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1/ Who is todays winning horse and driver in photo ? Yulestar & Tony Shaw 2/ 2nd home was a double heat winner bred in NZ , out of mare RAIN GIRL, who raced in a grand Final herself behind Gammalite at Auckland. 3rd home was a NZ trained and driven horses by a Pair of Famous Brothers . Attitagain & Pocket Me Can you name the Brothers ? Clue = they won the Trotting Grand Final very easily this same night. Who might that trotter of been ? n.b NZ trained trotters ran a terrific trifecta in a dominant display Timothy & Anthony Butt, Take A Moment 3/ Name the 4th horse ? sorry he only got his nose in the photo 😁 . clue = a NZ champ who was series hot favourite and I think this stallion was undefeated in NZ , and won a swag in Aus after. This was as close as he got in 3 Grand Finals attempts though, which damaged his reputation a bit , trying to Win the greatest race there is for his CV. Courage Under Fire aka Mighty Mouse -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Blinkers for Asfoora at Royal Ascot? www.racing.com Trainer Henry Dwyer is considering applying blinkers to Asfoora for the Australian mare's defence of the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot next week. Asfoora turned in a pleasing gallop in blinkers on the July Course at Newmarket on Monday as Dwyer prepares her for her first assignment of this year's overseas campaign. "We threw a set of shades on her," Dwyer told RSN's Racing Pulse on Tuesday, talking about the gallop. "I've always wanted to but it's a bit hard to change things when they are going really well. Not that she's not going well, but I just feel like we're nearer the end than the start and I've got a bit of an itch to scratch with the blinkers, I think. "I reckon they'll help her find a length or two, so we threw them on in trackwork just to make sure she'll be OK with them, and she was. "So I dare say at this stage we'll put them on when she runs next Tuesday." WATCH: Asfoora's 2024 Royal Ascot win Dwyer said he had long thought Asfoora would improve with blinkers but had been reluctant to change given how well the flying mare has continued to race. But he feels now might be the time to try the sprinter in the headgear on race day. Asfoora stormed to victory in Adelaide first-up this preparation in the RN Irwin Stakes (1100m) in April, before finishing seventh in the G1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) two weeks later in her final start before her trip back to the UK. "She won well first-up," Dwyer said. "I just thought she probably was entitled to go a bit better in Adelaide (in the Sangster), despite the fact it was 1200m and despite the fact she was a bit flat second-up, maybe. "I just thought she was probably a bit below her best and then she trialled at Flemington before she left and once again I just thought she probably didn't do as much as she should. "And just her recovery has been a lot better this prep. I think it's a legacy of her reserving her energy a bit more. She used to get very wound up, whereas now I think she's just being a bit complacent. "I think she's in good order and she's going well but I just think there's one little key missing and I'm hoping it's the blinkers." WATCH: Asfoora's Sangster run Oisin Murphy, who rode Asfoora during her UK campaign last year, including her Royal Ascot win, was aboard the mare in the gallop over 800m with a workmate. "We strode off from the five-furlong marker and we used the one-furlong mark as our winning post," Dwyer said. "It's sort of downhill, the Newmarket July course but the last 200m is pretty stiff uphill and I didn't think she needed that strong a workout uphill. "They went evens for the first furlong, Oisin just sat off a workmate there and I didn't want him doing too much on her, but I said 'Just make sure you get your head in front on the line', so he just squeezed up the inside, inside the workmate and put paid to him pretty quickly. "As he said after the work, he said 'I had to break her jaw to pull her up, she was charging through the line'." Dwyer revealed Murphy was suitably impressed by the way Asfoora is going leading into her Royal Ascot defence. "Initially he just said 'She gave me the same feel as last year' and then I pressed him and he said 'She's absolutely flying' and that she's going better than last year, he thought," Dwyer said. "He's probably galloped her five times, last year and today, and he said it's the best she's ever galloped, so I'm hopeful that he's a good judge." While Dwyer expects she is shaping as one of the main contenders again for the King Charles III Stakes, he also feels Asfoora has some improvement to come in her coat, having arrived in the UK summer later this year as compared to 2024 when she raced at Haydock in late May ahead of the Royal Ascot meeting. "I still only think she looks probably a seven out of 10, maybe. The work was still fantastic, but I just feel like there's room for improvement in her looks," Dwyer said. He said Asfoora still looked a bit 'wintery', having come from the cool Ballarat weather. "She'll catch up and she'll reacclimatise but it just hasn't happened yet," he said. "It will happen between Ascot and Goodwood, so still looking at those races at Goodwood and York as better chances for her to win races because she will be more acclimatised, but off what we saw in her gallop this morning, you'd be hard pressed to think she won't be right there." -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Exactly. A self policing system is not going to work as evident with the penetrometer readings out of some major track venues. Surely it could be a role for the RIB and their Stewards who take control on raceday. They could perform an independent QA role. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
5. ASBURY PARK (GB), 6/6, SAR, Race 8, 1 1-16th (turf) Beyer Speed Figure- 85 (c, 4, by Frankel {GB}–Limonar {Ire} by Street Cry {Ire}) O-Peter Brant and St Elias Stable. B-St Elias Stable (GB). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat. Not surprisingly, Saratoga produced all five of these maiden graduates – three on Friday. Asbury Park got his race in just before heavy rain and powered away as much the best despite a slow pace, wide trip and an 9 1/2-month layoff due to shin issues. Brant bought the colt as a yearling for $318,526 from Vinny Viola in October 2023 at Tattersalls, with Viola opting to keep an ownership share. Brown emptied the barn at Saratoga, going 5-for-28 with Grade I and Grade II victories. 4. RAGTIME, 6/6, SAR, Race 2, 7 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure- 86 (f, 3, by Union Rags–Burmilla, by Storm Cat) O/B-Godolphin (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado. Mott may be all-world, but he has never prioritized success with first-time starters: heading into Saratoga last weekend he had lost with 43 in a row. Then he unleashed winning debuters Friday and Saturday at 9-1 and 8-1 odds, respectively, and both make our top five. Ragtime rolled to the front in midstretch and drew off sharply by 3 3/4 lengths. Her now-22-year-old dam Burmilla had her own Saratoga highlight: in 2007 she earned a 107 Beyer in taking the Grade II Honorable Miss. 3. HIT THE POST, 6/6, SAR, Race 14, 7 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure- 87 (g, 3, by Kantharos–Memento d'Oro, by Medaglia d'Oro) O/B- Old Tavern Farm (NY). T-Melanie Giddings. J-Chris Elliott. In his fourth career start and first as a 3-year-old after 7 1/2 months sidelined, Hit the Post dashed to the front and splashed home a decisive 6 3/4 lengths ahead of New York-breds. Saddled by Giddings of Maple Leaf Mel fame, he became the first Saratoga winner for apprentice Elliott and the second for owners/breeders Walt and Melanie Borisenck, who in 2016 founded Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga Springs. 2. MAINSTREAM, 6/7, SAR, Race 2, 7 furlongs (2nd) Beyer Speed Figure- 92 (c, 3, by Speightstown–Lesley May, by Tapit) O-Jeffrey Drown, Don Rachel and Stonestreet Stables. B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. T-Brad Cox. J-Luis Saez. Of those who have raced, Mainstream was perhaps America's fastest maiden before Saturday – and still is. At 3-5 odds, he battled head-to-head with Junior Alvarado and Stars and Strides for the final 3/16th as they leaned/rubbed/bumped repeatedly. A stewards' inquiry resulted in no change and Mainstream is 0-for-3 despite back-to-back 92 Beyers on sloppy tracks. Trip note: he stumbled at the break Saturday, and despite an impressively quick recovery may have been unlucky since the final margin was only a head. 1. STARS AND STRIDES, 6/7, SAR, Race 2, 7 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure- 92 (c, 3, by American Pharoah–Holiday Blues, by Ghostzapper) O-Pin Oak Stud. B-Four Pillars Holdings (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado. This $475,000 yearling buy was Mott's second winning first-timer in two days, showing talent and determination to outfinish Mainstream. Aside from his 'Pharoah' genes, his half-brother Panther Island was a stakes sprinter on turf and he already shows a bullet work on grass at Payson, so the green is a nice future option. The post The Five Fastest Maidens, Presented By Taylor Made, For The Week Of June 2-9 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
In the early minutes of the first session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Tuesday, a colt by Yaupon (hip 104) turned in what would be the day's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 and that mark was matched later in the day by a filly by Leinster (hip 81) and a colt by Engage (hip 152). It was the second :9 4/5 work at OBS for the colt from the first crop of Yaupon, who put in a similar work ahead of the company's March sale. “It wasn't a big surprise that he went as fast as he did, because he'd already went :9 4/5 in March,” said consignor Julie Davies. “He had a P1 [chip] after the breeze in March, so we had to stop and take that out. We had plenty of interest in him in March, but people didn't want to fool with that. So obviously there was the question mark of what fitness he lost in the time that he was off, as he hasn't done much between then and now, but we had no reason to think that he wouldn't do as well as he did then. He showed up and he did it again.” When the colt was purchased for $85,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale, the name on the ticket was 'Happy Birthday, Chili.' “My boyfriend, Chalino, picked him out as a yearling,” Davies said. “He and Tami Bobo were together up in the back ring and they picked him out. Everybody calls him Chili, and it was his birthday, so Tami signed the ticket Happy Birthday Chili.” The colt is out of After the Party (Into Mischief) and from the family of Grade I winner Callback. “He has always been fast and he's always been very happy to train,” Davies said of the juvenile. “He enjoys training. He's a happy horse with a great mind.” A filly from the first crop of multiple graded winner Leinster, who is already sire of the Royal Ascot-bound Lennilu, equaled the furlong bullet for consignor Octavio Mejia. The bay is out of Wildcat Gaze (Wildcat Heir), a half-sister to stakes winners Saratoga Treasure (Treasure Beach {GB}) and April Gaze (High Cotton). Purchased for $13,000 at the OBS Winter sale last year, she RNA'd for $27,000 at the OBS October sale. Rounding out the trio of bullet workers was a colt by another first-crop sire in multiple graded winner Engage. Consigned by Blue Sapphire Stables, the juvenile hit the bullet mark Tuesday despite changing leads several times down the lane. “Three weeks ago, he kicked the stall at the farm and the leg went through it and he got a serious cut,” said Blue Sapphire's Jesus Avila. “It still bothers him a little bit, so that could be why he was switching leads there.” Avila continued, “He prepped :10 flat last week. So he could have gone :9 3/5, I think.” The bay colt is out of Bazinga B (Lion Hearted) and is a half-brother to stakes winner Bazinga C (Exaggerator). He was purchased for $3,500 at last year's OBS October sale. Blue Sapphire Stables also sent out the fastest quarter-mile worker of Tuesday's session when I'm Here For Grace (Combatant) (hip 45) covered the distance in :20 4/5. “She was fast, but she is kind of small,” Avila said. “I think she's 15.2, but she can run. She is a late April foal, so I think she is still going to grow.” The filly is out of stakes-placed True Religion (Yes It's True), a half-sister to graded winner Sharp Sensation (Sharp Humor), and she is a half to stakes-placed Monster Man (Unbridled's Song). She was purchased for $5,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale. “I want to buy the best ones for little money,” Avila said with a laugh when asked about his yearling purchases. “I buy inexpensive horses–under $10,000. So I look at the new sires and the [lighter] pedigree page.” Tuesday was the first of five sessions of the under-tack show and Davies said she thought conditions had remained consistent throughout the day. “It didn't get too hot, it rained a little, so I did feel like it stayed pretty consistent today,” she said. The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 7:30 a.m. The June sale will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday. Bidding commences at 10 a.m. for each session. The post Trio of First-Crop Juveniles Share Furlong Bullet at OBS Tuesday 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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