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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Night Of Thunder currently sits at the top of the sire rankings for Britain and Ireland and, in a year in which he has already been represented by a first Classic winner in Desert Flower, his position could well be strengthened after Saturday with two other star performers lining up at Sandown and Haydock. Coral's sponsorship of the Eclipse Stakes reaches its 50th anniversary this year and the Group 1 contest, which has a roll of honour including such great names as Mill Reef, Sadler's Wells, Giant's Causeway and Enable, has a total prize fund of £1 million for the first time. Godolphin's Prince of Wales's Stakes winner Ombudsman is currently the short-priced favourite to claim the £567,100 on offer to the winner. Up at Haydock, Ombudsman's fellow Night Of Thunder four-year-old, Estrange, will line up in the G2 Lancashire Oaks for Cheveley Park Stud as she continues her climb towards the top level. Her most recent victory came at the same track in the G3 Lester Piggott Fillies' Stakes. At a Jockey Club-organised press conference for the Eclipse, Thady Gosden, co-trainer of Ombudsman referred to the 17-day turnaround from Ascot to this Saturday as a consideration but said, “He has come out of Royal Ascot in very good order and only had one run beforehand this season at Sandown in the Brigadier Gerard when he was second to Almaqam. He hasn't had a hard season or really a hard career so far so we thought why not go for this? “The Prince Of Wales's was a very tough race with a lot of Group 1 horses in there. He is still relatively inexperienced and that was his first run in a Group 1. We always thought he had the potential to be a horse of the class he has turned out to be and we found that out on the day at Ascot.” Gosden added, “He had a few traffic problems at Ascot but luckily has that turn of foot that Night Of Thunder seems to give them and he picked up really well. He has plenty of speed – he's always had it. He stays a mile and a quarter which gives us plenty of options and we'll have to see if he stays any further. Sandown is a stiff mile and a quarter and we'll know more after he has run on Saturday.” Night Of Thunder / ©Darley Stallions Ombudsman only started racing in the June of his three-year-old season with a winning debut at Newmarket, and Estrange, too, was a later starter, appearing two months after he did, also winning first time out, at Goodwood. Cheveley Park Stud's managing director Chris Richardson told TDN, “We're obviously delighted, having bought her as a yearling at the sales and paying a fair price for a lovely filly. I remember showing Pat Thompson a number of fillies at the sale, and she was very striking being grey, and that sort of sealed the deal really.” It is not just a sire shared by Ombudsman and Estrange, as both were bred at James Hanly's Ballyhimikin Stud. Hanly bred Ombudsman with Jono Mills and Estrange with his long-term allies Trevor Stewart and Anthony Stroud. Estrange, who is out of an Oasis Dream half-sister to Juddmonte's St Leger winner Logician (Frankel), started her training days with the Gosdens before moving to David O'Meara's Yorkshire stable. Richardson continued, “She showed very little as a two-year-old and was barely in training with John and Thady, and then she went back into training as a three-year-old and John was finding that she suffered from setfast, or tying up. We thought that she might benefit from being trained from the paddock, which is what David can offer in his wonderful facility up there. He got her and was very excited about her and has done a wonderful job with her. “When she won so impressively at Goodwood we thought we had something special, and then I made the mistake of running her on too-fast ground at Yarmouth where she got in a pocket and the race didn't really unfold for her. We thought we'd put a line through it and move forward, and we are obviously delighted that she set the record straight.” Beyond this Saturday, Estrange has Group 1 entries in the Nassau Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. “We discussed the Arc and sort of dreamt of a possible Arc contender,” Richardson said. “Obviously it's a very valuable race so we thought we'd make the entry and then we have it if things work out, especially if we are going to be dependent to a degree on a bit of ease in the ground, though I was encouraged when Danny Tudhope told me that he thought that the ground was less of a factor now than it was perhaps.” He added, “Mrs T is really excited about her, which is lovely, and she has given her a big lift. We've been very lucky over the years to have some lovely fillies, including Inspiral more recently, and we hope that this filly will be able to carry the colours for a bit longer, obviously this year, and we haven't discounted her maybe staying in training next year, depending on how she does.” Cheveley Park Stud came close at Royal Ascot a fortnight ago when Cajole, a daughter of Dubawi and Group 1 winner Persuasive, was second in the Sandringham Stakes, a race won by her dam nine years ago. And the stud did feature among the winning breeders courtesy of Humidity, who followed the example set by his full-brother Holloway Boy to win the Chesham Stakes. They are both by Cheveley Park's resident stallion Ulysses out of Sultry, by the late Pivotal. Humidity, who won on debut for his breeder at Newbury, was sold thereafter to Wathnan Racing. “At the end of the day we sadly don't have a Pivotal bringing in the income that he used to so we are running as more of a business now, and it was good business,” Richardson said. “But we are obviously delighted to have bred two Chesham winners, and the fact that they are both by Ulysses might help in the bigger picture a little bit going forward.” Sultry is now in foal to Tally-Ho Stud's Mehmas. The post Ombudsman and Estrange Set to Bolster Night Of Thunder’s Lead 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
Jose Sarinana has checked off a number of firsts with Happy Saver. The longtime assistant manager at Hagyard Farm, Sarinana foaled the future Grade I winner and seven years later was the breeder of the stallion's first foal. That foal, a filly out of Sarinana's only broodmare Planeta (Giant's Causeway), will become the stallion's first yearling to sell at auction when she goes through the ring as hip 4 in the early minutes of the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale next Tuesday. She is the lone horse in the Sarinana Racing consignment. Bred and campaigned by Wertheimer et Frere and trained by Todd Pletcher, Happy Saver opened his career with five straight wins, a streak which included a victory in the 2020 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. He hit the board in 11 of 13 starts with five wins and earnings of $1,258,100. In addition to his win in the Gold Cup, he was second in that race, as well as the GI Clark Stakes in 2021, and was runner-up in the 2022 editions of the GI Metropolitan Handicap and GI Whitney Stakes before retiring to stud at Airdrie in 2023. The team at Hagyard, the Wertheimer's Kentucky nursery where Happy Saver was born, knew the handsome chestnut was talented right from the start, according to Sarinana. “We always number our horses from top to bottom,” Sarinana said. “And Happy Saver was always in the top three. He was good looking as a baby, as a weanling and a yearling. When we shipped him out to be trained, he looked even better. When he made it as a racehorse, I wasn't surprised. I knew he would.” Like Happy Saver, Planeta was bred by the Wertheimers. “Planeta got hurt as a baby, so she wasn't going to be a racehorse, but we nursed her to be a broodmare,” Sarinana said. “I was at the point where I wanted to do a little breeding and a little bit of racing and I asked if I could buy her. I remember one of the Wertheimer advisors asked me, 'Do you like to pay bills.' I said, 'Well, I do pay my bills.' He said, 'Well there you go. She is yours.' And they gave her to me. I got her as a yearling. She never left the farm. She stayed at the farm where she was born and where I've been working for 19 years.” Now 14, the mare, who is a half-sister to graded winner Meteore (Pulpit) and from the family of Grade I winners A Phenomenon and Seattle Meteor, is Sarinana's lone broodmare. “Just the one. It's just her and me,” he said with a chuckle. Happy Saver | Sarah Andrew Dac (Distorted Humor) carried the Sarinana Racing colors to victory in the 2015 and 2016 Prairie Bayou Stakes and that led to a brief doubling of the operation's broodmare band. “Dac brought some income to me and I decided to get another broodmare,” Sarinana said. “Unfortunately, I lost her foaling. I decided to just stick with Planeta.” Planeta is the dam of Mr. Sarinana (Mr. Speaker), who won on the flat and over jumps, and Kbcya Later (Broken Vow), a 5-year-old with earnings to date over $140,000. When he bred Planeta to Happy Saver, Sarinana was hoping to reproduce some of the same qualities he saw from that horse at a young age. “Good temper, a pretty easy-going horse, you don't even know he's there,” he recalled of Happy Saver. “One of those horses who showed his class all the way around. I was hoping that he would put some of his traits into the foal and he did. The filly looks a lot like he did when he was a yearling. I hope everybody will agree with me and like her.” Of breeding the stallion's first foal, Sarinana added, “It was very special because I've known Happy Saver since he was born–I foaled him. So to have his first foal, it was very exciting. Especially seeing how beautiful she was.” Sarinana may soon need a replacement for his lone broodmare. “I am looking for my next Planeta,” Sarinana admitted. “She lost a pregnancy last year and this year, she couldn't get in foal. So she may be telling me it's time to retire her. I don't know. I may try to breed her again next year. Maybe to Happy Saver.” While he may end up with two broodmares at some point, Sarinana doesn't expect his breeding operation to expand beyond that. “It's easy to just manage one or two mares,” he said. “Since I have my work, I work for the farm and it's easy for me to have one or two mares. As a hobby, I would say, more than a business. Maybe expecting you can make it one day.” Hip 4 (walking video) will be the only horse in Sarinana's consignment and he acknowledged it could be hard work getting people to believe in your product. “People who know me, know Hagyard Farm has bred and raced a lot of winners, but it's still hard to get people to believe in what you present,” Sarinana said. “It's like going to a mall and going to a mom and pop shop.” The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale will be held Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. and will be followed immediately by the company's July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. The post Sarinana to Give Happy Saver Another First at Fasig-Tipton July Sale 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
The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced on Tuesday that it would provide “high-quality technical support” to the tune of 50 million yuan (US$6.9 million) for the equestrian events at the National Games later this year. This help would be in addition to the HK$450 million (US$57.3 million) the club planned provide as the sole partner sponsor for the Hong Kong competition region. There would also be support for the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the National Special Olympic Games in...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Kevin Philippart de Foy has been appointed by Amo Racing as their retained trainer at Freemason Lodge, it was announced on Tuesday. The Belgian-born Philippart de Foy started his career in Newmarket in 2020 and has trained just shy of 200 winners on the Flat in Britain in the interim. He celebrated his best season in 2023 when his stable had 61 winners and won over £860,000 in prize-money, highlighted by the success of Inquisitively in the G3 Cornwallis Stakes. Meanwhile, Philippart de Foy's appointment will see Raphael Freire, who has been training the Amo Racing horses at Sir Michael Stoute's former yard since March, return to his previous role as Amo's private trainer. “First, I'd like to welcome Kevin Philippart de Foy as our new trainer at Freemason Lodge,” said Kia Joorabchian, founder of Amo Racing, in a statement posted to the operation's X feed (@amoracingltd). “Kevin is a fantastic horseman who understands our goals and shares our ambition. Having known and worked with him for several years, it makes this transition even smoother. We know his character fits and our ideas align perfectly. “We believe he's the right person to take the operation to the next level and we're excited about what's ahead with him leading the team at this historic yard.” Joorabchian added, “At the same time, I want to say a big thank you to Raphael for stepping up and doing such a brilliant job getting Freemason up and running. His work over the past few months has been crucial and he's laid a solid foundation for the future. “Raphael has been a big part of Amo Racing's journey so far and he continues to be an integral part of our team moving forward.” Philippart de Foy, who has trained 14 winners in Britain so far this year, said, “I am deeply honoured to have been entrusted with the responsibility of taking over at Freemason Lodge and training such an exciting string of horses for Amo Racing. This is a major milestone in my career and I'm incredibly grateful to Kia and the team for the opportunity. “Amo Racing's investment and ambition in the sport are truly inspiring and I look forward to playing my part in what I hope will be a very successful journey together.” The post Kevin Philippart de Foy Named Amo Racing’s New Trainer at Freemason Lodge 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
Nancy LaSala, who has served as president of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund since its establishment in 2006, has announced her retirement and has stepped down from the PDJF board. “On behalf of the entire PDJF Board, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Nancy LaSala for her dedication and service to the Fund and our recipients,” said Chairman William J. Punk, Jr. “Her vision, unwavering commitment, and tireless efforts have been instrumental in what we've become and the support we provide our fallen riders. While she will be greatly missed, we celebrate her many achievements. She has made a lasting impact, and we look forward to continuing the growth she has enabled. Thank you, Nancy, for everything you've done for this organization and the professional jockey community that we serve.” In addition to her role as PDJF president, LaSala served as the group's executive director from 2009 until April of last year. She received the Dr. J. David “Doc” Richardson Community Award, sponsored by Churchill Downs, in 2024. A native of Chicago and wife of retired jockey Jerry LaSala, her business background includes a nearly 40-year career as manager of contract administration and commercial activities for a global leader in power generation. “As one of the founding Board members of the PDJF, it's been an honor to help build this organization–from the ground up–into something that is so close to my heart,” LaSala said. “Looking back on our journey, I'm incredibly proud of the progress we've made and the impact we've had. It has been a privilege to work alongside such passionate and dedicated individuals, all united by a shared mission to support our jockeys in their time of greatest need. I leave with pride in what we've accomplished together and with deep appreciation for the relationships built along the way. I have always believed that a cornerstone of our sport's business model should be the unwavering support of both our human and equine athletes.” The post PDJF President Nancy LaSala Retires 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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