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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this extended weekend running at Chukyo and Nakayama Racecourses: Saturday, January 11, 2025 3rd-CKO, ¥11,850,000 ($75k), Newcomers, 3yo, 1800m QUEEN'S CHOCOLAT (JPN) (f, 3, Tiz the Law–Ahh Chocolate, by Candy Ride {Arg}) is the first Japanese-foaled produce for her dam, a two-time graded winner going long on the dirt for Stoneway Farm and trainer Neil Howard and sold with this filly in utero for $300,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. This is the female family of three-time GIII Arlington Handicap hero Rahystrada and his Grade III-winning half-brother Lone Star Sky. B-Queens Ranch Ltd Sunday, January 12, 2025 5th-CKO, ¥11,850,000, ($75k), Newcomers, 3yo, 1800m BILLIONAIRE BOY (c, 3, American Pharoah–Theworldweknow, by Speightstown) looks to become the third winner from as many starters out of a half-sister to Marylebone (Unbridled's Song), winner of the GI Matron Stakes at two and subsequently responsible for 10 winners, including SW Bow Bells (Giant's Causeway) and an additional three stakes horses. Theworldweknow was purchased in foal to Constitution for $160,000 at KEENOV in 2020 and was exported to Japan in 2023. B-Crown Farm USA (KY) Monday, January 13, 2025 5th-NKY, ¥11,850,000 ($75k), Newcomers, 3yo, 1200m ADVANTES ROAD (JPN) (c, 3, Munnings–Enchanting Kitten, by Kitten's Joy), purchased by the JS Company for $100,000 carrying this colt at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale, is out of a winning full-sister to Csaba, a three-time graded stakes winner on the main track; and Kitten's Queen, a stakes winner and Grade I-placed runner who has produced the Japanese multiple stakes-placed Today Is the Day (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). The 4-year-old half-sister to Advantes Road, Public Assembly (More Than Ready), was purchased by Abbondanza/TMSA-Medallion out of the Horses of Racing Age at last year's KEENOV sale. B-Hattori Bokujo The post Tiz the Law Represented By First Japanese Runner Saturday at Chukyo 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 Wandering Eyes · Posted
Multiple stakes winner Toupie returns to the site of her finest victory to date when she lines up for the $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) Jan. 12 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Santa Anita Park has postponed Friday's Jan. 10 racing program until next Thursday, Jan. 16. due to the forecast of poor air quality for the San Gabriel Valley after the devasting impact made by the Eaton Fire in the Los Angeles area, the track said in a press release on Thursday afternoon. The California Horse Racing Board has approved this proactive rescheduling of the 10-race card. The races will be run with the horses previously entered in the post position order originally drawn. “While Santa Anita continues to remain well outside of any active fire area, the smoke from the wildfires is affecting all of Los Angeles County,” said Santa Anita's General Manager & SVP Nate Newby. “We also want to respect the impact that this tragedy has had on many of our community, including our horsemen and women and our own Santa Anita team, who have been devastated by these fires. By proactively moving the races, it gives our horsemen and women, horseplayers, fans and our team the opportunity to plan accordingly.” A decision on this weekend's racing program, including Saturday's 11-race California Cup program, will be made on Friday. On Wednesday morning, Santa Anita began distributing N-95 masks to all backstretch and frontstretch personnel as well as protective eyewear because of the smoke from the Eaton Fire. Though Santa Anita was never in any imminent danger from the fire, the track has offered assistance to trainers who wished to voluntarily evacuate their horses to another CHRB facitlity. Click here for TDN's coverage of the Eaton Fire. The post Santa Anita Park Postpones Friday Racing Until Next Thursday, Jan. 16 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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With 50 horses stabled at Payson Park Training Center this winter for the first time in his two-decade career, the 2020 and '21 Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox now has a geographically easier time targeting Florida races. On Wednesday, Cox won with his first Tampa Bay Downs starter since 2019. And since Nov. 30, he's compiled a 1-3-0 record from six starts at Gulfstream Park, where he started only 50 runners over the past five years, generally by shipping in from his customary bases at Fair Grounds and Oaklawn Park, where he still has stalls. With horse-training duties wrapped up at Payson on Thursday, Cox was squeezing in a bit of personal conditioning prior to boarding an afternoon flight from Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans when TDN called to ask about his decision to keep a division in Florida this winter. “I'm walking through the airport right now just trying to get some steps in,” an on-the-move Cox told TDN before delving into an explanation about his stabling shift. “We needed a place to prepare horses on the dirt, and there's not a lot of [winter] options,” Cox said. “I wanted a place where I didn't feel obligated to race anywhere. I just wanted a place where we could train. I'd never been to Payson, but heard nothing but good things about it from people like Bill Harrigan, Elliott Walden, and a lot of other guys. And obviously, Bill Mott and Christophe Clement have been there for long, long time, so that says a lot about it. “We've got a lot of nice horses, and they can't all end up at New Orleans or Hot Springs,” Cox continued. “Payson is also a place where we're not going to get interrupted too much with regard to weather. Obviously, they're going to get some rain. But look, right now at Oaklawn [where a snowstorm has KO'd racing for the upcoming weekend] it's a little tough, and trying to keep a horse on a [GI Kentucky] Derby trail or [GI Kentucky] Oaks trail, it's hard enough without having to avoid closures and stuff like that.” Gulfstream is a 90-mile straight shot south from Payson, while Tampa is nearly 200 miles to the northwest on the opposite coast. Brad Cox | Sarah Andrew John Hancock, a Constitution-sired 3-year-old colt who is a half-brother to the 2020 GI Central Bank Ashland Stakes victress Speech, was bet to 8-5 favoritism for his Jan. 8 debut at Tampa. He was a bit antsy in the gate prior to the start, hopped at the break, accelerated to a clear lead, then drew off in the stretch when challenged prior to being put under wraps by jockey Samy Camacho for the final 70 yards. “That was like riding a machine. I didn't ask him 100%, just a little bit at the quarter pole, and after that I was on cruise control,” Camacho told the Tampa media team after the win. Owned in partnership by Siena Farm, CHC, Inc., and breeder WinStar Farm, John Hancock won by three lengths. His 1:09.45 time for six furlongs (.78 seconds off the track record) equated to an 81 Beyer Speed Figure. “I thought he performed very well,” Cox said. “Really well-balanced horse. I think based on pedigree and the way he travels, he can stretch [in distance]. I'm not sure where we'll land. We'll talk with the WinStar team and Elliott Walden, but I think the Sam F. Davis [Stakes Feb. 8 at Tampa] is a spot that we're going to nominate to and take a look at; give him an opportunity to stretch out.” Cox has his second Tampa starter of the season, Gin Gin (Hightail), entered as a main-track-only 3-5 favorite in Friday's ninth race, a one-mile allowance/optional claimer. Gin Gin has not raced since finishing twelfth in the Kentucky Oaks last May. Cox has a pair of high-priced sophomore firsters entered at Gulfstream on Saturday: Vanderbilt (Into Mischief) a $1.1-million KEESEP colt, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the fourth race over six furlongs. Wild Conqueror (Authentic), an $875,000 KEESEP colt, is 4-1 for the seventh race at one mile. The post Stabling 50 At Payson For First Time, Cox Takes Closer Aim At Florida Races 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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