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I hope for tabmans sake he is someone different. But after reading the obituary on the hrnz website he just sounds so familiar to the person we discuss things with on this website. the similarities seem rather long. for example he always such a strong defender of the ATC,like yourself gammalite. But it was more than that,i got the feeling he had real personal relationships with people from that club and he did say a few times he was a regular there on racenights.The thing is,when it came to the ATC,even though he was pro the atc,he never disputed any argument we made based around their financial postion. And this mr williams was an accountant. One time i drifted off in some posts i made on the topic of air quality. i referred to invercargill,timaru and nelson as having poor air quality and how it was reflected in stats relating to increased lung and heart issues for people from those areas. He had replied that i seemed to know what i was talking about as far as that went and mentioned he had lived in a couple of those areas and mentioned he had coached sport,inferring it was nelson. In his discussions with mikeynz he also more than once referred to himself as a former southern man.i hadguessed he was a ex dunedin person, although when we discussed the air thing i wondered,maybe he's worked in invercargill as well. There was no mention of invercargill in mr williams obituary, but he obviously had a long association with otago. Then there was the tone of all his replies.He always tried to be upbeat and positive and that seems similar to what they say about him in the obituary. there was the occasional time when i got under his skin and he wasn't quite his cherry self in how he replied,that was uncommon,but after one of those rare occasions i said to him,well you may not agree with what i'm saying but i could tell a bit about him from how he had worded things,telling him i thought he came across as someone who had wealth and that when it came to his work background,he would have had positions where he was the decision maker.Reading mr williams obituary,his working background sounds famliar to how tabman came across. And from his replies ,you could tell he had a good sense of humour. then their was the reference to him using social media. Like i've said before,when we post on this forum,we all,every now and then,tell people a little bit about ourselves.Its just what we do,even if we use pseudonyms. and for regular contributorslike myself,it feels like you have a connection with some people you don't know,but do know so to speak. And its that connection,through this forum which we enjoy having,most of the time anyway. So,i hope i'm wrong about my assumptions and tab man makes a comeback. Wouldn't that be funny if he did.But if he doesn't i'm sure,even though this is a forum where we don't actually know peoples real names,we still know them well enough to miss them when they stop contributing.And the point of my posts about tabman is,its nice to put a face to a name when they stop posting. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The multiple Group winner Topgear has been retired from racing and will stand at Capital Stud for the 2026 breeding season. The son of Wootton Bassett will command a fee of €7,500. Topgear was unbeaten in three starts as a juvenile for trainer Fabrice Chappet, culminating with a narrow success in the G3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly. Transferred to the care of Christopher Head after failing to add to his tally in six starts the following season, the Hisaaki Saito-owned colt then peaked towards the end of his four-year-old campaign when he registered consecutive wins in the G3 Prix du Pin at ParisLongchamp and the G2 Challenge Stakes at Newmarket. He won by five and a half lengths on the last occasion and ended the season with a Timeform rating of 123. “We are incredibly excited to be standing what is one of the highest-rated sons of Wootton Bassett at Capital Stud,” the operation's Ger O'Neill said of Topgear, who also won the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal on his return to action in May this year, beating the subsequent G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Sajir (Make Believe). “Topgear is a horse we have been tracking for quite some time and it is an honour to be partnering with Mr Saito for his stallion career. Just as exciting for us is that we are offering equity shares in him to the public, so we look forward to partnering with multiple breeders and going on this journey together for what will hopefully be a great long-term success for everyone that gets involved. “We are still a relatively new stallion farm on the scene, but being able to offer a horse of this standard to breeders is what it's all about for us, so we'll be doing everything we possibly can to make a success of him.” Bred by Snig Elevage, Topgear sold for €200,000 at the Arqana Deauville September Yearling Sale and is one of four winners from as many runners out of the winning Giant's Causeway mare Miss Lech. His second dam is a sibling to three stakes performers, while the third dam, the Listed Hopeful Stakes scorer Rose Indien (Crystal Glitters), is a half-sister to the G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris-winning sire Majorien and the G2 Prix de Malleret scorer America (Arazi). The latter is herself the dam of the G1 Melbourne Cup-winning sire Americain. Sebastian Desmontils, racing manager to Hisaaki Saito, added, “We were honoured to race Topgear and were very keen to retain an interest in his stallion career. We are delighted to have retained shares in him for the next phase of Topgear's career at Capital Stud and intend to offer him as much support as we can both in the breeding shed and in the sales ring.” Castle Star will complete Capital Stud's Flat roster for 2026, standing for €3,000. The post Highly-Rated Topgear to Stand for €7,500 at Capital Stud in 2026 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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All race day test samples (post-race and TCO2) collected from participants in the 2025 Breeders' Cup Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare UnitView the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
All race day test samples (post-race and TCO2) collected from contenders in the 2025 Breeders' Cup held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club have been cleared by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) and purse distribution has begun accordingly, the organizer said in a press release on Friday. In 2025, the Breeders' Cup was run for a third year under the full jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority (HISA), including the Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program, which took effect in May of 2023 and is administered and enforced by HIWU. As was the case under Breeders' Cup's anti-doping and medication control rules that were in place before HISA's ADMC Program was implemented, the vast majority of medication is prohibited within 48 hours of the 14 Championship races and the undercard. All potential Breeders' Cup competitors were also subject to out-of-competition testing for banned substances leading up to the two-day global festival of racing. The post HIWU Clears Race Day Samples From 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships 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
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to report that 1997 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, Touch Gold, has been euthanized at the age of 31 due to the infirmities of old age. View the full article
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