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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
5th-FG, $58K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 4:15 p.m. ET. Whisper Hill homebred STRAIGHT FORWARD (American Pharoah) makes her first start for Mandy Pope and trainer Steve Asmussen. The filly's dam, Aloof (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), was acquired by the farm at the 2014 Keeneland November Sale for a cool $3.9 million. Herself out of English Group 1 winner Airwave (GB) (Air Express {Ire}), Aloof is a half-sister to the dam of full-siblings MG1SW Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and G1SW Clemmie. Set for her unveiling is another homebred, Good Going (Mendelssohn), who was sent by Klein Racing to trainer Cherie DeVaux. The bay is a out of a multiple stakes winning mare named Good Deed (Broken Vow). A half-sister to MGSW Cash Control (Pioneerof the Nile) and MSW Country Day (Speightstown), Good Going's dam is also responsible for Coronation Cup Stakes heroine Goin' Good (Congrats) TJCIS PPS 7th-GP, $96K, OC75k/N1X, 3yo, 1m, 3:05 p.m. ET. A $200,000 buy for CHC, WinStar and Maverick Racing at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale, River Thames (Maclean's Music) certainly earned his keep on debut with a 4 3/4-length score at Gulfstream Park Jan. 11. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' based on that effort, the colt now tries optional claimers while stretching out to a mile for trainer Todd Pletcher. The first and only foal to date for Proportionality (Discreet Cat), River Thames hails from an extended female family which includes MGISW Paulassilverlining (Ghostzapper)–the dam of 'TDN Rising Star' Artorius (Arrogate)–and MGISW Dads Caps (Discreet Cat). TJCIS PPS The post Saturday’s Racing Insights: Whisper Hill Homebred Tries Two Turns In Turf Debut At Fair Grounds 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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America's Best Racing's Patrick Read provides notable informaton about each Holy Bull (G3) entrant and insights into betting the race.View the full article -
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New York Racing Association stakes coordinator Andrew Byrnes plans to retire from that role in September at the end of the 2025 Saratoga Race Course summer meet.View the full article -
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The progressive My Wish (Aus) (Flying Artie {Aus}) sat a trip handy to the pace, took over with 200 metres left to run and held off a rails rally from the outposted Divano (Aus) (Brave Smash {Jpn}) to take out the first leg of the 4-year-old Classic series in Hong Kong, the HK$13-million Hong Kong Classic Mile on Friday's Chinese New Year program at Sha Tin. It was a first feature win in the ultra-competitive environment for Australian ex-pat trainer Mark Newnham in his second season and for South Africa's Luke Ferraris, riding his third year in Hong Kong. Out of the top three just once in his seven previous starts, My Wish won consecutive races in Class 3 company in November and December over 1400 metres and stepped up to the mile last time, finishing a close third while giving 10 and seven pounds, respectively, to the pair that finished ahead of him Jan. 1. Easily the smallest horse in the 14-strong field at just 990 pounds, My Wish bounced alertly from barrier eight and took up a spot in the first third of the field, a couple of lengths behind Glory Elite (Aus) (Russian Revolution {Aus}) with cover down the back. Traveling nicely on the circle, My Wish was eased into the three-wide line leaving the 600 metres and had dead aim on the leaders turning in. Favoured Packing Hermod (Aus) (Rubick {Aus}) made a run in tandem with My Wish into the final furlong, but the latter kicked on smartly and prevailed narrowly. Divano, the ride of Blake Shinn, was snagged back to the tail from gate 14 and was ridden for luck in the straight. All the gaps came and he flashed home up the fence in a race-best :21.93 to touch Packing Hermod out of second. Mickley (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}), last year's Brittania Handicap hero, attacked the line for a sound fifth after striking some interference in the straight, while 2023 Windsor Castle Stakes runner-up Johannes Brahms (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) dropped out to finish at the tail. Ferraris is the 23-year-old son of former trainer David Ferraris, who called the shots on the career of Hong Kong Derby and G1 Dubai Sheema Classic hero Vengeance of Rain (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}). The elder Ferraris won the 2012 Classic Mile with Sweet Orange (War Front), a race Luke Ferraris remembers well. “Tonight, when I sit down it will kick in when I get the messages from my family,” said Luke Ferraris, who rode a treble on the day to take over fourth spot in the jockeys' premiership. “Watching this race as a child and now this–it's surreal. I'm pretty grateful to Mark and his team.” Newnham, a former Gai Waterhouse assistant who exercised the likes of G1 Golden Slipper hero Pierro (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) and G1 Melbourne Cup victor Fiorente (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), saddled 31 winners in his maiden season in 2023/2024, and is winning with better than 10% of his runners this term. “The horse is very game, Luke's done a great job with him and my team at home has done a super job because when he first arrived, he was a high-energy horse and wasn't easy to handle,” said Newnham, who has trained better than 400 winners since going out on his own in 2016. Pedigree Notes: My Wish is the ninth black-type winner for his sire, whose daughter Asfoora (Aus) won the 2024 G1 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot before finishing runner-up in the G2 Qatar Stakes at Goodwood and a close fourth in the G1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York. Flying Artie was victorious in the 2016 G3 Blue Diamond Prelude Stakes, second in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes itself and third to Capitalist (Aus) in that year's G1 Golden Slipper Stakes. Set The Tone was not covered from 2020 through 2022, but is the dam of a weanling full-brother to My Wish and was most recently bred to Hawaii Five Oh (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}). Friday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong HONG KONG CLASSIC MILE-LR, HK$13,000,000, Sha Tin, 1-31, NH/SH4yo, 1600mT, 1:33.98, gd. 1–MY WISH (AUS), 126, g, 4, by Flying Artie (Aus) 1st Dam: Set The Tone (Aus), by Reset (Aus) 2nd Dam: Celtic Courage (Aus), by Giant's Causeway 3rd Dam: Late Night Fun (Aus), by Handy Proverb (Aus) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Ada Che Xiao Hong, Suki Tang Xianfang & Ruby Hui Like Sea; B-J Langridge (NSW); T-Mark Newnham; J-Luke Ferraris; HK$7,280,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-2, HK$10,754,700. 2–Divano (Aus), 126, g, 4, Brave Smash (Jpn)–Been Scene (Aus), by Bianconi. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. (A$90,000 Ylg '22 INGFEB). O-Chen Chun Man; B-Aquis Farm, Ariel Arnott (Qld); T-Francis Lui; J-Blake Shinn; HK$2,730,000. 3–Packing Hermod (Aus), 126, g, 4, Rubick (Aus)–Black Tulip (Aus), by Lonhro (Aus). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. (A$300,000 Ylg '22 INGFEB). O-Roletta Lee Man Ching; B-Bird Rock Thoroughbreds (Vic); T-Francis Lui; J-Zac Purton; HK$1,495,000. Margins: NK, NK, 1. Odds: 6-1, 47-1, 9-5. Also Ran: Fast Network (NZ), Mickley (Ire), Rubylot (Aus), Lucy In the Sky (Aus), Top Gun (NZ), Talents Ambition (Aus), Glory Elite (Aus), Markwin (Aus), Cap Ferrat (Aus), Call Me Glorious (Aus), Johannes Brahms (GB). Scratched: Sky Trust (Aus), Bundle Award (Aus). Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing. The post My Wish Gives Newnham, Ferraris Landmark Wins in Classic Mile 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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Grand National-winning owner John Hales has died at the age of 85. The owner of Neptunes Collonges (Fr), who landed one of the tightest finishes to the National in 2012 when beating Sunnyhillboy (Ire) by a nose, was associated with a string of great jumpers, including another special grey, One Man (Ire). The latter was one of three Queen Mother Champion Chase winners for Hales, along with Azertyuiop (Fr) and Politologue (Fr), and recently he had extended his racing interests to a successful partnership with fellow leading owners Sir Alex Ferguson, Peter Done and Ged Mason. Paul Nicholls, trainer of some of Hales's top horses, announced the news of the owner's death on social media on Friday. He said, “It is with great sadness to report that John Hales passed away last evening. A great man and a fantastic owner and friend for many people. Thoughts with his wife Pat and his wonderful family. He will be missed by so many in racing. RIP John.” Hales was the co-founder of the Golden Bear Toys company, which produced toys associated with children's shows such as Teletubbies, Basil Brush and Thomas the Tank Engine. A former president of British Showjumping, Hales also had a close association with Olympic showjumper Nick Skelton and his sons, Dan and Harry, now a leading National Hunt trainer and top jump jockey respectively. He owned Skelton Sr's legendary showjumping stallion Arko III and most recently enjoyed success on the track with Protektorat (Fr), who won the Fitzdares Fleur de Lys Chase at Windsor earlier this month and is owned in partnership with Ferguson, Done and Mason. Protektorat's trainer Dan Skelton said, “John was there that day. He hasn't been very well and it's been a bit up and down for him recently, but he looked great at Windsor and we had an absolutely fantastic day. “The Hales family have been unbelievable supporters of all horse sports – his contribution to showjumping shouldn't ever be underestimated either. “He was one of the first supporters out of the blocks for me when I started my career and he's always supported Harry and my father and [sister-in-law] Bridget [Andrews].” He continued, “He's had all those great horses, but he's got those great horses because people have wanted to do so well for him. He inspired people to do well and trusted people.” The post Leading Jumps Owner John Hales Dies at 85 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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