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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The Jockey Club reported Oct. 21 that 1,099 stallions covered 27,180 mares in North America during 2024, according to statistics compiled through Oct. 13. These breedings have resulted in 17,103 live foals of 2025 being reported to The Jockey Club.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
by TTR AusNZ The Herald Sun has reported that Racing Victoria's most senior veterinary officer, Dr Grace Forbes, has lodged a formal “Application for an order to stop bullying” with the Fair Work Commission, alleging she was “pressured and coerced” into clearing international horses considered at “high risk of catastrophic injury” to race. According to the Herald Sun, Dr Forbes, Racing Victoria's general manager of veterinary services since 2014 – alleges that senior executives, including chief executive Aaron Morrison and integrity boss Jamie Stier, urged her to be “flexible” in her application of the state's veterinary safety protocols. In her submission, seen by the publication, she claims the repeated requests to be “flexible” amounted to a demand that she act unethically and at odds with her commitment to equine welfare. “The repeated request of me to be flexible suggests that I should be unethical, which is at odds with my commitment to advocate for the horse,” Dr Forbes was quoted as saying. It reports that Dr Forbes raised concerns that permitting high-risk horses to race could lead to serious or fatal injuries and that her stance caused tension with senior management. She alleges she was later removed from her role overseeing international veterinary assessments and took personal leave citing “psychological and emotional exhaustion.” Dr Forbes also reportedly accused prominent international figures, including Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien and Melbourne Cup-winning owner Nick Williams, of applying direct pressure to Racing Victoria leadership to “soften” veterinary standards to allow more leniency for overseas runners. “I have no doubt that Mr Aidan O'Brien applied direct pressure to Racing Victoria leadership to soften the standards… to make the Veterinary Safety Protocols 'flexible', even if that meant risking catastrophic injury to horses,” Dr Forbes stated in her submission, according to the Herald Sun. It reports that Racing Victoria “strongly refutes” the allegations, describing them as inaccurate and disparaging. A spokesperson for the governing body told the publication: “Equine welfare is of the highest priority to Racing Victoria, which is why we've spent A$45 million on equine welfare programs, initiatives and resources since 2017… The protocols continue to set a global standard and we will not compromise these.” The veterinary protocols were introduced in 2021 following the death of Anthony Van Dyck in the 2020 Melbourne Cup – the seventh fatality in eight years, six of which involved European-trained horses. The new measures include compulsory pre-travel and pre-race CT or PET scans for all international entrants. Since those protocols came into effect, no fatalities have occurred during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. The recent removal of Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius – after scans indicated a “heightened risk of injury” – indicate that the rules continue to be applied without regard to a horse's profile or connections. A Fair Work Commission hearing on Dr Forbes's application is expected to be held later this year. The post Racing Victoria’s Chief Vet Alleges Pressure To Clear High-Risk Horses 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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Westerberg and Coolmore's Sugar Island (Dubawi) was a well-beaten ninth of 10 in this month's G1 Fillies' Mile and bounced back in style to make all for an impressive success in Tuesday's one-mile G3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes, formerly known as the Silken Glider Stakes, at the Curragh. The win extended Aidan O'Brien's record haul in the contest to 13. “She's a big, galloping filly who stays very well and Wayne [Lordan] gave her a lovely ride,” commented Ballydoyle's Chris Armstrong. “She had a very good run at Doncaster in a Group 2 and last time, in Newmarket, it just didn't work out on quick ground, so we just put a line through it. She's a filly with a touch of class and it's lovely to get that stakes victory for her. She looks like a perfect middle-distance filly and, hopefully, she progresses nicely over the winter. We could bring her back for an Oaks trial next year.” The 5-1 chance, who had previously run third in September's G2 May Hill Stakes, broke well for an early lead and remained on the front end throughout. Rowed along passing the quarter-mile marker, she kicked clear approaching the final furlong and was ridden out in the closing stages to comfortable account for Thundering On (Frankel) by 2 3/4 lengths. Pedigree Notes Sugar Island is third of four foals and one of three winners produced by a winning full-sister to Group 1-winning distaffers Minding (Galileo), Tuesday (Galileo) and Empress Josephine (Galileo) as well as G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial victrix Kissed By Angels (Galileo). Minding, in turn, is the dam of G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes hero Henry Longfellow (Dubawi). Sugar Island is a granddaughter of G1 Coronation Stakes and G1 Matron Stakes heroine Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer). The March foaled bay's dam Heaven On Earth (Galileo), who was bred to Justify this year, has already produced G3 Give Thanks Stakes runner-up Mother Nature (Justify) and has a yearling filly by Wootton Bassett to come. Tuesday, Curragh, Ireland STAFFORDSTOWN STUD STAKES (SILKEN GLIDER STAKES)-G3, €72,600, Curragh, 10-21, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:43.68, hy. 1–SUGAR ISLAND (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Dubawi (Ire) 1st Dam: Heaven On Earth (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) 2nd Dam: Lillie Langtry (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire) 3rd Dam: Hoity Toity (GB), by Darshaan (GB) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Westerberg, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Westerberg; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. €36,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 5-2-0-1, $74,615. *1/2 to Mother Nature (Ire) (Justify), GSP-Ire & SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Thundering On (GB), 128, f, 2, Frankel (GB)–Thundering Nights (Ire), by Night Of Thunder (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Shapoor Mistry; T-Joseph O'Brien. €12,000. 3–Ice Dancer (Ire), 128, f, 2, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Lugnaquilla (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore; T-Aidan O'Brien. €6,000. Margins: 2 3/4, 4 3/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 5.00, 6.00, 7.50. Also Ran: Cameo (Ire), Stars Will Shine (Ire), Caught U Sleeping (Ire), Ifweonlyhavelove (Fr), La Fogata (Ire). The post Record 13th Silken Glider For Aidan O’Brien as Sugar Island Makes All in Curragh Feature 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
Group 1 winner Economics has been retired from racing. Stud plans for the son of Night Of Thunder are pending. A winner of the G1 Irish Champion Stakes in 2024, the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa runner dominated the G2 Dante Stakes for William Haggas earlier that year. The G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano was added to the colt's win column next before his hard-fought tally in the Irish Champion. “He had everything you look for in a top-class racehorse — athleticism, temperament, and an extraordinary will to win,” said Haggas. “His performance at Leopardstown was one of the most thrilling I've witnessed, it's hard to believe we could have had a horse of this calibre so close to Baaeed. He retires with our deepest admiration and is certainly one of the best colts we've had.” Jake Warren, bloodstock and racing advisor to Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, added, “Economics showed us on numerous occasions how brilliant he was, in particular when defeating a seasoned field of Group 1 winners, including Auguste Rodin, in the Irish Champion Stakes last year where he rightfully secured his place as one of the highest rated mile-and-a-quarter colts in the world. “His page is very strong, he's by Night of Thunder who's breaking records on the track and in the sales ring and out of an exceptionally tough Group 2-winning race mare. He's an incredibly good-looking horse with a tremendous step so I'm sure breeders will be very interested in him as I have no doubt he'll produce very attractive, easy moving, commercial offspring. “We haven't decided on where he'll stand just yet, we've been taking calls, but options are still open at this stage.” The son of dual G2 Prix de Pomone heroine La Pomme d'Amour (Peintre Celebre) was bred by Copgrove Hall Stud and sold to Hazelwood Bloodstock for 42,000gns as a Tattersalls December foal from the draft of Baroda Stud. Sent through the same ring for the 2022 October Sale, he brought 160,000gns from Highclere Agency during Book 2. Tom Marquand, who partnered Economics in six of his seven starts, said, “He was simply brilliant, when you pressed the button he just went through the gears effortlessly. His Irish Champion win showed what he was capable of against some of the very best mile-and-a-quarter colts in the world.” The post Group 1 Winner Economics Retired, Stud Plans Pending 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
With less than two weeks before the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup, no changes occurred in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll Oct. 21.View the full article
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