Wandering Eyes

David Eustace and Dylan Browne McMonagle will combine at Sha Tin on Sunday with two solid chances in the form of Riding Together in the Class Three Carpenter Handicap (1,400m) and Helene Supafeeling in the Class Three Kowloon City Handicap (1,200m). Last-start winner Riding Together will maintain the services of McMonagle after the Irish rider helped the son of Profitable overcome barrier 13 to beat Super Express by half a length. Sunday will see him break from barrier nine with top weight of...View the full article

Awapuni visitors enjoyed back-to-back success at Tauranga when Omega Boy (NZ) (Time Test) claimed the feature race on the card, the Gr.2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m), just one race after Platinum Pantheon (Hanseatic) defeated a handy field of three-year-olds over 1200m. Omega Boy has always appealed as a galloper with plenty of quality and has come of age in his current campaign where he had won two of his last four starts while also running a strong fifth in the Gr.3 Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) followed by an eye-catching sixth in the Gr.2 Thorndon Mile (1600m). Trainers Peter and Trent Didham placed their faith in apprentice Sam McNab to get the job done on the five-year-old son of Time Test and he handled the task with aplomb as he positioned his mount one off the fence in midfield during the early running which was set up by noted pacemaker Leroy Brown. McNab didn’t panic when runners swooped around on his outside at the 600m, moving Omega Boy into a gap entering the home straight as he set out after race favourite Sterling Express (NZ) (Shamexpress) who had assumed command inside the 250m. McNab got the best out of Omega Boy in the closing stages as he charged late to snatch victory from Sterling Express in the shadows of the post while Khafre held out Qali Al Farrasha (NZ) (Almanzor) for third. McNab was delighted to secure the victory. “That was awesome as I’ve been getting great support lately and to get these wins after working so hard is quite rewarding,” McNab said. “The plan was to settle behind the speed somewhere and he jumped well so I elected to hold him up a little and we got into a nice spot. “I went to the fence and when Michael (McNab aboard Qali Al Farrasha) got going I got a nice track into the race and just had to run down the leader which he did. “That last little bit Sterling Express just folded up a little and my horse was tough and got through the ground.” Peter Didham was also thrilled with the result and especially for owners Ian and Dave Scott who race the horse under their Homeview Bloodstock banner. “We thought it was a good race for him as he has just kept on improving and he only finished three lengths off them in the Thorndon Mile where he was down in the worst part of the track,” he said. “I’m just really happy for Ian and Dave (Scott) who bred and own him as he is a horse going places and is doing a really good job for them. “We do think he will run 2000m as he relaxes beautifully and while he is still learning he is just the coolest horse to have around as he is so professional, carries weight well and doesn’t’ know when to give in.” As the trainers of the winning horse of the Japan Trophy, the Didhams will receive a trip for two to Japan, and Didham senior is preparing to argue his case against son Trent for the trip. “If the story is true about the Japan trip, I may have to let my wife adjudicate on who gets to go,” he said. “I think the main thing for us is that the win is a great advertisement for our stable as we only have 25 in work and we need wins in races like these to raise our profile and attract new owners.” Omega Boy is out of the Duke Of Marmalade mare Bit of Crumpet (NZ) and comes from an extended family that includes Australian stakes winners Sir Luminar (Choisor) and Luminia (Semipalatinsk). He has now won $215,640 in prizemoney from five wins and six placings from his 22 starts. View the full article

Cambridge Stud stallion Sword Of State has a major Gr.1 Golden Slipper (1200m) contender in his first crop after Warwoven took out Saturday’s Gr.3 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill. Warwoven wasted little time in stamping himself as a highly talented two-year-old, winning his first two starts in December and January to earn favouritism for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) on the Gold Coast. However, he was scratched on the morning of the race on vets’ advice. Ever since then, expat New Zealand trainer Bjorn Baker has been playing catch-up in the countdown to the A$5 million Golden Slipper next Saturday. Warwoven returned to the races with a fourth in the Gr.2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) on February 28, after which his career earnings of A$156,750 left him in 18th in the Golden Slipper order of entry and unlikely to make the field. Baker had no choice but to line up Warwoven again in the Pago Pago, where a top-three finish would likely secure him a spot. The exciting colt did that and more. Warwoven was ridden by Rachel King, who took up a handy position in second behind the front-running Star Of Jamaica. Warwoven effortlessly cruised up alongside the leader coming up to the turn, then hit the front early in the run home. He shook free of Star Of Jamaica at the 200m mark, and his strong kick put him out of the reach of the late-finishing Outspan and Central Europe. Warwoven crossed the finish line a length in front, improving his career record to three wins from four starts and A$297,750 in stakes. He is now guaranteed a start in the Golden Slipper next week, for which the TAB rates him an $8 chance. “He’s qualified now, and so he should be,” King said. “We would have been devastated if he wasn’t there, because as he’s proven today he deserves his spot. “We knew he was going to be slightly underdone last start. We were hoping class would get us though, and probably the track brought us undone a touch. But he’s come out today and showed us what he can do. “He’s still got improvement to come, he’s still very casual. He was very casual mid-race, very casual when he got to the front. But I love a colt like that, he’s got a fantastic attitude, nothing worries him. “He improved massively from the other day, but I still think there’s a good 10% more there. I think there’s more under the bonnet, and I think if he gets challenged, there’s even more under the bonnet than today. He’s very exciting.” Baker now has a powerful hand for the Golden Slipper next Saturday, with last-start Gr.2 Todman Stakes (1200m) winner Paradoxium also among the favourites. “We’re not counting our chickens, but it’s exciting to have two in the Slipper,” he said. “It was great to see him do that, he’s a promising horse. He had to do a bit of work early today, so hopefully he can peak next week. We’ve got to first and foremost see how he’s come through. “The little setback he had might even have helped him in the long run – I’ll tell you in about seven days and three hours whether it did or not. It could well be. Things have a funny way of working in this game. You can be down and out, and it only takes one runner to get back on track. “He’ll be able to have a very easy week now, rest and relax, unlike his trainer and connections.” Warwoven is the first foal of the Makfi mare Needle And Thread, who was the winner of the Gr.2 Royal Stakes (2000m) and placed at Group Two level in the Sir Tristram Fillies’ Classic (2000m) and Eight Carat Classic (1600m). Warwoven was sourced by Baker’s bloodstock agent Jim Clarke at the Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where he was offered by breeder Kia Ora Stud and knocked down for A$380,000. Himself a Group One winner as a juvenile and New Zealand’s champion two-year-old in the 2020-21 season, Sword Of State has sired three winners from his first crop of two-year-olds. Warwoven’s black-type success has followed on from Torture, who won the Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield in the spring and placed in the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in January. Another of Sword Of State’s progeny, State Of Valour, ran third in last Saturday’s Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) on Champions Day at Ellerslie, while winning filly State The Obvious also finished fourth in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). View the full article

Speedy mare Churchillian (NZ)(Churchill) showed what she is capable of when given her own terms in front when she bolted home in the open sprint at Tauranga, the Triton Pacific Owens Plate (1200m). The Tony Pike-prepared daughter of Churchill has always shown she can be tough to catch when she gets to dictate the pace and that worked out well on Saturday as she dominated proceedings in the hands of Sam Collett. In a race expected to be run at high speed, Collett was able to cast a spell over her rivals as she bounced the six-year-old mare straight to the front from barrier rise and set up a tempo that saw her travelling easily approaching the home bend with plenty of petrol still in the tank. Race favourite December (NZ) (Shamexpress), who had trailed throughout, issued his challenge shortly after straightening but when Collett asked Churchillian to go, she dashed away to win easing down by more than five lengths from the favourite who just held out the late closing Florin (NZ) (Vanbrugh) and Mad Max (NZ) (Savabeel) for second. Pike had harboured some doubts before the race about his charge handling the Heavy8 track conditions, however, those fears proved unfounded as she dashed home in her first start since Boxing Day last year. “She has always been a promising mare all along, who has had a few injury niggles,” Pike said. “But when she is good, she is very good. “It was a beautiful ride by Sam as there looked to be a lot of speed in the race, which everyone read the same, but they went at a real modest tempo and the way the track was playing (favouring on pace runners) she was dominant. “She has never really performed on soft track conditions, so that was a concern, but obviously hard up against the rail was the place to be. “We were using this race as a lead-up to Trentham in two weeks where she is going to a 1400m Listed race.” That race is the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) to be run on 28 March. High Country returns victorious at Tauranga. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) The victory provided Pike with a winning double after High Country (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) had backed up an impressive win at Ellerslie on 21 February with another in the hands of Joe Doyle as he romped away with a Rating 75 2100m contest, winning by more than nine lengths. The victory was achieved in the same manner as Churchillian, as the son of Mongolian Khan was sent straight to the lead by Doyle and simply ran his rivals ragged. Given a soft lead, High Country was bolting with 800m to run as Doyle increased the tempo approaching the home bend where his mount went six lengths clear and with a full head of steam up. High Country never looked like flinching as he relished the testing underfoot conditions to stride away and win in a hand canter at the post from Perfectmanz (NZ) (Almanzor) and Apex (NZ) (Puccini). “He has been a frustrating horse as he has run well in some big races but just struggled to win consistently,” Pike said. “Obviously he gained confidence from that good win at Ellerslie and today he was dominant. “We will see what is coming up at Ellerslie as he has a good record there and it looks like there are a couple of races for him. “He is a nice progressive stayer, we have been patient with him, and he is developing into a nice horse going forward.” The win was the third from 25 starts for the son of dual stakes winner Chaparella (NZ), who has now won over $186,000 in prizemoney. The win by Churchillian was her ninth from just 22 starts, where she has pocketed more than $278,000 in stakes earnings for her connections. View the full article

Hawke’s Bay mare Bedtime Story (NZ) (Per Incanto )has earned another crack at elite-level following her victory in the Shane Stone Builders Open (1340m) at Wanganui on Saturday. The Per Incanto mare settled in the trail behind Cooper (NZ) (Tivaci), and while jockey Bruno Queiroz elected to stick to the rail aboard the frontrunner when turning for home, the remainder of the pack, including Kelly Myers on Bedtime Story, veered to the outside of the track for better footing. Cooper looked to have stolen the race on the inside, but Bedtime Story just got her nose in front on the line to record her fifth career triumph. The five-year-old, who carries the colours of breeder Henrietta, the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, was freshened following her last start at Trentham in early January and made a winning return in her 1000m trial at Foxton earlier this month, giving trainers Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos plenty of confidence ahead of her fresh-up run. “It was a terrific trial the other day so I was just hoping that she would back that up and she has,” Lowry said. “Today was a good effort under a good weight (60kg). “I think she is better in the autumn this mare, she has got good ability, and she is really coming into her age.” Bedtime Story is now set to return to elite-level in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Trentham in a fortnight. “She is going really well so we will (go to the Breeders’ Stakes),” Lowry said. Bedtime Story will bid to improve on her half-sister Dragon Queen’s (NZ) (Sweynesse) fourth placed run in the race four years ago, with the daughter of Sweynesse having also won the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m) and placed in another edition of the Westbury Classic as well as the Gr.3 Sunline Vase (2100m), and two editions of the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m). Their second dam Snap (NZ) was a standout on the track, winning 11 races, including the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), and Gr.1 Waikato Draught Sprint (1400m), and was crowned Joint Champion Three-Year-Old and Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of her year. Bedtime Story has inherited the family talent and has posted five wins from 21 starts and has placed in the Listed ANZAC Mile (1600m) and Gr.3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m), and has earned nearly $200,000 in prizemoney. View the full article

Stylish Secret’s (NZ) (Sweet Orange) victory in the A$80,000 DCE Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday lifted his career earnings to A$398,525 – an outstanding return on the New Zealand-bred gelding’s purchase price of just $2,300 on Gavelhouse.com. Saturday’s Benchmark 84 handicap was the fifth win of a 22-start career for the son of Sweet Orange, whose first two victories came in 2024 over 1500m at Sandown and 1800m at Flemington. His last three successes have all been at Caulfield – over 2400m on July 26 last year, 2400m again on January 31, and over 2000m on Saturday. Stylish Secret was ridden by Luke Cartwright on Saturday and jumped well from the outside gate in a field of seven. Cartwright initially looked like pushing forward to try to take up a handy position, but then changed tack and eased back to settle at the tail of the field after the first 400m. Cartwright got him rolling forward again before the turn, and Stylish Secret had slid up into third by the time the field straightened for home. He slowly but surely moved up alongside the leaders Xtra Rush (Xtravagant) and Foujita San (Maurice) down the straight, hitting the front in the very last stride and winning by a half-head. “He’s just so tactically versatile,” Cartwright said. “You can have him wherever you want and he always goes out and gives you 110%, and today that’s exactly what he did. “I wanted to roll forward, because I didn’t think there was going to be a lot of speed early, but they went a nice clip so I was able to tuck in behind them. He settled beautifully. “He doesn’t lay in or lay out, he goes pretty much as straight as an arrow. “I wasn’t sure if we were going to pick them up, but he loves a photo finish, this fella.” Mornington trainer Mick Nolan is keen to give Stylish Secret a crack at a black-type feature on his home track on April 18. “I don’t deserve much credit for this horse, he’s pretty easy to train,” he said. “He loves this place, though, doesn’t he? “We happen to live in Mornington, and there’s a race down there called the Mornington Cup (Listed, 2400m) in April. We thought we might target that and give him a couple of 2000m runs to try to get there.” Stylish Secret was purchased in New Zealand by part-owner Helen Thomas off Gavelhouse.com as a weanling for just $2,300. A highly-acclaimed journalist, broadcaster and author, Thomas was on the hunt for a staying type and sought the advice of long-time friend, the late Deane Lester, one of Australia’s most respected form students, who approved of the pedigree, which includes six-win half-brother Unseen Ruler (NZ) (Mongolian Khan). “Deane (Lester) did suggest that I have a look on Gavelhouse because it is a really great website to find horses, particularly broodmares and young horses,” Thomas said. “I jumped on and lot number one was this happy, little horse – he looked like a bit of a ragamuffin as a weanling. “He was by Sweet Orange out of a Savabeel mare called Scarlett Secret (NZ) and bred and raised at Windsor Park Stud. “Daqiansweet Junior by Sweet Orange was doing really well at the time, and I thought, here’s a horse that is certainly bred to be a middle-distance horse, if not a fully-fledged stayer and wouldn’t it be good to grow him up and have a bit of a fun with him. “A month or two after I bought him, his half-brother won a trial and was sold to Australia and that’s Unseen Ruler (winner of six races).” View the full article

Exciting two-year-old Ronaldo (NZ)(Ribchester) showed maturity beyond his years when winning the Palamountains Nutrition 2YO (1200m) at Wanganui on Saturday, and trainer Robbie Patterson is excited about the future with the progressive son of Ribchester as he eyes the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Trentham in a fortnight. Having won on debut at New Plymouth last month, Ronaldo was backed into a $1.60 favourite for his second-up test, with the Lisa Latta-trained Pinafore (NZ) (Pinatubo) the next fancied runner at $6.20. The latter was fractious to load and held up the start by several minutes, but despite the extended time in the gates, Ronaldo jumped away well and was sent straight to the front by jockey Craig Grylls. He wasn’t given it all his own way up front, attacked on the outside throughout by Truly Divine (NZ) (Home Affairs) , who drew half a length clear at one stage, but Ronaldo kept composed and showed his talent down the straight, kicking clear of his rivals to score a comprehensive 2-1/4 length victory over Pinafore, with a further half head back to Truly Devine in third. Grylls, who elected to bypass his home meeting at Matamata to ride Ronaldo at Wanganui, was effusive in his praise for the talented juvenile post-race. “I have got a lot of time for this horse,” Grylls said. “He was really good again today, he jumped well and put himself there. He just got pestered the whole race, we were going along quite nice and the one outside us was being really annoying, but it didn’t worry him, he was composed, he balanced up and kicked really good. He is a proper horse I think. “He is just a beautiful big animal with a great attitude. He is the whole package and I am excited to see him go forward. He is going to be a really nice three-year-old and what he is doing now is probably a bonus.” Patterson was just as impressed with Ronaldo’s winning effort, and he is excited what is ahead of him. “He was pressured the whole way,” Patterson said. “He is just a cool horse, he even buttoned off with the horse outside him racing him and put half a length on him. I see he had the cheek to prick his ears over the line. They are good signs. “He will get a mile now I would say. He looks like a three-year-old now, he is exciting. “I don’t know if he has the turn of foot of a Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) (former stable Group One winner) but he has got a sustained gallop and that will win him a lot of races. “He is only two, there is so much upside to him, he could be one of the better three-year-olds next year.” Ronaldo, who was bred and is raced by Ron and Shirley Miller, is out of seven-win mare Miss Daisy (NZ), a half-sister to stakes performer Real Specialist (NZ) (Storming Home). Opening at $41 in the TAB’s futures market for the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes, Ronaldo has now shortened into a $4.50 second favourite following his two unbeaten runs, with Te Akau’s Seize The Day (I Am Invincible) leading the market at $3.80 following his victory at Matamata earlier his week. View the full article

Hugh Bowman is looking forward to a string of strong chances at Sha Tin on Sunday, including smart debut winner Papaya Brose in section two of the Class Four Lung Kong Handicap (1,400m). The Caspar Fownes-trained three-year-old was sent off an unconsidered $21.5 chance for his debut last month, but he belied his big odds with a devastating performance under Bowman to win by one and a half lengths. Settled towards the rear, the Zousain galloper copped a check when fanning out into the clear in...View the full article

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here is one horse of interest for this Saturday running at Hanshin Racecourse: 5th-HSN, ¥11,280,000 ($71k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m AIR ALCINA (f, 3, Gun Runner–Nokaze, by Empire Maker) is a half- or full-sister to six winners including Group 2 scorer Air Almas (Majestic Warrior), three-time listed winner and Group 3-placed Air Fanditha (Hat Trick {Jpn}) and Air Sage (Point of Entry), also placed at the Group 3 level. Nokaze is herself a half-sister to the SW Yuzuru (Medaglia d'Oro), the dam of MGSW & GISP Yuugiri (Shackleford), while third dam Angelic Song (Halo) is a sister to the likes of Glorious Song, Devil's Bag and Saint Ballado and serves as the granddam of GSW & MG1SP Danon Ballade (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). O-Lucky Field Co Ltd; B-Sekie & Tsunebumi Yoshihara (KY); T-Manabu Ikezoe The post Well-Related Gun Runner Filly Kicks Off at Hanshin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A legislative proposal in Florida that would have allowed casinos approved for operation through a corresponding Thoroughbred racing license to drop that racing license while continuing casino operations has failed.View the full article

BUILT (c, 4, Hard Spun–Sea Garden, by Curlin) twice hit the board last season on Louisiana's Road to the Kentucky Derby, second and third in the GIII Lecomte Stakes and GII Risen Star Stakes, respectively, before missing the money in two subsequent starts. Sent to the shelf in early May after disappointing in the GII Pat Day Mile, he resurfaced Dec. 18 at this venue to wrap his '25 season with a win against allowance company. Tried on the turf last out Feb. 14 to kick off his 4-year-old campaign, Built ran fourth in the Colonel Power Stakes, and his connections returned him to the dirt here for his second jump on the year. The betting public sent him away as the 8-5 favorite, and he gave them what they wanted, breaking well to press the pace from second through :21.58 and a half-mile in a brisk :43.97. On a narrow lead as they turned for home, Maximum Bourbon (Maximum Security) came calling for a final push nearing mid-stretch and the race was on as they locked horns into the final sixteenth. Turning that one away, Built kicked away to win by 1 1/2 lengths and lower the track record to 1:07.96–it had been the mark to beat for 24 years since Mountain General established it in late November 2002 when he posted 1:08.03 for the distance. Built is the first to the races for his dam, herself a half-sister to Canadian Graded winner Glenville Gardens (Street Cry {Ire}), but does have an unplaced 3-year-old half-brother named Sterling Sea (Union Rags). Sea Garden has a yearling Flameaway colt to her credit, and her 2026 Practical Joke foal was stillborn. In addition to the aforementioned half-brother, the dam is also a half-sibling to the mother of GSP Sonic Brees (Maclean's Music). This is the immediate female family of MGSW & MGISP Indian Vale (A.P. Indy). A new track record for 6F! #2 BUILT ($5.40) dug in on the inside to win race 3 at @fairgroundsnola. The son of Hard Spun (@DarleyAmerica) was ridden by @jareth16 and is trained by @CatRacingStable. @EclipseTBP owns the 4yo. pic.twitter.com/cSvZIcJRP1 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 13, 2026 3rd-Fair Grounds, $60,000, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-13, 4yo/up, 6f, 1:07.96, ft, 1 1/2 lengths. BUILT (c, 4, Hard Spun–Sea Garden, by Curlin) Sales history: $82,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $260,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-2, $321,304. O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-Robert Low & Lawana Low (KY); T-Wayne M. Catalano. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Built Lowers Track Record at Fair Grounds on Return to Main Track appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Golden Tornado (McKinzie), sidelined since delivering a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' performance on debut at Saratoga last summer, is on the comeback trail. He's posted a pair of breezes for trainer Danny Gargan at Palm Meadows this winter, including a three-furlong move in :37.50 (24/43) Mar. 7. “He's a really nice horse, really nice,” Gargan said. “He's come back really good. He's beautiful.” Campaigned in partnership by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, breeder Gainesway Stable and Legendary Thoroughbreds, the $475,000 Keeneland September yearling and half-brother to stakes winner and fellow 'Rising Star' Verifire (Authentic) was gearing up for last fall's GI Champagne S. until Gargan had to hit the brakes. “He got a hairline crack in his shin,” Gargan said. “We brought him back and breezed him one time (after his debut) and he had a hairline in his shin. We gave him time off. We didn't put a screw in it, we just had to drill it. We decided to give him plenty of time.” Golden Tornado pressed and pounced on subsequent multiple stakes winner and 'Rising Star' Oscar's Hope (Twirling Candy) to win by 3 1/4 lengths at first asking going six furlongs at the Spa Aug. 9, good for an 86 Beyer Speed Figure. Saturday's Jimmy Winkfield S. 6-5 morning-line favorite Igniter (Volatile) was another 1 1/2 lengths back in third that day. Future Pulpit S. dead-heat winner and Awad S. runner-up Glorious Boy (Independence Hall) was also a well-beaten sixth in the talented field of eight. “I never really thought he was gonna be able to get a mile and a quarter,” Gargan said. “That's not really what we were thinking, so there was no need to rush him back to be a Derby horse. He's gonna be a miler probably.” Golden Tornado could potentially target the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial going seven furlongs on Travers Day at Saratoga Aug. 29, per Gargan. “In my vision–he worked here on the seventh–he'll come back here (and work a half-mile) in a few days depending on weather,” Gargan said. “We're looking more towards getting a race into him maybe around Preakness time. Everything goes well, he could run around that time. There's a stake over there to start him back. If not, we'll find a 1x (allowance) and then we'll start the march towards those races this summer.” Gargan concluded, “I'm extremely high on the summer he's gonna have. We've done everything right taking our time and I think it's gonna pay off for us.” Golden Tornado breaks his maiden at first asking in R6 at Saratoga under @jrosariojockey for trainer Danny Gargan! pic.twitter.com/kCfHKBXm0v — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 9, 2025 The post ‘I’m Extremely High on the Summer He’s Gonna Have’ – Highly Regarded Golden Tornado Gearing Up for Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 17:00, PRIX EXBURY-G3, €73,200, 4yo/up, 10fT Field: First Look (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Azimpour (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Horizon Dore (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}), C'Est Vrai (Fr) (Camelot {GB}), Bright Picture (Fr) (Intello {Ger}), Uther (GB) (Camelot {GB}), South Bay (Fr) (New Bay {GB}). TDN Analysis: Last year's runner-up First Look makes his seasonal return coming back off a fifth in October's G1 Champion Stakes and lines up for the Andre Fabre stable responsible for a record 10 prior renewals. His chief threats are G1 Prix du Jockey Club fifth Azimpour, G1 Grand Prix de Paris fourth Uther and the multiple Group 1-placed Horizon Dore, with the latter arriving here fresh off a Listed win at Cagnes-sur-Mer last month. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 13:58, PRIX FRANCOIS MATHET-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, 10 1/2fT Field: Mirik (Fr) (Kameko), Martagny (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Saint Martin (Fr) (Time Test {GB}), Wadi (GB) (Earthlight {Ire}), Waybreaker (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Wetsand (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Astira (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Hisaaki Saito's G3 Prix de Conde victor Waybreaker sets the standard in this early sighter and will head postward coming back off a seventh in October's G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Others with solid claims include dual-winning G3 Prix Thomas Bryon fifth Mirik and Saint-Cloud maiden scorer Wadi, while Cagnes-sur-Mer winners Martagny, Saint Martin and Astira are also worthy of consideration. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 14:33, PRIX OMNIUM II-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, c/g, 8fT Field: Khovikhov (Fr) (Al Wukair {Ire}), Gazi (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), Safran Dore (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}), Cielo Di Roma (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Good Bye Manu (Ire) (Almanzor {Fr}), Elastic (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Zambezi (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}). TDN Analysis: Gianluca Bietolini trainee Cielo De Roma is the lone black-type victor on display in this early Classic trial, but the Listed Prix Zeddaan winner finished last of 14 in the recent G3 Saudi Derby. Opportunity knocks for G3 Prix des Chenes second Elastic and the dual Listed-placed Zambezi, while dual winner Khovikhov rates a serious threat. Safran Dore's full-brother Horizon Dore represents the family in the G3 Prix Exbury later on the card. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 16:25, PRIX LA CAMARGO-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, f, 8fT Field: Black Solea (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Zalina (Fr) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Family Secret (GB) (Victor Ludorum {GB}), Vaticana (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Marylene Du Serre (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Clea Chope (Fr) (Muhaarar {GB}), Alarming (GB) (A'Ali {Ire}), Lady Tedsmore (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Arctic Bay (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Ceramic (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Ozone (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). TDN Analysis: July's Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles victrix Clea Chope closed an eight-race juvenile season with a sixth in October's G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and holds the key to this. She renews rivalry with Marcel Boussac seventh Ozone, who was two lengths adrift when the pair met last time. Other dangers include G3 Prix Eclipse runner-up Ceramic, Listed Criterium de Lyon second Family Secret and Listed Prix Herod third Alarming. [Sean Cronin]. Monday, Chantilly, France, post time: 15:05, PRIX RONDE DE NUIT-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, 5 1/2fT Field: Ulymine (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), Aurorian Clouds (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Afjan (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Exclamation (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Trinquette (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Street Show (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}), Baker Blue (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Kailani (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Michael The Great (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), Inju (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), Birdcall (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Kimi Rey (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Jeudixx (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}). TDN Analysis: Unravelling interweaving black-type form is the task here with G3 Prix d'Arenberg victor Afjan once again crossing swords with Jeudixx and Kimi Rey. Jeudixx finished behind Afjan in the Arenberg and August's G3 Prix de Cabourg, while Kimi Rey was too good for both in July's Listed Prix Yacowlef. Magne Jordanger and Finn Blichfeldt's G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte runner-up Street Show is the only other contender with black-type form and should not be discounted. Of the remainder, Aurorian Clouds, dual winner Michael The Great and unbeaten former Ollie Sangster trainee Birdcall make most appeal. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: First Look Aims To Go One Better In Exbury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Cheltenham chief executive Guy Lavender's confident prediction that crowds would be up at this year's festival was borne out after another big turnout on Gold Cup day March 13.View the full article

Less than 48 hours after Colonial Downs was coated in three inches of fresh snow, Saturday's Virginia Derby, the last 50-point prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, will have competitors and visitors alike dreaming of warmer things to come on the first Saturday in May. Now in its second year, the newly-repositioned Virginia Derby (moved up from the track's traditional summer meet) drew a field of 10 after running with just seven entries in its inaugural edition won by the late D. Wayne Lukas's American Promise (Justify). Several trainers of note who shipped in last year are making the return trip to Virginia Saturday with runners from the barns of Bob Baffert and Brad Cox. 5-2 morning-line favorite and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Buetane (Tiz the Law) drew the rail for Baffert in his first attempt at 1 1/8 miles after hitting the board in the GI Hopeful Stakes, the GII San Vincente Stakes and, most recently, the GIII Southwest Stakes at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 6. Maiden winner and OXO Equine homebred High Camp (Instagrand) steps into stakes company for the first time Saturday for trainer William Walden. His gutsy effort at Gulfstream Feb. 7, in which he came six wide to prevail by a length at seven furlongs, netted him an 85 Beyer Speed Figure. “The timing [of the VA Derby] made sense for us,” Walden said. “But more so the [step up to] going two turns, or finding out if he even wants to go two turns. I think this one-turn 1 1/8 miles, I've always seen horses that use that as a way to start going around two turns or to test distance limitations. He went from six [furlongs] to seven to stretching out and I figured this was the best way to do it.” Hall of Famer John Velazquez, aboard for the colt's first two starts, stays up here. “It's a respectable field,” Walden said of the runners assembled Saturday. “I don't think it's some of the bigger connection's 'A' horses but at the same time, I don't think it's a field to be snubbed at or dismissed by any reason. We're all here trying to accomplish the same thing. They're obviously horses who have been running well and training well, otherwise they wouldn't be here.” High Camp | Lauren King Having made his first two starts in Florida, Walden saw no issue with how High Camp had handled the ship to Virginia. “Nothing phases him,” Walden said. “He's super easy. Shipped great and he's trained great the Thursday and Friday. Went to the gate Friday, stood a little bit. He's acting like he never left his stall in Florida.” Cox sends out Confessional (Essential Quality) who will pick up a new jockey Saturday after losing Irad Ortiz Jr. to injury in a spill at Gulfstream Park on Thursday. After running second behind GII Holy Bull Stakes winner Nearly (Not This Time) at Gulfstream Jan. 2, he faltered home to finish seventh in his first start without blinkers in the Sam F. Davis at Tampa Feb. 7 and will regain the headgear in Virginia. “I'm putting blinkers back on to hopefully give him a little more confidence and go forward,” Cox said. “Maybe if he does get in some tight spots, he'll be thinking about going forward instead of looking at other horses. He didn't run as well as we expected. He broke from the inside, and I thought he was getting a good trip, but found a little trouble going into the stretch when I felt like it was really time to go forward. He's always trained well, and he's continuing to train well, so we're giving him another swing.” As the only graded stakes winner in the field, Riley Mott's Incredibolt (Bolt d'Oro) capped his juvenile campaign with a strong finish to take down the GIII Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs in late October. Shipped for Florida for the Holy Bull, he was a non-factor sixth Jan. 31. “We're going to try to redeem ourselves on Saturday,” Mott said. “We'll sure need to after that race at Gulfstream (Holy Bull). I think it was mostly just a matter of him disliking the track surface. Whether that had to do with it being deeper on the inside, I'm not sure, but he certainly didn't get a hold of it at any point.” Incredibolt drew outside Saturday and keeps regular pilor Jaime Torres aboard. “I'm optimistic (Incredibolt) will like Colonial's surface,” Mott continued. “It's a tighter surface, so he should be able to get more traction over it (than Gulfstream). The timing of it was right, and we've done OK shipping to Colonial. I think this spot might just fit the horse.” Todd Pletcher saddles two side by side longshots with 12-1 morning-line shot Grittiness (Curlin) still seeking his first win having run a distant second in the Withers Feb. 6. and 15-1 shot Epic Desire (Uncle Mo) also exiting the Sam F. Davis Feb. 7. The field rounds out with Work (American Pharoah) for Chief Stipe O'Neill, the undefeated Lockstocknpharoah (American Pharoah) who has won twice at Turfway Park for Thomas Drury Jr., Ocelli (Connect) for Whit Beckman and Clocker Special (Not This Time) who drew outside in his stakes debut for Rodolphe Brisset. One race earlier in the second running of the Virginia Oaks, the runaway Busanda Stakes winner Dazzling Dame (Girvin) drew the rail for Brittany Russell as she looks to pick up 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Dazzling Dame | Joe Labozzetta “I think we have to just keep testing her, right?” Russell said of her entry. “She works like she's a good filly. She's races like she's a good filly. I think Saturday will tell us a lot.” Dazzling Dame's only blemish on an otherwise perfect record is a fourth in last year's GIII Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill in September. “She's obviously done well with plenty of time between races,” Russell said. “She's a horse that gets a lot out of what she does in the morning. She's a big filly. There's a lot in that frame to hold together, so the time between (the Busanda and the Virginia Oaks) was always appealing.” Morning-line race favorite Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso) ships in from the west for Bob Baffert having most recently taken down the Sunland Park Oaks at one mile in her 3-year-old debut Feb. 15. A Grade I winner as 2-year-old in the Del Mar Debutante, she finished her year sixth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Sandwiched between that pair, Brad Cox saddles Hit Parade (Street Sense) for Gary and Mary West. The Untapable Stakes winner at Fair Grounds late last year, she debuted fifth in the Martha Washington at Oaklawn Feb. 6. Similarly to Cox's Virginia Derby runner, Hit Parade will also be seeking a new rider. “I liked the trip she got (in the Martha Washington),” Cox said. “I liked the position she was in when they straightened up, but then she just didn't really offer much running down the lane or finish up as well as I thought. That was a little bit of a head scratcher. She'll be facing a good group (on Saturday). We'll see if she stacks up.” Todd Pletcher also has a pair of entries in the Virginia Oaks with Suncoast Stakes third Kadabra (Good Magic) earning a 6-1 morning-line bid inside of 10-1 shot Baffle (Violence) who is still looking for her first win. Longshot Somemunny to Love (Munnings) rounds out the field for Flint Stites, having just broken her maiden in state-bred company at Parx Feb. 11. Santa Anita Hits The Grass One of two graded stakes race Saturday, the GIII San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita lets the turf sprinters loose going 5 1/2 furlongs on the downhill course. A field of six will line up led by Sumter (War Front) on the rail for Richard Mandella. The gelded 7-year-old last won in October but has put up two 90+ Beyer Speed Figures in his last two starts including a second in the GII Joe Hernandez Stakes to finish out 2025. Mandella also saddles GSW Seal Team (GB) (War Front) who comes off a 10-month layoff dating back to a narrow sixth in last May's GI Shoemaker Mile. Chilean-invader Gran Oriente (Chi) (Classic Empire) earned a narrow win over course and distance in optional claiming company Jan. 23 in his third start for Marcelo Polanco. It was his first win since earning a Group 1 win in South America last May. Phil D'Amato sends out Sorrento Sky (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) who looks to go two better after running third in this same race last year. Sunday, turf routers get the spotlight with a field of 10 lining up in the GIII Santa Ana Stakes going 1 1/4 miles. C R K Stable's Paradise Lake (Uncle Mo) captured the GIII Robert J. Frankel Stakes Jan. 8 and will face several familiar foes here including Public Assembly (More Than Ready), Starry Night (Justify) who came up a nose short in that same race Jan. 8, and Mrs. Astor (Lookin At Lucky) who won the GIII Red Carpet Stakes two back at Del Mar. Oaklawn Sprinters Go In The Whitmore The GIII Whitmore Stakes at Oaklawn Park offers the weekend's only graded stakes action on the dirt with a field of seven going six furlongs. Tejano Twist (Practical Joke) comes off a strong win in optional claiming company over course and distance March 1 for Chris Hartman and ran third in this same race last year. Hartman also saddles inside-drawn Wendelssohn (Mendelssohn) who comes in off a third over course and distance in the King Cotton Stakes Feb. 8. He'll face the aptly-named Tough Catch (Complexity), a 4-year-old for Dallas Stewart who flashed his speed in gate-to-wire fashion on a muddy local track in allowance ranks Feb. 15 after briefly trying his hand on the Road to the Kentucky Derby last year. Usual foe Ryvit (Competitive Edge) was a winner over Tejano Twist in his last start at Oaklawn Jan. 2 and has been third in a pair of starts at Sunland Park since for Steve Asmussen. The post Derby Points On The Line Saturday At Colonial Downs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Rich Ricci, an owner synonymous with Cheltenham Festival success for the best part of two decades, finally has his hands on the prize that he coveted above all others after Gaelic Warrior (Maxios) produced a coming-of-age performance under Paul Townend to win Friday's Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. The race had a tragic postscript, however, when another Festival mainstay in Envoi Allen (Muhtathir), making his eighth appearance at the meeting, sadly collapsed and died after finishing ninth on what was intended to be the final start of his illustrious career before retirement. A three-time winner at this showpiece event for Cheveley Park Stud, horses like Envoi Allen simply don't come along very often, even for owners whose investment runs as deep as that of Rich and Susannah Ricci. And when one does come along, there always exists that fine line between triumph and disaster that must be trodden when National Hunt racing is your passion, with the Riccis having experienced their fair share of both over the years before arriving at this week of all weeks. Already with a third Champion Hurdle success on the board thanks to Tuesday's poster girl, Lossiemouth (Great Pretender), Ricci was in dreamland after watching – or listening to, rather – Gaelic Warrior dominate what had looked a competitive Gold Cup field, ultimately beating Jango Baie (Tiger Groom) by a widening eight lengths, with another two back to the defending champion, Inothewayurthinkin (Walk In The Park), in third. “I've been trying to win this race for 21 years,” said the ebullient American afterwards. “It's brilliant, magic. It was a great ride by Paul – I haven't seen the race, but I've heard it was! It's been a great week, incredible. Great racing, great winners and a good race today. I'm pleased for the horse. We try to buy Gold Cup winners, but we've never managed it before today.” He continued, “We've reached the mountain, but I love the game. It's kept me involved all these years, the passion of the people. They take me as they find me. I'm not the easiest man. I'm an American, I'm loud, obnoxious, this that and the other, but the people have been good to me. Long may it last.” It was back in 2008 that Ricci first tasted success at the Festival, in the early days of an alliance with Willie Mullins that has since given the sport household names such as Vautour, Faugheen, Annie Power and Douvan. Now, Gaelic Warrior has well and truly confirmed that he belongs in that exalted company, if he hadn't already as the winner of the 2024 Arkle on this hallowed turf, as well as four more top-level races at other venues. We knew he was good, no question, but perhaps not so quite good as this ultimate test revealed him to be, with his headstrong tendencies sometimes having held him back on the big occasion in years past. Not this time. “It's incredible, I genuinely just can't believe it,” said Townend, having moved one ahead of Pat Taaffe as the most successful jockey in the history of the Gold Cup with five wins. “He pulled a little bit early on but, to be honest, he was well behaved for Gaelic Warrior! “I got into the position that I'd gone over a hundred times in my head. Usually things don't go like that for you. Once I got a couple [of horses] in front of me he relaxed pretty well. He jumped really well and, going into the third last, I just thought, 'Don't fall off him and get home.' I wasn't going to slow him down any more, but he was jumping well and I wasn't going to kick him into them, either. He was extraordinary.” Equally extraordinary are the new heights that Mullins continues to scale at Cheltenham with every passing year. For the eighth consecutive year he was crowned leading trainer at the Festival, with a final day treble taking his tally for the week to eight. Four of those winners, including Champion Hurdle scorer Lossiemouth and Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Il Etait Temps (Jukebox Jury), were ridden by Townend as he took leading jockey honours. Next year, Mullins will have his opportunity to move one clear of Tom Dreaper, with whom he is now tied as the Gold Cup's most prolific trainer. Together, Mullins and Townend first struck gold with Al Boum Photo in both 2019 and 2020, then with Galopin Des Champs when he matched his stablemate's achievement with back-to-back victories of his own in 2023 and 2024. Both men were dealt a hammer blow last week when Galopin Des Champs was ruled out of his hat-trick bid due to a late setback, with retirement now potentially on the cards, but it's testament to the strength in depth at Closutton that a horse of the calibre of Gaelic Warrior was waiting in the wings. After Friday's tour de force, surely few would bet against him becoming the stable's third dual winner of the Gold Cup in the space of nine years. “This guy has to be up there with every one of my other Gold Cup winners, just because of the manner of his victory,” said Mullins. “It was an extraordinary performance and I'm delighted for the Riccis. Rich has been such a supporter of Closutton from the very start, so to do something like this for him is fantastic. “I'm delighted for Paul, too. He was so cool on him. Could you imagine what was going through his head going to the last fence? I can only tell you what was going through mine, but we won't talk about that now! We've had so many last-fence mishaps here. “The way he [Gaelic Warrior] did it was spectacular, very dominant. He can be keen, but Paul got everything right and the horse put in a tremendous round of jumping. When you pair that with his ability, it's fantastic for owner and jockey.” The eight-year-old Gaelic Warrior, who began his career in France with Hector de Lageneste and Guillaume Macaire, was bred by the Niarchos family out of the Hernando mare Game Of Legs, a half-sister to the Listed winner and G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano second Three Bodies (Domedriver). Game Of Legs is also the dam of Wednesday's Champion Bumper also-ran Our Trigger, a full-brother to Gaelic Warrior who had looked a good prospect when making a winning debut at Gowran Park back in January. Gaelic Warrior, who first sold for €9,000 at the BBAG September Yearling Sale, before his private sale to Ricci as a three-year-old, is the standout performer to date by Maxios, who stands under the Coolmore National Hunt banner at Castlehyde Stud. His other notable runners include Quilixios, a Cheltenham Festival winner himself when landing the 2021 Triumph Hurdle. Five Triumphs in a row for Closutton machine It was the 2026 edition of the JCB Triumph Hurdle which delivered Mullins his first of three winners on Friday, making it five wins on the bounce for the trainer in the meeting's championship event for four-year-olds. Even in the absence of another leading light in Narciso Has (Doctor Dino), the race's ante-post favourite for much of the winter, Mullins saddled no less than nine runners, with several of them still holding every chance when the race came to the boil early in the straight. Whilst the best of the British contingent, Maestro Conti (Prince Gibraltar) and Minella Study (Study Of Man), did their utmost to keep the Closutton battalions at bay, 50/1 shot Apolon De Charnie (Chanducoq) was the one to slip through their defences in the hands of Mullins' son, Patrick, ultimately getting the verdict by a length and a half for owner Edward Ware. “Every time I looked at him on the TV, I could see him going well,” Mullins said of the winner. “He was going well all of the time, while my other ones were meeting trouble. Proactif was coming with a run, Mon Creuset was coming with a run. I thought, 'We have chances here,' coming to the second last. But Patrick managed to get his head through.” In 2025, Mullins won the Triumph with an even bigger outsider in 100/1 chance Poniros (Golden Horn), who was having his first run over hurdles of any description, with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) subsequently bringing in a rule which prevented horses with his background from taking part. No matter. Instead, Mullins won it with a horse still having his first run over hurdles in Britain or Ireland, with his only previous experience in this sphere coming when trained in France by Yannick Fouin. He was acquired privately after finishing second, six lengths behind his now-stablemate Proactif (Masked Marvel), on his hurdling bow at Auteuil in September. “Patrick said to me beforehand that he'd definitely be competitive, and maybe in the first six, which we'd have been delighted with, obviously,” Ware said of his unknown quantity going into the race. “To do that, though, is outstanding. I'm chuffed to pieces. “My point of view was, Willie wouldn't run the horse unless he thought he had some ability. Therefore, that's great, isn't it? Anything he did today was fantastic. I'm not going to say a bonus, because this is a huge race, obviously, but it's just fantastic to be here and to have a winner is crazy.” Honours even at the top of the sires' table Victory for Apolon De Charnie capped a productive week for the Haras de Cercy-based siblings Chanducoq and Cokoriko, with the latter having already supplied a Grade 1 winner this week when the Mullins-trained Kitzbuhel won the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase on Wednesday. At the top of the sires' table, honours were even between Jukebox Jury and Westerner, both having been represented by three winners at the first Festival since they sadly passed away within a few weeks of each other last year. On Friday, Jukebox Jury added to the victories earlier in the week of Holloway Queen (National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices' Handicap Chase) and Il Etait Temps when Johnny's Jury caused a 20/1 upset in the G1 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle for jockey Gavin Sheehan and trainer Jamie Snowden. Westerner, however, managed to snatch a last-gasp tie when Air Of Entitlement won the concluding Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle to provide a bit of a tonic for the Henry de Bromhead stable after the loss of Envoi Allen. That was the third handicap hurdle of the week to go to a son or daughter of Westerner, who was also responsible for Thursday's Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle scorer Supremely West and another of Friday's winners in Wilful. The latter ran away with the William Hill County Handicap Hurdle to make it two on the week for the father-and-son training partnership of Jonjo and AJ O'Neill, on the day that O'Neill Snr celebrated the 40-year anniversary of his Gold Cup triumph aboard the great Dawn Run. “Cheltenham is Cheltenham and to have runners here is fantastic, but to have two winners this year is great,” said Jonjo, whose stable had ended a five-year drought at the meeting on Tuesday when Johnnywho (Califet) won the Trustmarque Ultima Handicap Chase. “It's fantastic and these are the days you dream about – it's magic. You hope they happen and you build yourself up to it, but when they do they are very special with AJ on board now.” 'A Gaelic warrior if ever there was one' There will probably never be another Dawn Run but, between Lossiemouth, Wodhooh (Le Havre) and Dinoblue (Doctor Dino), the 2026 Festival did give us three mares whose consistent brilliance is something to be cherished, the kind of thing that has us all flocking back to this hollowed turf, year after year. After winning Friday's Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase for a second time for Mullins and owner JP McManus, Dinoblue now has a record of 12 wins from 24 starts under Rules, with Lossiemouth (14) and Mares' Hurdle scorer Wodhooh (10) also into double digits in terms of career wins. Between them, they have won eight times at the Festival, endearing themselves to the crowds that have packed into Prestbury Park along the way. It's what this great game is all about, and exactly why the loss of Envoi Allen hurts so much. He will be sorely missed, a Gaelic warrior if ever there was one. The post “Extraordinary” Gaelic Warrior Wins Cheltenham Gold Cup Marred by Loss of Envoi Allen appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Florida Legislature's 2026 regular session concluded with decoupling legislation again failing to reach the Governor's desk, according to a press release from the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association on Friday. HB881 passed the House but companion bill SB1564 never received a hearing in the Senate. A special session is expected to finalize the state budget. Lonny Powell, the FTBOA's CEO, said in a statement that, “Decoupling has stalled again. Once more, the FTBOA and our industry partners defended Florida's Thoroughbred industry. We thank the industry partners who stood united against this legislation, the 34 House members who voted 'no,' and the Senate for declining to advance SB1564. “It's become evident through the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions that Florida needs a global gaming solution designed by Floridians, for Floridians. That will require alignment among the House, Senate, Governor and the Seminole Tribe, whose Gaming Compact represents a model of good-faith partnership with the State. “Piecemeal attempts like repeated decoupling bills, and any effort to push the edges of the Tribal Gaming Compact or current law, will not lead to viable solutions for our industry or for the State. “As the Legislature reconvenes for budget matters, we will remain vigilant against any effort to weaken Florida's $3.2 billion Thoroughbred industry. We look forward to continuing our work with Florida's leaders and stakeholders on solutions that preserve, stabilize and grow this signature agricultural industry on a go-forward basis.” Thoroughbred Racing Initiative senior advisor Damon Thayer added in a separate release on Friday that, “We are proud that, for the second year in a row, decoupling legislation before the Florida Legislature has been defeated by our industry-wide coalition representing owners, trainers, breeders, veterinarians, sales companies and the many small businesses that create the thoroughbred industry's massive ecosystem. “But our work is far from done. Now TRI and our coalition partners will pivot toward creating a path forward for a stronger Florida thoroughbred industry that provides long-term stability and prosperity. Let's be clear: We want Gulfstream Park to be part of that future, but we're also planning alternatives.” The post Florida Decoupling Stalled As Legislature’s Regular Session Closes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Veteran sprinter Tejano Twist has an opportunity to take another step toward the $2 million mark in career earnings when he faces an expected six other older runners in the $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) March 14 at Oaklawn Park.View the full article

Iranian attacks continued on Friday in Dubai, with nearby activity forcing officials at Meydan Racecourse to put a temporary hold on racing during the final meeting of the Dubai Racing Carnival. The day's opening event, a Group 3 contest on the turf for the Purebred Arabians, went off as scheduled at 5:30 p.m. local time and the horses were on their way through the tunnel that connects the pre-parade ring/saddling enclosure for the second race, which was scheduled to jump at 6:05 p.m. local time. As horses continued to filter into the parade ring, those in the lowest levels of seating could be seen moving to inside areas of the facility. To follow was an announcement from track commentator Pat Comerford that read: “Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. There is an alert that has come through from the Ministry of Defense that due to a current situation and potential missile threats, immediately seek a safe place here in the closest secured building. Steer away from windows, doors and open areas and please wait for further instructions. Please make your way in an orderly fashion inside the grandstand until we wait for further information.” Comerford returned to the mic approximately 22 minutes later, indicating that the all-clear signal had been given for racing to resume. The runners for the second race made their way back from the pre-parade ring and the rest of the program was completed in its entirety, albeit about 30 minutes behind schedule. American-based trainer Librado Barocio has been in Dubai for several days to oversee the preparations of Lovesick Blues (Grazen), an intended starter in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen on Mar. 28. Barocio has been staying at the hotel adjacent to the racetrack and reported that he has seen and heard drones overhead. “Today there was a big bang and a big cloud of black smoke,” he said via text. “The explosions were approximately two to three miles away.” He hastened to add that at no point has he felt unsafe since his arrival. Earlier Friday morning, the Dubai Media Office confirmed that 'debris from a successful interception caused a minor incident on the facade of a building in Central Dubai' and that no injuries were reported. Video posted on social media showed black smoke emanating from near the Dubai International Financial Centre located about two miles north of the iconic Burj Khalifa. In the last several days, a drone also struck just outside a terminal at Dubai International Airport, closing the airspace for a time. Despite the turmoil and uncertainty of the situation, American-based connections are moving ahead with plans to participate in various races on Dubai World Cup night. Owner and breeder Alex Lieblong was a guest on this week's TDN Writers' Room podcast, where he spoke about his intent to travel over to see his homebred Reef Runner (The Big Beast) in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint. Reached by text earlier in the week, trainer Jose D'Angelo indicated that GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Bentornato (Valiant Minister), who is expected to take on Lovesick Blues in the Golden Shaheen, would be on the Mar. 14 flight that is to transport the American entrants to the Middle East. David Fiske, racing manager for Winchell Thoroughbreds, reported on Friday that Magnitude (Not This Time) had arrived in Miami and had entered quarantine ahead of the Saturday flight and that stable staff should be on hand to greet the 4-year-old upon his arrival. While the Dubai World Cup meeting goes ahead at this stage, other countries in the region have canceled upcoming sporting events. Horse racing has been postponed in nearby Qatar and Bahrain, each country having been attacked since the onset of the war 13 days ago, and on Friday it was announced that Formula 1 Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia scheduled for April are set to be called off this weekend owing to the conflict. The post Racing In Dubai Halted As Nearby Strike Triggers Alert appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There is a no-frills air to George Weaver, evident in everything from his worn-in boots to the strictly utilitarian office in his Palm Beach Downs barn. Weaver has little interest in shouting his success from the rooftops. He'd rather let the horses do the talking. “I feel like your horses should do the advertising for you,” Weaver said. “When they win, I think it tells everybody what you're about. We let the horses kind of tell us when they're ready to go. That always leads to the best success on the track.” One filly who has done plenty of advertising for the Weaver stable as of late is Cy Fair (Not This Time). By defeating the boys in the 2025 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, she provided Weaver with a career-defining milestone. Over the past 24 years, Weaver has amassed a long list of highlights from 1,100-plus career wins. Based primarily in New York with a winter string at Palm Beach Downs, Weaver has scored marquee Grade I wins with the likes of Lighthouse Bay, Vekoma, Sacred Wish and Dorth Vader, but earning a breakthrough win at the Breeders' Cup holds a unique weight. “Winning the Breeders' Cup as a trainer, I guess, is justification,” he said. “There are many really talented horse people and trainers out there. If you don't get the ability to work with that caliber of horse or one that can take you there, it doesn't take long for people to kind of label you as, 'Okay, well they're a good trainer, but not for the big horse.' For me as a trainer, luckily we've had some big horses on big stages and it just justifies the job that we do in our program. It gives people confidence that we can get the job done.” Weaver and Cy Fair at Palm Beach Downs | Katie Petrunyak Weaver's own quiet confidence is what has led a growing number of prominent owners to entrust their horses to his care, and it's the same trait that first opened doors for him in the industry. The Louisville, Kentucky native had no background in the business, but his parents started taking him to the races when he was just an infant. One of his earliest memories is of the time his father took the family to Claiborne Farm to visit Secretariat. “I remember him running down the paddock when they whistled for him,” recalled Weaver. “I've always loved horses and wanted to be around them. When I got into my teenaged years, I went to the races any time that I could.” Through a friend of a friend, Weaver's mother got him a summer job at Kenny Burkhart's farm when he was in high school. The next year, Weaver stood outside the gates of Churchill Downs hoping to find someone in need of a hot walker. The assistant for John Hennig gave him a shot and Weaver seized the opportunity to work on the backside. Weaver eventually moved to the powerhouse barn of D. Wayne Lukas in New York. During his seven years there, he formed a pivotal friendship with assistant trainer Todd Pletcher. As the Lukas stable dominated through the mid-90s, the pair was frequently side-by-side in win photos for icons like Serena's Song and Tabasco Cat. When Pletcher went out on his own in 1996, Weaver soon followed. Working for a pair of Hall of Famers provided Weaver a front-row seat to greatness. He still considers Lukas's 1994 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Flanders to be one of the best fillies he has been around. Yet for Weaver, the true value of those years was more about the character the two barns instilled in him “You weren't going to survive in Wayne's barn–or Todd's barn for that matter–if you didn't have a work ethic,” he noted. Weaver opened his own stable in 2002, joining forces with Cindy Hutter. Already a team both professionally and personally, the two had worked together in the Lukas and Pletcher barns, and by the time they launched their own operation, they were already building a life together. George Weaver with D. Wayne Lukas and Todd Pletcher after Tabasco Cat's victory in the 1994 Belmont Stakes | Coglianese “Our son was on the way and it was time to take a leap of faith, so we decided to go on our own,” Weaver recalled. “It's a game of perseverance. You just have to stick with it. At the time when we went on our own, we had a handful of horses and it was stressful. I wasn't born in the game, but I got lucky enough to be educated underneath Todd Pletcher and Wayne Lukas and all the assistants in that barn.” The first horse that Weaver picked out at auction was Saratoga County, a $100,000 purchase for Evelyn Pollard. The son of Valid Expectations handed Weaver his first graded stakes win in the 2004 GIII Gotham Stakes and the next year, earned three straight graded scores including the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. Weaver's international profile reached new heights in 2023 when he became the third American trainer to conquer Royal Ascot with Crimson Advocate (Nyquist) in the G2 Queen Mary Stakes. The win was a poignant triumph for the Weaver barn as Cindy was on hand to celebrate just one year after surviving a traumatic brain injury. For Weaver, a win in the GI Kentucky Derby at the racetrack where he first fell in love with the sport has always been a goal, but so has a victory at the Breeders' Cup. He made it to his first World Championship in 2012 with Bona Venture Stables's Summer of Fun (Include), who finished third in the GI Juvenile Fillies Turf. He was expected to have the heavy favorite a few years later in the 2020 Breeders' Cup Sprint with Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}), who had won all three starts that year including the GI Met Mile and GI Carter Handicap. “Everything was going perfect,” Weaver explained. “He was the right horse at the right time. The day he was supposed to ship, he had a temperature and we had to withdraw, which really broke all of our hearts. I'm very confident he would have won that race that day, and it just wasn't meant to be.” Cy Fair breaks her maiden on 7-10-25 at Saratoga | Sarah Andrew The chips finally fell into place with Cy Fair, who hails from the same family as Crimson Advocate. Weaver had a hand in purchasing the daughter of Not This Time for $185,000 at the OBS April Sale. When the filly initially RNA'd, Swinbank Stables's Jake Ballis called Weaver and asked why he thought she had not sold. “I said, 'She's just small, a little light-boned, but I didn't see anything wrong with her,'” he recalled. “So I went back and looked at her and I was like, 'You know what, Jake? She is okay. If you guys like her, let's try to get her.'” Weaver said that despite her size, Cy Fair was a star of the barn from the get-go. “She's always been a pistol,” he shared with a fond smile. “She's forward-training, like you give her one small cue to go and she's ready for you. We wanted to run her at Ascot if she could come along fast enough, but I wasn't going to be able to move that quick with her at the gate and mentally I could tell that she wasn't going to take to that. So we took some time and she broke her maiden at Saratoga. Following the win in Saratoga, she finished second. It was a little disappointing, but I think she got a little keen. It was a matter of her just learning how to not be tense in a race situation.” Weaver and his team worked to teach the young filly how to relax on the track, and she returned the favor with a three-length win in the Algonquin Stakes at Woodbine. By the time Cy Fair arrived at the Breeders' Cup, her partnership included Swinbank Stables, Medallion Racing, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton. She went off at 5-1 in the Juvenile Turf Sprint and Weaver said that as he watched the race, he had almost never felt so confident. “I was standing next to Cindy and my son Ben,” he recalled. “We had some seats right there in the front boxes, which is my preferred place to watch live. The racing fan comes out of me and I want to be out front. It doesn't really happen very often this way, but in Cy Fair's Breeders' Cup, I was very happy the whole way. There wasn't one point where I was worried at all.” As soon as Cy Fair hit the wire, Weaver shared a celebratory moment with his wife and son before heading toward the winner's circle, his mind racing through the years of near-misses and hard work that had finally culminated into that moment. “It's so hard to explain to somebody that doesn't know horse racing, that feeling when you win, and to win a race of that caliber, how much goes into it,” he explained. “A lot of things flash through your mind about your career, what the filly has done for us, and just appreciation for the filly as an athlete.” Following her victory at Del Mar, Cy Fair returned to Weaver's base at Palm Beach Downs for a well-deserved break. A packed winner's circle after Cy Fair's victory in the 2025 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint | Breeders' Cup Eclipse Sportswire “She got about 60 days off here,” reported Weaver. “She went out to her paddock for most of the morning and tack walked for a while. We've got her back going and she's had three breezes back since. She's doing excellent.” According to Weaver, Cy Fair's 3-year-old debut will likely be in the GIII Limestone Stakes at Keeneland on April 10. Her connections are hopeful that it can be the first step toward a return trip to the Breeders' Cup. Weaver is quick to credit his owners and staff for the stable's success at the Breeders' Cup, but he said that the heart of the stable is Cindy. Though she is no longer working alongside him on the racetrack every morning, the pair stood hand-in-hand in the winner's circle after Cy Fair's victory and their son has taken the reins of ponying duty each morning. “She is the backbone of our barn and we miss her terribly out here,” he said. “Luckily, we've been able to keep it going, but our whole stable and its success has been built on all the hard years of work that she put in to get us where we are.” The Breeders' Cup trophy is a cherished milestone, but it hasn't changed Weaver's perspective or his appreciation for the quiet routine of overseeing his stable each morning. “I just love horses,” he said simply. “I'm lucky because I chose to do this when I was young and I never really had a doubt about it. I loved the action. I liked winning. I loved watching horses develop. It's kind of crazy. We get to come out every morning and be outside with horses. I mean, why not? What else would you wanna do?” The post Breeders’ Cup Breakthrough: George Weaver Driven by Quiet Confidence appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

CROSSINGTHECHANNEL (c, 3, Omaha Beach–In the Navy Now {SW, $253,020}, by Midshipman) proved himself a tough customer last year as a juvenile, finishing second Nov. 8 at Laurel Park behind eventual Turfway Prevue Stakes winner Hometown Bound (Mitole). He resurfaced Dec. 13 at Aqueduct and ran a strong second behind next-out GIII Gotham Stakes hero Iron Honor (Nyquist), earning a 91 Beyer to wrap his 2025 before returning Jan. 4 at that venue for a sophomore bow. Successfully breaking his maiden there by a neck, Crossingthechannel was hammered at the windows by the betting public here and was the overwhelming 1-5 favorite by the time the gates opened. Out to the front and never looking back, he sailed through an opening quarter in :22.67 and the field was never able to reel him back in. Under a confident ride, he was never asked as he strolled in 9 1/2 lengths best over Ihaveanappforthat (Creative Cause). The victor is a half-brother to Naval Empire (Empire Maker), SP, $174,755, who recently produced a 2026 filly by Essential Quality, as well as SP Sail Theseven Seas (Street Sense). Between those two stakes horses, the dam produced a two-time winning filly named Active (Gun Runner), but has not had any new foals since Crossingthechannel. In the Navy Now, a half-sibling to GSW Nefertini (Empire Maker), is due to Street Sense for 2026. 3rd-Colonial Downs, $97,400, (S), Alw, 3-13, (NW1X), 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:02.69, ft, 9 1/2 lengths. CROSSINGTHECHANNEL (c, 3, Omaha Beach–In the Navy Now {SW, $253,020}, by Midshipman) Sales history: $90,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, $130,400. O-Estate of R. Larry Johnson, R. D. M. Racing Stable and Trombetta, Michael J.; B-R. Larry Johnson (VA); T-Michael J. Trombetta.*1/2 to Naval Empire (Empire Maker), SP, $174,755. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Omaha Beach’s Crossingthechannel Sails Home to Best Colonial Allowance Foes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The catalogue for the Arqana Online March Sale set for 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, is now available. Leading the three-strong group is debut winner Nity Galeste (City Light) (lot 1), who took a 1900-metre race at Chantilly. Related to top-tier winners Potri Pe (Potrillazo) and Mukhalif (Caerleon), he is joined by Nippon Go (Beaumec De Houelle) (lot 3). From the family of AQPS graded winners Hispanic Moon (Spanish Moon) and Jordans (Coastal Path), he has a bumper win and novice victory to his credit. Rounding out the catalogue is Leen (lot 2). The daughter of Danehill Dancer will be sold with her Torquator Tasso foal by her side. She is from an Aga Khan family featuring top-flight scorers Valyra (Azamour), Val Royal, Valixir, Vadamos, Vazira (Sea The Stars), Vadawina (Unfuwain) and Vadeni. The post Debut Winner Nity Galeste Highlights Arqana Online March Catalogue appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Injured in a spill Thursday at Gulfstream, Irad Ortiz Jr., will not ride through Sunday, reports his agent Steve Rushing. Mike Welsch of the Daily Racing Form was the first to report that Ortiz would be out through the remainder of the weekend. “He's just really body sore,” Rushing told the TDN via text. “He's going to take a few days off and will, hopefully, return next week.” Ortiz was scheduled to ride in seven races Saturday at Colonial Downs, including in four stakes races. Five of his seven mounts were for Brad Cox and they included Hit Parade (Street Sense) in the $250,000 Virginia Oaks and Confessional (Essential Quality) in the $500,000 Virginia Derby. When reached Friday morning, Cox said he has yet to pick his replacement riders. Ortiz was thrown Friday when his mount A Moment a Love (Kantharos) took a left turn leaving the starting gate and ran into the rail. The post Ortiz, Jr. To Miss Mounts In Virginia Oaks and Virginia Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Caesars Entertainment have entered into a multi-year agreement that will keep the Horseshoe Las Vegas as the host venue for the National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) through 2029. The dates for the upcoming NHC are: Mar. 5-7, 2027; Mar. 3-5, 2028; and Mar. 9-11, 2029. “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Caesars Entertainment and Horseshoe Las Vegas,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “Since moving to Horseshoe in 2020, the NHC has seen tremendous growth in player participation, sponsor involvement, and the overall player experience. We look forward to building on all of this with the help of the team at Caesars and Horseshoe Las Vegas in the coming years.” Added Joseph Morris, senior vice president, racing at Caesars Entertainment: “Hosting the NHC for years to come further demonstrates the Caesars commitment to horse racing and aligns well with the Horseshoe Las Vegas legacy of hosting championship-level events like the World Series of Poker. We are proud to support an event that celebrates the skill, dedication and passion of horseplayers and the broader racing community.” The post NTRA, Caesars Reach Long-Term Agreement on NHC Host Hotel appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO UNITE Our existing industry “members”, for lack of a better encompassing term, need to come together and agree on a unifying mission statement. This could happen around The Jockey Club Chairman Everett Dobson's “big table”. Why not a mission statement similar to the Breeders' Cup for our industry, like this: “To provide safe, healthy, fair, and high-integrity environments for our horses and fans, and owners and bettors to compete in, at all levels, of our sports entertainment industry.” Why be similar to the Breeders' Cup? The Breeders' Cup is not only emblematic of the best in our industry; it is the best we have to offer. The Breeders' Cup is strong, powerful, globally respected and works extremely well with all parties. I am not suggesting the Breeders' Cup break their rainy-day fund, by any means. The Breeders' Cup, more than any other organization in our industry, possesses existing working relationships with relevant members: the racetracks, the stallion nominators, the mare owners who fund the stallion nominators' entry fees as well as nominating their resulting foals, the purchasers of those foals, the trainers, the jockeys, the tireless backside workers, the regulating bodies of HISA and others. The Breeders' Cup is positioned at this time, maybe for a transitional interval or longer, to provide guidance and perhaps help create and potentially house our industry's central office for our governing body. Assuming we all want to selflessly take care of our horses, our owners, our bettors and our fans MORE than we want to take care of ourselves or other industry members (which is sadly a shaky assumption, in my opinion), we should come sit at Everett Dobson's “big table” and figure out the most efficient and effective way to take care of those who pay us, and pay for the horse. I understand we all take risks here. However, I'm crystal clear that without the owners, who take the greatest risks, we'd all be in much worse shape. The owners are at the top of the pyramid. We must invite the owners to the table. As a friend of mine stated this morning, “I've always felt that owners enter the business to enjoy it, not to have to fix it.” The owners shouldn't have to fix it, yet, at this time for expediency, and to assure it suits them, the owners must approve of the format, the rules we establish and have a seat at the table. Here are some ongoing issues that the Breeders' Cup is in a position to assist with and these fall under their mission statement: “To conduct the Breeders' Cup World Championships at the highest levels of quality, safety, integrity and to promote the growth of Thoroughbred breeding, racing, and sales through proactive leadership, innovation, and service.” Now, more than before, owners need one neutral platform for their voice. Second, a big issue: If we want our industry to exist, we all need to accept that HISA isn't going away. Are there ways for HISA to improve? Yes. Let's continue to find ways to help our horse and our customer have a better environment and relationship with HISA. Another big issue: Stud book size. At its inception, stallion managers paid nominations to the Breeders' Cup equal to the amount of one season. Some years later, based on the number of live foals, the Breeders' Cup adjusted the nomination fee as some stallion's crops began to exceed 100. I'm very grateful we live in a capitalistic society. According to each syndicate agreement, stallion operations can breed a varying number of mares to stallions as they judge per the agreement. However, now, something similar to an excise tax in the form of increased Breeders' Cup nomination cost could be set through an agreeable algorithm. The excise amounts collected, paid by the breeders/owners and passed through the syndicates to the Breeders' Cup, could help fund the central office and not negatively impact the rainy-day fund. The industry members who sit at Everett Dobson's big table could make the rules of our game clear and then work out how our governing body is selected. The process itself would be unifying if everyone at the table put the horse and all of our customers first, the owner, the bettor and the fan. Give a little, get a lot. The post Letter to the Editor–Finn Green appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article