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Montador, which in Portuguese means "assembler," put it all together in notching his first stakes win in the $98,000 Woodchopper Stakes Dec. 27 at Fair Ground Race Course & Slots.View the full article

Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Sovereignty is preparing to compete as a 4-year-old, according to Godolphin USA director of bloodstock Michael Banahan.View the full article

Interestingly only 1 horse in at Taupo today, whereas they usually take a full complement to Taupo, so What You Wish For in the Taupo Cup probably worth a bet at reasonable money Let's hope no more tomos appear in the track

yes,if you slow down and stop the video prior to and as the tape was released,the horses weight was clearly on the back foot,but it was the releasing of the tape that triggered the backward movement from the horse. Similar to what we saw with evangilist who reared at westport. The concern about the hobbs decision is it indicated the stipes in charge were influenced by the fact the horse was the hot favorite and driven by nz's leading driver. They should not in anyway be factors that influence the stipes in determining whether a horse is late scratched or not,because if they are,you get inconsistency in stipes decisions which leads to discontent amongst punters and licence holders who are treated differently,depending on who they are or what horse they drive. sure,hobbs backing away straight after the tapes went wasn't a good look,but everyone should have the rules applied in the same way and preferential treatment should never occur. That should be the aim in an ideal and fair world.

Montador (Nyquist) shot to the front with about a furlong to travel and powered home to defeat stablemate Juris Doctor (Constitution) for a first black-type success in Saturday's age-restricted Woodchopper Stakes at the Fair Grounds. Taken back off the early gallop, Montador raced two deep and with cover down the backstretch. Pulled out into the three path leaving the three-eighths, the homebred went on the attack three off the inside with a furlong to travel and quickly put the race to bed. Juris Doctor traveled into the race looking very strong passing the quarter pole, but was unable to secure a clear run in the final two panels and did well to round out a Stidham exacta. “I was just a passenger today,” said winning jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr. “That performance was just a testament to Mike and his team. All I had to do was give him the cleanest trip possible. Montador did the rest for us.” Sheikh Mohammed's operation acquired second dam Hystericalady for a sales-topping $3 million at Keeneland November in 2008 and Lady Montdore is one of her six winners. Group 3-placed in France, the mare was repatriated and won the GII Glens Falls Stakes while finishing third in the GI Flower Bowl Stakes. Montador's juvenile half-brother Beekman Street (Street Sense) won his maiden going a mile over this turf course Nov. 27 and his two younger siblings include the yearling colt Strike Point (Not This Time) and a weanling filly by American Pharoah. Lady Montdore was most recently bred back to Not This Time. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. WOODCHOPPER S., $98,000, Fair Grounds, 12-27, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.31, fm. 1–MONTADOR, 118, c, 3, by Nyquist 1st Dam: Lady Montdore (GSW & GISP-US, GSP-Fr, $318,642), by Medaglia d'Oro 2nd Dam: Hystericalady, by Distorted Humor 3rd Dam: Sacramentada (Chi), by Northair 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Godolphin LLC (KY); T-Michael Stidham; J-Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-0, $279,309. 2–Juris Doctor, 116, c, 3, Constitution–Romanticism, by War Front. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($450,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Pin Oak Stud; B-Ashview Farm & Colts Neck Stables (KY); T-Michael Stidham. $20,000. 3–Faber, 116, g, 3, Improbable–Disobedient, by Into Mischief. ($37,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Al & Bill Ulwelling; B-Anderson Farms Ont Inc & 552727 Ontario Ltd (ON); T-Gary M Scherer. $10,000. Margins: 4 1/4, 1HF, HD. Odds: 1.10, 3.00, 26.80. Also Ran: Savion, Joejoe Go, Flying Mohawk, Coco Cool.   The post Nyquist’s Montador Stamps Authority On Woodchopper Stakes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article