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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
by Dan Ross & Jessica Martini POMONA, CA – The Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale, held Tuesday at Fairplex, produced average and median figures largely in line with its 2024 renewal even as its clearance rate declined. A total of 140 yearlings sold for $4,603,400. The average increased 11.4% to $32,666 and the median remained steady at $15,000. In 2024, 163 head grossed $4,781,400 for an average of $29,334. With 97 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate rose to 40.8%. It was 34.8% a year ago. “The California breeding program is such a great breeding program, so these breeders are proud to take and race their homebreds,” said Fasig-Tipton's Mike Machowsky. “There is such an advantage for stallion awards, breeders awards, and owners awards in California. There is a big advantage for those breeders. There is money to be made with a nice Cal-bred. So guys aren't shy to take them home.” A filly by Corniche brought the auction's top price when selling for $250,000 to Legacy Ranch. The yearling was one of three to sell for over $200,000–matching the figure from last year–and 11 to sell for six figures. Eight yearlings sold for six figures at the 2024 auction. “We are committed to serving and establishing a solid sale out here in Southern California to support the market and all the breeders,” said Machowsky. “We are here to support these California breeders and we are going to stay here.” Corniche Filly to Legacy A filly from the first crop of Corniche (hip 193) will be joining the roster at Legacy Ranch after the Parrellas' operation purchased the yearling for a sale-topping $250,000 in Pomona Tuesday. “The Corniches were selling very well at Keeneland,” trainer John Sadler, who was seated alongside Legacy manager Terry Knight, said of the filly's appeal. “And she is a very smooth filly. We thought she was the best horse in the sale.” The 43 yearlings by Corniche who sold at the recently concluded Keeneland September sale averaged $203,651. The stallion stands at Coolmore for $15,000. Hip 193 is out of Carmelita (North Light {Ire}) and is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Carmelita's Man (Mucho Macho Man). She was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises and was consigned by Barton Thoroughbreds, agent. “There have been a lot of good horses coming out of this sale the last couple of years and the state-bred program is solid,” Sadler said. “There are races for these horses on our circuit. We were delighted to get her.” Sadler continued, “She will go to Legacy Ranch. Terry Knight will break her and supervise her early training up there.” Hip 20 | Fasig-Tipton Moroney Strikes Again at Fairplex John Moroney, who purchased the $250,000 sale-topping son of Stay Thirsty at last year's Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale, struck again in Tuesday's renewal of the auction with matching $225,000 bids to acquire a colt by Maxfield (hip 20) and a son of Good Magic (hip 61). Both yearlings were purchased in partnership with trainer Steve Knapp and Thomsen Racing. Knapp handled the bidding on both colts, who, like last year's sale-topper, were bred by Terry Lovingier and consigned by Lovingier's Lovacres Ranch. Out of graded stakes winner Lost Bus (Bring the Heat), hip 20 is a half-brother to stakes winner Bus Buzz (Stay Thirsty), who won the 2023 Real Good Deal Stakes for Knapp, Lovingier, Thomas Halasz and Amanda Navarro. “I trained Bus Buzz, who looks just like him,” Knapp said. “He was a running son of a gun.” Steve Knapp | Fasig-Tipton Knapp also has experience with the colt's freshman sire Maxfield. He trains his son Max Ciao and co-owns the colt with Lovingier and Moroney. Max Ciao won the Sept. 5 I'm Smokin Stakes at Del Mar. “He looks like both of them,” Knapp said. “He's a big, good-looking horse. And we will go from there.” Hip 61 is out of stakes winner Noble and a Beauty (Noble Causeway), a mare purchased by Lovingier with the colt in utero for $22,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale. “He's bred really nicely and he's a really good-looking colt,” Knapp said. “If you don't buy them, then you've got to beat them.” Moroney, along with Knapp and Thomsen Racing, partnered to acquire an additional three yearlings, led by a filly by McKinzie (hip 86) for $100,000. In partnership with Tom Landon, Moroney purchased a pair of yearlings by Stay Thirsty (hip 65 and hip 21) for matching $40,000 price tags. All seven were from the Lovacres Ranch consignment. A Missouri businessman, Moroney owns a string of Taco Bell restaurants in the Midwest. Last year's sale-topper, now named Fionello, races for Knapp, Lovingier, Moroney and Sandra Lee Grey. A debut winner at Santa Anita in May, he was fourth in the Aug. 8 Graduation Stakes and again in the I'm Smokin Stakes last time out. The post $250k Corniche Filly Leads Steady Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings 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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Lady Luck has finally smiled on talented filly Tale Of The Gypsy (Written By), who has been plagued by wide barriers throughout her short career to date. The daughter of Written By has jumped from the outside gate in half of her six appearances and contended with poor draws in the other three. Despite that, she posted a debut victory last season and finished fourth in the Gr.1 Sistema (1200m), fifth in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) and had no luck again when out of the money in the Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) earlier this month. Tale Of The Gypsy has finally drawn a decent barrier (one) in Saturday’s Gr.2 Timberspan Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Te Rapa with stablemates Magic Carpet (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) and Moretothinkabout (NZ) (So You Think) to also represent trainer Stephen Marsh. “I rate all three and Tale Of The Gypsy was unlucky in the Group One and just kept drawing outside gates,” he said. “Last time out, she was again caught wide with no cover.” Magic Carpet finished third on debut on the course and added another placing last time out in a competitive maiden at Taupo. Moretothinkabout gave a bold account of himself in his only appearance last season when he ran second at Ruakaka. “The two boys are a lot better than maidens and I think they’re going places,” Marsh said. “Magic Carpet has done nothing wrong and last start we had to ride him a bit upside down. “On a bigger track, we can ride him a spot further back and I think he’ll be a lot better chasing rather than leading them up and doing the donkey work. “We’ve changed a bit of gear on Moretothinkabout with the blinkers and tongue tie on to help him focus and the 1400m with a trial under his belt will be ideal for him.” Marsh isn’t short on age group talent in the stable with Churmatt (Churchill), a leading light after the fast start he has made to his career. The Rotorua debut winner then finished runner-up in the Listed Wanganui Guineas (1200m) before a dominant last-start victory at Ellerslie. “He’ll run on Melbourne Cup Day in a three-year-old race over 1400m back at Ellerslie,” he said. Marsh is also delighted with stable star El Vencedor (NZ) (Shocking) ahead of the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m), although the upcoming Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) is seen as a more ideal opportunity to add to his top-flight record. “He had a gallop at Ellerslie and is going great, although he won’t get a track to suit him on Saturday,” he said. “Hopefully, it doesn’t rain too much and it will be full steam ahead to the Livamol after this.” Of his two runners in the BCD Group Sprint (1200m), Ardalio (NZ) (Ardrossan) is slightly favoured over Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon). “As long as it doesn’t get to a Heavy 10 they’ll run, it’s hard to split them and maybe Ardalio at the weights,” Marsh said. She will carry 54kg in her first start since winning last season’s Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) while dual stakes winner Glamour Tycoon has 58.5kg to carry in her resuming run. View the full article -
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Otaki trainer Andrew Campbell is excited about the prospects of his promising juvenile Singletary (NZ) (Satono Aladdin), and he is looking forward to kicking off his career in the Vets On Riverbank Two-Year-Old (800m) at his home track on Friday. The Satono Aladdin colt was purchased by Campbell and his primary owner Tommy Heptinstall out of Rich Hill Stud’s 2025 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 2 draft for $125,000, and he is living up to his price tag. He has impressed Campbell with his two trials to date, including victory over 850m at Foxton last week, and he is confident of a bold showing in his debut run where he will come up against just three other runners. “He was pretty impressive at the trials the other day,” Campbell said. “He is such a big striding horse. “There’s a question mark about the track (rated a Heavy10 on Wednesday morning), but we are going to start him because he is going to go to the paddock regardless.” Karaka Millions eligible, the $1 million 1200m showpiece at Ellerslie in January is Singletary’s primary objective, and Campbell is hopeful of adding some money to his kitty this weekend to help qualify him for the race. Otaki trainer Andrew Campbell. Photo: Angelique Bridson “The ultimate goal would be the Karaka Millions,” he said. “We are going to get a bit of stakes money on Friday and I would love to think it is the thicker end of it. “Then we will put him in a paddock, bring him back for two or three races into the Karaka Millions, if he is good enough, but he certainly shows enough promise.” While Singletary is an assured starter, Campbell said track conditions will dictate whether Croupier (NZ) (Ace High) steps out in the New World Otaki Handicap (1200m). The Ace High gelding showed a lot of promise as a three-year-old, winning two of his three starts in New Zealand before a two-run campaign in Queensland. The enigmatic gelding has pleased Campbell with his progression this preparation, but his first-up tilt could be saved for another day. “He trialled up well the other day,” Campbell said. “We are just worried about the track and whether we are going to start him or not. It’s a Heavy track so it might be a bit of an ask first-up, but I am happy with him.” Croupier holds a nomination for the Gr.3 Join TAB Racing Club Mile (1600m) at Riccarton in November alongside stablemate Cocobill (NZ) (Vadamos), who is looking for a better track than the Heavy10 he faced in his New Zealand debut at Woodville last month. The four-year-old son of Vadamos was initially trained in Australia by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, for whom he won three and placed in one of his nine starts. He returned to New Zealand in search of his more favoured wet tracks, but as his connections found out last start, he doesn’t like it bottomless. “We thought he might have needed quite a heavy track because his form over there was on wet tracks, hence why he came back to me,” Campbell said. “We started him at Woodville, thinking he would thrive on a heavy track, and he just couldn’t go an inch in it. “It’s 50/50 whether he starts, but he is working well and I think he just needs the cut out of the track and not a bottomless track. “He will keep, he has got a few more wins left in him yet on the way he works.” Campbell’s racing team on Friday will also include Perfect Pete (NZ) (Fabulous), who he is expecting to feature in the Aquashield Roofing Maiden (1600m). “It is probably his day in the sun,” Campbell said. “He has got a half decent draw (7) this time, a good, strong rider (Jonathan Riddell) and a wet track. “He is well, I galloped him this morning and it’s his best gallop this time in. I would be very disappointed if he wasn’t in the first three.” View the full article -
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Cody Cole is keeping his options open with talented three-year-old Landlock (Merchant Navy) as wet weather threatens to halt his initial plan to contest Saturday’s Gr.2 Timberspan Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Te Rapa. Landlock is the highest-rated galloper in the $175,000 contest, having narrowly gone down to Return To Conquer (Snitzel) in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and placing in a Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) as a juvenile. The son of Merchant Navy resumed in the Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) earlier this month and pleased Cole with a fourth-placed finish, having been held up at a vital stage in the straight. “It was a good effort, he didn’t really get a chance to get out and go through his gears to build momentum,” he said. “He was coming off heels at the 200 and had to pick himself up, which I thought he did really well especially with the way the race was run, it was hard for them to make ground. “It was a good kick-off point, he raced like he is looking for a little bit further and his manners were good, so he’s only going to be better for that run as a first good blowout.” While the Hawke’s Bay Guineas is the natural next step for Landlock, Cole said he won’t hesitate to scratch if the wet weather continues. “My biggest concern is the track at the moment,” he said. “If it did get to the really testing, heavy going, we’d be looking at other options.” Cole has nominated four other runners for the feature meeting, including Astoria Brooke (NZ) (American Pharoah), who looked impressive when cruising to second in a competitive trial at Ellerslie a fortnight ago, taken out by stakes winner Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon). “It was a super trial, she was vulnerable fitness-wise and came to the end of her run inside the 100, but we expected that, it was just a nice hit-out for her and she did it effortlessly,” Cole said. “She’s only gone forward since then.” The American Pharoah mare completed her last campaign with back-to-back wins on off tracks, but Cole will consult with her owner-breeders before assuring her place in the St John’s College Foundation 1400. “I have to speak to Brent and Cherry Taylor, we will make that call together. But based on the way she has been working on off-going, I would say yes (to starting),” he said. Coming off a well-deserved spell will be Renovations (NZ) (Ardrossan), who secured more valuable black-type when third in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) in January. She continued that form through to mid-May, and Cole couldn’t have been happier with her overall efforts at three. “She really deserved that break, she had a long preparation and trekked all over the country and did a really good job for the crew involved in her,” he said. “She was hardly ever out of the first four. “She’s a really genuine little racehorse and I think she’s come back better from the break. We had her in last weekend but scratched from a wide gate, so we were able to get some more work into her with the extra week up our sleeve. “I’m a bit worried about the track with her, the better side of heavy is alright, but it would be a question mark if it was really bottomless.” She is entered for the Craigs Investments Partners Sprint (1100m) at Rating 75 grade. Cole will also be well-represented across the Central Districts, particularly with the progressive Atmospheric (NZ) (El Roca) stepping out at Otaki on Friday in the Otaki Tyre Repairs Handicap (1600m) The son of El Roca was an eye-catcher resuming at Ellerslie, being held up for most of the straight before flashing home into fourth over 1300m. “He was super first up, he just didn’t get the breaks when he needed them,” Cole said. “He was really solid to the line and doing his best work late. “The 1300m is obviously short of his best, his most recent run was in the Trelawney Championship Stakes (Gr.3) over 2100m, and he’s only taken steps in the right direction this time in. “It’ll just be whether we put him on the truck and trek all the way down there for a heavy track, but there are limited options around, so we’ll be considering it.” His stablemate Oneira (NZ) (Contributer) will being heading down regardless of track conditions, taking her place under a light weight in the New World Otaki Handicap (1200m). “I don’t think she’s as capable on wet tracks as she looked to be when she was younger, but on the way she’s working, she looks like she can run a race,” Cole said. “She was a little bit disappointing at Ruakaka, but I just felt that tough run from a wide gate at Tauranga might’ve just knocked a bit of the nip out of her. She’s been freshened up since then and is working well, so we’ll be looking to run her either way down there.” Of his remaining runners, including a couple heading to Waverley on Sunday, Cole noted Dance For Her (Testa Rossa) (Te Rapa) and Arrowfield Stud-owned filly Cheerio (Maurice) (Waverley) as ones to follow. “Dance For Her was a big run out of her grade at Taranaki, she was fresh-up over a mile on extremely testing going and that condition just told,” he said. “She’s bounced through it well and worked well this morning, so provided she cops the two-week back-up, I think she’ll run well again. “Cheerio is one that I am really looking forward to, she’s probably still six months away from really seeing a bit more from her but I think she’s got a bright future, however long it takes for us to get there.” View the full article
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