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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
NEWMARKET, UK — A sale ring as full as any for the Sceptre Sessions greeted first the Retraining of Racehorses showcase and then the British EBF stallion parade for sires yet to have runners. Included in the 10-strong line-up for the latter was Eldar Eldarov, the winner of the St Leger in both Britain and Ireland whose family was back in the spotlight several hours later when his Lope De Vega half-brother Naval Command changed hands during the first day of Tattersalls February Sale. Sold as lot 105 for 80,000gns from the Godolphin draft, the four-year-old gelding was bought by Alex Elliott and Ralph Beckett for a “group of partners”. Elliott, who noted that shares are available in the four-year-old, said, “The partners were keen to get a horse to go to war with. He's not run for a while but the Godolphin notes said that not a lot had gone wrong, he just had some time off since he ran on some fast ground. “He has got a mark, we think we could stretch him out in distance, go for softer ground, and he will suit Ralph's programme very well. He is a bit of a blank canvas, still a maiden, and has potential. If we get a bit more uplift, he could be worth a bit more come October.” Out of the Listed winner All At Sea, the 85-rated Naval Command was bred by Kirsten Rausing and the Lope De Vega Syndicate from the Listed winner All At Sea (Sea The Stars), herself a daughter of treble Group 1 winner Albanova (Alzao). He finished runner-up on his most recent of three starts for Charlie Appleby. Naval Command's price was beaten by only one horse on the day, with Sovereign Wealth (Frankel), formerly trained by George Boughey for Forz Europe, becoming the sole six-figure lot of the session. The three-year-old was signed for by Ted Durcan on behalf of Blue Blood Racing, the original owner of G3 UAE Guineas winner Six Speed. “They did extremely well with Six Speed and sold him on,” said Durcan. “They were very anxious to reinvest and this horse will be going out to Bhupat Seemar. “The lads had him earmarked, I had him earmarked, he vetted out extremely well.” Those who had remained in their seats following the stallion parade didn't have to wait long for day's top-priced broodmare when Tally-Ho Stud bought the third horse through the ring for 75,000gns. Elshaadin, the 15-year-old daughter of Dalakhani and Distinctive Look (Danehill), is not in foal after being covered by Kingman, the sire of her Listed-winning son Moqtarreb, but she has three Night Of Thunder fillies still to race for her and will have a range of stallions at her disposal when she arrives in Mullingar. A grand-daughter of the stellar producer Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk), she was offered by Houghton Bloodstock. Walter Buick signed up the lightly-raced Porter, a son of Too Darn Hot whose profile had risen significantly since the catalogue was printed. A winner on his second start on January 28 for Joseph O'Brien, he was sold through the Castlebridge Consignment for owner Al Shaqab Racing and will continue his career in Norway, where a Classic campaign will be on the cards. “He will be supplemented for the Norwegian Derby,” said Buick after buying Porter for trainer Are Hyldmo for 75,000gns. “They have changed the rules and previously horses had to be supplemented before the end of the two-year-old year, but now we have until the end of February so it works out really well for this sale.” A grandson of Dubawi, the three-year-old is also related to the Darley sire through his maternal line, with his fourth dam being Zomaradah. Buick added, “He will definitely stay the trip, he is the right shape and not overly big, and as some of the tracks are tight we don't want them too big. “He is to be trained by Are Hyldmo, who is with me, and he has won the Derby five times already. We have been trying for the last few years to buy another one and it has not quite worked out, but hopefully this horse will do the job.” Hamad Al Jehani, who has a stable for Wathnan Racing in Newmarket as well as being one of the leading trainers in Qatar, will be the recipient of three horses from the sale bought for a total of 113,000gns on his behalf by JD Moore and led by the 70,000-guinea purchase Leonetto. The three-year-old Frankel colt is a half-brother to the Group 1 winner Lady Bowthorpe (Nathaniel) and has posted four consecutive runner-up finishes for Juddmonte and Harry Charlton. “He's the type to go well in the Middle East and will ship straightaway,” Moore said. From a strong renewal last year when 88% of the lots offered were sold, the first day of the February Sale was down a little on that marker, with the clearance rate of 79% being achieved through the sale of 105 horses from 133 to pass through the ring. Turnover was down by 26% at 1,863,000gns, with the average of 17,743gns representing a drop of 19% and the median being down by 17% to 12,000gns. Stallion Parade Proves a Great Draw For many years the February Sale has been immediately proceeded by a stallion parade which lures breeders and interested parties from far and wide. The 10 young sires on show this year are yet to have runners, and of the group the stallion closest to being given that important racecourse test is Stradivarius, who has appeared at Tattersalls annually since being retired to the National Stud. He likes to make his presence felt and tends to act as if the many people who had turned out in the cold were there solely to see him. Maybe they were, but there was plenty of interest in the whole line-up, with Stradivarius having been joined by stud-mates Bradsell and Diego Velazquez. The latter was not the only new recruit on show, as Genesis Green Stud was represented by the powerful Royal Scotsman. Vandeek, whose first foals are appearing now, has had a pedigree update since retiring to stud thanks to his Grade 1-winning half-brother Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), and he had previously played a starring role at Tattersalls when topping the Craven Breeze-up Sale of 2023. His fellow parader Eldar Eldarov was also a star of the breeze-up scene and he too has his first foals on the ground after joining Roisin Close's Chapel Stud last year. He arrived in Newmarket from Gloucestershire along with stable-mate Subjectivist, who has first-crop yearlings and is a contemporary in that regard of El Caballo, who is based with Sophie Buckley at Culworth Grounds. Mostahdaf, another with first yearlings for sale later this year, made the short trip down the road from Shadwell's Beech House Stud. Connolly's Promising Debut There was a new face – and voice – on the Tattersalls rostrum late in the day when Irishman Thomas Connolly took to the ring for the final batch of horses to come under the hammer. Thomas Connolly flanked by colleagues Max Mcloughlin and Freddie McKibbin A native of Carlow, Connolly said he had done “a small bit” of auctioneering at home but we think he was being modest as his Tattersalls debut was an extremely polished affair. “It's an immense pleasure and a privilege to do that here,” he said as he brought the curtain down on the first day of trade. “It flew by.” The post Sovereign Wealth Leads Opening Session of Tattersalls February Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Due to frigid temperatures and windy conditions, Aqueduct Racetrack, Laurel Park, and Charles Town have preemptively canceled racing Feb. 7. Aqueduct also canceled racing Feb. 8View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
After two runaway wins in ungraded stakes, Strategic Risk steps into graded company and a $1 million spotlight Feb. 6 in the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
D'code (Speightstown), a jaw-dropping 8 1/4-length debut winner sprinting at Oaklawn Park Dec. 14, will make his highly anticipated two-turn debut in Friday's postponed $1-million GIII Southwest S. in Hot Springs. The Tom Durant homebred and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' earned a field-best 99 Beyer Speed Figure while defeating 10 rivals that day. He recorded the fastest six-furlong time in Oaklawn history for a 2-year-old stopping the clock in 1:09.57. D'code exits from post two with Luis Saez at the controls in the 1 1/16-mile affair, good for 20-10-6-4-2 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. “It's a tall order, but the horse really seems to be doing good,” trainer H. Ray Ashford Jr. said. “He acts like he can run that far. Getting the right fractions, obviously, will help a lot, too. I would think he will be forwardly placed. That looks like his running style. There are unknowns, but we think he's good enough to try.” With 5-2 morning-line favorite and GII Los Alamitos Futurity winner Litmus Test (Nyquist) instead awaiting the GII San Felipe S. at Santa Anita Mar. 7, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will still be represented by 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Buetane (Tiz the Law). The runner-up in last summer's GI Spendthrift Farm Hopeful S. and the GII San Vicente S. Jan. 10 was scratched out of last weekend's GIII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park in favor of this spot, his first attempt around two turns. “Going two turns, we'll see what he does,” Baffert said. “He's doing really well. He's worked well. We'll see how he fits in with those.” Liberty National (Maxfield), named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' following an impressive maiden win around two turns at second asking at Churchill Downs Nov. 29, could be coming in under the radar for Ken McPeek. The $525,000 Keeneland September graduate was a better-than-it-looked second as the favorite in the Gun Runner S. at Fair Grounds last time Dec. 20. “If you watch the gallop out on the Gun Runner, he's three (lengths) in front another sixteenth past the wire,” McPeek said. “He was probably five lengths the best horse.” Florida-bred Strategic Risk (Noble Bird) won his last two starts by a combined 13 1/2 lengths for Hall of Famer Mark Casse, including the local prep Smarty Jones S. Jan. 3. The Southwest was originally scheduled for Jan. 31, but Oaklawn moved its Jan. 30, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 programs to this week following a winter storm that closed the track for training for nine days. Kentucky Derby points (20-10-6-4-2) will also be on the line in Friday's rescheduled Listed $200,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct, headed by the Chad Brown-trained duo of Ottinho (Quality Road) and Schoolyardsuperman (Practical Joke). The post D’code Heads Straight to the Big Leagues in Rescheduled Southwest appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) canceled live racing on Saturday and Sunday at Aqueduct Racetrack due to arctic temperatures that will range from 23 degrees to as low as six degrees in Ozone Park and extremely low wind chill values forecast to impact the New York metropolitan area throughout the weekend, the track said in a press release on Thursday afternoon. NYRA is working with the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) and New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB), to schedule and apply for added race days from the New York State Gaming Commission. The East View Stakes and Damon Runyon Stakes, originally scheduled for Saturday, will be brought back Saturday, Feb. 14 with entries to be taken Sunday, Feb. 8. Overnight races scheduled for Saturday and Sunday will be offered Feb. 19-20 as described in the updated Aqueduct winter condition book, which can be accessed here. Aqueduct Racetrack will remain open for simulcast operations throughout the weekend. Charles Town Races has also canceled its live program on Saturday due to the cold blast. The post NYRA Puts Weekend Racing At Aqueduct On Ice 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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