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Horse racing on Sunday, March 17, will feature eight meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Coonamble & Yarra Valley. Sunday Racing Tips – March 17, 2024 Coonamble Racing Tips Yarra Valley Racing Tips As always, there are plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans. Check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on March 17, 2024 check out our guide to the best online racing betting sites. More horse racing tips View the full article

What Tuncurry Races Where Tuncurry-Forster Jockey Club – 45 Chapmans Rd, Tuncurry NSW 2428 When Monday, March 18, 2024 First Race 1:40pm AEDT Visit Dabble The new week of racing gets underway at Tuncurry on Monday afternoon, where a quickfire seven-race program awaits punters. The rail is in the true position throughout the entire circuit, and with rainfall already playing a massive role in the lead-up, the surface is likely to hold its current Heavy 9 rating prior to the opening event at 1:40pm AEDT. Tuncurry Best Bet: Luna Rocks Luna Rocks gets set to make her debut for the Mitchell Beer barn after a 187-day spell and appears ready for a first-up assault after an eye-catching jump-out at Albury on February 18. The daughter of Hellbent strode to the front and proceeded to hold on for second in the trial, racing under her own steam under Jack Martin. It was an impressive piece of work, and with her best performances coming on wet decks in the past, a return to form for Luna Rocks should have her ultra-competitive in this BM66 contest. Best Bet Race 5 – #1 Luna Rocks (4) 4yo Mare | T: Mitchell Beer | J: Angus Villiers (61kg) +450 with PlayUp Next Best Bet: Naahro Four starts without a win would leave Naahro backers frustrated heading into his re-emergence on Monday afternoon, however, this looks like an ideal set up for the son of Lonhro. His barrier trials during his 97 days off the scene have left a bit to be desired, but he is worthy taking on trust with some quality outings on Soft tracks in his previous preparation. He finished runner-up behind the likes of Invincible Whip and Angel Down, and although the latter was as a short-priced commodity, Naahro can make amends on resumption and pick up his first career win in the process. Best Bet Race 2 – #2 Naahro (10) 3yo Gelding | T: Kris Lees | J: Aaron Bullock (58kg) +150 with Neds Best Value: Angelinthenightsky Angelinthnightesky has only had the one barrier trial heading into her first career start, and she warrants a throw at the stumps in the Tuncurry opener. She was only beaten by 0.8 lengths in that piece of work at Taree on November 27, and we’re yet to see her commence racing since. It should be a guide the four-year-old is finally wound up and ready to go on debut, and at a massive price with online bookmakers, Angelinthenightsky is worth an each-way ticket. Best Bet Race 1 – #3 Angelinthenightsky (8) 4yo Mare | T: Jeff Kehoe | J: Grant Buckley (57kg) +1800 with Picklebet Monday quaddie tips for Tuncurry Tuncurry quadrella selections Monday, March 18, 2024 1-2-3-4 1-4-9 1-2-4-6-8 2-3-4-7-8 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Pletcher, a five-time Louisiana Derby (G2) winner and two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, has entered three colts—Antiquarian, Agate Road, and Triple Espresso—in the March 23 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.View the full article

Money Supply—riding a five-race win streak, capped by taking the $247,500 Mineshaft Stakes (G3) Feb. 17—goes for his largest payday against nine rivals in the $500,000 New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2) March 23.View the full article

MGSW Endlessly (Oscar Performance) will ship to Kentucky to take on 11 rivals in Saturday's GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks, a 100-point race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Named the 5-2 morning-line favorite, Endlessly last took the El Camino Real Derby to get back in the winner's circle off his only career defeat came in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Turfway Park's signature race drew 14 total entries for 12 spots including two runners who are cross-entered into the GII TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby also on Saturday. Other entries in the field include: Freedom Principle (Flameaway) (30-1), Dancing Groom (Vino Rosso) (15-1), Lucky Jeremy (Lookin At Lucky) (15-1), Noted (Cairo Prince) (15-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road (Quality Road) (4-1), Northern Flame (Flameaway) (5-1), Woodcourt (Ransom the Moon) (6-1), Otello (Curlin) (10-1), Seize the Grey (Arrogate) (6-1), Endlessly (Oscar Performance) (5-2), Baytown Chatterbox (Street Sense) (30-1) and West Saratoga (Exaggerator) (20-1). The two also-eligibles are Circle P (Speightster) (30-1) and Triple Espresso (Omaha Beach) (20-1). Similar to the Louisiana Derby, the Jeff Ruby Steaks offers a point breakdown of 100-50-25-15-10. The post Endlessly Leads Field Of 12 In Jeff Ruby Steaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Pride Of Jenni stamped herself one of the finest front-runners seen in Australia in modern times by streaking away to leave Mr Brightside in her wake in the AU$3.75 million All-Star Mile (G1) at Caulfield March 16.View the full article

9th-GP, $92K, OC62k, 4yo/up, f, 1m, 5:07 p.m. ET. Juddmonte colorbearer SCYLLA (Tapit) makes her return to the races as the older filly looks to jumpstart her new campaign. The Bill Mott trainee certainly made her mark when she attained 'TDN Rising Star' honors as a debut winner at Keeneland last April, and then followed that up with an 8 1/4-length win against optional claimers at Churchill Downs in early June. Out of champion older mare Close Hatches (First Defence), the homebred is a full-sister to MGSW/MGISP and current sire Tacitus. Close Hatches herself counts as a full-sister MGISP Lockdown, who is responsible for 2023 Eclipse Award winning older dirt female Idiomatic (Curlin). Under Scylla's third dam we find Irish multiple group 1 stakes hero Siskin (First Defence). TJCIS PPS Scylla and @jjcjockey took the 6th race at @Keeneland for trainer Bill Mott and @JuddmonteFarms! @TVG l @FanDuelTV l @PDJFund pic.twitter.com/6Ezn3BYX4b — JockeyCam (@JockeyCam) April 15, 2023 The post Sunday’s Insight: ‘TDN Rising Star’ Scylla Marks New Campaign At Gulfstream appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sumaya US Stable homebred GHALIA PRINCESS (f, 3, American Pharoah–Ghalia, by Medaglia d'Oro) made light work of three rivals to post a first black-type success in Saturday's $100,000 Cicada S. at Aqueduct. Cutting back a furlong after finishing runner-up in the Feb. 17 Ruthless S., the 2-5 chalk was away from stall one without incident, but was beaten for speed by Reconcile (War Front) and Manny Franco elected to take a tug on Ghalia Princess, easing her back and into the two path to do the chasing through an opening quarter in :22.15. Content to race with that target ahead of her rounding the turn. Ghalia Princess began to pour in the pressure into the stretch, claimed the front-runner for good with about a furlong and a half to travel and was punched out hands and heels to take it by about five lengths in a sharp clocking of 1:09.85. Ghalia Princess is the 45th worldwide stakes winner for American Pharoah. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0. O-Sumaya US Stable; B-International Equities Holding Inc (KY); T-Brad Cox. Ghalia Princess (AMERICAN PHAROAH) backs favoritism to take the Cicada Stakes with a dominant performance at Aqueduct for @bradcoxracing and Sumaya Farm. Congratulations to connections!#HomeOfChampions#CoolmoreSires https://t.co/D6FDAaSZu3 — Coolmore America (@coolmoreamerica) March 16, 2024 The post American Pharoah’s Ghalia Princess A Smooth Winner of the Cicada appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Beeline (Bee Jersey) thrashed a salty field of maidens by 3 3/4 lengths on course-and-distance debut Feb. 10 and had been flattered since, as three rivals won their next starts while improving their Beyers by 23, 11 and 34 points, respectively, the last of those on a drop into maiden claiming. The odds-on favorite hit the ground running, but had pressure stacked up to his outside and looked to be in deep water as the slow-starting Valiant Force (Malibu Moon) threatened to make a race of it three deep at the top of the lane. Resurgent inside with Edgard Zayas laying his body down, Beeline was confronted by Improptude (Khozan) with time ticking away and was the recipient of a fortuitous bob. A £600,000 buyback out of the 2014 Goffs London Sale, Secretariat Humor is out of a full-sister to this breeder's champion Perfect Soul (Ire), whose six winners from six to race also includes Grade III-placed Ready Soul (More Than Ready) and SP Miss Injustice (Court Vision). Secretariat Wonder has a 2-year-old full-sister to Beeline named Tremendous Bee, a yearling full-brother and was bred back to the former Fipke runner for her 2024 foal. Beeline is the sixth stakes winner for his sire. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. HUTCHESON S., $106,000, Gulfstream, 3-16, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.59, ft. 1–BEELINE, 118, c, 3, by Bee Jersey 1st Dam: Secretariat Humor, by Distorted Humor 2nd Dam: Secretariat's Soul (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 3rd Dam: Ball Chairman, by Secretariat 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. ($70,000 2yo '23 OBSOPN). O-Vintage Thoroughbreds LLC, Scott Estes & Brian Hanley; B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Riley Mott; J-Edgard J Zayas. $60,760. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $102,760. *Full to Topsy, SW & GSP, $227,363. 2–Improptude, 118, c, 3, Khozan–Tizlot, by Tiznow. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. O-Fly With Me & Tami Bobo; B-Tami Bobo (FL); T-Antonio Sano. $25,600. 3–Patriot Spirit, 120, c, 3, Constitution–Mistical Plan, by Game Plan. ($95,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $235,000 2yo '23 OBSMAR). O-Mellon Patch Inc; B-Blue Heaven Farm (KY); T-Michael B Campbell. $9,800. Margins: NO, 1HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 0.80, 26.60, 6.00. Also Ran: Valiant Force, Ship to Shore, Sir Flash, Starship Mocha. .@Riley_Mott's Beeline (inside) crosses the wire first in the Hutcheson Stakes under @zayas_edgardo! #GulfstreamPark #ChampionshipMeet pic.twitter.com/jCcyMujBRT — Gulfstream Park (@GulfstreamPark) March 16, 2024 The post Bee Jersey’s Beeline Stays Perfect in Hutcheson appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Michael F. Prunetti, a veteran NYRA employee, passed away March 15 at the age of 77. Remembered by his NYRA colleagues in a note released Saturday, Prunetti spent over 40 years as a racing official around New York tracks including time as the Assistant Racing Secretary. “What a kind gentleman he was,” recalled NYRA Stakes Coordinator Andrew Byrnes. “Mike took the time to teach me how to do things the right way. I learned a tremendous amount under him. He was one of the best. He was a jewel.” Prunetti retired to Florida where he continued to volunteer his time until his passing. “Mike was also a genuinely nice guy, loved the game and loved people,” said Peter McGivney, a fellow NYRA racing official. “Everybody thought the world of him.” The post Longtime NYRA Employee Michael Prunetti Dies At 77 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Champion jockey James McDonald labeled trainer Chris Waller "a genius" and believes Zougotcha has proven herself a historically elite mare in carrying top weight to a courageous victory in the AU$1 million Coolmore Classic (G1) at Rosehill March 16.View the full article

Newgate (Into Mischief), recent winner of the GI Santa Anita H., was one of nine American horses to turn in breezes Saturday morning both domestically and abroad in advance of the Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan Racecourse in two weeks' time. An $850,000 Keeneland September yearling, Newgate returned to the worktab for the first time since the Mar. 3 Big 'Cap, covering five furlongs in a bullet :58.20 (1/77) in the company of GIII Native Diver S. winner Mr Fisk (Arrogate) at Santa Anita. Frankie Dettori, who won his fourth World Cup aboard the Bob Baffert-trained Country Grammer (Tonalist) in 2022, has the riding assignment in the $12-million feature. Stablemate Hopkins (Quality Road) went five-eighths of a mile in :58.80 (2/77) and will have Luis Saez aboard for the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen, a race in which he was beaten just one length into fourth in 2023. “We had a great day breezing,” trainer Bob Baffert told SF Racing's Tom Ryan, who added, “Two healthy and happy horses. We look forward to getting them to Dubai with Jimmy and Humberto “Beto” to acclimate them to the Meydan surface and surroundings. It's very exciting, and we are very grateful to have the caliber of horse to get invited to participate in such valuable and prestigious events.” Also turning in a work at Santa Anita was Two Rivers Over (Tamarkuz), who covered five furlongs in 1:00.40 (19/77) and is expected for the G2 Godolphin Mile, an event won by his sire in 2015. Trainer Doug O'Neill has tabbed Edwin Maldonado to ride. Crupi (Curlin) will attempt to give trainer Todd Pletcher a maiden victory in the World Cup and the 4-year-old, third to National Treasure (Quality Road) and Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) when last seen in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Jan. 27, went five furlongs in 1:00.91 (1/7) at Palm Beach Downs Saturday morning. Luis Saez, who guided Crupi to victory in Saratoga allowance company last summer, made the trip up to breeze Crupi and has the mount at Meydan. Jose D'Angelo breezed his two big-night entries about 10 miles north of Palm Beach Downs at Palm Meadows. Caramel Chip (Midshipman), fourth to Sibelius (Not This Time) in the Feb. 10 Pelican S. at Tampa, was the fastest of 92 workers going a half-mile as he stopped the clock in :47.45. While he stretches out in distance for he Godolphin Mile, his Gulfstream Park Sprint-winning stablemate Run Classic (Runhappy) will take on defending champ Sibelius in the Golden Shaheen. The Tom Durant galloper went in :48.95 (22/92). Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) has been doing the bulk of his training towards the G1 Al Quoz Sprint on the turf, but he turned in his final piece of work over the dirt course at Payson Park. The 8-year-old breezed a half-mile in :49.20 (11/63), with part-owner Lee Einsidler commenting, “He went great and he's doing fantastic.” A pair of U.S.-trained horses who made the short trip over to Dubai after placing in races on the Saudi Cup program were out over the Meydan main track Saturday morning. Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming), third to Senor Buscador in the G1 Saudi Cup, went a half-mile under the lights in a reported :48.50. He takes on defending champion Isolate (Mark Valeski) in the Godolphin Mile. Bold Journey (Hard Spun) went a similar distance in a reported :48.46 after daybreak for trainer Bill Mott. The New York-bred faces a rematch with Japan's Remake (Jpn) (Lani) in the Golden Shaheen after closing nicely for third to that rival in the G3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint Feb. 24. Pandagate (Arrogate), last-out winner of the Gander S. at Aqueduct works Sunday at Payson Park towards a potential appearance in the G2 UAE Derby, per assistant trainer Miguel Clement. SAUDI CROWN breezed this Saturday morning, half mile in 48″50 over the Meydan dirt track, handily and comfortably, Kelvin Perez up for trainer @bradcoxracing SAUDI CROWN ajustó esta mañana del Sábado, 48″50 para la media milla, cómodo y en el freno, con Kelvin Pérez up,… pic.twitter.com/w0SYyzCyLn — Agentes305 (@agentes305) March 16, 2024 BOLD JOURNEY looking strong this morning, it breezed 4F – 48″46, easily with Kelvin Pérez up. 3rd last time in the G3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint, will look to turn tables in its favor next in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at @RacingDubai for trainer Bill Mott BOLD JOURNEY lució con fuerza… pic.twitter.com/BaCwfY8iUm — Agentes305 (@agentes305) March 16, 2024 The post Newgate Fires Bullet For Dubai World Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Due to heavy rain expected in New Orleans March 17, Fair Grounds cancels racing Sunday. View the full article

The late Duramente (Jpn) continues to pad his stallion resume, and his Mi Anhelo (Jpn) claimed the spoils in the 1800-metre G3 Flower Cup at Nakayama on Saturday. Sent off as the 5-2 second choice behind Cantiamo (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), the Silk Racing colourbearer found an ideal tracking position while glued to the fence, as Elf Struck (Jpn) (California Chrome) showed the way under mild pressure. Content to rate in midfield, Mi Anhelo began to wind up with 600 metres remaining while still saving every inch of real estate on the fence. Cued in upper stretch, she swung off the inside and burst past Elf Struck to take over inside the furlong pole. Strong to the line, she had built up enough cushion to repel the late charge of Hohelied (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}), with Cantiamo a neck back in third with the first six home tightly bunched. Mi Anhelo donned cap and gown over this course and distance when unveiled in September, and closed to take fifth as the favourite in a blanket finish in the Nanohana Sho on Jan. 13, her 3-year-old bow. Pedigree Notes The much-lamented Duramente, posthumous champion sire in his native land in 2023, has his final crop of 3-year-olds this year. Mi Anhelo is his first stakes winner from that group, while he has 18 stakes winners worldwide (14 group) so far lifetime. Six of his progeny have landed Group 1 races, and Japanese Triple Tiara heroine Liberty Island (Jpn) is a leading fancy for the upcoming G1 Dubai Sheema Classic later this month. The winner is a half to Frankel (GB) 'TDN Rising Star' Mi Suerte (Jpn) who won the G3 Fantasy S. in Japan. Originally a $1.7-million Keeneland November weanling, Mi Sueno won both the GIII Sorrento S. and GI Debutante S. as a juvenile. Since being purchased for $1.9 million out of the Fasig-Tipton November Sale in 2013 by Katsumi Yoshida, Mi Sueno has produced eight foals in Japan, with six winners to show for it. Her latest runner-to-be is Shonan Xanadu (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), who just turned two, while she also has a Real Steel (Jpn) yearling colt and was covered by American Horse of the Year Bricks And Mortar last spring. Second dam Madcap Escapade (Hennessy) claimed the GI Ashland S., four other graded races and ran third in the 2004 GI Kentucky Oaks. She, in turn, is a half-sister to GI Ballerina Breeders' Cup S. victress Dubai Escapade (Awesome Again). Saturday, Nakayama, Japan FLOWER CUP-G3, ¥72,610,000, Nakayama, 3-16, 3yo, f, 1800mT, 1:48.00, fm. 1–MI ANHELO (JPN), 121, f, 3, Duramente (Jpn) 1st Dam: Mi Sueno (GISW-US, $288,400), by Pulpit 2nd Dam: Madcap Escapade, by Hennessy 3rd Dam: Sassy Pants, by Saratoga Six 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Silk Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Toru Hayashi; J-Akihide Tsumura; ¥38,427,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, ¥46,697,000. *1/2 to Mi Suerte (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}), GSW-Jpn, $447,954. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2–Hohelied (Jpn), 121, f, 3, Rulership (Jpn)–Golden Harp (Jpn), by Stay Gold (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Haruya Yoshida; B-Shiraoi Farm (Jpn); ¥15,162,000. 3–Cantiamo (Jpn), 121, f, 3, Epiphaneia (Jpn)–Libiamo (Jpn), by Admire Vega (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Silk Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥9,381,000. Margins: 3/4, NK, NK. Odds: 2.70, 23.80, 2.30. Also Ran: Rabbiteye (Jpn), Elf Struck (Jpn), Canicule (Jpn), Teleos Sarah (Jpn), Marcottage (Jpn), For The Boys (Jpn), Stick By Me (Jpn), Teleos Lulu (Jpn), Hiraboku Minnie (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video. The post Duramente Filly Earns Flowers At Nakayama appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Pletcher, a five-time Louisiana Derby (G2) winner and two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, runs three of the 12 entrants—Antiquarian, Agate Road, and Triple Espresso—in the March 23 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.View the full article

Danox, Inc.'s Danon McKinley (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}) rallied to win the G3 Chunichi Sports Sho Falcon S. at Chukyo on Saturday. It was the first stakes victory for the son of G1 1000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). Fourth last through the early going as Orchid Romance (Jpn) (Roger Barows {Jpn}) led, the 12-1 shot was able to relax behind a rapid pace, with the first 1000 metres reached in :57 flat. He gathered himself on the turn and fanned out into the centre of the course at the 400-metre mark. Making up ground with every stride, Danon McKinley ground past the G2 Keio Hai Nisai S. third and won by a half-length. It was two lengths back to Sonshi (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), who had enjoyed a stalking trip for much of this contest. First in both a newcomer affair at Hanshin in September and in a Kyoto allowance in November, Danon McKinley was eighth to Jantar Mantar (Jpn) (Palace Malice) in the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S. a month later. Wheeled back in the Jan. 27 Listed Crocus S., he improved to fifth over this trip in Tokyo. Pedigree Notes Danon McKinley is the 26th stakes winner worldwide (18th group) for Shadai Stallion Station's Maurice, who also shuttles to Arrowfield Stud in Australia. The 13-year-old son of Screen Hero (Jpn) was Japanese Horse of the Year, Champion Sprinter and Champion Miler in Japan in 2015. His quintet of top-level winners include Australian three-time Group 1 winner Hitotsu (Aus), while Jack D'Or (Jpn) won the G1 Osaka Hai, Mazu claimed the G1 Doomben 10,000 back in Oz, Geraldina (Jpn) struck in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Pixie Knight (Jpn) prevailed in the G1 Sprinters S. 2012 G1 1000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen left five Galileo (Ire) foals in Ireland with a record of four winners from four runners and three stakes horses. The best of these was Shale (Ire), who won the G1 Moyglare Stud S. and Berkeley Square (Ire), who was third in the G2 Futurity S. Acquired privately by Japanese interests, Homecoming Queen foaled the 4-year-old winner Irish Pearl (Jpn) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}). Next is the ¥220,000,000 JRHA Select yearling and Falcon S. hero, who has a juvenile half-sister by Kizuna (Jpn) and a yearling half-brother by Epiphaneia (Jpn). In 2023, Homecoming Queen–a half-sister to Group 1 winners Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehill) and Queen's Logic (Ire) (Grand Lodge)–visited Japanese Triple Crown winner Contrail (Jpn). Saturday, Chukyo, Japan CHUNICHI SPORTS SHO FALCON S.-G3, ¥78,150,000, Chukyo, 3-16, 3yo, 1400mT, 1:20.20, fm. 1–DANON MCKINLEY (JPN), 126, c, 3, by Maurice (Jpn) 1st Dam: Homecoming Queen(Ire) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 7-9 1/2f, G1SW-Eng, GSW-Ire, $458,335), by Holy Roman Emperor(Ire) 2nd Dam: Lagrion, by Diesis (GB) 3rd Dam: Wrap It Up (Ire), by Mount Hagen (Fr) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (¥220,000,000 Ylg '22 JRHAJUL). O-Danox Inc.; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Hideaki Fujiwara; J-Yuichi Kitamura; ¥41,595,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, ¥61,684,000. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2–Orchid Romance (Jpn), 126, c, 3, Roger Barows (Jpn)– Echinacea (Jpn), by Snitzel (Aus). O/B-Mill Farm (Jpn); ¥16,170,000. 3–Sonshi (Ire), 126, c, 3, Night of Thunder (Ire)–Afdhaad (GB), by Nayef. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€125,000 Ylg '22 GOFFEB; 200,000gns RNA Ylg '22 TATOCT; $300,000 2yo '23 OBSSPR). O-Susumu Fujita; B-Shadwell Estate Company Limited (Ire); ¥10,085,000. Margins: HF, 2, 1. Odds: 12.60, 11.30, 1.30. Also Ran: Namura Atom (Jpn), Logi Leon (Jpn), Uncle Cross (Jpn), Fender (Jpn), Enya Love Faith (Jpn), Strauss (Jpn), Taiki Vainqueur (Jpn), Satomino Kirari (Jpn), Captain Neki (Jpn), Hakusan Eagle (Jpn), Aim For Ace (Jpn), Val d'Orcia (Jpn), Kris Arthur (Jpn), Miltenberg (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video. The post Maurice Colt Scales Falcon Stakes Heights appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When I started covering the Cheltenham Festival in the late 1980s it was still a place of myth and legend: whiskey priests, all-night card schools, hopeful (but not expectant) Irish pilgrimages, farmers with chances of winning a race and wince-inducing whip-use up the hill. It was a place chiefly for aficionados – the county set and jump racing hardcore, leavened with once-a-year urban tweedies who loved the racing and knew what it meant to watch Dawn Run win both a Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup. A place, in other words, for disciples, with newsworthy battles between rails bookmakers and big hitters, which the outside world peered at excitedly but fleetingly. The Cheltenham Festival made the front pages because it was edgy, rooted, fragrant, intense and magical. It united the human and animal kingdoms like no other sport. The Grand National was a national ritual, but it didn't shine a light on our culture the way Cheltenham did. We've come a long way since then. The modern Cheltenham is entertainment industry giant, mass market day out, commercial behemoth, and these days, a place of plunder for Irish yards, principally that of Willie Mullins, who won nine of this year's 27 races, including the two defining events with State Man (Champion Hurdle) and Galopin Des Champs (Gold Cup). More than ever, Cheltenham is subject to modern economic reality. On the track we see a concentration of power into a few hands and a switch to recruitment, scouting and academy-based success. This, aside from the training skill, is the foundation of Mullins' success – a pre-emptive odds-loading in his favour. An astonishing tally of 103 Festival winners suggests Mullins' networking has caught many of his rivals cold. Ireland's latest training win over GB yards by 18-9 in the Prestbury Cup has caused alarm at the British Horseracing Authority, whose chief executive Julie Harrington said in a statement the morning after the Gold Cup… “I have no doubt that the men and women who train horses here in Britain are more than a match for their Irish counterparts. However, they need the ammunition and at present the balance of power and the best horses are going to our colleagues in Ireland, and in particular one yard….. “However, the Irish domination of the Grade 1 races this week has illustrated that the issue is becoming more pronounced and more damaging for the sport on both sides of the Irish sea. “Put simply, the rate of decline of Jump racing in Britain at the top end has outstripped the measures that have been put in place to tackle it. We must do more, more quickly, and in a more coordinated and decisive manner if we are going to restore British Jump racing to the standing at which it belongs.” In other words – it's an emergency. Off the track meanwhile Cheltenham can no longer expect legions of revellers to arrive on autopilot. Like the Ryder Cup in golf, the Festival became drunk on the notion of infinite expansion and untouchable popularity. To the addicted, the last race on Friday triggers a kind of melancholia about the length of the wait for the next Festival to come around. But not even the imperishable charm of that great Cotswold playground can guarantee its survival as an annual must-go event. First, the experience. Muddy and gridlocked car parks are not to the modern consumer's taste. Nor is a £7.50 pint you have to queue for 20 minutes to get. Nor is a lack of places to sit. Nor, you might argue, are small fields or the Mullins dominance. It's hard to disentangle anxiety about Cheltenham's importance as a shop window from wider worries about the health of National Hunt racing. Cheltenham is not to blame for much of this. Climate change and £700 hotel room rates are not their fault. Sport's post-Covid spike is over. The racecourse is promising to freeze ticket prices and stop car parks becoming swamps. They insist there is “no complacency.” Grumbles about the cost of food and drink can be heard across all British sports. And each pays a price for the shambles that our rail network has become. Cost of living pressures are not just Radio 4 news headlines. They force choices on people: what to stick with, what to give up. In that context the drop in attendance at this year's Festival was relatively modest. Crowds were down 11,000 from 240,603 in 2023 to 229,370 this year. But if the lesson is that Cheltenham will have to sing for its supper like every other major sporting event then the signs of a downturn in public interest may turn out to be cathartic. There is a deeply optimistic note in what we saw this year. For some, Cheltenham is about the gambling, drinking, eating and cavorting. For my money it was always about the horses. The romance end of the market survives. Fiona Needham winning the Foxhunters' with a £2,400 horse (Sine Nomine) 22 years after she won the race as a jockey was a throwback tale. And for all the misgivings about Cheltenham becoming the Willie Mullins show, he sent some magnificent horses out for our entertainment: State Man, Ballyburn, Fact To File and above all Galopin Des Champs, whose victory in the hundredth anniversary Gold Cup was a thing of beauty. That's what Cheltenham is, right there. 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GII Risen Star S. runner up Track Phantom (Quality Road) headlines the field for Saturday's GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. The race draw also named the GIII Lecomte S. winner, who will break widest of the field in gate 12, as the 3-1 morning-line favorite. The field listed with their morning-line odds from the rail out include: Triple Espresso (Omaha Beach) (20-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Hall of Fame (Gun Runner) (8-1), Antiquarian (Preservationist) (12-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Agate Road (Quality Road) (8-1), Catching Freedom (Constitution) (4-1), Awesome Ruta (Mendelssohn) (30-1), Honor Marie (Honor Code) (8-1), Next Level (Vino Rosso) (30-1), Real Men Violin (Mendelssohn) (20-1), Common Defense (Karakontie {Jpn}) (6-1), 'TDN Rising Star' Tuscan Gold (Medaglia d'Oro) (8-1) and Track Phantom (Quality Road) (3-1). The GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby is the first of the 100-point Derby preps and awards points on a 100-50-25-15-10 scale to eligible runners. The post Louisiana Derby: Track Phantom Draws Widest, Named 3-1 Morning-Line Favorite 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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Preceded by a trio of sophomore Listed contests on the card, Saturday's G3 Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud went the way of last year's three-length winner Haya Zark (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}–Haya City {Fr}, by Elusive City), who handled bottomless conditions at the Paris track and cruised to an easy 1 1/2-length victory from 50-1 Polish raider Gryphon (Ire) (Vadamos {Fr}). The 53-10 chance also bagged 2023's G3 Prix d'Hedouville and was dropped down to this 10-furlong trip for the first time since last term's heroics at this venue coming back off unplaced efforts in ParisLongchamp's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and G1 Prix Royal-Oak. Haya Zark was positioned in a stalking second from flagfall and went wide with the six-strong field off the home turn. Launching his challenge on the bridle passing the quarter-mile marker, he swooped for control underneath the stands' side rail at the 300-metre pole–with rider sitting Christophe Soumillon motionless in the plate–and toyed with long-time leader Gryphon inside the final furlong to easily assert superiority in untroubled fashion. “I dreamt he could do it again after last year and he did,” said owner-breeder Odette Fau. “He had his ground, he was fresh and he won very well.” Trainer Adrien Fouassier expanded, “He loves this extreme ground, and a left-handed course, and he had a dream trip with a lead. He can be keen between horses, but when he is in the clear, like today, he is much more relaxed. In the straight he quickened as if he were on fast ground and it was amazing. We made mistakes with him last year, running on fast ground and over too long a trip, but there will be no such mistakes this year. The weather will dictate where we run.” Pedigree Notes Haya Zark is the second of three reported foals and lone scorer produced by Haya City (Fr) (Elusive City), herself a half-sister to G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud third Haya Landa (Fr) (Lando {Ger}) and Listed Criterium de l'Ouest placegetter Haya Of Fortune (Fr) (Soldier of Fortune {Ire}). Haya Zark's third dam Singing Lark (Fr) (Pampabird {Ire}), a full-sister to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Subotica (Fr), is the dam of G3 Craven S. third Gin Jockey (Fr) (Soviet Star). Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France PRIX EXBURY-G3, €80,000, Saint-Cloud, 3-16, 4yo/up, 10fT, 2:25.22, vhy. 1–HAYA ZARK (FR), 126, h, 5, by Zarak (Fr) 1st Dam: Haya City (Fr), by Elusive City 2nd Dam: Haya Samma (Ire), by Pivotal (GB) 3rd Dam: Singing Lark (Fr), by Pampabird (Ire) O/B-Mme Odette Fau (FR); T-Adrien Fouassier; J-Christophe Soumillon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 17-5-3-2, €217,930. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Gryphon (Ire), 126, h, 6, Vadamos (Fr)–Guiletta (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€8,000 Wlg '18 GOFNOV; €12,000 Ylg '19 GOFSPT). O-Janusz Szweycer; B-Kellsgrange Stud & John Dwan (IRE); T-Alicja Karkosa. €16,000. 3–Marquisat (Ire), 126, g, 4, Zarak (Fr)–La Marchesa (Ire), by Duke Of Marmalade (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (42,000gns Ylg '21 TATDEY). O-Godolphin; B-Mark H Dixon & Mount Coote Stud (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €12,000. Margins: 1HF, 8, 2. Odds: 5.30, 50.00, 1.40. Also Ran: Horizon Dore (Fr), American Flag (Fr), Mujtaba (GB). Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Zarak’s Haya Zark Cruises to Victory in Saint-Cloud Feature 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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