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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
2nd-GP, $94k, Msw, 3yo, f, 7 1/2fT, 1:20p.m. ET Debuting on the Gulfstream grass for Bregman Family Racing, Athaliah (Gun Runner) will go to post from the George Weaver barn. The $480,000 KEESEP grad is out of graded-placed Divine Elegance (Uncle Mo), a half-sister to the dam of multiple Grade I-placed Standard Deviation (Curlin). This is the extended female family of GI Kentucky Oaks victress Believe You Can (Proud Citizen). To her outside is Uncommon (Quality Road), a half-sister to MGSW Fast Boat (City Zip), who hails from a busy, extended French Group 1-winning and placed family. The Robert Evans homebred will head out for trainer Christophe Clement. The farthest out is Theravada (Tapit), racing in the colors of Winter Quarter Farm and Allen Schubert. She is out of MGSW & MGISP Cambodia (War Front), who is a half-sister to the dam of MGSW Danse Macabre (Army Mule) and SP Pretty Liam (Liam's Map). This is the immediate family of three-time South African champion sprinter MG1SW-SAf Overarching (Arch), herself dam of G1SW Lady of the House (SAf) (Dynasty {Saf}). TJCIS PPs 5th-OP, $110k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:02p.m. ET A $1.1-million KEESEP purchase, Cornucopian (Into Mischief) goes to post here for trainer Bob Baffert. A half-brother to a fleet of accomplished siblings, namely 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Guarana (Ghostzapper), GSW Beatbox (Pioneerof the Nile), and 'TDN Rising Star' SW & GSP Magic Dance (More Than Ready), the colt hails from the line of GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Pleasant Home (Seeking the Gold). This is the immediate female line of MGISW Point of Entry (Dynaformer) and MGISW Pine Island (Arch). The morning line has him tabbed at 2-1 odds. TJCIS PPs 4th-FG, $52k, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 6f, 3:15p.m. ET Unveiling for Qatar Racing in this Fair Grounds maiden is HEAVENLY SUNSET (Constitution), a three-quarter sister to GISW Valiance (Tapit), and who is herself out of a Grade I winner named Last Full Measure (Empire Maker). She is an $850,000 KEESEP purchase in 2023 and brings a steady worktab at Payson Park for trainer Brad Cox. The morning line has her tabbed at 7-2 odds. To her inside is Mostly Mischief (Into Mischief), a $550,000 KEESEP pick up by MKW Racing and Breeding, trained by Michael Stidham. Though late to the party, she has been showing encouraging signs in the morning, including a co-bullet move Feb. 15 over the surface when she went four furlongs in :47 flat (1/129). Her unraced dam is a half-sister to MGSW Seductively (Thunder Gulch), the dam of Japanese group winner Mitono O (Jpn) (Logotype {Jpn}). TJCIS PPs 10th-GP, $94k, Msw, 4yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 5:20p.m. ET Bred as royally as royalty tends to go, Richly Deserved (Justify) is by a Triple Crown winner and out of GI Belmont Stakes heroine Rags to Riches (A. P. Indy) and who will debut from the far outside in this Florida nightcap. While late to get going, his last six works have shown promise as four have been bullets on both surfaces at Palm Meadows Downs. He is a half-sibling to a two-time champion in Hungary named Rhett Butler (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The June foal goes to post wearing the colors of Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor for trainer Todd Pletcher. To the inside of that one is $450,000 KEESEP buy Chandigarh (Speightstown), who goes to post for trainer Chad Brown and owners Peter Brant and Robert LaPenta. TJCIS PPs The post Feb. 23 Insights: Son of Rags to Riches Debuts in Florida, Elite Pedigrees on Display 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 a race worthy of its title as the richest Thoroughbred horse race in the world with a $20 million purse, a resilient Forever Young edged Romantic Warrior in a thrilling Saudi Cup (G1) Feb. 22 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
RIYADH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA — Susumu Fujita's FOREVER YOUNG (JPN) (c, 4, Real Steel {Jpn}–Forever Darling, by Congrats) grabbed Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in the shadow of the winning post to win a spine-tingling renewal of the $20-million G1 Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh, a race that did not deserve a loser. Forever Young was part of a four-way scrum for the early lead with anticipated front-runners Walk of Stars (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Al Musmak (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) as James McDonald tucked Romantic Warrior–having his first go on a dirt track–just in behind. With positions mostly unchanged approaching the end of the back straight, McDonald took the bold decision with fully half the distance yet to cover of angling out around longshot Defunded (Dialed In) and was consigned to a five-wide run around the turn. Nevertheless, Romantic Warrior traveled on the steel, quickly moved up to them and poked his head in front, with Ryusei Sakai and Forever Young left a bit flat-footed one off the fence at the head of the lane. Romantic Warrior went clear and they were partying in Wan Chai, but as he displayed when blousing out Book'em Danno (Bucchero) at the finish of last year's G3 Saudi Derby, Forever Young loves a fight, and he began pegging back the margin with time ticking away. James McDonald was hard at work on Romantic Warrior and said post-race that the 7-year-old 'was not stopping', but Forever Young proved narrowly better on the day in a race that won't soon be forgotten. Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), last down the back, picked up the pieces late for third, picking up more Saudi prizemoney after just losing his own heartbreaker 12 months ago. The final time for the 1800 meters was 1:49.12, which breaks the previous record of 1:49.50 set by Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) in 2024. Japanese runners swept the last four races on the card. Sales history: $720,603 Ylg '22 JRHAJUL. Lifetime Record: 10-8-0-2, $14,248,207. O-Susumu Fujta; B-Northern Racing; T-Yoshito Yahagi. The post Forever Young Nips Romantic Warrior In An Epic Saudi Cup 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 racing as in life, good things come to those who wait. And while we have had to endure an extra 24 hours for Sunday's rescheduled GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park, the wait may just prove worth it as a full, competitive field of 3-year-olds line up with 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby on the line. The top three runners from the GIII Southwest Stakes face each other once again Sunday with Speed King (Volatile) taking top billing back on Jan. 25 over a hard-closing Sandman (Tapit) who caught the eye with his runner-up finish after breaking sideways and nearly dropping jockey Christian Torres at the start. “Take nothing away from the winner, but, yes, I think we would have won with a clean break,” trainer Mark Casse told the TDN Writers' Room this week of Sandman. “I knew going in that we were going to find out whether he was a man or a boy. I think he proved he was a man. We all know that a lot of horses, even a lot of good horses, are not able to be to overcome what he was able to overcome. So I don't know about everybody else, but I came away from the race extremely impressed.” The trio rounds out with Tiztastic (Tiz the Law) who also came running at the end to earn his third straight graded stakes placing after coming second in the GIII Street Sense and third in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club last year. Trainer Bob Baffert ships in Madaket Road (Quality Road), a runner he thought so highly of that he debuted him in the GIII Bob Hope Stakes where he ran a game second to 'TDN Rising Star' Bullard (Gun Runner) (who will scratch from this spot due to a fever) before breaking his maiden next-time out and running third to Eclipse-winning stablemate Citizen Bull (Into Mischief). Rail-drawn Coal Battle (Coal Front) comes in off three straight wins including the first of the local preps at Oaklawn in the Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 4 along with the Springboard Mile where he defeated Speed King Dec. 13. “After the (Smarty Jones), we go to the test barn, get back to the barn with him, and he's bucking and kicking down the shed row,” trainer Lonnie Briley said of Coal Battle. “Next day, it was like he didn't even run.” Another on a three-race streak is Louisiana-bred Smoken Wicked (Bobby's Wicked One) for Dallas Stewart while 'TDN Rising Star' Hypnus (Into Mischief) makes just his second start for trainer Kenneth McPeek after impressing over the Fair Grounds slop at long odds Jan. 18 while Brad Cox, who won the Rebel last year with 'Rising Star' Timberlake (Into Mischief), brings out another 'Rising Star' in Admiral Dennis (Constitution). Muhimma | Sarah Andrew Cox also features strongly in the GIII Honeybee Stakes, a Kentucky Oaks points race, earlier in the card with 'TDN Rising Star' Muhimma (Munnings) drawing the rail in an attempt to stay perfect off her win in last year's GII Demoiselle Stakes Dec. 7. “Super talent,” said Cox. “Been good from Day 1. We'll see where she takes us, but she's obviously shown the ability to win from the 1 hole already, in a large field at Aqueduct.” The top two finishers of Oaklawn's local prep, the Martha Washington Stakes, also reappear here as Kenneth McPeek's Take Charge Milady (Take Charge Indy) led in 'TDN Rising Star' and MGISP Quietside (Malibu Moon) over course and distance Jan. 25. Talented juvenile Quickick (McKinzie), last seen third behind Eclipse-winning filly Immersive (Nyquist) in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar, reemerges here off two straight Grade I placings to round out 2024 (she was also second to Immersive in the GI Darley Alcibiades). Look Forward (Bolt d'Oro) makes her third start for Michael McCarthy after debuting for the late Ben Cecil at Del Mar in November. She took the Santa Ynez Stakes Jan. 5 after running second to Tenma (Nyquist) in the GII Starlet Stakes last year. Older horses feature in the GIII Razorback Handicap which includes the return of Godolphin homebred and 'TDN Rising Star' First Mission (Street Sense {Ire}) for Brad Cox. The 5-year-old last trailed home seventh in the GI Whitney Stakes at Saratoga last summer but previously took both the GIII Essex Handicap at Oaklawn and the GII Alyshebe Stakes at Churchill last year. “He's training really well,” Cox said. “Obviously, he's proven over the racetrack. I'm excited about getting him started.” He's drawn inside of Baddest Good Boy (Bernardini) for Norm Casse who makes his stakes debut Sunday and brings a perfect two-for-two record in both over the local surface. Readers will recognize plenty of familiar names in the field including: MGSW/GISP Red Route One (Gun Runner), GI Preakness third Creative Minister (Creative Cause), GSW/MGISP Skinner (Curlin) who makes his second start for Cherie DeVaux, and GSW/MGISP Crupi (Curlin) for the partnership of Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable. First Mission | Horsephotos “He's doing really well,” DeVaux said of Skinner. “Came out of his last race and trained forwardly. We didn't have him all that long, prior to his start. Hoping he puts in another good effort for us. His (speed) figures are kind of steady where they are, but I think there's room for improvement as he matures and he has matured.” The post Weather-Delayed Rebel Promises Southwest Rematch 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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