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In the Santa Ana Stakes (G3T), Mrs. Astor will go for a seventh career stakes win, but will face a large field. View the full article

Aga Khan Studs homebred three-year-old filly Edaja (Siyouni) added to her debut victory at Chantilly last month and remained unbeaten after pouncing late for the Francis Graffard stable back there in Thursday's Prix des Princesses. Patiently ridden in midfield until turning for home in the one-mile Polytrack test, she challenged out wide passing the furlong pole and edged ahead for a narrow verdict in the dying strides of a bunch finish. Edaja retains entries for the May 10 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and June 14 G1 Prix de Diane. Edaja is the second foal and scorer produced by the multiple Group-placed Listed Prix Melisande victrix Edisa (Kitten's Joy), herself a half-sister to multiple Group 1-placed dual Group 2 winner Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor) out of G2 Prix de Royallieu victrix Ebiyza (Rock Of Gibraltar). The February-foaled homebred bay, whose year-younger half-brother by Kingman died last year, is kin to a yearling colt by Zarak. 5th-Chantilly, €25,600, Cond, 3-12, 3yo, f, 8f (AWT), 1:40.60, st. EDAJA (FR) (f, 3, Siyouni {Fr}–Edisa {SW & MGSP-Fr, SP-US, $691,143}, by Kitten's Joy) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €25,150. O/B-Aga Khan Studs; T-Francis-Henri Graffard.   The post Siyouni’s Edaja Pounces Late and Goes Two-for-Two at Chantilly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A colt by last year's leading freshman sire Yaupon (hip 576) was the first to hit seven figures during Thursday's third and final session at the OBS March Sale, bringing an even $1,000,000 from the Three Amigos. “I bought him for the Three Amigos,” said bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. “So he's going to go to California. He was beautiful and fast and sound, came out of the work really good. These horses that bring this kind of money, they just have to do everything right. They've got to vet at the end and they've got to just do everything right. So he was a horse that did [everything] good and [we] loved the sire. A big Yaupon fan. And so [the price is] kind of expected. He was a cool horse” Consigned by King's Equine, the colt was bred in Kentucky by Cem Ozbelge and had passed through the ring twice previously last year, first as a short yearling at Keeneland January for $40,000 and most recently as a $235,000 pick up again at Keeneland last September for Jose d'Angelo. The second foal from a Lemon Drop Kid mare, he worked his furlong in :9 4/5. This is the seventh million-dollar horse sold at OBS March this year, matching the record set during last year's sale. The post “Beautiful, Fast and Sound”: Three Amigos Picks Up Million-Dollar Yaupon Colt appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising sits as a clear No. 1 in the first Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings of 2026 with a rating of 128.View the full article

Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) stands firmly on top of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday. Given a mark of 128, the Hong Kong Horse of the Year is four pounds clear of his Hong Kong compatriot Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) at 124. Ka Ying Rising has rattled off a record 18-straight wins for a Hong Kong-trained horse, taking the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup over Helios Express (Toronado) (117) earlier this year before his G1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup win. Former Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior has won both the G1 Stewards' Cup over Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) (118) and the G1 Hong Kong Gold Cup this term. Third on rankings is dual G1 Saudi Cup hero Forever Young (Real Steel) on 123. When taking his second Saudi Cup in Riyadh, the Japanese Horse of the Year defeated the 121-rated Nysos (Nyquist). Fourth in the rankings is Royal Champion (Shamardal) (122). His main victory in 2026 has been a 4 3/4-length tally over Facteur Cheval (Ribchester) in the G1 Neom Turf Cup. For the complete rankings, please visit the IFHA website. The post Ka Ying Rising Bosses Longines WBRR appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Juddmonte Farms' Laurel River (Into Mischief–Calm Water, by Empire Maker), a spectacular and record-setting winner of the 2024 G1 Dubai World Cup, has been retired from racing and will begin covering mares at Big Red Farm on the island of Hokkaido in Japan from this season, according to a news item on the nursery's website. A stud fee will be announced in two weeks' time. Trained across his first seven starts by Bob Baffert, the homebred won his maiden in his 3-year-old debut, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in a strong 1:15.66, and was runner-up to The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) in the GIII Laz Barrera Stakes in his next appearance. A towering 11 1/2-length allowance winner when trying a route of ground for the first time in September 2021, the attractive bay returned to take his two starts at four, a daylight victory over a mile followed by an impressive victory in the seven-furlong GII Pat O'Brien Stakes (108 Beyer), earning a fees-paid berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. After being withdrawn from the latter contest on the eve of the race, Laurel River joined the Dubai-based Bhupat Seemar to continue his career in the summer of 2023 and following a ring-rusty return in Group 3 company over 1200 meters in early 2024, ran out a highly impressive winner of the G3 Burj Nahaar, a course-and-distance prep for the G2 Godolphin Mile. To the surprise of many, Laurel River was instead entered in the World Cup, a first try beyond eight furlongs with plenty of questions to answer. Drawn widest in a field of 12, Laurel River came across to head off his rivals passing the post with a circuit to travel, and when Tadhg O'Shea asked for an effort 800 meters from home, Laurel River quickly put a margin on his rivals and strolled home to crush by 8 1/2 lengths (see below), breaking the record previously held by Dubai Millennium (GB) (Seeking the Gold). The vanquished included defending champion Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) and Senor Buscador (Mineshaft), fresh off his victory in the G1 Saudi Cup.     “I'm still coming to terms with what's happened,” Seemar said in the immediate aftermath of the World Cup. Caught on the wire in the 2025 G3 Firebreak Stakes (1600m) when attempting to gear up for a possible Saudi Cup/Dubai World Cup double, Laurel River did not race again that season and time was called on his career this week. He retires with a record of 6-2-0 from 11 starts and earnings of $7,508,798. Laurel River is one of 27 elite-level winners for Into Mischief and is bred on the exact same cross as Juddmonte's GI Kentucky Derby winner and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Mandaloun. His full-brother Castlewarden is also under the care of Seemar at Meydan and was third in the Listed Dubai Creek Mile last November. Laurel River's first three dams are all daughters of GI Belmont Stakes winners. Granddam Soothing Touch (Touch Gold) was responsible for six winners, including Calm Water's four-time Grade I-winning full-sister Emollient; Hofburg (Tapit), a stakes winner and placed in the GI Florida Derby and Belmont Stakes; and SW & GSP Courtier (Pioneerof the Nile), now a stallion in Brazil. Another of Soothing Touch's offspring, Cardamon (Pioneerof the Nile), produced 2025 GIII Mahony Stakes winner Spiced Up (Quality Road). Third dam Glia (A.P. Indy), a stakes winner in France and America, descends from the family of G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner and Japanese stallion Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) and the influential Northern Dancer and Machiavellian. Big Red Farm was also the stallion home of 2005 World Cup winner Roses In May.   The post Dubai World Cup Winner Laurel River Retired To Japan’s Big Red Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Marc Holliday, a Thoroughbred owner, breeder and chairman of The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), and his wife Sheree, an avid and competitive equestrian, with the John Hendrickson and Marylou Whitney Award for their generous support of the New York backstretch community at its 19th Annual Fundraising Brunch to be held on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, New York, the non-profit said in a release on Wednesday. Additional information, including tickets and sponsorships for the event, may be found at www.rtcany.org. The post NYRTC To Honor Hollidays With John Hendrickson And Marylou Whitney Award appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Arqana has revealed sponsorship details for the upcoming season, which features the addition of three Listed races at regional tracks – La Teste de Buch, Craon and Marseille-Borély racecourses. The sponsorship includes the Prix Milkom at La Teste de Buch on August 26, the Critérium de l'Ouest at Craon on September 5 and the La Coupe de Marseille at Marseille-Borély on September 14.  Arqana president Olivier Delloye said, “We are very pleased to sponsor these three prestigious races and to partner with the racecourse societies of La Teste, Craon and Marseille, which each play an important role in sustaining French racing within their respective regions. Through this initiative, ARQANA also reaffirms its support for regional owners and professionals who are regularly active at the Deauville sales.” The post Arqana To Sponsor Three New Listed Contests At Regional French Tracks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Caravel (Mizzen Mast–Zeezee Zoomzoom, by Congrats), who is owned by John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock, lost her Frankel colt due to complications with her pregnancy, according to a tweet on X by the owner early on Thursday morning. In the post Stewart said, “It It is with great sadness that we report that Breeders' Cup champion Caravel lost her 2026 FRANKEL colt due to complications with her pregnancy. It was a freak issue that could not have been avoided. The Resolute farm team monitors all the mares very closely.” On X Stewart also reported that Caravel will visit Not This Time during the current breeding season. A nearly $2-million earner and winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint during her racing career, Caravel was purchased by Resolute in a private sale in 2024 and sent to Frankel (GB) for the following term. The result was a 2025 April colt who Stewart owns with Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani. The post Resolute’s Caravel Loses Frankel Colt Due To Complications, Plans To Visit Not This Time appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article