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The much-loved champion sire Fastnet Rock has died at his birthplace at Coolmore Stud in Australia. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful stallions that country has produced and leaves behind a rich legacy.  In a statement released on Monday to confirm the news, Coolmore's Tom Magnier said, “This is such a sad day for everyone who has worked at Coolmore and played a part in Fastnet's life. Our thoughts today are with all the staff who cared for him over the past 24 years.” “He was born and prepared as a yearling here at Coolmore and raced in the navy silks for Paul Perry and our ownership partners. Residing in the stallion barn for 20 years, he was the kindest and smartest horse you would ever meet and I'm so glad that we got to parade him one last time at the open day two weeks ago, where he looked incredible.” Magnier added, “Sadly, he suffered an injury over the weekend, which deteriorated rapidly and we did not want him to suffer. Coolmore Australia would not be what it is today without Fastnet Rock and we owe him so much.” Fastnet Rock's total number of individual Stakes winners stands at 197, including Atlantic Jewel and arguably his greatest-ever performer Via Sistina, who is still flying the flag for him. Crowned Champion Broodmare Sire for the past two seasons, his legacy will live on through his daughters who have already produced a phenomenal 150 Stakes winners, as well as his sire sons such as Acrobat. The post Much-Loved Champion Sire Fastnet Rock Dies Aged 24 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Exaggerated claims.  The reality is very few horses in NZ are confined to a stall for 23 hours a day 365 days of the year.   Being driven by this group: Horseracing Wrongs is a 501(c)(3) non-profit committed to ending the cruel and deadly horseracing industry in the United States.

What they forget is they are more likely to be remembered for what they did last than what they did in the past.

Yes and many of them are yesterdays men with a reputation from a different era.  You see groups of them at the local meekly affirming each others gripes.  Best to keep them away from the young people coming back into the industry.

That chicken dinner is a real bundle of joy isn't he.  Is that their legacy in life, they didn't make it in the industry, so they are going to spend every waking moment picking holes in that industry.  

Blame or forgive?  Quite frankly those that bitch and moan constantly have their eyes clouded by envy and or underachievement.  There is a lot to be positive about at the moment.  From last Saturday to this coming Saturday in one form or another 800 horses will have raced or trialled.  So obviously some people are still enjoying the sport.

Maybe so, but after a while you just become irrelevant and the people who are getting on with it, the new generations coming through, will just push you to one side.  Not a great way to be as well.

Just a few days after the catalogue was launched for the 2025 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds celebrated another new stakes-winning graduate – Arigato (NZ) (Charm Spirit). Bought for $150,000 from the 2020 Ready to Run Sale, Arigato led from start to finish and picked up the biggest win of his career in Sunday’s RM100,000 Perak Charity Cup (1400m). Arigato was offered by Henley Park in Book 1 of Karaka 2020 and was knocked down for $100,000. He returned to Karaka later that year as a member of Woburn Farm’s draft for the Ready to Run Sale, where he was bought by Golden River Investments. Previously a nine-race winner in Macau, Arigato has now added three wins from 12 starts in Malaysia for owners the Neo Stable. That gives him an overall total of 38 starts for 12 wins and two placings. Arigato jumped sharply from the starting gates on Sunday for jockey Wong Kam Chong and took up the lead, and he never surrendered that advantage. He kicked hard off the home turn and quickly put two to three lengths on his nearest challenger. Salaam Namastey (NZ) (Prince Of Brooklyn) emerged from the pack and ate into Arigato’s margin to lodge a strong late challenge, but the favourite held him out and completed an all-the-way victory by a neck. Trainer Lim Shung You is now keen to target the RM300,000 Ready to Run Sale Championship (1400m), which is for Sale graduates and will be run at Selangor on October 12. Arigato (NZ) pictured ahead of the 2020 Ready to Run Sale. “I was confident before this race, because he had done well in the prep,” Lim said. “Our plan was for Arigato to lead, and hope he goes all the way, because that was how he won his last race. “We are planning to enter him in the New Zealand (NZB) Ready To Run Sale Championship.” The Ready to Run Sale Championship will be the second race held in recognition of the Selangor Turf Club’s relationship with New Zealand Bloodstock. The first race, the NZB Ready to Run 2023 Graduate Cup (1400m) was run in April and was won by Duma (NZ) (Too Darn Hot). The 2025 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 November, with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October. Vendor Karaka 2020: Henley Park2020 Ready to Run Sale: Woburn Farm Purchaser Karaka 2020: Mr B Watson (New South Wales)2020 Ready to Run Sale: Golden River Investments (Hong Kong) Breeding Charm Spirit – Amour Cache Sale Lot 428, Karaka 2020 Book 1, $100,000Lot 135, 2020 Ready to Run Sale, $150,000 Breeder M N & Mrs S L Devcich & Windsor Park Stud Ltd Owner Neo Stable View the full article