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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Saturday's Observations features an offspring of Gossamer Wings. 1.30 Curragh, Mdn, €20,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT ACTION (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) is the third foal out of the G2 Queen Mary runner-up Gossamer Wings (Scat Daddy), whose second is the current Derby and Irish Derby hero Lambourn by Galileo's Australia. Wayne Lordan is on board the newcomer, with Ryan Moore on the stable's other Frankel colt, New Zealand, perhaps remembering how lethargic Action's half-sibling was in 2024. This son of the Albany winner and dual Group 1-placed Different League (Dabirsim) was one of the yard's selected for the ever-important course-and-distance Barronstown Stud Maiden, which as you would expect has already been boosted. 4.10 Newbury, Novice, £40,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 10fT GOLD PENNY (GB) (Cracksman {GB}) is the 11th foal out of Godolphin's illustrious broodmare Gonbarda (Lando), with the dual Group 1 winner responsible for Pivotal's heavyweight Farhh and fellow top-level performer Racing History. With John and Thady Gosden, the homebred is the sole newcomer meeting four previous winners and the triple-placed stablemate Glistening (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Juddmonte's daughter of the G2 Sapphire Stakes winner Soffia (Kyllachy). The post Lambourn’s Frankel Half-Brother Action Springs To It At The Curragh 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
Irish Oaks Weekend kicks off at the Curragh on Saturday where Epsom heroine Minnie Hauk appears to have been handed a straightforward task in the feature contest at 3.40pm. There is an interesting undercard at Irish racing's HQ and here are five things to look out for. Cult Hero Heads The Weights In The Scurry Big Gossey (Gutaifan) has developed something of a cult following in recent times, which was evidenced by the reception he received when out-battling Camille Pisaaro to land a 10th career success in the Gladness Stakes at the Curragh earlier this year. A diminutive grey, he gives credence to the saying, 'it's not about the size of the dog in the fight, but what's important is the size of the fight in the dog.' Big Gossey is one of Irish racing's over-achievers and his heart-on-the-sleeve approach to his races is what endears him to the public. Any rain would aid his chances of landing the €100,000 Scurry Handicap off top weight for trainer Charles O'Brien and jockey Robert Whearty. If he manages to be successful, there will be unrivalled scenes in the Curragh parade ring. Dylan Browne McMonagle To Stake Claim For Jockeys' Title? The appointment of Colin Keane as Juddmonte's number one rider has naturally caused something of a shake-up in the Irish weighroom with the reigning champion being required across the water in Britain and in some cases France more regularly than before. Keane is still the bookies' favourite at 5-4 to retain his title and Billy Lee, who trails the six-time champion by nine winners, was dealt a hammer blow to his bid for a breakthrough championship when breaking his collarbone in a spill at Limerick last Saturday. Chris Hayes has since closed the gap and sits second on 42 winners, which is eight behind Keane, but it is Dylan Browne-McMonagle who could be overlooked in what is developing into a four-horse race for the jockeys' championship in Ireland. Not only does Browne McMonagle have the firepower of Joseph O'Brien's stable behind him but, crucially, he has become an important cog in Aidan O'Brien's wheel in recent times, often riding third or fourth strings in big races. One could envisage a scenario developing whereby if Browne McMonagle was in contention for a championship, such support from Ballydoyle could be heightened towards the end of the season. He could be a formidable challenger were that to happen. As it stands, the Donegal native trails Keane by 10 winners and has a number of interesting rides on Oaks Weekend. Odds of 5-2 about him clinching what could develop into a fascinating jockeys' championship does not look a bad bet at all. O'Brien To Dominate The Feature Races The Group 2 Railways Stakes has only managed to attract four runners, which is most disappointing and fits in with the theme of the weekend given Oaks heroine Minnie Hauk (Frankel) does not appear to have been faced with any meaningful opposition in the Irish equivalent. True Love (No Nay Never) can be expected to play her part in what is likely to be another big weekend for Ballydoyle by beating the colts in the Railway Stakes. She looked smart when breaking her maiden in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot and can become the first filly to win this race since Jim Bolger's Eva Luna back in 1994. Slattery Bidding To Maintain Power-Packed Run Of Form We may be only halfway through the season but Andy Slattery is bearing down on his best ever tally of winners and Powerful Nation (Sioux Nation), a horse the trainer described as one of the best he has ever had through his hands, has an opportunity to shine in the Group 2 Sapphire Stud Stakes. Slattery has recorded 20 winners this season – which is just 10 less than the career-high 30 wins that was achieved last year – and is holding his own in ninth spot in the domestic trainers' standings. Powerful Nation has contributed to what is becoming a memorable year for the stable when he landed the Listed Midsummer Sprint at Cork and the style in which that success was achieved would suggest the three-year-old can make the jump into Group company. The Sapphire Stakes is an up-to-scratch renewal, with British raiders Rumstar and Mgheera of particular interest, but Powerful Nation is a colt on the up and can harden his reputation as a sprinter going places for an in-form outfit. O'Sullivan Supplies Much-Needed Colour In The Curragh Cup Given Aidan O'Brien has won the Group 2 Curragh Cup with classy stayers like Flag Of Honour, Septimus, Ernest Hemmingway and more, all eyes will presumably be on Ryan Moore's mount Shackleton (Camelot), However, the Ross O'Sullivan-trained Drawn To Dream provides some much-needed intrigue to the weekend in that 1m6f contest. For starters, the daughter of German sire Iquitos was sourced by Ringfort Stud boss Derek Veitch for just 60,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale last year. She has already gone some way in repaying that investment when gaining valuable black-type when chasing home Goodie Two Shoes at odds of 50-1 in a Group 3 at Fairyhouse earlier this month. Punters won't expect such fanciful odds about the grey on Saturday and she provides some colour to a race that also features dual Group 1 winner Al Riffa. The post Five Things To Look Out For At The Curragh On Saturday 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
Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Saturday at Saratoga, Ellis Park and Del Mar. Saturday, July 19, 2025 Saratoga 1, $90k, 2yo, f, (S), 5 1/2f, 12:35 p.m. Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Atenea (Beau Liam), OBSAPR, 50,000, :10 1/5 C-Little Farm Equine, agent; B-Pro Racing Stable LLC Ellis 3, $100k, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:48 p.m. Land of the Free (Girvin), OBSAPR, 250,000, :10 C-Wavertree Stables Inc (C Dunne), agt; B-Sport of Kings Wicked Gun (Gun Runner), OBSAPR, 550,000, :10 1/5 C-Paul Sharp, agent; B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Saratoga 7, $100k, 2yo, 6f, 3:54 p.m. S S Quality (Essential Quality), OBSAPR, 150,000, :10 C-Mayberry Farm, agent; B-Diriyah Bloodstock Stradale (Yaupon), OBSAPR, 1,300,000, :9 4/5 C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-K S I Del Mar 1, $100k, 2yo, f, (S), 5f, 5:00 p.m Violets Song (Violence), OBSAPR, 75,000, :21 1/5 C-Pick View LLC, agent; B-Jet Horse LLC, Peter Miller, agent Del Mar 6, $100k, 2yo, f, 5f, 7:30 p.m. Dats Ms. Blame (Blame), FTMMAY, 145,000, G C-Niall Brennan Stables, agent; B-Dat Racing Stable Thank You India (Practical Joke), OBSAPR, 140,000, :10 C-Niall Brennan Stalbes, agent; B-California Here We Come The post Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: Saturday, July 19, 2025 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
7th-SAR, 100K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 3:54 p.m. The most expensive member of Yaupon's heralded first crop, STRADALE was a $1,300,000 OBS April grad for Kaleem Shah's KSI after matching the sale's fastest furlong breeze time of :9.4 from the consignment of de Meric Sales, who purchased him initially as a yearling for $285,000 at FTKJUL. He is the first foal out of Twitterpated, a mare who is a full-sister to GI Matriarch Stakes winner Stormy Lucy. Steve Asmussen trains this firster who comes in on a steady diet of strong works. Just to the outside, another pricey member of this Spendthrift stallion's first crop debuts in Emphasis (Yaupon) for Todd Pletcher. A $625,000 Keeneland September grad for Repole Stable, the colt is out of GI Mother Goose Stakes runner up Connie and Michael who has already produced GSW Curly Jack (Good Magic) and MSP Fannie and Freddie (Malibu Moon). Drawn widest of the field, Our Magical Moon (Good Magic) is a Live Oak Plantation runner for Mark Casse who sold for $500,000 at FTSAUG last year. He's a half-brother to GSW Dixie Serenade (Uptowncharlybrown) who has already produced a stakes winner in Dixieland Belle (More Than Ready). TJCIS PPS 3rd-ELP, 100K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:48 p.m. Opening day at Ellis Park features Roguishness (Into Mischief), a $560,000 KEESEP grad for Cherie DeVaux. First dam Daisy, who won the GIII Tempted Stakes, has also produced MSW Botanical (Medaglia d'Oro). He draws inside of Wicked Gun (Gun Runner) who brought $550,000 at OBS April for Winchell Thoroughbreds. He's out of a stakes-winning full-sister to GSW/GISP Money'soncharlotte (Mizzen Mast). TJCIS PPS 2nd-MTH, 52.5K, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 6f, 12:27 p.m. Repole Stable and Todd Pletcher will ship Noticeable (Curlin) down from Saratoga to Monmouth. This $650,000 KEESEP grad is a daughter of MGSW Tiger Moth. TJCIS PPS The post Saturday Insights: Plenty Of Yaupon Power On Display At Saratoga 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
William Buick will have fewer easier rides than he enjoyed on Godolphin's Wise Approach (Mehmas) as the TDN Rising Star dispatched his rivals in Friday's Listed Rose Bowl Stakes at Newbury. Off the mark in April's Royal Ascot Two-Year-Old Trial EBF Conditions Stakes before disappointing at York and rebounding to be second in the Norfolk last month, the half-brother to Perfect Power cruised from behind to seize control a furlong out and inflict a four-length beating on Rock On Thunder (Night Of Thunder). “He ran a good race at Ascot, when he was on a different side of the track to the winner, but was more comfortable back at six,” Buick said of the 1m gns purchase, whose odds of 11-10 looked big after this command performance. “I like what he did there, it was a nice smooth performance and he looked a good deal better than the opposition there. I think he will develop–he's a scopey horse and he was very natural from early on, but I do think he'll keep getting better.” Wise Approach is the fourth foal out of Sagely (Frozen Power), whose first was the aforementioned Perfect Power who captured the Middle Park, Prix Morny and Royal Ascot's Commonwealth Cup and Norfolk. Also responsible for the Chesham third Golden Mind (Galileo Gold), she is kin to the Listed-placed Sagaciously whose son Epic Poet (Lope De Vega) was a Listed scorer who placed four times at Group level including when runner-up in the G2 Red Sea Turf Handicap. Sagely is also a granddaughter of Saga D'Ouilly (Linamix), the full-sister to the Arc hero Sagamix and half to the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud-winning sire Sagacity (Highest Honor) and to the formidable broodmare Shastye (Danehill). Under the latter are the high-class Galileo trio of Japan, Mogul and Secret Gesture. Sagely's yearling is a full-sister to the winner. IRE-INCENTIVE – IT PAYS TO BUY IRISH ROSE BOWL STAKES-Listed, £45,000, Newbury, 7-18, 2yo, 6fT, 1:11.93, g/f. 1–WISE APPROACH (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Mehmas (Ire) 1st Dam: Sagely (Ire), by Frozen Power (Ire) 2nd Dam: Saga Celebre (Fr), by Peintre Celebre 3rd Dam: Saga D'Ouilly (Fr), by Linamix (Fr) TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (1,000,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Tally Ho Stud; T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £25,520. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 4-2-1-0, $94,410. *1/2 to Perfect Power (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}), MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr, $928,832. 2–Rock On Thunder (Ire), 128, c, 2, Night Of Thunder (Ire)–Boston Rocker (Ire), by Acclamation (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (380,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-J Hanly, A Stroud & Skymarc Farm; T-Kevin Ryan. £9,675. 3–Amorim (GB), 128, c, 2, Havana Grey (GB)–Stellarta (GB), by Sakhee's Secret (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (250,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; 500,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). O-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum; B-Whitsbury Manor Stud; T-George Boughey. £4,842. Margins: 4, 2, 2 1/4. Odds: 1.10, 3.00, 4.00. Also Ran: Do Bronxs (Ire), Kolkata Knight (Ire). Scratched: First Legion (Ire), Nuevo Slovo (Ire). The post Smooth Rose Bowl Win For Godolphin’s Millionaire Wise Approach 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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