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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Globetrotting wunderkind Equinox (Jpn), his sire Kitasan Black (Jpn) and Kizuna (Jpn) co-lead the Shadai Stallion Station roster at ¥20,000,000 (€123,497) apiece next year. Equinox, who has his first foals arriving next year, and Kitasan Black (11 stakes winners) have had their fees remain at their 2024 levels, while Kizuna has had his fee increased from €12,000,000. The last-named horse has fired in 14 stakes winners in 2024 alone, among them G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese St Leger) hero Justin Milano (Jpn). Right under the leading trio is Japanese Triple Crown Winner Contrail (Jpn) at ¥18,000,000 (€111,158). His first 2-year-olds will grace the racecourse in 2025. He stood for ¥15,000,000 in 2024. Japanese Champion First-Season Sire Suave Richard (Jpn) remains at ¥15,000,000 (€92,631). His first crop now features G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese Fillies St Leger) hero Urban Chic (Jpn), who struck on Oct. 20. Epiphaneia (Jpn) has been trimmed from ¥15,000,000 to ¥12,000,000 (€74,105) after a year that featured seven stakes winners, four of them at Group 1 level including Classic winners Danon Decile (Jpn) and Stellenbosch (Jpn). A trio of Shadai stallions are priced at ¥10,000,000 (€61,752)–first-season sires Saturnalia (Jpn) (22 winners from 66 runners) and Nadal (25 winners from his first 58 runners), and Group 1 sire Lord Kanaloa (Jpn). The full 31-horse roster and fees are as follows: Stallion Fee (¥) Admire Mars (Jpn) 5,000,000 Equinox (Jpn) 20,000,000 Isla Bonita (Jpn) 2,000,000 Epiphaneia (Jpn) 12,000,000 Efforia (Jpn) 4,000,000 Orfevre (Jpn) 3,500,000 Kizuna (Jpn) 20,000,000 Kitasan Black (Jpn) 20,000,000 Chrysoberyl (Jpn) 2,500,000 Grenadier Guards (Jpn) 1,500,000 Contrail (Jpn) 18,000,000 Saturnalia (Jpn) 10,000,000 Satono Crown (Jpn) 1,500,000 Salios (Jpn) 2,000,000 Siskin 3,000,000 Schnell Meister (Ger) 3,500,000 Suave Richard (Jpn) 15,000,000 Danon Kingly (Jpn) 1,500,000 Drefong 5,000,000 Nadal 10,000,000 New Year's Day 2,000,000 Harbinger (GB) Private Bricks And Mortar 4,000,000 Poetic Flare (Ire) Private Hot Rod Charlie 1,500,000 Mind Your Biscuits 2,000,000 Maurice (Jpn) 8,000,000 Le Vent Se Leve (Jpn) 2,500,000 Rulership (Jpn) 4,000,000 Rey De Oro (Jpn) 2,500,000 Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) 10,000,000 The post Shadai Trio Of Equinox, Kitasan Black And Kizuna Lead 2025 Roster At ¥20 Million (€123,497) Apiece 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
While purses for both the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Santa Anita Handicap (G1) were reduced, the purses for overnight races are greater than what was offered last spring and autumn, with four allowance and maiden races increasing by more than 10%.View the full article -
By Murray Fish · Posted
perphap$ the be$t re$ult at the $ale$ Ormsby pulls off stunning pinhooking result By NZ Racing Desk - November 21, 2024 Share Lot 288, a colt by Churchill out of the Pierro mare Bagitol Photo: Trish Dunell Chad Ormsby has enjoyed plenty of racetrack success this year with pinhooks that he has been unable to sell at the Ready to Run Sale, but the multi-talented horseman had a very different outcome with the standout member of his 2024 Riverrock Farm draft at Karaka on Thursday. Ormsby trained passed-in 2022 Ready to Run lots Pulchritudinous and Outovstock to win this year’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) and Gr.3 Manawatu Classic (2000m) respectively, with Pulchritudinous subsequently sold to Australian-based powerhouse Yulong Investments. Rivverock Farm’s Chad Ormsby Photo: Trish Dunell On Thursday, Ormsby struck gold in another role. He secured the highest price of the Ready to Run Sale’s second day with the $775,000 sale of Lot 288, a colt by Churchill out of the unraced Pierro mare Bagitol. Ormsby had paid only A$25,000 to buy the colt from the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale in March. “We honestly couldn’t believe we were getting such a high-quality colt for that price in Melbourne earlier in the year,” Ormsby said. “We rated him so highly from the moment we first saw him, and he’s turned out exactly how we hoped he would. There’s so many stages where things can go wrong in this business, but all the way through his preparation, he’s just kept on developing. He’s really become the horse we always thought he’d be.” The colt won a trial at Waipa on October 1, after which Ormsby took a big risk and turned down a significant offer to purchase him privately. Lot 288 subsequently impressed in his breeze-up at Te Rapa later that month, in which he clocked 10.42 seconds. “He trialled really well before the breeze-ups, and we knew after that performance that we had a pretty special individual,” Ormsby said. “We turned down good money after that trial. It was a lot of money and not easy to say no to, especially for a small operation like ours with only about 10 horses every year. “But we wanted to promote ourselves and our brand, and we thought the best way to do that was to take the risk, turn down that offer and carry on into the sale. This Ready to Run Sale is our home ground too, it’s our local sale and we believe it’s the best sale of its kind, so we wanted to support the sale as well.” While Ormsby went into Thursday with high hopes of a price above $500,000, he admits to being blown away by the final price of $775,000. The colt was sold to Patella Bloodstock and is destined for Hong Kong. “It’s an amazing result and it’s just a credit to the horse, he’s an absolute weapon of an animal,” Ormsby said. -
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By Jonny Turner Mark Hurrell heads to Invercargill armed and ready to make the most of his chances. With several catch drives, the reinsman has a big book of drives filled with winning chances. Hurrell had several options to choose from when asked to rate his best winning hope but he eventually settled on one of those catch drives in the Kirstin Green-trained Bubble Me in Race 1, The American Ideal ‘The Legacy Lives on Forever’ Mobile Pace (3.52pm). “I thought her last run was pretty good, she copped a bit of pressure and still managed to run a decent last half (800m).” “She has plenty of gate speed and I thought she might be hard to catch.” Hurrell also links up with the Green trained Emily, who is coming in off a last-start mistake at Ashburton. The usually reliable trotter looks like a decent top-four threat back in her home province on Friday. “She gets a nice head-start on the back markers, if it was 2200m I would be more confident.” “Over 2700m, she is pretty honest and I would think she’s a top-four chance.” Hurrell combines with three of his regular drives from the Greg Hunter stable on Friday in First Light, It’s A Pleasure and Beach Day. Early betting suggests First Light is in a head-to-head matchup with Always Ticking. “She has beaten Always Ticking a couple of times earlier in the year.” “But Always Ticking went a pretty good race at Wyndham last week.” “I was a little bit disappointed in First Light’s last second, but On The Wing is no mug and she did a little bit of work early.” “I would say she will head forward again and give her her chance.” The classy Beach Day resumes at Ascot Park after producing outstanding winter form. While there is no doubting the mare’s class, she does give away a race fitness advantage to her rivals. “I am picking she will benefit from the run, but she has gone real good fresh before. “But that has been down in the grades, not against these horses” “She is still a chance though, because she is a nice horse.” “Five is probably a niggly enough draw first up because she will probably settle behind the main chances.” It’s A Pleasure also returns to racing, starting fresh up for the Hunter stable on Friday. “She will probably benefit from the run too and from the draw she is going to need a bit of luck.” “But she is a nice filly and she will do a great job once she gets a bit of racing under her belt.” Hurrell reunites with Robyns Playboy who he has driven at various points in his fantastic career. The veteran looks to land in a winnable race on the back of a strong last-start fourth at Wyndham. “All the better chances have drawn outside me, so it might be a good chance to put him in the race and see whether he can finish it off.” “But we will see how things pan out.” Another veteran in Friendly Eyre looks the outsider of Hurrell’s strong book of drives. View the full article
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