind the trio of broadcasters presenting Breakfast at the Breeders' Cup. Another lap of the paddock and they stopped again, this time posing for fan photos before linking back up with stable-mate American Stage. With just eight horses, the Japanese team is smaller this year, but experience has taught us not to overlook any of their challengers, and that goes particularly for the five-year-old mare Argine, who, without turning a hair, completed laps of track and paddock solo, her rider taking the lightest of touches on a loose rein. Trained by Mitsu Nakauchida, the daughter of Lord Kanaloa has Frankie Dettori to help her from the saddle in the Breeders' Cup Mile. The Europeans Are Coming By Tuesday morning, the gates of the quarantine compound had swung wide open to let loose a vast team of horses from Europe: 16 from Britain, 16 from Ireland and four from France, the latter quartet trained by Francis Graffard. The perky Amiloc was one of the first out, leading his Ralph Beckett stable-mate, the 100/1 Sussex Stakes winner Qirat, just after the Andrew Balding trio of Jonquil, See The Fire and Pacific Mission had emerged. Then came the rush: the Godolphin six and the Coolmore eight, with Aidan O'Brien's octet being augmented by another five horses trained by his sons, Joseph and Donnacha. No trainer has won the Breeders' Cup Turf more times than Aidan O'Brien, who this year pitches in the classiest three-year-old filly in Europe in Minnie Hauk. Partnered by former jockey Brett Doyle, who is in the rare position of having also been a work rider for Godolphin, the treble Oaks victrix will be just one of an enviable book of rides for Christophe Soumillon as he continues his supersub role for the injured Ryan Moore. “Christophe has a long flight ahead of him and he'll have plenty of time to do a lot of thinking about the draws,” said O'Brien from the Del Mar backstretch after his horses had completed their steady exercise. “I'd say he'll be scratching his head. He has a few difficult things to try work out.” Minnie Hauk herself hasn't fared too badly in this regard as she is drawn eight in the 14-runner Turf, nestled in between the geldings Silawi and Gold Phoenix. But as O'Brien attempts to break his own record of 28 Group/Grade 1 wins a year, he has not been helped by the wide draws for her fellow favourites Precise, who will jump widest of all from 13 for the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Gstaad, who has fared no better with gate 14 for the Juvenile Turf. O'Brien, who is attempting to win the Juvenile Turf for the fourth time in succession and the eighth overall, as well as the Juvenile Fillies Turf for the third time in four years, said, “I don't think I can remember coming over with [three short-priced favourites], but two of them have had manners put on them already haven't they? “It's testament to the lads for allowing these horses to come, they want to be here, it's what they live for and they get a lot of enjoyment out of it. They're great sports. “They don't protect horses, they let them out there and compete. That's what we all want: the best horses competing. You don't want to see horses who people think are unbeatable locked up and not let race any more.” The trainer added of his pair of Starspangledbanner two-year-olds, “They have had plenty of racing. The filly [Precise] is unlucky not to be unbeaten. Every day since her debut she has upgraded and upgraded. She is a good traveller, the first time Christophe rode her at Newmarket [in the Fillies' Mile] she got a little bit lazy in the middle of the race so he had to wake her up, but when he did wake her up she was straight back on the bridle. “Gstaad went off his programme: his programme was to go to the Heinz [Phoenix], the National Stakes and then the Dewhurst. We ended up going to the Morny instead and that upset him, it was a little bit too sharp for him. “He's a big horse and it'll be good fun watching it all unfold. Christophe is going to need all his experience and strength and horsemanship.” One of the more enigmatic members of the Ballydoyle string is erstwhile Derby favourite The Lion In Winter, who has steadfastly been compensating for not quite living up to the expectations placed on him over the winter. His most recent run, when second to Cicero's Gift in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Champions Day, was arguably his best yet. “He has progressed really well,” O'Brien said. “We went to the Dante just to try and get a run in before the Derby, but we didn't really learn anything. “After we ran him in the Derby it was very clear cut that he was a miler, he wasn't a mile-and-a-half or mile-and-a-quarter horse. He came out of Ascot very well, he just got mugged at Ascot by a 100-1 gelding.” With three of his best horses already in the stallion barn at Coolmore, O'Brien is still able to draw deep from the well of talent at Ballydoyle, and it is not beyond the realms of possibility that he may yet break another one of his own records in 2025. So how high in his own mind is breaching that particular landmark of 28 top-level wins? “We don't really ever think about anything like that,” he said. “The horses come first and we always just take the races as they come. We try to pick the right horses for the right races. If they are eligible for the races and we think the race will suit them, we run them. “It's obviously a big thing and the year is really starting to flow now lately. You just have to take one day at a time, though. You can't be surprised by anything, whether things go with you or against you. All you can do is your best.” The post International Raiders Hoping to be Pitch Perfect at the Breeders’ Cup 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
Trainer Bill Mott said there is a "possibility" Sovereignty will miss the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) after the colt registered a "mild fever" Oct. 27.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Maiden Watch: Breeders' Cup 2025View the full article -
Ashburton gallops on Friday so how did that happened in regards to Methven but I think Methven race in December, musical cheers with racedays sometimes it seems.
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