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    • With 11 weeks left to the GI Kentucky Derby, 'All Others' maintains a firm grip on favoritism in the future pool wagering as Paladin (Gun Runner) scooped up second-choice honors at 9-1 odds at the conclusion of Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). The Gun Runner colt rose to the top of the named heap after a game victory in last Saturday's GII Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds. The odds shifted on several contenders and the betting public displayed interest in a number of rising sophomores, including GIII Holy Bull Stakes victor Nearly (Not This Time), third in the wagering at 10-1, and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Canaletto (Into Mischief), whose dazzling debut made him the 15-1 fourth choice in this round of wagers. From prior Derby preps, Sam F. Davis winner Renegade (Into Mischief) pulled 16-1 and Silent Tactic (Tacitus), winner of the GIII Southwest Stakes, enjoyed 19-1 odds. Total handle for the Feb. 13-15 KDFW pool–the fourth of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 2–was $420,519 ($330,926 in the Win pool and $89,593 in Exactas). It was a 1.9% increase from last year's $412,766 ($319,881 in the Win pool and $92,885 in Exactas). Through the first four pools, a total of $1,277,506 has been bet on Derby future wagers, a 1.9% jump from last year's $1,253,931. Other Future Wager dates are set for Mar. 13-15 (Pool 5) and Apr. 2-4 (Pool 6). Pool 5 also will include the Longines Kentucky Oaks Future Wager. Horses Listed in order of the public's betting choice (with trainer, sire, Pool 4 odds, and $2 Win Will Pays):   All Other 3-Year-Olds (9-2, $11.30) Paladin (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 9-1, $20.80) Nearly (Todd Pletcher, Not This Time, 10-1, $22.76) Canaletto (Chad Brown, Into Mischief, 15-1, $32.86) Renegade (Todd Pletcher, Into Mischief, 16-1, $35.08) Silent Tactic (Mark Casse, Tacitus, 19-1, $40.02) Chief Wallabee (Bill Mott, Constitution, 21-1, $45.98) Commandment (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, 23-1, $49.18) Further Ado (Brad Cox, Gun Runner, 24-1, $50.74) Brant (Bob Baffert, Gun Runner, 26-1, $55.72) Plutarch (Bob Baffert, Into Mischief, 27-1, $56.64) Napoleon Solo (Chad Summers, Liam's Map, 30-1, $62.10) Blackout Time (Kenny McPeek, Not This Time, 32-1, $66.16) Golden Tempo (Cherie DeVaux, Curlin, 32-1, $67.20) Boyd (Bob Baffert, Violence, 34-1, $71.54) Englishman (Cherie DeVaux, Maxfield, 37-1, $77.14) Litmus Test (Bob Baffert, Nyquist, 38-1, $78.38) Talk to Me Jimmy (Rudy Rodriguez, Modernist, 42-1, $86.34) Emerging Market (Chad Brown, Candy Ride-ARG, 42-1, $87.78) Potente (Bob Baffert, Into Mischief, 44-1, $90.34) Jackson Hole (Todd Pletcher, Nyquist, 45-1, $93.68) So Happy (Mark Glatt, Runhappy, 53-1, $108.90) Courting (Todd Pletcher, Curlin, 54-1, $110.58) Bravaro (Saffie Joseph Jr., Upstart, 60-1, $123.42) Secured Freedom (Tim Yakteen, Practical Joke, 61-1, $124.36) Ewing (Mark Casse, Knicks Go, 62-1, $127.90) Chip Honcho (Steve Asmussen, Connect, 65-1, $133.20) Powershift (Todd Pletcher, Constitution, 69-1, $141.66) Six Speed (Bhupat Seemar, Not This Time, 73-1, $148.80) Class President (Todd Pletcher, Uncle Mo, 75-1, $152.48) Pyromancer (Jpn) (Kenji Yoshimura, Pyro, 77-1, $157.70) Intrepido (Jeff Mullins, Maximus Mischief, 82-1, $167.76) Solitude Dude (Saffie Joseph Jr., Yaupon, 83-1, $168.66) Iron Honor (Chad Brown, Nyquist, 122-1, $247.62) The Puma (Gustavo Delgado, Essential Quality, 123-1, $248.12) Soldier N Diplomat (Steve Asmussen, Army Mule, 129-1, $260.84) My World (Brad Cox, Essential Quality, 207-1, $416.26) Carson Street (Brendan Walsh, Street Sense, 307-1, $616.26) Mesquite (Cherie DeVaux, Union Rags, Wagering Suspended) Thunderously (Bill Mott, Gun Runner, Wagering Suspended) The post ‘All Others’ Remains Favorite in Kentucky Derby Future Pool, Paladin 8-1 After Pool Four Conclusion appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • The lion's share of the wagering money fell squarely on Express Kid (Bodexpress), the last-out Springboard Mile winner at Remington and subsequent $800,000 Fasig-Tipton Digital January purchase. However, it was the Reddam Racing homebred Pavlovian (Pavel) who put his head down at precisely the right moment to give trainer Chief Stipe O'Neill his third victory in the 8 1/2-furlong Kentucky Derby points earning race. With the victory, the California-bred colt earned 20 points toward the first Saturday in May, while Express Kid garnered10 points for his second-place effort. Sent screaming to the front right by Justin Evans, even-money choice Express Kid set the tempo, leading 5-1 chance Pavlovian, who was getting blinkers on for the first time, and Bricklin (Nyquist) through opening fractions of :22.07 and :46.40. With the positions of the front-running trio remaining up to the home turn, the favorite continued to fight and inched clear momentarily, however, Pavlovian wasn't about to give up and fought back late, getting up just in time to get a nostril down on the wire. The top two finishers both have 20 points in the run-up to the Kentucky Derby. Pavlovian graduated at second asking in a 5-furlong state-bred test at Santa Anita last June before finishing runner-up behind Desert Gate in the GIII Best Pal Sakes at Del Mar. Off-the-board in the I'm Smokin Stakes against Cal-breds in September, the grey was an improved second when returning to optional claiming company at Santa Anita in October. After losing his rider in Del Mar's Gold State Juvenile on Halloween, the colt came home fourth while stretching to a mile for the King Glorious Stakes at Los Alamitos on Dec. 14. In his latest trip to post, the colt closed to be third in the 8 1/2-furlong Cal Cup Derby at Santa Anita on Jan. 17. Pavlovian is a son of Pavel, raced by Paul Reddam and also trained by O'Neill, out of Mandy's Grace, a daughter of MGSW Magicalmysterycat (Storm Cat) who was also campaigned by the winning combo.   The post Reddam Racing’s Pavlovian Gets the Nod in the Sunland Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • nearly accurate. I think for a long time the features have Mainly gone to the Mega-rich for decades. Even Roy and Barry's owners were the 'elite' back in the day.   All of Allstars owners Megarich for their whole decade of success (like Lazarus owners Kennards and that)  , a few Aussies amongst them like Mre Feiss from Victoria with a few good horses like Self Assured , etc and the Butterworths. Merv Butterworth even so blessed he had Copy That as well  with Ray Green . The Canadian TANev bloke (with all the Aaardie horses ) has a few Big wins around the place. Stonewall and Breckon obviously , and now Shannon , Boots and Seymour and Mick Harvey who has Kingman are sending horses to NZ and winning the Big ones.   Interestingly Mick Boots , who won his 2nd Hunter Cup the other night to go with the 2 NZ Cups of Swayzee , is really invested now , and the amazing Brittany Graham interviewing him was mentioning how he is gone right into it now like Seymour , and breeding some as well . not just buying horses like The Falcon for example, or yearlings. And is using way more than the 17 trainers now , and is up over 30 trainers winning races with his horses now . !! What support that is to the Participants !!  that is amazing . as he gets good quality stock to a lot of small time trainers. even with young Gemma Hewitt at Albion winning for him the other night, just one example.  Actually I was surprised the other night at Albion , when Grant Dixon told me that Seymour DIDn't Breed Leap To Fame himself. I was very surprised. Most of his horses are bred by himself and Kay at their stud.  Instead,  Grant said he and his wife Trista went to the Sydney Yearling sale and picked it (LTF)  out for the Seymours themselves , and paid just $42,000 for him . Bit of a Bargain ? lol 😂🤣💰 not a bad purchase at all lol. He's over $5,000,000 in earnings now I think.  
    • After his mount fell at the eighth pole in the ninth race at Gulfstream Park Sunday, jockey Mario Gutierrez was taken to Aventura Hospital for further evaluation, the track announced via press release. Aboard Souper Dormy (Into Mischief) for the turf-mile claimer, Gutierrez was thrown from his mount when the gelding went wrong at the eighth pole after taking the lead. Unable to avoid the stricken horse, Lights of Broadway (City of Light) fell over him and threw Tyler Gaffalione to the course. According to the chart notes, the latter runner got to his feet and was walked off, but the former could not be saved, and was euthanized. After being attended to on the course, Gutierrez was transported to the hospital with complaints of a sore hip and Gaffalione returned to the jockey's room without apparent need for medical attention. The post Mario Gutierrez Taken to Hospital for Further Evaluation After Fall at Gulfstream appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • A long and successful Waikato breeding partnership was to the fore again at Matamata on Saturday where My Lips Are Sealed doubled her stakes tally. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained mare made all the running in the hands of Rory Hutchings for a comfortable resuming victory in the Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m). My Lips Are Sealed was bred by Rich Hill Stud, who stand her sire Ace High, and Scott Williams’ Bloodstock Resources, and was sold through the former’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale to Te Akau’s David Ellis for $160,000. “She was the highest priced yearling at Karaka from Ace High’s first crop,” Rich Hill’s John Thompson said. She has now won on five occasions, including last season’s Gr.3 Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) ahead of a third placing in the 2025 Lisa Chittick. Rich Hill and Williams joined forces in 1998 to purchase My Lips Are Sealed’s dam What Can I Say in a private deal. The daughter of Khozaam was secured after producing two foals in Australia, including four-time Group winner and multiple Group One placegetter Only Words. “We bought the mare a long time ago, Bob Vance trained her and she was a great wet tracker,” Thompson said. “She went to Sydney one year and won the Warwick Stakes (Gr.2, 1400m) with Tie The Knot and Might And Power in the field.” What Can I Say was in foal to Rock Of Gibraltar at the time of her purchase and the resulting filly Gibraltar Campion was sold at Karaka for $500,000 and subsequently won two stakes races. “We also sold a Zabeel filly out of What Can I Say for $500,000 at Sydney Easter and then she had six colts in a row,” Thompson said. Her final foal by Tavistock was My Lips Are Sealed’s dam Tellmeaboutit, who was retained and wasn’t persevered with as a racing proposition after jarring up. Tellmeaboutit’s daughter of Satono Aladdin was passed in at Karaka last month and will be raced by Rich Hill and Williams. “She’s got another really nice Satono Aladdin filly at foot and is back in foal to Ace High,” Thompson said. Williams also bred from Tellmeaboutit’s half-sister You Can’t Say That, a daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus. She produced his outstanding Group-winning sprinter Babylon Berlin, who was sold at the end of her decorated racing career for A$850,000 at the Magic Millions Broodmare Sale. “Sean Buckley (Ultra Thoroughbreds) bought her and she’s here on the farm and in foal to Satono Aladdin,” Thompson said. View the full article
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