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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
In a fairytale ending to one of the key stallion-making races of the season, the judge's photo showed the 35,000gns Without Parole colt Zavateri in front of the 450,000gns buy Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) at the culmination of Sunday's G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes at The Curragh. Having been 18-1 when swooping in Newmarket's G2 July Stakes and 8-1 when following up in Goodwood's G2 Vintage Stakes, Mick and Janice Mariscotti's Tattersalls October Book 2 bargain was 15-2 this time as Charles Bishop waited patiently for his effort in rear. Showing his now-customary sharp acceleration to enter the fray, he looked to have put Ballydoyle's 10-11 favourite away at the furlong pole but was soon embroiled in a ding-dong tussle and had to be tough to prevail. At the line, there was a head separating the colts who started out at the two ends of the commercial spectrum, with Italy (Wootton Bassett) 2 1/2 lengths away in third. “They've not been coming off the pace today and he was a long way back, but we said before it was up to Charlie–there was no plan and no pressure,” a relieved Eve Johnson Houghton said after learning that the stewards' inquiry into a late bump between the front pair had been resolved with no change to the outcome. “He's improving and improving and it'll be straight to the Dewhurst now. He wants further and as he matures he'll definitely want a mile.” The post The Mariscottis’ Zavateri Edges National Stakes Thriller 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
Thoroughly deserving of his first Group 1 success on Sunday, AMO Racing Limited and Giselle De Aguiar's Arizona Blaze (Sergei Prokofiev) justified David Egan's call to partner him in The Curragh's Bar One Flying Five Stakes. Taking a lead from the owners' other live contender Bucanero Fuerte (Wootton Bassett), the 11-2 shot stayed on strongly to edge ahead a furlong out and land the five-furlong prize by a length from Nighteyes (Night Of Thunder) with Bucanero Fuerte holding on for third. “I had to go with my gut feeling and I was happy when the rain came,” Egan said of his choice, who had won the G2 Sapphire Stakes here and been touched off in the Commonwealth Cup. “Everything happened a bit too quickly for him in the Nunthorpe and the team can really get a horse to bounce back in a short space of time. Bucanero did a great job and really took me into it–I was happy to sit on his quarters and he hit the line strong. If any horse deserves a Group 1, it's him.” This was an automatic qualifier for the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and Kia Joorabchian is focused on that target now. “I was pushing David a little towards Arizona Blaze, as it's a stallion-making race,” he admitted. “He's such a tough horse and I'm delighted for him. David has excelled for us and is such a confident guy and rider and he gave him such a beautiful ride.” “Bucanero came third, so he's done a great job to come back from where he's been,” he added. “I think now we'll aim for the Breeders' Cup with Arizona and we'll have a lot of fun with him. He's a tough, hardy, very good-looking horse so he'll make a great stallion, but I'm happy to go again next year.” The post Amo’s Arizona Blaze Gets His Group 1 In The Flying Five, Breeders’ Cup The Plan 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
As it had 12 months ago, The Curragh's G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes went to Ballydoyle but not to their first string as Precise (Starspangledbanner) emerged best of the stable trio under Ronan Whelan. Like Bedtime Story last year, the even-money favourite Composing (Wootton Bassett) cut out the running but faded late, leaving it to Precise and Beautify (Wootton Bassett) to fight out the finish with the former the stronger by 3/4 of a length. The G1 Prix Morny heroine Venetian Sun (Starman) surrendered her unbeaten record, 1 3/4 lengths away in third with Composing only fourth. “I didn't jump as cleanly as I would have liked, but she quickened up well,” Whelan said of the G3 Prestige Stakes winner, who was providing Aidan O'Brien with an 11th renewal. “They told me she pricks her ears in front and I was value for a bit more at the line. The way she hit the line, she would probably be better over further.” O'Brien said of the winner, who is an automatic qualifier for the GI John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, “Ronan gave her a beautiful ride and she is growing and maturing all the time. When they are developing like that, you never where they will stop.” “She got the trip very well and galloped through the line. That's a win and you're in for the Breeders' Cup and Precise loves fast ground, so that's an option. I should have put in someone to lead Composing, she had made the running twice before but it wasn't fair to ask her to do it again into that headwind–I'm not disappointed with her.” The post Deja Vu In The Moyglare As Precise Steps Out Of The Shadows For Ballydoyle 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
Sunday Racing Company's G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) hero Croix Du Nord (Kitasan Black), not seen since annexing that Classic in June, became the latest Japanese nominee to lay down a marker for next month's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with a narrow victory in Sunday's G3 Prix du Prince d'Orange at ParisLongchamp. “I knew the horse needed the race and I am very happy with the result,” said trainer Takashi Saito. “Earlier this week he had not worked so well at Chantilly, so I didn't get much sleep before the race and I am relieved for sure. He handled downhill very well and also the soft ground, which was a concern beforehand. He did wander a bit in the straight, but I am convinced the lack of fitness is the reason. With one race now under his belt I am certain that he will come on a lot for the run and be fully ready for the Arc.” The 7-5 favourite was swiftly into stride and raced prominently early before settling in fourth and remaining there for the most part. Easing the outside for a clear passage off the home turn, he launched his challenge with 300 metres remaining and stayed on powerfully under a drive to hold the late rattle of G2 Prix Eugene Adam victor Daryz (Sea The Stars) by a short head. Pedigree Notes Croix Du Nord, who became Japan's champion juvenile after posting a win in last year's G1 Hopeful Stakes, is one of his sire's 10 Group winners which include three at the highest level. Croix Du Nord is the leading performer for G2 Park Hill Stakes victrix and G1 Oaks and G1 Irish Oaks placegetter Rising Cross (Cape Cross), herself the leading performer out of a half-sister to the dam of stakes-winning sire and G3 Solario Stakes and GIII La Jolla Handicap placegetter Falkenham (Polar Falcon). Croix Du Nord's fourth dam Cley (Exbury) is kin to Derby-winning sires Blakeney (Hethersett) and Morston (Ragusa). Rising Cross is also the dam of the multiple Group 3-placed Earthrise (Manhattan Cafe) and the once raced 2-year-old full-brother to Croix Du Nord named Charing Cross. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France PRIX DU PRINCE D'ORANGE-G3, €73,200, ParisLongchamp, 9-14, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:11.69, vsf. 1–CROIX DU NORD (JPN), 128, c, 3, by Kitasan Black (Jpn) 1st Dam: Rising Cross (GB) (GSP & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Ire, GSP-US, $501,841), by Cape Cross (Ire) 2nd Dam: Woodrising (GB), by Nomination (GB) 3rd Dam: Bodham (GB), by Bustino (GB) O-Sunday Racing Company Ltd; B-Northern Racing; T-Takashi Saito; J-Yuichi Kitamura; €36,600. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Jpn, 6-5-1-0, €3,332,273. *1/2 to Earthrise (Jpn) (Manhattan Cafe {Jpn}), MGSP-Jpn, $888,680. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Daryz (Fr), 126, c, 3, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Daryakana (Fr), by Selkirk. O/B-Aga Khan Studs; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €14,640. 3–Nahraan (GB), 121, c, 3, Make Believe (GB)–First Kingdom (Ire), by Frankel (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Prince A A Faisal; B-Nawara Stud Ltd; T-John & Thady Gosden. €10,980. Margins: SHD, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 1.40, 2.80, 6.10. Also Ran: Uthred (Fr), Bolster (GB), Dumonet (Ire), Daring Prince (GB). The post Japanese Derby Hero Croix Du Nord Lays Down Arc Marker at ParisLongchamp 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
By Jonny Turner There was one key difference when Akuta returned to Oamaru to deliver his second crushing win in the Group 3 Placemakers Hannon Memorial title. The comeback pacer left his rivals without an excuse when he sat parked and still proved far too strong in the New Zealand Cup lead-up for trainers Mark and Nathan Purdon. The win was something of a carbon copy of Akuta’s brilliant win in the 2022 Hannon Memorial. Three years ago, Mark Purdon was just as content to sit parked rather than pressed towards the lead when taking the reins behind the star pacer. And just as he did in 2022, the champion trainer-driver stoked his charge up on the home turn before he went on to a powerful victory. While tactically identical, the build-up into both Hannon wins has been starkly different. After 20 months on the sidelines through injury, Akuta would have had his excuses if sitting parked had taken its toll this year. But it didn’t and Purdon was quick to thank former Group 1 winning reinsman Tony Shaw for his hard work to get Akuta fit and ready for spring racing. Purdon called on Shaw after it became apparent that training his star pacer on the Matamata thoroughbred track, where the trainer-driver is based, wasn’t going to help his progression. The results of the move to call on Shaw has been Akuta putting his hand up as the early leader among New Zealand’s hopefuls that will attempt to defend home turf when Aussie stars Leap To Fame and Swayzee cross the ditch to contest the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup. “We weren’t going to get him back working him on the soft sand,” Purdon told Harness Racing Unhinged’s Nigel Armstrong. “So, he went to Morrinsville where Tony looked after him.” “Tony was meticulous in the way he looked after the horse through his preparation.” Shaw’s dedication was rewarded when Purdon handed the former reinsman and now horse transport operator a share in Akuta. Now Shaw looks a realistic chance of hoisting the New Zealand Cup again, as he did when driving Yulestar to victory in the great race 25 years ago. While Akuta won’t carry the support the two Australians at this stage, he should only become a bigger and more potent force as the spring continues. “He has still got improvement in him,” Purdon said. “I know he has had four raceday starts back, but he’s really only had three starts as one was only a tame affair.” “With the absence this horse has had, you have got to expect it will take a long time [to build his fitness]. “ Dalton Shard tracked Akuta throughout and boosted his New Zealand Cup chances when running into second ahead of Macandrew Aviator. Purdon was also in the winner’s circle on Hannon Memorial Day with the Ross Houghton trained pair of Midnight Diamond and Incentivise who both cleared out for impressive victories. View the full article
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