Wandering Eyes

Recent times have been difficult for trainer Rudy Rodriguez, but there was a much different feeling Feb. 6 as he watched the stretch run of the $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. View the full article

After running a quiet second in the Jan. 3 Smarty Jones Stakes, Silent Tactic announced his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials with a devastating rally and widening victory in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Oaklawn Park.View the full article

Waiting for the right opportunity to power home, Silent Tactic (Tacitus–Magical Sign, by Gun Runner) made a statement down the lane in the GIII Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn on Friday and not only banked 20 Derby points on the road to Churchill, but also handed his sire Tactius (by Tapit) his first higher level winner. The 2-year-old colt, who was the runner-up in the Smarty Jones Stakes last month, went off as a 12-1 shot here. At the rear of the field into the first turn and through the backstretch, Silent Tactic had some work to do as 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', & favorite D'code (Speightstown) was trying to fend off fellow 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', Buetane (Tiz the Law) and Soldier N Diplomat (Army Mule) for most of the race. With the attention on the leaders as the field spun into the stretch, Silent Tactic geared up down the center of the course and proved best inside the final sixteenth. Soldier N Diplomat was the runner-up. Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0. Sales History: FTKOCT '24 $60,000; OBSAPR '25 $500,000. O-John C. Oxley; B-Don Alberto Corporation; T-Mark E. Casse. SILENT TACTIC indeed Tremendous last-to-first effort to win Friday's GIII Southwest Stakes at @OaklawnRacing, collecting 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. pic.twitter.com/bBITtmVwQ5 — TDN (@theTDN) February 6, 2026 The post Silent Tactic Fires Late In Southwest Showdown At Oaklawn, Sire Tacitus Nets First Graded appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Citing a need to upgrade its tote system, NYRA announced Friday that the new “guardrail rails” put in place regarding Computer Assisted Wagering (CAW) will not go into effect until Feb. 11. With winter weather having knocked out the Saturday and Sunday cards at Aqueduct, the 11th is the next scheduled day of racing. “The guardrails requiring CAW activity to cease at 1 MTP have been suspended today to allow for technical upgrades to the tote system,” read a NYRA statement. “The win pool, Late Pick 5 and Pick 6 restrictions remain in effect. NYRA expects the CAW guardrails to be in place February 11 and moving forward. Before being temporarily suspended, the new rules went into effect Thursday. Under the “guardrails,” NYRA will require CAW activity to cease at one minute to post in all wagering pools not previously subject to high-speed wagering restrictions. However, CAW players will still be allowed to place as many as six wagers per second once the clock hits one minute to post. “This policy reflects the importance of modernizing pari-mutuel wagering to address the technology-driven evolution of high-speed wagering,” said David O'Rourke, NYRA President & CEO said when announcing the Feb. 5 unveiling of the new policy. “Reducing odds volatility will increase pricing transparency and improve the wagering experience for horseplayers in New York and across the country.” The delay was announced just one day after a particularly odd phenomenon took place in Thursday's first race at Aqueduct. One CAW player placed $206,700 in win wagers on the race, betting on three horses. According NYRA, $182,422 was wagered on Patience N Grace (The Factor). Listed at 5-1 in the morning line, that horse was knocked down to odds of 33-100. The bets were all made with three minutes to post,” NYRA reported. CAW players normally make their wagers at the very last second so they can get a “last look” at the pari-mutuel pools and hunt for overlays. None of the three horses bet by CAW players won, which created an overlay on the 6-5 morning line favorite, Undergrad (Outwork), who paid $10.32 to win. It was unclear why the CAW player made his or her bets with three minures remaining before the race. “These ongoing tote upgrades are connected to the throttling down of high-speed wagering as required by NYRA, but unrelated to the betting activity in R1 on Thursday,” NYRA's statement read. The post New NYRA Rules Regarding CAW Play Will De Delayed appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 2026 Inglis Digital USA February Sale closed on Friday, Feb. 6, and the online event was led by broodmare prospect More Than a Diva who brought $50,000, the company said in a press release on Friday afternoon. Robert Chasanoff secured the sales topper More Than a Diva, a winning daughter of More Than Ready, out of a half-sister to classic winner and prominent young sire Tiz the Law (by Constitution). Bred by JSM Equine, the 6-year-old More Than a Diva is out of the Unbridled's Song mare Diva Style, whose trio of winners also includes SW Haute Diva (Constitution), who is being pointed for the Kentucky Oaks trail by trainer Patrick Biancone after winning the Cash Run Stakes at Gulfstream Park Jan. 1. Her second dam is the GSW Tizfiz (Tiznow), who is herself the dam of Tiz the Law and her extended female family includes sire Fury Kapcori (Tiznow). More Than a Diva was consigned by Last Laugh Stables and she was made available for inspection at Clearbrook Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Michael King secured the day's second highest priced offering, the multiple stakes placed Blame mare Cut From Class, for $42,500. Offered as a broodmare prospect from the consignment of Caitlin Keil, Cut From Class won four races and placed in a trio of stakes races during her on-track career, with earnings over $200,000. Cut From Class was made available for inspection from Keil's barn at Laurel Park in Maryland. The February Sale offered local options for a wide variety of buyers, with horses in the catalogue based in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Virginia. “We had some really solid trade in the middle of the market,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “I'm excited for our customers, because I think they got some really nice mares. We're working on getting a few more moved, so overall, we're pleased with our start to 2026.” Offerings that finished under their reserves on Friday are still available to purchase on the Inglis Digital USA website. Visit the site's “Catalogue” page and click on “Make An Offer” next to the available horses. Entries, which are now open for the Inglis Digital USA 2026 March Sale, will be taken through Monday, Feb. 23. The catalogue will be released on Friday, Feb. 27 and bidding will close on Tuesday, Mar. 3. Click here to enter a horse for the March sale, register as a bidder or make a bid on an RNA horse from the February Sale. The post More Than A Diva Highlights Inglis Digital USA February Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Talk to Me Jimmy (Modernist) took the race to them right from the bell, and ran his rivals off their feet to take home Kentucky Derby points in the Wither Stakes. Out to set the pace after an even beginning, the New York-bred suddenly opened up on the field through the bend and asked them if they planned to catch him. Entering the lane with a clear advantage, Schoolyardsuperman (Practical Joke) tried to respond, but could not cut into the margin. Talk to Me Jimmy hit the line with air to spare as Grittiness (Curlin) closed for second and Ottinho (Quality Road) claimed third. Talk to me Jimmy earns 20 points toward the Road to the Kentucky Derby with this victory. The victor was last seen breaking his maiden in a similar fashion, going gate-to-wire against state-bred maidens at this venue last November to graduate by 5 1/2 lengths. Sales history: $24,000 RNA Wlg '23 FTNMIX; $31,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. O-SEI Thoroughbreds and Rodriguez, Rudy R.; B-Majestic View Farms Intl. (NY); T-Rudy Rodriguez. What a performance! #6 TALK TO ME JIMMY ($26.54) ran away from the field to easily win the $200,000 Withers Stakes and pick up 20 points towards the @KentuckyDerby. The son of Modernist was ridden by @Ruben_Silvera and is trained by @RudyRodriguezNY. pic.twitter.com/sw8SXxd7Qa — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) February 6, 2026 The post Modernist’s Talk to Me Jimmy Dominates the Conversation, Wins Derby Points in Withers appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Neither the Suncoast Stakes nor the Sam F. Davis Stakes, both run at Tampa Bay Downs, are graded stakes races, but that doesn't seem to bother trainer Todd Pletcher. He has made it no secret that he loves to put some of his best 3-year-old candidates on the Tampa route to Churchill Downs, and he will be doing so again on Saturday. Zany (American Pharoah), currently ranked No. 1 in the TDN's Top 10 poll for the GI Kentucky Oaks, will make her 3-year-old debut in the Suncoast, where she will be heavily favored. In 2022, Pletcher launched the 3-year-old campaign of Nest (Curlin) in the Suncoast, and she went on to win an Eclipse Award that year as the sport's champion 3-year-old filly. Six races later on the Tampa card, Pletcher will send out one of his top 3-year-old colts in Renegade (Into Mischief). Although technically a maiden, he was second behind the well-regarded Paladin (Gun Runner) in the GII Remsen Stakes and crossed the wire ahead of that same rival in an Aqueduct maiden, only to be disqualified for interference. Pletcher will be seeking his eighth win in the Sam F. Davis. He said he likes the timing of the Suncoast and the fact that it is run around two turns. The first two 3-year-old filly preps at Gulfstream for the Kentucky Oaks are around one turn. “It's really about the timing and the two-turn aspect of these races,” Pletcher said. “With Zany, she's already won going a mile and an eighth in the Demoiselle. I just didn't feel like it made sense to back her up at Gulfstream, either into the Forward Gal or the Davona Dale, since they are both one-turn races. I like that there was good spacing from the Demoiselle to this, and it gives us ample time to get ready for the [Apr. 3] Ashland at Keeneland.” Todd Pletcher | Sarah Andrew Pletcher did not have Zany ready for the GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, but had her extra sharp by the time of the GII Demoiselle at Aqueduct Dec. 6. She won by 8 1/2 lengths and earned a Beyer figure of 89. “It was the way that she did it, the way she showed a high cruising speed and showed that she'll handle the distance very well,” the Hall of Fame trainer said. “She's a filly that's always trained exceptionally well.” The offspring of American Pharoah typically prefer the turf, but owner Mike Repole was willing to spend $350,000 on Zany at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale and, according the Pletcher, the plan all along was to turn her into a dirt horse. “She never gave us any reason to think about anything besides dirt,” Pletcher said. “She's out of an Uncle Mo mare [Mo' Green], who's turning out to be a tremendous broodmare. I think she's getting a lot of influence from the Uncle Mo side. She's just always done everything very professionally.” Zany was one of 11 fillies nominated to the Triple Crown. Pletcher said he's not interested in running her in the Derby, but wanted to keep his options open. “She's a filly that we think will handle plenty of distance,” the trainer said. “Of course , the Belmont this year will be at a mile and a quarter again. We did run Nest a few years ago in the Belmont and she finished second. We just like to leave our options open. We're not necessarily pointing for the Belmont, but you never know.” Pletcher will also start Kadabra (Good Magic) in the Suncoast. She's a filly that has only broken her maiden and has never gone beyond 6 1/2 furlongs, but Pletcher believes this may be a good spot for her to earn some black type. “I think she's better than she ran last time,” Pletcher said. “She was stuck on the inside and under pressure the whole way from the one pole. I think, being a daughter of Good Magic, she might be better stretching out. But I realize she would have to jump way up and move way forward to be in Zany's category. Some black type could be important for her.” Renegade inside of Paladin before he was disqualified and placed second in a MSW during the Belmont at the Big A meet Oct. 17 | Coglianese Pletcher said that he likes the Sam F. Davis for many of the same reasons he likes the Suncoast. “It's much the same scenario as the Suncoast,” he said. “Good timing, a mile and a sixteenth, two turns. The race puts you in a position to come back in four weeks in the Tampa Derby or some other spots, or you could take a little more time and point for another race. We're kind of thinking Sam Davis, Arkansas Derby. This race puts you in a good position with a lot of options. I also feel like it's a good safe surface, and we've had pretty good luck prepping there at Tampa over the years.” Though Renegade wasn't able to win the Remsen, Pletcher liked what he saw that day. “I thought he handled the mile and an eighth really well,” the trainer said. “If you watched that race, it seemed like the horses that were in post five and inside got pretty good trips, and the horses who broke from the six post out had it pretty rough. Going into the first turn, they got stuck pretty wide. I thought he ran very well. I think he showed that he's going to handle the trip and, for only his third start, I thought it was an excellent performance. And I love the way he's been training coming into this.” Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount on both Zany and Renegade. Renegade will be attempting to become Pletcher's second winner in a GI Kentucky Derby prep race within a week. The other winner, of course, is Nearly (Not This Time), the impressive winner of the GIII Holy Bull Stakes. Nearly's win came just days after it was announced that Pletcher's top 3-year-old, Ted Noffey (Into Mischief), had been taken off the Kentucky Derby trail due to bone bruising. “That's the world we live in,” Pletcher said. “Every day is a roller coaster. You come in every day hoping they're healthy and ready to move forward, but you know that they're living, breathing creatures that sometimes have issues. And so in Ted Noffey's case, we felt like it was a tough call the day before. The day before we did some tests, he galloped a mile and a half, and we were in full training. But he was just giving us some signs that he wasn't as good as he was last fall. And we just felt like we had to make a decision sooner than later. “If you wait another 30 days, another 45 days, you put yourself in a position,” he said. “If the horse needs 90 days off, you could almost blow the whole year. So we had to make a tough decision early in the year to hopefully make sure that we have a horse in really good condition for the summer and fall.” The post Pletcher’s Route To The Derby And Oaks Will Make A Stop At Tampa On Saturday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Intrepido (Maximus Mischief), an upset winner of the GI American Pharoah S. at Santa Anita last fall, kicks off his sophomore campaign in Saturday's GIII Robert B. Lewis S. at Santa Anita. The 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' won the American Pharoah by three-quarters of a length over the re-opposing Desert Gate (Omaha Beach). It was another nose back to Plutarch (Into Mischief) in third that day. Intrepido, a $30,000 KEESEP yearling turned $385,000 OBSAPR breezer, followed with a disappointing fifth at 5-1 in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar. He is owned in partnership by Dutch Girl Holdings and Irving Ventures and is trained by Jeff Mullins. Hall of Famer Bob Baffert has won the Lewis 13 times and has won the last seven renewals. He trains the aforementioned rail-drawn 6-5 morning-line favorite Desert Gate, Plutarch and the maiden of four career starts Cherokee Nation (Not This Time). Last year's runaway GIII Best Pal S. winner Desert Gate hasn't raced since the American Pharoah, his first attempt around two turns. Plutarch made two subsequent starts on grass, including a last- out maiden win at Del Mar Nov. 30. Cherokee Nation, a $1.15-million Keeneland September yearling, was second behind Robusta (Accelerate) in a maiden special weight over track and trip Jan. 9. The Robert B. Lewis offers 20-10-6-4-2 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Santa Anita's nine-race program also features the return of GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint heroine Splendora (Audible) in the GII D. Wayne Lukas S. and the GIII Thunder Road S., headed by Gas Me Up (Hard Spun). The post Led by Intrepido, American Pharoah Top Three Meet Again in Robert B. Lewis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Employing a paint-scraping ride in the lane, Two Bits (American Pharoah) muscled her way to the lead and fought off her challenger to win the Ruthless Stakes at Aqueduct. Breaking her maiden two back Nov. 29 at this venue, the Amelia Green-trainee was last seen running a well-beaten second Jan. 3 in the Busanda Stakes behind MSW Dazzling Dame (Girvin). Watching the race unfold from a ground saving trip, jockey Jaime Rodriguez opted to take the inland path as a wall of runners lined up to his outside with Interstatelovesong (Bolt d'Oro) to catch. Closing up the rail and able to push into a narrow advantage, the fillies battled down to the wire with Two Bits winning the photo. Our Golden Gator (Golden Lad) claimed third. Sales history: $75,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. O-EGL-One Racing; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Amelia Green. #5 TWO BITS ($7.54) rallied up the inside under Jaime Rodriguez to win the $135,000 Ruthless Stakes at Aqueduct. The daughter of American Pharoah (@coolmoreamerica) is trained by @Ameliajgreen and owned by EGL-One Racing. pic.twitter.com/O7ySm4Xz6e — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) February 6, 2026 The post American Pharoah’s Two Bits Game as They Make’em to Win Ruthless appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Invincible Army will stand the 2026 season at March Hair Stud in England for £5,500, according to published reports. The son of Invincible Spirit spent his 2025 season at Haras des Etincelles after spending several seasons at Yeomanstown Stud in Ireland. A group sire of G2 Greenlands Stakes hero James's Delight, Invincible Army won the G2 Duke Of York Stakes among other group contests during his racing days. From 173 foals of racing age, he is the sire of 91 winners, five stakes winners and another three stakes horses. Stakes winner Kitty Rose was second in both the G3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes and the G3 Priory Belle Stakes. The post Invincible Army To Stand At March Hare Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It was a battle late in the Martha Washington Stakes, and Search Party (Gun Runner) came out on top to win the Oaklawn filly feature, taking home Kentucky Oaks points for her effort. In no hurry early as the loose leader posted fractions of :23.10 and a half in :47.83, it was left to Search Party to continue Mark Casse's big day when 3-5 favorite, and stablemate, Counting Stars (Honor A.P.) faded to the back of the pack as they came off the bend. Closing stoutly from the overland route with Newtown Pike (McKinzie) challenging her, she gamely kept that one at bay to win in a photo. Search Party was last seen breaking her maiden Dec. 27 at this venue by six lengths. O/B-Tracy Farmer; T-Mark Casse. 20 Kentucky Oaks points goes to SEARCH PARTY in the Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park! The 3YO filly had a ground saving trip before fighting her way to the front under @cristiantorr64 for trainer @markecasse! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/NfZBwgyT3M — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) February 6, 2026 The post Gun Runner’s Search Party Wins the Late Battle, Takes Martha Washington appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

She may've been left behind at the jump, but Always A Runner (Gun Runner) turned the tables in the lane as she effortlessly cruised home to 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' honors at Tampa Bay Downs. Tabbed as a horse to watch in the 'Insights' segment for this unveiling, the Chad Brown-trainee entered this contest with a healthy worktab at Belmont and Payson Park, and commanded the betting dollars to the tune of 3-5 favoritism. Right from the jump, she made her backers sweat when Always A Runner hopped at the gate, leaving her well behind the rest as the field went on its way. Racing along from the rear, with only Goldy Gate (Charlatan) beaten after that one had an even worse beginning, the daughter of Gun Runner made an eye-catching move around the far turn and was plucking off her rivals with little asking from her rider via the overland route. In command and playing with her foes, she won geared down with ear pricked by 6 1/2 lengths over Evangalina (Practical Joke). Always A Runner, who was sold to Douglas Scharbauer for $1.05-million at the Keeneland September sale in 2024 before Three Chimneys stayed in for a piece, is the first foal to the races for fellow 'Rising Star' Always Carina, who was the bridesmaid in the GII Mother Goose Stakes during her racing career. Three Chimneys, who bought second dam Miss Always Ready (More Than Ready) for $400,000 at the 2014 Keeneland April 2-year-old sale, bred not only Always A Runner but also Always Carina. The dam has been to Gun Runner four times, producing this 'Rising Star', a juvenile full-sister, a yearling full-brother, and is due back to that stallion for 2026. The aforementioned Miss Always Ready is herself a full-sister to GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine More Than Real, who was exported to Australia after her racing career ended and became a multiple Group producing dam and granddam. Most notably hailing from her branch of the family is G1 Golden Slipper victress Lady of Camelot (Aus) (Written Tycoon {Aus}), who was also crowned Australia's champion juvenile filly. Miss Always Ready was no slouch herself as the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Structor (Palace Malice). After a slow start, #6 ALWAYS A RUNNER ($3.20) circled around the field to win for fun, geared down under @SamyCamacho1 at @TampaBayDownsFL. The daughter of Gun Runner (@Three_Chimneys) is trained by Chad Brown. Douglas Scharbauer and @Three_Chimneys owns. pic.twitter.com/ccJaQ7IOZw — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) February 6, 2026 3rd-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 2-6, 3yo, f, 1m 40y, 1:42.93, ft, 6 1/2 lengths. ALWAYS A RUNNER, f, 3, by Gun Runner 1st Dam: Always Carina {GSP, $218,800}, by Malibu Moon 2nd Dam: Miss Always Ready, by More Than Ready 3rd Dam: Miss Seffens, by Dehere Sales history: $1,050,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O-Douglas Scharbauer and Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (Goncalo B. Torrealba); B-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. The post Aptly Named Always A Runner Blows Rivals Away to Garner ‘Rising Star’ Honors at Tampa Bay Downs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Roll On Big Joe makes his 2026 debut in the Feb. 8 King Cotton Stakes for older horses at 6 furlongs after completing a stellar 2025 campaign, capped by his win in the Dec. 13 Ring The Bell Stakes.View the full article

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will host a job fair on Thursday, Feb. 26, to recruit employees for the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course, the track said via a press release Friday. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival job fair will be held from 2-7 p.m. ET on the first floor of the 1863 Club. Applicants must be at least 15 years of age and have New York State Certified Working Papers. Prospective security guards, cashiers and betting clerks must be at least 18 years of age to apply; security guards must have a high school degree or GED. All job seekers must present a photo ID and Social Security card or I-9 alternative. Attendees should enter through the Wright Street entrance (Gate 8) with parking available in the 1863 Club lot. The post NYRA To Host Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Job Fair At The Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saturday, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, post time: 20:00, ABU DHABI GOLD CUP-Listed, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, SH 3yo, 1600mT Field: Maljoom (Ire) (Caravaggio), Jonquil (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Quddwah (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Comanche Brave (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Aomori City (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Witness Stand (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), Chicago Critic (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Strauss (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}), Dark Trooper (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Tumbler (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Crown Board (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Vafortino (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Andreas Vesalius (Ire) (Caravaggio), Folk Festival (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Dioptase (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Western Writer (Ire) (Shamadal). TDN Analysis: Multiple group winner Jonquil appears a likely sort for this contest after victories in the G2 Celebration Mile and G3 Greenham Stakes. G2 Lennox Stakes hero Witness Stand also tests his mettle in the UAE. G2 Zabeel Mile scorer Quddwah is third on ratings in the 16-strong field, while his fellow Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum colourbearer Maljoom is coming in off a third-place run in the G1 Dubai Turf from last April. Click here for the complete field. The post Black-Type Analysis: Witness Stand Goes On Trial In Abu Dhabi appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article