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Eliud will line-up at Flemington on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Palmerston North Promising three-year-old Eliud is expected to relish the step up to a middle distance when he makes his Australian debut on Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained son of Almanzor earned a trip to Melbourne off the back of a brace of domestic victories and travelled over without incident last Wednesday. “He has been nominated for Mahogany Series and will run at Flemington in the three-year-old 2000m race,” Pike said. “Should he go as expected on Saturday, the final is two weeks later over 2500m.” Eliud opened his current preparation with a runner-up finish and has subsequently posted effortless victories over 1400 and 1600m. “Obviously, his maiden win was against pretty weak company at New Plymouth and then he beat a couple of pretty handy three-year-olds (Bozo and Loch Katrine) at Wanganui,” Pike said. “There’s nothing really left here for him at this point of time, so while he’s on the way up we thought we’d give him the chance at the series in Melbourne. “They do it well for those early winter horses and Blake Shinn has been booked to ride him.” Eliud was a $320,000 Karaka purchase out of breeder Valachi Downs’ draft and is a son of the Listed Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) winner Pendleton. The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) and Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) winner Viewed also features on his pedigree page. “He’s bred to stay all day and has been really strong at both ends of his races to be fair,” Pike said. “He’s put a good margin over them late in his races up to a mile so 2000m should suit.” Horse racing news View the full article

Queensland’s richest race, the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, headlined the massive day of feature racing at Eagle Farm last Saturday, while Sandown and Rosehill held strong support cards during the winter months. In this week’s edition of The Follow Files, you will find three runners that are worth following after producing new career peaks in their respective races. You can add these horses to your blackbook with your chosen bookmakers so that you don’t miss out when they race again. Eagle Farm Track rating: Good 4 Rail position: +4.5m entire circuit Race 9: Group 2 Q22 (2200m) | Time: 2:14.41 Horse to follow: Fawkner Park (1st) Following his third-place finish in the Group 1 Doomben Cup two starts back, Annabel Neasham entered Fawkner Park in the Group 2 Q22 last Saturday, and the son of Zoffany recorded a dominant 3.87-length victory. The lightly raced five-year-old gelding was met with a lot of support once fields were released, and he fully saluted for his followers in the final race of the Eagle Farm meeting. Tyler Schiller rode this talented stayer perfectly to make sure he was in clear air before straightening for home, and once he let down, Fawkner Park blew his rivals away with a devastating turn of foot. When to bet: Post-race Neasham confirmed that the Group 1 Caulfield Cup looks to be an ideal race for Fawkner Park, and he would go out for a spell before being set for a massive spring campaign. Online bookmakers shortened the Q22 winner into a $17 equal favourite for the Caulfield Cup, and he looks to be a good bet for futures players. Sandown Track rating: Soft 6 Rail position: +5m entire circuit Race 1: 2YO Handicap (1000m) | Time: 0:58.01 Horse to follow: Clean Reef (2nd) Ben, Will & JD Hayes sent Clean Reef to Sandown last Saturday for his raceday debut and the two-year-old filly would have impressed her connections as she ran home nicely from the back of the field to finish in third place over 1000m. The daughter of Lope De Vega jumped awkwardly from the barriers and was still second last with 400m to go, but when Jye McNeil asked for the ultimate effort, she let down with a strong finish, recording the equal-fastest last 800m (44.40s) and 600m (33.92s) sections of the entire meeting. When to bet: With a solid debut run under her belt, it is expected that the Hayes team will step Clean Reef out over 1100m or 1200m second-up, and if she finds a similar race on a big track, she will get every chance to break her maiden early on in her career. Rosehill Track rating: Heavy 9 Rail position: +6m entire circuit Race 3: Class 3 Handicap (1400m) | Time: 1:27.39 Horse to follow: Know Thyself (1st) Know Thyself tasted defeat for the first time two starts back, and he entered last Saturday’s race at Rosehill as an odds-on favourite for the Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich stable, and he never looked to be in any trouble over the 1400m in heavy conditions. The son of The Autumn Sun settled in the box seat before running up the inside rail to run straight past the leaders and run away from them to record a massive 5.32-length victory. When to bet: It is expected that Messara & Gavranich will take this talented galloper through his grades during the winter months. Know Thyself has shown he can handle all conditions, so wherever he goes next, we will be backing him. Top horse racing sites for blackbook features Horse racing tips View the full article

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Damien Oliver, along with fellow champion jockey Glen Boss, will light up the 2024 Darwin Cup Carnival when he attends the Let’s Talk Racing Luncheon on August 1. (Morgan Hancock/Racing Photos) Former champion jockeys Glen Boss and Damien Oliver, both inductees in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, are bound for the 2024 Darwin Cup Carnival. Boss and Oliver will be special guests at the Let’s Talk Racing Luncheon at Fannie Bay’s Schweppes Pavilion on Thursday, August 1, leading into Palmerston Sprint Day on August 3. It’s a coup for the Darwin Turf Club, as Boss and Oliver have certainly left their mark on the racing landscape. Boss, who retired in November 2021, won three straight Melbourne Cups aboard Makybe Diva (2003-2005). He won 90 Group 1 races and finished with 2407 career wins. Oliver, who retired last December after famously winning the Damien Oliver Gold Rush at Ascot on Munhamek, won Australia’s biggest race aboard Doriemus (1995), Media Puzzle (2002) and Fiorente (2013). He won 129 Group 1 races — an Australian record — and farewelled racing with 3189 wins. The highly anticipated luncheon, which is one of the big off-track events during the Darwin Cup Carnival, always attracts a bumper crowd. Attendees this year will have the opportunity to hear Boss and Oliver talk about their illustrious careers in the saddle. Their unique experiences and perspectives are sure to make this an unforgettable luncheon for racing enthusiasts and guests alike. Darwin Turf Club chief executive Grant Dewsbury has expressed his excitement about the event. “The Let’s Talk Racing Luncheon is always a highlight of the carnival, and with Glen Boss and Damien Oliver attending this year, it promises to be a truly exceptional event,” he said. “Their stories and insights will undoubtedly captivate our audience, making this a must-attend event for anyone passionate about racing. “Tickets have been snapped up quickly, with both locals and interstate visitors eager to reserve their spots. “I urge anyone interested to go online or call the office to secure their tickets before it’s too late.” Following the luncheon, the 2024 Magic Millions Darwin Tried Horse Sale will be held in the mounting yard at Fannie Bay, with the next generation of potential Top End stars going under the hammer. Horse racing news View the full article

Luncies was a dominant winner of the 2023 Group 3 Tattersalls Cup at Eagle Farm. Photo: Darren Winningham Kris Lees had a hunch that waiting for this Saturday’s Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) would be the right move for Luncies. His decision was confirmed after considering the Group 2 Q22 (2200m). Forgoing a shot at the $1.2 million event keeps Luncies fresh for the $250,000 at Ipswich. Luncies has placed fifth in his two starts this campaign, most recently in the Group 3 Lord Mayor’s Cup (1800m). Lees is confident the horse is ready to peak in his next two starts. “He seems in good order. We considered today, but I thought dropping him back a peg might be beneficial,” Lees said from Eagle Farm on Saturday. “I think he’d have run well today, but next week is probably the softer of the two. “He’ll probably go from there to Caloundra. This looks a nice progression for him.” The $300,000 Caloundra Cup (Listed, 2400m) will be run at the Sunshine Coast on July 6. Horse racing news View the full article

Harry Coffey after winning Warrnambool Cup aboard Mystery Island. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Victorian jockey Harry Coffey will be out of the saddle for at least three weeks after undergoing surgery on Monday. The Swan Hill-based rider sustained an injury to his hand and wrist during the Swan Hill Cup carnival over the King’s Birthday long weekend. Scans last week revealed the extent of the injury. “He went and got it scanned the other day; it’s his wrist and his thumb,” Coffey’s manager Dean Hawkes told Racing.com. “They said if they didn’t operate, it would be a six- or seven-week injury, but if they do operate, it will only be three weeks.” Horse racing news View the full article

Matamata trainer Stephen Autridge. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) A Heavy 10 track at Pukekohe Park was the key to Loch Katrine’s biggest career success as a juvenile, and the filly will meet the same conditions on Wednesday. The daughter of Ardrossan won the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m) in April last year and has been a consistent performer without adding another victory for Matamata trainer Stephen Autridge. “When she won as a two-year-old it was very heavy and basically every time she runs on that sort of track she’s been in the money,” he said. “We’re looking forward to the wetter track on Wednesday with her and from now on. “We’ll have to see where we go now with her, she’s a three-year-old filly but those races are basically finished, so we’ve just got to go through the grades now.” Loch Katrine will be ridden by Autridge’s apprentice Maria Sanson, who was successful in both of her two riding assignments at Te Rapa last Saturday and claims three kilograms off the filly’s 58kg impost. “She’s been jumping well, but the jockeys have just been letting her drift back in her races. We’re going to try to ride her a little bit closer to the pace, so she doesn’t have so much to make up,” Autridge said. “With three kilos off her back from gate five, we should be in a nice spot.” Sanson has recorded 10 wins this season in the saddle and is nearing her career best of 13 from last term, despite several setbacks with injury over the duration of her apprenticeship. “She’s getting more and more rides, and she continues to improve,” Autridge said. “The good thing is, I think she has been granted extra time in her apprenticeship because she has had a few setbacks and time away, which will be good for her.” Autridge will have a sole representative over the weekend in Midnight Monarch, a three-year-old filly by Snitzel who will resume in the maiden 1200m contest at Te Aroha. “She has shown us quite a lot at home, but had to have a little chip taken out of her fetlock which has had her away from the races for some time,” Autridge said. Horse racing news View the full article

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What Royal Ascot 2024 – Day 1 Where Ascot Racecourse – High St, Ascot SL5 7JX, United Kingdom When Tuesday, June 18, 2024 First Race 2:30pm BST (11:30pm AEST) Visit Dabble One of the biggest horse racing carnivals on the world racing calendar is set to get underway on Tuesday, with Day 1 of Royal Ascot providing a bumper seven-race program. Three Group 1 races share top billing, including the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1000m), where the Henry Dwyer-trained Asfoora will be waving the Australian flag. The forecast promises a Good 4 surface throughout the afternoon, with the opening event scheduled to get underway at 2:30pm local time. Queen Anne Stakes Tip: Facteur Cheval Facteur Cheval gets the nod in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) after securing a head-bobbing victory in the Group 1 Dubai Turf (1800m) on March 30. The son of Ribchester got a lovely run in transit before exploding down the centre of the course, holding off a gallant Namur in the shadows of the post. He loves genuine Good ground, and although key race rival Big Rock smashed him by six lengths at this course and distance last time they met, expect Facteur Cheval to turn the tables back on top of the ground. Queen Anne Stakes Race 1 – #8 Facteur Cheval (7) 5yo Gelding | T: Jerome Reynier | J: Maxime Guyon (58kg) +320 with Dabble King Charles III Stakes Tip: Believing Believing produced a blistering return to form at Haydock on June 8, going on to score an eye-catching 2.75-length win in the Listed Achilles Stakes (1000m). She cruised to victory after a disappointing trip to Hong Kong prior, unable to handle the Soft conditions at Sha Tin in the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on April 28. The five furlongs seems to be her ideal trip moving forward, and although Daniel Tudhope may have work to do from stall one, Believing can only run well at a good each-way price with online bookmakers. King Charles III Stakes Race 3 – #9 Believing (1) 4yo Filly | T: George Boughey | J: Daniel Tudhope (59kg) +700 with Picklebet Best Bet at Royal Ascot: Notable Speech It’s all about the undefeated Charlie Appleby-trained colt Notable Speech in the Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes (1600m). The son of Dubawi tackled Group 1 company for the first time in the 2000 Guineas Stakes (1600m) at Newmarket on May 4, putting them away stylishly despite being held up towards the rear of the field. William Buick should get every chance to slot into a midfield position with cover throughout, and provided he gets even luck in running, expect Notable Speech to be too classy for this lot. Best Bet Race 4 – #6 Notable Speech (5) 3yo Colt | T: Charlie Appleby | J: William Buick (58kg) +135 with Neds Next Best at Royal Ascot: Camille Pissarro Camille Pissarro loomed like the winner last start in the Group 3 Hill Stakes (1200m) at Curragh on May 25, but couldn’t manage to get by a stout Arizona Blaze. He looked to be unsuited by the moderate tempo as Ryan Moore pulled the whip a long way out, seemingly peaking on the run as the two-year-old got within a nose. He could be drawn on the wrong part of the track if the near side has favours down the Royal Ascot straight, but leave it to star hoop Ryan Moore to give Camille Pissarro every chance to make amends for his last start defeat. Next Best Race 2 – #5 Camille Pissaro (2) 2yo Colt | T: Aiden O’Brien | J: Ryan Moore (58.5kg) +600 with Bet365 Horse racing tips View the full article

Jockey Juan Hernandez, trainer Phil D'Amato and owner Paul and Zilla Reddam's Reddam Racing emerged victorious in their respective divisions during the 29-day Hollywood Meet at Santa Anita, which closed Sunday, June 16. Hernandez, a native of Veracruz, Mexico, was celebrating a sixth riding title at Santa Anita, having ridden 36 winners from 176 mounts (20.5%), one clear of Antonio Fresu, who joined the local riding colony just over 14 months ago. The Italian had one last chance to dead-heat with Hernandez, but fell just short in Sunday's 12th and final race aboard Anmer Hall for trainer Steve Knapp. Hernandez was also leading rider by earnings ($2,008,398) and stakes wins (five). “When I moved here the plan was to do good and ride hard all the time,” said Hernandez, who rides any number of top horses for trainer Bob Baffert. “It's a lot of fun riding a horse and competing with these guys. We have a really nice colony of jockeys. It is really fun and [Fresu] put me under a lot of pressure this time. My agent, Craig O'Bryan, he put me on good horses. I want to thank the owners, trainers and my family for all the support this meet. Hopefully we can keep rolling.” D'Amato struck with 22 of his 120 starters (18.3%), finishing five better than trainer Chief Stipe O'Neill. His $1,397,432 in earnings and six stakes victories were also tops among all trainers. “It's a testament to having really good horses, great owners and great help,” said D'Amato, a 48-year-old native of nearby San Pedro, CA. “You put those all together and you'll have success.” Reddam Racing was the meet's top owner with seven wins, one better than Red Baron's Barn/Rancho Temescal. Racing returns to Santa Anita for the Autumn Meet on Sept. 27. The track will stage the inaugural running of California Crown Day, highlighted by the $1-million California Crown, a prep for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at nine furlongs on the main track. The post Hernandez, D’Amato, Reddam Secure Hollywood Meet Titles appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Churchill Downs will play host to the 2024 Track Superintendent Field Day Sept. 8-10, beginning with a welcome reception the night of Sept. 8 followed by two days of the conference. The 2024 agenda will be developed by the advisory committee of seven racetrack superintendents with knowledge and experience with all types of surfaces: Leif Dickinson, Sean Gault, Glen Kozak, Jake Leitzel, Dennis Moore, Jim Pendergest, and Jamie Richardson. Speakers, presentations, and hands-on demonstrations will take place at Churchill Downs. The topics will include sharing of best practices as well as discussions of the work done by racetrack superintendents and maintenance crews. A focus of the 2024 event will be workforce challenges in racing. Remi Bellocq of the Bluegrass Community and Technical College will lead a panel to discuss workforce needs and support from the community college system. Registration fees will be free for track superintendents thanks to key sponsors which include Equine Equipment, Equine Discounts, and Horsemen's Track and Equipment. The 2025 event will be held at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, with dates to be announced during this year's event. The post Track Superintendent Field Day Set For September appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Santa Anita Park concluded the six-month 2023-24 Winter-Spring season June 16 which, when combined with the six-week Autumn Meet from 2023, produced a near-perfect safety year.View the full article

William Buick has been full of praise for Notable Speech, who bids to confirm his position as Europe's best 3-year-old miler against the winners of the Irish and French Two Thousand Guineas in the St James's Palace Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot June 18.View the full article

This day 18th June in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Not An Option relishes firmer Flemington track Not An Option relished the Good 4 surface presented at Flemington on Saturday, with a strong win for trainer Mike … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 18, 2023 Eight horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Talented Darwin apprentice Jade Hampson celebrates 50th win She only started her career in the saddle in April last year, but Darwin apprentice Jade Hampson celebrated her 50th … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Ballarat race tips, best bets & quaddie picks | June 19, 2023 The Ballarat synthetic surface is set to host a nine-race card on Monday and Horsebetting’s James Herbert presents his best … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Chase displays his love for Trentham with emphatic victory A love affair with the Trentham track continued for consistent galloper Chase when he picked up his third victory at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Hastings stable produces Waikato Steeplechase winner The red-hot run of form for the Paul Nelson and Corrina McChief Stipeal training partnership continued at Te Rapa on Saturday … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago The Doctor delivers in Waikato Hurdle A patient ride by Shaun Phelan paved the way for promising hurdler Dr Hank to deliver a feature jumping race … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Centrefire leads all of the way to give Munce feature double Centrefire gave Chris Munce a feature race double at Ipswich on Saturday, as she led all of the way to … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Holyfield overcomes wide barrier to win Eye Liner Stakes A late betting drift due to a wide barrier for Holyfield wasn’t enough to stop the Annabel Neasham-trained galloper in … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Smart Meteor rockets home to win Ipswich Cup Chris Munce and Brock Ryan have claimed the 2022 Ipswich Cup (2150m) in emphatic fashion, with Smart Meteor storming down … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Passive Aggressive keeps unbeaten record in-tact Passive Aggressive has remained unbeaten following a classy win in Saturday Listed A.R. Creswick Stakes at Flemington.The Grahame Begg-trained filly … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Warrnambool racing preview & best bets | Sunday, June 19 Warrnambool Racing Club is scheduled to host an eight-race card on Sunday, including four races over the obstacles. Horsebetting’s James … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 18, 2022 13 horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips, best odds and quaddie selections for free … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Gwenda Johnstone set to receive the 2022 Country Achiever Award After four decades in the industry, Echuca trainer Gwenda Johnstone will be awarded as the winner of the 2022 Country … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Experienced Vanessa Arnott ready for big day of racing at Darwin Vanessa Arnott has been riding in the Northern Territory for as long as she can remember. More importantly, it still … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Jessie Philpot staying optimistic after Highly Decorated injury Alice Springs jockey Jessie Philpot had every right to feel optimistic in regards to the forthcoming Darwin Cup Carnival. Last … Read More Horse Racing News 3 years ago Friday News Briefs: Cox Plate favourite Zaaki under drug cloud Despite there being no Group 1 racing this weekend around the country, there has been plenty of news to chew … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Belmont Guineas Day tips & quaddie picks | Saturday, June 19 HorseBetting.com.au brings you the 2021 Belmont Guineas Day betting preview for Saturday, June 19. See all the top tips, value … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Murray Bridge tips, odds & quaddie selection | Saturday, June 19 Murray Bridge will play host to a nine-race card on Saturday, June 19. See HorseBetting’s betting preview with top tips, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Flemington tips, value bets & quaddie picks | Saturday, June 19 Flemington Racecourse will host the Country Race Day on Saturday, June 19. HorseBetting.com.au has all the top tips, value bets, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Rosehill tips, value bets & quaddie | McKell Cup Day | 19/6/2021 HorseBetting.com.au brings you the betting preview for the 2021 McKell Cup Day at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. See all the top … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Ipswich Cup Day betting tips, top odds & quaddie | 19/6/2021 HorseBetting.com.au brings you the best bets for the Ipswich meeting on Saturday, June 19, including expert betting tips for the … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago 2021 Ipswich Cup betting preview & top tips | Saturday, June 19 The feature race of the day at Ipswich Turf Club is the 2021 Ipswich Cup, which will be run and … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 18, 2021 Horse Racing around the country has five meetings scheduled to be run and won on this Friday afternoon. We have … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Bishara banking more bucks Ardmore trainer Nick Bishara knows what it is like to loosen the reins on a stable talent to enable them … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Talented galloper to make raceday return The well-travelled Cheval Prometteur will make his raceday return at Ruakaka on Saturday after an injury enforced layoff. The six-year-old … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Charlie the horse to watch at Awapuni A more measured campaign is poised to pay dividends for Wairarapa galloper Charlie Horse in the coming weeks. That’s the … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Sydney trainer to face Queensland inquiry Trainer John O’Shea will front Queensland racing officials after one of his horses returned a positive swab to the party … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Freedman stable out to continue hot streak Training partners Michael and Richard Freedman will saddle up two Randwick runners as they bid to extend the stable’s patch … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Jamie Mott fined $1500 for Twitter comment Melbourne jockey Jamie Mott has been hit with a $1500 fine over social media comments about racing’s controversial whip rule … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Perry reflects on Royal Ascot pilgrimage Paul Perry, who became part of Australian racing folklore when Choisir won at Royal Ascot, is chasing a far more … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago King Of Hastings set for his winter target The Listed AR Creswick Stakes at Flemington has been a winter target for the consistent King Of Hastings who heads … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Cojuangco’s Gooree legacy set to continue Gooree Park Stud principal Eduardo Cojuangco is being remembered for his significant contribution to the Australian racing and breeding industries … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Flemington distance trial for Mahamedeis Having proven himself at a middle distance, Mahamedeis is attempting a staying trip for the first time in the George … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Free betting tips for The Phoenix – Saturday, 20 June 2020 The Brisbane carnival may have come to an end, but that doesn’t mean there are no quality races in Queensland … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago In-form Brilliant Concept after hat-trick The Matthew Williams-trained gelding Brilliant Concept will be chasing his third straight win when he runs in the David Bourke … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Tony Gollan nears another training record Talented filly The Actuary will head a strong team for trainer Tony Gollan as he closes in on 100 Brisbane … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Townsville racing tips & best bets – Thursday, 18 June 2020 A bumper 10-race program heads north to Townsville on Thursday for Queensland’s provincial meeting … Read More United Kingdom Horse Racing News 4 years ago Lord North wins Prince Of Wales’s Stakes The John Gosden-trained Lord North has won the showpiece Prince of Wales’ Stakes on day two of Royal Ascot … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Good barrier a boost for Mishani Hustler Trainer Les Ross is confident a better barrier will see Mishani Hustler hard to beat at Doomben … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Cunningham bullish on weanling sale format Gordon Cunningham’s Curraghmore will offer a select draft of six weanlings through New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale which is … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Tiley excited about hometrack resumption Nigel Tiley would usually be enjoying the warmer climate of Queensland at this time of year, however, the Pukekohe trainer … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Demonetization impresses at Ellerslie Five-year-old gelding Demonetization has been plagued by issues throughout his racing career and trainer Nigel Tiley believes he finally has … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Newitt upbeat about Tatt’s Tiara hopes Tasmania’s leading jockey, Craig Newitt, will make the trip to Brisbane to ride Eckstein in the Group One Tattersall’s Tiara … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Lucinda Doodt to ride Jungle Edge in Dash Victoiran apprentice Lucinda Doodt’s three-kilo claim will reduce Jungle Edge’s weight in the Winter Dash at Randwick … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Brideoake cleared of race day treatment Racing NSW stewards say race 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Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), winner of the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly just over 24 hours previously and billed as the headline act at Monday's Goffs London Sale, was knocked down for a whopping £8,100,000 only for it to emerge that the filly had been brought back by owner Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois. Eventually it was revealed that a deal was struck by Al Shaqab Racing to buy into the Patrice Cottier-trained sister to G3 Jersey S. winner Noble Truth (Fr) for £5 million. It was reported that Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani had been in attendance at the sale and it is understood that Sparkling Plenty will remain with Cottier following the part-sale. Out of the Frankel (GB) mare Speralita (Fr) and closely related to the Japanese Classic winners Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}) and Stars On Earth (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Sparkling Plenty was sold in absentia. She achieved the ultimate update when swooping to claim Survie (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) and Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) in a pulsating edition of the Prix de Diane on Sunday. While Sparkling Plenty was the undoubted star of the show, an unraced Kingman (GB) daughter of six-time Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) was predictably popular with agent Hamish Macauley striking the winning bid for the Oaks Farm Stables-drafted two-year-old on behalf of Amo Racing at £650,000. Amo boss Kia Joorabchian has a number of high-profile horses to look forward to at Royal Ascot this week and warmed up for the meeting with a net spend of £1,130,000 after adding the Dermot Weld-trained Taraj (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) to his team for £480,000. A 14-1 chance for Thursday's G3 Hampton Court S., Taraj was last seen finishing third behind subsequent Derby-placed Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) in a Group 3 Derby Trial at Leopardstown. The colt was bred by Weld's Springbank Way Stud. There were a number of notable buybacks throughout the session which led to just 13 of the 23 lots offered being sold. The most high profile buyback of them all was Nurlan Bizakov's unbeaten Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) at £2,250,000 while Adrian Keatley elected to hang onto leading G2 Coventry S. contender Francisco's Piece (GB) (Mayson {GB}). For the 13 lots sold, it generated £8,040,000 at an average of £618,462 and a median of £200,000. The post Diane Winner Sparkling Plenty Lights Up Goffs London Sale At £5 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

White Birch was a notable absentee as a field of 10 was declared for the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot June 19. The race will feature a duel between Breeders' Cup winners Auguste Rodin and Inspiral.View the full article

When Jon Clay first got started in the Thoroughbred business, he launched Alpha Delta Stables with ambitious goals in mind. Step one: breed a stakes winner. Step two: breed something good enough to make it to either the Kentucky Derby or the Kentucky Oaks. Nearly two decades later, Clay has checked off every one of those goals, having bred both a Derby and an Oaks starter. Plus, his program has produced something he never could have dreamed up back when he was compiling that wish list of accomplishments. In world-class sprinter Elite Power, Clay has bred a two-time Breeders' Cup champion. “I'd say I have exceeded what I wanted to accomplish,” said the Palm Beach, Florida-based businessman. “To breed a stakes horse is the first step and then to breed a Grade I winner is next, but I never thought I would breed a champion. To have a horse you bred win the Breeders' Cup is pretty special.” Breeding Thoroughbreds is in Clay's blood. His cousin is Runnymede Farm's Catesby W. Clay, whose family has been involved in the breeding industry in Lexington for over 100 years. Clay fell in love with racing when he attended his first Kentucky Derby the year that the filly Genuine Risk came out victorious, but a greater passion developed soon after when he began studying the breeding side of the sport. “I always figured that when I got to a certain stage in my life, I wanted to get into racing and breeding,” Clay explained. “I was really attracted to the breeding end because I think it's important to continue to perpetuate the breed as opposed to just owning racehorses.” After building a successful career in sports marketing, Clay decided to take the plunge and get involved in the Thoroughbred business. He bought his first mare at the 2006 Keeneland November Sale, spending $410,000 on Litany. She was a 7-year-old winning daughter of Holy Bull and a full-sister to GISW Confessional. Litany never produced much of anything for Clay and he sold her four years later for just $7,000. It was his first lesson in how the market can oftentimes make for a rollercoaster ride for commercial breeders. Clay decided that if he wanted to build a successful program, he was going to have to play at the top end. He began looking for mares that were accomplished on the racetrack and had plenty of depth to their pedigrees. At the 2011 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, he paid $1.55 million for Mona de Momma (Speightstown), the winner of the 2010 GI Humana Distaff S. who hailed from the family of Mr. Greeley and Street Sense. Flash forward eight years and Monda de Momma was responsible for GII Blue Grass S. winner and Kentucky Derby runner Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}). As a 4-year-old, Vekoma reeled off three straight victories including the GI Carter H. and GI Metropolitan H., making him the favorite going into the 2020 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. But the Wednesday before the championship meet, he spiked a temperature and was forced to scratch. Clay had gotten a taste of what it was like to have a horse he bred take on the Breeders' Cup. Luckily, he didn't have long to wait before he had another shot at producing a Breeders' Cup champion. Two years after purchasing the dam of Vekoma, Clay spent $2.15 million on Broadway's Alibi (Vindication) at the Keeneland November Sale. The dual graded stakes-winning Robsham Stables homebred was runner-up in the 2012 GI Kentucky Oaks. While the mare's first four foals never made it to the racetrack, her fifth foal-a flashy chestnut son of Curlin-developed into a standout as a youngster at Lane's End Farm. Elite Power as a foal with dam Broadway's Alibi | Lane's End “Elite Power was a decent size and a pretty muscular foal, but as he continued to grow he really blossomed as a yearling and had a lot more strength to him,” recalled Clay. “He was very straightforward–never one of those frisky foals–but he was very racey and muscular.” Elite Power sold for $900,000 to Juddmonte Farms at the Keeneland September Sale, but Clay admitted that he didn't watch the pricey colt too closely early on in his career. It took the Bill Mott trainee four tries to break his maiden, but when he finally stepped up to graded stakes company in the fall of his 4-year-old year, he never looked back. After defeating reigning champion Jackie's Warrior in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland, Elite Power picked up right where he left off last year as a 5-year-old. Clay can remember watching Elite Power in the paddock at Santa Anita before his final career start at the Breeders' Cup. “He walked by me and I thought, 'Boy, this horse has just a huge engine.' I had seen a couple of his races, but that was the first time I had seen him in person in a while and I was impressed with how he had really filled out.” With a second straight Sprint victory, Elite Power joined Midnight Lute and Roy H as two-time Breeders' Cup Sprint winners and he gave Clay some of his proudest memories as a breeder. “To breed a Breeders' Cup winner is pretty awesome, but to have a back-to-back champion is crazy,” he said. “Three Chimneys is a sponsor of the Breeders' Cup and they give a Breeders' Cup trophy to the breeders, so I've got two trophies up on my mantel.” Elite Power" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/djgOWLINIpQ" width="1236" height="695" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"> Clay has a lot to look forward to now, as two horses that he bred launch their careers at stud. Vekoma, who stands for $15,000 in his fourth year at Spendthrift Farm, already has six winning juveniles in his first crop. Meanwhile Elite Power is wrapping up a successful first season at Juddmonte, where the six-time graded stakes winner stands for $50,000. Clay has supported both young sires with mares and is looking forward to their futures. Of course, the breeding business has more than its fair share of dramatic twists. Sadly, the dams of both Vekoma and Elite Power have passed away. Mona de Momma died shortly after producing Vekoma and Broadway's Alibi died before producing a foal this year. Clay has decided to retain Broadway's Alibi's youngest foal, a full-brother to Elite Power that he named Coercive Power. The 3-year-old colt is still preparing for the racetrack, but is showing plenty of promise “You have to have a lot of patience in this business,” said Clay. “There are a lot of ups and downs. You have to take the good with the bad and just savor the good moments. I've got a great team that I work with at Lane's End and at Mill Ridge, where Reynolds Bell helps me on the bloodstock end of it. I am very fortunate to have a really solid team that helps me along the way.” With a broodmare band of around 20 mares split between Lane's End and Mill Ridge, Clay's initial design of gearing his program toward the commercial market is still in place, but he does retain a handful of fillies to race himself and continue the lineage of families he has bred. Alpha Delta Stables's current flagbearer on the racetrack is Raging Sea (Curlin). The Chad Brown trainee was Clay's first homebred to make it to the Breeders' Cup in 2022, when she ran third in the Juvenile Fillies, and she has since won the 2023 GIII Comely S. and 2024 GIII Doubledogdare S. Raging Sea was fourth in her last start in the GI Ogden Phipps S., but Clay remains confident that the 4-year-old will be a competitive member of the Distaff division this year and perhaps, get a shot at returning to the Breeders' Cup. “I think she can compete against fillies like Idiomatic (Curlin), Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief) and Randomized (Nyquist),” said Clay. “Hopefully there are some Grade I races down the road and if we get lucky, maybe we can get to the Breeders' Cup again.” Three Chimneys' Three Cheers to the Breeder is a series of articles profiling first-time Breeders' Cup-winning breeders. The post Three Chimneys’ Three Cheers to the Breeder: Alpha Delta Stables appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

2nd-Presque Isle Downs, $30,500, Msw, 6-17, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f (AWT), :52.72, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. WILLOW OAK (f, 2, War of Will–Joyful Cat, by Kitten's Joy) was bet nearly in half from her 8-1 morning line off a promising worktab over the Turfway Tapeta and came away late to become the first winner for her Classic-winning freshman sire (by War Front). Under a hustling ride from Adam Beschizza from gate five, the Dede McGehee homebred was a midpack fifth into the turn, was roused right-handed while progressing leaving the quarter pole and did her best work through the wire, pulling away to graduate at first asking by 1 1/4 lengths. Under her Heaven Trees banner, McGehee purchased Joyful Cat–a sister to GSW Charming Kitten, SW/MGSP Queen'splatekitten and MGSP Portfolio Company–for $150,000 with this filly in utero at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. Joyful Cat is also the dam of a yearling colt by Dialed In and a Yaupon filly foaled Apr. 28. Bought back as a Keeneland September yearling, War of Will was purchased by Justin Casse for €250,000 at the 2018 Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale. Winner of the 2019 GIII Lecomte S. and GII Risen Star S., the Gary Barber colorbearer was a troubled eighth, promoted to seventh, in the GI Kentucky Derby and wheeled back on the short rest to take the GI Preakness S. at 6-1. Third in that year's GI Pennsylvania Derby, War of Will became a dual-surface Grade I winner in the 2020 Maker's Mark Mile and was retired to Claiborne Farm with earnings of nearly $1.9 million. He is the sire of 113 foals of racing age. Sales history: $35,000 RNA Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $18,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O/B-Dede McGehee (KY); T-Kelsey Danner. FIRST WINNER FOR WAR OF WILL Willow Oak (2yo filly by WAR OF WILL) makes a big move around the turn and rolls down the lane to break her maiden on debut sprinting 4.5 furlongs on the synthetic at Presque Isle Downs. Congratulations to the connections, including… pic.twitter.com/FMpUJkfWFr — Claiborne Farm (@claibornefarm) June 17, 2024 The post Willow Oak A First Winner For Claiborne’s War of Will appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ado McGuinness has described losing 11 horses owned by Shamrock Thoroughbreds as “a big blow” after the trainer parted ways with long-time assistant and cousin Stephen Thorne. The split means that Thorne, who has ambitions to train in his own right, will manage the horses belonging to the syndicate alongside County Meath-based handler Jack Davison until he is granted a licence of his own. A Godolphin Flying Start graduate who has spent time working for some of the top trainers all over the world, Thorne returned home to Dublin to work as an assistant for McGuinness almost eight years ago. The pair have enjoyed massive success during that time, including Group 1 triumphs with Prix de l'Abbaye and Al Quoz Sprint winner A Case Of You, and have consistently operated inside the top 10 trainers' standings in Ireland over the past few seasons. The Shamrock Thoroughbred silks have been carried by smart fillies Tiger Belle and Rush Queen as well as classy handicappers Laugh A Minute, Harry's Bar and more. Among the 11 horses set to join Davison's stable is recent £100,000 breeze-up purchase Shamrock Breeze. McGuinness commented on Monday, “Stephen will no longer be working with me. This comes as a big blow to our yard as Stephen, who manages the Shamrock Thoroughbred Syndicate, removed all 11 of the horses belonging to that ownership group on Friday.” He added, “Stephen has always had ambitions to train in his own right and I hope that the past seven years working under my tutelage will stand him in good stead moving forward. I wish him well in his next chapter and thank all of the Shamrock Thoroughbred shareholders for all of their support down through the years. “We enjoyed many unforgettable days together and some of the highlights of my career came in the winner's enclosure with some of those owners.” Thorne has also held down assistant trainer roles with Mike de Kock and Ralph Beckett prior to working with McGuinness. He stressed that the arrangement with Davison would only be a temporary one and outlined his long-held ambitions to hold a trainer's licence of his own. He said, “I will be taking out my trainer's licence and hope to have my first runners in January 2025. I spent seven hugely enjoyable years working with Ado and we've had some brilliant days together. “Some of my best memories in racing came with Ado. I wish Ado and all of his team the best—he's one of the best conditioners of a racehorse that I know and there's no doubt that his yard will continue to go from strength to strength.” Thorne added, “It was by no means an easy decision to make, but it has always been the plan for me to go out on my own. The horses will be trained by Jack Davison on a temporary basis until I am granted my own licence.” The post “Big Blow” For McGuinness After Split With Long-Time Assistant Thorne appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A private sale has now been agreed for Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), who was bought back at £8.1 million at the Goffs London Sale but has now been part-sold to Al Shaqab Racing for £5 million. A day after winning the G1 Prix de Diane Longines, the filly was the headline act in the 24-lot eve-of-Royal Ascot sale in Kensington Palace and has been part-retained by her owner-breeder Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois, who subsequently came to an arrangement with Al Shaqab. Sparkling Plenty, a full-sister to G3 Jersey S. winner Noble Truth (Fr), is trained in France by Patrice Cottier and is now the winner of five of her eight races, including the G2 Prix de Sandringham. Out of the Frankel (GB) mare Speralita (Fr), she is closely related to the Japanese Classic winners Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}) and Stars On Earth (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}). The post Sparkling Plenty Part-Sold for £5m to Al Shaqab in Private Deal appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

One of the UK's biggest weeks is upon us and with perfect good-to-firm ground, Royal Ascot is set to welcome true summer Flat racing. That of the purest variety, favouring the faster of the breed, offering the opportunity for records to be threatened and broken. Two or three big names fell by the wayside on Monday, but most of the ones that matter in Europe will be here over the next five days as well as a select few from further afield. This meeting should be about the ability to move through the gears, to register slick furlong splits which thankfully we can now measure soon after the event to inspect the way the contest really unfolded. In that regard, it hardly gets any more exciting than the Guineas hero Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Wednesday's G1 Prince of Wales's S. favourite Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Friday's G1 Commonwealth Cup protagonist Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal) to name but three. The former is Godolphin's principal Ascot runner in 2024, defending his unbeaten record in Tuesday's G1 St James's Palace S. Drawn in five for the mile feature, Charlie Appleby's bolt from the blue will relish being able to draft around here awaiting Buick's signal to eat up the ground with that in-built fuel injection. Eerily similar but possibly slightly more talented than the yard's most recent Dubawi powerhouse Coroebus (Ire), who in 2022 became the eighth to complete the 2,000-St James's Palace double this century and fourth since 2015, TDN Rising Star Notable Speech has all of his trainer's proverbial boxes ticked. It is Buick that gets to feel the ultimate buzz of steering him, however. “I don't like to compare horses, but I've never ridden one before who can do what Notable Speech can do,” the rider revealed. “He's an extraordinary horse and the way he won the Guineas was impressive. So far he's shown no chinks.” Metropolitan And Continental… Fortunately, this year's Royal Ascot has a large French contingent willing to risk reputation for ultimate reward and it is refreshing that connections of Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) have taken the plunge in the St James's Palace. While he is certain to meet a different proposition to the eighth-placed Henry Longfellow (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) he encountered in ParisLongchamp's rain-hit G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and has another stellar miler to contend with in the Irish Guineas hero Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), it is difficult to put a limit on the potential of Mario Baratti's flagship performer at present. He also has a perfect draw in two and one of the most talented jockeys in Europe on board in Alexis Pouchin, so it's really all down to whether he is good enough. Adding intrigue is Jean-Etienne Dubois' Darlinghurst (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who reverts to a mile having beaten the subsequent G1 Prix du Jockey Club runner-up First Look (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) in the nine-furlong G3 Prix de Guiche at Chantilly last month. By a sire whose progeny excel at Ascot, he proved he can produce rapid fractions on the Polytrack at Cagnes-sur-Mer earlier this year and we all know how all-weather form translates here. “He hasn't really had any tough battles or Classic races, so this is going to be like we say in France, his Arc,” trainer Jerome Reynier said. “I guess this became the plan when he won his Class Two in Cagnes-Sur-Mur. The times and the speed of his turn of foot was quite impressive and we said after that we would give him two months off and go for the Prix de Guiche on turf and then if he wins that we would aim to go to Royal Ascot with a chance.” The X Facteur… France's other big chances on day one come in the G1 Queen Anne S. courtesy of Big Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) and Facteur Cheval (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}), but where their 2023 exploits converge in importance they were carried out on vastly different ground. Big Rock, one of those Thoroughbreds who has had to endure the mysterious merry-go-round of switching yards for reasons unknown and undisclosed, is for sure a specialist when it gets soft. His display in the QEII, where Facteur Cheval was six lengths back in second was impressive, with consecutive early sectionals which killed the contest, but on faster ground in the Lockinge he was at his limit for the first half and where the fast-ground animals kept piling it on he paid the price. Maurizio Guarnieri has the task of getting the best out of Big Rock as Christopher Head did at three, but after the debacle of the Lockinge and the ditching of Aurelien Lemaitre for Christophe Soumillon let's hope this isn't a horror story unfolding. Conversely, Facteur Cheval has continuity on his side having taken Darlinghurst's trainer Reynier to the heights last term. Used at the time of his Sussex second as a stick to beat Paddington with, the clock told the true tale of that race as he ran the final three furlongs faster than Ballydoyle's winning machine. Coming of age last time in the G1 Dubai Turf, he is poised to emulate his sire's success in this in 2017. “We saw him performing really well on good ground in Dubai, so we can go to Royal Ascot with a lot of hope,” his trainer said. “Goodwood and Ascot were his first times out of France and now as a five-year-old he is more mature mentally and physically and he's ready to run even better. Now he is in the shape of his life and we couldn't be any more happier with him.” Stars Out… Tuesday's opening card sees some key TDN Rising Stars on show, with the surprise Lockinge hero Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) joined by outsider Hi Royal (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in the Queen Anne. Audience is just second time over a mile here and the Cheveley Park homebred is as dangerous as he was before Newbury, where he churned out constant sprinting sectionals, but he is no longer under the radar. Hi Royal was twice Classic-placed last term and after a spell in the wilderness is around 40-1, but has a) Ryan Moore on board, b) first-time blinkers on and c) is from Kevin Ryan's yard successful 12 months ago with a 33-1 shot in Triple Time (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). In many ways, those that carry the TDN Rising Star banner in the juvenile races are the most exciting and Camille Pissarro (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) is the only one to fly the flag in the G2 Coventry S. He has to up his game after losing out in a Marble Hill he was supposed to win, but Aidan O'Brien has remained steadfast in his faith in the colt and he is the sole Ballydoyle representative in a race keenly coveted by the stable. Other TDN Rising Stars on display include the live G1 King Charles III S. outsider Purosangue (GB) (Aclaim {Ire}), the day's kingpin Notable Speech, fellow St James's Palace runners Henry Longfellow and Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and the Listed Wolferton S. favourite Israr (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) and longshot Knight (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). USA(scot)! As ever, American owners have a heavy involvement at Royal Ascot this week with Team Valor's Facteur Cheval setting the tone in the opener. Race two sees Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Stables, Tracy Farmer and John Oxley represented by a high-profile runner in the Joseph O'Brien-trained colt Cowardofthecounty (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}). Having beaten Ballydoyle's best 2-year-old seen out so far in Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never) in authoritative fashion in a fast time at The Curragh in April, he is deeply promising as he bids to emulate the 2011 Coventry success of his relative Power (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Debutantes Dare To Dream… One of Royal Ascot's more intriguing stories this week is the baptism of fire of Raphael Freire. Remarkably, his first runner in Britain comes in the Coventry with Amo Racing's unraced Angelo Buonarroti (Justify). This is surely an impossible task, but he is oven-ready for this in terms of raw ability having fetched €1million at the Arqana Breeze-up and his relative Churchill (Ire) did win the Chesham as a maiden. There are other breakthroughs of significance on day one. Kieran Shoemark has his first Royal Ascot carrying the responsibility of representing the Gosdens, with a couple of rides on no-pressure outsiders to help prepare for the big one on Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) the next day; plus first-season sires Pinatubo (Ire), Mohaather (GB), Hello Youmzain (Fr) and Without Parole (GB) could have their big moments in the Coventry with the first two represented by the fancied York novice one-two Andesite (GB) and Yah Mo Be There (GB) respectively. 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A day after winning the G1 Prix de Diane, Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) was bought back by her owner-breeder Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois at £8.1 million when offered for auction at the Goffs London Sale. Bidding through Goffs representative Amanda Zetterholm, Dubois retained the full-sister to G3 Jersey S. winner Noble Truth (Fr) having previously bought her back as a yearling at Arqana for €600,000. Sparkling Plenty, trained by Patrice Cottier, is now the winner of five of her eight races, including the G2 Prix de Sandringham. A daughter of the Frankel (GB) mare Speralita (Fr), she is closely related to the Japanese Classic winners Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}) and Stars On Earth (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}). Sparkling Plenty earned the ultimate catalogue update ahead of her sale tomorrow at #GoffsLondon The daughter of @JuddmonteFarms Kingman has just won the G1 Prix de Diane @fgchantilly Sparkling Plenty is Lot 11 tomorrow pic.twitter.com/HLdmL1Ckih — Goffs (@Goffs1866) June 16, 2024 The post Classic Winner Sparkling Plenty Bought Back at £8.1m at Goffs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A share in the Aga Khan Studs stallion Zarak (Fr) will be offered by Arqana Online during a pop-up sale to be held on Wednesday, June 26. Bidding will take place between 5-6pm local time, with registration for bidding already open on www.arqanaonline.com. A four-time winner when trained by Alain de Royer-Dupré, notably landing the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Zarak boasts an exceptional pedigree as a son of Dubawi (Ire) and the unbeaten G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar). He stood his first season at Haras de Bonneval in 2018 and has produced three Group 1 winners–and 20 stakes winners–from his early crops, including last month's Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero Metropolitan (Fr). Haya Zark (Fr) also struck at the top level this year in the Prix Ganay, while Zagrey (Fr) became his sire's first Group 1 winner when successful in the Grosser Preis von Baden in 2023. The share gives the right to one covering per year, plus an additional covering every odd-numbered year, meaning two coverings in 2025 followed by one covering in 2026, and so on. The post Share in Zarak to be Offered at Arqana Online Pop-Up Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Thursday's eight-race card at Woodbine Racetrack has been pushed back and will begin at 6:05 p.m., the track announced Monday. The move was made in the best interest of horse welfare as an extreme heat warning is in effect for the city of Toronto and the surrounding areas. Woodbine noted that the decision to push back the start time was made in consultation with the HBPA. Woodbine is the latest track to alter post times due to the heat joining Finger Lakes, who moved both Tuesday and Wednesday cards up to begin at 11:15 a.m. and Presque Isle Downs who moved their Monday-Wednesday cards up to begin at 1 p.m. UPDATE: We have adjusted our post times for Tuesday and Wednesday this week to 11:15am due to anticipation of excessive heat and humidity. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Stay cool and hydrated! View the schedule: https://t.co/9wCTTUYeM4 pic.twitter.com/5i0sJtCOkU — Finger Lakes Gaming (@FlGaming) June 17, 2024 The post Heat Forces Woodbine To Push Back Thursday Post Times appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article