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Today 6th August 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. Horse Racing Tips 58 mins ago Today’s horse racing tips & quaddie selections | August 6, 2024 Three horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia today on Tuesday, August 6. Check out HorseBetting’s free betting tips … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Bold Mac goes back-to-back Kiwi-bred Bold Mac stepped up in class and delivered a repeat result in Saturday’s Premier’s Cup Prelude (1800m) at Rosehill … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Verona roars back into winning form New Zealand-bred mare Verona turned her form around in emphatic style at Rosehill on Saturday, charging home from last to … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 6, 2023 Eight horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 1 year ago Crocetti impresses at Ruakaka Exciting galloper Crocetti put his name to the forefront for the upcoming three-year-old features with a convincing return to racing … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Leech seals Darwin’s Palmerston Sprint with the flashy Early Crow Trainer Dick Leech, with stables in the Red Centre and Top End, claimed the $135,000 Palmerston Sprint (1200m) with five-year-old … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago 2023 Darwin Cup betting tips and racing preview from top Darwin analysts The richest race on dirt in Australia takes place in the Northern Territory on Monday with the running of the … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Darwin racing preview, betting tips & odds | Monday, 7/8/23 The Darwin Carnival winds up on Monday with the running of the Darwin Cup. See the top racing preview, tips … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Ballarat betting tips & quaddie selections | Monday, August 7 The synthetic track at Ballarat is set to host a seven-race program on Monday afternoon. Check out HorseBetting’s free tips … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Lord Darci breaks Canterbury hoodoo in Winter Cup A rails-hugging ride by Terry Moseley paved the way for local runner Lord Darci to break a 22-year hoodoo for … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Hard Empire rockets home in Missile Stakes Give him a slot – they were the thoughts of co-trainer Trent Edmonds when his nine-year-old Hard Empire caused an … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Imperatriz fires in Kerikeri Cup The cream rose to the top in the feature event at Ruakaka on Saturday where the Mark Walker-trained Imperatriz justified … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Sirius Suspect leads throughout in Aurie’s Star Handicap It was as simple as jump, lead and win in the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap for track specialist Sirius … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago West Coast takes first day jumping honours at Riccarton Promising steeplechaser West Coast looks to have attained the favourite’s tag for next Saturday’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 147th … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Berkeley Square justifies short price at Flemington Dan O’Sullivan’s three-year-old Berkeley Square was able to attain for an unlucky second last start with a classy win in … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 6, 2022 12 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 Sirius Suspect’s persistence is paying off ahead of Flemington Sirius Suspect’s victory in the Santa Ana Lane Sprint Series Final last start, trainer Saab Hasan singled out track-walker Peter … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Emotional roller-coaster for Sonja Wiseman leading into race day Not only has it been a dramatic 12 months for Darwin-based jockey Sonja Wiseman, but the past week has also … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Bendigo racing tips, top odds & quaddie | Sunday, August 8 The Bendigo Jockey Club is set to host a competitive eight-race meeting on Sunday. Check out James Herbert’s free preview … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Alligator Blood set to return in Goldmarket for Billy Healey Popular Queensland horse Alligator Blood is nearing his racetrack return, but it will not be with Gai Waterhouse & Adrian … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Punt Drunk: One-eyed Jack puts them to shame in debut win Friday is finally here and the Punt Drunk team reviews all the major news stories during the past week of … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Doomben racing tips & best value bets | Saturday, August 7 HorseBetting’s in-form Queensland tipster brings you his top tips and quaddie picks for the Doomben meeting on Saturday, August 7, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Randwick racing tips, top odds & value bets | August 7, 2021 HorseBetting’s Nicholas Lloyd brings you his best bets, value picks and quaddie selections for the Royal Randwick meeting on Saturday, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Belmont racing tips, best bets & quaddie | Saturday, August 7 HorseBetting’s Western Australia tipping expert presents his best bets and quaddie selections for the nine-race card at Belmont on Saturday, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Murray Bridge tips & quaddie selections | Saturday, August 7 Murray Bridge will play host to a nine-race card on Saturday, August 7. See HorseBetting’s preview with top tips, value … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 6, 2021 Horse racing around the country sees five meetings being held around the country on this Friday afternoon. Our racing analysts … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Wood loving his Hong Kong commentator’s role Tom Wood has come a long way since his race commentator’s debut as an 18-year-old at the Westport trots on … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Wilde daring to dream with Tralee Rose Symon Wilde is daring to dream with Tralee Rose this spring. The Warrnambool trainer has nominated the daughter of Tavistock … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Chief Sequoyah a budding jumps superstar Rhythm and ringcraft might sound like a music festival but Hall of Fame trainer John Wheeler reckons they might be … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago It’s A Wonder to resume at Wanganui It’s A Wonder may get a bit of a shock when he lines-up in the Jolt Coffee House 2060 at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Refreshed Pike looking forward to spring Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was savouring the last few hours of a brief Queenstown getaway on Wednesday before the focus … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Spinoff from Ablaze’s amazing run of success The flag is certainly being flown high by exciting jumper Ablaze for his White Robe Lodge sire and the spinoff … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago The Rosebud 2020 betting tips, strategy & odds A star-studded lineup of three-year-old sprinters resume at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday in the $140,000 Listed Schweppes Rosebud, which offers … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago VRC Oaks winner put on notice to perform Trainer Danny O’Brien wants to see a return to form from Group One winner Miami Bound to prove she is … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Justastate in the frame for Norvall It may have only been a maiden race at Te Aroha on Sunday, but Justastate earned her photo spot amongst … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Missile Stakes 2020 racing tips, value bets & odds Saturday’s Group 2 Iron Jack Missile Stakes over 1200m marks the first Rosehill Gardens feature of the 2020/21 Australian horse … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Aurie’s Star 2020 betting tips, racing odds & form guide The Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap is the feature event on Flemington’s nine-race program this Saturday. Check out HB’s free … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Weather to determine Ryan’s rosiest chance Gerald Ryan has drawn comparisons between Return With Honour and former stakes winner Hinchinbrook as he prepares a three-pronged assault … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Kemp has another Weetwood on his radar A Weetwood Handicap start is the goal trainer Kevin Kemp has set for talented sprinter Mr Marbellouz, who resumes from … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago So Si Bon looms as a Cox Plate wildcard Connections of So Si Bon have thrown in a nomination for the Cox Plate ahead of the gelding’s resumption in … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Melody Belle on song for Missile Stakes Missile Stakes favourite Melody Belle has passed a fitness test and will kick-start her season in the Rosehill sprint … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Vaughan duo kick-off spring preparations Southland trainer Lisa Vaughan is on the hunt this season to secure an elusive stakes victory with seven-year-old mare Shirley … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Oaks winner pleases in Ruakaka Shaune Ritchie was beaming after Jennifer Eccles’ 1050m trial at Ruakaka on Tuesday. He was delighted to see last season’s … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Guineas races attract strong entries The Group One Caulfield Guineas for three-year-olds has received 324 nominations while the Thousand Guineas for fillies has attracted 285 … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Invincible Gem after second Missile Stakes Trainer Kris Lees will have stable stalwart Le Romain and 2017 winner Invincible Gem trying to win the Group Two … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Cox Plate attracts 187 nominations The $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley has attracted 187 nominations including 27 internationally trained horses … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Lys Gracieux nominated for Cox Plate Japanese mare Lys Gracieux has been nominated for the Cox Plate despite currently being ineligible to travel to Australia for … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Avilius shines in Rosehill barrier trial Godolphin has unveiled several spring carnival contenders in barrier trials at Rosehill including Avilius and Osborne Bulls … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Malibu Style on target for Group 3 Aurie’s Star Perth trainer Neville Parnham believes Malibu Style is well-placed to make his presence felt in the Aurie’s Star Handicap at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Te Akau juveniles to the fore at Te Teko Te Teko has come to be a great starting point for many of Te Akau’s top two-year-olds and trainer Jamie … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Brooks pair back-up at Riccarton Cambridge trainer Mark Brooks is hoping that his jumpers El Disparo and El Fernando will be met by a better … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Mystic Journey wins trial at Devonport Group One winner Mystic Journey has cruised to a narrow win in a barrier trial at Devonport as she continues … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Allan answers Queensland call from comeback trainer Catching up with old acquaintances on a Queensland holiday last month has led to Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Tony Allan deciding … Read More United Kingdom Horse Racing News 5 years ago Too Darn Hot retired after injury found Last year’s European champion two-year-old Too Darn Hot has been retired after picking up a career-ending injury … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Appleby to target some early spring races Godolphin will send a trio of horses to Melbourne from England earlier than usual to compete during the spring racing … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Apprentice Corey Bayliss outed for betting Brisbane apprentice Corey Bayliss has been suspended for two months after being spotted gambling at a hotel across the road … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Le Romain, Redzel trial at Gosford Le Romain has won a barrier trial at Gosford ahead of his race return while Redzel has been given an … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Grunt, Mighty Boss to resume in Lawrence Some of trainer Mick Price’s spring hopefuls have had barrier trials at Cranbourne including Grunt and Mighty Boss, who will … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago I Am A Star to make Flemington return The Aurie’s Star Handicap will be the comeback race for I Am A Star who is among 10 initial entries … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Exceltic to put Golden Rose on the line Trainer Gary Portelli has Golden Rose aspirations for Exceltic but the colt needs to perform in the Listed Rosebud at … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Shoals, Santa pleasing in spring build-up Everest-bound stablemates Shoals and Santa Ana Lane have continued their build-ups to the spring in a barrier trial at Cranbourne … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Ef Troop to begin campaign at Doomben Top Queensland three-year-old Ef Troop will make his three-year-old debut at Doomben with stablemate Outback Barbie to head to Sydney … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago More Sundays impresses in Geelong debut Blue blood colt More Sundays, by Fastnet Rock out of More Joyous, has started his racing career with an impressive … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Gary Vile hoping for smooth return from injury for Jacksstar Gary Vile is taking it a day at a time with Jacksstar, but he’s hoping to get the top stayer … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Racing NSW buys Cummings’ Princes Farm Princes Farm, the former home of master trainer Bart Cummings, has been bought by Racing NSW as a multi-purpose horse … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Decision looms on Jameka’s racing future Star mare Jameka has finished unplaced in a barrier trial at Cranbourne, with a decision on whether she returns to … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Le Romain scores stylish Gosford trial win Le Romain has been given a solid hit-out to win a 1000m-barrier trial at Gosford ahead of the triple Group … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Ability goes four straight in Bletchingly Ability has risen to the challenge of weight-for-age company to take out the rescheduled Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Byrne’s winners keep coming Jockey Jim Byrne four winners at Doomben have added to his claim for more Brisbane records … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Wells finally gets another win at Sandown Wells has outstayed his five rivals to score a narrow win in the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Devil Hawk special winner for Waller Winx is top of the tree at the Chris Waller stable but Devil Hawk has claimed a significant win in … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Allen adds GN Hurdle to feature jump wins John Allen has collected another feature jumps win, guiding Ancient King to victory in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown … Read More Australia horse racing news, Horse Racing News 7 years ago Wells grinds out Crisp Steeplechase at Ladbrokes Park THERE were concerns that Wells wouldn’t handle the heavy conditions at Ladbrokes Park on Sunday, but the 10-year-old proved too … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Sanadaat impressive in Sandown return Sanadaat has scored an impressive first-up win at Sandown with Lindsay Park now looking towards richer spring races … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Best to come for Shogun Sun Trainer Kelly Schweida believes Shogun Sun can run well in the Golden Rose but believes his best will be seen … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Stanley is looking ahead to spring riches Brent Stanley is looking forward to the upcoming spring carnival as he puts together a nice team of horses … Read More Australia horse racing news, Horse Racing News 7 years ago The Thousand Guineas awaits classy Sandown winner Sanadaat BLETCHINGLY Stakes day kicked off with a bang for Lindsay Park as quality three-year-old Sanadaat returned an easy winner of … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Wilson has cobalt penalty varied A Queensland Racing Integrity Commission review has increased the penalty for trainer Marcus Wilson on cobalt related charges … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Yankee Rose Queensland award favourite Dual Group One winner Yankee Rose is favourite to be named the Queensland Horse of the Year … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Hayley Turner to take advantage of claim Trainer Francis Graffard has backed Hayley Turner to shine when Britain’s most successful female Flat jockey relocates to France during … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Hidden Pearl untroubled in winning return Hidden Pearl has made a successful comeback from injury, winning the Tim Bell Memorial by 4-1/2 lengths at Eagle Farm … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Apprentice Panya collects city treble Apprentice jockey Deanne Payne has had her best day in the saddle, riding a winning treble at Randwick … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Kerrin McEvoy fined on misconduct charge Jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been fined after being caught short in view of the Randwick grandstand and on camera … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Five of the best for Weir at Flemington Sooboog has captured the Group Three Auries Star Handicap at Flemington, one of five winners for Darren Weir … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Randwick completed in trying conditions The first Sydney stakes meeting of the season has been completed despite some early doubts with the track as heavy … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Tycoon Tara wins wet Gr 2 Missile Stakes In the absence of star colt Capitalist, new stablemate Tycoon Tara has won the Missile Stakes for Peter and Paul … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Randwick completed in trying conditions The first Sydney stakes meeting of the season has been completed despite some early doubts with the track as heavy … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Adelaide stable benefits Lindsay Park team Shaf and Zunbaqa have returned from an Adelaide campaign to score impressive wins at Flemington … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Hidden Peark untroubled in winning return Hidden Pearl has made a successful comeback from injury, winning the Tim Bell Memorial by 4-1/2 lengths at Eagle Farm … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Bott in ideal start at Tulloch Lodge Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have made a winning start to their training partnership with Thronum taking out the Listed … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Bott makes ideal start at Tulloch Lodge Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have made a winning start to their training partnership with Thronum taking out the Listed … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Jockeys remembered during Aust meetings Australian riders have been remembered and recognised at Jockey Celebration Day events across the country … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Ulmann completes Weir treble at Flemington Darren Weir could not have asked for a better start to the new season with a race-to-race treble at Flemington … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Waterhouse/Bott claim first win in the Rosebud IT was a memorable day for Adrian Bott who scored his first win for Tulloch Lodge, in partnership with Gai … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Tycoon Tara wins wet Gr 2 Missile Stakes In the absence of star colt Capitalist, new stablemate Tycoon Tara has won the Missile Stakes for Peter and Paul … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Deanne Panya rides double at Randwick Apprentice Deanne Panya has scored a Sydney Saturday double, riding Snappy One and Lie Direct to victory on a heavy … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Tycoon Tara braves conditions in Missile Stakes IT was anything from the usual quality of a Missile Stakes field, but despite the scratching of stable star Capitalist, … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Country life, jumps a tonic for Best Case Former Sydney galloper Best Case has been backed from $13 to $9.50 before improving his form to win at Eagle … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Zunbaqa gives Ben Hayes a Flemington win Lindsay Park has spring aspirations for Zunbaqa after the daughter of More Than Ready led throughout at Flemington … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Valley Girl impresses in New Zealand with Australia on the agenda THE Donna Logan and Chris Gibbs show continued at Ruakaka in New Zealand on Saturday when four-year-old mare Valley Girl … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Beloso goes back to back with Brisbane win Beloso has rewarded trainer Kim Craft’s patient approach with a city win over General Assault and Royal Tithe … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Birds Of Tokyo relishes wet Randwick track Victorian mare Birds Of Tokyo has made light of a heavy Randwick track to demolish her opposition … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Caroun tackles Grand National for Dwyer Henry Dwyer has Grand National Hurdle hopes for Caroun, a horse he inherited from the Peter Moody stable … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Dettori eyeing 3000th win in Britain Frankie Dettori has moved to within two wins of a landmark 3000 in Britain and will try to do it … Read More View the full article

7th-Ellis, $71,000, Msw, 8-5, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.84, ft, 3 3/4 lengths. SEXAGENARIAN (c, 2, Practical Joke–Whats Yur Story, by Liaison), given a 6-1 chance facing seven rivals, had to stay wide behind pacesetter Correlation (Complexity) up the backstretch through fractions of :21.79 and :45.60. Looming large off the turn, he hit the front past the furlong marker with a wide bid and stayed away down the stretch to defeat a hard closing Zandvoort (Good Magic) by 3 3/4 lengths. Out of a half-sister to MGSW Sara Louise (Malibu Moon), herself the dam of both MGSP Nash (Medaglia d'Oro) and GSP Sara Street (Street Sense), and to the GSW dam of MGSW/GISP Forbidden Kingdom (American Pharoah), Sexagenarian has a yearling half-sister by Maclean's Music and a weanling half-sister by Speaker's Corner. Whats Yur Story was bred to Vekoma for 2025. Sales History: $70,000 RNA Ylg '23 KEESEP; $70,000 2yo '24 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,505. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-Paradise Farms Corp., David Staudacher and Chase 'n Dreams Stable; B-Springhouse Farm, Ballysax Bloodstock & Lynn Lodge Stud (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. #3 SEXAGENARIAN ($14.46) makes his move right before the stretch and pulls away nicely to win race 7 at Ellis Park. The 2yo son of Practical Joke was ridden by @jaimetorresjcky and is trained by Michael Maker. Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/vX9t5qRAKb — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) August 5, 2024 The post Practical Joke’s Sexagenarian A Debut Winner At Ellis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Newly crowned Australian champion first-season sire Too Darn Hot (GB) may not be shuttling to Australia this year but he will still be covering a number of mares to southern hemisphere time in Newmarket Those to be visiting the son of Dubawi (Ire) at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud include a sextet from Anthony Mithen and Ryan McEvoy's Rosemont Stud in Victoria. “We are actually sending more mares to him than we would've had he shuttled,” said Mithen. Three of that group, who are all currently in foal to the Aga Khan Studs stallion Siyouni (Fr), are already in Europe and will return to Australia once those foals are on the ground and they are scanned in foal to Too Darn Hot. Boarding at Tweenhills Stud, they are the Group 3 winners Aryaaf (Aus) (Epaulette {Aus}), Khulaasa (Aus) (Epaulette {Aus}) and Sneaky Five (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). En route from Australia and set to remain in Europe for two seasons is the other group of three, which is comprised of the I Am Invincible Spirit (Aus) mares Salateen (Aus), a Listed winner, and Skidamarink (Aus), as well as Joyous Legend (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), a daughter of the multiple Group 1 winner More Joyous (NZ) (More Than Ready). “It was a bit of a happy coincidence that the three mares already in Europe all match up very well with Too Darn Hot,” Mithen continued. “He has done well with a Fastnet Rock mare, [with] Simmering winning the G3 Princess Margaret Stakes and his best Australian runner Broadsiding is out of a mare whose dam is by Redoute's Choice. “So there is some science in our matings to Too Darn Hot. It has been good to build up a relationship with Darley and we are very pleased and excited that they have accepted our six mares into Too Darn Hot's book.” The post Rosemont Sextet for Too Darn Hot’s Southern Hemisphere Book appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When people discuss Horse of the Year candidates, the name Next (Not This Time) almost never comes up. That's despite what is currently the most impressive winning streak and show of dominance in the sport. He's won eight of his last nine, all of them stakes, by a combined 81 3/4 lengths. On Sunday at Saratoga, he won the Birdstone Stakes, doing so while never appearing to do more than galloping across the track in what amounted to a paid workout. We haven't seen a horse like this for a long time. His speciality is running in marathon dirt races, where he is so much better than the competition that you get races like the Birdstone, where he paid $2.10 and won by 22 1/4 lengths. Only one other horse even finished the race. If trainer Chief Stipe Cowans and Michael Foster stick to the script, Next will be seen next in the 12-furlong Greenwood Cup on Sept. 21 at Parx. It's a mile-and-a-half dirt race with a $200,000 purse. You can look at it two ways. The connections have figured out exactly where the horse belongs, in marathons, and that he's made $1,228,361 is a testament to their “ain't-broke-don't-fix-it” mentality. The other school of thought is that the horse is squandering opportunities and limiting his earnings potential by ducking the male dirt races with the biggest purses, all of them run at a mile-and-a-quarter or shorter. For the first time, Cowans is at least giving some thought to trying shorter, more lucrative races. “I'm not going to rule out the Jockey Club Gold Cup,” Cowans said. “It would mean coming back in 27 days. It's not normal for me to run any horse back that quick. Especially one that ships that far back and forth. I honestly don't know where this thing is going to go. For now, we'll have to kick than can down the road a little bit.” It's true that most marathon races include a slow early pace, which fits Next as he seems to able to lope along on or near the lead and keep grinding away while his competition struggles with the demands of the distance. Should he go next in the Greenwood, he will win, will pay 2.10 or 2.20 and earn $137,500 for his connections. What does he have to gain? The better question is what does he have to lose? He's already “shortened up” once this year to run in the mile-and-three-eights GII Brooklyn Stakes, which he won by 9 1/4. The race for him that jumps off the page is the mile-and-a-quarter GI Jockey Club Gold Cup, which is only one furlong shorter than the Brooklyn. The real distinction between the two races is that the Greenwood winner gets $137,500, while the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup pays out $550,00 to the winner. Should he win the Gold Cup, Next will have earned more in that race alone than he has made in his last four starts combined. An eighth of a mile shorter or not ,The Jockey Club Gold Cup can't be that different a race than the Brooklyn. In his 2024 Brooklyn win, Next went :49.29 to the half and 1:37.89 to the mile. In the 2023 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the pace was 48.86, 1:38.59. No one's asking him to go a mile. The pace in the Gold Cup should fit his style, where he can keep grinding away until he opens up daylight on his foes. It makes all the sense in the world. If Next, who is a 6-year-old gelding, comes up short in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, that would hardly be a step back They would have learned their lesson and go back to Plan A, the marathon races. But what if he wins? That would mean that a whole new door of opportunity will have opened for him. A Gold Cup win would certainly mean a try in the Breeders' Cup Classic. If everything breaks right, he actually could be Horse of the Year, and they should not be afraid of that challenge. At any distance, you rarely see horses like this, ones where the pertinent question is not whether they will win but how much will they win by. But there's also something boring about races where you have a superior odds-on favorite sure to beat up on the small collection of horses that will oppose him. We love Next. We don't love races like the Birdstone. Next is six, still a peek age for a thoroughbred. He ran a 109 Beyer in the Brooklyn, just one point shy of GI Whitney Stakes winner Arthur's Ride (Tapit), who ran a 110 in the Whitney. Cowans said that if he passes the Jockey Club Gold Cup for the Greenwood, that wouldn't necessarily mean he would duck the Classic. “I would take on anybody in the country going a mile and a half,” Cowans said. “That's where it's at. I keep telling everybody it would be like taking a good sprinter and then deciding to run him at 4 1/2 furlongs. This isn't about money. It's about enjoying this horse. He looks so unique when he does this. It's eye-catching to watch him run. I'm not in a hurry to make any decisions. I try to weigh out the benefits. At some point this can't keep up because everybody in the marathon races will duck him and they won't be able to fill these races. I like the set up for the Greenwood to the Classic. There's plenty of time between the Greenwood and the Classic. If it were left solely up to me, that's something I'd really have to think about.” This is the year to test him and find out truly what kind of horse is he. At least try it once. There is absolutely nothing to lose. He's a very good horse who deserves the opportunity to prove just how good he is. What if he can make the grade in shorter races? The connections could be leaving a lot of money on the table, with a lot of big races like the $7 million GI Breeders' Cup Classic. There's one other scenario. How about trying him on the grass? Those races tend to go at a slower pace than the dirt ones and it would be fascinating to see if Next could do the same to the grass horses what he has done to the dirt horses. The logical spot to try the grass is the Aug. 24 GI Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga. It's a $750,000 race run at a mile-and-a-half on the grass. He is 3-for-7 in his career on the turf and all seven races took place before he made the transformation into a dirt marathon monster. Cowans and Foster have stuck carefully to a plan and it is working. But even they have to be curious. How would Next do in races like the Gold Cup and the Breeders' Cup Classic or even the Sword Dancer? Do they have a one-track pony who can only win marathon dirt races or do they have a horse worthy of a start in a Jockey Club Gold Cup or even the Breeders' Cup Classic? It's time to find out. The post It’s Time For Next To Step Up To The Big Leagues appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Third in the G2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes and G3 Albany Stakes, Ballydoyle's Heavens Gate (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}–Itqaan, by Danzig) had a class edge in Monday's Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes at Naas and duly collected the valuable prize to return to winning ways. Sent straight to the forefront by Ryan Moore, the 4-6 favourite never looked likely to be caught and hit the line strong with 1 1/4 lengths to spare over Fiery Lucy (GB) (Without Parole {GB}). Too good Heavens Gate stamps her class on the €300,000 Ballyhane Stakes at @NaasRacecourse pic.twitter.com/GZTRinzTOu — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 5, 2024 The post Churchill’s Heavens Gate Makes Class Tell In The Ballyhane appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

At the risk of making anyone who knows me choke on their cornflakes upon reading this, I'm rather enjoying the big sprint races this year. The rivalry between Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Asfoora (Aus) (Flying Artie {Aus}) now stands at honours even, though it was hard not to feel that Asfoora was a little hard done by when Live In The Dream (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}) edged left just at the moment the Australian was launching her challenge down the stands' side in the G2 King George Qatar Stakes. So it's on to York we go, with the Nunthorpe set to be one of the most thrilling contests of the Ebor meeting. An extra level of intrigue was added by the winning return of the Archie Watson-trained Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) in the Listed Prix du Cercle after almost 11 months off the track. Fragile he may be, but the likeable four-year-old is also abundantly talented and it would be rewarding for his patient connections if he could improve on his third-place finish in last year's Nunthorpe. He's Apples Mick Appleby was rightly crowned leading trainer at Glorious Goodwood. He took seven horses to Sussex from his base in Leicesterhsire and came away with four wins (including a Group 2 and Group 3), a second and two thirds. Top work indeed. Appleby must be high on the Christmas card list of Paul and Rachael Teasdale, the owners of Big Evs and the Molecomb winner Big Mojo (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}). With luck we will both horses again at York. Appleby's Molecomb third, Mr Lightside (Ire) (Earthlight {Ire}), looks set to head to the G2 Mill Reef while Big Mojo will tackle the G2 Gimcrack. According to her husband, Mrs Teasdale is already working on a rough draft for her Gimcrack speech. Bizakov Dominates Deauville The Teasdales were not the only owners in clover this week. Nurlan Bizakov has been enjoying a terrific year ever since Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) won the Listed Doncaster Mile on the opening day of the British turf season. The four-year-old Charyn has subsequently added the G2 Bet365 Mile and G1 Queen Anne Stakes to his tally and is on course for a tilt at Sunday's G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois. Bizakov, however, has already plundered several of Deauville's major trophies this summer. On Sunday, Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) landed his third stakes win of the year in the the G3 Prix Daphnis for Christopher Head before the Jerome Reynier-trained Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) really brought the day to life, remaining unbeaten to capture the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. Bizakov is now a major player in the French stallion business through his Sumbe operation, and while both Ramadan and Charyn are potential future residents of Haras de Montfort et Preaux, that will not be the case for the gelded Lazzat, who joins Dubai Honour (Ire) and Goliath (Ger) on the list of Group 1-winning geldings in Europe this year. That anatomical status could however mean that he has a longer racing career than most, and along with the more obvious target of the G1 Prix de la Foret, his ambitious trainer, who already has a proven international record, has also suggested that the Golden Eagle in Sydney on November 2 could be in Lazzat's travel plans. There's no black type attached to that relatively new 1,500-metre contest at Rosehill which was first run in 2019, but there is the not insignificant matter of A$10m (approximately €5.9m) in prize-money attached to the race. Bizakov bought Lazzat's granddam Lashyn from her breeder Charles H Whacker for $625,000 at Keeneland September back in 2010 and, as a daughter of Mr Greeley and the 1,000 Guineas winner Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy), she naturally commanded such a price tag. Lashyn won a 10-furlong maiden for Sir Michael Stoute and her first living foal, by the Derby winner Australia (GB), became known as Lastochka (GB), who also won a maiden in Britain, over a mile as a juvenile. Now ensconced in Bizakov's French-based broodmare band, the eight-year-old Lastochka has struck gold with her first foal, Lazzat, who has in turn already greatly enhanced the value of his yearling half-sister by Sumbe's Golden Horde (Ire). Endearing Performance While we may drift off a bit during the winter once the National Hunt season is in full swing, it is always good to see a major winner for Henry de Bromhead, and it's even better when that winner comes in the glorious sunshine of midsummer. Step forward (again) Term Of Endearment (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), who may just have earned herself a trip to Australia, though for the far more sensible early November target of the Melbourne Cup. The five-year-old mare was bred by Andrew Whitlock and bought for the Acheson family by Alex Elliott for 50,000gns from Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. She now has three Group victories to her name, including this season's G2 Lillie Langtry Stakes and the G3 Bronte Cup and is surely now too valuable a prospect for a dual-purpose racing career. Blue in the Pink While the absence of Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) was the major disappointment of Glorious Goodwood, his 2,000 Guineas conqueror Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) upheld the Classic form in the G1 Sussex Stakes and was the highlight of a good week for some of the Darley stallions. It seems likely that he will end his year at Del Mar in a bid to give his trainer Charlie Appleby a fourth consecutive win the GI Breeders' Cup Mile with a fourth different son of Dubawi after Master Of The Seas (Ire), Space Blues (Ire) and Modern Games (Ire). Even without Rosallion, his sire Blue Point had a decent week on the Sussex Downs, with the group winners Big Evs (Ire) and Raqiya (Ire) as well as handicap winner Blue Prince (Ire). The leading first-crop sire last year, Blue Point is now, unsurprisingly, at the top of the second-crop sire table. Sing Praises Another young stallion who cannot be overlooked of course is Coolmore's Justify, whose daughter Opera Singer showed great tenacity when making all to win the G1 Nassau Stakes. There's talk of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe now for the Evie Stockwell-bred filly, and it really would be quite something if Justify, the American Triple Crown winner based at Ashford Stud in Kentucky, could supply the winner of the Derby and the Arc in one season. That Derby winner, City Of Troy, should be seen next at York in the Juddmonte International which, if the Dante winner Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) reappears to line up alongside Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) and Japanese raider Durezza (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) among others, could well be the race of the season. Rottgen Revels At Dusseldorf on Sunday, Gestut Rottgen claimed the G1 Preis der Diana with the front-running Erle (Ger), by home stallion Reliable Man (GB), one of the last remaining representatives of the Mill Reef line at stud. As one might expect from the Rottgen operation, Erle was certainly bred for the job as her granddam Enora (Ger) (Noverre) landed the same fillies' Classic back in 2010, while her dam's half-brother Erasmus (Ger), also by Reliable Man, won the G3 Preis der Winterfavoriten. Erle's Rottgen-bred dam Kizingo (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) actually raced for Juddmonte, having been bought by the operation as a foal for 270,000gns, but when she was subsequently reoffered as a three-year-old at Tattersalls with two placed efforts to her name she returned to the Rottgen fold at the reduced price of 35,000gns. Erle's win also gave a boost to Imad Al Sagar's Blue Diamond Stud, which owns her two-year-old half-sister from the final crop of Adlerflug (Ger). Bought for €300,000 at BBAG last September, she is named Eleganz (Ger) and is in training with Andre Fabre in France. Since 1972, Gestut Rottgen has won the Preis der Diana four times, including with the subsequently influential Anna Paola (Ger) in 1981. In the previous two years their representatives Wagnis (Ger) and Kassada (Ger) had been beaten a head and a neck respectively when finishing second, so Erle's win was a welcome back-of-the-net moment after a few clashes with the crossbar. It was particularly memorable for trainer Maxim Pecheur and jockey Martin Seidl, each of whom was winning the Diana for the first time, and in Pecheur's case in his first season since swapping his jockey's licence for that of trainer. The Rottgen draft at the forthcoming BBAG September Yearling Sale features nine yearlings, including three from the first crop of the stud's homebred Deutsches Derby winner Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}). Complexity Forcing the Pace In Saturday's TDN, we heard all about the background of G2 Richmond Stakes winner Black Forza, who had the misfortune of being born at a sales complex and sold alongside his mother later that day. Not for the first time one wonders when this practice of mares being consigned for sales so close to their foaling date will be outlawed on welfare grounds. The young Complexity colt has had plenty of sales experience since then, being sold again that November as a weanling, the following July as a yearling, and this April as a breezer from Powerstown Stud. “I just write the cheques, Michael does the work,” said his owner Eleanora Kennedy of Black Forza's trainer Michael O'Callaghan when congratulated on her success last week at Goodwood. Kennedy is also the owner of the G3 Ballycorus Stakes winner Mustasarref (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who could extend the owner's good run in this Thursday's G3 Desmond Stakes. Black Forza is one of two black-type winners from the first crop of Complexity to date, along with the GIII Sanford Stakes winner Mo Plex. The young Airdrie Stud stallion, who is a son of the Distorted Humor horse Maclean's Music, is setting a good gallop in the freshman sires' championship in America, with 13 individual winners, including Shin Forever in Japan. One to watch. The post Seven Days: Running With the Fast Crowd appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Kenny McPeek has the horse that all eyes will be on this summer because his 3-year-old filly Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) is taking on the boys in the GI Travers Stakes Aug 24. He talks about the experience of having a horse like this and what it's like dealing with all the people that want to see her. He also tells us about his four-legged friend Sonny and what his life is like away from the racetrack. Read all about it in this week's Saratoga Conversation. TDN: You have become the trainer of the hour because of a 3-year-old filly. You're having fun with all of this associated with Thorpedo Anna taking on the boys in the Travers. KM: I'm definitely enjoying it. You have to. It's what it's all about. TDN: And this is a real serious racehorse. KM: As many years as you train horses and you hope to be around these kind of horses, it takes a long time to find one. You have to enjoy them while they're here. TDN: You found some pretty good ones. She still has more racing in her career, but where does she rank on your bar right now? KM: With Take Charge Lady, I never thought I would have a filly that good again. And then I had Swiss Skydiver. And I thought, well, I'll never have a filly that good again. And now, this filly. I have been fortunate to bring those kind in. When I go to a sale now, that is the kind of horse I am looking for (laughs). TDN: Since the Travers announcement, what has it been like around here? Is it like a revolving door with people wanting to come and see her? KM: A lot of people came to see her (last) Sunday after I made the announcement (Saturday). Twenty? Thirty? I think it's good. The biggest thing is we have to keep people from feeding her all the time. But she likes the attention. I think she is enjoying it. I don't mind having a bit of an open-door policy but, within limits. TDN: I'm sure at some point, you'll cut it off. KM: As we get closer to the race. When she is sleeping and resting, that's when they have to leave her alone. People do. They use common sense. She's the queen. People want to see her. TDN: Is he (referring to Kenny's dog Sonny, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador, who is barking, looking for treats, while this conversation goes on) the king? KM: (laughs) I don't know about that. He's a knucklehead. TDN: I have to ask about Sonny the dog. You two seem joined at the hip. KM: The older I've gotten, the more relaxed I am. I had a black Lab when I was younger. I'm a dog person. Sherri (wife) and I are dog people. It's fun having him around. He lightens everything up, makes you laugh a lot and keeps everything interesting, especially when he's hungry. TDN: Which is all the time. KM: Yes. All the time. TDN: I got a huge kick out of him at the Preakness when he was given his own credential. KM: (laughs) I told them I wasn't coming unless they let me bring him. TDN: You were half serious, right? KM: No, I was completely serious! TDN: He goes everywhere you go. KM: Pretty much. TDN: Tell me the story how Sonny became a member of the McPeek family. KM: Sherri wanted a cat and I said, 'sure.' She scrolled and showed me a picture of a puppy and I said, 'that's not a cat. This is going to be a big dog.' She thought it was so cute and wanted to go look at him. I said there was no sense looking at him because if you go look at him, you're going to buy him. (The seller) brought him to the farm in Lexington and he said (Sonny) was useless to him. I said, 'why?' He said he would not hunt. He was gun shy. Even lightning. He is under the bed. TDN: He's a scaredy cat. KM: He's scared of lightning, guns, loud noises, cars backfiring. He gets right up next to me, like 'help me! Save me!' He's a good dog. TDN: I was talking to someone and he said, 'if you talk to Kenny, ask him who is roommate was in the 1980s.' KM: Dale (Romans). For sure. TDN: What was that like? KM: Interesting. Interesting summer, Days Inn Hotel. If you had a girlfriend in the room, you had to put a sock over the door. He had more girlfriends than me. He was an assistant to his dad and I was just getting started. TDN: Do you like the attention brought on by one horse, aka, Thorpedo Anna? KM: It depends. I don't think about it too much. There is a lot to worry about every day beyond one horse. You work hard to get good horses. Why wouldn't you enjoy it? I would be more worried if I had a barn full of average to bad horses. When you have a bunch of average horses, you worry, 'how can I get a better one?' TDN: How many do you have up here? KM: Thirty. That's a healthy number. TDN: Do you miss (Kentucky Derby winner) Mystik Dan (he is on the farm in Kentucky getting some R&R)? KM: Yeah. They are keeping me posted on him every day. That's just doing the right thing. Nothing major, but that horse really deserves time to fill out and recoup and reset. I'm lucky that I have good clients to let me do that. I'm trying to do it with a clear mind. I don't want any schedule and I don't want any expectation other than let's put a little weight on him and let any creaks and any issues disappear. TDN: There is no timetable for him to do anything. KM: No, and there shouldn't be. We didn't think he liked the Saratoga track (in the Belmont, where he finished eighth). If I was going to rush him back into the Travers, I was going to be bringing him back to a racetrack where I kind of questioned whether he cared for it or not. And what other 3-year-old races are out there? Pennsylvania Derby and that is still a bit of an away game for us. I didn't feel any pressure to try to make either one. Mystik Dan | Sarah Andrew TDN: In all likelihood, we'll see him at (age) four. KM: You might see him before the end of the season. You might see him at the Malibu in California. We've got some things to prove with him as a stallion prospect. We'll let that all come together. We'll see. TDN: When you won the Kentucky Oaks and then the Kentucky Derby the next day–becoming the first trainer to do it in the same year since Ben Jones did it in 1952–you must have been in a surreal place. KM: It was very surreal. It was something I thought we could do, and knew we could do, but for it to come together in one weekend was amazing. I have been kind of around the bullseye in both races over the course of my career, but to hit them in the same weekend was very satisfying. TDN: Were you more confident in her (Thorpedo Anna in the Oaks) or him (Mystik Dan in the Derby)? KM: Oh, her. I thought she was literally a two-foot putt, almost a cinch to win. I was reeking confidence with her. TDN: Have you ever been as confident? KM: No. Not that in kind of race. TDN: You put your neck out before that race. KM: Not really. I said, 'they better bring a bear because I've got a grizzly.' She was just doing super, and she continues to maintain that. That's hard to do with most of these horses. TDN: I ask everyone the same two questions. One, If you could have dinner with three people, living or dead, who would they be? KM: (Trainers) Vincent O'Brien, Federico Tesio and Horatio Luro. TDN: The other one is if there was a movie made about your life and you can pick the actor to play you, who you got? KM: (laughs). The Rock! TDN: Who plays Sonny? KM: Sonny plays Sonny! TDN: In your spare time, what are you doing? KM: We try to go out on the (Saratoga) lake every chance we get. I try to spend time with my wife and my daughter (Annie). Last night (Tuesday) we went to the concert (Foreigner at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center). We've been to three concerts in the last couple weeks. Every summer, we go to five, six concerts. TDN: Is it hard to have a normal life when you're a horse trainer? KM: I try. I do better the older I get. When I was younger, I didn't do anything else. I love being a father and a husband. Those are the number one jobs. TDN: On Sundays, you make them for the family, correct? KM: I learned that going to Australia. Sundays, they don't train or race too much in Australia. I think you can do this in six days as well as seven. TDN: Do you watch much TV? KM: Not too much. We did “Yellowstone.” “Game of Thrones.” Little HBO on occasion. TDN: Do you cook? KM: Sherri is a fantastic cook, if you haven't noticed (smiles). Let's just say she feeds the bear well. TDN: Favorite racetrack. KM: Keeneland. TDN: Where is Saratoga on your list? KM: Probably third. TDN: Churchill second? KM: Yeah. TDN: Biggest win at Saratoga. What would it be? KM: Tough one. The Golden Ticket dead heat (in the 2012 Travers with Alpha) was a lot of fun. Swiss Skydiver winning the Alabama (in 2020). Eskimo Kisses winning the Alabama (2018). The Acorn and the Coaching Club (American Oaks with Thorpedo Anna this year) were great wins. I would say Swiss Skydiver's Alabama was ultra impressive. Swiss Skydiver with Ken McPeek and Sonny | Katie Petrunyak TDN: You have won just about every race there is to win. Almost. Is there one race on your bucket list? KM: Way outside the box. I want to win the English (Epsom) Derby and English (Epsom) Oaks one day. Those are two races that are iconic that Americans have never even taken a shot at. In the next 10 years, I am going to do it. TDN: If you could spend one hour in this office–shut the door–with any trainer from history, who would it be? KM: Federico Tesio. His depth of knowledge of the thoroughbred and the development of the thoroughbred… he started as a horse trainer. He became a breeder. He was the breeder of I don't know how many Italian Derbies. He was just a student of the thoroughbred. And that's what I am. I could sit and talk to him forever. I think that would be really cool. Of course, he was Italian. We would have a little language barrier. He analyzed the confirmation of the thoroughbred, he analyzed how they ran, he analyzed how they should be bred, how they should be crossed. TDN: When you were growing up, was it always about being around the horses? KM: I didn't grow up in a horse racing family, but I grew up in what I would call a horse racing neighborhood. My grandfather, this is on my mom's side, was vice president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and he loved to go to Keeneland and play the ponies. When I first started going to Keeneland, it was with him. TDN: What sport did you like growing up? KM: I played all sports. I played basketball mostly. TDN: Any good? KM: I was really good. I probably could have played small college ball. TDN: If you could have one superpower, what would it be? KM: Seeing the future! TDN: If you could have a walk-up song–like baseball players do –when you bring a horse onto the track, what would it be? KM: I listen to this band called J J Grey & Mofro. Really great. There is a song called “I Believe (In Everything).” Fantastic song. I listened to it every morning for two weeks going into work going into the Derby and the Oaks. I rode into Churchill every day and you got to believe you can do something. If you don't believe it, it won't happen. If you believe it, it can happen. The post The Saratoga Conversation: Kenny McPeek appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Hill 'n' Dale consignment at Keeneland November this year will feature 2023 Canadian Champion Older Male Tyson (Tapit–Honouring, by Smart Strike) the farm announced Monday. A winner at first asking at Gulfstream Park for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, the homebred would go on to win a pair of graded races at Woodbine in the GIII Dominion Day Stakes and the GII Seagram Cup Stakes. He also ran third in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga en route to being named Champion Older Male in Canada. A well-bred son of Tapit, Tyson is out of a full-sister to both GISW Streaming and SW Treasuring, each of whom has already produced a stakes runner. This is the family of MGSW Cezanne (Curlin), MGSW/GISP Greatest Honour (Tapit) and last year's champion 3-year-old colt Arcangelo (Arrogate). Third dam Better Than Honour, broodmare of the year in 2007, produced a champion filly in Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy) along with SW Man of Iron (Giant's Causeway), GSW/G1SP Casino Drive (Mineshaft) and a second GI Belmont Stakes winner in Jazil (Seeking the Gold). The post Hill ‘n’ Dale To Offer Sovereign Award Winner Tyson At Keeneland November appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple Classic winner Seamie Heffernan, Royal Ascot-winning teenager Billy Loughnane and French Group 1 scorer Marie Vélon are among the 12 jockeys today confirmed to ride in Saturday's Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot. Nine countries will be represented across the four teams, while new ground is broken this year with an equal number of male and female jockeys for the first time in the history of the Shergar Cup. Vélon, the first French female jockey to win a French Group 1 race with her victory in the 2022 Prix Royal-Oak, will join the Ladies' team which is captained by Hayley Turner as she makes a record-extending seventeenth appearance in the competition. The team is completed by Saffie Osborne whose final race heroics secured the title for the Ladies last year. The Rest of the World team will be captained by Australian-based five-time Group 1 winner Rachel King. The team will also feature Japanese rider Nanako Fujita, who made her Shergar Cup debut in 2019 and became the first female JRA jockey to compete in a Group 1 when doing so the same year. South African jockey Rachel Venniker, successful in over 250 races already at the age of just 23, completes the line-up. Bauryzhan Murzabayev, from Kazakhstan and a four-time champion Flat jockey in Germany, captains the European team. He will be joined by Italian Alberto Sanna, who has ridden over 400 winners, notably winning back-to-back editions of the Italian 2,000 Guineas in 2021 and 2022. Spaniard Jose-Luis Borrego, victorious in Classics in his home country and the winner of nearly 500 races, also makes his debut in the competition. The Great Britain & Ireland team, led by Dubai World Cup-winning jockey Tadgh O'Shea, will see 18-year-old Loughnane make his Shergar Cup debut, returning to the scene of his first two Royal Ascot victories back in June. Loughnane's youth will be combined with Heffernan's experience, the 52-year-old bringing over 1,000 career victories, including both the Derby and the Oaks at Epsom. A record £500,000 will be available in prize-money across the six race programme, with prize-money paid down to tenth in each race. £25,000 in stable bonuses is also available, split between the three leading yards. The post Heffernan, Loughnane and Vélon Feature Among Shergar Cup Participants appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The racing public will have the opportunity to decide which 'Turn of the Century' Flat horse should be inducted into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame. Voting is now open to select from Daylami (Ire), Dubai Millennium (GB), Giant's Causeway and Montjeu (Ire). Voting closes just before midnight on Monday, August 26. The globetrotting Daylami won seven Group 1 races during his illustrious career, including the Poule d'Essai des Poulains as a three-year-old when trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre for the Aga Khan. He was later purchased by Godolphin and counted the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf among his four top-level wins during a sparkling five-year-old campaign in 1999. At stud his standout performer was the Irish Derby and Tattersalls Gold Cup hero Grey Swallow (Ire). Dubai Millennium was another outstanding talent for Godolphin and trainer Saeed bin Suroor, suffering just one defeat in a career spanning 10 races. As a four-year-old, in 2000, he memorably won the Dubai World Cup by six lengths and the Prince Of Wales's Stakes by eight lengths, before injury brought his racing career to a premature end. His career at stud was also short-lived as he was unable to be saved after contracting grass sickness, but his best son from his only crop of runners, Dubawi (Ire), has since become a hugely influential stallion in his own right. Dubbed “The Iron Horse” because of his remarkable constitution, Giant's Causeway contested no fewer than nine top-level contests as a three-year-old in 2000, notably winning the St James's Palace Stakes, Coral-Eclipse, Sussex Stakes, Juddmonte International and Irish Champion Stakes. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, he was also beaten just a neck in the Breeders' Cup Classic on his final start before a successful stud career which saw him produce the Classic winners Shamardal and Ghanaati, among others. Lastly, the John Hammond-trained Montjeu was the outstanding three-year-old over middle-distances in 1999 when he won the Prix du Jockey Club, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. At four he added three more Group 1 victories to his tally, including an effortless success in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, before retiring to Coolmore stud. He went on to sire four Derby winners at Epsom–Motivator (GB), Authorized (Ire), Pour Moi (Ire) and Camelot (GB)–as well as other top-class runners such as Fame And Glory (GB) and St Nicholas Abbey (Ire). Rod Street, non-voting chair of the expert panel which put together the shortlist, said, “There were many outstanding horses to discuss, but ultimately these four stood out for their exceptional ability and racecourse performances, and for the way they live on in the memory. “All were great horses who had a significant impact on the sport and for whom racing fans had immense respect and affection. I am looking forward to seeing how the vote progresses over August as I think this year it will be a very tight competition.” The post Which ‘Turn of the Century’ Flat Horse will be Voted into the Hall of Fame? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

July 2024 saw declines across the board compared to the same month last year with only average field size (+0.98%) and average available purses per race day (+3.42%) seeing gains for the month. With race days down to 383 from 423 last year (-9.46%), wagering, available purses, races and starts all saw declines. Race days are down year-to-date (2,173 vs. 2,284) leading to declines in wagering (-3.20%), races (-4.63%) and starts (-3.87%). Available wagering per race day (+1.74%) and average available purses per race day (+8.88 %) both showed gains as did average field size (+0.79%). The post Fewer Race Days In July Drop Economic Indicators appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With leading Sydney jockey Tyler Schiller in the saddle, the Peter Robl-trained Hadouken edges clear of the Gary Clarke-trained Wolfburn (Jarrod Todd) to win the $200,000 Darwin Cup at Fannie Bay on Monday. Picture: Darwin Turf Club Despite jumping from the outside gate, the Peter Robl-trained Hadouken from the Gold Coast secured an outstanding win in the $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) at Fannie Bay on Monday. With leading Sydney jockey Tyler Schiller aboard, the six-year-old gelding was forced wide leaving the home straight and was at times three or four deep for the first 1400m before sharing lead with the Gary Clarke-trained Wolfburn (Jarrod Todd) exiting the back straight. Hadouken ($3.40) sat outside Wolfburn ($3.40) and with 600m to go they skipped clear. They held a two-length advantage over Neil Dyer’s $2.30 favourite Bear Story (Noel Callow), who jumped from the inside gate in the 12-horse field and had settled in fourth place passing the 1500m. Bear Story (61kg), who broke the 1600m track record with victory in the weight-for-age Chief Minister’s Cup on July 13, couldn’t bridge the gap as Hadouken (54kg) and Wolfburn (56.5kg) – third in last year’s Cup – slogged it out in the home straight. Hadouken edged clear with 100m to go before overcoming a gallant Wolfburn, the leader passing the winning post the first time, by 0.4 lengths with Bear Story, who was labouring at the 400m, a further 2.3 lengths adrift in third place. 2024 Darwin Cup Replay – Hadouken Hadouken, the son of Japanese sire Real Impact, won first up in the Top End over 1600m (BM66) on July 6 before qualifying for the Cup with success in the Buntine Handicap (2050m) on July 20. Robl, who missed a start in the 2021 Palmerston Sprint (1200m) when All Cylinders went amiss after two thirds at Fannie Bay, only decided to take Hadouken to Darwin due to persistent wet tracks in south-east Queensland and north-eastern NSW. More than competitive on firm surfaces, the gelding battles on soft and heavy tracks. Robl, a former jockey, was understandably over the moon following the win. “I’m a little bit lost for words, going out of the straight and down the back side there I thought it’s not looking pretty,” he said. “I thought that him doing that amount of work, he’s not going to have the ability to beat Bear Story. “I think it’s testament to the horse how well he’s adapted to the dirt here, how well he’s acclimatised to Darwin and thanks to Tyler for coming and riding him. “Thanks to the owners for entrusting me when I mentioned bringing the horse to Darwin. “It’s not cheap or an easy exercise coming from the Gold Coast, but look, all’s well that ends well and what can you say, it’s outstanding. “It’s just a marvellous, he’s a tough horse. “I think when he won the Buntine, even though people said it was an inferior field he ran a good time and probably buttoned off at the furlong. “Today, he had to be tough in order to be there and the fact that he keeps putting his head out wanting to win is testament to the horse and how brave he is. “He probably lacks little a bit ability wise, but he has that mental toughness. “It’s an amazing result.” For Clarke, the Top End’s leading trainer for the past 12 years, he had to once again settle for second prize after Lumber Punk finished behind Early Crow in the $135,000 Palmerston Sprint on Saturday. Horse racing news View the full article

Melbourne Cup & Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight.(Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) The battle to be crowned the 2024 Victorian Racehorse of the Year has come down to five elite equines, with Imperatriz, Mr Brightside, Pride Of Jenni, Romantic Warrior and Without A Fight all in the running to take out the prestigious title at the Victorian Racing Awards this coming Saturday, 10 August. In one of the most hotly-contested categories for many years, any one of the quintet – who between them registered 14 wins at Group 1 level in the state last season – could justifiably claim to be the pre-eminent racehorse on Victorian tracks across the 2023-24 campaign. The winner will be revealed on Saturday night, when the annual ceremony is held in Melbourne. Purely in terms of victories at racing’s highest level, Imperatriz led the way last season as Mark Walker’s speed machine won five of the six Group 1s she contested in Victoria. Her only defeat in her adopted home state last season came when finishing a courageous second carrying the topweight of 58kg in the time-honoured William Reid Stakes (1200m). The head-to-head battle between Mr Brightside and Pride Of Jenni was one of the defining rivalries of the season, and it was Ciaron Maher’s mighty mare who ultimately edged their private duel. Having given her rivals a galloping lesson in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, Pride Of Jenni pitched up at Flemington seven days later and promptly produced another devastating display of sustained speed and stamina to take out the Champions Mile (1600m) at the expense of runner-up Mr Brightside. Lindsay Park’s banner horse gained a measure of revenge in the autumn when he defeated Pride Of Jenni in the C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, before adding the Futurity Stakes (1400m) title two weeks later to take his tally of Group 1 wins for the season to four. But Pride Of Jenni turned the tables in the All-Star Mile (1600m), denying Mr Brightside a second successive win in the $4 million showpiece with another stunning performance under her regular rider Declan Bates. The two remaining contenders for the Victorian Racehorse of the Year prize both wrote their names into the record books last season, with Romantic Warrior becoming the first Hong Kong-trained horse to win the Cox Plate (2040m) and Without A Fight becoming only the 12th horse in history – and the first since Ethereal in 2001 – to claim the coveted Cups double. Romantic Warrior succeeded Anamoe, the 2023 Victorian Racehorse of the Year, as the winner of the Cox Plate after coming out on top in a titanic tussle with Australia’s middle-distance stars at The Valley. Under a masterful ride by James McDonald, Danny Shum’s stable star showed huge determination to capture Australasia’s weight-for-age championship by the narrowest of margins from gallant runner-up Mr Brightside, with Alligator Blood a further neck away in third. Either side of the Cox Plate, Without A Fight stamped his status as the country’s leading stayer with valiant victories in both the Caulfield Cup (2400m) and the Melbourne Cup (3200m). Having just pipped his former stablemate West Wind Blows to the prize in Caulfield’s marquee contest, Without A Fight defied the weight of history – and the burden of carrying 56.5kg – to add his name to the illustrious roll call of winners of Australia’s most iconic race. Despite finding himself 15th at the 800-metre mark, Mark Zahra navigated a passage through the field at Flemington before Without A Fight unleashed his trademark late surge to deliver a sixth Melbourne Cup for Anthony Freedman and a first for his son and co-trainer, Sam. The Victorian Racehorse of the Year is voted on by a panel of industry officials and racing media and takes into account performances on Victorian racetracks only irrespective of where a horse is trained. It will be one of number of awards presented on Saturday night, including the Scobie Breasley and Tommy Corrigan Medals for the premier flat and jumps jockey of the season respectively, and the Most Outstanding Training Performance which acknowledges excellence among Victoria’s training ranks. Horse racing news View the full article

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Star New Zealand Steeplechaser The Cossack has been retired after suffering a suspensory injury. The Paul Nelson and Corrina McChief Stipeal-trained 11-year-old was set to clash with West Coast in Saturday’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 149th Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton. The Cossack joined the stable of Paul Nelson and Corrina McChief Stipeal in 2020, and initially fashioned an enviable record over hurdles with prestige titles at Hawke’s Bay, Waikato and Wellington alongside a Grand National and two Great Northerns. The son of Mastercraftsman finished a narrow second in the Australian Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) in 2022 and remained in the steeplechase format with success in last year’s Waikato Steeplechase and the Pakuranga Hunt Cup, with fellow star West Coast coming out on top in their Great Northern and Wellington battles. The winner of 19 races and $690,000 in prizemoney, The Cossack won both the Waikato Steeplechase (3900m) and the Wellington Steeplechase (5500m) in his two starts over fences this term. View the full article

Ben Allen returns to the mounting yard aboard Pinstriped after winning the 2023 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Group 2 winner Pinstriped is set to have one more trial before aiming to improve on his runner-up finish in last year’s Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m). Trainer Enver Jusofovic is confident that last season’s Group 2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) winner is in peak condition after a standout performance in a recent Cranbourne jump-out. “He’s progressing really well, he’s in a good frame of mind and his body’s good at the moment,” Jusofovic told Racing.com. “He came back into work weighing 610 kilograms, which is massive – he’s finally filled out. “He’s had one interruption, with a foot abscess that lingered for a week and a half. But I brought him back nice and early, and his appetite’s great. “He’s had two jump-outs, he’ll have another one next Monday, and then two weeks into the PB Lawrence.” Horse racing news View the full article

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Three-year-old filly Erle became the fourth individual Group One winner for Reliable Man when streaking clear to bag Sunday’s Gr.1 Preis Der Diana (2200m) at Dusseldorf. Having landed the Gr.3 Diana Trial (Gr 3, 2000m) at Hoppegarten on her previous outing, the Maxim Pecheur-trained filly took out the feature after she cleared away from her rivals inside the final furlong to beat the fast-finishing Spanish Eyes by a length. Erle is bred and raced by prominent German breeders Gestut Rottgen and prepared by Maxim Pecheur. Five years after winning the Preis Der Diana as a jockey, Maxim Pecheur achieved a classic victory in his first year as a trainer, and thus his first Group One win in his new profession. “It’s hard to describe. We’ve had a great season, but to win a Diana is indescribable. A big compliment to the whole team,” said Maxim Pecheur after the race. “She was the highest rated German horse in the race. I really hoped that she would win, she is physically superior to most of the other horses,” said Gestut Rottgen’s Frank Dorff. Reliable Man, a son of Dalakhani, won the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club (2100m) and Gr.2 Prix Niel (2400m) in 2011, as well as finishing third in the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris (2400m). The following year he was third in the Gr.1 Prix Ganay (2400m) and fourth behind Danedream in the Gr.1 King George (2400m) for Alain du Royer-Dupre and his breeder Sven Hanson, who owned him in various partnerships during his racing career. The grey was switched to Australia and the stable of Chris Waller and won the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, defeating Dundeel, before retiring to stud, having sustained a career-ending injury in victory. He stands at Westbury Stud in New Zealand and shuttled to Gestut Rottgen for four seasons, then to France for three years, before another two-year stints at Rottgen but he has remained a permanent resident in New Zealand over the past few years. Erle is one of 27 individual Stakes winners for Reliable Man, who is also the sire of Group One winners Miami Bound, Sentimental Miss and Inspirational Girl. Reliable Man will stand at a service fee of $12,500 + GST at Westbury Stud this season. View the full article

Broodmare gem Opulence is the gift that keeps on giving for breeder Don Goodwin, with the mare producing another topliner in Australia over the weekend, but this time over jumps. Opulence is the dam of ill-fated 11-time Group One winner and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) heroine Verry Elleegant and Group Three performer Verry Flash, with the latter also having won on three occasions over hurdles. Their younger full-brother Affluential has shown the same affinity for jumping in Australia, culminating with victory in the Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown on Sunday. Bred by Goodwin, Affluential was offered through Grangewilliam Stud’s 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft where he was purchased by John Chalmers Bloodstock on behalf of well-known Australian owner Bob Peters for $140,000. The son of Zed failed to flatter on the flat and it wasn’t until his 13th start, and first over hurdles, that he scored his maiden victory. Jumping gave the gelding a new lease on life and he has gone onto win six of his next seven starts, including Sunday’s Grand National. Goodwin watched the action from home back in New Zealand and said it was an incredibly proud moment to watch a horse he bred take out one of the biggest jumps races in Australia. “I got a real thrill out of that,” he said. “He did a bit of Verry Elleegant in the way he raced – he was pushing and shoving with his head up and down, but when that horse (The Good Fight) came up alongside him near the finish he just put another bit in and won a by a length.” Affluential led home a Kiwi trifecta, beating home the former Shaune Ritchie-trained Kiwi-bred The Good Fight, while the Mark Walker-trained Leaderboard ran third in the colours of New Zealand syndicator Fortuna. While pleased to breed the winner, Goodwin was just as rapt for Peters. “I got a thrill for Bob Peters as well because he has been so patient and it’s all the big fella needed,” he said. While experiencing most of his success on the flat with the likes of Verry Elleegant and Verry Flash, Goodwin said he does have a soft spot for jumps racing. “I am a big fan of jumps racing, I would have loved to have won the Great Northern over the Ellerslie hill,” he said. “I have had a bit of success in jumps racing with Verry Flash, but also with a mare called Verry Royal. She is with Kevin Myers and her sixth race was over hurdles and she dug in and won by the smallest nose you have seen in your life, but she did win. I got a real thrill out of that.” Opulence has been an outstanding producer for Goodwin but was sadly lost when foaling a Zed filly two years ago. That filly is now with leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller, and Goodwin said she is leaving quite the impression on Verry Elleegant’s former trainer. “I have got a full-sister to Verry Elleegant with Chris Waller who has just turned two and they are very pleased with her, so we will see where she goes,” Goodwin said. “She is the only (female) member of the family I have now as the mother died the day that filly was born. Horse breeding is a tough game.” Verry Flash is the only other member of the family Goodwin is still racing himself, but he said retirement is looming for the now 10-year-old, who has posted 13 career victories, with 10 wins on the flat, including the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m). “He is a 10-year-old now and I will look to retire him, and he will go to his original jockey (Rowena Smyth). She has got a little farm a bit out of Auckland and she will keep him there. He is a neat horse.” View the full article

New Zealand’s jockey ranks have been bolstered this week with the welcome addition of expat Australian hoop Matthew Cartwright. The 21-year-old jockey recorded 233 wins in Victoria, but found opportunities began to dry up after coming out of his apprenticeship, and he has elected to chance his arm across the Tasman to help revitalise his riding career. “I was struggling with opportunities in Australia, so I thought I would make a change and New Zealand is what that change is going to be,” Cartwright said. Cartwright had a successful apprenticeship and partnered a number of top-level horses in Australia, including riding subsequent A$15 The Everest (1200m) and multiple Group One winner Giga Kick to victory at just his second start. “I had a very successful apprenticeship,” he said. “I was a leading apprentice in Victoria and out rode my claim with six months to go, so I had to leave my apprenticeship early and become a senior. “I rode multiple Group One horses with a claim, the likes of Giga Kick and Lighthouse. “One of my biggest highlights would have been riding Flash Feeling on Champions Day at Flemington. That was probably my biggest win, it was massive.” Cartwright flew to New Zealand on Sunday and said he has been helped a lot with his move by a couple of Kiwis he met in Australia. “I have had a lot of help from Mason Stevens and Wiremu Pinn, they have helped me out a lot in getting over here,” he said. Cartwright will base himself in the Waikato and said he has already started networking and is receiving plenty of support from local trainers. “I am going to base myself out of Cambridge and I will be doing a fair bit of work at Cambridge and Matamata, so that will keep me busy,” he said. “I am going to branch out and help different trainers. I have already got a few trainers that are happy to support me, everyone has been very welcoming. “I just want to be out there riding, and riding winners. I am going to be working hard and hopefully I can get the support, and I can get on the right horses and show my ability. “I am looking forward to giving New Zealand a crack. It is exciting and challenging at the same time.” View the full article

Progressive stayer Lombardi flew under the radar heading into his fresh-up run on Saturday at Riccarton and indicated there is plenty more to come this spring with a decisive win over 1400m. Prepared by Bruce Smith, Lombardi had been a model of consistency in competitive races from 1600 to 2600m last season, including finishing a close-up third behind talented performers Noble Knight and Good Oil during New Zealand Cup Week. The six-year-old didn’t run a bad race all autumn and was sent for a deserved spell in mid-April, with his resuming run on Saturday seemingly perceived by punters to be a kick-off point for the preparation, closing him at $15.30 with Zacat on top of the market at $4.60. Lombardi proved he was more than just a handy stayer, travelling comfortably throughout the contest under Craig Grylls and when asked for an effort at the 300m, he went to the lead and held off the challenge of Zacat to score by 1-1/2 lengths. Smith was thrilled to see the son of Verdi add his third win from 21 starts, and said he expects further improvement as the distances rise. “You can’t complain on a run like that, he’s a nice horse in the making,” Smith said. “He’s definitely better over ground, but he just puts himself in the race so easily which is possibly his downfall at times. He bounces out and tends to be a bit handier than I’d like him to be. “He won’t go around until the end of the month now, there isn’t really anything suitable for him until then so as long as things go to plan, he’ll run on the 31st of August. “He’ll step straight up to 1800m which I haven’t got a problem with, if there had been a mile last Saturday he would’ve run in that instead but the 1400 was the only option. “We’ve got a bit of a long-term plan with him, but we’ll just keep working on that along the line.” Lombardi was bred by co-owner Angela Hutchinson, being the first foal out of her Kingmaker mare Queen’s Pal, who was a full-sister to Kings Pal, a Listed performer and six-race winner. “Angela Hutchinson has been with me for all of my career, I had a nice horse for her a few years ago called Kings Pal that she also bred and I’m very grateful to have her on board,” Smith said. “Her son and daughter both have a share in Lombardi alongside a couple of others and myself. She’s been in the game her whole life and she trusts me to do the job, so I’m very lucky. “They’re lovely people and are passionate about racing whether it be win, lose or draw. “They’ve got a half-sister by War Decree to Lombardi in the paddock who has just turned two, so we’ll bring her in shortly and see how we go. The family is very consistent, especially on the dam’s side. She (Pipkin, granddam) had never been to a top stallion, but every horse has been able to run.” Smith trains his small team out of close friend Danny Frye’s Balcairn property, a relationship that spans back to his time as a jockey in the mid-eighties, where he rode more than 100 winners. “I did my apprenticeship with Danny and he’s the closest thing I have to a brother. We’ve been buddies for all of our lives and he’s got his operation here so I’m lucky enough to work out of it,” Smith said. “We just work together and help each other, I wouldn’t be able to do what I do without him. “He’s got a ride in the amateur race on Wednesday, everyone thinks Scotty (Macnab) is the oldest amateur rider going around but there’s one older, and that’s Danny. “His daughter (Ashley Frye) is riding as well. You don’t often get to see a father and daughter riding together and she works out of Danny’s place as well. “We have a private track here and then go into the Rangiora track for gallops. We’ve just come back from the beach with a couple that are racing on Wednesday as well. “They’re trying to get rid of the Rangiora course which is sad, it’s a good training centre and we can work on the grass and sand, there are plenty of options there.” Smith’s contingent also includes Impending filly Conflict, who he and Frye purchased via gavelhouse.com after she had two starts as a juvenile for Wexford Stables. “She’s coming along well, she’ll kick off at the trials next week. There is a race for her on the 31st as well, but we’ll just get the trials out of the way and see where we are at,” Smith said. “I have another little filly for a local syndicate of boys who is not too far away from trialling too, I just play around with three so I can keep my head above water.” View the full article

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has today (August 5) released a consultation document to aid in deciding the future of jumps racing in New Zealand. The consultation, which will run through to September 6, presents two main options for the future of jumps racing: continuation with a dedicated strategy and additional investment, or a managed wind-down leading to eventual closure. Bruce Sharrock, NZTR Chief Executive Officer, has asked those involved in jumps racing to carefully consider the document and provide feedback with their preferred option. “Jumps racing in New Zealand is at a crossroads and as an industry we now need to decide what path we should take. Unfortunately, the economic reality means doing nothing is not an option,” said Sharrock. “We are asking participants to carefully read the document, understand the situation we’re currently facing, and ultimately provide feedback on their preferred option. ”The consultation document outlines the work that has been done to arrest the decline in the participation of jumps racing as well as the broader contribution jumps racing makes to the thoroughbred racing industry. A number of reasons for the need to consult are laid out, supported by statistical analysis. These include; Decline in Jumps Racing Participation and Races: ● The number of jumps races in New Zealand has decreased from 122 in FY10 to just 61 in FY24. This decline mirrors a reduction in the participant base. Wagering Statistics: ● In the 2022/2023 season, the average turnover for flat races was $162k, significantly higher than the $91k average for jumps races. This disparity highlights a major challenge in the sustainability of jumps racing. Decline in Community Participation: ● The number of trainers participating in jumps racing has dropped from 146 in FY10 to just 54 in FY23. Similarly, the number of jockeys has halved over the same period. Only 22 jockeys were involved in FY23. Challenges in Jumps Racing Infrastructure: ● An audit revealed that the infrastructure supporting jumps racing is, at best, average. Riccarton Park remains the only South Island venue for jumps races. Sharrock emphasised that no decision will be made until 31 October 2024 and called for those responding to the consultation to give feedback on whether there were aspects of jumps racing that the document had not considered. “We encourage all participants and stakeholders to have their say. In particular, we would like to understand if their level of investment or participation is likely to change over the next 12 – 24 months and whether those participants would consider involvement with a dedicated investment strategy,” said Sharrock. “At this stage this is purely a consultation, and no decision has been made. Once the consultation closes, NZTR will spend some time analysing the responses and further working groups will take place before a final decision is made by 31 October 2024.” Those interested in responding to the consultation can download and review the consultation document here. Feedback needs to be submitted by September 6, 2024. View the full article

A well-performed Pencarrow Stud family came up trumps with a memorable winning double at Riccarton and looks set to continue to add to its roll of honour into the future. The Adrian Bull-trained and raced Jay Bee Gee triumphed in Saturday’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) in a thrilling finish and stablemate and half-sister Harmonious, owned by farm principal Sir Peter Vela, claimed the closing event on the card. They are out of the Pins mare Huluava, who was a three-time winner from 10 appearances before going on to star as a broodmare. All nine of her foals to race have been winners and includes William Wallace, a son of Darci Brahma who posted Listed victories in the Spring Classic (2000m) and Timaru Cup (1600m) for Bull. Huluava is also the granddam of the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) winner Pignan. “It’s a really, really under-rated family and it just keeps on keeping on,” Pencarrow manager Leon Casey said. “Huluava was very lightly raced and talented, we did take her to Brisbane as a three-year-old but she pulled up sore. “She was trained by Mark Walker and came back to win another race before she was retired. She’s still on the farm as a nanny.” Her last foal is the Pencarrow-bred and raced Branciforti, a daughter of Belardo, who has won four of her 13 starts from David Greene’s stable. “Branciforti and Harmonious can hopefully go on with it and there might be a decent race in one or the other of them,” Casey said. Turn Me Loose six-year-old Harmonious is now the winner of two of her 13 starts. “She’s been given plenty of time and Adrian has been really patient, she’s a lot stronger now and has been very unlucky not to win a few more races,” Casey said. The current headline member of the family Jay Bee Gee is a son of Complacent and was purchased by Bull for $26,000 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale where he was offered on behalf of Pencarrow by Bradbury Park. “Adrian has bought a few off us so we always try to support people who support us, we’ve sent him a few in the past and obviously Harmonious has that family link so it all fitted in well,” Casey said. Huluava is also a half-sister to the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) winner Hasselhoof and the Listed Wairarapa Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) winner Vercors, whose daughter Vichy won of four occasions and placed in the Tauherenikau black type feature. “Hasselhoof is here on the farm and he’s looking after a paddock full of colts, Vercors is retired but we’re still breeding from Vichy so we’ve got a few members of the family,” Casey said. View the full article