Wandering Eyes

Bear with me now, but parallels could be drawn between the Irish football team's World Cup qualification campaign and the Goffs November Foal Sale. Last year's sale was akin to the boys in green thumping Portugal 2-0 in the Aviva Stadium. Nobody saw it coming. One swallow doesn't make a summer, though, and it would all have been forgotten had Ireland come up short in Hungary. Well, Troy Parrott didn't read the script, and neither did Henry Beeby. A last-minute winner in Budapest gives Ireland a fighting chance of making the 2026 World Cup in America. This week's November Foal Sale at Goffs was the equivalent of Ireland backing up that Portugal win with an even better 3-2 triumph against Hungary as few people saw it coming. More fool them. 1 – We need to talk about Awtaad. At a time when smaller Irish breeders are bemoaning the lack of affordable stallions whose progeny stay a mile or further, Awtaad produced a performance that many will undoubtedly stand up and take note of. Awtaad was responsible for 13 foals who sold at an average of €55,039 this week. That average was obviously propped up by Ethical Diamond's brother, who sold to Peter and Ross Doyle for €380,000. However, even when you take out the brother of the Breeders' Cup winner from the statistics, Awtaad averaged a hugely respectable €26,291 from 12 foals sold. All of that was achieved from a €5,000 covering fee, which has to go some way in bolstering the Derrinstown Stud-based stallion's reputation as being one of the value plays for Irish breeders. It would be remiss not to give an honourable mention to Phoenix Of Spain here, too, because his €25,334 average for 30 foals sold is similarly impressive. All told, the Irish National Stud resident was responsible for six foals that sold for €48,000 or more. In fact, one of the best-walking foals in the entire sale, lot 155, went the way of renowned pinhooker Mick Fitzpatrick for €52,000. Similarly shrewd pinhookers like the Gleeson brothers of Aughamore Stud, Tally-Ho Stud [who bought two] and Tradewinds featured among the buyers' sheet for the progeny of Phoenix Of Spain. 2 – Speaking of pinhookers, they well and truly put any notion of the idea that they would play the market with caution in the bin and played a massive role in setting Kildare Paddocks ablaze all week. Philipp Stauffenberg was one of the many pinhookers who, on the eve of the sale, spoke openly and honestly about navigating what many agreed was a tricky yearling sale season across Europe. Yet, Stauffenberg was one of the many pinhookers who stuck their chest out this week, with the legendary German-based operator accounting for the most expensive lot all week, a New Bay half-sister to Group 1 scorer Dreamloper at €650,000. What you could say about Stauffenberg's performance is that he was definitely more selective as his €960,000 spend was completed by a well-bred Lope De Vega filly. Tally-Ho Stud were the busiest buyers all week [€1,443,000 spent on 20 foals] while Yeomanstown Stud, Eddie O'Leary, Jamie Railton and Flash Conroy were just a number of other leading pinhookers who contributed to the market. 3 – What more can you say about Starman that hasn't already been said? Quite a lot, actually. Okay, we get it, he's a bloody brilliant stallion who has more than justified his bump from a fee of €10,000 the past two years up to €40,000 next year. The most uplifting part of his success story has to be the amount of small breeders who benefited this week by supporting him before he was famous. David Bourke, an accountant by trade who only keeps a handful of mares, summed it up brilliantly when he netted €120,000 for his Starman filly out of Evie Be Kool (Jeremy) on Monday. “You need to land on sires like Starman because it gives you such a boost when you go to the sales,” he said. That was not an isolated comment and even the most expensive Starman sold all week – a colt offered by Abbeyleix Stud who netted €225,000 to Tally-Ho themselves – was produced out of a mare the connections sourced for just €3,000 at this sale two years ago. These are the types of stories that keep smaller breeders going. It just goes to show what can happen when you get in early on a stallion that happens to catch fire. 4 – This week provided us with the opportunity to get the first glimpse of the younger stallions coming through and, of those with good representations, Tally-Ho's Good Guess and Darley's Native Trail fared best. In fact, hardly anything split the two stallions in terms of averages posted – Good Guess finished the week with a €43,477 average for 44 foals sold while the 35 Native Trails brought in an average of €40,771. 5 – You've heard about the luck of the Irish, but maybe we should start making more about the pluck of the Irish after what played out this week. The appetite for foals, particularly among the younger generation, is something that really ought to be celebrated in Ireland. There are plenty of young pinhooking groups in England, and the touch young Charlie and Oliver Vigors enjoyed with their Minzaal filly was one of the best stories of the entire year. However, you just don't get the same volume of younger people rocking up to the foal sales in any other country than you do in Ireland and there were even some stories of foals getting north of 300 shows this week. It provided a fascinating dynamic to the whole foal section and, who knows, perhaps we had the next Mick Fitzpatrick or Barry Mahon within our midst. The post Beeby Or Parrott? Five Talking Points From A Frenetic Foal Sale At Goffs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Sunday running at Tokyo Racecourse: Sunday, November 23, 2025 4th-TOK, ¥14,250,000 ($90k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600m FULMINE BLU (c, 2, Bolt d'Oro–Thundering Sky, by Sky Mesa), a half-brother to the multiple graded-placed middle-distance turfer Corruption (Medaglia d'Oro), was bought back on a bid of $120,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July Sale, but was knocked down to Northern Farm's Katsumi Yoshida for $200,000 at this year's OBS March Sale after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5. The April foal's dam was victorious in the 2016 Pebbles Stakes and was placed no fewer than seven times at the graded level on multiple surfaces before selling to Spendthrift Farm for $500,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Fulmine Blu, who debuts in the colors of Silk Racing, is the mount of visiting Frenchman Alexis Pouchin. O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Naoto Chiba The post Nicely Bred Bolt d’Oro Colt Gets Going at Tokyo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mark Spincer will become the new chief executive officer of Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR). He will replace Charlie Boss, who is leaving at the end of the year and will report to JCR group chief executive Jim Mullen. However, a formal start date for Spincer has not been set. Formerly from Arena Racing Company (ARC), Spincer was managing director of the racing division there since January of 2020. He was also formerly group operations director and executive director of Newcastle and Doncaster Racecourses. Mullen said, “Mark is a superb operator with 25 years of experience in the hospitality and leisure sectors and knows the racing industry inside out. “This role requires an operational leader with an unwavering focus on customer experience and a track record of delivering racing and live music events across multiple sites. “I'm excited to work with Mark to help get the best out of our highly motivated and brilliant teams across our portfolio of racecourses.” Spincer said, “I'm delighted to be joining The Jockey Club and really looking forward to working with the teams there.” The post Mark Spincer Appointed New CEO Of Jockey Club Racecourses appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Enthralling, a Galileo sister to Derby winner Derby winner Lambourn (Australia), lived up to her name at the Goffs November Mares Sale with Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm holding off a strong challenge from Ace Stud for the young breeding prospect at €780,000. As well as being a sister to a Derby winner out of a high-class racemare in Gossamer Wings (Scat Daddy), Enthralling's pedigree is further enhanced by the fact her younger brother Action fits into the 'could be anything' category on the strength of his runner-up effort in the Group 1 Futurity Trophy behind fellow Ballydoyle-trained youngster Hawk Mountain. Enthralling was sold in foal to Camelot and Tomo Tsuda, who was bidding on behalf of the Japanese powerhouse breeders, Northern Farm, was visibly delighted to have secured the Coolmore-bred filly from The Castlebridge Consignment. “There is lots of promise for the future with this pedigree,” Tsuda said. “I love the two-year-old colt [Action], and I think he's going to be really good next year. There's a lot of speed in the mare's bloodline and, to bring a mare like this back to Japan and cover her with our own stallions, that is our dream for the future.” He added, “We had a lot of competition. She was one the top mare in this draft – very athletic walk and strong back end. I love her. She cost a little bit over my budget! We haven't decided what stallion she will visit in Japan yet. We will see what the Camelot is like and then we can make a decision. We are going to travel from here to Tattersalls and then on to Arqana. European mares fit in very well with us in Japan.” The post Sister To Derby Winner Lambourn Sells For 780k At Goffs To Northern Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Superstars Ka Ying Rising, Lucky Sweynesse, Romantic Warrior, and Voyage Bubble will highlight the Nov. 23 preps for the December Hong Kong International Races.View the full article

Docklands starts a two-week British assault on Japanese racing while taking on some of the best local milers in the Mile Championship (G1) Nov. 23 at Kyoto Racecourse.View the full article

A share in Grade 1 sire Nirvana Du Berlais (lot 22) was added to the Arqana Online November Sale set for Thursday, November 27 from 4-6 p.m. local time. A winner of the G1 Prix Cambaceres, the son of Martaline is the sire of G1 Prix Maurice Gillois winner Leader Sport, as well as Punchestown Grade 1 winner Lulamba, who placed at the highest level at Cheltenham. The Haras de la Hetraie resident is also responsible for debut British hurdle winner Manganese. For the complete sales catalogue, please visit the Arqana website. The post Nirvana Du Berlais Share Added To Arqana November Online Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It is a haul from Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky to Zia Park in Eastern New Mexico, though it is understandable why the connections of Brotha Keny are sending him west for the Nov. 25 Zia Park Derby. The 1 1/16-mile dirt race is worth $300,000.View the full article

Four additional wildcards, including G1 Preis der Diana second Spanish Eyes (Zarak), have been added to the Arqana Vente d'Elevage on December 6-9. Consigned as lot 248f, the mare was also placed in the GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes and the GII Beverly D. Stakes. She is a sister to group winner Sirjan (Zarak) and is also from the family of three-time Group 1 winner Sosie (Sea The Stars). Lot 248g is G3 Prix Fille de l'Air second Salmarak (Zarak). The five-year-old is from the family of Arc hero Peintre Celebre. In foal to Zarak is Ithaque (Oasis Dream) (lot 248h), who is out of the listed winner Eyeful (Muhtathir). Rounding out the quartet is Birdcall (Night Of Thunder), who is unbeaten in two starts. Set to sell as lot 248i, the juvenile won by four lengths on debut in October and then switched to the all-weather and won again. She is rated 92 and is kin to Group 1 winners Dream Of Dreams (Dream Ahead), Airwave (Air Express), Churchill, and Clemmie (Galileo). For the full catalogue, please visit the Arqana website. The post German Oaks Second Spanish Eyes Leads Four Wildcards For Arqana December appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The fourth annual Holiday Giving Campaign, run for the benefit of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), is set to run the month of December to raise funds, the group announced Friday morning. Designed to raise awareness for accredited Thoroughbred aftercare and to support those organizations that ensure retired runners enjoy a good quality of life after their first career, the initiative raised $240,000 last year. This year the goal is to continue making a meaningful impact for Thoroughbreds in need and build on prior success. “We are thrilled to kick off our Holiday Giving Campaign and support the amazing work our 86 accredited organizations do every day,” said Emily Dresen, director of funding and events at the TAA. “Every gift made during our campaign makes a difference and contributes to our ability to provide safe and dignified transitions for Thoroughbreds when they retire from the track. We are encouraged by the excitement and generosity of our match sponsors and the industry's unified response to taking care of our equine athletes!” During the campaign, the TAA will unveil new daily match sponsors, including prominent leaders in the horseracing industry. Each sponsor will match all donations up to a set amount for their designated day. Announcements of match sponsors will be shared daily through industry publications as well as Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance's website, social media channels, and email list. Campaign updates will be sent to this mailing list along with additional information. Starting December 1, individuals interested in supporting accredited aftercare through the Holiday Giving Campaign can visit the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance website to make a donation, which will be matched by the daily sponsor. Donations of $50 or more will also receive a free 2026 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance calendar, while supplies last. “Every Thoroughbred deserves a safe and meaningful life beyond the finish line, and Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance makes that possible through its incredible network of accredited organizations. Their work reflects the deep respect we all share for these athletes who give us so much,” said Terry Finley, president and founder of West Point Thoroughbreds. “Join us in supporting Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance's Holiday Giving Campaign–helping every horse transition into a rewarding new chapter is a mission we can all stand behind.” For more information, to sign up for the newsletter, or to make a donation to the TAA, please go here. The post Fourth Annual Holiday Campaign for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Runs All December appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group 1 winner Jantar Mantar (Palace Malice) looms large in the 18-strong G1 Mile Championship at Kyoto on Sunday. The dual top-level winner earned a victory over Gaia Force (Kitasan Black) in the G1 Yasuda Kinen in June, and found only that rival too good prepping for this contest with a second in the G2 Fuji Stakes. Trainer Tomokazu Takano said of the G1 NHK Mile Cup hero, “After his run in the Fuji Stakes Oct. 18, his heart and lungs had improved. He was just about in tiptop shape for his final fast work on Nov. 19, he just needs a few finishing touches. I gave instructions to get a time of 54-some seconds up the hill course and push him just enough to get a good response over the final furlong. And, that's exactly what we got. The horse knows the course, the jockey knows the course.” The ghostly grey Gaia Force has yet to win a Group 1, but his connections are undeterred on behalf of the G1 February Stakes second. The six-year-old entire is set to start from stall six under Takeshi Yokoyama, one to the outside of G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and G1 Victoria Mile heroine Ascoli Piceno (Daiwa Major). Trainer Haruki Sugiyama said, “His last race was over the Tokyo mile, the Fuji Stakes. The break was very sharp and the pace suited him. After that, he went to the farm for about 10 days and returned looking good, as he had before his last race too. On Nov. 13, he worked under Fuma Izumiya with a focus on the final stage. He clocked :51.6 seconds up the hill course. The most important thing is that he has no physical problems.” Ascoli Piceno makes her first start since a decent sixth in August's G1 Prix Jacques le Marois behind Diego Velazquez (Frankel) in France. Earlier this year she won the G2 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia followed by the Victoria Mile back in her native land. She is booked in stall five under Christophe Lemaire. Trainer Yoichi Kuroiwa, “After the Prix Jacques le Marois her recovery went mostly well, much better than after the Victoria Mile. Her physique has gotten much more solid and she gains weight easily. To her fast work and regular work, I've had to add two more workouts up the hill course followed directly by a gallop over the flat to get in fit. Her breathing and footwork both improved from last week. This will be her first time at Kyoto, but it's a spacious course and the going should be fast.” Soul Rush had Elton Barows (Deep Brillante) back in second in the 2024 edition of this race. The son of Rulership has yet to be off the board since that victory, running second in December's G1 Hong Kong Mile, third in the G2 Nakayama Kinen in his 2025 bow, followed by a victory over Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) in the G1 Dubai Turf in April. Third in the Yasuda Kinen, he filled that spot again in the Fuji Stakes behind Gaia Force and Jantar Mantar. Trainer Yasutoshi Ikee said, “After returning to the training center he had a fast workout every week for 3 weeks in a row, including this week. At Kyoto, with the downward slope out of the backstretch, he's going to pick up speed. Since, at times, he has trouble getting his engine revved and can get left behind at the crucial moment, the Kyoto course may help him.” British raider and G1 Queen Anne Stakes hero Docklands (Massaat) will leave from stall 16 for trainer Harry Eustace. Fifth in the G1 Sussex Stakes in July, he has rolled a pair of fours in his past two starts–the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in August and October, respectively. The post Jantar Mantar Clashes With Soul Rush In The Mile Championship appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mrs. Astor will try to duplicate the result from a year ago in seeking a second consecutive victory in the Red Carpet Stakes (G3T) when the $100,000 race is renewed Nov. 23 at Del Mar. View the full article

Saturday, Milan, 14:40 PM, CET PREMIO ST LEGER ITALIANO-G3, €70,400, 3yo/up, 3000mT Field: 1-Almenkonig (Ger) (Millowitsch{Ger}), 2-Ismahane (Ger) (Isfahan{Ger}), 3-Jolly Jumper (Ire) (Free Eagle{Ire}), 4-Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug{Ger}), 5-Maestro Del Mar (Ire) (Grendisar{Ire}), 6-Moon Wolf (Fr) (Intello{Ger}), 7-Nonna Vanda (Ire) (James Garfield{Ire}), 8-Oberer (GB) (Cracksman{GB}), 9-Orion Queen (Fr) (Sea The Moon{Ger}), 10-Taany (Ire) (Teofilo{Ire}), 11-Thine Be The Glory (GB) (Showcasing{GB}). TDN Analysis: Taany is back to defend her Italian St Leger title after winning this by 10 lengths in 2024. The Luciano Vitabile trainee has landed a pair of Group 3 races at San Siro this season, and Saturday's contest is her first back at this 3000-metre trip since her victory last year. Marcel Weiss will saddle Lordano, who is fresh off a victory over this trip in the G3 Silbernes Pferd at Cologne earlier this month. Oberer is a listed winner in Italy and, after a second-place effort in the Listed Premio Roma Vecchia, received the ultimate equipment change. The new gelding will leave from stall four. Sunday, Kyoto, 15:40, MILE CHAMPIONSHIP-G1, ¥347,520,000, 3yo/up, 1600mT Field: 1-Toshin Macau (Jpn) (Big Arthur {Jpn}), 2-Champagne Color (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), 3-Water Licht (Jpn) (Drefong), 4-Magic Sands (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), 5-Ascoli Piceno (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), 6-Gaia Force (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), 7-Cervinia (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), 80Kangchenjunga (Jpn) (Big Arthur {Jpn}), 9-Elton Barows (Jpn) (Deep Brillante {Jpn}), 10-Lavanda (Jpn) (Silver State {Jpn}), 11-Off Trail (GB) (Farhh {GB}), 12-Win Marvel (Jpn) (I'll Have Another), 13-Long Run (Jpn) (Victoire Pisa {Jpn}), 14-Lebensstil (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}), 15-Jantar Mantar (Jpn) (Palace Malice {Jpn}), 16-Docklands (GB) (Massaat {Ire}), 17-Soul Rush (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}), 18-Wide Latour (Jpn) (California Chrome). Click here for the complete field. The post Black-Type Analysis: Can Lordano Claim The St Leger Italiano For Germany? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As U.S. racing moves to create a national marketing campaign in 2026, it would be well served to gather some input from France Galop, which recently was honored for its advertising and marketing efforts that aim to reconnect people with the sport.View the full article

Not even a wide draw can dent Bruce Wallbank’s enthusiasm at the prospects of his talented sprinter Midnight Edition (NZ) (Wrote) in the Gr. 3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Midnight Edition came up with barrier 11 in the 16-horse field for his home-track feature, but that includes two balloted runners drawn inside him. “He’ll end up jumping from eight or nine with scratchings and if anything, the way he races the draw might benefit him,” Wallbank said. TAB odds-setters adopted the same philosophy when they put Midnight Edition at the top of the Counties Bowl final field market at $3.90. After slight fluctuations, he remained at that price but with the inclusion of boosted odds, on Friday morning $4.40 was on offer. “When you look at his record and the weight they’ve given him, he deserves to be favourite – I can’t believe he’s got only half a kilo above the minimum.” The Wrote gelding had always shown ability, winning three of his 12 starts as a three-year-old as well as placing in the likes of the Gr. 2 Auckland Guineas (1400m), in which he was relegated after dead-heating with Yaldi, and another smart sort in Checkmate finishing third. Midnight Edition’s four-year-old campaign began with an open 1200m win at Te Rapa in mid-September, and he finished second in his two subsequent starts, most recently beaten a neck by Twain in the Gr. 3 Sweynesse Stakes (1200m, w-f-a) at Rotorua six weeks ago. “He’s had a break and he’s spot-on for Saturday,” Wallbank said. “He loves that track and it will take a good horse to beat him.” Last season Midnight Edition was placed up to 1600m and was even stretched out to 2000m in the Gr. 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m), however, the focus for the meantime at least is sprint distances. “After this race he’ll go to Te Rapa for the 1400m race on Waikato Cup Day and that should set him nicely for the Telegraph (Gr. 1, 1200m) down at Trentham,” Wallbank said. “The three-week gap between each of those races works out well for him.” View the full article

Training partners Mitchell Beer and George Carpenter are hoping to deliver the Kembla Grange locals a feature race win when they saddle up speedy mare Sunrise (NZ) (Charm Spirit) in the Gr.3 The Warra (1000m). With no Kembla-trained horse contesting the A$1 million Gr.3 Gong (1600m) this year and fellow local Cani Cancan (Russian Revolution) a $151 outsider for The Warra, $5 second favourite Sunrise appears the best chance for the Illawarra community to land one of the main races. Formerly based at Albury, Beer relocated to the provincial track two years ago and in September this year, Carpenter became his official business partner. “Kembla has fast become home. It’s terrific,” Beer said. “We’ve got a pretty big day socially (on Saturday). We have about 300 people in our marquee on-course, so as new as we are to Wollongong and the club, it feels like our big day pretty quickly. “This meeting is quite new, the club is new in terms of the CEO and track manager. We all arrived around the same time and it’s great to be involved and aligned with a club trying new things and not just resting on good horses turning up for the Gong.” Sunrise started her career in New Zealand and was identified by two of Beer’s staff as a suitable acquisition. Paying $45,000 for her at the 2024 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, Sunrise has since posted three wins, including a 7-1/4 length romp over The Warra course and distance in March when she set a track record of 55.58 seconds for the 1000m. “We’re a stable that loves getting hold of tried horses,” Beer said. “Her form in New Zealand was good, and I thought if she could take good physical improvement, she would stack up OK. “It would be nice to be taking her back through that sale in a couple of years as a stakes winner.” It has been a long road to amend Sunrise’s racing manners and then overcome several hurdles at the start of her current campaign, including a bout of colic and a virus. But Saturday’s race has been a target since she finished fifth in the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes (1100m) at Scone in May and Beer is content she will arrive there at the top of her game. “For us, she is a track record holder here at Kembla over 1000 so it’s a perfect race for us to really target and she couldn’t be going into the race in any better form,” he said. Given the retirement of stable stalwart Mnementh (Eurozone) earlier this year, Sunrise has the opportunity to emerge as the yard’s latest star and Beer is hoping she can prove up to the challenge. “Someone has bloody got to. He carried the stable for a long time,” Beer said. “I think she can go to that level. She’s not a week-in, week-out Group horse, but she is a genuine Saturday class to Listed mare, and she has really found her right race.” View the full article

The dates for NZB’s National Online Yearling Sale have been confirmed for 2026, with the Sale set to be held on leading online auction platform Gavelhouse Plus. The catalogue will be available to view online from Tuesday 31 March, with bidding set to open on Friday 10 April and closing from 6pm (NZT) on Tuesday 14 April. A significant benefit of the digital catalogue is that all lots offered in the National Online Yearling Sale are eligible to be nominated for the lucrative Karaka Millions Series. Just nine short months after they make their virtual sale-ring debut, graduates of the online sale can compete for a share in the 2027 $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), followed by the 2028 $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), as well as the NZB Mega Maiden Bonus Series with $1m in bonuses up for grabs across 40 maiden races each season. Graduates of the relatively new sale have already had multiple successes on the racetrack, with 146 runners claiming 133 wins on the track. This includes the unbeaten and recent Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas winner Well Written (Written Tycoon) and Group Two Eight Carat Classic winner Hitabell (NZ) (Embellish), both trained by Stephen Marsh. Bought by Stephen Marsh Racing and Dylan Johnson Bloodstock for a sale-topping $80,000 from Brighthill Farm’s 2024 National Online Yearling Sale draft, Well Written has now had three starts for three super-impressive victories and leads the NZB Filly of the Year standings. Responsible for sourcing the Marsh Racing stars, Dylan Johnson praised the National Online Sale, a sale the team like to target.  “The timing of this particular sale works well for us, and it gives horses that extra few months to develop from what they may have looked like in January. “Hitabell was always a standout physically for us and she has continued to develop and is now a stunning mare. She is a great advert for the value that can be found,” he added. “While she is by one of Australia’s best stallions, Well Written was a little less obvious. “I vividly remember her being quite backward and needing time. We’ve had a lot of luck with horses that needed time physically, but I don’t think we have ever bought a horse who has made that development as well as she has,” Johnson commented.  Entries for the 2026 National Online Yearling Sale will open in February next year, with further details to follow. Following normal sale protocol, the National Online Yearling Sale will continue to be run under NZB Terms and Conditions. For more information about the Sale, contact NZB Bloodstock Sales Manager Kane Jones on +64 27 274 4985 or email Kane.jones@nzb.co.nz. SALE SCHEDULE Entries open: 24 February Entries Close: 18 March Sale Online: 31 March Bidding Opens: 10 April View the full article

Voyage Bubble may get his best chance to topple the mighty Romantic Warrior in Sunday’s Group Two BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2,000m), with trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai confirming his star’s first-up 12th was a complete forgive run. After being asked to work early under top weight and finding trouble in the run, Voyage Bubble never looked comfortable and faded in the straight. “You can just forget about his run with Matthew Poon [Ming-fai] on him. It was rough, very rough,” said Yiu. “Since then I have...View the full article

The Oregon Racing Commission approved 18 fairs-circuit dates at four tracks for Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses in 2026 during its Thursday meeting. The Eastern Oregon Livestock Show meet in Union traditionally kicks off the state's summer fairs circuit. It will race June 12-14 in '26. Grants Pass Downs, in the southern tier of the state, will race June 20, 21, 27, 28 and July 3-5. Crooked River Roundup in Prineville, which races at night, will race July 15-18. Tillamook County Fair in coastal Tillamook will race Aug. 5-8. In 2025, Grants Pass also conducted a separate autumn meeting outside of the fairs circuit. Those possible dates for '26 were not discussed at the Nov. 20 commission meeting. The post Oregon Maintains Four-Track Fairs Circuit for ’26 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With 2025 drawing to a close and the beleaguered Chicago racing community having gone two months since the last public update from Hawthorne Race Course regarding its long-promised but still unbuilt racino, you'd think the focus of Thursday's Illinois Racing Board (IRB) meeting might have involved some sort of formal request to know where Hawthorne stood on the oft-delayed project that the state legalized back in 2019 and is considered imperative for the future of racing in Illinois. At the IRB's Sept. 18 meeting, Tim Carey, Hawthorne's president and general manager, had referenced in general terms “an issue” that Hawthorne wasn't “able to overcome with our investor,” plus a bridge loan that was coming due in October, and also a search for a new partner to help with getting a racino up and running by 2027. Fairmount Park, the only other Thoroughbred track in Illinois, opened a temporary gaming area in its grandstand earlier this year and is working on building out the next phase of its racino in time for the start of its 2026 meet. But Hawthorne's racino has been plagued by setbacks and financial difficulties, and the track's historic grandstand hulks half-demolished from a teardown that began in 2020 for a large-scale reconstruction project that has repeatedly stalled. Although Hawthorne over the last several years has been praised by horsemen and regulators for being willing to shoulder the burden of a split schedule to accommodate both Thoroughbred and harness racing in greater Chicago after all other tracks vacated the market, Thoroughbreds there have been running for purses that have declined markedly since the 2021 closure of Arlington International Racecourse splintered the circuit. Considering all that, somewhat surprisingly, the Nov. 20 IRB meeting opened with no public commentary from any stakeholders in the Thoroughbred community. (Anyone who wished to discuss any relevant racing issue had a chance to sign up to speak.) This included the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (ITHA), which at past meetings has been quite vocal about underscoring the dire future for Chicago-area racing in the absence of a racino at Hawthorne. Two months ago, ITHA president Chris Block had testified before the IRB that, “This upcoming year is absolutely pivotal…. Guys are really struggling to pay the bills. Owners are really struggling to stay in the game. I told this to Tim [Carey]: 'I just hope there's an industry left here to save.'” On Thursday, it wasn't until the eight commissioners were discussing the routine approval of intertrack wagering licenses for '26 that commissioner Patricia Saccone began to prod Hawthorne about its simulcasting, which has been limited for the past year because of Hawthorne's unsettled financial obligations to signal providers. “We're in the middle of doing some interim financing as part of our overall project,” Carey said by way of explaining repayment plans aimed at getting signals restored. “The overall [racino] project, I think I committed at the [Sept. 18] dates hearing, that there'd be an announcement, certainly in the fourth quarter. We're still planning on doing that.” But no other commissioner followed up by asking any specifics about the racino, and an update on it wasn't a formal agenda item. Back at the July IRB meeting, Saccone had gone on record as asking for exactly that–a standing agenda item that mandated Hawthorne to give monthly updates to the board. But at the time Saccone made her request four months ago, IRB chairman Daniel Beiser never committed to adding the Hawthorne update as a standing agenda item, despite acknowledging Saccone's request and calling what was going on at Hawthorne an “emergency.” So on Thursday, Saccone waited until near the end of the meeting to use the “commissioner comments” section of the agenda to once again call on Carey. In a nearly two-minute preamble that stressed the words “transparency” (three times) and “accountability” (four times), Saccone worked her way toward asking Carey for an update on the Hawthorne racino. “Your dedication, resilience and commitment is awe-inspiring,” Saccone said. “And you continued racing here in northern Illinois when all the others have left. But today I do have an important question that I think deserves the clarity as well as accountability.” Carey said, “Sure,” to Saccone's request for a racino update. He then kept his remarks brief. “We are actively moving forward with our plans. I believe we're in a good position right now. I'm not in a position to make that announcement here today. But we feel that we're in a very, very good position,” Carey said. “So are you on track for the fourth quarter?” Saccone asked. “Yes,” Carey said. “Yes, we're on track to make that announcement.” Neither Saccone nor any other IRB commissioners followed up any further, and Carey offered no other details. For the better part of the last five years, the IRB's regulatory approach toward looming existential threats has been decidedly hands-off. As far back as 2021, TDN reported on the stunningly silent “elephant in the room” syndrome that seemed to grip the IRB. For example, in the first six months of '21 after Churchill Downs, Inc., declared its industry-devastating intention to sell Arlington International Racecourse for “non-horse racing” purposes, the IRB did not undertake any form of action that might have staved off Arlington's closure, and board members largely avoided the topic during public meetings. Despite the pleas for help by horsemen as Arlington neared its final days, nor did the IRB publicly pursue any endeavor that might have ensured a fair bidding process that could have helped a different operator gain control of Arlington before it got sold and demolished. Beyond the brief dialogue that Saccone attempted to spark, the Nov. 20, 2025, meeting followed the familiar IRB playbook of not delving too deeply into controversial issues. Minutes after Saccone's questioning of Carey, Beiser, who has chaired the IRB since April 2020, closed the meeting with a brief bit of holiday commentary that seemed disconnected from the hardships that both Hawthorne and the horsemen are facing. “Happy Thanksgiving to everyone,” Beiser said. “Great efforts so far this year, and let's hope that [in] 2026, we can build on what we've been doing, especially the spirit of cooperation between all entities regarding healthy, prosperous horse racing in Illinois.” The post Lone IRB Commissioner Prods Hawthorne, but Elicits Only Very General Update on Long-Overdue Racino appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Second-crop stallion Mr. Money registered his first black-type stakes winner when his 2-year-old son Mr Mo Money won the Joseph R. Peluso Memorial Stakes Nov. 20 at Fair Grounds.View the full article

Marotiri Molly’s rise to black-type prominence has been testament to not only her talent, but also the patience of Foxton trainer Matt Dixon. She required careful handling through the early stages of her career before rising through the grades and on Saturday will attempt to add the Gr.2 Dunstan Horsefeeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) to her record. “She’s good to go and she’s not an overly big mare and it’s been pretty tough on her carrying big weights, so I’m looking forward to getting her back to a set weight race,” Dixon said. The daughter of Per Incanto will be taking aim at the Pukekohe event for the second time after a luckless bid 12 months ago. “She was third to La Crique after missing the kick and ended up two lengths last and flew home,” Dixon said. Marotiri Molly heads north off the back of an open handicap win at Tauherenikau, the seventh victory of the seven-year-old’s 18-start career. “I got her unbroken as a late three-year-old and then she suffered from chronic shin soreness,” Dixon said. “She went sore about five or six times, she’s very fine boned and every time I put a bit of pressure on her she’d go shinny again and had a few growing pains along the way as well. “She always showed a lot of speed and ability, but when the pressure went on her legs couldn’t cope, it was a long and frustrating process. It took a lot of time to get over all that before she was away.” Marotiri Molly was ridden by apprentice Toni Davies to her latest success under 60kg. It was a fine effort as she gave placegetters Blissful Belle and Kopua four and five kilos respectively. “She had 62kg so we had to claim, it’s been a bit tricky so it was a really good effort at Tauherenikau with all the dead weight,” Dixon said. “She got held up and then had to pick herself up again and got past horses carrying a lot less weight.” Dixon has yet to confirm the mare’s program beyond Pukekohe, but another crack at a Group One title is high on the wish list. “Last year she won the Challenge Stakes (Gr.2, 1400m) after Pukekohe and that’s a possibility,” Dixon said. “If she was to win on Saturday, then she would deserve another crack at trying to win a Group One. We had a go at the Thorndon last year, that was at the end of her campaign, even still she only got beaten less than a length. “She was a late nom for the race, it was never really on the radar, so it was an afterthought.” Raced by breeders Beven and Christine Parlato, Marotiri Molly is a daughter of the Al Akbar mare Marotiri Miss, who won five times and finished runner-up in the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m). View the full article

Fresh off a victory over New Zealand Cup Week, Wingatui trainer Joseph Waldron is hoping to quickly add to that tally when he heads south to Ascot Park on Sunday with a couple of handy chances. Former northerner Sabrina Hall impressed when runner-up in her southern debut at her new home track earlier this month, and Waldron is confident she can go one better in the McGregor Concrete & Farmers Dipping (1400m) this weekend. Bred and raced by Windsor Park Stud, Sabrina Hall was initially in the care of Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, for whom she won one of her six starts. She was entrusted to the care of Waldron when he returned to New Zealand from Australia at the start of the season, and the Otago horseman is rapt to continue his association with Windsor Park Stud, who supported him at the infancy of his career. “They (Windsor Park Stud) have been really good to me right from when I first started training,” Waldron said. “Roddy and Gina (Schick) gave me a couple of horses to prep for the Ready to Runs a few years ago now and to have a horse for them straight away is fantastic and I really appreciate it.” Waldron has been impressed with Sabrina Hall and is looking forward to her stepping out for the first time in Southland this weekend. “She was really good fresh, especially without a trial or a jumpout,” he said. “She has made good improvement from that and I am looking forward to Sunday.” Sabrina Hall has drawn barrier 16, but that poses no concerns for Waldron. “She is a horse with really good ability,” he said. “From that kind of gate you just need to ride them like they are the best horse in the race, and that’s what we will be doing.” Waldron will also head to Ascot Park with well-travelled gelding Allibor, who will contest the Nightcaps Contracting (2200m). The eight-year-old son of All Too Hard has placed in one of his four starts since joining Waldron in New Zealand, and he is hoping the former Hong Kong galloper can strike this weekend. “He can be a little hit or miss, but when he has a good day, he has a really good day,” Waldron said. Looking back on New Zealand Cup Week, Waldron was rapt to win with Brave Spirit on the last day of the carnival. “That was a huge thrill, especially to do it for the Stewart family who have probably been the biggest supporters of ours since we moved over,” Waldron said. “He is a horse Jack (Stewart) found for not much money on gavelhouse. It was a super result and he won like a horse that should win again. We are really excited for the rest of the season with him.” Having commenced his training career in the Waikato seven years ago, Waldron spent several years plying his trade in Victoria before returning to his home region of Otago with his partner Sarah Fannin at the start of the season. Waldron said he is enjoying being back in his homeland and he is looking forward to growing his team as the season progresses. “I am loving being back home, there is no better place in the world than New Zealand,” he said. “It is great that we are starting to get a result or two with horses.” Secret Beau made the perfect start to Waldron’s return when winning at Riccarton in August, and he is looking forward to the gelding returning to the races over summer. “We should have Secret Beau back to the races in about three weeks to a month,” he said. “From the way he won his maiden during National Week, he is one to look forward to. “He was due to go to Cup Week, but he just had a little setback that had held him up for a couple of weeks. He is back on track and I am looking forward to getting him back to the races.” View the full article

Pomona Fairgrounds, 1956. Abandoning his hopes of becoming an attorney, Gary Biszantz was going home to try to turn round his father's automobile dealership in Los Angeles. He broke his journey at a horse sale, having loved Thoroughbreds since being taken racing as a kid, when he would stand on a chair and marvel at “the epitome of strength, speed, skill and style.” “And the guy next to me puts up his hand at $400 and the auctioneer says: 'Sold!'” Biszantz recalls. “The guy looks at me and says, 'Would you loan me $400?' And I say, 'No–but I'll buy the goddamn horse!' So he hands me the bill and I send her to Mel Stute at Santa Anita, who I played basketball with. Mel says, 'You don't have any money. But you don't have to pay me until she wins, we'll straighten up then.' First time she runs, she wins: 33-and-two, down the chute. And I'm hooked.” Nearly 70 years later, Biszantz has made a reluctant concession to their passage–otherwise barely discernible, a hobbling gait apart, in this extraordinarily dynamic character–by selling Cobra Farm, outside Lexington, and moving downtown. In the meantime, his colors have been carried by 480 winners, 32 in stakes and four at Grade I level; and, throughout, Biszantz has engaged fearlessly with the ethical challenges that always face our community. For here's a man who never minces his words, whether in the name of conventionality or false modesty. And why should he, as protagonist of an authentic American dream? His father, from a family of German immigrants, drove from Ohio during the Depression to earn $1 a week as a janitor on a used car lot on Figueroa Boulevard. He ended up with a dealership of his own. “But he was a quiet man,” his son recalls. “A bookkeeper, not a salesman. All he wanted was to get to 5 p.m. and go for a couple of beers and a game of pinball.” So when he came home to help the failing business, Biszantz put his cards on the table. He wasn't here to lift garage doors, wash sidewalks. What was this dealership worth? “Well,” his father replied. “Maybe $40,000.” “Okay, I'll buy 25 percent.” “But you don't have $10,000.” “I don't. But I will, because you're going to let me run this place. And every $1,000 we make, my $250 will go against the $10,000 until it's paid off.” His father looked at Biszantz. “It'll take you five years.” The debt was cleared within the year. Biszantz then bought out the rest of the business, and opened another dealership in San Diego. But he was barely started. In 1978, Biszantz received a call from one of the professional golfers he had got to know as an accomplished amateur. He'd been using clubs made by Cobra, a small company operated by a friend. They were tremendous, yet the bank was threatening foreclosure. Would Biszantz take a look? So he inspected the books. A mess. “No cash in the bank, no sales manager, no sales force, no CPA, nothing,” Biszantz recalls. “I'm thinking, 'What in the world am I doing here?' I had $80,000, but this guy owed $160,000. So I called five of my best pals and said, 'I need each of you put up $15,000 and be partners in this firm. I can't pay you anything until we make a profit–and we may never do that.'” Then he went to the eight employees. “The good news is we don't owe the bank anything,” he told them. “The bad news is that leaves us with nothing. Next week's payroll included. So I'm giving you a choice. You can either quit today, get a new job and take care of your family. Or you can stay with me and ride this out, and we'll work hard and figure out how to make payroll.” They all stayed. Coady “Eighteen years later, I sold the company for $756 million,” Biszantz says proudly. “Each of the guys that put up $15,000 got many millions.” What couldn't be bought, however, was the “family” culture that he considers more important to Cobra's success even than his recruitment of world No. 1 Greg Norman. When they opened a new plant, the management were given reserved parking out front. Biszantz immediately rang the plant manager. “Take my name off that parking space and put Greg there.” “But he never comes out here.” “Yeah, but nobody knows that.” “Well, where you going to park?” “Where do I always park? Out back, with everyone else. Don't you ever watch me walk through the plant? Watch me stop at the shipping department, the sanding department, talk to the employees? The Chinese, the Mexicans, the African-Americans, they all know the boss and I know them. And then I go up to my office and can run the company with my piece of paper and pencil.” Biszantz was determined to maintain Cobra as a byword for quality; tailored, not standardized. Early on he was approached by a discounter's rep. “I told him we didn't sell in discount stores,” Biszantz recalls. “He says, 'We think you will.' And hands me a $100,000 check. I don't have $5,000 in my bank account. I sat there and held the check and finally handed it back. 'Thank your boss for sending you down,' I said. 'It was a great idea, but you don't have an account–and never will.' That might have been the biggest decision in the history of Cobra. You'd have walked into every retail market in America and seen our clubs at 30 percent off. That kept us special.” So what made him so good? He was obviously a salesman, for a start. “One of the best ever!” he agrees. “I didn't know the difference between an adding machine and a shredder. But I could outthink you and outsell you. Because you were nervous and I wasn't. And if anyone ever said something couldn't work, I'd always think: 'I didn't say that. You did.'” With that kind of attitude, little wonder he wanted a Thoroughbred program. He found a manager who could cling to his wavelength, in Mike Owens, and twice they landed on the Derby trail. “I was talking to somebody at a sale and my wife Betty went and bought this $9,000 mare,” Biszantz recalls. “'Oh my God, what have we done?' But we had to breed her to something. I didn't want to spend a lot, so we sent her to Farma Way, and got a nice, good-looking colt.” He sent the horse to Mike Puype and pretty much forgot about him. Then Puype rang and urged him to come and watch his first work. They were only going to swing along, around :40. “But I'm looking at the watch and it says :35-and-one,” Biszantz recalls. “'Wait a minute, there's something wrong here.' Next week, same thing: they want to go half-a-mile in :52, and he goes :47-and-two.” Cobra King made his debut in a stakes, beaten a head, and then won five of his next six including the GIII Holy Bull. But he blew out in the Florida Derby and retired with a bowed tendon. The same year, 1996, Biszantz went to inspect stock being dispersed by Fritz Hawn's estate. “I walked through the farm and said I'd give $1 million for 10 that I could pick,” he recalls. “One was this A.P. Indy colt, kind of a clubfoot, everybody turned him down because of that but he was beautiful otherwise. And that was Old Trieste, a really phenomenal horse. He would go out front and just keep going farther clear.” Old Trieste went into the Derby off a 10-length romp but ended up needing a new jockey, who breezed him at Churchill four days before. Returning to the barn, the rider asked: “Okay?” “What do you mean, 'okay'?” Biszantz fumed. “You know how fast you went?” “No idea. I didn't ask him for much, just kind of hung on. He was going easy.” “You just tied the [six-furlong] track record!” Then he got a wide draw, and was on his knees leaving the gate. But Old Trieste made up for all that with a streak of four graded stakes. The hardest day of his owner's Turf career was when Old Trieste, barely started at stud, succumbed to laminitis. “I loved the job Mike did,” Biszantz emphasized. “He's been with me 30 years and I always said that it was his farm, I just lived there! I never had to give him instructions, he did it all and did it well.” Coady In his candid way, Biszantz was never reticent about flaws he perceived in the sport he loves. For one thing, he feels that California could have avoided its travails, if only it had heeded his forthright advice that the land, stallions and marketplace were not equal to the burden of a state-bred program. In the bigger picture, long before HISA, Biszantz was vehemently critical of slack regulation. “If your horse broke the track record, won [by] 10 lengths, would you be happy if you knew he was full of drugs?” he asks. “I'd be very embarrassed. The Japanese have long been clean on raceday and look how that's played out. We're getting better here, but for a long time couldn't get it straight. The words they don't like are 'performance-enhancing.' But anything that isn't natural, down to an aspirin if you've a headache, will enhance performance.” Biszantz remembers how the old school would solve many problems just by turning a horse out 60 days. Nowadays, he feels, people just give the horse a shot. But he reminds us what happened when Lasix was said to be merely therapeutic, key to a virtuous circle of prolonged careers, filled races, boosted handle. “They were dead wrong,” he says. “Every single measure went the wrong way: starts, field sizes, everything. If I use Lasix, I need to wait two weeks after the race for the horse to rebuild what's been taken out. Then I need my workouts before I can run again. So now I've a five-week interval and my horse will only run six, seven times a year. But if I don't use Lasix, I can run Saturday and again the next week, I can get 18 races out of my horse. And if he comes back a little sore, I'll turn him out two or three months and then start over.” The words keep flowing, a righteous torrent. Where does the man get his energy? “It's just fire in the belly,” he says with a shrug. “That's what hurts me now, walking around with this stick, because I was such a good athlete. As a youngster, everybody had to follow me. You couldn't keep up. I was always on the lead!” But that was just one expression of the self-belief that always drove him. “Whenever I talked, everybody in the room was always on the edge of their seat,” he says. “They wanted to hear what I had to say. Not many people have even got close to what I've done. And if they have, they probably inherited a lot of money. What I did was almost impossible. But we made it work. “And we got it done with the horses, too. I saw it all. I saw Noor beat Citation at Santa Anita. I probably talk too much. I got appointed to lot of things, head of TOBA four years, but a Westerner coming to the East Coast isn't treated the same. He's a maverick, cowboy, shoots from the hip. He might be dead right, but they don't need to change anything so long as they've got their reserved spaces at Saratoga. That's the way the game has always been. But we've been here a long time now, we took our horses everywhere and I'm just so proud of the things they've done.” The post Biszantz Still Full of Fire appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saturday, Milan, Race 4, 14:40 PM, CET PREMIO ST LEGER ITALIANO-G3, €70,400, 3yo/up, 3000mT Field: 1-Almenkonig (Ger) (Millowitsch{Ger}), 2-Ismahane (Ger) (Isfahan{Ger}), 3-Jolly Jumper (Ire) (Free Eagle{Ire}), 4-Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug{Ger}), 5-Maestro Del Mar (Ire) (Grendisar{Ire}), 6-Moon Wolf (Fr) (Intello{Ger}), 7-Nonna Vanda (Ire) (James Garfield{Ire}), 8-Oberer (GB) (Cracksman{GB}), 9-Orion Queen (Fr) (Sea The Moon{Ger}), 10-Taany (Ire) (Teofilo{Ire}), 11-Thine Be The Glory (GB) (Showcasing{GB}). TDN Analysis: Taany is back to defend her Italian St Leger title after winning this by 10 lengths in 2024. The Luciano Vitabile trainee has landed a pair of Group 3 races at San Siro this season, and Saturday's contest is her first back at this 3000-metre trip since her victory last year. Marcel Weiss will saddle Lordano, who is fresh off a victory over this trip in the G3 Silbernes Pferd at Cologne earlier this month. Oberer is a listed winner in Italy and, after a second-place effort in the Listed Premio Roma Vecchia, received the ultimate equipment change. The new gelding will leave from stall four. Click here for the complete field. The post Black-Type Analysis: Taany Aims For Her Second St Leger Italiano appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article