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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Coolmore and Westerberg's €1.7-million Arqana August sale topper Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica) backed up a TDN Rising Star performance at the Curragh last month with a first black-type triumph in Saturday's Listed Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF Ingabelle Stakes at Leopardstown. “I was quite confident when I saw the attitude she had going down to the start and she was really professional,” said winning jockey Christophe Soumillon. “She was a little impatient in the stalls and didn't jump out properly. I had to change plans because she was quite far back. She responded really well when I asked her to quicken at the two-furlong pole and she did it so easy. For her second start, doing what she does is quite amazing. She's quite mature for an inexperienced filly and it will be lovely to see her on Arc Weekend [in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac].” Diamond Necklace was last of eight away and settled several lengths off the pace in fifth after the initial strides. Coming under pressure to close when moving into fourth in early straight, the 1-2 favourite quickened smartly to gain an edge with 100 yards remaining and lengthened clear thereafter to easily overpower Sukanya (Havana Grey) by 2 1/4 lengths. The post Quickfire Stakes Double for Coolmore as Diamond Necklace Seals Ingabelle Success 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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Coolmore's Aidan O'Brien-trained G1 Phoenix Stakes fourth Puerto Rico (Wootton Bassett) was a five-race maiden heading into Saturday's G2 Betfred Champagne Stakes and made all for a breakthrough success in the seven-furlong contest at Doncaster, becoming the first to achieve the feat since Bog Trotter in 1990. The 15-2 chance was swiftly into stride and gained early control in murky conditions. Untroubled on the lead through halfway, he was asked to stretch with three furlongs remaining and kept on sttrongly under forceful urging inside the final quarter-mile to prevail by a length from TDN Rising Star Oxagon (Frankel). Valmont's Arqana Series Criterium d'Ete was unable to land a telling blow and finished 1 3/4 lengths adrift in third. The post Puerto Rico Makes All for Breakthrough Triumph in Doncaster’s Champagne Stakes 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
Talented New Zealand-bred gelding Golden Path (NZ) (Belardo) staked his claim for higher honours later in the spring with a strong-finishing victory to close out Saturday’s Flemington card. The six-year-old son of Belardo was second-up in the A$150,000 Ronald McDonald House Charities Trophy (1700m), having resumed with a third over 1600m at Caulfield on August 16. Golden Path had a far from easy task on Saturday from the extreme outside gate in a 19-horse field and with topweight of 61kg on his back, but he still proved superior. Blake Shinn drove him out of the pack and over the top of the tearaway leader Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit), getting up to win by neck from fellow late closers Kingswood (Roaring lion) and Young Werther (NZ) (Tavistock). “It was a brutally run race,” Shinn said. “I got into a good spot. Globe really made us earn the win, carrying the big weight this guy had. He came off the bit early, but his class really shone through. He ran against some of the best credentialled horses in Australia last prep in Sydney and acquitted himself really well. He carried the weight today, his class shone through and I’m just delighted to get the win on him for Mick and everyone involved.” Golden Path was competitive in strong company last season, running third in the Gr.3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m), fifth in the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), and sixth in the Gr.1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m), Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) and Gr.2 Hill Stakes (2000m). Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are now likely to step him back up to stakes level. “Blake found a beautiful spot today – I think he was three back and one out from the worst gate,” Price said. “He missed a run leading into this, just because of an inflammatory marker in the blood. That’s what we take bloods for. But he came right, he was right today and he loves Flemington. “I have one owner that keeps telling me he’s live in the Caulfield Cup (Gr.1, 2400m), so what do you do? Anyway, we’ll point that way and see what happens.” Bred by the Wallace family’s Ardsley Stud, Golden Path was purchased for $35,000 from the 2021 Karaka Book 2 Yearling Sale by Pukekohe trainer Michael Rogers. After winning two of his three trials in New Zealand for Rogers, Golden Path was sold to clients of the Price-Kent team. Racing in the colours of Carl Holt, Golden Path has now had 19 starts for six wins, four placings and A$620,650 in stakes. View the full article -
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Group One warrior Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) became the first three-time winner of the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) with a powerhouse all-the-way victory in the A$750,000 Flemington feature on Saturday. It was the 10th Group One victory for the Bullbars gelding, who has had a total of 46 starts for 20 wins, 15 placings and A$17.97 million in prize-money. Mr Brightside beat Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) by a length and a half to claim his first Makybe Diva win in 2023, then defended that title against Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) and Antino (NZ) (Redwood) last September. After ending his seven-year-old season with an uncharacteristic failure in Hong Kong in April, then resuming with a well-beaten second behind new star Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) in last month’s Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m), some might have suspected that Mr Brightside’s Group One-winning days might be behind him. He was sent out as a $5.30 third favourite in Saturday’s six-horse field, with betting dominated by the Chris Waller-trained pair of Via Sistina ($1.70) and Aeliana ($3.90). But anyone who writes off Mr Brightside does so at their peril. Regular rider Craig Williams sent Mr Brightside straight to the front, where he was able to dictate terms in a tactically run race. Mr Brightside threw down the gauntlet to his five rivals with a powerful kick at the top of the Flemington straight. Aeliana, Via Sistina (Fastnet Rock) and Antino chased hard, but Mr Brightside never came back to them. He maintained his momentum all the way down the straight and won by a length and a half. Fellow New Zealand-bred Aeliana ran second, just ahead of Via Sistina and a third Kiwi-bred runner in Antino. “I’m very privileged to be a part of this horse, a part of his development which gives me great pride,” Williams said. “This horse, he just carries so many racing fans and people. If you love the song, you’ve got him as well. He’s just really captivated people around Australia. He’s the best miler in Australia on his day, and still one of the best even when he’s not. He’s just a marvel – three Makybe Divas. “When I walked up with my wife today, I said, ‘We’ve got a statue of Makybe Diva now. Hopefully he’ll win this race three times and they’ll give him his own bronze statue as well.’ “I think, after my experience and what we do in Ukraine, it just makes me more grateful to be able to partner up with a horse like him, put on a show and have people come out and support our amazing industry. “This is what I dreamed of as a kid and wrote stories about at school. This is what every rider in the jockeys’ room works hard for and continues to work hard for – to win Group Ones, and especially these feature races like the Makybe Diva Stakes.” Mr Brightside has been a cherished flagbearer for the Lindsay Park training partnership of Ben, Will and JD Hayes. “For JD and Will and I, he’s the most special horse we’ve ever had,” Ben Hayes said. “We’re just the front men. He means a lot to everyone and the whole team. “He’s a 10-time Group One winner and he’s placed in 12 of them as well and won multiple Group Twos. He’s an absolute champion – no one can deny that now. Maybe people will start respecting him and tipping him! “It turned out beautifully today. It was a 10-out-of-10 ride. Tactically he got an easy time early and because he got an easy time, they couldn’t catch him, a champion like him. He’s an amazing horse and we’re so lucky to have him. “We thought he had gone the right way since the Memsie. He paraded beautifully, it was typical Mr B. His coat has come on, but the good thing is, he’s got improvement to come and we’re going to have fun placing him at his next couple of starts. I’m so proud of him and for him to come back and win, to show how good he is, makes us so proud.” Mr Brightside was bred by Ray Johnson in partnership with his late wife Martha. He was sold as a yearling for $22,000 via Janine Dunlop’s Phoenix Park at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale, where he was bought by Phill Cataldo. He then failed to meet his $50,000 reserve when re-offered at the Ready to Run Sale. An opportunity later arose for Johnson to buy him back on gavelhouse.com for just $7,750, in conjunction with Cambridge trainer Ralph Manning and good friend Shaun Dromgool. Mr Brightside finished a luckless fifth in his sole New Zealand start at Matamata for Manning, having previously won a trial. He was subsequently sold privately to clients of the Hayes stable via Australian agent Wayne Ormond. View the full article -
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