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By Chief Stipe · Posted
RV to trial new ratings www.racing.com Victoria is set to provide lower-rated horses with increased chances of success, with a trial introduction from September of new ratings categories. Racing Victoria on Thursday morning announced that, after a proposal from the Australian Trainers' Association and Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners' Association, the new ratings categories are set to better serve the vast population of horses with low handicap ratings in the 50s and 60s. "The creation of the new categories aims to provide these lower-rated horses, which make up a sizeable portion of the horse population, with more chances to compete against similarly matched opposition," the RV release stated. "The sliding prizemoney scale seeks to create a clear point of difference between categories to foster more competitive racing, whilst rewarding progression up the ratings bands." Https://bitofayarn.com The new categories and their minimum prizemoney levels are as follows: • Benchmark 66 / 0-66 - $27,000; • Benchmark 62 / 0-62 - $27,000; • Benchmark 56 / 0-56 - $22,000; and • Benchmark 52 / 0-52 - $22,000. RV said the new categories will be trialed throughout season 2025-26. WATCH: Hear from Aaron Morrison -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The GI Dunkin' Diana Stakes has run through the Chad Brown barn for the last three years and while Brown has two solid entries here, the race runs through the rail-drawn Cherie DeVaux starter She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}). The 4-year-old Lael Stables-owned filly has won four straight dating back to last year, including three Grade I races over several of the rivals she'll line up against Saturday. For reference her last two 1 1/8-mile races resulted in wins by a combined 8 1/4 lengths and she'll be stepping back up, though just barely, to that trip from the 1 3/16-mile GI New York Stakes on yielding turf at the Spa June 6. “She's doing well,” said DeVaux. “She's trained well here since the New York, and she's on track for this. She's been very impressive this year.” Brown, who seeks his 10th overall Diana win, carries a strong hand to challenge She Feels Pretty with side by side entries starting with GI Just A Game Stakes winner Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}). The Klaravich Stables runner, who got her top-level win on yielding turf, comes in on a two-race win streak but tries the 1 1/8-mile trip for the first time, though she did take the 1 1/16-mile GIII Beaugay Stakes at Aqueduct in early May without issue. Just to her inside, stablemate Excellent Truth (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) ran second as the favorite in the Just A Game for Resolute Racing and was also second in her first start stateside in the GI Jenny Wiley at Keeneland Apr. 12. John Stewart picked up the pair from France at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale for €1,600,000 at the end of 2024. Excellent Truth and Dynamic Pricing | Sarah Andrew “In both of her starts for me, she has been unlucky,” Brown said of Excellent Truth. “At Keeneland, she had a rough trip in the stretch and I'd say she is due for a cleaner trip this time around. At least, I hope so. Both Excellent Truth and Dynamic Pricing are on target for this, they've come out of their works well.” Talent runs deep in this field with Saffie Joseph, Jr. shipping in 'TDN Rising Star' Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}). The 5-year-old mare dominated in the 1 1/8-mile GI Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita last out May 26 to tip her earnings over the seven figure mark and also kicked off her year taking the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational at Gulfstream. Sandwiched between those starts however is a head-scratching eighth in the Jenny Wiley. “She is a good workhorse, loves her job, and getting that Grade I win on her resume was huge,” said Joseph, Jr. “The nine furlongs is good. She is unique in the sense that she has enough speed to go a mile, and enough stamina to go longer. Her ability to have that variation of distance is unique, but I feel that nine furlongs is perfect for her. It tests both speed and stamina.” Adding yet another Grade I winner to the field, Choisya (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) beat out Excellent Truth in the Jenny Wiley but faded from contention in the Just A Game last out for trainer Simon Crisford and Rabbah Bloodstock. The Jenny Wiley was this mare's first start in the states since taking several graded wins in the United Arab Emirates early this year. Far Bridge Back On Track For Clement In Bowling Green 'TDN Rising Star' Far Bridge (English Channel) started his year a perfect two for two for Christophe Clement and ran well to wind up third beaten just a neck in the 1 1/8-mile GI Manhattan at Saratoga June 8. The 5-year-old LSU Stables runner now stretches back out to 1 3/8 miles, the winning distance two back in the GII Man O' War Stakes at Aqueduct. Far Bridge at Saratoga | Sarah Andrew “Maybe the distance was a touch short at that level, but I think he ran a gallant race,” Clement said of Far Bridge's run in the Manhattan. “He ran a terrific figure and came out of it in great order. He ran probably too good of a race to lose, but that's racing for you.” Clement also sends out Tawny Port (Pioneerof the Nile) who was eased last out in a rained-off edition of the GIII Belmont Gold Cup June 6 but has plenty of back class on the turf through the last 16 months. Sandwiched between the stablemates, Webslinger (Constitution) comes in off a pair of seconds for Mark Casse. Second in the 1 1/2-mile Colonial Cup in September last year, the 5-year-old gelding then came off the extended layoff to nearly steal the GII Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine in his first try on the Tapeta May 31. “He ran great his first start back at Woodbine,” Casse said. “I've been very impressed with him. I think he's training better than I've ever seen him. The key with him is he'll sit back and make his run. I'm expecting a big year out of him.” Casse also saddles Corruption (Medaglia d'Oro) who ran fourth just behind Far Bridge in the GI Manhattan. He previously wired the field at Churchill facing allowance horses May 10 going 1 1/8 miles. “He's definitely improved,” Casse said of Corruption. “He's our most improved child for the year. He likes to get in a rhythm and the farther you go, the easier it is to accomplish that.” The post She Feels Pretty Seeks Toughest Divisional Test Yet In Diana 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 this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Sigh No More in the Boiling Springs Stakes at Monmouth. Boiling Springs Stakes To Sigh No More Heider Family Stables' Sigh No More ran out a 1 1/2-length winner of Monmouth Park's Boiling Springs Stakes at the end of last month (video). Conditioned by Brendan Walsh, the daughter of Starspangledbanner was making her second US start. Bred by Barronstown Stud out of the Galileo mare Silent Thoughts, the May foal made €50,000 as a Goffs Orby yearling before winning four of her seven Irish starts for Bronsan Racing, Stride Racing and trainer Joseph O'Brien, culminating in the G3 Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown last October. The relative of G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes hero Malhub (Kingmambo) caught the eyes of Ted Durcan and David Lanigan acting for Heider Family Stables for 260,000gns at the 2024 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Sigh No More is a half-sister to Irish listed winner Neptune Rock (Muhaarar), the multiple stakes-placed Unreasonable (No Nay Never) and the No Nay Never pair of a yearling filly, and a colt foal. Coolmore's Starspangledbanner has sired 20 winners from 34 American runners (59%). His nine stakes winners there (26%) are anchored by Grade I winners Rhea Moon and State Of Rest, with the latter in his third season at Rathbarry Stud. Starspangledbanner stands for €45,000 this year. Zarak Mare Wires Foes At The Spa Hoolie Racing Stable's In Time (Zarak) was trying 1 1/2 miles for the first time in her career on July 6, and pulled off a win for Miguel Clement at Saratoga (video). A three-time winner in her native France including a final start at Fontainebleau in March of 2023, the daughter of two-time winner Mixed Evidence (Elusive City) was bred by J.B.S. Invest N.V. She was campaigned by Jan Romel and Pia and Joakim Brandt prior to her switch to America. One of five foals and two winners for her dam, herself a full-sister to multiple stakes winner and multiple group-placed Mixed Intention (Elusive City), In Time is kin to both G2 Queen Mary Stakes heroine Quick Suzy (Profitable) and G1 Prix du Jockey Club third Millebosc (Le Havre). Zarak has sired 50% winners from his 10 runners in the US. Both Parnac, successful in the GII Flower Bowl Stakes, and Laurelin are stakes winners. He stands under the Aga Khan Stud banner at Haras de Bonneval for €80,000. Queen Of Canada Repole Stable's Boca Queen (Kingman) zipped to a 3 1/4-length debut victory in a seven-furlong maiden at Woodbine on July 5 (video). Part of the Flaxman Stables breeding programme, the daughter of multiple group winner Bocca Baciata (Big Bad Bob) is trained by Kevin Attard. Knocked down for a cool €400,000 by West Bloodstock acting for Mike Repole at the 2023 Goffs Orby Sale, Boca Queen is a half-sister to listed winner and €775,000 Goffs November alumni Foniska (Galileo), as well as the unraced 2-year-old filly Botagoz (Mehmas) (€260,000 Goffs Orby pickup by Sumbe); a yearling colt by Frankel and a weanling filly by that Juddmonte sire. Dual group winner and G1 Pretty Polly Stakes runner-up Bocca Baciata is a half-sister to group winner and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches third Topeka (Whipper). Juddmonte's Kingman commands a fee of £125,000 this year. Of his 79 runners in the US, 47 are winners and nine of them have made their mark at stakes level. Domestic Spending, a winner of the Manhattan, Turf Classic, and Hollywood Derby at the top table, is his local star. Lovely Is As Lovely Does Fergus Galvin and Rebecca Hillen's Loveliest (Siyouni) sailed to a five-length victory at Ellis Park on July 5 (chart). The $150,000 Keeneland September yearling was selected by Stephen Hillen and was making her first trip to the post for Eddie Kenneally. Her dam, the Galileo mare Lovelier, won the Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes and was runner-up in the G2 Kilboy Estate Stakes in Ireland. Loveliest is her second foal and first winner, while she produced a colt by Gun Runner last spring. Lovelier is a full-sister to the four-time Group 1 winner and Classic scorer Winter. Another stallion standing under the Aga Khan Studs' umbrella, Siyouni is credited with 23 winners from 51 runners (45%) Stateside. Standing for €200,000 this term, Siyouni has a septet of stakes winners in that locale include five Grade III winners, among them the dual graded winner Sacred Life, who was twice placed at the highest level. Too Darn Hot On The Double So Darn Pretty kicked off a brace of winners for her sire in the latest Making Waves when taking a Saratoga affair for Michael Ryan on July 3 (video). Part of the Brittany Russell barn, the dark bay was bred by Centerville Bloodstock. Although she did not meet her reserve when a 180,000gns buy-back during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, So Darn Pretty found her way to American shores regardless and was making her third start. The seventh foal out of Zondaq (Bernardini), she is a half-sister to two-time stakes winner and GII Delaware Handicap heroine Saddle Up Jessie (More Than Ready) and the G3 Thoroughbred Stakes and G2 Gimcrack Stakes-placed King's Gamble (Kingman). Zondaq has fillies by Palace Pier and Nyquist born in 2024 and 2025. She was bred back to the latter sire this spring. Kin to five stakes winners under the second dam including GII Jessamine Stakes and GIII Wonder Again Stakes victress Sweet Melania (American Pharoah), So Darn Pretty counts blue hen Lassie's Lady (Alydar) as her fourth dam. The fourth time was the charm for Elite Heat at Horseshoe Indianapolis for Brad Cox on July 5. The Chasemore Farm-bred carries the MyRacehorse silks. Grove Stud purchased the bay as an 80,000gns yearling out of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, with Arthur Hoyeau acting for MyRacehorse, in action for the filly during the Arqana Summer Sale. Hoyeau acquired the third foal of the winning Formidable Kitt (Invincible Spirit) for €210,000. Already a half-sister to the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes third Kitteridge (Camelot), Elite Heat has a 2-year-old half-brother by Starspangledbanner, a yearling half-brother by Saxon Warrior, and a half-sister by Study Of Man born this year. Her granddam is the G2 Queen Mary Stakes victress Ceiling Kitty (Red Clubs). Darley's Too Darn Hot is responsible for five winners from seven to race in America counting his latest duo (71%). Listed Wild Applause Stakes victress Oversubscribed was his first stakes winner in that jurisdiction. His 2025 fee at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket is £90,000. Repeat Winners Newstead Stables' Laurelin remained perfect in four starts with a win in the Penn Oaks at Penn National on June 27 (video). The daughter of Zarak, who is trained by Graham Motion, first featured in Making Waves when breaking her maiden in New York last October. Lush Lips (Ten Sovereigns) added a tally in the Listed Tepin Stakes to her ledger for trainer Brendan Walsh on June 28 (video). She races for Medallion Racing, Steve Weston, Stewart Hoffman, Mrs. Paul Shanahan and Mrs. MV Magnier. Making Waves regular Zulu Kingdom (Ten Sovereigns) reigned supreme in the GIII Manilla Stakes at Saratoga on July 4 in the colours of Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, William Strauss and Michael J. Caruso (video). Trained by Chad Brown, the 3-year-old ridgling is on a three-race winning streak and became a Grade I winner in the GI American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs in May. Marksman Queen (Dubawi) carried the silks of breeder Cayton Park Stud to victory in the GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park on July 5 (video). The win was the first graded victory for the Graham Motion trainee. Arnaud Delacour trainee Evershed won her second consecutive start with a tally at Colonial Downs in Virginia in the colours of Mark Grier on July 9 (video). The daughter of Churchill and the Darshaan mare Balankiya won a Tampa Bay maiden in December. Cheyenna Stable's Ozara (Lope De Vega) is now a dual listed winner in the U.S. after taking the De La Rose Stakes on Saratoga's opening day for trainer Miguel Clement (video). Third in both the GIII Herecomesthebride Stakes and GIII Eatontown Stakes, the consistent 4-year-old filly has now won six of her 12 lifetime trips to the post. Zulu Kingdom | Sarah Andrew The post Making Waves: No Sighs Here, Only Smiles 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 and Ellis Park. Saturday, July 12, 2025 Saratoga 1, $100k, 2yo, 6f, 12:35 p.m. Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Tagermeen (Into Mischief), OBSAPR, 1,400,000, :9 4/5 C-Kings Equine, agent; B-Mahmud Mouni Tapit's Legacy (Tapit), OBSMAR, 550,000, :10 C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-Spendthrift Farm & Epic Horses Throckmorton (Caracaro), OBSAPR, 250,000, :20 3/5 C-Global Thoroughbreds LLC, agent; B-Chad Summers, agent Ellis 1, $44k, 2yo, f, Moc, 6f, 12:50 p.m. Heaven's Hope (Frosted), FTMMAY, 17,000, G C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-John Ennis, agent Saratoga 2, $100k, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:07 p.m. Fraudster (Charlatan), OBSMAR, 400,000, :10 2/5 C-White Lilac (Katie Miranda), agent; B-Leland Ackerley Ellis 6, $100k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:12 p.m. Carolyncaroline (Tiz the Law), OBSAPR, 95,000, :21 2/5 C-Ocala Stud; B-Schultz Racing Stable LLC My Secret Dreams (Summer Front), FTMMAY, 20,000, G C-Parrish Farms Inc, agent; B-John Ennis, agent The post Summer Breezes: Saturday, July 12, 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
A 25% share in the undefeated stakes-winning colt Verifire will be on offer at a special Inglis Digital USA Flash Sale.View the full article
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