Wandering Eyes

Ed Bethell hopes calling on "man of the moment" Frankie Dettori can help him make an instant impact in the U.S. when the trainer breaks new ground with Point Lynas in the Mint Millions Invitational Stakes (G3T) at Kentucky Downs Sept. 6.View the full article

After lengthy negotiations, the Jockey's Guild and TRAO have agreed to the terms of a three-year agreement, which include a minimum losing-mount fee of $100, with a fourth-place incentive, and all jockeys will pay the per-mount HISA fee. View the full article

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, has issued trainer Raymond Handal a 22-day suspension for three different dexamethasone positives.View the full article

Saturday, Haydock, post time: 15:35, THE BETFAIR SPRINT CUP-G1, £427,000, 3yo/up, 6fT Field: Annaf (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}), Beauvatier (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Diligent Harry (GB) (Due Diligence), Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal), James's Delight (Ire) (Invincible Army {Ire}), Kind Of Blue (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), My Mate Alfie (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Run To Freedom (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Ain't Nobody (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Big Mojo (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}), Flora Of Bermuda (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), No Half Measures (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire}), Rage Of Bamby (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Sayidah Dariyan (Ire) (Dariyan {Fr}), Sky Majesty (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Time For Sandals (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}). Reserves: Nighteyes (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Celandine (GB) (Kingman {GB}). TDN Verdict: With the weather having changed dramatically across Europe in recent days, the initial feel of autumn is in the air and with it perhaps a shift in the fortunes for some of summer's luminaries. Lazzat's Royal Ascot heroics mark him out as the one to beat, but the way he was brushed aside attempting back-to-back wins in Deauville's Prix Maurice de Gheest suggests this is not cut and dried. The July Cup heroine No Half Measures has to do it all again, but is still unexposed at this trip, while the Commonwealth Cup winner Time For Sandals is up against her elders and has something to prove. Sky Majesty hails from last year's winning stable and is a filly being brought to a peak at the right time, having mastered two competitive Irish sprints, while last year's runner-up Kind Of Blue at last gave us something to hold on to after his lacklustre spring and early summer campaign. Third in the Phoenix Sprint, he has to up his game again, but we know what he is capable of from last year and it is worth remembering that James Fanshawe won this with his relative The Tin Man in 2018. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Kempton, post time: 13:35, THE UNIBET SEPTEMBER STAKES-G3, £90,000, 3yo/up, 11f 219yT Field: Candleford (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Giavellotto (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Meydaan (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Kalpana (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Tasmania (Ger) (Australia {GB}), Satavia (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}). TDN Verdict: This should be straightforward for last year's winner Kalpana as she is geared towards an Arc tilt, especially after her barnstorming effort in the King George. Only the Hong Kong Vase hero Giavellotto offers any meaningful opposition if she is near her peak, coming off a break having run a touch disappointingly in the Coronation Cup. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Haydock, post time: 13:15, THE BEST ODDS ON THE BETFAIR EXCHANGE SUPERIOR MILE-G3, £85,000, 3yo/up, 8f 37yT Field: Balmacara (GB) (New Bay {GB}), Checkandchallenge (GB) (Fast Company {Ire}), Ice Max (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Make Me King (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Prague (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Excellent Believe (GB) (Make Believe {GB}), Fearnot (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Snow Master (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Zeus Olympios (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Suite Francaise (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Suite Francaise returns to the course and distance of her Listed Dick Hern Stakes win and is one of a group of three-year-olds with perhaps some more up their sleeve. They include the unbeaten pair Snow Master and Zeus Olympios, who both face an entirely new challenge tackling the Summer Mile fourth Make Me King. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Kempton, post time: 15:10, THE UNIBET SIRENIA STAKES-G3, £70,000, 2yo, 6fT Field: Beckford's Folly (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Egoli (GB) (No Nay Never), First Legion (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Five Ways (GB) (Kameko), Ninth Crusade (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Rogue Supremacy (GB) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Sirius A (Ire) (Palace Pier {GB}), Super Soldier (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Chicory (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Sayidah Hard Spun (GB) (Ubettabelieveit {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Charlie Appleby always likes to bring a nice type to this race and Beckford's Folly has confidence high following two Newmarket novice wins. Andrew Balding has a strong team of juveniles and puts forward the impressive Salisbury novice winner Five Ways, while Super Soldier is the one with Pattern-race form, having finished second in Chantilly's Prix Robert Papin. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Haydock, post time: 13:50, THE BETTING.BETFAIR ASCENDANT STAKES-Listed, £40,500, 2yo, 8f 37yT Field: Bourbon Blues (GB) (Space Blues {Ire}), Bow Echo (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Glacius (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), He's Waliim (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Publish (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Shayem (Ire) (King Of Change {GB}), Tailgunner Joe (Knicks Go), Midnight Tango (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Impressive at Newbury on debut last month, 'TDN Rising Star' Bow Echo takes on Juddmonte's exciting Publish in an encounter that could have an impact on next year's Classic picture. The latter was forced to miss the Solario last week and the Gosdens obviously hold him in high regard given their record in that Sandown contest. Newmarket winner Glacius is another with abundant potential in a fascinating affair. [Tom Frary]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Lazzat Leads Maximum Field of 17 for the Sprint Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

5th-Kentucky Downs, $180,800, Msw, 9-4, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.74, fm, 1 1/2 lengths. IMAGINATIONTHELADY (f, 2, Not This Time–Romanticism, by War Front) was the most well-regarded first-time starter in the field, going off as the 3-1 second choice behind 2-1 favorite and second-time starter Market Chill (Not This Time). Forwardly placed from her outside gate under Flavien Prat, she pressed the tempo wide of Paris Twilight (City of Light) past the half-mile pole in :46.44. Once given her head with less than a quarter to run, Imaginationthelady spurted clear with ease and lasted safely ahead of a closing Market Chill who wound up 1 1/2 lengths back to fill out a Not This Time-sired exacta. Ashview Farm purchased first dam Romanticism for $280,000 at KEENOV in 2020. She had already produced this winner's half-brother in SP Benissimo (Pioneerof the Nile). And though unraced herself, Romanticism is out of MGISW Sightseek (Distant View). Imaginationthelady has a yearling Liam's Map half-brother and her dam was served by Muth for 2026. Sales History: $300,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $102,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Mark Dobbin; B-Ashview Farm & Colts Neck Stables (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. Imaginationthelady is a debut winner in R5 at @kydownsracing for trainer @brenpwalsh with Flavien Prat in the saddle! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/uIEOiCRMrv — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) September 4, 2025 The post Imaginationthelady Tops Not This Time-Sired Exacta In Kentucky Downs Maiden appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Woodbine Entertainment announced a partnership with 1/ST Racing that will see the Dance Smartly Stakes (G2T) become a qualifying race for the Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T). View the full article

Oaklawn Park recently announced a key leadership transition within its racing and wagering operations.View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features a full-brother to a modern-day great. 2.20 Ascot, Mdn, 2yo, 7fT RAAHEEB (IRE) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is the day's big news, as the ninth foal out of Shadwell's elite broodmare Aghareed (Kingmambo) responsible so far for one of the best to grace the silks in Baaeed and also the King George hero Hukum. Both were by this colt's sire, with the latter's trainer Owen Burrows entrusted with the care of the latest highly promising homebred. In against him are Al Shaqab and Amo Racing's 500,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase Behike (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), a George Scott-trained relative of Dutch Art, and TBT Racing's Norman Invasion (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), an Ed Walker-trained €480,000 Arqana May Breeze-Up graduate whose family features Legatissimo, and Fame And Glory. 5.47 Kempton, Novice, 2yo, 7f (AWT) JOULANY (IRE) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is another by the sire to take the eye, being an 800,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase who is a full-brother to the evergreen multiple Group winner and Group 1-placed Al Aasy. Al Shaqab Racing, Amo Racing and Valmont share the Ralph Beckett-trained colt, whose peers include Shadwell's similarly-unraced Yazin (GB) (New Bay {GB}), a John and Thady Gosden-trained relative of the Group 1 winner Tawkeel. The post Baaeed’s Brother Raaheeb Debuts at Ascot appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Akuta is on a hiding to nothing in homecoming at Addington tonight. But trainer-driver Mark Purdon says he won’t be the one piling the pressure on his exceptional pacer. The former Auckland Cup winner has returned to Canterbury, where he was born and trained for most of his career, to start his run at the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup on November 11. That next step is in the $40,000 Avon City Ford New Brighton Cup tonight and after returning to winning form last start and then drawing barrier 1 for tonight’s 2600m standing start, Akuta opened odds-on with the TAB bookies. That is understandable. He is, after all, a millionaire pacer and if he returns to the absolute best form he showed before a career-threatening injury last year you could make a case Akuta would be the most talented horse in the country. Purdon doesn’t disagree. He just isn’t sure THAT Akuta will be at Addington tonight. “He has done really well since he came back and we are thrilled how sound he has been,” he says. “But he is still working his way back to his peak fitness and he isn’t there yet. “He can win but I’m a touch worried if they go really hard over 2600m he could be found just a bit short of fitness.” Another slight concern for punters who see Akuta, Purdon and barrier 1 and think “good thing” is it would be a shock to see the muscular pacer try to lead throughout as it is a quick front line and it has been a long time since he as put under any pressure in a standing start race. Purdon admits he wouldn’t be stunned, or worried, if Akuta ends up three back on the markers. In some ways that could be the best thing at this stage of his comeback and with an economical trip he could still blast past rivals who simply aren’t as good as him. But those taking the $2 fixed odds quote won’t feel all that comfortable if he has four or five rivals ahead of him starting the last 800m. Summary: If he leads or trails on an average speed Akuta probably wins. If he gets further back and either Alta Meteor or We Walk By Faith get an easier run then they could outsprint him. Purdon and training partner/son Nathan have taken six horses south for the spring with more to possibly join the team later in the region they trained in for more than half Mark’s career. Purdon remarkably hasn’t driven a winner at Addington since Oscar Bonavena won the NZ Trotting Free-For-All in December 2023 and he will be back behind Oscar in tonight’s ITM Ordeal Trotting Cup. He and arch rival Muscle Mountain both start off a 10m handicap and while they are probably past their best the only real threat to emerge to them, Bet N Win, isn’t starting tonight so one of the old boys should win. “Oscar trialed well last week, I let him have his head as he needed a blowout and he has worked well this week,” says Purdon. “I was impressed with how Muscle Mountain won last start though so he will be hard to beat. It might come down to luck in the running.” Confessional could be the blowout chance of the front markers. The stable also have Rubira fresh up after winning the Queensland Derby in July in a sharp three-year-old race tonight and while he has barrier 9 over the 1980m Purdon says he can still win. “He is getting better all the time and has turned into a really good three-year-old.” He is up against the very in-form pair of Bar Louie and Always Dreaming as well as the returning Got The Chocolates. Earlier in the star-studded 13-race programme Treacherous Baby (R6, No.6) takes on the boys in a strong Rating 60-70 with Purdon warning she has missed some work since her last win so could be vulnerable. View the full article

By Michael Guerin On paper the small but select main pace at Alexandra Park tonight looks one of the great ratings certainties ever. But things often aren’t that simple where Sooner The Bettor is involved. The five-year-old finds himself as a Miracle Mile runner-up, to Leap To Fame of all horses, and starting from the ace in a mid-grade mobile 1700m, the Breckon Farms Mobile Pace (5.50pm) tonight . Add to that he has gate speed, the two next most favoured pacers in the race are his stablemates Better Knuckle Up and Jeremiah and the likelihood the five runners should quickly fall into single file, and this looks the perfect comeback race for Sooner The Bettor. And so it may prove to be. After all he was heavily backed after opening a surprising $4.20 second favourite and for all the reasons listed above he should win. But while the best version of Sooner The Bettor has beaten superstars and pushed stablemate Merlin close on plenty of occasions, the less ambitious version of Sooner The Bettor has also been beaten in fields not much better than tonight. He has won just seven races from 44 starts, albeit many in elite company but has also run 15 seconds, as mentioned many to vastly superior horses to those he meets tonight. But the man who knows him and his key rivals best thinks we will see the winning version tonight. “It looks the perfect race for him to come back in,” says co-trainer Scott Phelan. “With his gate speed he should lead and you wouldn’t think it would be a race with a lot of pressure. “We have put Harrison [Orange] on him as that would make it a penalty free win if he gets the job done so there are a lot of positives.” So while Jeremiah, Better Knuckle Up and even The Surfer, who was good returning last start, will be fitter than Sooner The Bettor, after his recent workout run behind Merlin he really should be winning tonight. Phelan says plenty of other members of the team he trains with Barry Purdon faces tough tasks tonight. “Confederate has ended up in a tough race considering his rating but we would rather race here for $17,000 than take an easier option for $8000, I don’t see the sense in that. “We have some nice two-year-olds in both the boys and fillies races but they have all got terrible draws so they are really up against it. “But I thought a horse who could go close was Miki Doo in the last race. He has a better draw that our other horse The Night Agent and is back in maiden grade after being beaten by race winners in 2:41 fresh up last Friday.” Tonight’s meeting also sees some good trot races with Pretty In Pink (R1) and Bolt For The Hill (R7) both winning well enough last start to suggest they could do so again, with the latter opening a very tempting $7 with the bookies. View the full article

After lengthy negotiations, the Jockeys' Guild of America and the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma have agreed to the terms in the form of a 3-year agreement, which includes a minimum losing mount fee of $100, a fourth-place incentive and all riders will pay the per mount HISA fee, the guild said in a Thursday press release. Set to expire on Dec. 31, 2028, the parties plan to immediately seek approval from the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission. The release went on to say that “extensive conversations with the Remington Park colony, as well as the Jockeys' Guild Board of Directors including co-chairman, John Velazquez, the determination was made for the jockeys to pay the HISA fee.” According to the release, Oklahoma is the lone state in which jockeys are required to pay the HISA fees. Before the agreement was reached between the two parties, the minimum fee was set at $75. Guild members refused to ride at Remington, which forced the track to use substitutes Thursday, Sept. 4 and Friday, Sept. 5. In the release, the Jockeys' Guild reported that members will return to saddle on Saturday, Sept. 6. “Even though the Oklahoma Thoroughbred jockeys will still receive a lower losing mount fee than the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Jockeys, the Remington Park Thoroughbred jockey colony came together as one voice and agreed to the losing mount fees scale presented by TRAO,” the release said. “The united colony was concerned and sympathetic to how this standoff was impacting not only owners, but trainers, jockey agents, exercise riders, grooms, hot walkers, valets, starting gate personnel, and pony people, as well as Remington Park, with whom the Jockeys' Guild has an excellent relationship,” the organization added. The post Agreement Reached On Losing Mount Fees For Oklahoma Jockeys appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A stakes winner at ages 2, 3, and 4, C R K Stable's Medoro appears primed for another big effort in her second start off the layoff in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) Sept. 6 at Del Mar.View the full article

Trainer Bob Baffert has won a record 11 Del Mar Debutantes, and could get extend that streak with Himika, Explora, or Bottle of Rouge in the Sept. 6 running of the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) at Del Mar.View the full article

1st-Kentucky Downs, $179,600, Msw, 9-4, 2yo, 7fT, 1:21.43, fm, 3 lengths. REPENTLESS (c, 2, Violence–Song Sung True, by Unbridled's Song) went off as the one of the longest shots on the board at 25-1 Thursday in his debut effort for Kelsey Danner. Positioned mid pack while able to angle down to the rail, he tracked fourth behind race favorite Jet Off (Twirling Candy) who did just that through fractions of :22.08 and :44.88. Hugging the fence around the turn, he caught a dream opening at the top of the long stretch and burst through to the line, staying clear by three lengths over fellow firster and 36-1 shot Clark's Corner (Omaha Beach) to top a huge exacta. Machmer Hall purchased first dam Song Sung True for $62,000 at KEENOV with the winner in utero in 2022. She's produced three other winners from as many to race and has a yearling Practical Joke colt and a weanling Dr. Schivel colt still to represent her. She went to Gunite for the coming season. Sales History: $275,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $102,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-NBS Stable; B-Machmer Hall & Mr. & Mrs. Carrie + Craig Brogden (KY); T-Kelsey Danner. Repentless springs a big upset in the opener at @kydownsracing at 25/1! @kelseyjdanner trains the 2YO and gets her second juvenile winner of the meet! @abeschizza was aboard. The debut winner paid $52.08 to win. #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/yhD7ZY6hyy — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) September 4, 2025 The post Violence Colt Repentless A Debut Winner At Kentucky Downs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Hanshin and Nakayama Racecourses: Saturday, September 6, 2025 6th-HSN, ¥14,250,000 ($96k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m MAGNA VICTOR (c, 2, Maxfield–Eyeinthesky, by Sky Mesa) is set to become the second starter for his dam, a MSW & GSP turf sprinter who was acquired by War Horse Place for $300,000 in foal to War of Will at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. An Apr. 8 foal, the bay was purchased for $75,000 out of last year's Keeneland September Sale and was one of five horses to breeze in :9 4/5 at this year's OBS March Sale before hammering to trainer Mitsumasa Nakauchida for an even $1 million. Yuga Kawada, who was aboard the Nakauchida-conditioned $1-million KEESEP yearling and debut winner Matenro Da Vinci (Uncle Mo) last weekend, has the riding assignment. O-Sanshisuimei Co Ltd; B-War Horse Place LLC (KY); T-Mitsumasa Nakauchida 【２歳馬写真Check】 マグナヴィクトル　牡（父Maxfield・母Eyeinthesky）ゼッケン482、米・War Horse Place LLC生産＝鹿毛#新馬戦 #中内田厩舎#２歳馬通信 pic.twitter.com/77yzxwkRqC — 競馬エイト栗東班【２歳馬通信】 (@2saiba_keiba8) August 15, 2025 Sunday, September 7, 2025 5th-NKY, ¥14,250,000 ($96k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT WHITE NILE (c, 2, American Pharoah–Happy Now, by Mr. Greeley) is the latest to the races for his unplaced dam, a daughter of MSP Meghan's Joy (A.P. Indy), whose nine winners include MGSW & GISP Ironicus (Distorted Humor) and the additional graded winners On Leave (War Front), Norumbega (Tiznow), Hunting (Coronado's Quest) and Quiet Harbor (Silver Deputy). The colt's fourth dam is the highly influential Wild Applause. White Nile, a half-brother to 2024 Nashua Stakes runner-up Vekoma Rules (Vekoma), fetched $50,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale. O-YGG Horse Club Co Ltd; B-Deerfield Farm (David & Loren Osborne), et al (KY); T-Koji Maki The post Million-Dollar Maxfield Breezer Seeks Debut ‘Victor’-y at Hanshin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

During July and August–the height of the summer racing season–graded races happen at a fast and furious rate. With 44 graded events at Saratoga alone added to another 13 tracks conducting at least one graded race during the two-month span, it's a dizzying time to follow top racing on the continent. We break down the main takeaways from the season. Two dozen of the 95 graded races in July and August were contested at the top level, or Grade I. Seventeen of those Grade Is were at Saratoga (or nearly 71%), proving in black and white why it consistently features the toughest racing on the continent. Another 34 races were at the Grade II level in North America, with 37 run as Grade III events. With an additional 27 of the Grade II and III races run at Saratoga, that makes 46% of all graded races run in North America during July and August concentrated at the Spa. More graded races were run on the turf than on the dirt: 46 on the grass, 44 on the main track, and another five on Woodbine's all-weather surface. Five horses were able to pull off graded doubles during the two months: Book'em Danno (Bucchero), Formidable Man (City of Light), Sovereignty (Into Mischief), Surface to Air (Midshipman), and Sweet Azteca (Sharp Azteca). Into Mischief had five individual graded winners, while Twirling Candy had four. In addition, Curlin, Ghostzapper, Not This Time, Nyquist, Quality Road, and Uncle Mo each had three. While several father and son duos each landed graded winners over the summer, a remarkable three generations of one sire line all sired graded winners: Volatile, his sire Violence, and his grandsire Medaglia d'Oro. In addition, the ageless Medaglia d'Oro also had another four sons sire graded winners over the span. Bernardini continues to knock it out of the park as a broodmare sire, with six individual graded winners. Smart Strike had four, while Galileo (Ire), More Than Ready, and Uncle Mo each had three. There were a number of stallions who doubled up as both the sire and broodmare sire of graded winners in July and August: Curlin, Ghostzapper, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Midshipman, More Than Ready, Tapit, Uncle Mo, and War Front. Juvenile racing has kicked off in earnest, with seven graded races for 2-year-olds contested over the two months. One freshman sire, Knicks Go, has already landed his first graded winner. The trainer with the most graded wins over the two-month span is Mark Casse with seven, while Chad Brown and Todd Pletcher each have six. Pletcher leads by Grade I wins with three. Young trainer Panagiotis “Peter” Synnefias, just 26, got his first graded winner, as did Riley Mott and Gustavo Rodriguez. Another trainer, Dan McFarlane, got his first graded win in 20 years. Godolphin bred five individual graded winners, while Brereton C. Jones and Don Alberto Corporation were each listed as the breeder of three. Twenty-six individual graded winners were homebreds, several with partners taken on. The most remarkable homebred feat was probably the GI Ballerina Stakes win by Hope Road (Quality Road), a Cicero Farms homebred, whose dam, Marley's Freedom (Blame), won the same race seven years prior while also carrying the Cicero Farms colors. The graded winners who commanded top prices at public sales included Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), a $2.3-million yearling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, and Leslie's Rose (Into Mischief), a $1.15-million purchase at Keeneland September. The biggest bargain was Chunk of Gold (Preservationist), who fetched just $2,500 at Fasig-Tipton October. Twenty-four of the 90 individual graded winners went through a public North American auction at some point in their lives for under six figures, while 33 went for six figures or more. Eleven went through a European auction. The post 95 Graded Races in July and August: What Did We Learn? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a one-year break, the Goffs Yorton Sale returned on Thursday with a 100 per cent clearance rate, with a gelding by Doctor Dino fetching £105,000 from Paul Cowley's Vanquish Bloodstock to headline the sale of 33 National Hunt-bred two-year-olds. The top lot is already named Doctor Green (lot 20), while another Doctor Dino gelding named Fauchil (lot 13) was the pick of the remainder when sold to to Dai Walters for £95,000, ahead of a Nathaniel filly (lot 12) at £65,000 and a Walk In The Park filly (lot 22) at £60,000. The last-named pair went the way of Mags O'Toole and Lews House Stud, respectively. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “This sale has become an established outlet for National Hunt two-year-olds and it's wonderful to see it back on the sale calendar. David [Futter, Yorton Farm owner] and the Yorton team have done a wonderful job once again in putting this sale together. The horses have received praise from everyone here today and a 100 per cent clearance rate speaks volumes to the quality on offer.” The post Goffs Yorton Sale Returns with £105,000 Top Lot by Doctor Dino appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

6th-DMR, 80K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, 8:32 p.m. Don Alberto had to stretch to $950,000 to acquire YURAK (Tapit) as a yearling at Keeneland last September. Debuting Friday for John Sadler, the filly is exceptionally well-bred with no fewer than four black type earners as half-siblings led by GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile victor and Gainesway stallion Spun to Run (Hard Spun). First dam Yawkey Way, who sold for $600,000 to Gaineway/Whisper Hill Farm in 2020, has also produced SW/MGSP Informed Patriot (who topped the 2024 Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale at $1.55m), SW Tap It All (Tapizar) and SP Extreme Force (Constitution). Rabid Response (Maxfield), from her sire's first crop, is a half-sister to GSW/MGISP Spectator (Jimmy Creed), a mare who in turn has produced GI Santa Anita Derby winner Stronghold (Ghostzapper). A Nguyen/Tran homebred, she was purchased in utero by the pair for $175,000 at KEENOV in 2022. TJCIS PPS The post Friday Insights: Sadler Unveils $950k Daughter Of Tapit At Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Woodbine Entertainment plans to partner with 1/ST Racing and turn the GII bet365 Dance Smartly Stakes into a qualifying race for the GII Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational Stakes, the Canadian track said via a press release on Thursday. The winner of the Dance Smartly at Woodbine will receive an automatic invitation to the 2026 $500,000 race at Gulfstream Park in January. The Dance Smartly is carded for Saturday, Oct. 4 and will be contested at 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf. “We're pleased to partner with the team at 1/ST Racing to add this unique bonus to the Dance Smartly,” said Vice-President of Thoroughbred Racing for Woodbine Tim Lawson. “Pegasus World Cup Day has become an outstanding showcase of our sport and it's exciting that the opportunity to be part of it will be connected to a prominent race on one of our biggest days of the season.” The post Woodbine, 1/ST To Offer Pegasus World Cup Filly And Mare Turf Qualifier appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A native Kentuckian, Brendan Jacobson always knew his heart would lead him into racing, but he wasn't quite sure how until he purchased his first broodmare in 2019. Now six years on and 20 broodmares in, Jacobson is looking forward to offering a City of Light half-sister (hip 357) to Grade I winner Vahva (Gun Runner) through the Warrendale Sales consignment during the second session of Book 1 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale next Tuesday. “She is a quality individual,” Jacobson said of the yearling. “She's been a queen since she was born. She's got a good head on her shoulders, her demeanor is top notch. I have had confidence in her from the beginning. The mare is that way, too. She is just very, very classy.” The mare is Grade I-placed Holiday Soiree (Harlan's Holiday), who has produced not only Vahva, but also graded-placed Ahavah (City of Light) and Signal from Noise (Arrogate). Under his Wimberley Bloodstock banner, Jacobson purchased Holiday Soiree, with the now yearling in utero, for $300,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November sale. Vahva had won the GII Raven Run Stakes just weeks before her dam went through the sales ring at Keeneland, but Jacobson said he was just as impressed with the mare's pedigree as her graded-stakes winning daughter. “Her female family is pretty prolific, if you study it,” Jacobson said. “Governor [Brereton] Jones bred Holiday Soiree and she really goes back to a Ned Evans family, which goes to Intentional Move and her dam, the mare Lunar Dancer born in 1968. Mr. Evans worked with this family for years and built upon it for years and took care of it and then Governor Jones went on to do it. And hopefully I can carry that on.” Hip 357 | Megan Devine The cultivation of decades old families is a part of the breeding industry that sings to Jacobson. “Trying to find these deep female families that have been curated over time is something that interests me,” he said. “And if those families have produced winners, then that interests me even more. And I think your probability of success keeps going up as all of those things keep happening.” Holiday Soiree also had some promising young foals in the pipeline, giving Jacobson even more confidence in the purchase. The mare's City of Light filly had just sold for $400,000 to Cherie DeVaux and Belladonna Racing–the same connections who purchased Vahva in 2021. Named Ahavah, she finished second in the GII Fair Ground Oaks earlier this year. The mare's Nyquist filly sold for $725,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. “I just saw this kind of a loaded track coming,” Jacobson said. “I thought, 'Well, why not?' The mare was getting a little bit older and she failed to meet her reserve and I remember walking over to Hunter Simms at Warrendale and I said, 'Hunter, I'd like to buy her, but I can't pay what you guys are asking for her.' We ended up making a deal and we got her bought. Luckily, it all worked out.” Jacobson is founder and CEO of Walbrook Capital and quietly pleads guilty to being “a numbers guy,” before stressing that he grew up, first and foremost, with a love of racing and the land. “I was born and raised here in Bourbon County, so I am a native Kentuckian,” Jacobson said. “My grandfather was a professor at UK in agriculture. My dad was raised on a farm behind Mt. Brilliant off Huffman Mill Pike. He's told me he used to go pick field corn and sell it to the tourists that were visiting the Man o'War statue.” The connection to the land only deepened when he married Chelsea, another native of Bourbon County he had first met in middle school. “My wife's side of the family are farmers in Bourbon County, so they raise hay, cattle, corn, soy beans, etc,” Jacobson said. “My father in law is a really good producer of high-quality hay. He provides hay to a few farms, one of them was Ann Marie Farms who raised City of Light and it comes full circle that we now have a filly by City of Light. The same hay was fed to Good Cheer, who Ahavah finished second to in the Fair Grounds Oaks. We are just intertwined into the business and the area. It's part of our life.” Ahavah | Hodges Photography Jacobson credited Tom Hinkle with his first involvement in the industry six years ago. “Tom Hinkle is a good friend of mine,” he said. “He and I got talking about the breeding side of the business. And so, with his guidance and advice, I kind of dove in.” Since 2019, Wimberley Bloodstock has steadily added to its numbers. At last year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, the operation's five purchases included graded-placed Unsung Melody (Maclean's Music) (hip 1260), who was acquired for $375,000. “I am a believer that in order to learn something, you have to dive head first into it,” Jacobson said. “And you learn through experience. So over the last six years, I've learned a lot about the horse, I've learned a lot about the business, I've learned a lot about matings. I spend an inordinate amount of time during mating season picking the stallions, who we are going to breed the mares to, consulting with different people. There is a lot of time and effort and energy that goes into what we are doing.” Wimberley Bloodstock's 20 broodmares are divided between Margaux Farm and Lane's End. “We breed racehorses,” Jacobson said. “We don't breed sales darlings that don't go on and do anything. We want to breed a good sturdy, correct horse.” If timing is everything at the horse sales, Holiday Soiree's yearling filly will enter the Keeneland sales ring Tuesday in fine shape. Vahva added a Grade I win to her resume in last year's Derby City Distaff, a race in which her dam finished third in 2013. City of Light, meanwhile, had a pair of graded winners just last weekend when Fierceness won the GI Pacific Classic and Formidable Man captured the GII Del Mar Mile. “I think we will have potential buyers from all over the world look at her,” Jacobson said of the yearling. “If somebody is looking to build a broodmare band, I don't know why they wouldn't want to have this filly on their short list.” As Wimberley Bloodstock inches through its first decade, Jacobson said his goals for the breeding operation are pretty standard. “Obviously, I want to run a good business,” he said. “I want to raise healthy, good horses. And I would like for those horses to win graded stakes races, Grade Is. That's the goal of every breeder, right? To get a horse into the right hands and watch them go on and be successful.” The Keeneland September sale begins Monday with the first of two Book 1 sessions beginning at 1 p.m. Book 2 sessions on Wednesday and Thursday begin at 11 a.m. Following a dark day on Friday, the September sale continues through Sept. 20 with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m. The post ‘Probability of Success’: Jacobson Bullish on Half-Sis to Vahva Heading into Keeneland September appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Leading industry players have their say on the eagerly-anticipated BBAG Yearling Sale If you are looking for a Classic contender, the BBAG Yearling Sale in Baden-Baden cannot be missed. Horses like Lazy Griff and Tamfana are just a couple of recent examples of what can be sourced here and, judging by the amount of international buyers that have made the trip for this year's edition, which kicks off on Friday, competition for the next big-name graduate will be fierce. From leading trainer Joseph O'Brien to Liberty Racing founder Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten, the man who sourced Fantastic Moon and Palladium here, there is a host of people searching for the next Group 1 winner here this week. Then you have first-time consignor Bartek Radzikowski, seasoned professional Jamie Railton and Tom Palin, whose Middleham Park Racing are proud owners of the Derby-placed Lazy Griff, who have also made the trip. Those five industry professionals weigh in on the big topics ahead of what is rightly regarded as one of the most interesting and successful yearling sales in Europe that consistently punches well above its weight on the racetrack. First-time consignor Bartek Radzikowski with his Intello colt [lot 25] How do you weigh up form and pedigrees at this sale? Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten: Personally, I absolutely love the old German families that have been cultivated from some of the bigger stud farms over here. They are very deep families and I love to see fillies and colts that can be traced back to some of those famous families. Joseph O'Brien: We work all sales the same. That is concentrating on the horse in the flesh number one and then the pedigree forms part of that equation. Obviously, we try to find value and Kevin [Blake] helps us with pedigree and form. Bartek Radzikowski: We tried hard to buy foals in Ireland and France but couldn't afford them. So we went to France, where we concentrated on the horses more so than the pedigrees, and it happened that we managed to buy two that we thought would suit this sale. These are staying horses and, the day we bought them, I knew they should come to this sale. I rear all of my horses back in Poland so, geographically, this sale is actually the easiest one for me to get to because it is only a 10 or an 11-hour drive. Tom Palin: We don't follow German form on a day-to-day basis so we tend to concentrate on the physical more than anything else. Jeremy Brummitt, who does a lot of our buying here, studies the form and the pedigrees in more depth but generally we concentrate on the horse first and then the pedigree comes second. Jamie Railton: I have been coming here for a long time. Unfortunately, there have been a few gap years because Tattersalls ran a horses-in-training sale on top of this sale for a few years, which meant I couldn't come. The German thoroughbred is revered around the world and it's important we get behind them. We can't allow the German breed to continue going in the direction that it appears to be heading right now. Germany does not have a flagship stallion right now. Have you seen the progeny of anything that could possibly fill that void? Baumgarten: This is a big problem and, you know, that is the biggest question on everyone's lips coming into this sale. Can Japan, Torquator Tasso or even Alson fill that void? Losing Adlerflug and Soldier Hollow has been very tough on the German market. However, we are positive and look to the future. There are a lot of Torquator Tassos here and I hope he can produce a stayer with speed that can go on and win Cup races in Europe. O'Brien: I'd have a very open mind when it comes to stallions. Some of the more obvious sires are not around anymore here, which is a shame, but as always, we try to find a nice physical for what we deem value. Radzikowski: I have been so busy with my own consignment that I haven't got around to see the stock but I am looking forward to seeing how Torquator Tasso gets on. Palin: Torquator Tasso is going to be key, isn't he? A son of Adlerflug, if he can be a good sire, he will be an important addition to German breeding, which is starting to teeter a little bit. Railton: Sadly, we lost Adlerflug and Soldier Hollow far too young and the responsibility now seems to be resting on the shoulders of Torquator Tasso. From my experience, sometimes it can be the less-obvious stallion who comes to the surface. Whether it's Torquator Tasso or something else, only time will tell. I have seen a lot of his progeny but it is hard to make a judgment on a stallion without seeing 30 or 40 of his yearlings. But that In The Wings sire line has served this country so well and for so long so let's hope it comes good once again. Given this sale comes hot off the heels of the Tattersalls Somerville Sale and the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale, how do you go about getting your eye in and tuning into these bigger, middle-distance types? Baumgarten: I start my yearling sale shopping at this sale every year so I don't have that problem. From here, I will go to Book 2 at Tattersalls and then onto Arqana in October. It was very tough for us to buy a horse at Tattersalls and Arqana last year. Stuart Boman worked hard for us but we got outbid on 10 different horses! We managed to buy a Zarak colt at Arqana but we bought six horses here. So this sale is our main sale every year. The horses here are far more natural. Also, every horse has x-rays and that is a big advantage for the buyer. O'Brien: You generally expect more middle-distance pedigrees here and the horses would look a lot different to the ones who will run next April or May. Once you get into any sale, whether it's precocious types or middle-distance horses, you get a good feel for the stock on the ground and tune into what's on offer. The horses presented here would probably be a bit more natural compared to Britain or Ireland. They have spent more time on the land. Radzikowski: You won't find too many sprinters here. I thought my Intello was a big size, and then I came here and I was like 'oh my God'. There are some very big, stoutly-bred horses here. That is the way they are bred. They are way different. Palin: It's a stark contrast to what we have been looking at over the past couple of weeks. At previous sales, we may have been under-sizing horses and here, perhaps you could over-size them. It is quite a marked contrast in literally 24 hours. But, again, we work with pretty good people who know what they are looking at and we are merely clinging onto their coattails. Railton: Yes, fair comment. We have been selling slightly smaller horses over the past few weeks. I think it's the buyers who have to readjust their eyes to what is a very different type of horse over here. But the international market for these big, scopey middle-distance horses is massive. And these horses are what people want in the long-term, not the short-term. Why do you like coming here? Or, if you are a first-time visitor, why did you decide to come? Baumgarten: I have bought five Group 1 winners – including Fantastic Moon and Palladium – from this sale in the past 10 years. I know every German family inside out and absolutely love it here. We know the families, we know the mares and that is a big advantage. O'Brien: This is my second time coming here and we have had some success with horses who have come from this sale. We think we have some nice stock at home that came from this sale last year as well. I feel like there might be value to be found here. Even forgetting about horses for a moment, Baden-Baden is a beautiful place to come and everyone looks after us really well. Radzikowski: This is my first time coming here and it is also my first time consigning under my own name. I am in deep water but I also feel like I have the right horses. To be honest, I wouldn't have gone out and consigned under my own name if I didn't have the confidence in these horses. This has always been a dream of mine. You have to start somewhere. Palin: The missus is German, so I have to come! On a serious note, we've actually been tipping away at this sale for the past 10 years or so. We first came with Peter and Ross Doyle and bought some good horses. You can get your hands on those stamina-laden genes. Lazy Griff has possibly put this sale on more people's radar, maybe even to our detriment, but you can buy a horse like that who is second-favourite for the St Leger whereas you might not afford similar staying-types at say Book 1 or 2 at Tattersalls. Railton: I enjoy German people and I enjoy selling horses in Baden-Baden. I have a lot of German clients and hopefully they will feel like we have provided them with a good service. Kevin Coleman, Jamie Railton and Sean Grassick at the BBAG sale complex on Thursday What are you hoping to achieve this week? Baumgarten: I'd love to find a Group 1 winner here – an international Group 1 winner would be even better! That is our big target this week. We will try our best and our main vision is to bring as many people as possible into this sport. We created syndicates to find new owners for what is a poor German market right now. I think that is our main objective. O'Brien: I'd love to buy a couple of nice horses. Generally, we're looking for middle-distance horses here. Radzikowski: To find a good house for our horses to live in. I have spent a lot of time with these horses so I want to see them go on to be the best that they can possibly be. I spent 15 years in Ireland and also spent some time in Australia so I have taken a few things from different places and have put them into what I do back home in Poland. But I don't even have a walker where I am based so all of these horses are hand-walked. I always think about where I can improve. Nothing is ever rushed and it's quite a long process prepping them for the sales. So hopefully they can sell well and I can go again next year. Palin: If we could buy anything close to Lazy Griff we'd be very happy. We will try to buy two or three horses and have some trainers in mind, with Charlie [Johnston] being the obvious one. We will try and get as close to the good horses as we can and hopefully lightning can strike twice. Railton: This sale is a good place to come and interact with potential clients who might be interested in selling horses-in-training or breeding stock further down the line. Is there something you have picked up over here that you think could work well back home in your own jurisdiction? Baumgarten: No. The sport is so much bigger and more professional in Britain, Ireland and France. Yes, we have big breeders in Germany, the racetracks are improving and we have a lot of supporters, but we have lost owners and breeders in recent times and things have been tough. Here in Germany, people are interested in soccer, followed by soccer and then more soccer. Other sports, like racing, is fifth or sixth down the line. That is the way it is. O'Brien: Generally speaking, the people in German racing and breeding industries are very hospitable. Whether it is at the races or at sales, everywhere we have gone, we have made new friends. It's a real pleasure to spend a few days here. Radzikowski: The horses are very well handled in Germany and I even saw some consignments showing horses in head collars. They seem to have very good temperaments as well as everything else and they are well-handled. They have great minds. Palin: They don't over-race here whereas there is too much racing back home in Britain. When you only race once or twice a week, you self-regulate the amount of horses who enter the system. There are a lot of horses in training in Britain that probably shouldn't be in the system. Another thing I'd like to bring back to Britain from Germany is a horse that qualifies for the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot! There haven't been many of those at the yearling sales in Britain, unfortunately. Railton: The sausages are fantastic here! You don't get those back home. On a serious note, I'll tell you what is brilliant here; the amount of young people who are going racing and engaging with this sport. That is something that we need to encourage back home in Britain. Finally, more international buyers than ever seem to have made the trip. How do you think that will affect this sale? Baumgarten: It has become much tougher to compete and it is our job to find a gap. We will try our best. We bought Fantastic Moon for €50,000 so, it's not a question of money, you have to find the right horse. O'Brien: I am sure the market will be competitive. Obviously a lot of good horses have come out of this sale but we will be trying to find value. Radzikowski: If you have a nice horse, you will sell it anywhere because that's what the market wants. I am sure the nice horses will sell very well here on Friday. Palin: It is always quite tough to get involved in this market as they can be very regimented in the way they conduct business here. So I think the fact that there are more people here than I have ever seen before, it's going to be even trickier for us to get our hands on the ones we want. But hey, at least more people are coming to this sale and German pedigrees are getting the attention they deserve because we need this jurisdiction back thriving again. Railton: The afternoon flight out here on Tuesday was full. That is because there isn't another sale that is clashing with it but also because of the amount of top-class horses that have come out of this place. This sale has consistently thrown up more than one good horse a year. The post ‘The BBAG Yearling Sale Has Thrown Up More Than One Good Horse A Year’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Andrew Balding's Marchogion is set to headline the Tattersalls Online September Sale following his easy victory in a Chester handicap at the end of last month. A three-time winner over six furlongs for Balding and owners Opulence Thoroughbreds, the son of Mehmas defied a BHA rating of 90 when gaining his latest success on the Roodee, powering clear in the final furlong to land the spoils by over three lengths. Following that win he is now up to a career-high mark of 97. Bred by Rockcliffe Stud, the three-year-old Marchogion is one of three winners from as many runners out of the Pivotal mare Raincall who, in turn, is out of the G1 Goodwood winner Lone Rock (Fastnet Rock). He first sold for 55,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, before being bought by JS Bloodstock and Opulence Thoroughbreds for 160,000gns when returning to Park Paddocks for the Guineas Breeze-up Sale. Entries for the Tattersalls Online September Sale are scheduled to close at 5pm on Friday, September 5, before the main catalogue is published on Wednesday, September 10. Wildcard entries will be accepted until 5pm the following day for the sale which takes place on September 16-17. The post Three-Time Winner Marchogion to Feature in Tattersalls Online September Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Division (Kingman), an 800,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase, had shaped with promise when runner-up on debut at Windsor last month and started as the 4-6 favourite to build on that second time at Haydock. Always comfortable on the front end under James Doyle, the full-brother to the Lowther winner Celandine turned it on approaching the furlong pole to beat Night Mission (Dark Angel) by three lengths. The winner is the fourth foal out of Rockcliffe Stud's Listed Maggie Dickson Stakes winner and G3 Summer Stakes-placed Pepita, with the third being the aforementioned Celandine who also took the Listed Empress Stakes and was placed in the Summer Stakes and Prix Robert Papin. A half-sister to the Criterium International-placed Redolent (Redback) and to the dam of the Flying Five runner-up Son Of Rest (Pivotal), Pepita's yearling filly is by Starspangledbanner. 5th-Haydock, £12,000, Novice, 9-4, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:14.12, gd. DIVISION (GB) (c, 2, Kingman {GB}–Pepita {Ire} {SW & GSP-Eng}, by Sir Prancealot {Ire}). Sales history: 800,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $11,045. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Rockcliffe Stud; T-William Haggas. Middle Park entry Division (Kingman) looks a nice colt and opens his account with ease for @WilliamHaggas, @the_doyler and Wathnan Racing @haydockraces pic.twitter.com/16wM2eG2JT — Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 4, 2025 The post Wathnan’s Tattersalls Book 1 Sensation Division Wins In Style appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Hong Kong Jockey Club opens its 2025-26 season Sept. 7 with champion sprinter and Horse of the Year Ka Ying Rising jumping right into the action as he prepares for an international campaign.View the full article

Zack Gillham has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Racing and Wagering at Oaklawn Park, officials at the Hot Springs, Arkansas, racetrack said in a release on Thursday. Jason Milligan will also transition from his current role to assume the position of the Director of Racing. Gillham, who has been with Oaklawn for over eight years, will oversee all aspects of racing and sports wagering operations at the track. He was most recently employed as the Executive Director of Wagering, where he played a key role in expanding Oaklawn's wagering initiatives. He has also served as Director of Sports and Mutuel Manager. “Zack's deep knowledge of both racing and wagering, along with his proven leadership, makes him the ideal choice to take on this expanded role,” said Oaklawn President Louis Cella. “We are excited to see him lead these key areas of our business and help guide the continued success of Oaklawn's racing and wagering programs.” The post Oaklawn Announces Transition To Wagering Staff appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article