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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
2023 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) hero Master of The Seas has been retired. The gelding's owner/breeder, Godolphin, revealed the news on the social media platform X March 6.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
2nd-GP, 50K, Msw, 3yo, (S), 1mT, 1:25 p.m. Purchased for $650,000 at FTSAUG in 2023, Florida-bred OUR SOUPER HERO (War of Will) was his sire's priciest yearling from that debut crop. Owned by Live Oak Plantation, the colt, who will face fellow Florida-breds Friday, is a half to both GSW/MGISP Pappacap (Gun Runner) and GSW Boppy O (Bolt d'Oro). First dam Pappascat, herself graded stakes placed, boasts a perfect four-for-four record for runners to winners. Debuting on the turf for trainer Mark Casse, Our Souper Hero gets Dylan Davis aboard. TJCIS PPS The post Friday Insights: Priciest War Of Will Yearling Gets Turf Debut At Gulfstream 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
Mark Fahey speaks about potential stable star Tina's Indian – plus a lively outsider for the trainer at the Cheltenham Festival Trainer Mark Fahey has revealed that he is dreaming of Royal Ascot for potential stable star Tina's Indian (Ire) (Calyx {GB})-but first, the man who is widely regarded as one of the sharpest young trainers in Ireland is taking aim at the Cheltenham Festival with the battle-hardened hurdler Flicker Of Hope (Fr) (Buck's Boum {Fr}), and is quietly confident of hitting the back of the net. Flicker Of Hope will represent the self-proclaimed 'smaller trainer's' first runner at the Cheltenham Festival when the four-time winner lines out for the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, for which the six-year-old can be backed at odds of 14-1. The dream, according to Fahey, is to finish in the money. “It's my first ever runner at the Cheltenham Festival,” he said. “Everyone keeps telling me that Flicker Of Hope has the right profile for the Albert Bartlett–he has had 10 runs over hurdles, which is nearly unheard of for a novice. He is hardened over the trip and has major handicap experience which should stand to him in a race like the Albert Bartlett.” Fahey added, “He jumps, he travels and he doesn't seem to stop so we're looking forward to getting over there and hopefully he can put up a big performance. It would be a dream to get placed and walk back into the winner's enclosure with him. And I think he has a chance of doing that. I really do.” Fahey has already bettered last season's tally of six winners over jumps and currently sits on 11. The upward trajectory of his County Kildare stable has been mirrored on the Flat, where last year's domestic haul stood at a career-high 13. None of those winners were more exciting than Curragh maiden scorer Tina's Indian, who is on course to make his seasonal return in the Gladness Stakes back at Irish racing's HQ. Fahey said, “The dream is still alive with him! Our plan is to go for the Gladness Stakes at the Curragh and, basically, I am a small trainer and I don't have lots of black-type horses on the Flat so how we run in the Gladness will dictate where we go for the rest of the year. I don't have horses rated 100 that we can get a gauge off so we won't know how good Tina's Indian is until we put him in a Listed race. The dream is Royal Ascot. That would be the ultimate. He's definitely the best Flat horse I've ever had in my yard.” He added, “Shane Foley and Ronan Whelan are a great help to me. They ride horses of this calibre the whole time so it's brilliant to have their feedback. We're hopeful that Tina's Indian can be competitive in those kinds of races this season. We don't know where the ceiling is with him. He's a gorgeous, big horse-he's 17 hh. That's what took us so long with him.” Fahey continued, “You need good owners, good staff and nice horses and at the moment I have all three. I have great staff and great family and friends around me. The owners are great, too-they just let me get on with things and do what I have to do. I am lucky that I have been able to get my hands on some good horses. There's a big element of luck in getting Tina's Indian as well because he didn't sell as a yearling and, after he won at the Curragh, there were loads of offers on the table.” He concluded, “Fair play to Con Harrington and James Hughes, who own him, as they said they'd rather roll the dice on the track with him. Now, don't get me wrong, we were blown away by the offers–it was a lot of money–but Con and James are sporting fellas and we're all fairly excited about what could be in store. They are dreaming just as much as I am with Tina's Indian, but they understand the game better than anyone and know that the bubble could burst fairly lively! But he's definitely the best Flat horse I've ever had anything to do with and we're looking forward to finding out more about him in the Gladness.” The post ‘The Dream Is Royal Ascot – He’s The Best Flat Horse I’ve Ever Had’ 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
Multiple Grade I winner Master Of The Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) has been retired from racing, Godophin announced on X. The homebred signed off with a tally in the GI Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland for trainer Charlie Appleby last April. “He had an exceptional career, winning a G2 on just his second start and retired a three-time G1 winner after victories in the Woodbine Mile, @BreedersCup Mile and the Maker's Mark Mile,” Godolphin posted. “Master Of The Seas will now enjoy his retirement back at Kildangan Stud and become a flagbearer for the Godolphin Lifetime Care programme.” A winner of the G2 Superlative Stakes at two, the G3 Craven Stakes winner was runner-up in the G1 2000 Guineas in 2021 and third in that autumn's G2 Joel Stakes. Kept in training at four, he added the G3 Earl of Sefton Stakes, his only start that year. Successful in the winter and sprint of 2023 at Meydan, he added the G2 Zabeel Mile and was third in the G1 Jebel Hatta, before claiming the G2 Summer Mile Stakes that July. Transferred to North America, the bay landed his first top-level victory in the Woodbine Mile and was second by only a nose in the GI Turf Mile later that year before winning the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita that November in his penultimate start. The son of stakes winner and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches second Firth Of Lorne (Ire) (Danehill) retires with a record of 17-9-3-2 and $2,520,582 in earnings. Master Of The Seas is a half-brother to stakes winner and G1 St James's Palace Stakes second Latharnach (Iffraaj {GB}) and group winner and multiple Group 1 producer Falls Of Lora (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}). The post Triple Grade I Winner Master Of The Seas Retired appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
So would I. Isn't it sad that a country whose racing and breeding successes rested on the quality of its middle-distance -and further - performers now has its sales series' chock full of speedy Australian breds. As Chief says, that's where the money is. But it's a real shame to see the staying horse become less and less relevant, and with it, the ability of NZ trainers to condition such horses. I recall, quite a few years ago, watching The Ford Report, hosted by Adrian Clark and featuring Patrick Hogan ( wasn't a Sir then ). Discussing breeding, trends, and so on...Patrick said, I wouldn't want to be a young stud master now. Those staying horses, not what we need, this is the sort of horse NZ should be getting into - waving his hand at a stallion being paraded as he spoke. That horse was One Cool Cat. The selection of second-rate sprinter milers that followed did SFA for our racing and breeding, and set in motion the influx into Australia of the less-than-top end European horses that were, in the main, way better than anything local.
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