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    • By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Consistency was the key as Crystal Hackett clinched her first McMillan Equine Feeds New Zealand Junior Drivers’ Championship at Addington on Friday night. At her third attempt to win the coveted title, Hackett finished with 45 points from this week’s five heats at Cambridge and Addington to win by just three points from 2020 champion Kerryn Tomlinson and Olivia Thornley one point further back on 41. It was the first time since the championships started in the mid 1970s that female drivers have claimed all three places on the podium. Female drivers have also now taken out the seven championships in a row, with Sarah O’Reilly winning four of the last five being graduating to the open ranks this year. “I’m pretty stoked,” said Hackett to Harness Unhinged’s Nigel Armstrong post race, “to follow in Sarah’s footsteps, she’s been a great friend of mine and my cousin Robbie Close also won it (in 2015) so it’s cool to be on the board alongside him.” Hackett was a solid points accumulator during the series with three seconds in the five heats. “After the first day I was second to last.” Going into the final heat she was equal third on 33 points, four behind Zev Meredith. She clinched the championship when Winnzyback charged home late into second, 10 lengths behind runaway winner and hot favourite Borrisokane. Meredith finished ninth with The Coalman. In what was the tightest championship in recent years Meredith ended up fourth overall, with Olivia Thornley grabbing bronze on a countback after finishing third with Katherine.   Before the championships Hackett spoke of her keenness to win the Championships saying it was something “every junior driver wants to tick off.” Now she’s not only achieved a career goal she’s also booked a spot at the Australasian Young Drivers’ Championships in December. Final points McMillan Equine Feeds NZ Junior Drivers’ Championships : Crystal Hackett 45 Kerryn Tomlinson 42 Olivia Thornley 41 Zev Meredith 41 Sam Thornley 38 Seth Hill 38 Max Hill 37 Monika Ranger 34 Carter Dalgety 33 Wilson House 30 Riley Harrison 28  Emily Johnson 19   View the full article
    • Strawberry Lace (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) will be offered during the first day of Arqana's Vente d'Elevage, the sales company announced on Friday. The sale will run from Dec. 7-10. The dam of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) is carrying a full-sibling to the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere runner-up. Offered by Normandie Breeding, the 9-year-old mare was bred by Swettenham Stud Bloodstock, Ltd., and is out of the listed winner Crying Lightening (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). The extended family features Group 1 winners Cityscape (GB) (Selkirk), Logician (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Whitebeam (GB) (Caravaggio). The Vente d'Elevage catalogue will be published online on Monday, Oct. 28. The post Dam Of Unquestionable To Be Offered At Arqana Vente D’Elevage appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Ramatuelle (Justify–Raven's Lady {GB}, by Raven's Pass), a 'TDN Rising Star' and recent winner of the G1 Prix de la Foret Stakes at ParisLongchamp, headlines the latest group of supplemental entries to Fasig-Tipton's November Sale which will take place on Monday, Nov. 4 beginning at 2 p.m. ET in Lexington, Kentucky, the auction company said in a release early Friday morning. The 3-year-old daughter of the Triple Crown winner and top sire will be offered as hip 310, and is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent. Winner of the Prix de la Foret by three lengths, Ramatuelle tackled older males for the first time, and in the process defeated a deep field that included Group 1 resumes like Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}). The race at ParisLongchamp capped a 3-year-old season which included a classic placing in the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, as well as a third in the G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot this summer. Racing as a juvenile at Chantilly, the filly earned her 'Rising Star' badge on debut that April. Over the same surface that summer Ramatuelle captured the G2 Prix Robert Papin Stakes and G3 Prix du Bois Stakes, then she finished as the runner-up in the G1 Prix Morny Stakes at Deauville. She faced males in all five of her starts that year. Under the care of trainer Christopher Head throughout her career, the latest edition to the Fasig-Tipton catalogue is slated to make her next start at Del Mar in the GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile. Ramatuelle is the first foal out of German champion and MGSW Raven's Lady. Her second dam, Pivotal Lady (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), is a daughter of GSW Sueboog (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), who is also the dam of G1 Prix d' Ispahan Stakes winner Best Of The Bests (Ire) (Machiavellian). “Ramatuelle is a true international collector's item,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “She is a beautifully bred three-year-old daughter of Justify, in the best form of her career, and headed for the Breeders' Cup after a dominating performance over older males in one of France's great races. Ramatuelle is one of the most exciting offerings to be sold in the world this year and Fasig-Tipton is honored to have the opportunity to showcase her at our marquee November Sale.” Additional supplemental entries to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale: Flightline-Ghostslayer weanling filly (Hip 311): Daughter of champion Flightline is from the immediate family of Grade I winners Forte, Contrail, and Essential Quality. Consigned by Woods Edge Farm, agent. Street Sense-My Philly Girl weanling colt (Hip 312): Half-brother to a pair of stakes winners, the colt is consigned by Shawhan Place, agent. Olympiad-Protect weanling colt (Hip 313): Colt from the first crop of Olympiad, he is consigned by Ballysax, agent. Click here to view the catalogue. The post G1SW And ‘TDN Rising Star’ Ramatuelle Supplemented To Fasig-Tipton November Sale 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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