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    • Alex Pantall trainee Rhiyanna (Elarqam) shed maiden status at Lyon Parilly five weeks ago and continued on the upgrade with a breakthrough victory in Monday's G3 Darley Prix des Reservoirs at Deauville, becoming the first black-type scorer for her second-crop sire (by Frankel) who is now based in Turkey. The 17-2 chance was slick from the inside stall and occupied a forward position behind the leaders in a handy fourth during the opening exchanges. Inching into third approaching halfway, she made headway under pressure in the home straight to go second entering the final furlong and kept on relentlessly to usurp Kiss Melody (Almanzor) by a short-neck in the dying strides for a career high. The hitherto undefeated Shahbanu (Mehmas) was 1 1/4 lengths adrift in third.     Pedigree Notes Rhiyanna is the latest of four foals, all winners, and second stakes performer out of an unraced half to the multiple Group-winning G1 Dubai World Cup runner-up Algiers (Shamardal). The March-foaled bay is a half-sister to the five-time Listed-placed Anthorus (Territories). Her second dam, the multiple Group 1-placed dual G3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes victrix Antara (Platini), is a half-sister to G3 Walther J Jacobs Rennen winner Andolini (Kallisto) and she is also a full-sister to the dam of the multiple Group-winning Deutsches St Leger hero Aff Un Zo (Kallisto).   Monday, Deauville, France DARLEY PRIX DES RESERVOIRS-G3, €73,200, Deauville, 10-20, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:47.82, vsf. 1–RHIYANNA (FR), 123, f, 2, by Elarqam (GB)                 1st Dam: Anna Platini (GB), by Dubawi (Ire)                 2nd Dam: Antara (Ger), by Platini (Ger)                 3rd Dam: Auenpracht (Ger), by General Assembly 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Alain Jathiere & Henri-Alex Pantall; B-Mme Yvette Pantall & Henri-Alex Pantall; T-Henri-Alex Pantall; J-Tony Piccone. €36,600. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, €57,000. *1/2 to Anthorus (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), MSP-Fr, $193,629. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Kiss Melody (Ire), 123, f, 2, Almanzor (Fr)–Eyota (GB), by Golden Horn. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€70,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Ecurie David R Layani Family & Ecurie des Charmes; B-Oceanic Bloodstock SARL, Francois Jean-Louis Branere & Mme Beatrice Richard; T-Gerald Mosse. €14,640. 3–Shahbanu (Ire), 123, f, 2, Mehmas (Ire)–Serena's Queen Ire), by Iffraaj (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€100,000 RNA Ylg '24 GOFORB). O-Kaniz Bloodstock Investments & LNJ Foxwoods SC; B-Roundhill Stud; T-Tim Donworth. €10,980. Margins: SNK, 1 1/4, HD. Odds: 8.50, 3.40, 2.00. Also Ran: Miuccia (Ire), Lyrics Of Life (GB), Waiting For You (GB), Society Princesse (Fr). The post First Stakes Winner For Elarqam As Rhiyanna Shines Bright at Deauville appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • So You Think (NZ), a ten-time group 1 winner turned successful Coolmore sire, has died after succumbing to a short illness while receiving treatment at Scone Equine Hospital in New South Wales. He was 19. View the full article
    • Grade I winner Clicquot (Quality Road–Royal Obsession, by Tapit) and graded winner Italian Soiree (Uncle Mo–Social Call, by Smart Strike) head the latest supplements to Fasig-Tipton's November Sale, held on Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington, Kentucky. Clicquot, who won the GI Cotillion on Sept. 20, is catalogued as hip 221. In the Cotillion, the 3-year-old defeated GISWs Scottish Lassie, La Cara, and Good Cheer, winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks. Clicquot's next anticipated start is the upcoming GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar. The grey filly won four consecutive starts this year at three, including the GIII Indiana Oaks. She has current earnings of $840,153. Clicquot, who hails from a female family that includes GISW Magnificent Song, will be consigned as racing/broodmare prospect by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent. Also added to the November Sale is GSW Italian Soiree (hip 222). The 3-year-old won this year's GIII Coronation Cup on the Saratoga turf. Last year at two, she won her debut on the dirt and then finished second in the GIII Adirondack at Saratoga. Italian Soiree is a full-sister to Be Better, a stakes winner of $347,300. She is out of a half-sister to the dam of graded stakes winner Old Time Hockey, and her third dam is GISW Likeable Style. She hails from the immediate family of MGISW and prominent sire Scat Daddy. Italian Soiree will be consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Gainesway, agent. The latest entries increase the number of graded stakes winners and producers catalogued in The November Sale to 71, 30 of which are Grade I. The entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions of all supplemental entries will be available on-site at sale time.   The post GISW Clicquot, GSW Italian Soiree Added to Fasig-Tipton November appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • The 13th season of the All-Weather Championships kicks off at Newcastle on Tuesday, October 21 and ends on Good Friday, April 3 with the £1-million Finals Day at Newcastle and the All-Weather Vase at Lingfield Park. Some of the changes announced ahead of the season include the rechristening of the Marathon to the Easter Plate. The two-mile race will boast a maximum field of 20 and total prize-money of £175,000. Also, Midnite is now one of the title sponsors alongside BetMGM. The former will sponsor the Marathon, Middle Distance and Sprint categories, while BetMGM will back the Fillies & Mares, Mile and 3YO divisions. The G3 Winter Derby and Listed Hever Sprint will return to Lingfield Park. Both the Listed Churchill Stakes and Listed Golden Rose Stakes move from Newcastle to Southwell. There will also be All-Weather Championships Trials Day fixtures at Newcastle on January 16 and Lingfield Park on February 27, each hosting six £45,000 open handicaps in the respective categories. The winner of each AWC Trials Day race will be eligible for free entry to the corresponding Finals Day race at Newcastle, as well as a £15,000 bonus should they go on to also win on Good Friday. Any horse that wins at both AWC Trials Days in the same category and goes on to also win at Newcastle will be eligible for a total bonus of £35,000. As in previous years, there will be cash prizes awarded to the jockey, trainer and owner who accumulates the most wins during the season: AW Champion Jockey – £10,000 AW Champion Jockey runner-up – £5,000 AW Champion Apprentice – £4,000 AW Champion Apprentice runner-up – £1,000 AW Champion Owner – £10,000 AW Champion Trainer – £10,000 The rules for the All-Weather Championships remain unchanged, with horses requiring a minimum of three runs on all-weather surfaces in Britain, Ireland, France and the US during the qualifying period to be eligible for Finals Day. One of these three qualifying runs will continue to be permitted to take place on dirt in either Dubai or Saudi Arabia. The post Marathon Final Renamed Easter Plate, As All-Weather Championships Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • So You Think, a winner of 10 Group 1 races in both hemispheres, has died at the age of 19 after a short illness. Coolmore Australia announced the news on Monday morning. The farm said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of 10-time Group 1 winner and leading sire So You Think, after succumbing to a short illness while receiving world-class care from the team at Scone Equine Hospital.” The son of High Chaparral was described by his Southern Hemisphere trainer Bart Cummings as “perfection on four legs, you don't get any better than him, he is the finest, most genuine horse I have ever trained.” Bred by MJ Moran and Piper Farm in New Zealand, he was purchased by Duncan Ramage for NZ$110,000 on behalf of Dato Tan Chin Nam at the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale. Out of G2 Sir Tristram Fillies Classic winner Triassic (Tights), the dark bay would make his mark in two editions of the Cox Plate (2009/2010), as well as the MacKinnon Stakes, Caulfield Stakes and Underwood Stakes. He was also third in the Melbourne Cup. In the Northern Hemisphere, So You Think won the Prince Of Wales's Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes and two editions of the Tattersalls Gold Cup (2011/2012) for Aidan O'Brien. During his career there, he was also second in the Champion Stakes and another edition of the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. He won 14 of his 23 starts, placed in another five and earned over $8.6 million. “When people visit Coolmore, more often than not the stallion most of them really want to see is So You Think,” added Coolmore Australia's Tom Magnier. “He was an absolute gentleman, an incredibly kind and intelligent horse and this is a sad day for all the staff that have looked after him so well at Coolmore since he retired in 2012. “We are so lucky to have had him and watch him develop into one of the country's truly elite sires. He provided me with so many great memories on racetracks throughout the world as both a racehorse and a stallion. I will never forget the day he sired three Group 1 winners in a day at Randwick in 2022, but equally the day he provided Joseph O'Brien with his first Royal Ascot winner as a jockey in the Prince of Wales's Stakes in 2012.” O'Brien told the Press Association after his first Gold Cup win in Ireland in 2011, “So You Think looks very special and is an incredible athlete. He just does everything so incredibly easily it's hard to believe. He's incredibly exciting and something like him you don't see very often. There's a chance that we've never seen anything like this horse before, so we're just so grateful and privileged to have him.” At stud Down Under, he has finished in the top 10 of the Australian sires' table for the past five seasons, coming in second to I Am Invincible twice during that time. His current Group 1 winners stand at 12. His leading runner is three-time top-level winner Think It Over. He also spent three seasons shuttling to Coolmore Stud in Ireland. Overall, So You Think has sired 66 stakes winners worldwide, 43 of them group/graded. The post “Perfection On Four Legs”: So You Think Dies At 19 After Short Illness 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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