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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The pari-mutuel field of "All Other 3 Year Olds" closed as the 7-2 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby (G1) Future Wager and unbeaten Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Ted Noffey was the 6-1 second choice.View the full article -
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A 1/50th share in Zarak (lot 1) topped Monday's Arqana Online January Sale when bought by Ghislain Bozo of Meridian International for €505,000. Of the 13 lots offered, eight sold for a total of €866,500, with the full results available to view on the Arqana Online website. The sire of 11% stakes winners/runners, Zarak is notably the sire of last year's Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Metropolitan, along with fellow Group 1 scorers Haya Zark and Zagrey. A son of Dubawi and the unbeaten Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Zarkava (Zamindar), Zarak stands for an unchanged fee of €80,000 at Haras de Bonneval in 2026. Another headline act was the talented National Hunt performer Olympic Story (Masked Marvel) (lot 5), who sold to Nicolas de Watrigant's Mandore International Agency for €310,000. The winner of the G3 Prix de Chambly over hurdles at Auteuil, she is out of the Listed scorer and Group 1-placed Kapkiline (Kapgarde), from the family of the top-level winners Kalif du Berlais (Masked Marvel) and Kivala du Berlais (Saint des Saints). The post Zarak Share Headlines Arqana Online January Sale at €505,000 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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Group 1 Saudi Cup hero Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) is represented by his first foal, a colt out of Oriole (Medaglia d'Oro), who hit the ground at Shawhan Place Monday, it was announced via press release. The new arrival, bred by the farm who raised the stallion, is out of a daughter of multiple stakes winner Free as a Bird (Hard Spun), herself a half-sister to SW Let Me Entertain U (Nobiz Like Shobiz) and to the dam of full-siblings SW Dancing Magic (Good Magic) and SP Thunder Chuck. Oriole is a winner producer with two of racing age. “To say that I'm excited to have the first Senor Buscador foal would be an understatement,” said Shawhan Place's director of sales, Courtney Schneider. “It's really a full circle moment for all of us here at Shawhan Place. We foaled and raised Senor Buscador, as well as all of his siblings here.” “This colt has a great hip and shoulder, just like his sire. He is tenacious with a positive attitude and a good mind. We are expecting several more Senor Buscador foals this spring and we are anxiously awaiting their arrival.” The sire finished off an undefeated two-year-old season with a commanding win in the Springboard Mile, earning a 93 Beyer Speed Figure. The aforementioned win in the G1 Saudi Cup topped his career with seven wins in 23 starts and earnings just shy of $13-million. Senor Buscador stands for $7,500 at Lane's End. The post Senor Buscador’s First Foal is a Colt Born at Shawhan Place 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 pari-mutuel field of “All other 3-year olds” closed as the 7-2 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) while unbeaten GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile champion Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) was the 6-1 second choice, announced Churchill Downs via press release. The GI Kentucky Derby is 15 weeks away, and others who attracted interest include GSW Paladin (Gun Runner) at 14-1 and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Chief Wallabee (Constitution) at 17-1 odds. The former is trained by Chad Brown while the latter is in the barn of Bill Mott. Total handle for the Jan. 16-18 KDFW pool–the third of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 152nd running of the $5 million GI Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve Sat., May 2–was $355,060 ($272,202 in the win pool and $82,858 in exactas), an 8.2% gain from last year's $328,150 ($254,139 in the win pool and $74,011 in exactas). A total of $856,987 has been bet on Derby future wagers thus far compared to $841,165 at this stage last year–a 1.9% increase. Other Future Wager dates are set for Feb. 13-15 (Pool 4); March 13-15 (Pool 5) and April 2-4 (Pool 6). Pool 5 will include the Longines Kentucky Oaks Future Wager. The full list of horses, their odds and payoffs, may be found here for Pool 3. The post Derby Future Pool 3 Closes with ‘All Others’ 7-2 Favorite, Ted Noffey 6-1 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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Jake Ballis and a group of partners finalized the purchase of the Dubai-based Six Speed (Not This Time) Monday morning with hopes that the colt can continue to move forward and make it to the GI Kentucky Derby. Ballis noticed the horse, who sold for 220,000 guineas at the 2025 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, when he won a Jan. 2 prep for the 2000 UAE Guineas. Now in the Ballis stable, he will start in Friday's GIII 2000 UAE Guineas at one mile. The race awards 20 Kentucky Derby points to the winner. “I was actually flying and had a layover and was watching the Dubai races on my phone and saw this horse win a trial race in Dubai,” Ballis said. “Visually, he was impressive. He sat on the rail, took dirt, and was behind horses and finished strong. I flew to Gulfstream and I looked him up and saw that it was an expensive 2-year-old purchase, and I figured he wouldn't be for sale. I flew home the next day and my wife said, 'Did you see this Not This Time colt win? We should inquire about it.' I told her that I did see the race but that I didn't think the horse would be for sale. I ended up getting in touch with the trainer via a friend of mine, Adam Potts, who works for BBA Ireland, and I asked him to reach out and try to negotiate a deal. He's a Not This Time colt with a very good pedigree. Usually, we don't buy enough yearlings to get the sire-type pedigrees when it comes to colts. We may go and get one a year. The fact we could take on partners with this horse was important. We're hoping he can get some Kentucky Derby points and, hopefully, he can stretch out and get on the Kentucky Derby trail, which is what our partners all want.” Should Six Speed, a Kentucky-bred who was bred by Katie Rich Farms, have a successful run in the UAE 2000 Guineas, he will be pointed for the GII UAE Derby on March 28. Ballis said the colt will remain with trainer Bhupat Seemar, who worked for Bob Baffert for about five years. “If he makes it to the Kentucky Derby, I don't know if I'll switch to an American trainer,” Ballis said. “I would like to. But I guess if he were to win the UAE Derby and qualify for the Derby, it would be hard to switch trainers before the Kentucky Derby.” Ballis admits it was a pleasant surprise that he was able to pull this deal off. “We play in the private market a lot,” he said. “We inquire about buying horses privately a lot and we have had a lot of success doing that. But the private market has become way more difficult. People are just not willing to sell. It's a product of the yearling market being so strong. You see a really good yearling and you know it's going to sell for at least $750,000 or $1 million. If people are tempted to sell a horse, they put such a crazy number on it that it doesn't make sense to buy the horse. I was very surprised we were able to buy this horse.” He said one of the deciding factors was the horse's sire, Not This Time. “One of the biggest lures for us is that this will be the fifth Not This Time that we have purchased,” Ballis said. “Sacred Wish won a Grade I for us. Cy Fair won the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Believe in Magic just turned three and she is stakes-placed. Flat Out Time is graded stakes-placed on the turf and dirt. So far, Not This Time has been very good to us.” For Six Speed, the key question going forward will be his ability to get a distance as he has yet to race beyond seven furlongs. “It's not often that you can get a colt at this time of year that has a shot of making it to the Kentucky Derby,” Ballis said. “But the Derby is not the be-all-and-end-all. If he proves that he can't get the distance, there are plenty of important one-turn races in the U.S. for him.” The ownership group is Ballis' Black Type Thoroughbreds, Brunetti Dugan Stables, Swinbank Stables, and Steve Adkisson. The post With An Eye on the Kentucky Derby, Ballis and Partners Buy Dubai-Based Not This Time Colt 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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