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    • My issue is why restrict it to only those who run in the Kiwi. Too bad if you have a horse who is not quite ready at 3yo but is going to be a good 4yo. Or a staying type targeting the Derby who will then be targeting the Spring Classic. When Well Written wins the 1400 the first day of spring carnival the whole idea is written off, bonus paid out so no more incentive for other to stick around.  How about have a $500k bonus for 4yos paid out at the completion of their 4yo season, divided by those who have won a Group 1 at 4yo.  Maybe by the last few of the G1s for the season if no 4yos have won one it becomes a good incentive to stay here and run with potential 500k bonus.  Or a points series for 4yo's and winner takes all at the end of the season.  Or a 4yo race winner takes all.    🤔  
    • I don't know Entain have funded several of these bonus schemes and races, and from what I can see, it is not improving the overall quality of horses racing in NZ. The best horses either get picked off by cash rich Aus owners, or are very quickly sent across the Tasman to race, once the Spring racing kicks in.  The 3 HB G1 races are usually used as a steppingstone.  
    • From winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) with Super Corredora to losing her business just days later, Debbie Self has leaned on her horses to help her heal. View the full article
    • Do you think they might have been better to make the Kiwi for 3&4yos and bump the stake by 500k, so $5m in 2027? Maybe make all or some G1s bonus races for it.
    • WinStar Farm's 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Timberlake (Into Mischief–Pin Up {Ire}, by Lookin At Lucky), winner of the GI Champagne Stakes at two and a millionaire son of perennial leading sire Into Mischief, sired his first reported foal Tuesday morning, WinStar announced. The first foal, a colt, was born at Monticule in Lexington, Ky. Farm d'Allie Racing Stable (Allison Banks) bred the colt out of the Verrazano mare Flume, a half-sister to Grade I-placed Identity Politics. “He is a big, strong colt, and I think if they all look like him then everyone will be happy,” said Breena Kaplan, farm manager at Monticule, of the Timberlake colt. Allison Banks added, “I am so blessed to have a healthy, strong colt, and a wonderful mare who produces good individuals. To be Timberlake's first foal is just icing on the cake. Our operation may be small, but I feel strongly about quality breeding and attention to detail. Thank you to my farm manager, Monticule, and WinStar for making this possible.” Campaigned by Siena Farm and WinStar Farm, Timberlake won the Champagne by 4 1/4 lengths, defeating subsequent 2-year-old champion Fierceness (City of Light) and registering a 93 Beyer Speed Figure. He also captured the GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in his 3-year-old debut and was tabbed a 'Rising Star' following a 9 1/4-length maiden special weight at Ellis Park at two. All told, Timberlake, who was trained by Brad Cox, banked more than $1.3 million, winning or placing in 5-of-9 career starts, including three Grade I's. A $350,000 Keeneland September yearling, Timberlake hails from the family of Group 1 winners Quarter Moon (Ire), an Irish Champion, Yesterday (Ire), and Diamondsandrubies (Ire). Timberlake, who bred 161 mares in his initial book, stands for $15,000 S&N. The post Timberlake Represented By First Foal 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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