Wandering Eyes

The Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham in a fortnight has been locked in for First Five (NZ) (Almanzor). The five-year-old gelding was impressive when taking out last Saturday’s Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa, and after some contemplation, trainer David Greene believes he deserves a crack at elite-level. “It was a pretty decent field on Saturday, so it was good to see him step-up on the big occasion,” he said. “He has done really well. He cleaned up all of his feed on Saturday night and it hasn’t knocked him around too much. “We will go to the Telegraph now. He has bounced through the race really well, it is a jump up going to weight-for-age, but we just feel that the 1200m at Trentham down the chute, and the way it is a fast, high-pressure race, it often plays out more to a 1400m race, so I thought we might as well give it a go.” Meanwhile, the Te Rapa trainer is looking forward to First Five’s stable and ownership-mate Bethany Dee (NZ) (Embellish) lining up at her home track on Saturday. A half-sister to Group Two winner Magic Carpet (NZ) (Satono Aladdin), Bethany Dee broke through for her maiden win over 1400m at Te Aroha last month, and Greene is hopeful of a similar showing this weekend in the Norwegian Park Mile (1600m). “She has done really well since that win and she is heading into Saturday in pretty good form,” he said. “I think getting onto the better tracks has really helped her out. Both of her runs this time in have been full of merit and getting up to 1600m will be a real sweet spot for her distance-wise. We are hoping for a forward showing.” The daughter of Embellish has drawn the ace marble, by Greene said she will likely be ridden off the speed. “She probably won’t race right up on the speed, but hopefully she will be able to sit midfield without doing too much work,” he said. Her owners will have a two-pronged attack in the race, with one-win gelding Rambling On (NZ) (Almanzor) set to line-up for trainer Andrew Forsman. View the full article

Gold Coast trainers Tony and Maddy Sears will be hoping talented filly Nightline (NZ) (Redwood) can provide them with back-to-back winners of the Gr.3 Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The father-daughter training combination won last year’s Grand Prix Stakes with Beau Dazzler (NZ) ( Ardrossan), who went on to win the Eagle Way (2100m) and returned to place in the Gr.2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) before an unplaced tilt at the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). Like Beau Dazzler, Nightline was sourced from the Karaka Sales. The New Zealand bred daughter of Redwood enters Saturday’s contest off the back of a hard-fought victory over race favourite John Dory (NZ) (Ace High) in the City to Surf 3YO (1600m) at Doomben last start. On that occasion Nightline was friendless in betting, sent out a $41 outsider, but got the better of John Dory in the closing stages, with the pair set to clash again this weekend. “She did everything that we thought she would,” Maddy Sears said. “We were a bit wary of the favourite with the form that he brought up from New South Wales, but she has always shown a lot and she’s very talented. “We thought stepping out to the mile would be very beneficial, and so it proved.” Sears compared Nightline favourably to Beau Dazzler. “They are very different horses, but I do believe she’s very talented,” she said. “Without knocking the other horse, I think she’s a lot better horse than Beau Dazzler at this point in their career. “She’s just a lot more tractable. She’s very professional, and I do believe she’s improved since that last outing based on her work leading into Saturday.” Drawn barrier 11, Sears is not concerned by the wide draw. “There’s going to be a couple in it that will naturally be going forward. If she’s just sitting fourth or fifth one-off or even if she’s a little bit further back than that, I don’t think it’s going to be a problem,” Sears said. Like Beau Dazzler, a classic target will be in the crosshairs, with the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) in June to be the favoured option. However the Sears haven’t ruled out a trip across the Tasman, with the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks (2400m) worth NZ$1 million and contested at Ellerslie on February 21. “We have spoken about possibly taking her back for the New Zealand Oaks. We’re just taking it race by race at the moment, we will see how she comes through this weekend, and then go from there,” Sears said. “The main goal with her at the moment is the Queensland Oaks, but we do have the New Zealand Oaks as an option, and we have spoken about it.” View the full article

A tilt at next month’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) hangs in the balance for talented filly War Princess (NZ)(U S Navy Flag). The daughter of U S Navy Flag has yet to be tested over a mile in her seven starts to date, but has shown plenty of ability over sprint distances, winning four races between 1000m and 1200m, and was runner-up to Circus Dancer in last month’s Listed The O’Learys Fillies Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui. Peter Didham, who trains War Princess in partnership with his son Trent, was pleased with the way she found the line last start after over-racing early. “She was a bit unlucky with circumstances,” he said. “We probably could have stayed a bit handier, we are trying to get her to settle, and the horse came up on the inside of her, and we didn’t get a clear run on the corner until late, but then she stormed home really well. I thought it was a great effort and probably one that got away on us really.” With just over a month until the Karaka Millions twilight meeting at Ellerslie, Didham is facing mounting pressure to try and get his $77,500 Karaka yearling purchase to the highly-anticipated event. The distance remains the Awapuni horseman’s only query, and that will be answered on Saturday when she contests the Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. “The owners are very keen to go to the Karaka Millions, but she will need to run a nice race over 1600m,” he said. “I am confident that she can get a mile, it’s just whether it’s this prep or next. “She is a lovely filly, she is nice and strong and doing everything right. There’s no reason why not, it’s just the fact that she has always jumped and run and it’s a matter of her teaching herself to relax a little bit.” War Princess has drawn barrier four on Saturday, and with her running pattern, will likely be up on the speed once again in the eight-horse field. “We were expecting a bigger field than that and we were thinking of riding her a bit quieter, but that will be up to Sam (Collett, jockey),” Didham said. “She jumps very quick, so we might just find ourselves in the first two or three.” Didham will also be chasing black-type with juvenile filly Vahvay (Tagaloa) in the Gr.2 Windsor Park Stud Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m). The daughter of Tagaloa finished runner-up on debut over 1000m last month, and while pleased with the progress of his filly, Didham holds reserved expectations against a hot line-up. “It is probably the strongest Wakefield in the last 10 years,” he said. “She is going to be a lovely three-year-old filly and this is all part of her education. “She will still run a nice race, there just might be a couple too sharp for her over 1100m, but when we meet them next your over 1400m or 1600m, we will be competitive.” Didham’s Trentham team will be rounded out by Lucullan (Rich Enuff) in the McDonalds Manawatu Sprint (1200m). The four-year-old gelding disappointed in his first two runs this preparation when unplaced at Trentham but returned to winning form last start at Wanganui. Didham is wary of returning to Trentham this weekend but is hopeful his charge can allay those concerns. “He has got a tonne of ability, but I am worried about Wellington,” he said. “We have tried him twice there and we thought he would win both times and he just went terrible. “In that 75 grade, we have only got Wellington 1200s, there is nowhere else to go. “I put him in Te Rapa last week, he drew 19 so I had to scratch. It is either turn him out or we give him one more go down the straight. “Hopefully he can relax. Those first two times he jumped, over-raced and didn’t finish the race off as good as he should. But I am really happy with the way he is going.” View the full article

Group Two-winning stayer Trav’s (NZ) (Almanzor) Melbourne Cup preparation may not have gone to plan, but trainer Raymond Connors has swiftly turned his attention to another Cup target. Following his heroics in the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m) earlier this year, Connors set his sights on Australasia’s most coveted prize but just came up short in making the final field for last month’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) following three unplaced runs in Victoria over spring. While disappointed in Trav’s performances, Connors said he still enjoyed the experience. “It would have been great if he had gone better, but it was a good experience and it was good to see how it all operates over there,” he said. Connors has returned to New Zealand where he has immediately set about targeting Trav towards next month’s Gr.1 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, a race he finished fourth in last year and stable predecessor Blood Brotha won in 2013. Trav will commence his journey towards the two-mile feature in Saturday’s Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m) at Trentham, where Connors hopes to get a good line on his charge. “He has been ticking over,” Connors said. “We will try and get him to the Wellington Cup and this will be a stepping-stone and we will just see how he performs. “He will possibly have one more run into the Wellington Cup.” Trav is currently a $7.50 fourth favourite with TAB bookmakers for Saturday, in a market headed by Atmospheric (NZ) (El Roca) at $4.50. The Bulls trainer will also head to Trentham with Magic Charm (NZ) (Charm Spirit), who will be looking to recapture form in the Stringfellows 1400. “Magic Charm has been pretty disappointing,” Connors said. “He works well at home but he has been disappointing on raceday. “Hopefully the blinkers will turn him around a bit. He will need to show something on Saturday.” View the full article

Young talent Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) will be heavily in credit with Craig Grylls if she can carry him to victory in Saturday’s Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) at Trentham. They will team up again in the Windsor Park Stud-sponsored two-year-old feature following the daughter of Russian Revolution’s runaway debut victory at Te Aroha in the high-flying jockey’s hands. The Te Akau-prepared Lara Antipova repaid a debt they owed Grylls after a previous incident which resulted in the champion rider requiring time out. “Early on, she could get a bit cantankerous and she broke his finger, and he had to have a little stint on the sideline,” said Sam Bergerson, who trains the filly with Mark Walker. “We had jump-outs here at home and she bucked him off and his finger got caught in the rein, it was pretty nasty.” Raced by John Galvin’s Fortuna, Lara Antipova sat outside the leader at Te Aroha and cruised clear in the run home to have eight lengths on her nearest rival at the post. “It’s a step up for her on Saturday and she has to travel, but she has come through her first run really well and her work has been good,” Bergerson said. “She’s ticking the boxes so far and it’s a really good opportunity for her to get black type so early in her career.” The stable will also have strong chances with Origin Of Love (Snitzel) in the Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) and What You Wish For (NZ) (Embellish) in the Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m). To be ridden by Vinnie Colgan, Snitzel filly Origin Of Love won the Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) before a game fifth in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). “She’s just kept getting better and better, early on she was pretty highly strung and did a lot wrong,” Bergerson said. “The South Island has done her the world of good, and I thought she ran really well in a strong 1000 Guineas.” Origin Of Love crossed Cook Strait without incident on Tuesday morning and is currently at the Awapuni stable of Bergerson’s father Roydon. Bruno Queiroz will partner What You Wish For who was a last-start sixth in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m). “He’s run in some really good races, but he’s the sort of horse that needs things to go his way and hasn’t had the rub of the green lately,” Bergerson said. “He drew wide at Counties and we elected to go back and they went no gallop and he was really good getting to the line. “He’s drawn out (12) again which is a bit frustrating, but he gets in with a light weight (54.5kg) and looks another good each-way chance. “He’s come through his last run very well and we think Trentham will suit him nicely.” Meanwhile, the stable is hopeful of Hakkinen (NZ) (Savabeel) (Norwegian Park Mile, 1600m) and Balance Of Power (NZ) (Almanzor) (MVP Cars Handicap, 2100m) turning their form around at Te Rapa on Saturday. “Hakkinen was disappointing last start, we thought he had every chance and we might ride him a bit colder,” Bergerson said. “Balance Of Power was another one who was a head-scratcher at Pukekohe. His form before that was good and we can’t fault them, they are capable and it wouldn’t be any surprise if both were thereabouts.” Te Akau will also have several chances at Matamata on Friday and Bergerson tipped Frosted three-year-old Arctic Jewel (Frosted) as a top hope in the Comag Maiden (1200m) off the back of two placings. “She will probably run in race two, she’s in race one as well, and she’s been knocking on the door and we’re hoping Born To Be Royal (King’s Legacy) can put her hand up and carry on to some nice staying three-year-old fillies’ races deeper into the season.” By King’s Legacy, she runs in the Bell & Graham 3YO (1600m) following a sound last-start third when resuming at Te Aroha. View the full article

Mark Newnham knows there will be “nowhere to hide” on Saturday when Invincible Ibis takes on David Eustace’s Dazzling Fit in a battle of Classic Series hopefuls in the Class Three Poinsettia Handicap (1,600m) at Sha Tin. Newnham’s four-year-old has gone from strength to strength this season and after going close in his first three starts over 1,200m, he has become a different proposition entirely over the 1,400m distance. Defying stall 14 to shed his maiden at Sha Tin in October, he returned to...View the full article

With top-quality harness racing taking centre stage this weekend, TAB bookmakers have rolled out a stack of special markets ahead of one of the biggest harness racing weekends of the summer. Feature meetings at Invercargill and Alexandra Park on Friday lead into the inaugural Phoebe Stud Harness 5000 meeting at Ashburton on Sunday. Most of the special markets for the meetings are already open, and there’s something for punters at all three venues. All 10 of the Golden Gait races at Alexandra Park on Friday are over the 1609m distance, so there is a Race with Fastest Mile market for punters who think they can work out which winner will dash home the quickest. A boosted Ya Rite Darl/Youneverknow quinella gives trotting fans another choice in in the Golden Gait 3YO Trot, and a winning margin market will be another option for Cyclone Rebel supporters after he opened at $1.20 to win the Golden Gait 2YO Mobile Pace. Invercargill Cup Day at Ascot Park will be the venue to play host to the weekly special market called “That Friday Feeling”, with a Boosted Double of $5 on offer for Muscle Mountain to win the Group 3 David Moss Stakes and Republican Party to win the Group 1 Invercargill Cup. That all leads into the Harness 5000 meeting on Sunday, where horses sired by stallions that stood for up to $5000 are celebrated. On top of a $20,000 Guaranteed Late Quaddie, there are markets for the stallion that sires the most trotting winners, and the stallion to sire the most pacing winners. Similarly to Friday, with all races across the same distance of 1700m, there is an option for the race with the fastest time, and a variety of Favourite Out or Both Favourites Out markets for races where there are warm favourites. Punters Promise is already in effect for the two Friday meetings, but this has been extended to the Harness 5000 meetings. This means customers betting on Ashburton will be able to bet to win at least $5000 on a runner. Most of the special markets are available at tab.co.nz/racing/futures or the Futures section of the TAB App, with the Harness 5000 Fastest Mile Time market opening on Saturday. The Favourites Out and the Both Favourites Out markets can be found at tab.co.nz/racing/extras or the Extras tab in the TAB App. Maximum Limits of $100 per account apply to the Boosted Quinella at Alexandra Park, That Friday Feeling and the Cyclone Rebel Winning Margin markets. Terms and conditions apply. View the full article

Spendthrift Farm's Tamara has been disqualified from her Oct. 4 win in the Chillingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park after a drug test by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit indicated the presence of the muscle relaxant methocarbamol.View the full article

A three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has sided with the advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform TwinSpires in a nearly year-old federal lawsuit against the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB). In an opinion issued Dec. 16, the federal appeals court agreed with the Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) subsidiary that operates TwinSpires by ruling that the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA) of 1978 preempts a Michigan licensing requirement requiring that ADW providers be linked to a licensed racetrack and live race meeting. Back on Feb. 19, a lower federal court had already granted Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company (CDT) an injunction that prevented state regulators from enforcing that licensing requirement against TwinSpires. The state then appealed that decision. “TwinSpires, an Oregon-based electronic wagering platform and a business unit of CDI, accepts interstate wagers on horseraces,” Tuesday's 16-page opinion stated. “This is legal under the Interstate IHA if TwinSpires obtains consent from state regulators and the racetrack's racing association. “But which state regulators?” the opinion asked rhetorically. “TwinSpires says only Oregon and the racetrack's home state. Michigan says it too can regulate wagers that are made in Michigan but accepted on the TwinSpires application. “So when TwinSpires fell out of compliance with Michigan's regulations, Michigan revoked TwinSpires' license under the Michigan Horse Racing Law (MHRL),” the opinion stated. “TwinSpires sued, arguing that Michigan's enforcement of the MHRL is inconsistent with the IHA. The district court agreed and issued a preliminary injunction. And we agree with the district court,” the opinion stated. “TwinSpires is likely to show that the IHA preempts Michigan's licensing requirement, and the other preliminary injunction factors favor TwinSpires. So we affirm,” the opinion stated. The Jan. 12, 2025, lawsuit by CDT stemmed from the fact that at this time last year, Michigan's law requiring ADWs to partner with a racetrack in the state couldn't be fulfilled by any ADW operator. That's because one year ago, there hadn't been any Thoroughbred racing in Michigan since 2018, and Standardbred races had been last conducted in February 2024. TwinSpires (and other ADWs) previously partnered with the now-demolished and later-relocated Northville Downs, whose license-holders as of late 2024 were planning to–but had not yet received at that time–approval for the required 30 days of Standardbred racing at a different location so that parties could be eligible for ADW and simulcasting in 2025. On Dec. 23, 2024, the MGCB notified all licensed ADWs to cease offering wagering for Michigan residents effective Jan. 1, 2025. The shutdown was to be temporary until the harness track licensing issue got resolved. While ADW operators Xpressbet, NYRA Bets, and TVG Network voluntarily complied with the order, TwinSpires did not. After a week of continuing to take bets against the order, the MGCB suspended the TwinSpires license Jan. 7. CDT then sued. On Jan. 31, Northville Downs received its licensing, allowing third-party facilitators to partner with it and accept wagers in accordance with the MHRL license requirement. However, the MGCB continued to maintain its suspension against TwinSpires. TwinSpires stated in court filings that the Michigan law behind the suspension was unfair. “It is no different than if Michigan required any online retailer to partner with an in-state brick-and-mortar store before it could accept orders from individuals in Michigan,” the CDT lawsuit stated. Nearly a year later, on Dec. 16, 2025, the federal appeals court explained its reasoning in upholding the injunction that allows TwinSpires to operate in Michigan while the overall lawsuit gets decided back at the lower-court level: “Michigan points to its interest in regulating gambling and its residents' interest in the protections of Michigan law. But Michigan didn't lose its ability to regulate gambling other than wagering on interstate horseracing. The IHA is clear on that,” the opinion stated. “Nor does the IHA necessarily prohibit Michigan from promulgating gambling regulations that incidentally bear on interstate horserace wagering (such as limiting wager types). And, of course, the state retains authority to regulate horseraces run in Michigan and horserace wagers accepted in Michigan because it wields IHA consent rights in those situations,” the opinion stated. “Michigan also highlights the loss of revenue from Northville Downs. But any loss of revenue is self-inflicted because the Board ordered TwinSpires to shut down,” the opinion stated. “And it notes a harm to competition: other third-party facilitators, but not TwinSpires, halted online pari-mutuel wagering when Northville temporarily lost its license. But this gets it backwards. The Board ended Northville's [licensing problem] in January 2025, and other facilitators are now free to accept wagers in compliance with the MHRL. TwinSpires still faces a license suspension. So TwinSpires would still face a competitive harm but for the injunction,” the opinion stated. “Michigan can't condition the legality of interstate wagers on state requirements that add to the IHA's consent scheme,” the opinion stated. “A license requirement for third-party facilitators doesn't regulate 'forms of gambling.' It regulates how off-track betting platforms accept interstate wagers,” the opinion stated. “So Michigan's requirement is more like a plug-and-play supplement to the federal scheme than an earnest effort to regulate its residents' conduct,” the opinion stated. The post Federal Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Favoring TwinSpires that Prevents Michigan from Overstepping IHA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

What will racing look like in 10 years? We asked some of racing's best and brightest to give us their predictions. Want to submit an answer? Email suefinley@thetdn.com BARRY IRWIN, CEO OF TEAM VALOR INTERNATIONAL Racing will contract in size and be conducted at fewer venues. The names Stronach and 1st Racing will disappear and become as remote as the names Adena Springs and Magna. NYRA and TwinSpires will control the game. In 2036 there will only be racing in New York (Belmont/Saratoga), Florida (Ocala), Maryland (Pimlico), Kentucky (Keeneland, Churchill, Kentucky Downs) and Oaklawn Park. Racing will become a team sport, with only the super wealthy able to afford team franchises. HISA will disappear. Integrity and safety will become strictly the province of a league office that will set and enforce the rules, with its own team of scientists analyzing all aspects of the equine athlete. Only professionals will be allowed access to the stable area. Owners, supplement pushers, bloodstock agents and fans will be barred. With wagering set to increase exponentially, stable areas will be controlled like Hong Kong operates today. Ex-FBI employees will control every aspect of surveillance of the stable area, as gambling on horses will only thrive with rigorous attention paid to its athletes and participants. Smaller tracks will become outlaw operations with the participants not allowed to engage in the major league. Fewer mares will be bred to fewer stallions, but breeders and stallion operations will make more profit from their investments, as fewer animals equates to much higher prices. Wealthy folks will return to breeding and racing horses even though all previous tax incentives will disappear. These individuals will return to racing and breeding because it will be profitable and a sporting challenge. The Jockey Club will cease to become relevant, as racetracks will dominate the equine landscape. Horsemen's group like the HBPA and the TOC will be replaced by labor unions. All backstretch denizens will belong to a union. AI will completely change how horseplayers bet on the races. Daily Racing Form will disappear and will seem a quaint remembrance of the horse and buggy days of Thoroughbred racing. Horseplayers will be younger and more plentiful, with oldersters unable to keep pace with their younger rivals, whose embrace of AI and quantum computing will leave most players of a certain age in the dust. CAW is a technique every player involved in betting on horses will employ. The post Racing in 2036: Barry Irwin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA) will implement a number of changes to racing in Texas for 2026 and beyond, according to a release sent by the organization Wednesday. Dates and locations for the TTA Futurity, Derby, and Oaks will be adjusted, with the Futurity moved from July at Lone Star Park to December at Sam Houston Race Park in order to give 2-year-olds more time to develop. The Derby and Oaks, run at Sam Houston in March in 2025, will again be run in the spring at Sam Houston for 2026, but will move to Lone Star for 2027. “The Texas Thoroughbred Association is very excited about these changes” said TTA Executive Director Tracy Sheffield. “We feel that these changes will make several of our most exciting stakes races accessible to a greater number of horses.” In addition, the Texas Stallion Stakes Series will now allow 2-year-olds to be nominated if connections missed nominating during the runner's weanling or yearling years. A horse that has gone through a TTA sale can now be nominated as a 2-year-old by May 1 for a $5,000 fee. The post Dates, Locations Adjusted for TTA Races appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Defending race winner Major Dude and fellow millionaires Wolfie's Dynaghost and Chasing the Crown lead a stacked group of 10 older horses in the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale Stakes (G3T) Dec. 20 at Gulfstream Park.View the full article

The Texas Stallion Stakes Series now has a pathway to nominate 2-year-olds.View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features an exciting newcomer for Amo Racing. 1.52 Southwell, Novice, 2yo, 6f 16y (AWT) FIREWALKER (GB) (Kingman {GB}) makes his belated debut just over two years since making the top five lots at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale when selling to Amo Racing for 360,000gns. Kevin Philippart De Foy introduces the likely hot favourite in a winnable affair as connections look for a bright start for the half-brother to the high-class Group 1 sprinter Dragon Symbol by Cable Bay who, like Kingman, is a son of Invincible Spirit. Another of his kin is this year's Sandy Lane winner Symbol Of Honour (Havana Grey), so there is plenty of time to fulfil obvious potential. The post Dragon Symbol’s Half-Brother Firewalker Debuts at Southwell appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saudi Arabia's newest group 1 race has received a huge prize money boost with the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia announcing Dec. 17 that the 2026 Neom Turf Cup (G1T) will be staged for $3 million, an increase of 50%.View the full article