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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
When it came time for United (Giant's Causeway) to retire from the racetrack, there was never any doubt that he would remain with LNJ Foxwoods, the parents-and-daughter team of Larry, Nanci and Jaime Roth who had campaigned him throughout his four-year career. A seven-time graded stakes winner, the towering chestnut had become the family's all-time leading earner and they were committed to giving him a forever home. What they didn't expect, however, was just how much the competitive gelding would take to a second career. Now flourishing in the show ring under the guidance of his rider Madison Scott, United is not just thriving, but he's emerging as a shining ambassador for Thoroughbred aftercare. Purchased as a yearling by Solis/Litt Bloodstock for $300,000 at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, United began his career racing at Woodbine, breaking his maiden there as a 3-year-old, and then moved to Santa Anita the following year. His first start for Richard Mandella was a disappointing eighth-place finish, but the turf specialist blossomed over the course of his 4-year-old campaign. Around that same time, Scott had graduated from the Godolphin Flying Start program and started a job with Solis/Litt. She was part of the team cheering United home when he put in a determined run at 50-1 odds to finish second by a head to eventual Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway) in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Turf. “We were going absolutely bonkers,” Scott recalled. “No one would have known that this horse didn't win the race if you had watched our group. It came on the heels of Covfefe (Into Mischief) winning the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, so it was a very special day for the Roths and the whole team.” Jaime Roth and United after the gelding's final career win in the 2021 GII John Henry Turf Championship Stakes | Benoit Over the next two seasons, United claimed seven graded stakes victories, including back-to-back wins in the GII Eddie Read Stakes and GII John Henry Turf Championship Stakes. During those two years, he ran either first or second in eight of 11 graded starts. “He had a long career and he was such a cool dude,” said Jaime Roth. “He always tried, always gave his all. He definitely kept us on our toes trying to get to that finish line. He was just a dream horse. Anyone who ever has a horse like him, you've gotta thank your lucky stars but also know that a second one may not come along like that. He was just different.” “He was as game and as genuine as they come,” Scott added. “He wore his heart on his sleeve. He gave you everything every time he went out there. He really built a great following and became a very special horse not just for the Roth family and LNJ Foxwoods, but for fans beyond that.” After closing out his 6-year-old season, United retired with over $1.8 million in earnings and a 10-4-1 record from 22 career starts. For LNJ Foxwoods, retirement did not mean the end of United's story. As they explored second-career options, they found the perfect partner in Scott. Scott and United training for the Real Rider Cup | Katie Petrunyak “The Roths very generously agreed to let me ride him and use him as an ambassador for off-the-track Thoroughbreds,” said Scott. “He was such a notable and genuine horse with a beautiful personality that he's been a great example to showcase both what Thoroughbreds can do in their next career and how owners can take great care and pride in their horse–not just on the racetrack, but afterwards. LNJ Foxwoods still owns United. I'm just lucky to be a passenger and a part of the story.” Over the past few years, United has competed at eventing competitions throughout Kentucky. Last year, he scored his first blue ribbon in the Beginner Novice division of the Kentucky Oktoberfest Horse Trials. Scott said the grit and determination United showed on the racetrack are still very much evident in his new career. “I always say that United is the same horse off the track as he was on it,” she explained. “He's as level-headed as they come, but he knows when it's time to get out there and do his thing. When we go into the ring and he hears the crowd and the announcer, you can feel that energy, which is pretty cool.” While he carries a spirited intensity in the ring, United is known for his easygoing nature around the barn. Although Roth has no riding background, she has taken the reins herself a time or two when visiting United. Flavien Prat, who was United's regular jockey, has brought his children to visit the gelding. “Watching a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old hop up on him, jog him around, and seeing him being happy as could be to take care of those kids was a pretty special thing to watch,” said Scott. United enjoys a pick of grass after training | Katie Petrunyak At the Roth family home, a trophy case displaying all of United's accomplishments is growing more crowded with each passing year. The trophies from his stakes victories share space with brightly colored ribbons from his jumping competitions. “Madison sends us regular pictures of him and it's just as nice as getting pictures when he was on the track,” said Roth. “I'm just so proud of what my family did with him and giving him the life that he has. He's been such a great ambassador. He's kind, but he wants to have a job and you know that you can put anyone on him.” “Working with the Roth family has been such a privilege and a joy for many reasons, but one of them is that they prioritize the aftercare and the well-being of their horses,” said Scott. “For any of us in the industry, you do this because you love horses. To be able to work with people every day that feel the same way as we do, that's a very special thing.” In 2023, Scott and United competed in their first Real Rider Cup, a charity show jumping event founded by Anita Motion in 2017 to raise funds and awareness for Thoroughbred aftercare. With legs in Maryland and Kentucky, the competition pairs racing industry participants with retired Thoroughbreds to complete a timed jump course. Each participant is required to raise a minimum of $1,000 for aftercare. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $600,000. Scott and United are set to return to the competition this year. The 2025 Real Rider Cup will be held in Lexington this Saturday, June 28, at New Vocations at Mereworth Farm. The second leg of the event will be held on Oct. 18 in Fair Hill, Maryland. Other racing celebrities, both human and equine, set to show off their skills this weekend include trainer Rodolphe Brisset, who rides stakes winner and 2018 Breeders' Cup runner The Black Album (FR) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), jockey Sophie Doyle, and the TDN's own Social Media Manager Sara Gordon. 2022 GII Suburban Stakes winner Dynamic One (Union Rags), who went through the New Vocations program after retiring from the racetrack, will be competing with his 16-year-old owner Madison Thompson. The Real Rider Cup is free to attend. Gates open to the public at 6pm and the first rider takes the course at 7. RSVP to attend here and meet the full roster of horse-and-ride teams here. The post United’s Next Chapter: From Turf Star to Aftercare Ambassador 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 Nitti in the San Juan Capistrano Stakes. Make Believe Brings Up A Santa Anita Double Make Believe's Nitti captured the GIII San Juan Capistrano Stakes at Santa Anita for trainer Leonard Powell on June 15 (video). It was a first black-type win for the 4-year-old gelding who races for Innergy Racing Corp, Zephyr Racing and Sonny Pais. Bred by John Walsh, Jerry O'Brien and the Make Believe Syndicate in Ireland, he was winning for the third time and second in a row. After selling for €15,000 as a Tattersalls Ireland September yearling to Peter Nolan and Noel Meade, he managed a third-place finish in three Irish starts before embarking on an American campaign. The second foal and first winner out of the four-time winner Baby Love (It's Gino), Nitti has a 2-year-old half-brother by Awtaad. His granddam Beltana (Areion) was a listed winner in Germany and the dam of German Group 3 winner Butzje (It's Gino). Earlier on the card, 5-year-old mare Hopeful (Make Believe) got the job done for Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners, Upland Flats Racing and Nick Bauer (video). It marked the Nawara Stud-bred's second lifetime victory after a tally over the Newcastle all-weather in January of 2024. Following her 100,000gns sale to Rancho Temescal at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, she is now trained by Mark Glatt and is a half-sister to the G3 Aston Park Stakes hero Eydon (Olden Times), as well as the winning 4-year-old filly Teeran (Kingman). Make Believe has sired four winners from eight runners in the U.S. (50%). Nitti is his first stakes winner there. For the 2025 season, the Ballylinch resident is priced at €8,000. Lope De Vega Sires Winning Pair Mayor Of Midnight was one of two winners by Lope De Vega to strike in this latest edition of Making Waves, after he captured a Belmont at the Big A contest on June 20 (video) for Peter Brant and Tony Shafrazian. The Chad Brown-trained 3-year-old gelding was bred by Brant's White Birch Farm in Ireland. The 190,000gns buy-back out of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book is a son of the dual listed-placed Galileo mare Amerique. The half-brother to Listed Pretty Polly Stakes winner Maqsad (Siyouni) was making his third start. He is also a half-brother to G3 Eyrefield Stakes second Cambridge (Dubawi), as well as the unraced 2-year-old filly Pastelist (Palace Pier)–a 260,000gns Book 1 buy by Cary Bloodstock for Wells Watson–and a yearling colt by Sottsass. G1 Prix de Diane winner Aquarelliste (Danehill) is the second dam of Mayor Of Midnight. Lupa, who races in the silks of Mark Dodson, graduated on debut at Woodbine on June 21 (video). The Josie Carroll trainee was bred by Rabbah Bloodstock. Selected by Ben McElroy for Dodson for 200,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, the bay is the third foal out of Listed Silver Tankard Stakes victress Teofilo's Princess (Teofilo). Her juvenile half-sister Loquella (No Nay Never) sold for 48,000gns out of Book 2 of the 2024 edition of that sale to Johnston Racing last autumn. This is the same clan as G1 International Stakes winner One So Wonderful (Nashwan). Ballylinch Stud's Lope De Vega has sired 50 winners from 91 runners (55%) in the U.S. and Canada. One shy of a dozen stakes winners in that locale, he has four Grade I winners there, including Carl Spackler, the winner of the GI Turf Mile Stakes, GI Maker's Mark Mile Stakes, and GI Fourstardave Handicap. The son of Shamardal stands for €175,000 this year. Vesting Scores In New York Three Diamonds Farm's Vesting (Blue Point) added another win to his ledger during the Belmont at the Big A meeting for trainer Michael Maker on June 22 (video). Bred by Mrs. S. Rowley-Williams, the 4-year-old gelding claimed the 1 1/2-mile affair by 3 1/2 lengths. It was his first win for his current owners since selling for $85,000 at the 2025 Keeneland April Horses-of-Racing-Age Sale. Formerly campaigned by Klaravich Stables, the bay had originally been a €215,000 Goffs November weanling turned 190,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling when purchased by Mike Ryan for Klaravich. The fourth foal and one of three winners from five to race for his late dam, the Galileo mare Wild Child, Vesting's youngest half-sibling is the 2-year-old filly Wild Bessie (Space Blues). His second dam is the G3 Renaissance Stakes heroine Beauty Bright (Danehill). Darley's Blue Point is responsible for eight winners from 15 runners (15%) in the U.S. GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint hero Big Evs and GIII Goldikova Stakes heroine Raqiya are his best to race in that jurisdiction. His 2025 fee is €100,000. Showcasing Gelding Puts Delaware Park On Notice Shamrock Farm's End Of Romance ran out a handy winner at Delaware Park on June 21 (video). Trained by Graham Motion, the son of Showcasing was bred by Corduff Stud and T. J. Rooney. Now a three-time winner, the stakes-placed son of Folk Melody (Street Cry) has yet to meet his reserve across three sales to date. Offered by Corduff Stud at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, he was passed in for 110,000gns, and the story was the same as a €130,000 RNA during the 2024 Arqana May 2-Year-Old Sale. A first-out winner for Timothy J. Rooney and trainer Karl Burke at Pontefract last August, he was back in the Tattersalls ring after a third at Chester and was a 380,000gns buy-back during the Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale in October before winning at Southwell. The half-brother to Hong Kong wunderkind Romantic Warrior's first American start was also his first start for his new connections. The grandson of GI E. P. Taylor Stakes heroine Folk Opera (Singspiel) is kin to G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Proportional (Beat Hollow). Whitsbury Manor Stud's Showcasing has sired 53% winners to runners (17/32) in America. Six of them have struck at stakes level, with a trio Grade III winners anchored by Prize Exhibit. Showcasing's 2025 fee is £35,000. Light Mood Wins At Delaware Graham Motion trainee Light Mood (City Light) made a winning American debut when taking out a Delaware Park contest on June 14 (video). The 4-year-old gelding is owned by Madaket Stables, Bill Strauss and Hal Mintz. Bred by Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard, the dark bay sold for €28,000 out of the Arqana October Yearling Sale to Nicolas Perret. The Ecurie T Sivadier and Remy Dupuy-Naulot runner won at second asking at Marseille in December, and, after running third in the Listed Prix de la Californie at Cagnes-sur-Mer in start number four in February, transferred to the U.S. The fifth foal and third winner out of the multiple stakes-placed mare Upbeat Mood (Mizzen Mast), Light Mood counts the juvenile filly Upbeat Spirit as his full-sister. GI Just a Game Stakes heroine Antonoe (First Defence), herself the dam of GII Wonder Again Stakes heroine and GI Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes second Segesta (Ghostzapper), is a half-sister to Upbeat Mood. Haras d'Etreham's City Light, who stands for €10,000 this year, has three winners from four to race (75%) in the U.S. Overall, he has two stakes winners internationally with G3 Prix Miesque victress Mimos his best. Repeat Winners Anthony Fanticola's Motorious (Muhaarar) was back in the winner's circle after the GIII Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita on June 14 (video). The Phil D'Amato trainee won the 6 1/2-furlong Grade III by 1 1/4 lengths. Frankel's Rebel Red earned his first black-type win in the Chorleywood Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 14 (video). The full-brother to Newsells Park stallion and Group 1 winner Without Parole, the Cherie DeVaux trainee is owned by John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock. Klaravich Stables and Chad Brown teamed up with Risk Threshold (Dubawi) to win a Belmont at the Big A contest earlier this month (video). The Alan Spence-bred was winning for the third time in nine starts. Another Klaravich/Brown representative that won recently was Redistricting (Kingman). The 5-year-old gelding won Monmouth's Monmouth Stakes on June 14 (video). The post Making Waves: Getting Down To The Nitti Gritty 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
Sam Agars GENTLEMEN LEGACY - R3 (6) Racing in good form and should enjoy the rise in trip Jay Rooney OLDTOWN - R9 (5) Brave fourth last start and looks to have plenty of scope for improvement Trackwork Spy GENTLEMEN LEGACY - R3 (6) Can go one better after strong back-to-back runs Phillip Woo DOUBLE WIN - R5 (6) Looks set to erase his maiden status from the inside gate Shannon (Vincent Wong) KA YING GLORY - R9 (3) Ran a nice second last start and looks hard to beat with Zac Purton...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Richard Kingscote, a winner of the G1 Derby aboard Desert Crown (Nathaniel) in 2022, has received a licence to ride in Hong Kong for six months next season. His licence is from July 17, 2025 to February 17, 2026. Responsible for four winners from 42 rides over a six-week period this season, Kingscote joins Andrea Atzeni and Harry Bentley in Hong Kong, with the latter pair licenced to ride in Hong Kong for another full season. Atzeni is currently sitting third in the Hong Kong jockeys' championship with 54 winners and HK$88,131,100 (£8.2m) in prize-money. Bentley has ridden 30 winners this season. The post Derby-Winning Jockey Kingscote Receives Six-Month Hong Kong Licence 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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A strong catalogue of 171 yearlings, including a Hello Youmzain half-brother to GIII Florida Oaks heroine Outburst (Outstrip), features in the Arqana v.2 catalogue. Selling as lot 347, he is joined by a Thunder Moon colt out of a half-sister to G2 Prix de la Nonette heroine and GI Diana Stakes second Dream Peace (Dansili) (lot 467); a Goken colt (lot 445) who is from the same family as G3 Prix Minerve winner Maroussies Wings (In The Wings); another colt by Thunder Moon (lot 312) who is out of the multiple group-placed Al Johrah (Bated Breath), herself a half-sister to multiple group winner and multiple Group 1-placed Stormy Antarctic (Stormy Atlantic); a Starspangledbanner colt (lot 417) from the same family as group winners Volta (Siyouni) and Calvados Blues (Lando); and progeny of listed scorers Acapulco Gold (Bungle Inthejungle) (lot 309); Evaporation (Red Ransom) (lot 359); and Sainte Amarante (Le Havre) (lot 444); while Mehmas has a colt (lot 429) who is a half-brother to multiple listed winner and G3 Prix Djebel and Prix de Cabourg-placed Prince Lancelot (Sir Prancealot) among others. The 2025 edition, held on Wednesday, August 20 beginning at 11 a.m., also features yearlings by the following stallions: such as Advertise, Bated Breath, City Light, Cotai Glory, Dark Angel, Galiway, Intello, Kendargent, Kodiac, Kodi Bear, Penny's Picnic, Raven's Pass, Sioux Nation, Siyouni, Ten Sovereigns and Wooded. Among the young sires with offspring catalogued are A'Ali, Ardad, Armor, Blackbeard, Ebro River, Earthlight, Galileo Gold, Golden Horde, Harry Angel, Keiai Nautique, Lucky Vega, Perfect Power, Romanised, Sergei Prokofiev, Sealiway, Space Blues, Supremacy, and Victor Ludorum. In 2024, 135 yearlings sold (79%) from 170 offered for a gross of €4,523,000. The average was €33,504 and the median was €27,000. The sale topper was a daughter of Starspangledbanner out of Spanish Angel (Dark Angel), herself a full-sister to G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches victress Mangoustine, who sold for €115,000 to Arthur Hoyeau. Now named Self Control, she has placed for Francis-Henri Graffard and was most recently third at Chantilly on June 24. Inspections will be held on Tuesday, August 19. The post Sibling To Florida Oaks Heroine Outburst Features In Quality Arqana v.2 Catalogue 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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