Jump to content
NOTICE TO BOAY'ers: Major Update Complete without any downtime ×
Bit Of A Yarn

The Rest of the World


76,414 topics in this forum

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 232 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 435 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • Journalists

    CARMA Hosts Hoedown for Horses

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 247 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 245 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 226 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 227 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 203 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 533 views
    • Journalists

    Trade at Inglis Remains Steady

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 261 views
    • Journalists

    Remembrances: Olin Gentry

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 251 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 487 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 517 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 580 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 547 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 253 views
    • Journalists

    Where Did They Come From?

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 235 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 217 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 249 views
    • Journalists

    Royal Ascot Preview – Day 2

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 495 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 211 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 455 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 506 views
      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 193 views
    • Journalists

    Where Did They Come From?

      • Journalists
    • 0 replies
    • 275 views


  • Posts

    • Fresh off their 4,000th and 2,600th victories, respectively, trainer Mark Casse and D. J. Stable will try to add to those lofty achievements in Sunday's C$500,000 Woodbine Oaks. Casse, who is looking to tie trainer Jim Day as a five-time winner of the nine-furlong contest, has no fewer than five chances, two of which are campaigned by the Green family. Winterberry (Frosted) has won half of her six trips to the post, including last year's seven-furlong Glorious Song Stakes as a short-priced favorite and a latest pillar-to-post success in the restricted Fury Stakes June 7, also going seven panels. The $210,000 Keeneland September purchase tries two turns and a distance beyond a mile for the first time from an awkward gate in 11 on Sunday, but her Hall(s) of Fame conditioner is cautiously optimistic. “She is interesting in that we thought all along that she was a sprinter,” said Casse. “But she has really matured. She was scratched twice before she ever ran because of her antics. I talked to [jockey] Patrick [Husbands] the other day after he worked her, and he told me that she is a different horse. I know that he is excited about her running. “Winterberry may keep going. She is coming into the Oaks better than ever. I am still not 100% sure she can get the mile and an eighth, but she is very talented.” Husbands has ridden three of Casse's four Oaks winners, including Gary Barber's next-out Queen's Plate heroine Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) in 2014. Barber is represented Sunday by the rail-drawn War Signal (War of Will). D. J.'s Shifty (Medaglia d'Oro), a $350,000 Fasig-Tipton October acquisition, is the morning-line 5-2 favorite from the five hole with 2023 Oaks-winning jockey Sahin Civaci at the controls. Winner of the grassy Catch a Glimpse Stakes on the grass last season, she bossed an allowance field on the synth by 9 1/2 lengths on seasonal debut May 11, but exits a one-paced third at 2-5 in the Fury. “Shifty is probably the most talented [of the group],” said Casse. “She has her quirks. If she can settle and get into a good rhythm, she will be tough. She's very talented.” Those looking for longer-priced chances could be drawn to Innisfree Isle (Bolt d'Oro), well beaten on sprint debut May 25, but a visually impressive winner over a mile and a sixteenth June 21. In a race that looks to have a fair bit of speed, the $75,000 FTKOCT grad may find the race shape to her liking. The post Casse, D. J. Stable Looking For More In Woodbine Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Coolmore's True Love (No Nay Never) shed maiden status in last month's G3 Albany Stakes and overpowered three colts to become the first filly since Eva Luna in 1994 to annex Saturday's G2 GAIN Railway Stakes at the Curragh. Stalking the leading duo in a handy third through the opening fractions, the 1-2 favourite glided forward from halfway to assume control approaching the final furlong and powered clear in style to easily account for stablemate Puerto Rico (Wootton Bassett) by an impressive five lengths.   The post True Love Impresses With Five Length Railway Stakes Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Entry wasn't free December last. Timaru at Christmas once fizzed with atmosphere but is now not a shadow of its former self, even the mighty Phar Lap has fallen into a state of disrepair.  
    • Aidan O'Brien had annexed six of the last 10 renewals of the Curragh's Juddmonte Chaldean Irish EBF Maiden, including with The Lion In Winter last year, and added another to his resume when the once-raced New Zealand (Frankel) led home a stable trifecta in this year's edition. “He's a lovely big horse, but he hasn't a clue what he's doing yet,” said O'Brien. “He's massive, with the power and the size of him, and we'll go gentle and let him come on. He learned a lot from the first day, we liked him before that, but he was a little bit slow away and was very green. He's a big horse and he's all power. I know he's not short of speed but he looks like a big middle-distance horse. He's a brave devil too.” The 10-11 pick, a G2 Futurity Stakes and G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes entry, had previously finished seventh behind the TDN Rising Star display of the yard's Dorset (Wootton Bassett) over the same seven-furlong strip last month and was rousted from the gates to gain an early advantage in this return. Holding sway throughout, he came under pressure at the intersection with the round course and kept on in relentless fashion under a Ryan Moore drive inside the final quarter-mile to hold stablemates Isaac Newton (Camelot) and Action (Frankel) by a nose and a half-length.   New Zealand is the third foal and scorer thrown by G3 Albany Stakes victrix and G1 Prix Morny and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes placegetter Different League (Dabirsim), herself a half-sister to the dam of stakes-winning G2 Criterium de Maisons Laffitte third Une Pointure (Dabirsim). The February-foaled bay is full to a yearling colt and a weanling filly. He is also kin to G3 Chester Vase runner-up Agenda (Galileo). The post National Stakes Entry New Zealand Digs Deep for Curragh Maiden Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • $70 for the Fate Awaits - Arcee Phoenix - Leap To Fame Multi at the time i said this. 
  • Topics

×
×
  • Create New...