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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
9th-Tokyo, ¥21,610,000 ($140,357), Allowance, 2yo, 1400m, 1:23.2, gd. SATONO VOYAGE (JPN) (c, 2, Into Mischief–Jolie Olimpica {Brz} {Horse of the Year, Ch. 2yo Filly & G1SW-Brz, Ch. Turf Female & GSW-Can, MGSW & GISP-US, $460,507}, by Drosselmeyer), a debut second in a 1200-meter test at Hanshin June 14, set a juvenile course record when graduating by 10 lengths at Niigata in a slick 1:10.80 Aug. 9. Favored at 70 cents on the dollar, Satono Voyage broke alertly and was content to let the other speed go on with it, settling ahead of midfield down the back. Patiently handled on the turn by Mirai Iwata, the bay split rivals once into the long Tokyo straight, confronted the long-time leader at the furlong grounds and powered clear to take it by five lengths. The Apr. 3 foal is the first produce from his dam, Brazil's Horse of the Year and champion of her generation at two in 2019 and acquired by the late Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm to her continue her career in this country with Richard Mandella. The chestnut earned her keep with three victories at the graded level in North American, including the GII Nassau Stakes at Woodbine that earned her a Sovereign Award as Canada's champion turf female of 2021. She was also runner-up to champion Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) in the COVID-delayed running of the GI Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes in 2020. Purchased by Shimokobe Farm for $675,000 at Fasig-Tipton November in 2021, Jolie Olimpica was put in foal to this leading sire and was exported to Japan. Barren to Triple Crown winner Contrail (Jpn) for 2024, the mare foaled a colt by dual Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn) on Feb. 12 of this year. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $133,368. O-Hajime Satomi; B-Shimokobe Farm; T-Hiroyasu Tanaka. The post Into Mischief’s Satono Voyage Stays Unbeaten On Dirt at Tokyo 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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Emma Berry, European editor at Thoroughbred Daily News, is among the writers shortlisted for the 2025 HWPA Derby Awards, which take place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on Monday, December 1. Berry is nominated in the Specialist Writer of the Year category, along with Bill Barber and Alan Sweetman from the Racing Post and Laura Joy from European Bloodstock News. The shortlist for the Racing Writer of the Year features three previous winners in Lee Mottershead, bidding for a fourth victory, Peter Thomas, who lifted the trophy in 2022, and last year's victor Patrick Mullins. They are joined by a fourth Racing Post writer in David Jennings. The shortlist for Broadcaster of the Year features three former winners; Lydia Hislop, John Hunt and Nick Luck. The trio are joined in the final five by Adele Mulrennan and Rishi Persad. As well as having nine wins as Broadcaster of the Year to his name, Luck is bidding to be named Reporter of the Year for the third time in four years. He is joined on the shortlist by Bill Barber, Jack Keene of The Sun and Jon Lees of The Mirror (Online). The post TDN’s Emma Berry Among Four in Running for HWPA Specialist Writer of the Year Award 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
Keeneland's Horses of Racing Age, slated to begin Wednesday, Nov. 12 at noon ET, has 216 catalogued entries including the latest supplement in Grade III-placed Crevalle d'Oro (Constitution), the auction house announced Monday. The daughter of Constitution, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, was third in the GIII Selene Stakes in Canada and came a half-length short of hitting the board last out Nov. 1 in Del Mar's GIII Goldikova Stakes in a blanket finish for the minors. The winner of that race, MGSW & GISP Special Wan (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}), changed hands last week during the Fasig-Tipton November sale for $1.3-million to Japan's Northern Farm. An earner of nearly $328,000, Crevalle d'Oro has hit the board 10 times in her 18-race career. A half-sister to SW Valuation Metric (Munnings), the filly hails from the female line of SW The Administrator (Afleet), whose daughters and granddaughters went on to black-type winners or producers themselves–the tally sitting at no less than nine runners. She was also the dam of GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro (Mineshaft). The November HRA Sale catalogue, following the removal of outs, includes 136 racehorses of which 30 are black-type performers and 16 are graded stakes/stakes winners. A lightly raced group of horses (71 have made six or fewer lifetime starts), 35 are winners since Aug. 1 of this year, and 42 are NW1X eligible. Most horses in the auction are stabled at Keeneland in Barns 20-26 with some horses offered remotely from their training locations. The online catalogue may be found here with enhanced options available for viewing, and a print catalogue with Equibase past performances is available at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion. The post Crevalle d’Oro Supplemented to Wednesday’s Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age 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 dual Group 1-winning juvenile Vandeek will stand for the unchanged fee of £15,000 (October 1, Special Live Foal Terms) at Cheveley Park Stud in 2026. A half-brother to this year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), the son of Havana Grey covered 161 mares in his debut season at Cheveley Park, including 34 full- or half-sisters to Group 1 or Group 2 winners. Matthew Sigsworth, Cheveley Park's bloodstock manager and head of nominations, said, “We were delighted that Vandeek was so well supported by many of Europe's leading breeders in his first season and we very much look forward to seeing his first foals next year. As always, I invite breeders to contact me directly to discuss their mares' mating plans for 2026.” Meanwhile, Cheveley Park confirmed that Ulysses has recently been acquired by SAB Allevamento di Besnate and will continue his stud career in Italy. The post Vandeek Unchanged at £15,000 as Ulysses Departs Cheveley Park 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
By Michael Guerin One man may hold to the key to today’s $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington. There will be 15 high class pacers from 11 different stables and two countries in our greatest harness race over 3200m but what Carter Dalgety chooses to do in a few crucial seconds around the middle of the race could determine the outcome more than just about anything else. Dalgety drives New Zealand’s leading hope Republican Party, trained by his parents Cran and Chrissie, who have craved a New Zealand Cup win since they were kids. This is their chance. Republican Party has been clearly the best pacer in New Zealand this spring with three crushing victories in fast times and on all three occasions he has held his top speed to the line. That is crucial in a New Zealand Cup, where the searing speed over the long trip means the Addington home straight is no place for those who flinch. There is plenty of class among local rivals like Akuta, Merlin and We Walk By Faith in particular but on his form of the last year, and even more so this spring, Republican Party’s best has the Kiwis covered. So what is the problem? Well, it is actually there are two of them and one of them is the harness racing sun that puts everything else in his shade: Leap To Fame. The Queensland champion returns to New Zealand where he won the Race By Betcha in April for a race of the same monetary value but worth so much more. His trainer-driver Grant Dixon has always wanted to win a New Zealand Cup, a race of near mythical allure to the best Australian trainers. Leap To Fame has proved almost unbeatable, apart from a few occasions when below his best, when he has been able to lead. He has beautiful manners so while his mid-front line standing start position will be a mental test for him today he should be no worse than midfield when everybody sorts themselves out. But he is likely to be behind Republican Party as the Kiwi pacers do this big field, standing start stuff all year around. If Dalgety secures that tactical advantage, after his spring form, it would seem logical he can head towards the lead inside the first lap. Soon after could come the moment that decides this New Zealand Cup. If Republican Party is in front and Dixon comes looking for control of the race Dalgety has two options: hand him the front or leave him parked. Give the lead way and he is almost guaranteed being towed into second with the tiny hope he runs past Leap To Fame. Leave the Aussie hero parked and he increases his chances of beating him but also copping pressure that leaves them both vulnerable late, including to the other Aussie in the race, Victoria Cup winner Kingman. This time last year there would have been no decision to make. Republican Party was clearly inferior to Leap To Fame and he probably still is. But that gap may have closed. Republican Party has gained a harder edge, constant battles have become frequent wins. And after two recent defeats in Melbourne you could suggest Leap To Fame may have lost a percentage point or two of dominance. He is still the best horse in this race but no longer wears an undentable suit of armour. A former First 15 rugby star, Dalgety is not one to be intimidated by those bigger and stronger than him, so his first thought is, if he gains an advantage, keep it. “The biggest advantage in racing is being on the marker pegs, especially at Addington on Cup Day, so if we can get to the front I won’t be handing up,” he says. “I know what a great horse Leap To Fame is, he is a champion, and there are plenty of other very good horses in his race but if we end up in that position and hand up, we probably concede defeat. “Our horse has never been better. He is flying and has improved since Ashburton [last start]. “Dad has been waiting all his life to train a Cup winner and we may never get a chance like this again so we won’t give it away and if Leap To Fame, or anything else, can come from outside us or behind us to win then they are just too good.” If that most likely of Cup scenarios plays out then Republican Party’s chances increase, Leap To Fame’s slightly reduce, and rivals like Kingman, Merlin, Akuta and We Walk By Faith all get a larger glimmer of hope. And we could get the gift of a vintage New Zealand Cup. Michael Guerin’s Cup selections : 1 Leap To Fame 2 Republican Party 3 Kingman 4 Akuta View the full article
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