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Hit Show, Rattle N Roll, and Gosger face a rematch Nov. 28 in the $600,000 Clark Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Gamma, exactly you are on the money. False economics from HRNZ , they are butchering the money from Entain  andgiving false info to participants. Personally luv the low stake racing far better than the high stake races. Why is it that we can see the writing on the wall and yet HRNZ can not? Wonder if has anything to do with being paid big salaries?

Yes wonderful.  The key metric how many new owners and investors from promotion?  How many were encouraged to participate in some form going forward?  Any data collected?

I'm really starting to think you don't understand the racing or breeding industry at all.  

trackside just showed a shot of oamaru right now,4 minutes before race 1 starts..  1 car in the public car park,1 person in the grandstand above birdcage and about half a dozen floating around the main grandstand. a beautiful day in oamaru.

FFS @curious you are going down these rabbit holes more and more.     They rebuilt the underlying track infrastructure - camber, drainage and irrigation.  The pure swamp part is long gone. The top layer is definitely now sand.  They sub-layer could be anything.   What they are testing in OZ that they couldn't get tested in NZ is beyond me.  Sand would have been used because it would have been the cheapest option.  It would be interesting to know where they sourced it from and how it was treated before laying.

Calmbeforethestorm now only paying $4.60. it was still paying $9 when i looked last night. actually thats about what it should have opened at,but still it hasn't trotted all the way on race day yet,so who knows with it. if i was looking at that field,i would say everyone in it would be hoping they run second,not win,as the way the handicapping system works the winner will then have to run in their  next start,against horses like prince teka,brianna,holly highlander,etc. really whoever wins today,thats the end of their racing earning potential for 12  months,possibly a lifetime. its a real indictment on the current way races are programmed.The programmers don'tseem to care whether they retain 1 win horses for racing. so in race 1 today,everyone will be driving to run 2nd at best.Probably morrie aftom may be trying the hardest,so maybe it wins.Who knows.10 minutes time we will find out

Named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' after a sparkling second-out performance during the summer of Amoss at the Spa Sept. 1 when the colt scored by 5 3/4 lengths, Oscar's Hope (Twirling Candy) rolled into Delta Downs on low-takeout day for the Jean Lafitte Stakes Wednesday. The 2-year-old was bet down to 30 cents on the dollar here after finishing as the runner-up to fellow 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', Outfielder (Speightstown) in an allowance race at Keeneland Oct. 4 and as a last-out winner facing optional claimers at Churchill Downs Nov. 1. The chalk took the lead from the inside as the field followed him into the first turn. Under control and continuing to carve out the fractions on the engine, the juvenile held the advantage up the backstretch and through the far turn. The favorite was asked for more down the lane and responded in-kind to net his first stakes trophy for the cargo hold. Randemonium (Cloud Computing) was the runner-up. The first foal for his dam, Oscar's Hope has a half-brother named Major Ray (Nyquist), who was purchased for $725,000 by B-4 Farms at the 2025 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale. The 'Rising Star' also has a weanling half-sister by Curlin. Hopeful Princess visited Twirling Candy for next spring. Of note, under the winner's third dam we find GSW Street Magician (Street Cry {Ire}), and Oscar's Hope is bred on a similar cross to Twirling Candy's Grade I winners Pinehurst, Fionn and Rombauer. JEAN LAFITTE S., $100,000, Delta Downs, 11-26, 2yo, 7 1/2f, 1:32.83, ft. 1–OSCAR'S HOPE, 120, c, 2, by Twirling Candy                 1st Dam: Hopeful Princess (GSP), by Not This Time                 2nd Dam: More Than Magic, by More Than Ready                 3rd Dam: Magical Meadow, by Meadowlake ($150,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'. O-Michael McLoughlin; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss; J-Vicente Del-Cid. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-2-0, $231,684. 2–Randemonium, 122, c, 2, Cloud Computing–Galileos Ballerina, by Magician (Ire). ($20,000 Ylg '24 TTAYRL). O-Rand Metoyer; B-J. E. Jumonville Jr. & Bunny Jumonville (LA); T-Benard Chatters. $20,000. 3–Wayne's Law, 122, c, 2, Tiz the Law–Mollie Merisa, by Harlan's Holiday. ($22,000 RNA Ylg '24 OBSWIN; $25,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). O-Baalbek Corp.; B-Margaret McFarland (FL); T-Amador Merei Sanchez. $10,000. Margins: 2 3/4, 1 1/4, 2HF. Odds: 0.30, 26.70, 5.20. Also Ran: Way Beyond, Casa Cielo, Duke de Vere, Missing Brian. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Swashbuckling ‘Rising Star’ Oscar’s Hope Nets Jean Lafitte Stakes At Delta Downs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sailor Jack could have a busy few weeks ahead of him if he performs up to expectations in Saturday’s Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m). The Shaun and Hazel Fannin-trained eight-year-old heads into the race in good form, having placed in his last two outings, including splitting subsequent Group winners Agera and Bozo in the Feilding Cup (2050m) earlier this month. “He is in good form at the moment, he ran a really good race behind Agera in the Feilding Cup,” Shaun Fannin said. “Agera went on and won a Group Two after that and Bozo won the New Zealand Cup (Gr.3, 3200m), so the form has stacked up there.” Fannin was also pleased with his third placed run in the Waipukurau Cup (2100m) where he carried 61kg. “He stuck on pretty well at Waipuk, he didn’t have a great run in transit and was under a bit of weight,” he said. “He seems to have gone the right way since then, so dropping back to 53 kilos on Saturday, he is a strong chance again.” All going to plan after Saturday, Sailor Jack is set to head north for Group targets at Te Rapa and Ellerslie. “A mile-and-a-half is his ideal distance,” Fannin said. “If he runs well on Saturday, we will probably look at the Waikato Cup (Gr.3, 2400m) and the Queen Elizabeth (Gr.3, 2400m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.” Fannin will also head to Wanganui on Saturday with Poppy’s Girl, who will be first-up in the Gas & Heating 1200. The five-year-old daughter of Harry Angel has pleased her trainers with her two trials this preparation, including winning her 850m heat at Foxton earlier this month, and they are hopeful she can get the lion’s share of Saturday’s $40,000 purse. “She has had a few little issues, which is probably why we haven’t seen the best of her,” Fannin said. “I think we have got her pretty right at the moment. She has drawn four, so she should get a nice sit, fifth or sixth, and she should get her chance on Saturday.” View the full article