Never come off the trail at Cambridge onto the back of the parked horse. H Moralde Sands on Grace Elegance was sitting pretty in the trail and was going to win and I thought I was only a place chance with Ordained, but miracle of miracles and the trail horse rolled off the fence into a not so good position behind the parked horse and the one I backed got home easily up the fence at 31.00. Racing is a funny game sometimes. I could write a book on horses coming off the rails from the trail or three deep the fence and getting beaten by the horse behind them. At least 4 or five every week.

What I find most astounding is that you believe this nonsense !

Because i ask why they hadn't released the findings of the nsw commission and the queensland report,you say i'm anti greyhound racing.I think thats over defensive thinking on your part there. And you seem to ignore  that critics of the greyhound industry gain traction ,when they continually say,well if you've got nothing to hide,just release the report. You've again suggested the reason the report hasn't been released is because greyhound nsw is too busy with other priorities and that it doesn't have anything to do with what i suggested seemed the likely reason. i.e.the government giving them extra time to try to get their house in order to mitigate the negative aspects of the report,before it was released.. so you believe greyhound nsw. Well i don't myself. And  hang on,your thinking appears based on the presumption that greyhound nsw have control of releasing the report.. i think its a bit odd ,that anyone would think greyhound nsw are the ones who decide whether the report be released or not.The nsw government,not the greyhound industry asked and paid for the reports. The nsw one must have cost hundreds of thousands if not a million or two to hear and prepare. The hearing of evidence alone was hard over several months.So given the taxpayers paid for it,why do you think nsw greyhounds should decide what and when the public get to see it. its the nsw government who are running interference for the greyhound industry and i thought its always been  obvious that the destiny of the greyhound industry everywhere is its about the influence politics on its future and of course vice versa,how public opinion of the industry effects political decisions. In other words the current nsw government has invested heavily in the greyhound industry and believe its in their political interests to  mitigate any fall out as they are tied to the decision to keep the industry going and they have invested so heavily in it. anyways,i read quite a lot of the evidence heard by the commission. I have to say i got bored with it about half way through,but i think i had an understanding of some of the things that would be in the report. How much of the evidence did you read.Of course theres always 2 sides of the story and that was presented in evidence and you would assume that would be reflected in the report. 

well add 1 more to that. But ithe numbers have been widely reported in severeral media articles and the coalition for the protection of greyhounds lists each one death,the injury and the date they were put down.  About half were put down on the day of the races .The other half were stood down due to significant  injury sustained in the race,then officially listed as dead with a week or so of the race. The information comes from the official gryhound records so theres no arguing that they aren't accurate.they had about 430 other injuries  in about the last 6 months as well during the races..

LEXINGTON, KY – Demand continued high right to the very end of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale, which concluded Thursday in Lexington with new records for gross, average and median. Through four sessions, 1,097 horses sold for $71,843,500, dwarfing the previous record gross of $58,575,500 set just last year. The 2025 auction average of $65,491 eclipsed last year's previous record figure of $52,206, while the median of $30,000 broke the record of $25,000 set in 2022. “It was a tremendous success,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said of the sale. “There was great interest and great activity on the sales grounds from Saturday until the end of the sale tonight. We are thrilled with the level of activity from various levels. Certainly the top of the market is very strong, but there was tremendous participation throughout. There was dramatic increase in the average, the median and in the gross. And there is a pile of private sales that haven't been processed yet. So there is tremendous post-sale interest on those horses that didn't get sold. It was very, very encouraging. It was a nice way to cap off the 2025 yearling sales with a record-breaking sale by all metrics, and by a large margin in all metrics, as well.” The October sale was strong right from its outset on Monday, with a colt by Curlin attracting a bid of $900,000–the third highest-priced yearling in the sale's history. By the close of business Thursday, 90 horses had sold for $200,000 or more, up from 69 a year ago. A filly by Yaupon consigned by Stoneriggs Farm brought the highest price of Thursday's final session when selling for $400,000 to Dixiana Farms. “We hope the sale continues–and we expect the sale to continue–to produce top-quality racehorses around the world,” Browning said. “If that happens, then we will continue to see continued growth and continued interest in the sale. It's been a pretty significant increase, if you chart the growth of the sale over the last 10 to 15 years and we are thrilled it has certainly solidified its place on the calendar as an important sale for both buyers and sellers alike. All signs are positive.” 'One of the Standouts': $400k Yaupon Filly to Dixiana With time running out on the yearling sales season, Dixiana Farm manager Robert Tillyer made a $400,000 final bid to secure a filly by Yaupon (hip 1542) for William Shively's operation late in Thursday's final session of the Fasig-Tipton October sale. “She is by a leading freshman sire and physically we thought she was one of the standouts for fillies in the sale,” Tillyer said. “She just had a beautiful frame and she was a very popular filly. She showed a lot. Every time we saw her, she was just very consistent. She seemed like she was very, very classy and she moved very well.” The yearling is the second foal out of Ill Will (Palace Malice). The mare's 2-year-old Reb Five (Vekoma) debuted with a fifth-place effort over the Woodbine turf in the Algonquin Stakes Oct. 5 and returned to graduate by five lengths over the Tapeta Oct. 19 for owner CJ Stables and trainer Mark Casse. “Obviously, the half-brother just won impressively,” Tillyer said. “Mark Casse ran him in a stakes in his first start, so he thinks a lot of him. He came back and won. We hope he goes on and gets some black-type and long term, we are thinking a broodmare [with the yearling].” The filly was bred and consigned by Robert Slack's Stoneriggs Farm. Slack claimed Ill Will for $6,250 at Gulfstream in 2021. CJ Stables purchased Reb Five for $50,000 at last year's Keeneland November sale. Also this week at Fasig-Tipton, Dixiana purchased a filly by Nyquist (hip 972) for $300,000 and a filly by Not This Time (hip 394) for $260,000. “We are kind of running out of time,” Tillyer said as the last group of yearlings prepared to go through the sales ring. “It's the last day and we are glad to get her.” Tapit, Army Mule Colts Complete McPeek's October Haul Kenny McPeek, who was busy throughout the week at the Fasig-Tipton October sale, purchased two of the six top-priced horses at Thursday's final session of the auction. The trainer went to $370,000 to acquire a colt by Army Mule (hip 1576) late in the day, adding on to the $350,000 he paid for a colt by Tapit (hip 1435) earlier in the session. Through four days, McPeek purchased 19 yearlings for $2,799,000. Consigned by Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, hip 1576 is out of J La Tache (Harlan's Holiday), a daughter of graded stakes winner Palanka City (Carson City). Purchased by D.R. Investments for $32,000 at last year's Keeneland November sale, the yearling RNA'd for $60,000 at the Fasig-Tipton February sale earlier this year. Hip 1435, purchased from the Gainesway consignment, is out of multiple graded stakes winner Gamble's Ghost (Ghostzapper). “For a Tapit, I thought he looked more like a Ghostzapper,” McPeek said of the colt. “And I am a big fan of Deputy Minister. He was inbred to Deputy Minister on the bottom line. I can give you a list of horses that I've handled that have a lot of Deputy Minister in them. The Tapit was just a bonus. I thought the price was quite reasonable.” McPeek, who purchased Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) for $40,000 at the 2022 October sale, also purchased a colt by Liam's Map (hip 610) for $360,000 and a filly by Twirling Candy (hip 692) for $300,000 at the October sale this week. “We are aggregating as many young horses as we can right now because I historically don't work 2-year-old sales. And so we are trying to get our work done now. We have a lot of great clients that we will be able to put these in front of. [Hip 1435] is probably going to be a partnership between a few different guys. And the dust hasn't settled on ownership on quite a few of them. But my job is to get out here and get them in pocket and worry about that later.” Of the October market, McPeek said, “It's been very tough in some spots. There are some horses that we really had to pay for that we thought might bring a little more value and there are horses that we feel like we stole. We bought one for $25,000 [hip 1326, a colt by Raging Bull (Fr)]  earlier in the day who I think is a distance grass horse and those are hard for pinhookers to do anything with. But we are patient and we think he will be a really nice horse when he gets the right ground and the right distance.” Justify Colt a Sharp Purchase Paul Sharp, bidding on behalf of Joe Novogratz's Novogratz Racing Stable, went to $350,000 to acquire a colt by Justify (hip 1449) from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment Thursday in Lexington. “We love the sire, obviously,” Sharp said of the yearling's appeal. “There is a lot of potential and a lot of upside for racing.” Hip 1449 | Fasig-Tipton  Bred by Fred Hertrich, the colt RNA'd for $225,000 at the Keeneland September sale last month. He is out of the unraced Gin Martini (Speightstown), a half-sister to stakes winner Best of Me (Super Saver) and from the family of Tamarkuz and Without Parole (GB). Novogratz, involved in racing for some 30 years and a five-time leading owner at Canterbury Park, tasked Sharp with the purchase of a group of quality colts at the October sale. “We bought a few for them,” Sharp said. “We are trying to target nicer colts. We are just trying to have a good group of colts and hopefully have Grade I winners. That's what we are looking for.” Also at the October sale, Novogratz acquired a colt by Yaupon (hip 737) for $285,000 and a colt by Jack Christopher (hip 1427) for $275,000. In all, the operation purchased seven yearlings for $1,505,000. Novogratz Racing Stables has been represented on the track by multiple stakes winner and two-time Grade I-placed Amy's Challenge (Artie Schiller), as well as multiple stakes winner and multiple graded placed Surly Furious (Upstart), but has yet to have graded stakes success. Wrapping up the yearling sales season which concluded Thursday, Sharp said, “We have done well. We bought quite a few horses for different reasons: pinhooking and racing clients, from top to bottom. And it's been competitive, but I think if you are patient and you pick your spots, you can buy some really quality horses.” McKinzie Filly Another Score for Estradas Carlos and Sarah Estrada have a quick answer when asked what they liked about a filly by McKinzie they purchased in a pinhooking partnership for $95,000 at last year's Keeneland November sale. “The walk,” Carlos says immediately. “She had a big walk. She was a strong filly. She looked like a colt.” Returned to the sales ring Thursday at Fasig-Tipton through their C & S Thoroughbreds consignment, the filly (hip 1229) rewarded the couple when selling for $325,000 to Mayberry Farm. The bay filly sold last November without reserve as part of the COLTS, LLC dispersal and was signed for in the name 'No Horses No Life.' “I picked the name 'No Horses No Life' because what would we be doing without these horses,” Carlos explained. The filly had been entered in the Keeneland September sale, but never went through the ring. “We had her in September and her walk wasn't there,” Carlos said. “I think she was lost with all of the horses in there. We just did not feel comfortable, so we scratched her and made the call to take her here.” The filly has only improved in the interim weeks, according to Sarah. “She really blossomed in the past month,” she said. “She has put on more body and looked like an even stronger filly than she did in September. She shined here.” C & S Thoroughbreds concluded its 2025 October sale with another nice result when a filly by Cupid (hip 1256) sold for $40,000 to Jose D'Angelo. The strapping gray had been purchased by Jay Morgeson for $3,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Digital October sale. The post Record Crusher: Fasig-Tipton October Sale Concludes with Massive Gains appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Edited Press Release Cogburn (Not This Time–In a Jif, by Saintly Look) has had a successful start to his stud career, achieving excellent fertility results during his first season at WinStar Farm. The enthusiasm and demand for him internationally was also outstanding, however, while in Australia, fertility results were lower than his domestic performance and the decision was made to cut short Cogburn's visit to Australia. Cogburn had a busy book in Kentucky, getting 143 mares in foal, however his early results in Australia indicated a decline that warrants further investigation. While he has covered well and no abnormalities have been found, WinStar and the Cogburn Syndicate were eager to see him return to Kentucky so they can better understand the cause and treat him accordingly in preparation for his second season at stud in Kentucky. Antony Thompson of Widden Stud said, “We are all terribly disappointed not to have been able to fulfill the obligations to the breeders who had supported Cogburn with a full book, but it's important we do what is in the best interests of Cogburn and the syndicate and resolve this temporary issue.” WinStar Farm's Elliott Walden said, “We want to get Cogburn home to do more testing to prepare him for his second season at stud. I want to thank Antony and his team for the care of Cogburn during his time in Australia. The test results of his semen have been very good, but we need to dig a little deeper to understand what is going on. He is an important horse for our future, and we want to get him ready for 2026.” Cogburn stood his first season at WinStar for $30,000 and is scheduled to stand his second season in 2026 for $25,000. The post Fertility Decline Cuts Cogburn’s Australian Covering Season Short, Returns to WinStar Early to Prepare for 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple Group One winner Provence indicated she is ready to take on another lucrative campaign with a strong 1100m trial win at Ellerslie on Thursday. The daughter of Savabeel had a quiet trial under her belt on the Cambridge Synthetic last month, and on this occasion, trainer Stephen Marsh was looking for a more solid hit-out. The mare tracked a keen leader in Judicial through the mid-stages before taking over in the straight, kicking clear to win by two lengths with a considerable margin back to the rest of the field. Marsh couldn’t have been happier with the performance, which gives her just over a fortnight to prepare for her resuming run at Te Rapa. “I thought she trialled up beautifully,” he said. “She had a nice quiet trial at Cambridge which was good and she bounced out of that super, so we put a little more pressure on her today. She’s going to improve again out of the 1100, she’s ready to go to the races. “She’ll head to Te Rapa on the 8th of November, she’ll run in the Open 1200m there and get a little bit of weight. That’ll springboard her to the mare’s 1400 at Pukekohe, which will be ideal second-up. “I think she’s sharp enough to run a good race at 1400, but the mile is probably her sweet spot at the moment.” Marsh is referring to the Gr.2 Dunstan Horsefeeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m), run on Counties Cup Day. After a four-win haul at Ellerslie last weekend, Marsh will head back to the venue this Saturday with a dozen runners, including stakes winners Ardalio and Hitabell contesting the Almanzor – Proven Value (1200m). Ardalio emerged as a serious sprinting prospect when claiming the Gr.3 Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at just her third start and went on to win the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) in the autumn. Resuming at four, Marsh was pleased with her first-up run on a heavy track at Te Rapa and expects her to find Ellerslie a preferable surface. “I thought her first up run was nice on a wet track, she’s come on well since and back at Ellerslie on a good track, I think that’ll be the big key for her,” he said. “She’s drawn nicely in five, she’ll sit just in behind the speed, and I think she’s the big improver.” Hitabell won the Listed O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1335m) and Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at three, but has been off the scene since her triumph in the later on Boxing Day last year. “She’s coming up well, she’s had a couple of trials and will improve again,” Marsh said. “She’s drawn wide and is a bigger, stronger mare now, so she’ll take a run or two to get going. In saying that, I think she’ll run well.” Their stablemate Burn To Shine will make his long-awaited return to racing in the Trackside.co.nz 1400, 623 days since his last outing in February 2024. Despite the long absence, Marsh holds the Group Three winner in high regard and is hopeful of a bold showing fresh. “He’s been off the scene for a hell of a long time,” Marsh said. “He’s had two trials that I’ve really liked and he’ll take improvement, but I think he’ll run a really cheeky race in a fresh state. “He’s an exciting galloper and I’m looking forward to getting him going.” The long weekend will roll into Te Rapa’s meeting on Monday, headlined by the Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m), where Marsh has three representatives. Among his trio is Magic Carpet, a Satono Aladdin colt who announced himself as a serious Guineas contender when winning the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) last start. “He’s done really well, it looks a nice even field and he’s drawn out a bit, but he hasn’t missed a beat since his win in the Hawke’s Bay Guineas,” Marsh said. “(Jonathan) Riddell sticks with the ship and he’s a very nice horse going forward, this will springboard him nicely into the 2000 Guineas.” Stablemates To Cap It All and Swiss Prince could join Magic Carpet on the trip to Riccarton, the latter coming straight off the back of a competitive maiden win at Ellerslie last Saturday. “He (Swiss Prince) will definitely back-up, he’s bounced out of that race really well and is the ultimate racehorse,” Marsh said. “He eats, sleeps and does his work. “He hit himself against the rail there and was a bit wayward, but he’s come through it well and loves racing. He’s drawn nicely (3) to put himself in a forward spot, and again, he’s on a trial for the 2000 Guineas. “To Cap It All has had a little bit of an interrupted campaign, early on her bloods weren’t quite that good and we gave her a quiet time. She had no luck last time and could still get down to one of the Guineas, she’s still nominated for both, but she really needs to put her hand up here. “We are playing catch-up a bit, but she is quality and hopefully the rain doesn’t come.” View the full article

Mike Breslin is at a crossroads with his filly Intention, with her performance in Sunday’s Upper Hutt Car Sales LTD Three-Year-Old 1400 at Trentham dictating which path she takes. All roads lead to Riccarton next month for the daughter of Bivouac, with Breslin weighing up between the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) on November 8 or the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) a week later. “We haven’t decided which one she will run in yet. She will only run in one of them and we will make that call after she races on Sunday,” Breslin said. The Awapuni trainer took good heart from her last-start third placing in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at the Christchurch track, and he said she has come through that run and trip well. “That was a bit of a test run,” he said. “She coped exceedingly well and we have given her plenty of time to get over that trip because we always had in the back of our mind that she might need to go back down there again in November. “She had a reasonably easy time when she got back from the Canterbury Belle and this is the race we picked out for her to bring her up to 100 percent for Christchurch. “The set weights and penalties doesn’t suit her for that race on Sunday. She is not very good in at the weights for a smallish three-year-old filly, but the race will serve its purpose in getting her 100 percent fit.” Intention had a hit-out at the Foxton trials on Tuesday, where she ran third in her 850m heat, and Breslin said that has helped bring her on ahead of her weekend assignment. “I am really happy with her, I just gave her a quiet trial,” he said. “She did everything under her own steam and I was more than happy with her.” Breslin will also head to Trentham with Ima Brazen One and Kosta, who will be first-up in the Rothley Sprint (1000m) and Graham’s Painters Sprint (1000m) respectively. Ima Brazen One won her 850m trial at Foxton on Tuesday and Breslin is using Sunday as a test to see if she can handle the Trentham chute, something that has troubled her in the past. “She has come up exceedingly well. She is a bit bigger and stronger version than what we have seen in the past,” he said. “She has had two or three runs down the chute and hasn’t handled it that well as a younger horse. I will be interested to see how she copes with the chute now that she is a little more mature.” Kosta has had just the one trial this time in, finishing fourth over 1000m at Awapuni earlier this month, and Breslin is hoping he can put in a bold showing in a fresh state over Sunday’s sprint distance. “He is a talented horse,” Breslin said. “I normally give them two trials, and I have only given him one, with the idea that he may sprint well in a very fresh state. Hopefully he will have a decent prep this time in, I think he can go through the grades.” Meanwhile, promising stayer Crouch will head to Tauherenikau on Saturday week where his performance in the Feilding Cup (2050m) will dictate whether he heads south to contest the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton a fortnight later. View the full article

The Breeders' Cup arrived on the scene too late for the great American geldings Kelso and Forego. But at the upcoming 42nd edition of the World Championships, a brilliant European gelding will attempt to join some highly exclusive company. View the full article