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i just had a look at the unhinged interview and it seems the owner trainer had been in hospital for about 4 weeks and munro had the horse in that time.Munro mentioned dover terrace had worked well ,at, sounds like dalgetys recently and was expected to race well.I thought it great to see that trainer get a win.I wish there was more people like him still in the game,but unfortunately there aren't anymore. Anyway,from memory i think it was a horse that at times could look a little hairy and sweaty pre race but last night it looked spot on and a lot of work would have gone into getting it like that,with munro just topping it off with a different environment. and company work. We've all got our own theories and one of the ones i have isthe likes of beach work will improve almost any horse,as long as it settles in,but that only last for a couple of weeks and then there is no improvement and if they are worked on the beach a bit hard they actually go off pretty quick. We've had about 3 horses trained like that and the same pattern emerged for each one.i'm not saying that applied in this case. I also have a theory that horses worked around the grass verges of the roads and jogged 45 minutes will end up much ,much fitter than one jogged around a track for 30-40 minutes.i'm absolutely sure of that from trying that but the only thing is a farmer with a tractor trailer full of big hay bales flapping,tailgating you for no apparent reason ,can cause your horse an injury. I've often wondered whether that was part of p nairns winning formula when he was going good,although i have no idea how he works them. That was just a guess. anyway the point is there can be quite a difference in performance within 2-4 weeks sometimes. personally i think that racing in nz is pretty good as far as everything currently being above board.the riu did a good good in recent years,not so sure about the last year or so,they need to do more out of competition testing but i'm guessing maybe a couple of administrators probably wouldn't want that .Theres only a couple of stables that i would guess the vet helps significantly enough to notice. I think the cullen stable is by far the best current example of that,but i'm only guessing.Not saying its anything that other couldn't get if they used the same vet,although i have noticed over the years that tyhe odd,now retired vet certainkly had his favorites when it came to things like that. Anyway ,i had better not go down that rabbit hole or chief will get all fired up. -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale blazed through its penultimate session Wednesday in Lexington with frenetic bidding from start to finish producing a $72,127 average that was nearly 47% higher than the figure from the corresponding session a year ago. At the conclusion of the session, the three-day average of $64,772 is 24.1% ahead of the 2024 record figure of $52,206. And with a full session to go, the total gross of $53,177,500 is just $5.398 million off last year's total sale record gross of $58,575,500. “It was a fantastic day,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “There were dramatic increases in the average price and in gross sales. I walked to the back walking ring with the last horse in the ring and it was full and he brings $200,000. There was great trade and great activity throughout the day. It's fun selling in the marketplace like it is right now.” Through three sessions, 201 horses have failed to meet their reserves for a buy-back rate of 19.7%. It was 18.0% at this same point a year ago. “I think we are seeing the result of both buyers and sellers having more confidence in the October sale and the quality continues to improve year after year,” Browning said. “The performance of the sales graduates continues to improve on the racetrack year after year and thus you are able to see results that continue to improve as well year after year. As I said after the first session, I don't know which is the likely breakout day or the day with the most top horses. I hope we haven't had it yet, we will see what happens tomorrow. But we are obviously thrilled with the results from today and from the first three days.” A colt by Candy Ride (Arg) attracted the highest bid of Wednesday's session when DJ Stable's Jon Green, bidding over the internet, went to $850,000 to acquire the yearling from the Gainesway consignment. “It's strong. It's really strong,” Green said of the market. “It's just a continuation of what happened in the summer at Saratoga and at the New York-Bred sale and all the way through the Keeneland September sale. It's not just the good horses that are bringing a lot of money, it's all horses that are bringing more money than what we had anticipated a year or two ago. I think there are a lot of factors that play into that, but mostly it shows that economically, as an investment, the horse industry is no longer just a luxury item industry. It's actually a real commodity industry.” The Fasig-Tipton October sale concludes with a final session beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. 'He Wowed Us': $850k Candy Ride Colt to DJ Stable A colt by Candy Ride (Arg) (hip 843) became the second-highest offering of the week when selling for $850,000 to the internet bid of the Green family's DJ Stable. The yearling is out of the unraced Unrivaled Princess (Tapit), a daughter of GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Unrivaled Belle (Unbridled's Song) and a full-sister to champion Unique Bella. Consigned by Gainesway, he was bred by Marsha Naify's Liberty Road Stables, which purchased Unrivaled Princess for $210,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November sale. “I think this colt looks more like a Gun Runner than he does a Candy Ride,” Jon Green said by phone shortly after purchasing the colt. “He's balanced, he's a great mover and he just wowed us from the first moment that our consultant, Kim Valerio, pointed him out to us. This colt has been on our radar almost the entire week.” In addition to Valerio, the yearling had the stamp of approval from trainer Mark Casse. “Mark Casse and Kim Valerio very rarely say to us, 'This is the horse to buy,' but they both independently came to the same conclusion,” Green said. “It wasn't, 'Hey, this is a nice colt' or 'He's an A-,' or 'This is a horse that maybe you want to acquire.' Both of them said to us, in no uncertain terms, if you are coming to this sale with the idea of buying a top two-turn colt, the list begins and ends with this horse.” Of his determination to keep bidding on the colt, Green said, “The Candy Rides have proven to be such value over his career and he is starting to be at the tail end of his career from a stallion standpoint. So we felt confident that buying a Candy Ride would be worth the money. He will prove whether or not we were right in a year or two. But if you are going to spend this kind of money on a colt, in my estimation, it better be by one of the top five stallions that are out there. Whether it's Candy Ride, Gun Runner, Not This Time, Nyquist, Into Mischief. It's got to be a son of one of those five or six stallions to warrant raising your hand at this price point.” $550k Good Magic Colt Destined for Cox Barn A colt by Good Magic (hip 1143) topped Libyan bloodstock agent Mahmud Mouni's shopping list Wednesday when selling for $550,000. The yearling was bred and consigned by the O'Callaghans' Woods Edge Farm. “Honestly, we did not expect [the price],” Mouni said. “But he deserved it. Good Magic is a super stallion. The colt looks like a nice horse with amazing conformation and the pedigree is fantastic. We are so lucky to get the horse and I hope we have success with him in the future.” The colt is out of Carats and Cake (Bernardini) and from the family of graded winners Lewis Bay, Misconnect and Winslow Homer. Woods Edge purchased the mare, with the colt in utero, for $155,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale. The colt is expected to be trained by Brad Cox, according to Mouni. “We chose the horse specifically for [Cox],” Mouni said. “He put the horse on our list. He gave us a list of horses he liked.” Also on Wednesday, Mouni, who has been purchasing horses for the Tagermeen Racing partnership for a year now, acquired a colt by Justify (hip 1122) for $460,000. That yearling, out of Call to Service (To Honor and Serve), is a half-brother to Grade I-placed The Wine Steward (Vino Rosso). He was bred by Coteau Grove Farms. Mouni, who purchased a $500,000 colt by Into Mischief (hip 579) Tuesday at Fasig-Tipton, also purchased a colt by Medaglia d'Oro (hip 1033) from the Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services consignment Wednesday. Mahmud Mouni | Fasig-Tipton Mouni began buying for the Tagermeen partnership at last year's October sale. The operation had its first winner when the 2-year-old Dandona (Tiz the Law), a $1.05-million OBS April purchase, broke her maiden in her debut at Gulfstream for trainer Saffie Joseph in August. Froutien (Galilean) graduated in September at Aqueduct for trainer Todd Pletcher and Baaeed Alynna (Good Magic) was third while making his debut in the Oct. 12 Display Stakes at Woodbine for trainer Kevin Attard. 'One of My Favorite Sires': Nyquist Yearlings in Demand A pair of yearlings by Nyquist, selling within hips of each other, attracted plenty of admirers, with April Mayberry going to $500,000 for a filly by the GI Kentucky Derby winner (hip 861) on behalf of CRK Stables just minutes before Justin Casse and Megan Jones went to $425,000 for a colt (hip 869) on behalf of Belmar & Pine. “Nyquist is one of my favorite sires,” Mayberry said after signing the ticket on hip 861. The filly is out of Violencia (Violence), whose 2-year-old daughter Mackinac (Twirling Candy) recently broke her maiden in a Kentucky Downs allowance for BBN Racing and trainer Rusty Arnold. “She's a big, beautiful filly,” Mayberry said of the yearling. “She's so pretty. I broke the sister for BBN and I love her. Hopefully she will keep on going for them. So there was a lot to like, between knowing the family, and Nyquist, and her physical.” The filly was bred by Manitou Farm and was consigned by Padraig Campion's Blandford Stud. “Delighted,” Campion said of the result. “She was a lovely filly. She deserved to bring that much. She was very balanced with a lot of class. She's a beautiful mover. We will be reading about her.” Summerfield Yearlings Pay Dividends A pair of yearlings from Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck's Summerfield consignment rewarded a pinhooking partnership when going through the ring at Fasig-Tipton Wednesday for the second time this year. First up, a colt by Vekoma (hip 828) sold for $200,000 to the bid of Shenzi Bloodstock. The colt was purchased for $45,000 at the OBS Winter sale in January. “He grew into a beautiful colt,” Francis Vanlangendonck said. “And of course, the sire has done exceptionally well. He looked like the good ones.” Later in Wednesday's session of the auction, a filly by Violence (hip 895) sold for $200,000 to Mike Rutherford. The yearling had been purchased for $25,000 at the Fasig-Tipton February sale. “She was a beautiful filly as a weanling, but a little small,” said Vanlangendonck. “She grew real well and that's what made the difference. Everything was there. They just got lucky and she grew the way they wanted her to.” Of the filly's final price, Vanlangendonck said, “We didn't think she would bring that much. But once we saw the caliber of people who were interested in her, we thought she would sell awful well. And she looks like a quality filly. Time was what she needed.” The post Momentum Builds as $850K Candy Ride Colt Tops Fiery Penultimate Fasig-Tipton October Session 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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By Jordyn Bublitz Taranaki horseman Brodie Ellis may not have a barn full of Group 1 stars, but he represents the beating heart of New Zealand harness racing – the grassroots participants who keep the industry alive. Tonight at Cambridge Raceway, the dedicated trainer lines up two of his stable favourites, Cool Phelan and Ordained, both stepping out fresh from a spell in the Join Us For Xmas At Cambridge Raceway Trot (6.28pm). Racing has always been in Ellis’s blood. He was introduced to the sport by a stalwart of harness racing in the Manawatu. “My uncle was Keith Chittenden, so I grew up going down to his barn every weekend and then went on to do Kidz Kartz,” Ellis said. Chittenden trained 42 winners during a career that spanned four decades, from 1977 to 2017, before his passing in 2017. Widely respected in the lower North Island racing community, Keith was also instrumental in starting Taranaki Kidz Kartz. Ellis is steadily building his own path from his Taranaki base, where he trains a small but determined team of five horses. Tonight, he will make the trip north to Cambridge with a double-hand in the same event. Both of his runners, Cool Phelan and Ordained, are returning after spells, and while Ellis isn’t expecting miracles first-up, he’s confident both are forward enough to be competitive. Harrison Orange will take the reins of Ordained, and although the son of Father Patrick hasn’t been sighted since July, Ellis has been pleased with his progress leading into tonight’s assignment. “He’s worked up good, he’s definitely been keeping me on my toes the last couple of weeks and is ready to race,” Ellis said, “he’ll step and put himself handy, and I definitely think he’s capable of coming in the top three.” Cool Phelan, meanwhile, is the veteran of the pair, a nine-year-old daughter of Pegasus Spur who will be partnered by Peter Ferguson. She last raced in June and is being carefully prepared for a summer campaign on the grass tracks. “She’s a typical mare, her work has been good too, but she’ll be going in foal next month and we’ll really be aiming at the grass tracks with her,” Ellis explained. “Tonight, I’d like to see her settle on the pegs and have a quiet first run back.” View the full article
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