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    • A total of 20 stakes worth $3.977-million will highlight Turfway's Winter/Spring meeting and is anchored by the 55th running of the GIII Jeff Ruby Stakes–with Kentucky Derby points on the line–Saturday, Mar. 21, the track announced Monday morning. Racing at the Northern Kentucky institution will be kicked off by the Holiday Meet Dec. 3-27 and will feature seven stakes led by Synthetic Championships Night Saturday, Dec. 13–which offers $1-million across four of those black-type contests. All stakes purses at both meets include contributions from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. Combined, the Holiday and Winter/Spring meets will offer $5.352-million in stakes purses. Including the aforementioned race in the Championship Series on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, Jeff Ruby Steaks Day Mar. 21 will showcase six stakes contests, including the GIII TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic and the Listed Bourbonette Oaks, a Championship Series race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The undercard action includes the Listed Latonia, Animal Kingdom and Rushaway Stakes. The Winter/Spring Meet will also run the Listed John Battaglia Memorial Saturday, Feb. 21–a prep season race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby–and the Cincinnati Trophy, one night earlier, on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Daily first post times, aside from Jeff Ruby Steaks Day, will be 5:55 p.m. EDT. Jeff Ruby Steaks Day will get underway at 12:45 p.m. EDT. A list with the full stakes schedule may be found here. The post Jeff Ruby Anchors Stakes Schedule for Winter/Spring Meet at Turfway Park appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • A record 30 World Pool Moment of the Day prizes were awarded in 2025, with the stable staff of the winning horse receiving a cheque for HK$40,000, but now only four finalists remain in the running to be crowned the World Pool Moment of the Year. This year's shortlist for the World Pool Moment of the Year competition features winners from Japan and Australia. Voting is now open here and will close on Monday, December 1. The winner will be announced during LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) week (December 8-14). The four finalists are: Yasuhiro Shibuta, groom of Forever Young, winner of the G1 Saudi Cup on February 22, 2025 at King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia Chenelle Ellis, groom of Asfoora, winner of the G1 Nunthorpe Stakes on August 22, 2025 at York, United Kingdom Kevin Daffy, trainer and groom of Oh Too Good, winner of the G3 Catanach's Jewellers (Ladies Day) Vase on October 11, 2025 at Caulfield, Australia Candice Persijn, groom of Via Sistina, winner of the G1 Cox Plate on October 25, 2025 at Moonee Valley, Australia The winning stable team will receive four premium economy return flights, a five-night stay at a 4-star hotel and exclusive hospitality at the Happy Valley and Sha Tin race meetings during either Hong Kong's Champions Day or Hong Kong International Races. World Pool, the globe's largest commingled horse racing pools created and powered by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, have awarded HK$1.2 million to grooms and stable staff in 2025. The post World Pool Moment of the Year Finalists Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Twenty stakes races worth a total of nearly $4 million will highlight Turfway Park's winter/spring meet, anchored by the 55th running of the $777,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) Saturday, March 21.View the full article
    • Grade I winner Eight Rings (Empire Maker) has relocated from Harris Farms to Rancho San Miguel and will stand at the new farm for a 2026 fee of $6,000 with a live foal guarantee, it was announced by press release. The son of Empire Maker claimed his elite-level win in the GI American Pharoah Stakes for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert as a juvenile and went on to be placed in four other graded contests–namely the GI Bing Crosby (second); GIII Native Diver (third); GII San Antonio Stakes (second); and the GII San Pasqual Stakes (third) in Southern California. He wrapped his career as the earner of $474,451 in his career. As a sire, Eight Rings' first foals are now yearlings, and have been well-received in 2025. The stallion claims the highest median sales results among all active California stallions this year. During the 2025 Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings sale, four of his offspring sold for gross receipts of $140,000, yielding an average price of $35,000 and median of $37,500 while led by a $60,000 colt. He previously stood at Harris Farms, which has dispersed its stallion roster following the death of owner John Harris last July. “Eight Rings is truly the Adonis of stallions–a remarkable physical specimen without a single conformation flaw,” said Adrian Gonzalez, president of Checkmate Thoroughbreds LLC and managing partner of the Eight Rings Partnership. “His exceptional quality is now clearly reflected in his offspring, and we were handsomely rewarded in the sales ring with his first yearlings. I've been thoroughly impressed with his foals, and all of our California-based mares will be booked to him in 2026.” Produced by Purely Hot, a graded stakes-winning daughter of Pure Prize, the 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'  represents the same Empire Maker/Storm Cat pedigree cross as fellow 'Rising Stars' 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2016 champion 2-year-old colt Classic Empire. Eight Rings is a half-brother to MSP British Isles (Justify) as well as four other winners. “We are honored and excited to have such an outstanding stallion prospect,” said Rancho San Miguel Owner Tom Clark. “We believe he has huge potential to be a leading sire in California.” The post Eight Rings Relocates to Rancho San Miguel from Harris Farms appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • The 2025 International Conference for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Jockeys (ICHSWJ) will get underway in Hong Kong on Thursday, December 11. Themed Performance Medicine in Racing – Developing and Protecting the Jockey, the two-day conference will offer a variety of presentations and panel discussions involving leading experts in the field. The conference will feature 13 sessions altogether, as well as addresses from Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, chair of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA); Andrew Harding, executive director of the IFHA; and Darragh O'Loughlin, chief executive officer of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) and chair of the IFHA Jockey Health and Wellbeing Committee. Scheduled participants across the two days include: William Audland, Michael Caulfield, Andrew Coonan, Gavin Egan, Jeff Gomez, Danny Hague, Peta Hitchens, Suzannah Hoult, Rosy Hyman, Chris Kamper, Michaela Keener, Phil Kinsella, Kylie Legg, Karen Lo, Ciara Losty, Daloni Lucas, Dan Martin, Tarryn Mason, James Murray, Siobhan O'Connor, Gillian O'Loughlin, John O'Reilly, Jennifer Pugh, Richard Pugh, Bill Riddiford, Megan Roberts, Tom Scudamore, Lisa Stevens, Matt Stewart, Paul Struthers and Giles Warrington. The conference is open to all those who work with jockeys and are interested in further enhancing their health, safety and welfare. Media are also welcome to attend. For all the latest information and to register for the ICHSWJ, please visit the ICHSWJ website. Registration will close at the end of November. The post Registrations Open for the International Jockeys Conference in Hong Kong 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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