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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Bloodstock agent Barry Lynch provided an peak behind the curtain about what life as a bloodstock agent is really like in the latest installment of the TDN Conversations podcast. Lynch is a man who wears many hats. A graduate of the Godolphin Flying Start, he has worked for over 10 years as a bloodstock agent where he can count a hatful of Group winners as well as the dams of Group winners – Venetian Sun, Garden Of Eden and Lusail – as his major achievements. He is also on the board at the Irish National Stud and is a pretty substantial breeder in his own right. However, Lynch is perrhaps best known for injecting a huge amount of colour onto the sales circuit and does not allow the pressures of getting business done weigh him down. In his own words, he works hard but he is also well able to play hard. From getting started as a bloodstock agent to attracting new clients and enduring fallow periods, Lynch proves a fascinating interviewee. Listen to Conversations with Barry Lynch: https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Barry-Lynch_Conversations_v1.mp3 The post TDN Conversations Podcast: Barry Lynch 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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Peter Brant's investment in Gun Runner has paid dividends, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing down. Eclipse Award winner Sierra Leone, who Brant campaigned alongside the Coolmore group, headlines Brant's success with the sire. The champion retired to Ashford Stud this year as Gun Runner's all-time leading earner. A similarly composed partnership that includes Brant owns undefeated Paladin (Gun Runner), the recent winner of the GII Risen Star Stakes, as well as a Gun Runner colt out of GSW Thoughtfully (Tapit) who was purchased for $3.3 million at last year's Keeneland September Sale. Zedan Racing Stables's Grade I winner and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile third-place finisher Brant, named in honor of the owner of White Birch Farm, is yet another son of Gun Runner. It should come as no surprise, then, that Brant has entrusted one of his top racemares to the Three Chimneys Farm star sire. Three-time Grade I winner Gina Romantica (Into Mischief) recently produced her first foal at Dell Ridge Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. “The choice to breed Gina Romantica to Gun Runner was made as I thought and think he is a good cross for her physically,” said Brant. “In addition, she has good dirt horses in her family's pedigree and she was fairly good on the dirt. I am a big fan of Gun Runner and have supported him with several of our best mares, and now of course we have his son Sierra Leone to look forward to as well.” Since arriving on Feb. 7, Gina Romantica's Gun Runner colt has received such high marks that the 7-year-old mare is already booked to return to the same sire this season. “He's doing great,” Dell Ridge's farm manager Des Ryan reported of the new arrival. “It was a pretty straightforward foaling. He got up and nursed pretty quickly and did well from the get-go. The mare was a great mom from the start.” Gina Romantica, a daughter of Machmer Hall's multiple Grade I producer Special Me (Unbridled's Song), was a $1.025 million Keeneland September yearling. A debut winner on the dirt, the Chad Brown trainee made three more trips to the winner's circle as a 3-year-old including a score in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes. Over the next two years, the Keeneland turf lover claimed back-to-back victories in the GI First Lady Stakes. She placed in three additional Grade I contests, including a runner-up effort behind Sacred Wish (Not This Time) in her final career start in the 2024 GI Matriarch Stakes. Gina Romantica and her new foal at Dell Ridge Farm | Sara Gordon The Gun Runner/Into Mischief cross is already off to a fast start, represented by stakes winner Search Party, who runs in this weekend's GIII Honeybee Stakes, and recent Las Virgenes Stakes victress Meaning. While the new colt shares his dam's bay coat, Ryan pointed out that the similarities extend beyond there. “He's got Gina's personality and class,” he shared. “He's very nice to be around, just a good colt. I'd say there's a bit of mom and dad in him.” Ryan had the chance to get to know Gina Romantica even before she retired to Brant's broodmare band when she would spend layoffs at Dell Ridge during her racing career. “She's always been a very classy filly when she was on the racetrack and to be around on the farm here,” he said. “She's just straightforward and easygoing. We're honored to have all these nice mares of Mr. Brant's here, like we are with all of our clients. It's nice to have mares who have been superstars on the racetrack and get them back here for their broodmare career.” The post Gina Romantica Welcomes First Foal by Gun Runner at Dell Ridge 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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Charlotte Clement de Bona has been appointed The Jockey Club's chief strategy and transformation officer, the organization announced Thursday. In her new role, Clement de Bona will oversee enterprise strategy, digital and operational growth, and cross-functional initiatives. “The sport is evolving, and so must we,” said The Jockey Club chair Everett Dobson. “Charlotte's role is an important step as the industry continues to seek growth and modernization opportunities. Charlotte's track record of delivering meaningful transformations, particularly in dynamic and complex environments, in addition to her unparalleled knowledge of racing, makes her uniquely suited to help guide The Jockey Club through this next chapter. We are delighted to welcome her to the team.” The daughter of late trainer Christophe Clement, Clement de Bona majored in Economics at Vanderbilt and is a Harvard Business School graduate. She began her career at McKinsey & Company, where she advised senior leadership teams on strategy and operational performance. She has since held senior roles across high-growth start-ups and private equity backed portfolio companies. She serves on the board of the Belmont Childcare Association; is a visiting professor in Skidmore College's Management and Business department, teaching on the Business of Horse Racing; and she is a co-chair of the Uveal Melanoma Taskforce and advisor to the Melanoma Research Alliance. “I am incredibly excited to be joining The Jockey Club at such an important time for our sport,” she said. “Horse racing has a rich heritage and tremendous potential for innovation and growth. I am deeply passionate about its future and look forward to working alongside Jim Gagliano and the team to help shape and execute on a bold, sustainable, and forward-looking strategy. What excites me most about joining The Jockey Club is their commitment to the sport, the well-being of those who make up the sport, and ultimately the shared ambition for what it can continue to become.” The post Clement de Bona Named The Jockey Club’s Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer 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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Arizona Blaze, a winner of the G1 Flying Five Stakes, has his first mares scanned in foal. The Irish National Stud resident stands for €12,500 this year. Elegant Madame (Inns Of Court), a half-sister to G1 Middle Park Stakes-placed Summer Sands (Coach House), is carrying to the son of Sergei Prokofiev. She is from the family of G2 Coventry Stakes hero Hellvelyn. Another in foal mare is Hi Milady (Sir Prancealot), a half-sister to G3 Anglesey Stakes second Hard Yards (Moss Vale), while Alumni Lia (Australia), from the family of champion Persuasive (Dark Angel) and Group 1-winning sprinter Creative Force (Dubawi), is also in foal to the G3 Prix Sigy hero. Irish National Stud CEO Cathal Beale said, “Arizona Blaze has adapted seamlessly to his new role. We are impressed with the quality of mares within his first book which points to how well he has been received by breeders in Ireland, The UK and France. Among them are proven stakes producers Hard Walnut, Elpida, Gadfly and Margaret's Mission.” The post First Mares Scanned In Foal To Arizona Blaze 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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In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Hanshin Racecourse: Saturday, February 28, 2026 3rd-HSN, ¥11,280,000 ($72k), Maiden, 3yo, 1200m BLUE MCKINZIE (c, 3, McKinzie–Blueeyesintherein, by Magna Graduate), a $40,000 Keeneland November weanling, took some nibbles at the windows and was a respectable fourth on Tokyo debut Nov. 29 and most recently rounded out a US-bred exacta behind Nemes (Cairo Prince) over this course and distance Dec. 21. Blueeyesintherein, winner of the GIII Debutante Stakes at two in 2012, was acquired by Marequest for $27,000 with this colt in utero at the 2022 Keeneland November Sale. Co-breeder Kim Valerio selected dam sire MGSW & MGI/G1SP Magna Graduate on behalf of her client Elisabeth Alexander. O-Ryo Kotoura; B-Kim Valerio & Jon Green (KY); T-Yoshiaki Sugiyama The post McKinzie Colt Looks To Go One Better at Hanshin 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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