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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
8th-GP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, f, 1m, 3:50 p.m. ET Shadwell Stable's ELGHEED (Tapit), a $1.2-million Keeneland September purchase in 2024, makes her first trip to the post for trainer Todd Pletcher. The filly is the first foal out of Immediate Impact (Into Mischief), a half-sister to champion Arrogate (Unbridled's Song) who won her lone racetrack appearance for Bob Baffert in 2019. The mare's second foal, a filly by Flightline, sold for $1.6 million to Douglas Scharbauer at the 2025 Keeneland September sale. Brad Cox saddles firster Prom Queen (Quality Road), a homebred for Gary and Mary West. The filly is out of Miss Bling Bling (Tapit), a daughter of Canadian champion Milwaukee Appeal (Milwaukee Brew) and a full-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Actress, dam of G1 Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}). TJCIS PPs The post Friday Insights: Pricey Tapit Filly Debuts at Gulfstream Park 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
ThoroFan is a national non-profit Thoroughbred Racing Fan Association, Inc (501 (c)(3)) with 18 years of experience representing the interest of Thoroughbred racing fans across the country. We are proud of our monikers, “Giving the Fan a Voice” and “An educated Fan is a Better Fan.” With the current takeout rates present in parimutuel racing today, the average fan contributes, at minimum, 20-30 percent of the money that sustains the success of the industry (with larger retail handicappers/players contributing much more) yet is not allowed anywhere near that type of representation or a seat at the table with the regulatory bodies of racing. If racing is to thrive and grow by the year 2036, we see the following as being present in the industry in some form: For the Fans 1. A sport where the on-track experience draws fans to the racetrack, not just to watch on their phones or at home. While younger generations and the affluent gravitate toward premium amenities, racetracks should also create welcoming spaces for the game's veterans: those who value comfort over spectacle and deserve recognition as vital contributors to racing. 2. Industry recognition that fans and handicappers are as important to racing as horsemen, owners, breeders, jockeys, backstretch community, etc. They need to have a seat at the table. A Fan/Handicapper is given a seat on every Racing Commission or Horse Racing Board. This would not just be a “member of the public” spot, but a dedicated seat for an experienced player who understands the fan/handicapper experiences and desires. 3. Greater access for fans to all aspects of the racing industry, from breeding to racing to aftercare opportunities. This will bring more fans into the sport, not only as fans but also as participants in other areas, keeping the industry vibrant for years to come. 4. While some retail horseplayers truly wish that CAWs would be outlawed from racing entirely, ThoroFan recognizes their importance in generating purse revenue. We envision a 2036 where CAWs exist but are fairly regulated, and where a broad range of wagering options gives regular and retail players access to pools free from CAW influence. 5. True transparency of all health care given to these great equine athletes, and complete explanations to the public of what these treatments mean and are designed for. For the Industry 1. A change in the current business model to make it as lucrative to continue racing as it is to rush horses off to the breeding shed. This can be achieved through better racing “series” and better-structured local racing circuits that would provide critical support to the smaller tracks that will not survive the next decade under current economic conditions. 2. Bring back handicap races. Change the condition books based on the horse's current performance level, not age or number of wins. Under the current system, horses can win a maiden and three allowance races before they must either step into stakes or down to the claiming ranks. This was successfully implemented at Sam Houston Park Jan. 17, 2026. This system gives owners a choice, better opportunities for their horses through improved race placement, and another betting opportunity for handicappers. 3. Rule changes put in place to further ensure the health, welfare, and safety of all the athletes of the sport. These changes would ensure the highest levels of integrity in the sport, leading to more trust and wagering done by the public on it. For the Horse 1. A thriving aftercare program for these horses where there is true transparency that the fans can see and access showing exactly where each racehorse goes after their racing days are over. Ten years is a very short time in the grand scheme of things (especially considering racing's long and storied history), but this upcoming decade may become one of the most important ever in racing's history. If the industry takes a real hard look at what is best not for the individual, but for the whole, then ThoroFan sees a 2036 where we look back on the last 10 years and marvel at how far the sport has come back. If not, we may be spending 2036 merely looking back and saying, “Hey, remember when this place used to be a racetrack? Man, I miss that.” The post Letter To The Editor: ThoroFan’s Look At Racing In 2036 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
Due to a major winter storm set to hit a sizable portion of the United States, many racetracks have canceled their upcoming cards.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Bill Casner's Rafter C Ranch went to $260,000 to acquire Alisal (Uncle Mo), a 3-year-old stakes-placed filly, from Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton January Digital Sale. The priciest filly or mare sold Tuesday, Alisal raced exclusively at Remington Park for trainer H. Ray Ashford, Jr., breaking her maiden in her second start Oct. 9 and adding an allowance win next out Nov. 15 before capping off her season with a runner-up effort in the Toby Keith Stakes Dec. 20. Consigned by Warrendale Sales as a racing or broodmare prospect, Casner seems fit to retire his newest acquisition to a growing broodmare band. “She's a big, pretty mare,” Casner said. “She was precocious as a 2-year-old. I watched the replays [of her stakes race] and she was really wide on both turns. When she ran, she did it the tough way, lost a lot of ground and still showed speed. She's by Uncle Mo who is arguably becoming one of the best broodmare sires out there.” Out of a winning Gone West mare, Alisal is a half-sister to MGSW/GISP Secret Message (Hat Trick {Jpn}) who was acquired by Spendthrift Farm for $625,000 out of the 2020 Keeneland November Sale and has since produced three straight foals by leading sire Into Mischief. “Secret Message was certainly a very, very good racehorse, and she's still a young mare and active,” Casner continued. “Maybe one of those [Into Mischief foals] will go on, so there's an opportunity for the pedigree to continue to improve. I think [Alisal] is the kind of mare that, if you breed her to the right stallion, you've got an opportunity to get a really good racehorse.” Alisal was one of two broodmares purchased by Casner in the January Digital Sale, the other being Fay's Rhonda Cares (Mendelssohn), the half-sister to young stallion Flameaway (Scat Daddy) who was hammered down at just $30,000. “The market's gone up on these mares,” said Casner. “You're going to have to pay a little more for these quality mares but that's the market right now. Inventory is down. It's supply and demand.” Casner acknowledged that while Alisal may still be fit to race and potentially even at a higher level, she was more than likely set to be in foal in the coming season. “We'll find something that we really like to breed her to. We'll breed her to a good stallion, for sure. In truth, she looks sound enough to where she could continue to run. But you question what upside is. It costs $50,000 to keep [her] in training and I know she could certainly pay her way and perhaps make some money. Would she be able to step up to graded stakes? I think she probably could. But I'll probably just go ahead and breed her and put her into the broodmare band, let her be a mama.” The post Rafter C Ranch Adds Alisal To Growing Broodmare Band 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
World Pool races will return across three fixtures on Friday-Sunday split between the UAE, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Four races in the UAE on Friday including the G1 Jebel Hatta and the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge, six races in New Zealand on Saturday, among them the G1 Railway Stakes and in Hong Kong on Sunday the G1 Centenary Sprint and the G1 Stewards' Cup complete an even dozen World Pool races for the weekend. The second World Pool Moment of the Day will be chosen from Ellerslie. The Railway Stakes, Centenary Sprint Cup and the Stewards' Cup all featured in the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) Top 100 Group 1 races in the last three years. The post Triple World Pool Fixtures On The Weekend 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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