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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
by Joel Politi I have been around horses since I was young and grew up with a 12-horse barn in our backyard. My Dad bred and raised almost all of the horses that he ran and I've been paying attention to breeding my whole life. I love this aspect of horse racing, have owned horses myself for more than 20 years and I bred our first mare in 2017. Currently have 12 broodmares, and Mark Taylor and Travis White with Taylor Made help me with all of my matings. We banter back and forth until we reach a solid plan. We look at what breeding patterns have worked, but also try to pick matings based on the physical of the mare. Here is a look at some of the matings we have planned for 2026. SERENGETI EMPRESS, 10, Alternation–Havisham, by Bernardini. Will be bred to Gun Runner. She is the 'Queen' and will always be the star of our stable. She has three foals currently (all colts), including a 2-year-old by Curlin and a yearling by Not This Time. She is barren this year. We debated sending her back to Curlin, but her P360 reports with Gun Runner were so good, that we are sending her that way. She is such the perfect physical that I think she could pair well with lots of stallions. I don't plan on breeding her every year, so we will make the most of her opportunities and root for a filly. LI'L TOOTSIE, 8, Tapiture–Informative Style, by Dayjur. Will be bred to Into Mischief. Little Tootsie is exactly the kind of mare that I like to develop and own. Tom Amoss and I bought her at the sale and she went on to win a pair of stakes and she's multiple graded stakes placed. She is a big racey looking mare and put up really fast numbers on the sheets. Her first two foals are by Not This Time, she has an Vekoma in her belly and she is going to visit Into Mischief this year. Her P360 report with him was really good and she is a good match for him physically. We are giving her every chance to succeed. LITTLESTITIOUS, 8, Ghostzapper–Broadway Play, by Quality Road. Will be bred to Girvin. Littlestitious is another mare that Tom and I bought and raced. She won multiple stakes and had lots of ability. She is a very well-built Ghostzapper mare that has lots of his physical attributes. She's had a couple of Not This Time foals, including a very nice 2-year-old. Unfortunately, she had a beautiful Curlin colt who got sick and passed away as a weanling. She is currently in foal to Liam's Map and is booked to Girvin this year. I love Girvin as a sire. We sent two mares to him last year and are sending two back again this year. I think this is a really good physical mating. Girvin will give her a little more size, since she's a little more compact. DEL MAR MAY, 10, Jimmy Creed–Big Lou, by Malibu Moon. Will be bred to Sierra Leone. Del Mar May is a graded stakes-placed Jimmy Creed sprinter that had lots of ability on the racetrack. This will be her sixth foal. She is currently in foal to Twirling Candy. She is a stake producer now, as her 4-year-old Boutwell Time (Not This Time) won a stake in December. She's booked to Sierra Leone. I don't love going with freshman sires as a rule. But he is such a good physical, a strong pedigree and race record, that I like sending this well-established mare to him. He will help her with her size too. EVERLOVING, 4, Violence–Marwa (GB), by Exceed And Excel (Aus). Will be bred to Vekoma. Everloving is another yearling that Tom and I bought at Keeneland. She is an absolutely gorgeous physical. She's by Violence and is a half-sister to World Record (Gun Runner). Her extended family is very deep and loaded with real runners. She is recently retired from the track and there aren't many sires hotter than Vekoma to help her get off to a good start. There is lots to like about this cross including Speightstown over Medaglia d'Oro. New sire Goal Oriented during his racing days | Horsephotos MALIBU COVE, 13, Malibu Moon–Spirited Away, by Awesome Again. Will be bred to Goal Oriented. Malibu Cove is a Grade I-producing mare by that I bought during Keeneland November who is in foal to Taiba. She is a beautiful mare and has two Into Mischiefs in the pipeline–a yearling and 2-year-old. When Goal Oriented became available, it was an easy decision. I am a big fan. I think he is a beautiful physical with lots of ability and the Giant's Causeway cross with her has already worked well. CANDY STRIPER, 12,Twirling Candy–Grant Marty a Wish, by Beautiful Crown. Will be bred to Girvin. Candy Striper was my first broodmare. She is by Twirling Candy. We claimed her at Churchill Downs back in 2016. I sent her to Maryland since I had some shares in Holy Boss and she had five foals with him. They have all proven to have lots of ability. Two of them turned into stakes performers, and one was Maryland champion 3-year-old filly, Bosserati. She has a really beautiful yearling by Maclean's Music and is in foal to Maxfield. I chose Girvin for her because I love him, but also he will help her with a little bit of size in her foals. She has been a really great mare for us. BOSSERATI, 6, Holy Boss–Candy Striper, by Twirling Candy. Will be bred to Post Time. This is a total sentimental breeding. Bosserati was the first stakes winner that I bred and as I said she was the Maryland champion 3-year-old filly. She was a really fast turf sprinter and we think that she will cross very well with Frosted's line. I mostly picked this mating between Post Time and Bosserati so that two Maryland-bred champions trained by Brittany Russell can have a foal. This is the only mare that I will have in Maryland, so hopefully it's a good foal. TULANIAN, 9, Twirling Candy–Silent Circle, by Indian Charlie. Will be bred to Munnings. Tulanian is a very nice Twirling Candy mare we purchased. She is a half to two graded stakes horses. She has four foals and is in foal to Girvin. Her 3-year-old filly by Maclean's Music broke her maiden at Churchill and ran second in an allowance there. Her yearling by Munnings was so good-looking, that we decided to go back to him. Munnings is such a value sire at this point. He can get any kind of runner and their cross worked very well the first time. MICROBIOME, 7, Twirling Candy–Sonja's Angel, by Smoke Glacken. Will be bred to Maclean's Music. Microbiome is a big beautiful Twirling Candy mare that we bought during Keeneland September. She won very impressively as a juvenile at Saratoga first-time out and had a soft tissue injury that fall. She has a very nice Not This Time 2-year-old and a yearling by Munnings. The Maclean's Music-Twirling Candy cross has worked very well for us and physically he will help her. Maclean's Music tends to add muscle and stockiness to their frame. The post 2026 Mating Plans: Joel Politi 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
Widden Stud announced on Thursday the death of Bel Esprit, the retired sire of the global phenomenon that was Black Caviar. He was 26. “Bel Esprit has left a real legacy that will extend well beyond his passing and it has been a privilege to have him in our care,” said Widden Stud's Adam Henry. The son of Royal Academy won his first five starts, culminating with victory in the 2002 G1 Blue Diamond. He followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the G1 Golden Slipper, before returning as a three-year-old with two further stakes victories. He added three Group 1 placings in the spring, then placed in the G1 Newmarket Handicap before winning the G1 Stradbroke Handicap at the end of his three-year-old campaign. Retired to stud in 2003, Bel Esprit sired 28 stakes winners, led by the unbeaten champion mare Black Caviar, as well as her fellow top-level winners Bel Mer and Bel Sprinter. As a damsire, he has 24 stakes winners, led by champion first-season sire Ole Kirk, Hong Kong Group 1 winner Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) and Group 1 winner Costa Viva (Encosta De Lago). He retired from stud duties in 2022. The post Bel Esprit, Sire of Black Caviar, Dies at 26 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
Caspar Fownes looks to have another smart prospect on his hands after Papaya Brose made a stylish debut in the third section of the Class Four Fat Choi Handicap (1,200m) to propel the trainer to the top of the championship. Fownes was not in attendance, but his son Ronan enjoyed some easy viewing at Sha Tin as the Zousain galloper travelled kindly towards the back of the pack under Hugh Bowman. The pair made rapid headway when unleashed in the straight, powering down the centre of the track to...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Francis Lui Kin-wai was left drawing comparisons to the mighty Golden Sixty after Hot Delight maintained his unbeaten record in sparkling fashion at Sha Tin’s Lunar New Year meeting on Thursday. A dominant winner on debut over course and distance last month, Lui was very upbeat about the Too Darn Hot galloper on the day and it seems that glowing report was more than warranted as he dazzled again in the first section of the Class Three Yue Yee Handicap (1,200m). The in-form 67-year-old is no...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Jonny Turner They’ve made their mark again on the national yearling sales, and now Stonewall Stud will be out to conquer Cromwell. Trainers Steve and Amanda Telfer bring three horses south just a couple of days after their team set a new Australasian record for purchasing a trotting yearling. A filly by star North American stallion Walner from Egee Money was purchased by the powerful stable for $290,000. The blueblood squaregaiter is among 12 yearlings Stonewall Stud bought out of the Christchurch sales ring on Wednesday, following their purchase of four in Auckland on Monday. It will be back to the business of racing when the Stonewall team head to Cromwell’s meeting on Friday, following a winning double at Addington on Thursday night with Sonofamistery and Get Seaside Lucky, both driven by Tim Williams. Their three-strong squad includes Stumpy Blackler, who heads south after only going down narrowly in his last two starts. “I think he would be the best winning chance of the three,” Amanda Telfer said. “His last two runs have been good and they have been in handy enough maiden fields at Nelson and Addington.” “He’s had a wee bit of a freshen up and I have been happy with his work.” The Telfer stable will bring Premier Arden south for her first start on the Cromwell grass. The filly will start from barrier 1 for driver Nikita Burton, who handles all three of the Stonewall runners. While Premier Arden has the trial form and the talent to justify the short odds she will start at, there is a slight query over her ringcraft. “I do expect her to hold her position out of the gate early.” “Her trials have been quite good, she is a progressive filly who has improved quite a bit this time in.” “Her ringcraft isn’t quite there yet, that might be against her.” “It is her first start, but if she can handle everything she’d be a nice chance.” Mystic Magic rates the outsider of the Stonewall team, largely because she will have to start from the unruly. Regan Todd also made his mark at the national yearling sales on Friday. The trainer purchased several yearlings with leading owners Philip and Glenys Kennard. He will also turn his attention back to racing at Cromwell on Friday when Now Watch Me will attempt to continue the strong start he’s made to his career. The pacer will start at short odds after winning and running second in his first two starts at Nelson last month. “He’s has been ticking over since Nelson, he had a trial and I was quite happy with it.” “They ran along at a solid clip and he wasn’t knocked around.” “First time on the grass is an unknown, but he is forward enough to go a nice race. Now Watch Me will link up with Wilson House in a heat of the Revell Douglas Memorial Series for junior drivers. View the full article
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