Wandering Eyes

Ascot Racecourse is set to return record prize-money of £17.5 million to the sport in 2024, having announced on Monday its financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2023. Turnover for that period rose by 9% to £110.9 million, with a pre-tax profit of £5.9 million–up from £3.4 million in 2022. The 2023 business summary highlighted several other points of interest: Gross profit percentage fell from 34.5% to 33.8%, reflecting increased costs and general inflationary economic conditions. Profit before tax increased by £2.5 million but EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation), an indicator of cash generated by the business, rose by only £582k (3.8%). The depreciation charge fell significantly as assets are fully written off and interest received on bank deposits benefitted from the high base rate. £11 million of the loan was repaid in 2023 (a £3 million mandatory repayment and a voluntary partial early repayment of £8 million). Net debt as at 31st December 2023 was £9.5 million (2022 £17.2 million). On-course attendance rose to 514,208 racegoers, an increase of 6.3% on 2022 (25 racedays v 24). Domestically, a new three-year deal was agreed with ITV in 2023 to show racing from Ascot between 2024-2026 including all races from all five days of Royal Ascot live. A new four-year media and data rights agreement was also agreed with Arena Racing Company and an extension of the partnership with Sky Sports Racing. Six of the top ten (including ties) racehorses in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings ran at Ascot while internationally trained horses from Australia, America, Hong Kong and France travelled to compete. Total advertised prize-money in 2023 across 25 planned racedays (excluding QIPCO British Champions Day) was £17 million, an increase of £1.33 million on 2022 figures. Strong 2023 performance enabled record planned prize-money in 2024 with £17.5 million set to be on offer, including £10 million at Royal Ascot 2024, an increase of 5% over 2023. Alastair Warwick, chief executive officer at Ascot Racecourse, said, “Overall, we were pleased with our financial performance in 2023 with healthy revenue growth highlighting the continued popularity of racing at Ascot. “As is being widely seen across the sport and leisure industry, costs have increased significantly which means we are operating in a challenging environment. We also have to prioritise our loan repayments and are particularly pleased to have been able to make additional payments in this respect. “The overall picture is positive and as ever we are extremely grateful to all our Partners, Sponsors and Suppliers for their continued support. This allowed us to announce record prize-money this year, which is vital to protect our position on the world stage in an increasingly competitive environment. “Royal Ascot 2024 was a hugely enjoyable and successful week on a number of levels. We are yet to fully finalise the financial performance of the week but we saw good hospitality sales and really strong public attendance numbers which was especially pleasing.” The post Ascot Racecourse Announces 2023 Financial Results appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

If you want to know what endures, you need to know what has changed. To know what really counts, then, you must talk with the guys who have been around longest. “I remember when the first ultrasound scanner came to town,” Padraig Campion says. “A guy called Dr. Norman Rantanen brought the machine in, to show us, and the first mare he scanned was Gold Digger. And sure enough, there's twins there. We didn't know. Down the road we realised it was pretty normal, that a lot of them just go away. But the old guys in the barn, every time it showed twins, they would say, 'Goddam, it's that machine causes them.'” Gold Digger! The dam of Mr Prospector, no less. Campion belongs to a generation of horsemen that has seen it all; and to a subset that saw more than most, the Irish pioneers who migrated to the Bluegrass on the cusp of bloodstock's commercial revolution. Nowadays he sells on a scale apt to his years, his Blandford consignment vastly overshadowed by the industrial operations. But very often these little firms, with a seasoned hand at the tiller, prove to be the ones that see the big picture most clearly. “One of my last years at Spendthrift, a horse called Princely Native bred 80 mares,” he recalls. “And people nearly went on strike. How could a horse breed that many mares!? But I rubbed Affirmed, and I rubbed his father Exclusive Native, and I rubbed Majestic Prince, still one of the best-looking horses ever.” And the daddy of them all, all that clan anyway: Raise A Native. “Looked like no horse I'd ever seen before,” Campion says. “Because he was the American Quarter Horse with a bit of stretch. Nothing like that in Ireland, where we were used to looking at Great Nephew and Habitat.” Not that those prototypes of the old country had especially featured in his own upbringing. “I grew up on the Curragh, so it was either horses or join the army-and I didn't want to get my hair cut,” Campion says. “My dad liked a bet and he knew the groom of Santa Claus. The milkman would go by Darkie Prendergast's place and then come by the post office, where my dad worked, and let him know how the horse had gone that morning. So they followed him all the way, and when he won the Derby [in 1964] my dad bought a house out of it.” Campion himself just missed a big ante-post payday with Le Moss (Ire), when he ran second in the 1978 St Leger, having meanwhile begun his education at Brownstown Stud (which was in the same ownership). The farm was right next door, and Campion could just stroll to work across a field-but he could not have had a better mentor, had he walked the length of the island. “Tony Butler was one of the greatest horsemen ever,” he declares. “So many of us learned our lessons under Tony, and he made sure you learned them properly. His great expression was: 'God bless you, your mother reared a jibber.' And then he'd tell me to go off and join the effing army. Gerry Dilger was there. Anthony Stroud was there. Though I was rarely on time myself, I always had to wake up Anthony on the way, in his caravan in the yard.” Brownstown famously offered its yearlings in pairs, giving the successful bidder the pick. That was intended to give the market confidence, but very often the reject would turn out to be the better of the pair. Of course, being sent to Seamus McGrath at Glencairn was no hindrance-but it showed these young men that horses would often confound assumptions, which gave everyone some kind of chance. As for so many others who ended up in Kentucky, however, Campion's launchpad was the Irish National Stud course. He was one of the first young graduates “traded” to Spendthrift Farm, where John Williams had asked Michael Osborne for staff better equipped to meet his peerless standards. So it was that Campion found himself on a Greyhound bus out of New York in November 1979. At the first rest station, he marveled to be able to buy “beer” from a vending machine. He remembers thinking: “What a country!” Now he adds drily: “Never tasted root beer since.” In other respects, however, the land of opportunity lived up to its billing. “Spendthrift was a great university, a great place to learn,” Campion says. “You got exposed to everything. Of course, it was hugely different from home. Because it was so big, you had to specialize: you worked with the broodmares or the stallions or the yearlings. But over the years I did a bit of everything, and I learned about the sales from John, and Don Snellings. “The covering shed was interesting on St. Paddy's Day. There were a few times people had to be picked up off the floor. But John understood, being half-Irish and half-Italian. Fun times. Met a lot of good people and learned a lot.” Because, again, horses seldom made things obvious. Looking at Gallant Man, for instance, you saw nothing that explained his ability. And nor does Campion quite share the reverence of Williams for Nashua. “I'll admit it, that horse scared me,” he says. “He was different. If you were standing at his door and he didn't want you there, he'd just ease on over and next minute make this scream, you'd think somebody was dying. One day a bunch of Japanese tourists came round. We had a sign, 'Do Not Take Photographs Of Nashua.' So he just moseys on over, reaches out and grabs the camera around this guy's neck. If the strap hadn't snapped, he was done. Beautiful horse, though. Never had a son, but his daughters were gold dust.” Seattle Slew was a notoriously tricky breeder. “But I got on really well with him,” Campion says. “He was so smart. He used to be ridden every day. One day the rider didn't show up, and John got on him. I can't remember how much he was syndicated for, but John was white-knuckled when we peeled him off. Because any minute this thing could run away and go through the fence. You'd try something new with him every day but in the end if the mare wasn't ready, Slew wasn't doing it. Though when he did breed a mare, he got her in foal: his fertility was fantastic.” After six years, Campion had earned his stripes sufficiently to be recommended him for a position of responsibility on another farm. Not being at a stage of his career where he needs to ingratiate himself with anyone, the best Campion can say of this next job was that it made him realize there was little point doing most of the work if other people were banking the profits. To be fair, however, the sheer volume of traffic made for a very effective finishing school. “They would sell probably 200 yearlings annually, we were probably prepping 80, and I was only 25 at the time,” Campion reflects. “So you either sink or swim. It was back at the time when Northern Dancer seasons were selling for $1 million, no guarantee. The Arabs were coming in, Wall Street was getting involved, there were people thinking this was an easy game. That's why we have market corrections: it sorts out the guys who can last from the ones that come in and make a splash for a couple of years.” After five or six years, Campion and his wife Aveen took the plunge: they bought a farm and leased the Xalapa Training Center. “We had some great clients, and a bunch of Irish guys riding for me-Declan O'Brien, Adrian Regan, Ted Campion and Frankie O'Connor-who were a big help as well,” Campion says. “We had some great horses come through there. We broke The Tin Man [for owner-breeders Ralph and Aury Todd] and took him back after he won the [GI Arlington] Million, did the old blister and pin-fire, sent him back and he won another Grade I.” Dixie Union was another to confirm Campion in his opinion of Richard Mandella. “He's magic, amazing, thinks like a horse,” he says. “Richard can tell you stuff about a horse when you're looking at him here in Kentucky, and he's out in California.” An earlier Million winner who went through their hands had been Marlin (Sword Dance {Ire}). “So, yes, a lot of nice horses, but it's working with great people too that really helps,” Campion says. “All horses have their personalities and I think that's what makes a good trainer, the ability to figure them out. The good ones need the work and the bad ones can't take it. Plus I think all good horses I've ever been around were really intelligent. With time, we got more and more into the sales. And though we sold the farm a few years ago, we're still stuck in the sales! But I like it, it's great fun, and we're only getting good at it now.” True, some of the changes to the commercial landscape he finds uncongenial: the power of agents nowadays; the herd-like stampede from one set of new sires to the next; and, purely from a vendor's point of view, partnerships between programs that would previously have been in competition. “I try not to be a sheep,” Campion remarks. “Certain stallions, you're not going to get well paid, and patience can be expensive. But I will try to take a chance with second-, third-year horses. Good Magic, for instance. When he won at the Breeders' Cup, I said this is really good horse. But I let him go the first year and then bred to him when he was $30,000. I bought a no-guarantee, really pushed the limits, and we sold the filly last year very well. You're not going to get it right all the time-but you don't have to.” Above all, perhaps, he laments the fading of color from the scene. “The characters aren't really there anymore,” he says. “Some of those guys wouldn't make it today, they'd be ostracized. But some of the stories, the parties, the elephant rides and everything. Not that I was ever asked!” He names a couple of patricians from Europe who stole a limousine from one of Tom Gentry's parties and wrecked it in town; another that rode a Harley nude into the swimming pool. “Maybe that's all still going on, and I just don't know about it,” Campion says. “To be fair, there are a lot of very good, professional young people around now and some of them have a very good eye: Phil Hager, Lauren Carlisle, Liz Crow. But nobody buys horses on spec any more. I admire the English trainers who do that, buy the horses and then divvy them up. Over here very few trainers even come by the sales anymore.” But none of the next generation has more promise-nor a better grounding-than his own daughter, an assistant trainer to Steve Asmussen. Campion remembers Sarah doing cards at the sale, no more than seven or eight years old, when Michael Matz came by and asked to see Hip 485. “I'm really sorry, that one's out,” Sarah said. “But we have a lovely Storm Cat filly we could show you.” Matz turned to Campion. “She's going to be good!” Nobody could still hope to make quite the same career as her father, in this day and age. “It would be very hard to claim horses, the way we used to, there are so many people doing it now,” Campion says. “And you can't do foals-to-yearlings anymore, either, it's too competitive and you have to pay too much. So now I'm just kind of settled in my little niche where I'm selling a bunch of horses, and we've the three mares of our own. They all have different stuff going on, and if that works out, it works out. So the dream is still alive. And if it doesn't, we might just ease on into the sunset.” But the fundamentals abide. “When I worked for Tony Butler, I learned that if you don't have the horses you don't have anything,” Campion reflects. “So you've got to take care of them. Treat them right, they treat you right.” And you're far more likely to do that, of course, if you just remember why we bring these animals into the world-which is not merely to make a few bucks. Last year, Campion managed to claim a filly against a dozen other slips, and ended up running her in the GIII Go For Wand Stakes. “And at the 1/16th pole she was still leading,” he recalls. “That was the best thrill I ever had at the races. She faded to fourth but we still doubled our money on the claim. Another time we had a little filly we couldn't sell. We were only getting nine grand for her, and she had her problems, so we sent her to the track and she won four races. That's the real fun. When people ask you what the best part of the game is, that's what we should push: winning a race, any kind of race. “Everybody's complaining about this and that, but we need to concentrate more on the positives-because there are lots of them. Purses are amazing, especially in Kentucky. When Lukas was rocking and rolling, he had his stationery: 'D. Wayne Lukas Racing Stable – Hollywood Park, Monmouth Park, Churchill Downs.' And at the bottom: 'Bring your dreams to us.' And that summed it all up. That's what it's all about. It's still a great game. We keep trying to kill it, but it'll never die. To see a foal born, and stand up for the first time, that's unreal. And with it you have all the dreams. Every horse is a dream.” The post Shamrocks in the Bluegrass: Padraig Campion of Blandford Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

MV Magnier has described the Japan Cup as “the main aim” for Auguste Rodin (Ire) where the six-time Group 1-winning son of Deep Impact (Jpn) will bid to bridge a gap of almost two decades to the last European-trained winner of the race. Speaking at the JRHA Select Sale in Japan last week, Magnier firmed up plans for Auguste Rodin, who is the culmination of over 10 years of Coolmore breeding mares to Japanese-based stallions. He also confirmed that Coolmore has supported Kitasan Black (Jpn), the sire of Equinox (Jpn), as well as Japanese Triple Crown winner Contrail (Jpn), with a handful of mares each this year. Both stallions are based at the Shadai Stallion Station, where Deep Impact famously stood for 11 seasons. “We've been sending mares to Japan for over 10 years now and September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) came from that first crop,” Magnier told TDN Europe. “They have been exceptionally good people to work with, to deal with, to have anything to do with.” Explaining what sparked that maiden voyage to Japan with high-class mares such as Peeping Fawn (Danehill), the four-time Group 1 heroine, who went on to become to dam of the Chesham Stakes winner September, he added, “Deep Impact was one of the best stallions in the world at the time and Dad [John] was very keen to use him. He was doing so well here in Japan but then he had a couple of very good winners in France for the Wertheimers as well. He also had a French 1,000 Guineas winner [Beauty Parlour (GB) in 2012] out of a Giant's Causeway mare. “We just got incredibly lucky in his last year that Auguste Rodin came out. As I said, they have always looked after us very well in Japan and we were lucky to get all of those mares in foal to him as he died shortly after we got Rhododendron (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in foal.” The Coolmore team viewing foals in Japan back in 2019 | Emma Berry Deep Impact's final crop totaled just 13 foals, of which Auguste Rodin is the most high-profile runner. In fact, Coolmore had intended to send more than just Rhododendron to the legendary stallion, but were forced to reshuffle the pack when Deep Impact's health deteriorated. Fluff (Ire) was one such mare. A sister to Group 1 winner Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who famously went on to produce the multiple Group 1 and Classic-winning Saxon Warrior (Jpn), Fluff was re-routed to Heart's Cry (Jpn) at the last minute. The resulting foal, Continuous (Jpn), won the St Leger last season before finishing a gutsy fifth in the Arc. But it is Auguste Rodin who has been described as potentially one of the most important additions to the Coolmore stallion roster by those behind the scenes. Speaking after snapping up a number of high-profile mares at Goffs last year, Magnier told journalists that, 'When Auguste Rodin won the Derby, I'd say it was 30 seconds later when Dad rang me and said, 'this is the most important thing that has happened to Coolmore since Galileo won the Derby.' Revisiting that quote in Japan, Magnier said, “And it really was. Aidan [O'Brien] summed it up perfectly when he said that Auguste Rodin is the meeting of two continents–Deep Impact and Galileo. He's out of a champion–is exceptionally well bred. He is very good-looking and is a six-time Group 1 winner who has done it at two, three and four.” He continued, “We've figured him out now. He needs quick ground and to be ridden aggressively. Really, the dream is to bring him out here for the Japan Cup later in the year. That will be his main aim this year.” In Deep Impact's absence, Coolmore has sent mares this year to Kitasan Black, who stands for ¥20,000,000 [roughly €116,000] and enjoyed a memorable Select Sale with progeny of his topping the yearling and foal session, while Japanese Triple Crown winner Contrail [¥15,000,000/ €87,000] has been supported with mares as well. “The world is getting smaller,” Magnier acknowledged. “We really go by what [Shunsuke Yoshida] and the team at Shadai tell us what to do. We've sent a few mares to Contrail and Kitasan Black this year. Contrail was a very good racehorse and is very well-bred. He's a very good-looking horse and he ticks all the boxes. He is unproven but hopefully it will work out for him. “They [the Yoshida family] have been great supporters of ours down through the years and have sent plenty of mares our way. They buy a lot of mares from us as well. It's been a very good relationship.” The post MV Magnier: ‘We’ve Figured Auguste Rodin Out – Japan Cup Is The Main Aim’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A gofundme support page has been launched for Carolyn Toscano, who has been battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) since her diagnosis at age 45. The Toscano family has had a longstanding presence in New York's Thoroughbred racing industry. “The family needs all the help they can get!” said Lisa Bonich, who organized the gofundme page on behalf of Toscano. “All funds raised with go directly towards the cost of medical equipment, treatments and home aids and all portions not covered by insurance. Your support in any form is beyond appreciated!!!” To make a donation in support of Carolyn Toscano, click here. The post Gofundme Launched to Support Caroyln Toscano appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For the second consecutive year, the winner of the $600,000 GI Saratoga Derby Invitational at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 3 will receive an invitation to the A$5 million G1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in Melbourne, Australia, according to a New York Racing Association release Monday. The winning connections of this year's Saratoga Derby, which was established in 2019 and is contested over 1 3/16 miles [1900 meters], will be afforded an automatic berth into the 2024 Ladbrokes Cox Plate, with subsidies for transportation and accommodation. In 2021, Joseph O'Brien became the first trainer to achieve the double with globetrotting State of Rest (Ire), who won the Saratoga Derby before venturing to Melbourne to win the Cox Plate. State of Rest later won the G1 Prix Ganay in France and the G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. “When assessing the strength of the Ladbrokes Cox Plate in recent years, there is a very definitive correlation between international participation, strong race ratings and strong wagering numbers,” said Moonee Valley Racing Club's Head of Racing, Charlotte Mills. “The Saratoga Derby brings together a talented contingent of northern hemisphere three-year-olds each year, and we are hoping to see more of them follow the path paved by Joseph O'Brien and State of Rest.” Entries for the 1 Saratoga Derby will be taken on Sunday, July 28. The post Saratoga Derby Returns as a Qualifier for Ladbrokes Cox Plate appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Auld Jock finished just half a length short of superstar jumper The Cossack in Saturday’s Wellington Steeplechase (5500m), and Peter and Jessica Brosnan now have their sights set on a trip to Riccarton Park next month for the Grand National Steeplechase (5600m). The diminutive gelding stepped up to open grade with a creditable run for fourth in the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) a fortnight ago and tackling the unique course at Trentham, he looked right at home from the outset. Joshua Parker rode a patient race on Auld Jock, travelling quietly in midfield, and as the pressure came on crossing over to the course proper, he was among the dangers to catch The Cossack and a storming finish had him within touching distance of the biggest win of his short jumping career. “We were absolutely rapt with him, he’s certainly got the makings of a good little horse, so onwards and upwards,” Jessica Brosnan said. “He kept coming really strongly at the finish, so it was pretty exciting. “Josh rode him perfectly, he cut all the corners and had him on the inside everywhere he could. He jumped him well, we couldn’t fault the ride. “He wants to stick with him, so that’s a good sign as well.” The Brosnans headed straight back to their base at Matamata after the marathon jumping contest, where the son of Adelaide will have a few quiet days before preparing for their southern mission. “He was a bit tired so we brought him home late on Saturday instead of staying down there for another night, just so he could have a sleep and wake up in his paddock,” Jessica Brosnan said. “It saves him sitting on the truck for seven or eight hours on Sunday to get home. “He’s had a couple of days off and now he’ll have some time in the swimming pool and on the walker, then we’ll get back into it and make some plans. “I’m just running through the logistics now, we’ll get him down to Christchurch and if he settles in well, we’ll have a go at both days. “It would be nice for him to get a look around the course before the big race, although he adapted to Wellington so easily and jumped every jump so beautifully. “If he didn’t settle in for whatever reason, we can skip the Koral and go straight into the National. I don’t know what will be in on the first day, so it might be a good chance for him to pick up a nice prize down there. “I said to Peter that we’ll need to take another horse as well so that’ll probably be Teen Titan, he’s improving at every run over hurdles so he can run both days and be a travel buddy for Jock. “We’re in the middle of lambing and calving so getting down to Christchurch for 10 days will be a bit of a marathon, but it’s been our goal all the way through with this horse if he kept stepping up so we’re going to make it happen.” The Wellington meeting provided a strong turn-out in the jumping events, including 30 runners at maiden grade, an important and exciting improvement for the future of the sport in Brosnan’s perspective. “Hopefully we can find more horses like Jock and continue being competitive in these big races next year, jumps racing is really picking up and we had an amazing day down there on Saturday,” she said. “Every horse got around and jumped well, so many people commented to us on the quality of the day and fields. “We’ve got the jockeys now and a couple more coming over, so the atmosphere among the jumping people is great. “Looking at a horse like Jock, he didn’t win a race on the flat but he’s got the skill and toughness to make a really nice jumper, so there are opportunities for horses like him.” View the full article

New Zealand-breds have long held a strong record in Hong Kong, which was further enhanced at the 2023/24 Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards on Friday when Ka Ying Rising was crowned Champion Griffin. The son of Shamexpress has been a standout in the Asian racing jurisdiction, winning five and runner-up in two of his seven starts last season for trainer David Hayes, highlighted by his victory in the Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase (1200m) last month. Ka Ying Rising became the third New Zealand-bred to be crowned Champion Griffin in the last five years, joining multiple Group One winner Lucky Sweynesse (2022) and Good Luck Friend (2020). Bred by Grandmoral Lodge Racing, Ka Ying Rising is out of the Per Incanto mare Missy Moo, and had a couple of jump outs for Marton trainer Fraser Auret before he was sold to clients of Hayes and had a few trials in Australia before making his way to Hong Kong. Friday’s announcement was welcome by Windsor Park Stud, who stand Ka Ying Rising’s sire Shamexpress. “He (Shamexpress) leaves good horses up there and he also has that very good horse in Singapore as well, Lim’s Saltoro,” Windsor Park Stud General Manager Steve Till said. “It has been exciting to watch his (Ka Ying Rising) progress through the autumn. His time in the Sha Tin Vase was very good. “He has a champion trainer in David Hayes, who knows good horses so well, and he is targeting him towards the international meeting in December for the Group One sprint race. You know the horse must be pretty good when David is talking about the horse in those sorts of terms, and is setting the horse for that sort of race. “He could end up being Shamexpress’s best. He (Shamexpress) is a very good sire and he has got two beauties going around for him at the moment.” Till said gaining accolades such as Champion Griffin is very important for stallion careers. “Our Asian markets are very important and none more so than Hong Kong,” he said. “The standard is so high there that if you have got a stallion that can sire good horses up there, the market demand then increases and that filters right through. “In the case of Ka Yong Rising, he is out of a Per Incanto mare, and Per Incanto is a good example of that. His progeny have done very well in Hong Kong as well, and that combination all bodes well.” Till said Shamexpress’s progeny are well suited to Hong Kong because of their demeanour. “He is a great stallion to have around and he is a very physical stallion,” he said. “He is a straightforward horse to mate to because he leaves good types, but he can impart a very good constitution and brain into his progeny, and I think that stands them in very good stead when they go to overseas environments like Hong Kong and Singapore. It is a great thing to have in your armoury when you are a stallion, and I think that has contributed to his success.” Shamexpress stands at Windsor Park Stud, near Cambridge, for a fee of $8,000+GST. View the full article

Racing at Ruakaka is well-suited to Patricia and the local mare sprinted to her fourth win at the course for Rick Wells on Saturday. A five-year-old by Super Easy, Patricia indicated she had plenty to offer in her first season of racing last term, producing a trio of victories at her home track. Returning as an older mare, she took a few starts to find that form but did so with a tidy run for second behind Pippy last start, setting her up to be a key contender in the undercard sprint race of ITM/GIB Finals day. In a compact field of five, it was tipped to be a match race between Patricia ($3.70), stakes performer Illicit Dreams ($2.60) and Byerley Park visitor Love Affirmations ($3.30), and the script couldn’t have been more accurate, with the three going to battle down the straight. In a sensational photo-finish, Patricia was announced the eventual winner by a short head under Sam Spratt, with Illicit Dreams collecting second place by a nose to Love Affirmations. Wells hadn’t been sure she had got over the line on top but was delighted when the call came. “I thought it was a huge run, I wasn’t sure she had got up at the line so I stayed back at the TV to watch the replay and I could see she just got her head in front,” he said. “Her only option really now is an 1100m race up here, because she can’t handle heavy tracks. That is an open race, so she’ll have to race in that grade, but the time on Saturday was fairly quick so hopefully she’ll handle the step-up.” Patricia was the 27th winner in Wells’ training career, made more special as she was a homebred and is co-owned by the local horseman. “She’s a lovely horse to have around, a wee bit aggressive but these mares tend to have a bit of that,” he said. “She’s push button to work, she just goes out and does her thing. She’s a real professional.” Out of a Spectatorial mare Xpectastar, Wells also has a two-year-old full-sister to Patricia in the stable who he has plenty of time for. “If you saw them standing side-by-side you wouldn’t think they were sisters, they are totally different looking horses,” he said. “The filly looks a bit like Spectatorial who her mother was by, and if she was as fast as him we’d be pretty happy because he won the Blue Diamond (Gr.1, 1200m). “She’s just started to do a bit of fast work now, we haven’t rushed her and she had a bit of a foot problem which we’ve got sorted now. We’ll probably get her to the jump-outs or trials up here then she can have a break before the spring time. “We’re in no hurry as she’s a nice filly.” At 71 years old, Wells describes himself as ‘mostly retired’, but receives a massive thrill out of preparing his select team. “I’ve just got those two, I’m retired really and I enjoy just having a couple to work with. It’s especially good when you have days like Saturday,” he said. “During the week I just get up about half-past six, have a coffee and head down to the track. I’ve got Ian Perry to ride the older horse (Patricia) and Eddie Turns rides the young one so that’s our morning. “For the rest of the day I try not to find any more work which is quite good.” View the full article

A Randwick double and a winning turn at Caulfield completed a rewarding weekend for Cambridge Stud. The Waikato nursery celebrated the successes of homebreds Defining and War Eternal in Sydney while the colours of farm principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay were carried to victory in Melbourne by Lovazou. “Obviously, a big focus of our business is to be successful in Australia at a metropolitan level, so it was nice to see that happen,” said Scott Calder, Head of Sales and Nominations at Cambridge Stud. “It’s been a really successful season and hopefully we can continue that momentum into the new season and spring racing.” Defining was sold for $225,000 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale in 2020 with Mitchell Bloodstock and G1 Goldmine signing the ticket for the daughter of Not A Single Doubt. She won twice and finished runner-up in the Listed Nitschke Stakes (1400m) from Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s stable before she was offered at the 2023 Inglis Chairman’s Sale. Defining resold to Mitchell Bloodstock and Yes Bloodstock for A$280,000 and relocated to Annabel Neasham’s yard and now has four wins and nine placings from her 19 starts. She is out of the Encosta De Lago’s Group performed daughter Seduced, whose dam Dama De Noche won the Gr.3 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. “She’s been a somewhat frustrating mare and had a few years when she was empty,” Calder said. “For a mare of her age she hasn’t had as many foals on the ground as we would have liked, but she has a nice Hello Youmzain filly in the paddock, which is quite exciting given the way the stallion has started off in Europe.” War Eternal was a $160,000 Karaka purchase for trainer Bjorn Baker and Clarke Bloodstock and is the first foal of the Fastnet Rock mare Aleria. The son of Pierro has won three races and during his three-year-old season ran second in the Gr.3 Spring Stakes (1600m), third in the Gr.2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) and finished fourth in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m). His dam is out of the multiple black-type winner Impressive Eagle whose half-brother Eagle Way won the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) and the Gr.2 HKJC Cup (2400m). “Aleria has been a good mare for us with a black-type performer and we’ve had some nice results in the sale ring with her,” Calder said. “Her Almanzor filly Undaunting has been a winner after selling well (A$250,000, Inglis Premier Sale). “She has a Per Incanto colt on the ground who will hopefully be another good prospect at the sales next year.” Meanwhile, the Danny O’Brien-trained Lovazou has won three of her seven starts and finished runner-up on debut in last season’s Gr.3 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. She was purchased out of Kia Ora Stud’s draft at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale for A$400,000 and is a daughter of the Lonhro mare Lovani. “It was great to get a metropolitan win to go with that black type and we’ve had a bit of luck with the Zoustars that we have raced,” Calder said. Notable among them is the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) winner Joliestar and the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) winner Habana. The Chris Waller-trained Joliestar could resume next month in either the Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) or the Gr.3 Show County Stakes (1200m) while Habana, prepared by Lance Noble, may target the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m). View the full article

What Newcastle Races Where Newcastle Racecourse – 100 Darling St, Broadmeadow NSW 2292 When Tuesday, July 16, 2024 First Race 12:20pm AEST Visit Dabble Provincial racing heads to Newcastle on Tuesday afternoon, with a competitive eight-race program set for decision. The rail is out +6m the entire circuit, and although the track is rated a Soft 6 at the time of acceptances, the sunny skies predicted in the lead-up should have the surface improving throughout the week. All the action is scheduled to get underway at 12:20pm local time. Best Bet: Monty Be Quick Monty Be Quick didn’t go a yard on the Heavy 10 surface at Scone on July 2 and warrants forgiving as he heads into his third Australian start. The European import was strong prior to that second-up failure when crowded for room at a crucial stage at Hawkesbury on June 18. He should strip fitter now, and with the ideal run likely to fall his way from barrier three, Monty Be Quick will prove hard to hold out as he searches for his maiden success. Best Bet Race 2 – #1 Monty Be Quick (3) 4yo Gelding | T: Nathan Doyle | J: Aaron Bullock (59kg) +150 with Bet365 Next Best: Dumebi Dumebi was well beaten by five lengths first-up at Warwick Farm on June 26 but had excuses returning from a 399-day spell. The son of Lonhro had the wheels spinning a long way out on the bottomless conditions, unable to show his best in the final furlong. The Ciaron Maher-trained colt appears perfectly placed getting back to provincial company for the first time, and with the improving conditions likely to play into his favour, Dumebi should go close to shirking the maiden tag. Next Best Race 3 – #3 Dumebi (5) 3yo Colt | T: Ciaron Maher | J: Ashely Morgan (59kg) +100 with Neds Best Value: Promiscuous Girl Although Promiscuous Girl has been defeated by a combined 10.5 lengths across two barrier trials, her work has been much better than it appears as she debuts for the Chris Waller barn. She was hardly asked for an effort in her recent jump-out at Rosehill on July 12, going through the wire hard held under Jason Collett. Rory Hutchings gets the nod for race-day, and with gate five allowing Promiscuous Girl to lob into the one-one throughout, the three-year-old should get every chance to make an impression at the each-way price with online bookmakers. Best Value Race 4 – #6 Promiscuous Girl (5) 3yo Filly | T: Chris Waller | J: Rory Hutchings (58kg) +1100 with Unibet Tuesday quaddie tips for Newcastle races Newcastle quadrella selections Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2-3-6 1-3-7-8-9-11 1-5-6-7-9 2-3-5-6-10 Horse racing tips
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Stan Tsaikos made it four straight wins on the Terry Gillett-trained Altar Boy at Alice Springs on Sunday. (Brendan McCarthy/Racing Photos) Former Queensland galloper Altar Boy is loving life in Alice Springs. The four-year-old gelding made it four straight wins at Pioneer Park on Sunday when, as a $1.50 favourite with online bookmakers, he led throughout over 1600m (0-70) to outclass his rivals by 4.4 lengths. Altar Boy, whom trainers Terry and Leanne Gillett acquired from Townsville trainer Sarah Acornley – wife of former Darwin jockey and trainer Carl Spry – had failed in five previous attempts over 1600m. His best result was a third over 1630m (BM70) at Doomben in September 2022 after spending time with Sunshine Coast trainer Stuart Kendrick. In his first eight starts as a two-year-old and one as a three-year-old in Townsville, Spry secured two wins and seven minor placings aboard the son of The Mission. After a win and a second in his next six starts for Kendrick, Altar Boy returned to Acornley where he managed a third from 11 starts. In his first start for the Gillett’s, the gelding was fifth in May over 1200m (BM54) before clicking into gear. His first three wins were over 1400m before stepping up to 0-70 class on Sunday, but that didn’t prove a burden. There was another short-priced favourite to salute on the program with Lisa Whittle’s Another Val ($1.40), ridden by Sonja Logan, getting to the lead in the home straight before overcoming Gillett’s Supreme Goal ($10) and Ray Viney’s All Fosted by 1.8 lengths in an 1100m maiden. Another Val sealed that first win at the 19th attempt. It took 10 attempts, but Greg Connor’s Vitesse Breeze ($13) finally won a race over 1400m when he made his move at the 600m against 0-58 opposition before shaking off Gillett’s Valley Prince ($5) in the home straight to win by half a length. Victory basically sealed the jockeys’ premiership for Paul Denton (24) as it’s hard to see Logan (19.5) bridging the gap. Adelaide jockey Stacey Metcalfe was making her Alice Springs debut and ended the day with a win when Will Savage’s Talent Quest ($9), a last start winner in November, finally edged clear late in the peace before prevailing over 1000m (BM54) by two lengths. Viney’s Tango Stepz (Jessie Philpot), the $11 outsider, was forced three deep early before sharing the lead with Luskin Hero, but that didn’t stop the mare from winning the 1200m open handicap by half a length from Gillett’s Ornamental Lady ($5.50) and Whittle’s Il Don Cavallo ($4.20). Horse racing news View the full article

War Eternal winning at Randwick last Saturday. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au A Randwick double and a winning turn at Caulfield completed a rewarding weekend for Cambridge Stud. The Waikato nursery celebrated the successes of homebreds Defining and War Eternal in Sydney while the colours of farm principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay were carried to victory in Melbourne by Lovazou. “Obviously, a big focus of our business is to be successful in Australia at a metropolitan level, so it was nice to see that happen,” said Scott Calder, Head of Sales and Nominations at Cambridge Stud. “It’s been a really successful season and hopefully we can continue that momentum into the new season and spring racing.” Defining was sold for $225,000 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale in 2020 with Mitchell Bloodstock and G1 Goldmine signing the ticket for the daughter of Not A Single Doubt. She won twice and finished runner-up in the Listed Nitschke Stakes (1400m) from Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s stable before she was offered at the 2023 Inglis Chairman’s Sale. Defining resold to Mitchell Bloodstock and Yes Bloodstock for $280,000 and relocated to Annabel Neasham’s yard and now has four wins and nine placings from her 19 starts. She is out of the Encosta De Lago’s Group performed daughter Seduced, whose dam Dama De Noche won the Group 3 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. “She’s been a somewhat frustrating mare and had a few years when she was empty,” Calder said. “For a mare of her age she hasn’t had as many foals on the ground as we would have liked, but she has a nice Hello Youmzain filly in the paddock, which is quite exciting given the way the stallion has started off in Europe.” War Eternal was a $160,000 Karaka purchase for trainer Bjorn Baker and Clarke Bloodstock and is the first foal of the Fastnet Rock mare Aleria. The son of Pierro has won three races and during his three-year-old season ran second in the Group 3 Spring Stakes (1600m), third in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) and finished fourth in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m). His dam is out of the multiple black-type winner Impressive Eagle whose half-brother Eagle Way won the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) and the Group 2 HKJC Cup (2400m). “Aleria has been a good mare for us with a black-type performer and we’ve had some nice results in the sale ring with her,” Calder said. “Her Almanzor filly Undaunting has been a winner after selling well (A$250,000, Inglis Premier Sale). “She has a Per Incanto colt on the ground who will hopefully be another good prospect at the sales next year.” Meanwhile, the Danny O’Brien-trained Lovazou has won three of her seven starts and finished runner-up on debut in last season’s Group 3 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes. She was purchased out of Kia Ora Stud’s draft at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale for $400,000 and is a daughter of the Lonhro mare Lovani. “It was great to get a metropolitan win to go with that black type and we’ve had a bit of luck with the Zoustars that we have raced,” Calder said. Notable among them is the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) winner Joliestar and the Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) winner Habana. The Chris Waller-trained Joliestar could resume next month in either the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) or the Group 3 Show County Stakes (1200m) while Habana, prepared by Lance Noble, may target the Group 1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m). Horse racing news View the full article

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Patricia powers over the top of Illicit Dreams to narrowly score in the Rating 75 1200m contest at Ruakaka. Photo: Therese Davis (Race Images) Racing at Ruakaka is well-suited to Patricia and the local mare sprinted to her fourth win at the course for Rick Wells on Saturday. A five-year-old by Super Easy, Patricia indicated she had plenty to offer in her first season of racing last term, producing a trio of victories at her home track. Returning as an older mare, she took a few starts to find that form but did so with a tidy run for second behind Pippy last start, setting her up to be a key contender in the undercard sprint race of ITM/GIB Finals day. In a compact field of five, it was tipped to be a match race between Patricia ($3.70), stakes performer Illicit Dreams ($2.60) and Byerley Park visitor Love Affirmations ($3.30), and the script couldn’t have been more accurate, with the three going to battle down the straight. In a sensational photo finish, Patricia was announced the eventual winner by a short head under Sam Spratt, with Illicit Dreams collecting second place by a nose to Love Affirmations. Wells hadn’t been sure she had got over the line on top but was delighted when the call came. “I thought it was a huge run, I wasn’t sure she had got up at the line so I stayed back at the TV to watch the replay and I could see she just got her head in front,” he said. “Her only option really now is an 1100m race up here, because she can’t handle heavy tracks. That is an open race, so she’ll have to race in that grade, but the time on Saturday was fairly quick so hopefully she’ll handle the step-up.” Patricia was the 27th winner in Wells’ training career, made more special as she was a homebred and is co-owned by the local horseman. “She’s a lovely horse to have around, a wee bit aggressive but these mares tend to have a bit of that,” he said. “She’s push button to work, she just goes out and does her thing. She’s a real professional.” Out of a Spectatorial mare Xpectastar, Wells also has a two-year-old full-sister to Patricia in the stable who he has plenty of time for. “If you saw them standing side-by-side you wouldn’t think they were sisters, they are totally different looking horses,” he said. “The filly looks a bit like Spectatorial who her mother was by, and if she was as fast as him we’d be pretty happy because he won the Blue Diamond (Group 1, 1200m). “She’s just started to do a bit of fast work now, we haven’t rushed her and she had a bit of a foot problem which we’ve got sorted now. We’ll probably get her to the jump-outs or trials up here then she can have a break before the spring time. “We’re in no hurry as she’s a nice filly.” At 71 years old, Wells describes himself as ‘mostly retired’, but receives a massive thrill out of preparing his select team. “I’ve just got those two, I’m retired really and I enjoy just having a couple to work with. It’s especially good when you have days like Saturday,” he said. “During the week I just get up about half-past six, have a coffee and head down to the track. I’ve got Ian Perry to ride the older horse (Patricia) and Eddie Turns rides the young one so that’s our morning. “For the rest of the day I try not to find any more work which is quite good.” Horse racing news View the full article

Auld Jock (left) fights hard against The Cossack in the Wellington Steeplechase (5500m) on Saturday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images) Auld Jock finished just half a length short of superstar jumper The Cossack in Saturday’s Wellington Steeplechase (5500m), and Peter and Jessica Brosnan now have their sights set on a trip to Riccarton Park next month for the Grand National Steeplechase (5600m). The diminutive gelding stepped up to open grade with a creditable run for fourth in the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) a fortnight ago and tackling the unique course at Trentham, he looked right at home from the outset. Joshua Parker rode a patient race on Auld Jock, travelling quietly in midfield, and as the pressure came on crossing over to the course proper, he was among the dangers to catch The Cossack and a storming finish had him within touching distance of the biggest win of his short jumping career. “We were absolutely rapt with him, he’s certainly got the makings of a good little horse, so onwards and upwards,” Jessica Brosnan said. “He kept coming really strongly at the finish, so it was pretty exciting. “Josh rode him perfectly, he cut all the corners and had him on the inside everywhere he could. He jumped him well, we couldn’t fault the ride. “He wants to stick with him, so that’s a good sign as well.” The Brosnans headed straight back to their base at Matamata after the marathon jumping contest, where the son of Adelaide will have a few quiet days before preparing for their southern mission. “He was a bit tired so we brought him home late on Saturday instead of staying down there for another night, just so he could have a sleep and wake up in his paddock,” Jessica Brosnan said. “It saves him sitting on the truck for seven or eight hours on Sunday to get home. “He’s had a couple of days off and now he’ll have some time in the swimming pool and on the walker, then we’ll get back into it and make some plans. “I’m just running through the logistics now, we’ll get him down to Christchurch and if he settles in well, we’ll have a go at both days. “It would be nice for him to get a look around the course before the big race, although he adapted to Wellington so easily and jumped every jump so beautifully. “If he didn’t settle in for whatever reason, we can skip the Koral and go straight into the National. I don’t know what will be in on the first day, so it might be a good chance for him to pick up a nice prize down there. “I said to Peter that we’ll need to take another horse as well so that’ll probably be Teen Titan, he’s improving at every run over hurdles so he can run both days and be a travel buddy for Jock. “We’re in the middle of lambing and calving so getting down to Christchurch for 10 days will be a bit of a marathon, but it’s been our goal all the way through with this horse if he kept stepping up so we’re going to make it happen.” The Wellington meeting provided a strong turn-out in the jumping events, including 30 runners at maiden grade, an important and exciting improvement for the future of the sport in Brosnan’s perspective. “Hopefully we can find more horses like Jock and continue being competitive in these big races next year, jumps racing is really picking up and we had an amazing day down there on Saturday,” she said. “Every horse got around and jumped well, so many people commented to us on the quality of the day and fields. “We’ve got the jockeys now and a couple more coming over, so the atmosphere among the jumping people is great. “Looking at a horse like Jock, he didn’t win a race on the flat but he’s got the skill and toughness to make a really nice jumper, so there are opportunities for horses like him.” Horse racing news View the full article

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Previous Behemoth Stakes Fields 2023 Behemoth Stakes field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Savatoxl Will Savage Caitlin Jones 6 58.5kg 2 Ironclad Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Todd Pannell 7 58.5kg 3 Calypso Reign David Jolly Kayla Crowther 2 58.5kg 4 Picargo Ryan Balfour Alana Livesey 11 58.5kg 5 Manhatten Times Andrew Gluyas Jason Holder 10 58.5kg 6 Hopon Harry Andrew Gluyas Teagan Voorham 3 58.5kg 7 Karacasu Richard & Chantelle Jolly Alana Kelly 4 58.5kg 8 Extreme Thrill Wayne Francis & Glen Kent Emily Finnegan 1 58.5kg 9 Howl David Jolly Lachlan Neindorf 9 58.5kg 10 See You In Heaven Richard & Chantelle Jolly Jake Toeroek 12 56.5kg 11 Belle Et Riche Mitchell Freedman Tahlia Hope 8 56.5kg 12 Boognish Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea Ben Price 5 56.5kg 2023 Behemoth Stakes result 1st – See You In Heaven (+115) 2nd – Savatoxl (-125) 3rd – Manhatten Times (+190) Recent runnings of the Behemoth Stakes: 2023: See You In Heaven justifies favouritism See You In Heaven passed her first test as a four-year-old with authority, winning the 2023 $150,000 Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. Sent off as the hot favourite, the locally trained sprinter-miler, confidently ridden by Jake Toeroek from the extreme outside barrier, was always in an ideal position to contend. After turning for home well within striking distance, See You In Heaven quickly took control and secured her fifth career win with ease. Group 1 winner Savatoxl chased See You In Heaven all the way to finish second. The Alice Springs-based eight-year-old, who led early as expected, was no match once See You In Heaven hit her stride. Third place went to Manhattan Times, by Manhattan Rain, who made good ground late but never posed a genuine threat. 2022: Calypso Reign spoils Behemoth three-peat David Jolly had mixed emotions as his Group 1-winning star Behemoth was soundly beaten by improving stablemate Calypso Reign in the Group 3 Spring Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. The Spring Stakes, sponsored by Grand Syndicates, who race both Jolly representatives, saw Behemoth miss the start by two lengths and struggle on the Heavy 9 track, finishing 11th in the 13-horse field. Calypso Reign ($13) thrived in the rain-affected conditions, defeating Pindaric ($7.50) by over two lengths. Pimm’s Party ($14) finished third, adding value to the exotics. 2021: Behemoth wins on protest Drama abounded in the Group 3 Spring Stakes (1200m) as Behemoth overturned a racetrack defeat to Beau Rossa in the stewards’ room, while Dalasan didn’t make it to the barriers on Saturday. Beau Rossa, ridden by Todd Pannell and trained by Will Clarken, led throughout the weight-for-age sprint, finishing a nose ahead of last year’s Spring Stakes winner, Behemoth. However, in the final 100 metres, Beau Rossa shifted several horses away from the inside rail, hampering Behemoth. Racing SA chairman of stewards, Greg Rudolph, upheld the protest lodged by Behemoth’s rider, Kayla Crowther, delivering the verdict within minutes. Previous winners of the Behemoth Stakes Behemoth Stakes Past Winners Year Horse Jockey Trainer 2023 See You In Heaven Jake Toeroek Richard & Chantelle Jolly 2022 Calypso Reign Kayla Crowther David Jolly 2021 Behemoth Kayla Crowther David Jolly 2020 Behemoth Todd Pannell David Jolly 2019 Dalasan Raquel Clark Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas 2018 Dollar For Dollar Jamie Kah Tony McEvoy 2017 Mio Dio Todd Pannell Will Clarken 2016 Beirut Jacob Rule Henry Dwyer 2015 Red Eclipse Sigrid Carr Grant Young 2014 Riziz Clare Lindop Ken Sweeney 2013 Just Discreet Adrian Patterson Phillip Stokes 2012 Happy Trails Jason Holder Paul Beshara 2011 Uxorious Ryan Maloney Matthew Williams 2010 Rebel Raider Clare Lindop Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas 2009 Midnight Mustang Brad Rawiller Tony Noonan 2008 El Maze Clare Lindop Leon Macdonald 2007 Zupaone Nick Ryan John Symons & Sheila Laxon 2006 Royal Ida Shayne Cahill Michael O’Leary 2005 Super Elegant Kelvin Sanderson Tony Vasil 2004 Sky Cuddle Luke Nolen Peter Moody 2003 Squillani Paul Gatt Phillip Stokes 2002 Strategic Image Luke Currie Peter Moody 2001 Flavour Neville Wilson John Hawkes 2000 Spice Doll Chad Lever Leon Macdonald Behemoth Stakes winners pre-2000 Behemoth Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 Year Horse 1999 Star Joe 1998 Will Fly 1997 Hero Wind 1996 Staaraq 1995 Hero Wind 1994 Hero Wind 1993 Colebrook 1992 Black Rouge 1991 Beau George 1990 Redelva 1989 Redelva 1988 Redelva 1987 Change Of Habit 1986 Romantic Red 1985 Trichelle 1984 Gold Kildare 1983 Belcunda 1982 Oriental Ruler 1981 Bargambler 1980 Rumpus Room 1979 Court Sabre 1978 Pelican Point 1977 Hartbalm 1976 Classic Conquest 1975 Samist 1974 Samist 1973 Toltrice 1972 High Gypsy 1971 Romantic Son 1970 Eastern Court Recommended! 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Francis Lui celebrates the Hong Kong trainers’ championship. Francis Lui has staged a magnificent comeback on the final day of the 2023/24 season to claim the Hong Kong trainers’ championship for the first time, sealing victory with a quartet – and a win in the last race of the season – to deny Pierre Ng by one win in a thrilling battle. After trailing 67-66 at the start of the day, Lui slipped three wins behind his former assistant with only six races left when Ng slotted an early double with Beauty Waves and First Love. Facing a mountainous task, Lui combined with Zac Purton to reel off a mid-meeting treble to roar back into contention to draw level and then clinched the title in the 831st and final race of the season, 70 wins to 69. Locked with Ng on 69 wins and 54 second placings heading into the penultimate race which was won by Jamie Richards-trained Young Achiever – Lui snatched the lead when Holy Lake finished second, narrowly ahead of The Heir and Ng’s fourth-placed I Can. Lui and Ng’s rollercoaster title race remained in the balance going into the 11th race on the card when Ng needed either a win for outright success or a second to trump his former mentor and claim the title on third placings. Ng’s aspirations looked very much alive when Prestige Always charged into contention at the 200m mark but those hopes evaporated when Hugh Bowman drove Lui’s Patch Of Theta to a resounding win, giving Lui the championship. “Finally. Racing is full of excitement,” Lui, 65, said of the championship triumph. “In the middle of the season, everybody would think Pierre – he has won so many races – that he would not be easy to catch. “Lucky, I had a couple of three-year-olds with good quality who can win a race. It was very hard, whenever I got close with Pierre, he ran again. Like today, I thought I had good chances, but Pierre still won two races.” Asked how he would celebrate, Lui said: “I can take a sleep first.” Ng led the standings since November 5, at one stage holding a 16-win lead before Lui briefly claimed the ascendancy last month. Lui is the first homegrown trainer to secure championship glory since Frankie Lor in 2021/22. And when he skipped three wins after five races today, held a crucial advantage but Lui’s response was withering, first clawing back a win Steps Ahead, reducing the margin to one win with Chancheng Glory’s triumph and then squaring the win ledger with Packing Hermod’s victory. Bowman then coolly iced the championship with Hong Kong International Sale graduate Patch Of Theta as Hong Kong racing celebrated one of the most absorbing days in history. Lui has been part of Hong Kong racing since the early 1970s when he graduated from the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School and rode 36 winners as a jockey. He was licensed to train in 1996/97 and is famed for his training deeds with record-breaking miler Golden Sixty. Lui has now trained 935 winners. Purton was acclaimed as Hong Kong Champion Jockey for the seventh time, matching the feats of Basil Marcus and Gary Moore, after finishing the season with 130 wins and a six-timer at the season finale. “It’s never easy to win a championship. There are always different obstacles, different challenges but I’ve won it again and that’s all that matters – nice result,” Purton said. “I’m really happy, it hasn’t been a smooth season. It was really difficult early on with the small fields and wet tracks. I struggled with injuries and the stables I generally rely on weren’t flowing early but once they got momentum and I started to get some treatment, things started to fall into place and it’s been a good back half of the season.” Purton, 41, previously won the jockeys’ championship in 2013/14, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22 and 2022/23. Michael Chang-trained Perfect Peach’s success presented Purton with the first of his six victories at the season finale before the Australian combined with Ng and First Love and then Lui’s trio Steps Ahead, Chancheng Glory and Packing Hermod, as well as Young Achiever. Angus Chung won the Tony Cruz Award for the best-performed homegrown jockey with 46 wins, edging out four-time winner Vincent Ho (41) wins. “Tony is my mentor and has given me a lot of support and I’m very grateful to win the Tony Cruz Award in my second season in Hong Kong,” Chung, 27, said. “It’s not easy and I’m very fortunate to have the support not only from Tony but also other trainers such as Pierre Ng. “I’m very happy to win the Tony Cruz Award.” Horse racing news View the full article

To say the $175,000 Quick Call Stakes (G3T) was a battle of the sexes might be a bit of an overstatement. It was more like a mismatch of the sexes.View the full article

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.–Last summer, we hardly knew Kentucky-based trainer Al Stall Jr. During the 40 days of the 2023 Saratoga meet, Stall came up with one win in 12 starts. It's a little different a year later. Four days into the Spa season and Stall has started three horses. He has won with two of them and finished second with the third. “This pays the bar tab and the food tab,” Stall said inside his office at his barn on the Saratoga backstretch Sunday morning. “We have to start working on the rent.” Stall's success started on opening day when Strong State (Tom's d'Etat) broke her maiden by a neck. That was a special win because Stall trained Tom's d'Etat, who won 11 of 20 career starts and was a multiple graded stakes winner. Strong State was the second winner for the freshman sire. “Tom had a lot of things going for him,” Stall said. “He was a freak talent.” On the second day of the meet, 4-year-old Over and Ollie (Cairo Prince) gave Stall his second win, in a maiden claiming event at 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf. Over and Ollie was ridden by Frankie Dettori, someone Stall said he had never met until that day. “I had to flag him down in the paddock,” Stall said. “But he did his homework and he got him running.” In his other start so far, Stall was second with 3-year-old filly Lord I Wonder (Twirling Candy), who made her career debut in a maiden special weight on Friday. “The key to this game is having maidens who can run,” Stall said. “You give yourself a pretty good chance if you have maidens that can run. We brought a few live maidens up here.” Stall has 10 horses stabled at Saratoga and the number won't get bigger than that. He will likely move some horses up from Kentucky and send some back. “That is why I come here,” Stall said when asked why Saratoga is special. “You win on opening day, and you can tell by your phone how special. I came out of the winner's circle and the text messages are just exploding on a Thursday afternoon. That doesn't happen at Fair Grounds or Churchill.” Seize the Grey | Sarah Andrew Lukas Would Prefer To Run Seize The Grey In Jim Dandy Nothing is official yet, but it looks like GI Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate) will be staying put and running in the $500,000 GII Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga July 27. The other option is the $1 million GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. “I think my vote is pretty strong,” Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said in his office on the Oklahoma Training Track Sunday morning. “I would prefer the Jim Dandy. I'll ask them [representatives from the ownership group MyRacehorse] one time for my opinion, but I will do what the check writers want to do.” Seize the Grey is coming off a seventh-place finish in the GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga June 8. After that, Lukas took the grey/roan colt back to his base in Kentucky and then shipped him back to the Spa at the end of June. Lukas worked Seize the Grey five furlongs on the Oklahoma last Monday and he went :59.22 (1/1). “His work the other day was as good as he has ever worked,” Lukas said. “He is really doing good. He has filled out. He had that little hiccup in the Belmont where he didn't run well over the race track.” The Belmont was Seize the Grey's sixth start of the year and Lukas said the campaign may have caught up with his colt a little bit. Since the Belmont, Lukas said Seize the Grey has thrived. He has been sharp lately,” he said. “Very sharp.” An advantage of running in the Jim Dandy is the obvious one, not having to ship to New Jersey. On the other hand, the Haskell has a higher grade and a bigger purse. Staying home might outweigh the money and the prestige. “You always have a little bit of a grey area that everything goes right with the ship,” Lukas said. “Some horses can go into a strange stall and get to looking around and not settling and they don't really dive into the feed tub. Coming out of your own stall is a plus.” Jose Ortiz Happy With Decision To Relocate To Kentucky Jockey Jose Ortiz, a three-time leading rider at Saratoga, is back in the Spa City for the summer. But the long-time New York-based rider doesn't call the Empire State home anymore. Earlier this year, Ortiz decided to relocate and ride in Kentucky. He had a successful first full spring at Churchill Downs as he tied for the jockey title with Tyler Gaffalione. Both had 45 wins. “I talked to my wife (Taylor) and we decided we wanted to go and raise our kids there,” he said referring to his young children Leilani, Derek and Nikolai. “I liked the vibe. It's more country and we like it. The kids are having fun there,” Ortiz won the Saratoga riding title in 2016-17 and 2019. His brother, Irad, has won it five times, including the last two. After the first four days of racing, Jose Ortiz has five wins, two behind leader Flavien Prat. He is tied with his brother for second. “I was (in New York) 12 years,” Jose Ortiz said. “You are going to lose some horses. It is what it is. I'm just going to keep working. Some doors close and other doors open.” The post Saratoga Notebook, Presented by NYRA Bets: Stall Off To Strong Start At Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Whenigettoheaven provided trainer Nolan Ramsey with his first career stakes victory in the $75,000 Ben's Cat at Laurel Park July 14.View the full article

Scratched as the morning-line favorite from Friday's Coronation Cup against her own gender in favor of taking on the boys Sunday, 'TDN Rising Star' Star of Mystery (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) responded in kind with an easy win in the GIII Quick Call Stakes at Saratoga. A Godolphin runner from the Charlie Appleby barn, the 3-year-old filly began her racing in 'Rising Star' style, winning at second asking by 11 lengths in her native England just over a year ago. A stakes runner now in three countries, Star of Mystery placed in the G2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes last July before shipping to the Middle East to win both the Al Wasl Stakes and the G2 Blue Point Sprint before wrapping up her international time with a game second, beaten just three-quarters of a length, in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint in Meydan in March. In her first North American start just last month, the filly ran third just 3 3/4 lengths behind record-setting Cogburn (Not This Time) in the GI Jaipur Stakes on Belmont Stakes day June 8. Still favored in this spot Sunday against the boys again at 3-5, Star of Mystery broke mid pack but was quickly outrun as No Nay Mets (Ire) (No Nay Never) rocketed out and opened up a sizeable gap right from the first furlong. Taken back to race fifth a path off the fence, the favorite bided her time as the field raced in pairs behind the loose leader into the far turn through a quarter in :21.16. The seven runners began to bunch up past the quarter pole as the real running began and Star of Mystery swung to the five path and easily clicked through her gears, swarming up on the outside and outrunning only a mild challenge from Irish import Mansa Musa (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) to come home alone on the line. 'TDN Rising Star' Fandom (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) was the best of the Stonestreet runners to come home a clear third. “She was a handful last time, so I took my time and we went straight behind the gate and she just switched off so nice,” said winning jockey Flavien Prat. “I was a bit worried she was going to sleep, but she was just an old pro today. I was good with the position. She jumped forward where I wasn't going to be too far back. She was traveling well all the way around and when I tipped her out, she [responded]. She just ran very well. She gave me a good kick. [Her kick] was strong enough today.” Chris Connett, assistant to Appleby added: “Charlie spoke with Flavien [Prat] yesterday and said, 'you've rode the filly before and ideally, we'll be a bit handy, but if you want to let them roll along you can. You know the filly now, so sit the way you're happy with it.' You saw that on the TV she was quite the handful [ahead of the Grade 1 Jaipur]. She was like that in Dubai before her runs as well, but thankfully today she was a little more relaxed and Flavien even mentioned he thought she was a little too relaxed beforehand. She comes alive when the gates open though and she sure finished off really nicely. It's a big thing for these European horses coming over here. Their first runs can be a little bit intense for them, but that's why Charlie picks the horses he does and they do acclimatize themselves really well.” Pedigree Note: Star of Mystery is one of 98 stakes winners for Irish-based Kodiac (GB) who stands at Tally Ho Stud. Out of a stakes-winning dam in Mistrusting (Ire), the filly is a half to MGISW Althiqa (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) who scored in both the GI Longines Just A Game Stakes and the GI Diana Stakes along with multiple other group wins and placings in England, France and the Middle East. Dark Angel is responsible for another sibling in Mysterious Night (Ire) who also saw victory at the highest level in America with a win in the GI Pattison Summer Stakes at Woodbine. In fact, all five runners produced by Mistrusting have been to the winner's circle. Sent to Dubawi (Ire) for consecutive visits, she produced colts by the Darley legend in both 2022 and 2024. @godolphin's STAR OF MYSTERY wins the Grade 3 Quick Call Stakes presented by @trfinc with Flavien Prat aboard for trainer Charlie Appleby! pic.twitter.com/jaSRiR4veZ — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) July 14, 2024 Sunday, Saratoga QUICK CALL S. PRESENTED BY THE THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION-GIII, $175,000, Saratoga, 7-14, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:00.97, fm. 1–STAR OF MYSTERY (GB), 119, f, 3, by Kodiac (GB) 1st Dam: Mistrusting (Ire) (SW-Eng, $120,206), by Shamardal 2nd Dam: Misheer (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB) 3rd Dam: All For Laura (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB) 'TDN Rising Star'. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charles Appleby; J-Flavien Prat. $96,250. Lifetime Record: SW & GSP-Eng, GSW & GISP-UAE, GISP-USA, 11-5-4-1, $780,112. *1/2 to Althiqa (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), MGISW-USA, GSW-UAE, SW & GSP-Fr, MGSP-Eng, $761,213 and Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), GISW-Can, GSW-UAE, GSW-Fr, MGSP-Eng, GSP-USA, $559,376. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Mansa Musa (Ire), 120, c, 3, Ten Sovereigns (Ire)–Sundiata (GB), by Showcasing (GB). (60,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 55,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT; €49,383 RNA 2yo '23 GOFFDU). O-Gary Barber and Team Valor International LLC; B-Middlelane Farm (IRE); T-William I. Mott. $35,000. 3–Fandom (GB), 122, c, 3, Showcasing (GB)–Brogan (GB), by Pivotal (GB). 'TDN Rising Star'. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. (170,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Chasemore Farm (GB); T-Brad H. Cox. $21,000. Margins: 1HF, 2 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.65, 7.50, 3.65. Also Ran: American Rascal, Smokey Smokey, Set, No Nay Mets (Ire). Scratched: Apollo Ten, Baraye, Feltrinelli, Works for Me. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Star Of Mystery Best Against The Boys In Quick Call appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article