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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This column is highlighted by the victory of Serving Time at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. Third Time's The Charm For Serving Time Breeders' Cup-winning trainer Cherie DeVaux saddled Serving Time (GB) (Without Parole {GB}) to win at third asking at the Fair Grounds on Nov. 23 (chart). Owned by John Gunther, Eurowest Bloostock and Borders Racing Stable, the 2-year-old filly became the 12th winner for her first-season sire (by Frankel {GB}) who stands at Newsells Park Stud in Britain. Bred by John and Tanya Gunther and Borders Racing Stable, Serving Time is the first foal out of Cubit (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), a winner as a 3-year-old over a mile at Saint-Cloud. The filly has a yearling half-sister by Too Darn Hot (GB), and a weanling full-brother. In the spring of 2024, Cubit was bred to Good Magic. This is the family of G1 Irish Derby and G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Westover (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Grade III winner Monarchs Glen (GB) (Frankel {GB}), both half-brothers to Cubit. The trio are out of GIII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile heroine Mirabilis (Lear Fan), herself a half-sister to G1 Prix de Diane heroine Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat). Without Parole has two-time Group 3 runner-up Fiery Lucy (GB) and the multiple stakes-placed Sea To Sky (Ire) in his first crop worldwide. However, Serving Time is not his first winner in North America, with that honour going to Without Caution. Ten Sovereigns Filly Graduates In Florida Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) trotted up at Gulfstream Park to win by seven lengths for Medallion Racing, Steve Weston, Mrs. Paul Shanahan and Mrs. MV Magnier last weekend. Trained by Brendan Walsh, the daughter of the winner Lamyaa (GB) (Arcano {Ire}) was making her fourth start (video). Bred by the Pocock Family, Lush Lips sold for £82,000 out of the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale to Avenue Bloodstock/Medallion Racing and Donnacha O'Brien. She made two starts in Ireland for O'Brien and the above partners and Hoffman, in July and August. Her latest half-sibling is a weanling colt by Harry Angel (Ire), while German multiple group winner Electric Beat (GB) (Shinko Forest {Ire}) is a half to her dam. Another half-sister to Lamyaa is responsible for the group winners Melo Melo (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire} (second in the G1 Prix Vermeille) and Treasuring (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}), who won at the group/graded level in North America and Ireland. Coolmore's Ten Sovereigns has six winners from nine runners (67%) in the U.S. Dual graded winner Zulu Kingdom (Ire) is his best in that jurisdiction, and he has another four black-type horses there so far. Dandy Man Miss States Her Case Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners' Miss Mandalay (GB) (Dandy Man {Ire}) put it all together to win at Del Mar on Nov. 23 (video). Trained by Robert Hess, Jr., the bay was making her fifth appearance. Part of the Worksop Manor Stud breeding programme, Miss Mandalay sold for £32,000 to JRSA from her breeders in the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale in 2022. In her first start, she was second at Wolverhampton for trainer Kevin Philippart de Foy and owners Curran, Fitzwilliams, Newton, and Railton. She is one of three winners for Belle Travers (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}) whose latest trio of foals are a filly by Bobby's Kitten and colts by Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) and Oasis Dream (GB) born in 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively. Second dam Forthefirsttime (GB) (Dr Fong) won the Listed Flame Of Tara Stakes. Ballyhane's late Dandy Man now has 15 winners from 27 runners (56%) in America. First-season sire River Boyne (Ire), who won the GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes at Santa Anita, is his best runner there, but he also has the stakes winner Dandy Man Shines (Ire), and an additional five stakes horses. Repeat Winner: Newstead Stables' Laurelin (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}), who featured in the column in October, earned her stakes rosette in the Tepin Stakes at Aqueduct for Graham Motion on Nov. 17 (video). She is one of 28 stakes winners for her sire internationally, who will stand at the Aga Khan Studs' Haras de Bonneval in France for €80,000 next year. The post Making Waves: Without Parole Filly Makes Time At The Fair Grounds 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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By Chief Stipe · Posted
Prominent racehorse owner David Archer furious after photo-finish controversy Barry Lichter Nov 27, 2024 •05:00am Play Video0:32 Tight finish confounds commentator, judge in Pukekohe race Prominent racehorse owner David Archer is calling for a rule change after a photo-finish dispute at Pukekohe which put raceday judging under the microscope. Archer and leading trainer Stephen Marsh were ropeable after their horse Sinhaman, who was called home first in a desperately close four-way finish on Saturday, was placed a nose second by the judge. It took judge John Craig several minutes to post the result, one which photo-finish operator Sam Wells did not agree with. Wells was adamant he could not separate Sinhaman from declared winner Aladdin Sane. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF In a very close four-way finish, the judge found a nose margin for Aladdin Sane over Sinhaman in the blue and white colours at top. SUPPLIED Commentator George Simon viewed the finish three times and also believed it was a dead-heat. Stipendiary stewards became involved after Marsh queried the result. Archer, who watched the race from Australia, said his trainer was incensed over the result and, while he himself had not laid an official complaint with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, he had sent a note to the judge to say he believed he’d got it wrong. Archer races Sinhaman with his partner Diane Wright and children Simon and Natalie, best known for their success with 10-time Group I winner Mufhasa. And, while the decision proved costly in a $75,000 race - Sinhaman’s runner-up stake was worth only $13,875, compared with the $28,500 he would have won through a dead-heat, or $43,125 for a win - Archer is more concerned about the immediate future for the horse. David Archer with his partner Diane Wright. Archer is calling for a rule change after a photo-finish dispute at Pukekohe SUPPLIED ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF “We’re going for the $1 million four-year-old race at Ellerslie in January and if he doesn’t get enough points, he won’t make the field.” Archer said it would be a very bad look for the industry if there was a repeat of the episode in one of the multi-million dollar races coming up over summer. “We should learn a lesson out of this and I believe there should be an absolute rule that the judge must call in one of the stewards for a second opinion when it’s that close. “This wasn’t a nose, it was a hair, and I’m told three stipes looked at it and two of them said we won and one said it was a dead-heat. “If it took the judge seven minutes to make a call, it should have been a dead-heat at worst.” Racing Industry Board steward Adrian Dooley said it was not until 17 minutes after the race - after Marsh questioned the result - that he rang the judge to say he wanted to see the photo-finish. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF It was the final race, dividends were already being paid out, and Wells was halfway through packing up his gear when Dooley arrived. “I couldn’t see a margin, neither could George and when Adrian Dooley had a look he couldn’t see a margin either,” Wells said. Dooley would not confirm that on Tuesday, declining to comment because he believed it was under investigation. The stewards’ report noted only that under the Rules of Racing, “the decision of the judge was deemed final”. Dooley said, however, that had he seen the photo-finish before the declaration of dividends, the judge’s decision may well have been different: “It would have been a different ball game altogether.” The stewards often consulted with the judge over close photo-finishes, Dooley said, enabled by their close proximity at tracks like Te Rapa and Cambridge Raceway. But at Pukekohe it was a long trek up from ground level to the top of the grandstand roof, with no lifts. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF Dooley said he did not see a blown-up photo-finish - “they’d shut down their machines” - but he viewed a smaller version. Asked if the contested decision might see a revisiting of the rule giving the judge the final say, Dooley said “that might well come out in any inquiry. “I haven’t come across one like this before.” Dooley confirmed the stewards were delivered a printout of the judge’s placings, with the horses’ placings and their times, as stipulated in the rules. But the times listed for the first two horses home on New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s website do not tally with photo finish operator Wells’ findings. How could Aladdin Sane be credited with a time of 1:39.12 and Sinhaman 1:39.13, a difference of one 100th of a second, when Wells said he could not find a margin of one 1000th of a second between the pair? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF Wells said the gear he used could differentiate margins of up to one 10,000th of a second but in New Zealand the standard was to only go up to one 1000th of a second. Wells said he was told by the judge to rule two separate lines on the official photo-finish when he could find no margin - something he was unhappy about. Neither of the two horses’ noses were touching the line on the left, he said. “I had to find a margin when there was no margin but I have no legal say and can’t over-rule the judge, I just provide the photo finish.” Under the rules, the judge’s decision cannot be appealed but chief stipendiary steward John Oatham said he would be reviewing the film with Craig at Ellerslie on Saturday. “John is a very experienced judge and I assume he explained to the judicial chairman Brady Jones how he came to his decision.” Oatham said it was easy for people to question the judge’s decision but he had a number of tools at his disposal on the computer screen, including contrast, and a second, inside camera to help him. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF But Archer said he understood the photo-finish camera had been playing up during the day, even more reason why the judge should have sought a second opinion. Wells confirmed the second camera on the inside of the track was playing up and wasn’t lined up for the day because one of its support legs was bent. The main camera, beside him in the grandstand, was accurate. “Some of the stewards’ viewing positions leave a lot to be desired but, depending on our location, we view the film where possible,” Oatham said. “But we don’t make decisions - that’s the judge’s job.” Craig said he didn’t want to get involved in debating the issue but, with about 40 years experience in judging, he was confident in his decision. “It’s harder to see it on the website photo but there was a nose margin.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISE WITH STUFF On Archer’s call for mandatory input from a steward in close finishes, Craig said that already happened on most northern tracks at which he officiated. “At Ellerslie we’re in the same box and at Te Rapa there’s only a wall between us and the stewards normally come and have a look before I make my call.” - Stuff -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Connections of Goliath have renewed the call for geldings to be permitted to run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) after confirming the talented 4-year-old will not run again before an ambitious international campaign next year.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
One of the favorites for this spring's Golden Slipper Stakes (G1), group 3 winner King Kirk died in a swimming pool accident following a fourth placing in a Randwick trial.View the full article
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