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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The form of the GI Derby City Distaff has already been franked on a couple of occasions over the last several weeks, and a pair of also-rans from the Derby undercard contest will look to further flatter the race when they square off in the GII Chicago Stakes beneath the Saturday night lights on the 'Downs After Dark' program in Louisville. Stonestreet Stables' Emery (More Than Ready) won four of her five starts at three last season, including a two-length defeat of My Mane Squeeze (Audible) in Keeneland's GII Raven Run Stakes going seven furlongs, but she has yet to find the winning thread in 2025. Runner-up at even-money in both the GII Inside Information Stakes in January and in the GI Madison Stakes Apr. 8, she sat a four-wide drip from a wide-ish draw in the Derby City Distaff and was beaten nearly 10 lengths into fifth. Florent Geroux rides from the one hole on Saturday. Vahva (Gun Runner) made last year's Derby City Distaff her first elite-level conquest and followed up with a smooth success at long odds-on in this event. It's been tougher sailing in three appearances since, however, and she will need to take a sizable step forward after finishing seventh in defense of her Derby City Distaff seven weeks ago. Derby City Distaff third 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke) returned to dominate the June 6 GII Bed O'Roses Stakes at Saratoga (111 Beyer) while the ninth-placed Mystic Lake (Mo Town) validated 3-5 favoritism in the Memorial Day Sprint at Lone Star on May 26. For her part, My Mane Squeeze gave Derby Day a pass and instead made her most recent appearance in the one-mile GII Ruffian Stakes at Aqueduct on May 10. Narrowly in front to the eighth pole, she weakened slightly to be third as the 13-10 pick. The post Derby City Distaff Form On Display In Chicago Stakes 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
Woodbine will delay the starting post time for the Sunday, June 22 card to 4 p.m. due to extreme heat forecast in the Toronto area, the track announced Friday. The release notes that the decision was made to prioritize the safety and wellbeing of [the] horses and all racing participants, with approval from the AGCO and consultation with the HBPA. Throughout the weekend, Woodbine will put additional safety measures in place, including shorter post parades and increased water/hose access for all horses pre- and post-race. Saturday's first post remains unchanged with an 11-race card beginning at 1:05 p.m. The post Heat Forces Woodbine To Delay Sunday Starting Post Time 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
ASCOT, UK — It was a day when so many of those engaged at Royal Ascot were thinking also of a great man gone away in Ireland. Kevin Prendergast would undoubtedly have revelled in the splendid results for some of his fellow Irish trainers on Ascot Heath as they in turn paid tribute to him. And there was even a winner for his old friend Awtaad, the last of the trainer's Classic winners, whose son Ethical Diamond triumphed in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes after another, Ascending, had won Tuesday's Ascot Stakes. Breakthrough moments are key in any stallion's career, and there is arguably no finer place for them to happen than at Royal Ascot when all the racing world is watching. Sands Of Mali has been in the news for less joyful reasons this year but there can be no denying his progress in the only area that matters: siring decent winners on the track. The best of them to date, his first-crop daughter Time For Sandals, stepped up to the plate and hit a sensational home run to claim the G1 Commonwealth Cup – a race denied to Sands Of Mali himself when he was second here to Eqtidaar in 2018. By then he had already won the Gimcrack, Prix Sigy and Sandy Lane Stakes, and he was on his way to taking the Qipco British Champions Sprint later that year. A proper racehorse, he's starting to look like a proper stallion, too. As impressive as the rise of Sands Of Mali is that of his trainer Harry Eustace, who was claiming his second Group 1 of the week – and of his nascent career – as well as a second in the Royal Hunt Cup to boot. To describe the trainer's pedigree is to say that he is bred in the purple: his sire- and dam-lines both boast trainers of note, and his full-brother David is already a Group 1-winning trainer in Australia who is now cutting a swathe through the Hong Kong ranks. Anyone who knows Joe Foley, who stands Sands Of Mali at his Ballyhane Stud, will probably not be surprised to hear that he has been “sticking my oar in” and “helping” Eustace in his placing of Time For Sandals. “We've both been saying she's a Group 1 filly,” said an excited Foley while on his way home from a wedding. What is it with people getting married in the middle of Royal Ascot week? He continued, “I was involved in selling the filly through the Rathbride operation and loved her myself. David Appleton and Harry Eustace loved her. I remember encouraging them significantly to buy her and they were clever enough to appreciate the inbreeding in her pedigree. I am delighted that she has worked for them.” That inbreeding is one of the reasons Foley was so interested in buying Sands Of Mali, a son of Panis, who is a grandson of Mr. Prospector. Time For Sandals, whose dam Days Of Summer is by Bachelor Duke, was bred under the name of Ballyhane on behalf of Sands Of Mali's co-owner Steve Parkin. “I organised the mating for the filly, who is inbred 3×3 to [Mr. Prospector's son] Miswaki. When I bought Sands Of Mali, I was keen to duplicate Mr. Prospector in the matings and it seems to be working well. Interestingly, she's the one who is the most inbred to Mr. Prospector and she's the best,” Foley said. “I think Sands Of Mali is an incredible stallion. He's upgrading his mares. To be kind to the dam of Time For Sandals, she she would have been one of the lesser lights, similar to the dam of Ipanema Queen. It's encouraging to see him replicate his brilliance. He was a brilliant two-year-old and three-year-old and he was an unlucky loser of the Commonwealth Cup himself, so he deserves this.” Foley also reported that Sands Of Mali has covered his largest book of mares to date in his fifth season at stud. He added, “He's had tremendous support from breeders this year and I would like to think he's going to cement his reputation into the future with the quality of mares he's had.” Sands Of Mali is a year farther down the line in establishing a name for himself at stud but the horse riding in on his coat-tails among this year's freshmen is Starman, who provided quite the result for Tally-Ho Stud, where he stands, as the breeders of the Albany Stakes winner Venetian Sun. Out of the Iffraaj mare Johara, the Starman filly remained unbeaten on her second start for Karl Burke, and is another smart juvenile to win for the Tally Ho team at Royal Ascot after Campanelle (Kodiac). Tally-Ho principal Tony O'Callaghan is also the owner and breeder of Starman's other group winner to date, Lady Iman, and the stallion also had the runner-up in Wednesday's Queen Mary Stakes in the Charlie Clover-trained 100/1 shot Flowerhead, for Amo Racing. Roger O'Callaghan was quick to praise Starman's owner-breeder David Ward for the success of the stallion and added, “Dave and his wife Sue are such good people that I think the horse is looking after them.” O'Callaghan also paid tribute to National Hunt-turned-Flat trainer Joe Murphy, whose filly Cercene downed the colours of Zarigana to land the other Group 1 contest of the day, the Coronation Stakes. For 70-year-old Murphy, it was a deserved first Group 1 winner after 50 years with a licence, and Cercene also gave another boost to her sire Australia after the Derby triumph of Lambourn. “Joe Murphy deserves huge credit for that filly,” he said. “It's the day of the Joes – a brilliant day for them.” The post Of Soaring Stars and One Sadly Fallen 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
ASCOT, UK — Plaudits have rightly been dished out to popular 70-year-old trainer Joe Murphy, who notched his first Group 1 victory in sensational style when Cercene outpointed the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Zarigana to land the Coronation Stakes. Appropriately enough for a daughter of Derby winner Australia, the filly is owned by Queenslander Shane R Stafford, who is now based in Ireland. Stafford, who describes himself as “just a boy from the Bush”, said as he was about to be called up to collect his trophy from the King, “This is the biggest thrill of my whole life.” He continued, “I bought some property in Ireland and we sold our cattle properties in Australia, and we ran into these lovely people. The filly did really well and we received a large offer for her, but I didn't want the Murphys to lose the horse so I bought an extra share so that she was kept in the family.” Cercene, who had previously run third in the Irish 1,000 Guineas behind Lake Victoria, was sent off at odds of 33/1 at Royal Ascot in the hands of Gary Carroll. “I've had full faith in this filly, I must say, and I've met some lovely people through the horse, and I think that's important,” Stafford said. “I'm overcome. It's hard to talk. I'm deeply saddened that some of my family couldn't come with me but we've got a new granddaughter in Australia and my lovely wife is over there. “I've had so many messages and missed calls from Australia – it was run at 1.20am and they're all up watching.” The owner was also represented on Thursday at Ascot by Waterford Flow (Ghaiyyath), trained by Joseph O'Brien, who ran ninth in the King George V Stakes. He added, “I've only got two three-year-olds and they've both run at Royal Ascot. I did have a listed winner at Perth in November with a filly I called Cashel Palace after the Magniers' hotel, but this is by far my biggest winner so far. We're just country people and we race horses in the country, and to be here on this occasion is just overwhelming. We're all big royal supporters in our family.” The post Cercene’s Owner Enjoys ‘Biggest Thrill Of My Whole Life’ 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 2025 Inglis Digital USA June Sale, which includes a catalog of 29 entries, opened Friday with bidding running through Wednesday, June 25. Leading the catalog is 4-year-old filly Tap the Champagne (Tapit) (hip 6), a daughter of Champagne Royale who most recently placed second in a turf maiden special weight at Churchill Downs June 18 for trainer Pavel Matejka. She is a half-sister to GISWs Majestic Harbor (Rockport Harbor) and Danza (Street Boss) who also picked up third in the GI Kentucky Derby behind California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit). “The filly came back from her race in great shape,” Matejka said. “She ran incredible first time on grass after a layoff. We'll be looking for even bigger improvement for her next race. Ellis Park, Saratoga, and Kentucky Downs are on our radar. Del Mar, with its 'Ship and Win' incentive, is another possibility.” Tap the Champagne is available for inspection at Matejka's barn at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, KY. The June sale also features Tralee Girl (Mendelsson) (hip 7), who broke her maiden during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course June 5. The New York-bred 3-year-old filly is being pointed toward the $150,000 Suzie O'Cain Stakes on July 16 at Saratoga for trainer Miguel Clemente. “She won really well at the Belmont Festival,” Clement said. “We've been really happy with her and have a New York-bred stake picked out for her at Saratoga in July.” Breeders looking to get an early start to building their broodmare bands for the next foaling season will have several options, including mares in-foal to California stallions Storm the Court and Tizamagician. Some of those mares are offered with foals at side by Tizamagician and Eight Rings. The catalog also features several yearlings, including offerings from the first crops of Kentucky stallions Mystic Guide, Pinehurst, and Sir Winston. “We had some momentum from our May sale, and we are very pleased with the sellers who continue to support us,” said Kyle Wilson, senior director of sales and recruiting for Inglis Digital USA. “We have some really quality offerings, and we're excited to get started with our sale.” Interested parties must register for an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to place bids. To view the catalog and register to bid, click here. The post Tap The Champagne Leads Inglis Digital USA June Sale Catalog 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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