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    • A trio of Flat horses-in-training have been added to the Arqana Summer Sale as wildcards. The sale will be held from Monday, June 30-Thursday, July 3. The Satoshi Kobayashi-trained Short Final, who won the G3 Kronimus Badener Meile in Germany last week will be consigned as lot 412. Rated 108, the son of Zelzal will be joined by lot 400, Dioptase. By New Bay and rated 102, Dioptase was runner-up in the G3 Prix Greffulhe and is a winner over 1500m and 2000m. Rounding out the trio is Kirchner (Pinatubo) (lot 396). A winner at two, he was most recently fourth in the Listed Derby du Languedoc. For the full catalogue, please visit the Arqana website. The post Group Winner Among Wildcard Trio Added To Arqana Summer Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Marygate Stakes winner Secret Hideaway is the latest juvenile to have been snapped up by new connections ahead of Royal Ascot with Medallion Racing and partners purchasing an interest in the Adrian Keatley-trained daughter of Starspangledbanner.  Secret Hideaway was a gritty winner of the Marygate at York for owner-breeder Paul Shanahan and would appear to have a host of options at the Royal meeting, including the Queen Mary Stakes, for which she is generally available at odds of 20-1. Mark McStay commented, “I was delighted to help secure an interest in Marygate Stakes winner Secret Hideaway on behalf of Medallion Racing, Stave Weston and Evan Trommer, who will now partner with her owner-breeders Paul Shanahan and Timmy Hyde.” He added, “She did well to win her race at York having sustained a significant bump at the start. There looks to be plenty more to come. I was very impressed with the filly when I inspected her at Adrian Keatley's stable in Malton. She's hopefully a filly with a bright future looking to Ascot and beyond.” The post Medallion Racing And Partners Buy Into Queen Mary Contender Secret Hideaway appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • An additional 83 horses have supplemented to the upcoming Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age, which will be held June 17 and 18. Included in the supplemental entries are offspring by sires such as Charlatan, Constitution, Curlin, Ghostzapper, Gun Runner, Independence Hall, Leinster, Maxfield, McKinzie, Medaglia d'Oro, Mitole, Not This Time, Nyquist, Oscar Nominated, Quality Road, Tiz the Law, Twirling Candy, Vekoma, Win Win Win, and Yaupon. For complete pedigree information on the supplemental offerings, visit obssales.com. The under-tack portion of the sale will take place June 10-14 with sessions beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET each day. Hips one through 172 are scheduled to breeze Tuesday; followed by hips 173-343 Wednesday; hips 344-386 and supplemental hips 387-430 and 451-534 Thursday; hips 535 through 705 on Friday; and hips 706 through 833 and supplemental hips 834 through 873 on Saturday. The June 17 sale session will offer hips one through 386, plus supplemental entries 387-430, with the June 18 session selling hips 451-833, along with supplements 834-873. The horses of racing age, hips 901-903, will also be offered June 18. Each session of the sale begins at 10 a.m. The post OBS Adds 83 Supplemental Entries to June Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Tuesday's PricedUp Pushes EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes went the way of subsequent G2 Queen Mary Stakes heroine Leovanni (Kodi Bear) last term and that Karl Burke trainee's year-younger stablemate Zelaina (Mehmas) will also attempt to double up at Royal Ascot after delivering a performance of raw power in the latest renewal of Nottingham's five-furlong dash. Going some way along the road to justifying her £650,000 price tag at the recent Goffs UK Breeze-Up sale, she heads to Berkshire with a TDN Rising Star rosette in the bag after securing a third straight victory for Burke, who also struck here with subsequent Queen Mary third Beautiful Diamond (Twilight Son) in 2023. Zelaina broke sharply from the stands' side stall and seized an immediate lead in this debut. On cruise control in front for the most part, the even-money favourite was shaken up passing the furlong marker and extended clear in style to easily outpoint Secret Oath (Lope De Vega), hitting the line powerfully with an impressive 2 3/4-length buffer back to that €550,000 Goffs Orby yearling. Zelaina, who was originally knocked down as a £82,000 Goffs UK Premier yearling, becomes the third juvenile Rising Star this year, and fifth overall, for her sire and joins Godolphin's Maximized and Wise Approach on the roll of honour.   The post Mehmas’s Breeze Up Sensation Zelaina Powers to TDN Rising Star Rosette at Nottingham appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Coventry Stakes-bound Power Blue, a horse Robson Aguiar describes as Adrian Murray's best chance of a winner at Royal Ascot, will be offered under the hammer at the Goffs London Sale.  Meanwhile, a deal has already been brokered for Murray's recent Curragh maiden winner Ipanema Queen, who will line out for the Albany Stakes at the royal meeting for a partnership comprising Stonestreet Stables and Amo Racing.  “We are going to the London Sale with Power Blue,” Aguiar, the assistant trainer to Murray, said. “He ran a good race when second to Albert Einstein in the Marble Hill Stakes. That was a prep for Royal Ascot – he ran 85 per cent fit and there is more to come from him. There is improvement in him going to Ascot and I think he will run a big race in the Coventry Stakes. I think he goes to Ascot with a realistic chance. Every year, we bring horses to Ascot that have chances, and we won the Norfolk with Valiant Force. Bucanero Fuerte and Arizona Blaze also finished third in the Coventry and the Norfolk [respectably]. I think Power Blue is one of the best horses we will bring to Royal Ascot over the past few years and he is definitely as good as Valiant Force, Bucanero Fuerte and Arizona Blaze.” He added, “After Ascot, he could be a horse for the National Stakes at the Curragh and maybe even the Breeders' Cup. He is going to improve a lot when he steps up to seven furlongs and even a mile. He is still growing.” Ipanema Queen was bought by John Bourke of Hyde Park Stud for just €4,500 at the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale. It proved to be an inspired buy after the daughter of Sands Of Mali, who Bourke retained a share in, landed a median auction maiden over six furlongs at the Curragh by over five lengths last month. Aguiar said, “Ipanema Queen will go to the Albany. We will enter for the Queen Mary as well but the plan is to go for the Albany. I think there is a lot more to come from her as well. We were going to bring her to a barrier trial but she was good at home so we decided to run at the Curragh. We thought she would run well but didn't expect her to win. She was very impressive and we're looking forward to Ascot with her.” On the rest of the stable's running plans for the Royal meeting, he continued, “Arizona Blaze will go for the Commonwealth Cup and Paris Carver will go for the Queen Mary. We got her from the breeze-ups in America so we only have her a short time. We were happy with her debut run at the Curragh and the plan is to go straight to Ascot now. She is another who will improve a lot. Dallas Star will go for the Queen Alexandra Stakes over 2m6f, we have What's Your Game running at Leopardstown on Thursday who is also in the mix for Ascot as well and Tiberius Thunder will go for the Britannia Stakes. “I don't think Bucanero Fuerte will go to Ascot. It's 50-50. He's working well but I'd encourage him [Murray] more to run in a Listed race or a Group 3 next time and, if he keeps on improving, maybe we can aim him at a Group 1 towards the end of the year. California Dreamer is also in good form and she could go for the Jersey Stakes.” Asked to nominate the team's best chance of a winner at the meeting, he concluded, “I think Power Blue is our best chance of a winner all week. The Ballydoyle horse [Charles Darwin] and Charlie Appleby's Frankel colt [Treanmor] look good but, the rest of the field, I'm not scared of them. I think he's a very nice colt who's only going to get better. We've got some nice horses going to Ascot but I think he is our best chance.” The post Aguiar Nominates Power Blue As Murray Stable’s Best Chance Of Royal Ascot Winner 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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