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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Keeneland September Book 5 opened Wednesday with continued strong trade across the board led by a Midshipman colt (hip 3056) who topped the session at $270,000 to trainer Wesley Ward. Increases were seen on all fronts as 303 yearlings sold through the ring for $15,405,500, up 12.09% from last year's Session 9 gross of $13,744,000 for 308 horses. Average price of $50,843 was 13.94% above $44,623 last year and the median increased 14.29% from $35,000 to $40,000. Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 2,074 yearlings through the ring for $487,629,500 for an average of $235,115 and a median of $150,000. The total is up 23.07% from the corresponding period last year when the gross was $396,213,500 for 2,048 horses. The average rose 21.53% from $193,464 in 2024, while the median increased 36.36% from $110,000. For the session, Legacy Bloodstock led consignors with sales of $1,247,000 for 29 horses. Faris Breeding spent $705,000 on seven yearlings to top buyers. Co-bred and consigned by Nursery Place, the Midshipman colt is the top-priced yearling to sell for his sire, a fact that stunned Nursery's John Mayar. “Darley texted us and said congratulations, he's the highest priced Midshipman [yearling] sold which I find hard to believe for a good sire like that,” he said. The colt's first dam Tiz Rae Anna was stakes placed in the Ruthless, Busher and Cicada all at Aqueduct in her own racing career before producing SP Typhoon Fury (Mitole) as her second foal. “He's a May foal,” Mayar continued. “And he wears that. He's a big, free-ranging mover but he's still an unfinished product. He acts like a rocketship. Rangy but incredibly well balanced and very light on his feet.” Trainer Wesley Ward, who picked up several yearlings earlier in the sale with classic aspirations, should be able to mold this colt to his tastes, Mayar said. “I think he's going to do whatever you ask him to do,” he said. “I think he's very fast but I also think he'll run on [longer]. He'll do whatever Wesley wants him to do. I think he'll be very happy.” As a consigner, Nursery Place has seen plenty of success already this week including selling a Ghostzapper filly (hip 762) for $1,175,000 during the Book 2 opener held last Wednesday. The $270,000 tag on their Midshipman colt matched their co-third highest price of the sale thus far. “He just came together in the last two hours,” said Mayar. “There were a lot of really good people on him. Did I think he could bring [that price]? I don't know. I told [Ward's agent] Louis DuBois, 'you need to look at this colt because he's what I think you all like' and the next thing you know, Wesley's down at the barn an hour before the sale and boom, it's done.” The September Sale continues Thursday beginning at 10 a.m. ET and runs each day through Saturday. Hip 3085, a Knicks Go colt | Keeneland Knicks Go Colt 'Aspires' For More A Florida-bred colt (hip 3085) became the highest priced yearling from the second crop of Horse of the Year Knicks Go when selling for $210,000 to Aspire Equine early in Wednesday's session at Keeneland September. Consigned by Eaton Sales, the colt was making his second trip to the ring this year and provided a solid pinhook for previous owner MJ Stables who picked up the colt at the OBS Winter Mixed Sale in January for just $30,000. Bred by Mast Thoroughbreds, the dark bay or brown colt got a timely update when 3-year-old half-sister Khali J (Khozan) broke her maiden on debut at Thistledown for trainer Robert Gorham Aug. 5. The colt clearly showed well on the end of the shank as Eaton Sales's Reiley McDonald was quick to note. “The horse has been easy from the word go,” McDonald said. “He has a good a profile as you'll see on any horse. Big, strong colt. He has the most beautiful neck and shoulder. [He] should be in the book of conformation.” Knicks Go currently ranks fourth on the first crop sire list by progeny earnings, less than $1,000 out of third-place currently held by Darley's Maxfield. He's currently sired 12 winners led by 'TDN Rising Star' and GII Saratoga Special Stakes winner Ewing along with GI Natalma Stakes third La Culasse. The post Midshipman Leads The Charge As Keeneland Book 5 Kicks Off appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
Well they allocate the funding to the codes don't they? So, I'd think he would have ideas about how that should be done, any conditions on that subject to legislation, etc.? Also, currently whether any of the extra legislative net payment should be distributed or kept in reserve, whether or not they should part fund the greyhound rehoming. Those sort of things and his familiarity with the Oz situation would probably be useful alongside his broader business acumen from within the industry. -
Racing heavyweights to have greater role in its direction Michael Guerin Racing Editor·NZ Herald· 31 May, 2025 05:00 AM5 mins to read Listen(05:15) Save Share Sir Peter Vela will chair a new high-powered advisory committee on the future of the racing industry. Photo / Trish Dunell Some of New Zealand racing’s biggest players and a very special expat have joined together to help steer the future of the industry. New Zealand Bloodstock owner and internationally-renowned breeder and owner Sir Peter Vela will chair a new advisory committee to TAB NZ – the regulatory arm of the national betting agency – which works alongside Entain, the company charged with running the day-to-day operations of the TAB and its associate brand Betcha. With the enormous firepower assembled on the advisory committee, their influence looks set to be felt throughout the industry at a crucial stage in its history. The committee was the idea of Racing Minister Winston Peters and TAB NZ chairman Bill Birnie, so it seems certain to have the minister’s ear, as it includes many of the most powerful people in the industry. Vela is joined by Cambridge Stud owner Brendan Lindsay, Waikato Stud boss Mark Chittick, big-time investor and breeder Greg Tomlinson, Ken Breckon, who owns giant harness racing operation Breckon Farms, and in a huge coup, champion expat trainer Chris Waller Waller lives in Sydney but took time out from a hectic week of sales and racing in Queensland to fly to New Zealand for the advisory committee’s first meeting in Auckland on Wednesday night. The committee is set to have at least one member added with both business expertise and detailed knowledge of the harness racing industry, to ensure the code is further represented. The group would be one of the most high-powered assembled in New Zealand racing history, with all having hugely successful business careers, many outside horse racing before all became enormous investors in the racing industry.The coming-together of the big six, soon to become big seven, comes at a time when New Zealand racing has made enormous advancements in the two years since Entain took over the running of the TAB, injecting expertise and much-needed investment into the struggling industry. Stakes have risen significantly and Entain has been able to grow turnover – but big questions remain around infrastructure and key drivers to ensure the growth continues. Among the most important issues will be tracks, particularly in thoroughbred racing, which continues to be plagued by abandonments, cancellations or unsatisfactory results after track renovations. They are proving enormously costly and are undercutting TAB/Entain’s forecasts as they can’t make money on race meetings that are cancelled. Another crucial factor in maximising turnover is the racing calendar, ensuring the most attractive product ends up in front of punters on the days they want to bet most. While both TAB NZ and Entain have input into that calendar, it is the codes that control and maintain the tracks and other infrastructure. Other key issues the committee will advise on include the breeding industry and how to stimulate the number of foals being bred in both codes, as more horses means bigger fields, which has a direct correlation to future turnover. Vela says although the industry has made enormous improvements since the TAB/Entain deal started, the advisory committee wants to ensure the best pathway forward, setting up the industry for long-term sustainability. Crucially, that includes when the five years of guaranteed returns under the TAB/Entain deal end and the codes have to be judged on their results and ability to implement key turnover drivers. “We have all been tremendously heartened by what has been achieved in the last two years and want to provide advice on the best way forward for the industry,” says Vela. “There are so many factors that go into making the racing industry sustainable, maximising its turnover and ensuring the momentum keeps going. “It was very encouraging having so much knowledge and expertise in that meeting on Wednesday and we hope we can help the minister, TAB NZ, Entain and the codes.” There will be no fees paid to the seven members of the advisory committee, all working pro bono for the future good of the industry. Birnie and TAB NZ chief executive Nick Roberts say the advisory committee will report back to their organisation in the first instance and recommendations can be passed on to the Racing Minister, Entain or the codes, or in some cases all three. “It is amazing to see so many of the industry’s genuine leaders wanting to give back their knowledge,” says Birnie. “To see Chris Waller fly in for 18 hours on Wednesday night to lend his knowledge is quite humbling when you think how busy he would be this week.” The formation of the advisory committee will also calm some of those who, while thrilled by racing’s renaissance, worry about its future sustainability as racing faces many of the same changes worldwide. -
I'd forgotten that....but why co-opt Chris Waller on to it if it is for TAB advisory purposes...? -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Haulin Ice is the perfect poster horse for Arkansas' breeding program, and is on the cusp of dethroning Nodouble—who last raced in 1970—as the highest-earning Thoroughbred bred in the state. View the full article
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