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Jockey Serafin Carmona is hospitalized at CHI-St. Vincent in Hot Spring, Ark., after being unseated when his mount clipped heels during the running of the ninth race March 5 at Oaklawn Park. View the full article

Why bother @Newmarket.  Your past history regarding the analysis of "value" has had abysmal results. Perhaps you could give us a list of your "value" runners today?  I wouldn't worry about anyone punting on them and it would be to your advantage as your selections prices would lengthen!

MAD HOUSE (g, 4, Vekoma–Stifled Heiress, by Munnings) was last seen fading to the back in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint at Del Mar last November, but before that he'd strung together a respectable tally of four consecutive victories which culminated with him taking home the hardware in the Sept. 20 GII Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx. Made the 3-5 heavy favorite here for his seasonal bow, Mad House went right to the front and never looked back after :21.94 and :44.42 sectionals, rolling home by 3 3/4 lengths in a crisp 1:08.85–only .18 off the 14-year-old track record. Dreaming of Kona (Fast Anna) was a well-beaten second. The victor is the most accomplished of his siblings as the second to the races and the only black-type earner, but his eldest half-sister is a winner. Stifled Heiress has a juvenile colt named Gaelic Legacy (Leinster) to her credit as well as a yearling full-brother to that one. She is due back to that stallion for a third time in 2026. 6th-Tampa Bay Downs, $51,900, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 3-6, 4yo/up, 6f, 1:08.85, ft, 3 3/4 lengths. MAD HOUSE (g, 4, Vekoma–Stifled Heiress, by Munnings) Sales history: $47,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: GSW, 11-5-1-1, $318,015. O-James Thares; B-Jean White, Wavertree Farm & SGV Thoroughbreds,LLC (FL); T-David VanWinkle. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Mad House Flirts with Track Record on Seasonal Bow at Tampa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Just as the attachment between human and equine has been a driving force in Thoroughbred racing, people working and advocating for off-track Thoroughbreds are focused on building that bond.View the full article

Your dead right, weakest G3 field that i can remember in Aus. Not for me thou, i am well up by not punting on her, $4 not value for a horse that would have to have everything lining up for it to win. Will back against again… maybe Chief might give his views before it races…    

A pair of juveniles from the Top Line Sales consignment led the penultimate OBS March under-tack show session Friday with a Drain the Clock filly (hip 508) and a Golden Pal colt (hip 598) sharing the co-fastest furlong breeze in :9 3/5. Setting the mark first of the two, the day's fastest-working colt was one that Top Line's Jimbo Gladwell admitted they stretched on to acquire for $275,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Select Yearling Sale last August. “He had size and a beautiful walk [at Saratoga],” Gladwell said. “Everything you'd want in a horse. A big, pretty neck. All the balance and angles. We had to really reach for him.” From the first crop of Golden Pal, the colt is out of a mare with a perfect seven-for-seven produce record led by GSW Island Commish (Commissioner) who earned over $269,000 on the track. “He's been a really good training horse all year,” Gladwell continued. “We knew he was fast. But you never think they're going to work in :9 3/5. This morning, when we let him out there, we knew if we had one that might do it, he was the one. He's just a push button horse, anybody can get him to go fast. He's just pretty much, you let him go do his job and get out of his way.” That confidence continued into the session's fastest filly who matched the number set by her male stablemate earlier in the morning. “Once the Golden Pal did it, we thought the Drain the Clock might do it because she's been right there head and head with him all year,” Gladwell said of hip 508. “The Drain the Clock's have been big, beautiful horses. She's been on everyone's radar that's come out to our farm. She's a beautiful filly and a great example of what [the stallion] can get you. We've had two of them and they're both big and beautiful. And good minded, good training horses too. So we're pretty high on the stallion and she's been a queen all year. [The Drain the Clock foals] seem like they have some class too. They're not just one-dimensional.” Purchased by Exclusive Bloodstock as a yearling at Keeneland for $200,000, the filly is a half to no fewer than three stakes horses including stakes winner Windy Lu Who (Justin Phillip). “They're both big horses who have a lot of balance and a lot of muscle to them and both of them have a good way of moving with really big strides. The way OBS has the track set up safe and fast for us, the bigger-strided horses get across it easily and they come back home safe and happy,” Gladwell said. Candy Illusion | OBS Putting up the fastest quarter-mile mark of the day, Candy Illusion (Twirling Candy) (hip 453) breezed the distance in :20 2/5 for consignor Tom McCrocklin in the morning's opening group. Out of a stakes-placed Tizway first dam, the filly was a $75,000 RNA at Keeneland last September. “I though she was very nice at Keeneland as a yearling, and she's still owned by her breeders, Steve and Denise Smith from Lexington (Mesingw Farm),” McCrocklin said of the RNA. “Like a lot of these things, there's a soft spot and she just got overlooked but she's always seemed like a very nice horse.” McCrocklin stayed high on the filly through her 2-year-old prep. “Very high expectations for her,” McCrocklin said. “She's always been nice, a very fast filly, very classy. Big stride and she prepped really well here. I had set myself up for disappointment because I was expecting a big breeze when she came through. I'm a big believer in let the horse do the talking. She has a lot of length and scope, a lot of reach. Just a big, big stride on her. She's deceptive because she's not moving her legs fast but she's covering a lot of ground and to me is always a good sign. She's a very exciting filly.” With new restrictions placed upon on the riders beginning this sale, with riders no longer able to use the crop with their hands off the reins at any point before, during, or after a breeze, McCrocklin acknowledged they may have a small difference in the times. “Where it's affected me more is breaking off at the pole,” McCrocklin said. “We've never used much stick in our breezes but a lot of horses in the past are used to being tapped once or twice breaking off. So we've lost that, which I have no problem with, and we've just had to adjust a little bit with our break.” The post Top Line Goes 1-2 In Penultimate OBS March Under-Tack Show appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Spendthrift Farm's 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Further Ado (Gun Runner), a smashing 20-length maiden winner at Keeneland last fall and workmanlike winner of the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill Downs Nov. 29, launches his 3-year-old campaign in Saturday's GIII Esmark Tampa Bay Derby. The $275,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $550,000 OBS April breezer has posted six workouts at trainer Brad Cox's Payson Park base for his return, including a bullet five furlongs in 1:01 (1/28) Feb. 21. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. has the call from post six aboard the 9-5 morning-line favorite. “He's really trained great over the surface here at Payson–he's always been a good work horse,” Cox said. “We took him to Saratoga last year as a 2-year-old and started putting things together in the afternoon when he went around two turns. His works have been every bit as good leading up to this race on Saturday as they were last year. He's an athletic colt and a good mover. We're looking forward to getting his 3-year-old season going on Saturday.” Fellow 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Canaletto (Into Mischief) heads straight into the deep end for Chad Brown following a jaw-dropping, eight-length debut victory going a one-turn mile at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25. The half-brother to last term's GI Arkansas Derby winner Sandman (Tapit) is drawn widest of all in post nine with Flavien Prat aboard. He brought $1 million from Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith, Peter M. Brant and Brook T. Smith as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling. The Tampa Bay Derby also includes a pair of very promising maidens. Repole Stable's Powershift (Constitution), a $500,000 Keeneland September yearling, lost nothing in defeat finishing a game second as the favorite behind the GII Louisiana Derby-bound 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' and Brown-trained Emerging Market (Candy Ride {Arg}) going two turns on debut for Todd Pletcher at Tampa Feb. 7. The Puma (Essential Quality), meanwhile, had a less-than-ideal trip finishing a well-beaten third for Gustavo Delgado at a well-backed 5-2 in the course-and-distance Sam F. Davis S. Feb. 7. He was previously a fantastic debut second as the favorite behind last weekend's highly regarded GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth S. runner-up and 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Chief Wallabee (Constitution) at Gulfstream Jan. 10. The $150,000 OBS April graduate is campaigned in partnership by OGMA Investments LLC, JR Ranch and High Step Racing LLC. The Tampa Bay Derby, good for 50-25-15-10-5 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, is one of four graded stakes on a fantastic 12-race program at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday. The card also includes the GII Hillsborough S., GIII Florida Oaks and GIII Michelob Ultra Challenger S. Brant Kicks Off Season in San Felipe on Big 'Cap Day Last term's GI Del Mar Futurity winner and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile third-place finisher Brant (Gun Runner) will face off against unbeaten GII San Vicente S. winner So Happy (Runhappy) in Saturday's GII San Felipe S. at Santa Anita. Brant, a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard,' fired a six-furlong bullet for Bob Baffert from the gate in 1:11 4/5 (1/7) for his sophomore debut Feb. 21. He brought a sale-topping $3 million from Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. as an OBS March 2-year-old. “He's doing well. He was just a little behind to make the Rebel,” Baffert said. “I think this will be a good race for him.” Brant | Horsephotos So Happy stretches to two turns for the first time for Norman Stables LLC and Saints or Sinners and trainer Mark Glatt following a two-length score in the seven-furlong San Vicente Jan. 10. The San Felipe offers 50-25-15-10-5 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Only five remain for the GI Santa Anita Handicap, led by 3-2 morning-line favorite Just a Touch (Justify), who seeks his first career stakes victory. He was a close second for Brad Cox in the GIII Louisiana S. at Fair Grounds last out Jan. 17. The Big 'Cap program also prominently features the GI B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile S., led by GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint heroine and 4-5 program favorite Splendora (Audible); and the GII Frank E. Kilroe Mile S. Last year's champion 2-year-old filly and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies upsetter Super Corredora (Gun Runner) will look to rebound in Sunday's GIII Santa Ysabel S. at Santa Anita. She was a disappointing fourth in her 2026 lidlifter in the Las Virgenes S. Feb. 8. Champion Nitrogen Headlines Azeri Last year's champion 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro) will be heavily favored in Saturday's GII Azeri S. at Oaklawn Park. The 2025 GI Alabama S. heroine and GI Breeders' Cup Distaff runner-up launched her 4-year-old campaign with a facile win in the GIII Bayakoa S. in Hot Springs Feb. 7. “She doesn't take a lot (to get ready), as you saw going into the last race,” trainer Mark Casse said of the D. J. Stable homebred. “I think, just watching her train, I think she's training as good as ever, maybe better. She came out of that race and has thrived.” Saturday's graded stakes action also includes the GIII Hurricane Bertie S. at Gulfstream Park. The post Returning Further Ado Has Experience Edge Over Tampa Bay Derby Rivals appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Acheson family has bought Abbeville Stud in Kilnagornan, County Kildare from Eimear Mulhern, The Irish Field reported on Friday. Mulhern, the breeder of high-profile names such as Approve and Gutaifan, told The Irish Field, “I mentioned to Andrew Nolan of Goffs Property to keep me in mind if he had any clients interested in a property like Abbeville. Quite soon afterwards I had a couple of enquiries and the deal was done. “I've been running the stud since I was 25 and I just wanted to wind it down on my own terms. It's been emotional but I'm delighted the stud has been bought by an Irish family so steeped in the industry.” The Achesons have enjoyed plenty of success with their string of National Hunt horses racing under the Robcour banner, with the likes of Bob Olinger, Gerri Colombe and Teahupoo featuring among the illustrious names to have carried their familiar pink, white and black silks to victory at the top level. In July last year, the Acheson family made another significant purchase when acquiring a minor stake in Ecurie des Monceaux. Future plans for Abbeville Stud under the Acheson's ownership are not yet known. The post Acheson Family Purchase Abbeville Stud from Eimear Mulhern appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. will send out a quintet of fillies and mares in the $175,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes (G3), led by 2025 Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) winner R Disaster, who is making her seasonal debut.View the full article