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Just Fine will be aimed towards the Group 1 Sydney Cup. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Just Fine, a contender for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), is poised to make a comeback to competitive racing after delivering commendable performances in two recent trials. In the words of Gai Waterhouse, who, in collaboration with Adrian Bott, trains the Group 1 Metropolitan (2400m) victor, “He’s going along very nicely. “He’s had two trials, he’s down to run in about two weeks’ time. “He’s on track for the Sydney Cup and races like that. “He’s a very exciting horse.” Just Fine is currently an +1000 chance for the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) with top horse racing bookies. Horse racing news View the full article

A native of Barbados, the 37-year-old Joseph has won eight consecutive titles at Gulfstream Park since finishing second during the 2020-2021 Championship Meet. View the full article

What Scone Races Where Scone Race Club – 434 Bunnan Rd, Scone NSW 2337 When Tuesday, February 27, 2024 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble Country racing returns to Scone on Tuesday afternoon for a competitive eight-race program. The rail is in the true position for the meeting, and with improving conditions forecast in the lead-up, the track should be upgraded into the Good range. The opening race is set to get underway at 1:15pm local time. Best Bet: Don’t Call Me Honey Don’t Call Me Honey was chased down in the shadows to the post at Tamworth on December 24 but showed plenty of fight when clinging onto the runner-up position. He led them up at a steady clip but just knocked up late on the Soft track conditions. The son of Sooboog should appreciate getting back on top of the ground on Monday, and with a lovely piece of work during his 65 days off the scene, Don’t Call Me Honey should be hard to hold out in this maiden contest. Best Bet Race 1 – #3 Don’t Call Me Honey (2) 3yo Gelding | T: Cameron Crockett | J: Jeff Penza (58.5kg) +100 with Neds Next Best: Plonk Forgive Plonk’s latest effort at Tamworth on February 16, when the daughter of Adelaide didn’t go a yard on the Soft track conditions while chasing on the worsening inside part of the course. Instead, look back to her debut effort at Dubbo on February 5, when the three-year-old filly still did plenty wrong but closed off with some impressive closing sectionals over 1200m. The firming Scone surface should be a major benefit third-up, so expect Plonk to be careering down the centre of the course. Next Best Race 4 – #13 Plonk (11) 3yo Filly | T: Rodney Northam | J: Grant Buckley (56.5kg) +1300 with Bet365 Next Best Again: Macleay Macleay hasn’t missed the frame since resuming at Armidale on December 3 and appears a strong each-way chance to do it again. The six-year-old gelding was a winner two starts back before heading into open company at Tamworth on January 25, when he ran second after looking like the winner on what turned out a be an on-speed track. It was still a gallant performance, and with a genuine tempo expected in this Class 4 contest, Macleay will be doing his best work late to give some leading hopes a scare. Next Best Again Race 7 – #8 Macleay (13) 6yo Gelding | T: Cody Morgan | J: Anna Roper (58kg) +1300 with PlayUp Scone Tuesday quaddie tips – 27/2/2024 Scone quadrella selections Tuesday, February 27, 2024 1-2-3-4-5-7-8 2-5-8 1-2-4-8-12 3-4-7-12-14 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

James McDonald prevails on Romantic Warrior. Enhancing status as one of the world’s premier middle-distance gallopers with gripping victory in the HK$13 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) after a stirring battle with Voyage Bubble at Sha Tin on Sunday, Romantic Warrior will be given the chance to create more history by chasing a record third Group 1 QEII Cup (2000m) win in April. The first Hong Kong International Sale graduate to win the Hong Kong Derby (2000m), Romantic Warrior today became only the third horse since the turn of the century after Vengeance Of Rain and Designs on Rome to snare all three of Hong Kong’s top-level 2000m contests – the Hong Kong Gold Cup, QEII Cup and Hong Kong Cup. Danny Shum’s champion will now bid for a fourth major this season by pressing for an unprecedented third QEII Cup win, having already snared the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley in October and a second Hong Kong Cup in December before adding a sixth G1 success today under James McDonald. Having partnered Romantic Warrior to a fifth Group 1 win, McDonald was awe-struck by the gelding’s effort to fend off fellow Hong Kong Derby victor Voyage Bubble by a neck after the pair forged clear at the 300m in an electrifying tussle. Having drawn the outside of 11 runners, McDonald crossed to the rails on Romantic Warrior after only 400m and then was stalked by Purton on Voyage Bubble until the field approached the turn. While Purton fanned into the clear as Sword Point and Money Catcher faded before taking the lead, McDonald angled between runners to challenge. After a fierce stoush in the straight, Romantic Warrior gradually edged out the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) winner in 2:00.31, with Nimble Nimbus a brave third, three lengths away under Andrea Atzeni. 2024 Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup Replay – Romantic Warrior “He (Romantic Warrior) is unreal, he just keeps surprising me – an unbelievable horse. He’s the undisputed champion. He deserves all the accolades he gets. I can’t stress how much of a privilege it is to ride him,” McDonald said, revealing his absolute faith in Romantic Warrior was critical to tactical decision-making. “He’s the horse that does it all. He makes you look good all the time. His tenacity (and) will to win is phenomenal. I suppose instincts kicked in and (I) went with the flow. When you ride such good horses, you can do what you want to do and even if I made a little mistake during the race, he is probably good enough to overcome it and that was probably my mindset. “Even though it worked out really, really well, I’ve got that much faith in the horse that you can do things on him that you would normally do.” McDonald was unflustered when Purton drove Voyage Bubble to the lead. “I was mindful obviously that (Voyage Bubble) was having his second time at the 2000m and he (Purton) committed early – so it was a really good ride,” McDonald said. “My thinking was that I was going to be stronger late, so I just let him (Romantic Warrior) build through his gears under his own steam and he got there really easily.” Revealing he was worried pre-race, Shum was jubilant after Romantic Warrior posted his 13th win from 18 starts and boosted his prize money to more than HK$127 million after being purchased by owner Peter Lau at the 2022 Hong Kong International Sale for HK$4.8 million. “I had a big concern (about the wide draw) because I didn’t think they (rival jockeys) would let him in and push him three or four-deep,” Shum said. “I talked to James this morning. I said ‘Give him his chance and if you jump good, you can push him and put him inside.’ James is very smart, he knows what to do.” Shum indicated a tilt at the Group 1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) in Japan in June remains an option for Romantic Warrior. Horse racing news View the full article

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Trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. earned the 1,000th victory of his career when Palace Zip (Palace Malice) won the 10th race at Gulfstream Park Sunday. “It's amazing,” Joseph said after being recognized and posing for photos in a winner's circle ceremony. “I remember the first one and here we are at 1,000. The first probably 200 took five or six years and it was a struggle, and the last 800 have come pretty quickly. We've gotten the opportunities from the owners and that's what you need. Without the owners, you can't do it. There's no trainer without horses, and the owners produce the horses.” A native of Barbados, the 37-year-old Joseph has won eight consecutive titles at Gulfstream Park since finishing second during the 2020-2021 Championship Meet. He is on track for a third straight Championship Meet title, leading the 2023-2024 stand in wins (47), starters (223) and purses earned ($2.37 million). “We're only as good as what the owners give us. That's what makes trainers,” Joseph said. “We have to take care of them with the staff, and that's what makes me. I'm one person that is head of 80 people that make me and make us as a unit. It's not just me, it's a credit to the whole staff. It's a whole crew that makes this success possible and I'm very thankful to be in this position.” The post Career Win 1,000 for Saffie Joseph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas looks to have two solid prospects in both the 3-year-old filly and male divisions with Honeybee Stakes (G3) winner Lemon Muffin and allowance scorer Seize the Grey.View the full article

Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas looks to have two solid prospects in the 3-year-old filly, male division with Honeybee Stakes (G3) winner Lemon Muffin and allowance scorer Seize the Grey.View the full article

WinStar Farm's Timberlake (Into Mischief) exited his win in Saturday's GII Rebel S. in fine shape, according to Jorgito Abrego, Oaklawn Park assistant to trainer Brad Cox. “He looks good,” Abrego said. “Looks very happy.” Timberlake, winner of last year's GI Champagne S. and fourth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, collected 50 qualifying points for the victory and has 66 overall to rank number one on the Kentucky Derby leader board released Saturday by Churchill Downs. The Rebel was his first victory around two turns. “I'm very happy,” said Abrego, who saddled Timberlake with Cox in Saudi Arabia for Saturday's G1 Saudi Cup. “First time running as a 3-year-old. It's a good start for getting him to the Kentucky Derby.” Timberlake is expected to ship back to Cox's Fair Grounds base Monday and his next start is still to be determined. The Rebel victory continued Cox's domination of Oaklawn's Derby prep races. Since 2021, the trainer has won seven of the track's last 15 points races. He won Oaklawn's first 2024 Kentucky Derby points race, the Jan. 1 Smarty Jones S., with Catching Freedom (Constitution). “I love it,” Abrego said with a laugh. “Keep it going. Never stop.” The post Timberlake Fine After Rebel Win, Next Start Undecided appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Romantic Warrior enhanced his status as one of the world's premier middle-distance horses with a gripping victory in the Hong Kong Gold Cup (G1) over Voyage Bubble at Sha Tin Racecourse Feb. 25.View the full article

The team at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company does everything it can to run a clean sale. Under OBS's conditions of sale, no medication may be administered within 24 hours of a horse's under-tack performance, 10 to 15% of the horses who are going to sell are tested, and in 2019, OBS prohibited the use of bronchodilators like Clenbuterol at all of its sales. It may not be enough. The Jeffrey Englehart story has suggested that may be the case. Englehart bought a Classic Empire colt at the OBS auction last year on June 15. Some five months later the horse, which was unraced and unnamed, broke down while working at Finger Lakes and had to be euthanized. In such a case, the deceased horse is tested by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU), an arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA). The horse, identified as Fast Heart 2021 (the dam is Fast Heart and the horse was born in 2021), tested positive for Clenbuterol. Englehart, facing a possible suspension of up to two years, was adamant that he never gave the horse the drug and speculated that Fast Heart 2021 was given Clenbuterol leading up to the sale in hopes that it would help the horse to work faster and sell for more. Last week, HIWU cleared Englehart after the results of a segmented hair test showed that the Clenbuterol was in fact given to the horse prior to Englehart taking possession. The colt was purchased for $4,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling Sale Oct. 26, 2022. The purchaser was Juan Centeno, who entered the horse back in the Ocala sale. Centeno sells under the name of All Dreams Equine. Since the story broke, Centeno has not responded to attempts made by the TDN to get his side of the story. Englehart bought two horses from Centeno's consignment. On his own, Englehart said he paid to have a segmented hair test done on the other horse, a filly named She She's Shadow (Bucchero). According to Englehart, that horse also tested positive for Clenbuterol. Englehart charged that Clenbuterol use is “rampant” at 2-year-old sales. “I think if they did a hair test on every horse (entered in a 2-year-old sale) 70 to 80% would be positive for Clenbuterol,” Englehart said. That may or may not be the case, but if a PED can result in a horse working just a fraction of a second faster than it would have without drugs, it could be a powerful incentive to cheat; one that can means tens of thousands of dollars to the seller. Still another problem revolves around the use of bisphosphonates, a controversial group of drugs used in older horses to tackle issues like navicular disease, but also used in younger horses to treat things like sore shins. Once administered, they can stay in a horse's system for years, which could mean a horse given bisphosphonates before a sale could turn up positive long after it was purchased and the current trainer would be vulnerable to suspensions and fines. HISA and HIWU were created eliminate doping and abuse in Thoroughbred racing, which nearly everyone admits is a problem. Cheating isn't necessarily limited to the racetrack, but that is where HISA focuses almost all of its efforts. Horses aren't subjected to HISA rules and HIWU drug testing until they have had their first officially timed and published workout. That's when they become “covered” horses. As long as they don't own or train any active racehorses, 2-year-old consignors also will not be “covered” or subject to HISA/HIWU oversight and regulations. The Englehart saga is evidence that this is a problem that needs to be rectified. That hasn't been lost on HISA. As reported by the Paulick Report, Ann McGovern, who oversees the HISA Racetrack Safety Program, gave a presentation in June at the Track Superintendent Field Day held at Horseshoe Indianapolis. When asked about the issue of HISA having no jurisdiction over 2-year-old sales, McGovern said that in her own opinion, “It's a place that needs regulation, absolutely.” In September, colleague T.D. Thornton wrote that HISA had initiated discussions with sales companies in an attempt to bring about voluntary compliance with medication rules and regulations. HISA and its CEO Lisa Lazarus have plenty on their plates and making changes to what is already a complicated set of protocols and regulations is not something that can be done easily. But HISA is doing an incomplete job if it ignores such an important part off the sport as 2-year-old sales or, for that matter, all sales. At the very least, a horse should become a covered horse as soon as they turn two. If HISA were in charge of policing the June OBS sale would the Fast Heart 2021 story have turned out any differently? That's hard to say. But with HISA staying away from sales, it stands to reason that the would-be cheaters have less to worry about if they try to beat the system. If HISA is going to clean up racing, clean up all of racing. Huge money is involved when it comes to 2-year-old sales and getting a horse to work as fast as it can is the primary goal of many consignors. Hopefully, very few will use performance-enhancing drugs on horses about to be sold as 2-year-olds, but the incentive to do so is obviously there. HISA needs to take on a larger role that includes 2-year-old sales. A Banner Day for the Coach It wasn't a perfect afternoon Saturday at Oaklawn for Wayne Lukas, whose best 3-year-old colt, Just Steel (Justify), was a disappointing seventh in the GII Rebel S., dimming Lukas's hopes of winning his first GI Kentucky Derby in 25 years. But the Hall of Famer still did plenty right on Saturday. He now has a contender for the GI Kentucky Oaks after Lemon Muffin (Collected) upset the GIII Honeybee S. at odds of 28-1. The filly was only in the race because Lukas continues to take chances that most modern-day trainers won't. Not only was Lemon Muffin still a maiden after five starts, she had never gone beyond six furlongs. But Lukas went into the race brimming with confidence. “Watch out here,” Lukas said prior to the race. “This one has some ability. Running her in the Honeybee is not the big, giant step some might think. She is just dying to go two turns. She's got a lot of ability and is a competitive, hard-trying filly. This isn't the big step forward you might think from looking at her on paper.” On the same card, Lukas won an allowance race with Seize the Grey (Arrogate) and finished second in the Carousel S. with Backyard Money (Midshipman) The ever-optimistic Lukas predicts that he is going to have a big year, in large part because of the horses being funneled his way by John Bellinger and Brian Coelho, who race under the name of BC Stables LLC. “[Bellinger and Coelho] have a beautiful set of 2-year-olds that are being prepped right now,” Lukas said. “It's an extremely good set. They've got Gun Runners, Justifys, Into Mischiefs, Quality Roads. I am going to go out on a limb and say this is my best set of 2-year-olds in years and years. We should have a helluva Saratoga. I'm getting great reviews out of Ocala on those 2-year-olds.” No Excuses For White Abarrio White Abbario (Race Day) threw in an absolute clunker when finishing 10th in Saturday's G1 Saudi Cup. According to co-owner Mark Cornett, the horse came out of the race fine and no one has come up with an explanation as to why he didn't fire. “He came out of the race perfectly,” Cornett said. “He cooled out in 10 minutes and wasn't blowing, wasn't doing anything. It was like he never ran.” The owners were contemplating a start in the G1 Dubai World Cup, but that's no longer in their plans. White Abarrio will be shipped home Feb. 29. “We'll give him some time off, but not too much because he didn't even run,” Cornett said. “We're going to come home and re-group. We don't know yet where he's going to run. Our big goal for the summer will probably be the Whitney again. How we get there, I don't know yet. Probably we could have him ready for the Met Mile. The only thing about that is it's going to be run at Saratoga, so it's going to be a little bit different race. They run the mile races there out of the [Wilson] chute and I'm not a fan of that.” The post The Week in Review: HISA Needs to Expand Oversight to Include 2-Year-Old Sales appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hall Racing, Pearl Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds' Slider (Jimmy Creed) will ship east in search of additional qualifying Kentucky Derby points in Saturday's GIII Gotham S. at Aqueduct. Winner of the Speakeasy S. over the turf at Santa Anita last October, Slider was ninth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. He returned to the main track to be third in the Jan. 6 GII San Vicente S. last time out. Trained by John Sadler, Slider turned in bullet five-furlong work in :59.00 (1/121) at Santa Anita Sunday. “He worked very well,” Sadler said Sunday. “He ended up catching a couple horses that broke off in front of him, but for me, it was more about how he galloped out since this will be the furthest he's ever run. If he looks good tomorrow, he gets on a plane early Tuesday to be there Tuesday afternoon to run Saturday.” Sadler said timing was the main reason Slider was making the 2,792-mile journey from Santa Anita to Ozone Park for the Gotham. “The spacing is good from his last race and we like a one-turn mile with him, so there's a lot of things to like for him [in the Gotham],” said Sadler. Jose Lezcano, who won last year's Gotham aboard Raise Cain (Violence), will pick up the mount Saturday. Sadler nominated two other colts to the Gotham, but said the duo will have other Derby prep assignments. West Point Thoroughbreds' Scatify (Justify) returned from a debut win at Los Alamitos in December to be third behind the runaway winner Nysos (Nyquist) in the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. at Santa Anita Feb. 3. “He might be looking at the [Mar. 2 GII] San Felipe or the [Mar. 9 GIII] Tampa Bay Derby,” said Sadler. “We were anxious to get him started and he was a little later getting to me than some of the other ones. We were pleasantly happy with his first race, and missed a little time before the Bob Lewis. He wasn't going to beat the winner that day, but I think if things had gone a little differently, he could have been second.” Hronis Racing's Tapalo (Tapiture), most recently second in the Feb. 10 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate, will likely remain on the synthetics and make his next start in the Mar. 23 GIII Jeff Ruby S. at Turfway Park. “Tapalo will probably go to the Jeff Ruby,” said Sadler. “That was synthetic at Golden Gate and he ran a really nice race up there. I think he's a developing horse and it was a close race. He's progressing.” Maximus Meridius Set to Make Stakes Debut in Gotham Trainer Butch Reid is pointing Maximus Meridius (Maximus Mischief) to the Gotham. The bay colt worked four furlongs in :47.68 (2/33) at Parx Saturday. “He breezed beautifully in :47 and change like breaking sticks. He's ready to go,” Reid said. “He did it on his own, he tends to get a little keyed up in company.” Owned by LC Racing, Cash is King and Wellesley Stable, Maximus Meridius romped to a 10 1/2-length debut victory at Parx last November. He was third, beaten two lengths by Frankie's Empire (Classic Empire), who exited that race to win the Swale S. at Gulfstream Park, in a Dec. 26 optional claimer. Adding blinkers for his third start, Maximus Meridius returned to the winner's circle with a front-running victory going 6 1/2 furlongs at Parx Jan. 30. Reid said the colt came to him via his brother, the retired Pennsylvania Hall of Fame trainer Mark Reid, who is known by the family as 'Uncle Heavy.' “He's been very impressive from the beginning,” Reid said of Maximus Meridius. “He's a big, strong horse that we found out of a field in Chester County, Pennsylvania at my brother's place. He's been very forward the whole time we've had him.” Reid said Uncle Heavy (Social Inclusion), a last-gasp winner of the GIII Withers S. Feb. 3, will aim for the Apr. 6 GII Wood Memorial S. Due to an Equine Herpesvirus quarantine at Belmont Park, Uncle Heavy was shipped to a farm in Pennsylvania following his Withers victory, but was able to return to his Parx base Sunday with the quarantine now lifted. “He was on the jogging machine and he didn't lose any fitness. He looks fantastic,” Reid said. “We'll have time for three or four good breezes. I'm not worried about fitness at all.” Reid said he was impressed with Uncle Heavy's late-running win in the Withers. “The key was the way he finished up. His last five strides were huge, big strides and he gobbled that horse up,” Reid said. “That was very impressive his first time going a mile and an eighth and we'll see if we can confirm that coming back in the Wood.” Owned by Michael Milam, Uncle Heavy was bred by Reid's sister-in-law Barbara Reid and named for his brother. “It's a great story and he's been a real find so far,” Reid said. Uncle Heavy has banked $293,580 with a 4-3-0-0 record. The post Slider Heads East for Gotham appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

So I think this kind of sums up our industry, this attached photo. This weekend my daughter and I went to show her warmblood at WEC Ohio. It was a very successful weekend and we were lucky enough to stay at an Air BnB on a horse farm. They had a book there with the check-in instructions and the history of the horse farm. I was reading the history of it, and I just wanted to share what to them is insignificant as just facts, but to me, it just hit me on the head as the truths we all need to face. The show hunter world my daughter is riding in is absolutely booming… I mean it is much more popular now than when I was a kid growing up and showing my ponies. All of the stalls here are full and there are tons and tons of horse-loving people spending gazillion dollars to get zero return on their investments, other than their daughter or son's happiness. It is going to be through the leadership in the horse racing world to change the trajectory that has been the same for us since I was a child at my parents Thoroughbred farm in Ocala in the 1980s. Funny as I remember the mixed sale catalogs there literally being three books and six days long in Florida. I am no longer encouraging my daughter who wants to be a Grand Prix rider to eventually shift over to the Thoroughbreds. Sadly, I have come to the realization that barring major change and intervention, there will be nothing left of our industry. By the time she is my age. (I am 51 she is 17) Do you know the funny thing is about it all… We both have the most amazing draw and special thing to our industry… the HORSE!!! But as one industry thrives the other dies. Until it is about the sport and the horse like it is here in the show jumping world, my life, and the majority of people that I deal with in the Thoroughbred world will continue to contract in their businesses and farms…. As it is now, it is very hard for anything but the professionals to stand and be successful. I mean, I know the expenses are all rising, as for labor, feed, hay, etc., all of the essentials, but this is the same here in the show world, so what have we done so horribly wrong? That they have done so horribly right? To figure that out, and to move forward away from the horrendous go baby go campaigns and thought process that no longer appeals to our modern-day society… Then we might have a chance. There is no person on the planet that wants the Thoroughbreds and our industry to thrive and succeed more in their heart than me. I know that there are many of us, but historically most of us have not had any voice and no seat at the table where it really counts. The table settings just keep getting smaller and smaller and instead of baking more pies, we're all just fighting over the existing slices. I don't have all the answers, but I certainly know that there are answers out there. There has to be the willingness to implement them in a unified voice in the current “leadership,” which is not easy in anything we do. I am certainly optimistic that maybe things will change with the new program of light up racing. The first meeting is this Monday afternoon and I certainly hope that anyone that cares like I do will be there. I want there to be something left for my children to be proud of. Sincerely, Carrie Brogden, Machmer Hall The post Letter to the Editor: Carrie Brogden appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Top-class older filly Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is being readied to make her seasonal return in the Dubai Turf at Meydan next month. Winner of the French Oaks and the Nassau S. as a three-year-old in 2022, the John and Thady Gosden-trained mare notched a third Group 1 win in last season's Falmouth S. at Newmarket, as well as being placed in the Nassau, the Juddmonte International and the Irish Champion S. She was well-beaten on her final start of the year in the Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot, but owner Imad Al Sagar has sportingly brought her back for another campaign. “The plan at the moment is to head for the Dubai Turf,” said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Al Sagar. “There doesn't seem to be an ideal race for her beforehand, so she'll probably have a racecourse gallop, just to make sure she's in good shape.” He added, “She's won Group Ones at a mile and a-mile-and-a-quarter, so in between (nine furlongs) should be ideal. She's wintered well and is really just beginning her preparation. She's a lovely, scopey filly and very important to Imad and his Blue Diamond Stud–and it's exciting to have her back in full work. “She ran some really top-class races last year, she had quite a hard end to the season but she seems to have got over it well and we're looking forward to this season.” The post Top-Class Multiple Group 1 Winner Nashwa Set For Dubai Turf Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A passion that was held against him by some, 20 years ago, has given Sir Alex Ferguson a new universe of pleasure. They say there are no second acts in the lives of the famous – but you would have disputed that after seeing the former Manchester United manager's Spirit Dancer (GB) win the Howden Neom Turf Cup in Riyadh on Saturday night. Ferguson's greatest thrill as a manager was to spot and develop young talent. David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and the Neville brothers were products of Ferguson's urge to 'breed' his own stars. The comparison was impossible to resist after Spirit Dancer – bred by Ferguson himself, from Frankel and Queen's Dream – came with a pulsating run under Oisin Orr to earn a £945,000 prize for him, Ged Mason and Peter Done, joint-owners of a seven-year-old who has become a star in the Middle East. Spirit Dancer had already won the Bahrain International Trophy in November and will now be trained by Richard Fahey for a race at the Dubai World Cup meeting. All this is a far cry from the earthy British and Irish National Hunt tracks where Ferguson has watched several high-class jumpers leap and slog in his colours. There is another context to Spirit Dancer's victory. We count the victories and the defeats of the greatest names in sport but see less clearly the agonies behind the theatre curtain. In October last year, Ferguson lost his wife, Lady Cathy, at the age of 84. The two met in 1964. They had three children and 12 grandchildren. Both remained loyal to their roots in Glasgow. Behind the scenes Cathy was a rock and a dispenser of wisdom, often pithily. She was unchanged by the fame heaped on her family. When I co-wrote his autobiography with Ferguson in 2013, we talked endlessly about his love for racing. He recalled a time when the intensity of managing United was starting to burn. In the book he said: “I was at the stage where Cathy was saying, 'You're going to kill yourself.' At home after work, I would be on the phone until 9 o'clock at night thinking about football every minute.” He bought his first horse in 1996, after a lunch with the late John Mulhern, the Irish trainer, a man not lacking powers of persuasion. “The problem with you is that you'll want to buy every bloody horse,” Cathy told her husband. We count the victories and the defeats of the greatest names in sport but see less clearly the agonies behind the theatre curtain. That first one was called Queensland Star (Ire), named after a vessel his shipbuilding father had worked on the docksides of Govan. Those early forays led Ferguson into a successful spell of ownership in National Hunt racing, via a fallout with Coolmore (they're now on good terms) over breeding rights to Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire). A winner of seven consecutive Group 1 races, Rock Of Gibraltar had raced in Ferguson's silks. The Coolmore dispute didn't diminish Ferguson's belief that racing could be a successful hunting ground for him as well as a fresh outlet in life after football management. But no amount of fame or success can protect the elderly from the ravages of bereavement. Ferguson was 81 when Cathy passed away and faced a colossal adjustment to daily life. A widower after nearly six decades, Ferguson then said goodbye to his greatest ally at United, Sir Bobby Charlton, two weeks after Cathy's death. The Riyadh celebration was more restrained than in Bahrain, where Mason lifted Ferguson so forcibly that he damaged one of his ribs. But to see 'Fergie' rejoicing trackside in Riyadh was to be reminded that racing can become not just a hobby but a way of life. To breed a top-class horse (after negotiating-down the cost of a nomination to Frankel) is another level of gratification – and one entirely comparable to Ferguson's youth policy at United, which revived the earlier thinking of Matt Busby. Later, to compete with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City, Ferguson was thrust into the world of mega-transfers and global names. But his first love was developing his own players, just as he acquired Queen's Dream as a broodmare and brought Spirit Dancer into existence. Nobody could have expected him to disappear after he retired as United manager in 2013. His restless energy and joie de vivre were bound to find fresh expression. Yet nor could it have been safely predicted that he would end up winning a million-pound race with a homebred son of Frankel (GB), three weeks after his promising novice chaser, Hermes Allen (Fr), was killed in a fall at Sandown. When the Rock Of Gibraltar row blew up, somebody stood up at a Manchester United AGM and demanded Ferguson's resignation. Others accused him of becoming “distracted.” A decade later he left Old Trafford with 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League titles and five FA Cups. Not everyone can compete at his level, but there are few better advertisements for what racing can bring to a person's life than Ferguson's triumphant second act in sport. As ever, Cathy was right about the voraciousness he would bring to his new hobby. The post Spirit Lifts Ferguson’s Triumphant Second Act appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) became just the third horse since the turn of the century to capture each of the four 2000-metre features in Hong Kong, as he outbattled fellow BMW Hong Kong Derby winner Voyage Bubble (Aus) (Deep Field {Aus}) in an epic renewal of the G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse Sunday afternoon. The 6-year-old joins Vengeance of Rain (NZ) and Designs on Rome (Ire) as the only horses since 2000 to win the Derby, Gold Cup, G1 FWD QE II Cup and G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup. It was anything but easy. Making his first start since edging Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) for his second consecutive Hong Kong Cup some 77 days ago, Romantic Warrior was done no favors by Thursday's draw, leaving James McDonald to work some magic from the 11 hole with a short run to the first corner. He was alertly away and the Kiwi, who famously rode him to victory in last year's G1 Cox Plate, immediately had a look to his left to see where he might be able to slot in. When Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax {NZ}) rolled forward, McDonald was able to secure some cover three wide from the second flight and by the time they made the backstretch run, Romantic Warrior had eased past Voyage Bubble and into a perfect spot from third, with Sword Point (Aus) (American Pharoah) at the head of affairs. McDonald committed to an inside run around the second turn, while Zac Purton had Voyage Bubble on the back of Senor Toba (Aus) (Toronado {Ire}), ready to peel out to deliver his challenge when asked. Romantic Warrior was asked to take the gap between Money Catcher and Sword Point in upper stretch and did so willingly, but Voyage Bubble was right there and the stage was set for a thrilling climax. More or less stride for stride at the 200-metres, neither was willing to give an inch, but Romantic Warrior proved slightly tougher in the run to the wire. Nimble Nimbus (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}) came from worse than midfield to snag third. McDonald has ridden Romantic Warrior in eight starts for seven wins, the only blemish a first-up fourth when prepping for the Cox Plate in the G1 Turnbull S. last October. “He's the horse that does it all,” said McDonald. “He makes you look good all the time. His tenacity (and) will to win is phenomenal. I suppose instincts kicked in and (I) went with the flow. When you ride such good horses, you can do what you want to do and even if I made a little mistake during the race, he is probably good enough to overcome it and that was probably my mindset. “I was mindful obviously that (Voyage Bubble) was having his second time at the 2000m and he (Purton) committed early – so it was a really good ride,” McDonald added. “My thinking was that I was going to be stronger late, so I just let him (Romantic Warrior) build through his gears under his own steam and he got there really easily.” Trainer Danny Shum will now prepare Romantic Warrior for a three-peat attempt in the QE II Cup Apr. 28, with a trip to Japan for the G1 Yasuda Kinen looming an increasingly likely option. Voyage Bubble holds an entry for the G1 Dubai Turf Mar. 30 and could take up that engagement. Pedigree Notes: Romantic Warrior, a 300,000gns Tattersalls October grad and the most successful horse to emerge from the Hong Kong International Sale, is one of three winners from four to the races for his dam, a daughter of the English listed-winning and Group 3-placed, G2 Prix Jean Romanet and GI E. P. Taylor S. winner Folk Opera, who was purchased by Blandford Bloodstock carrying to Exceed and Excel (Aus) for €82,000 at the 2016 Goffs November Sale. The in-utero purchase, named Melodic Charm (Ire), was sold for 85,000gns at the 2018 Tattersalls October Sale and was a two-time winner at the races for Saeed Manana and James Tate before clearly benefitting from the success of Romantic Warrior when selling to the China Horse Club for 270,000gns in foal to Dark Angel (Ire) at last year's Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Folk Melody is also the dam of the 3-year-old colt Operation Gimcrack (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) and a yearling colt by the same stallion that was bought back for 110,000gns at last year's Tattersalls October Sale. Folk Star (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}), a David Simcock-trained half-sister to Folk Melody who won her maiden at Kempton Nov. 6 and was a narrowly beaten second in a Lingfield handicap Nov. 25, was knocked down to Kildaragh Stud for 37,000gns at the 2023 Tattersalls December Sale. Folk Melody is additionally the dam of a weanling colt by New Bay (GB) and the granddam of Spielman (GB) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), a maiden winner at Pau for Jean-Claude Rouget Feb. 4. “J-Mac! J-Mac! J-Mac!” #TripleCrown | #HKracing pic.twitter.com/aAVzKeKlrd — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) February 25, 2024 Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP-G1, HK$13,000,000, Sha Tin, 2-25, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.31, gd. 1–ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE), 126, g, 6, by Acclamation (GB) 1st Dam: Folk Melody (Ire), by Street Cry (Ire) 2nd Dam: Folk Opera (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire) 3rd Dam: Skiphall (GB), by Halling (300,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT; HK$4,800,000 HRA '21 HKJUN). O-Peter Lau Pak Fai; B-T J Rooney & Corduff Stud; T-Danny Shum; J-James McDonald; HK$7,280,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 4yo, 2x. Ch. Middle Distance Horse-HK, G1SW-Aus, 18-13-3-0, HK$127,076,084. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Voyage Bubble (Aus), 126, g, 5, Deep Field (Aus)–Raheights (Aus), by Rahy. (A$380,000 Ylg '20 INGFEB). O-Sunshine And Moonlight Syndicate; B-Torryburn Stud (NSW); T-Ricky Yiu; J-Zac Purton; HK$2,730,000. 3–Nimble Nimbus (NZ), 126, g, 6, Sacred Falls (NZ)–Marahau (NZ), by Pins (Aus). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK-TYPE. (NZ$100,000 Ylg '19 NZBJAN). O-Jason Chan Kam Kwan; B-Waikato Stud Ltd; T-Ricky Yiu; J-Andrea Atzeni; HK$1,495,000. Margins: NK, 3, 3/4. Odds: 65-100, 3-1, 23-1. Also Ran: Straight Arron (Aus), Five G Patch (Ire), Beauty Joy (Aus), Encountered (Ire), Senor Toba (Aus), Sword Point (Aus), Champion Dragon (Ire), Money Catcher (NZ). Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing. The post Romantic Warrior Strikes ‘Gold’ In Epic Clash Of Derby Winners 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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What Nowra Races Where Shoalhaven City Turf Club – 96 Albatross Rd, South Nowra NSW 2541 When Monday, February 26, 2024 First Race 1:40pm AEDT Visit Dabble The new week of racing is set to get underway at Nowra on Monday afternoon, with a quick-fire seven-race program awaiting punters. The rail is in the true position the entire circuit, and although the surface is rated a Heavy 10 at the time of writing, readers should anticipate an upgrade prior to the opening race in the Soft range. The first race is scheduled for 1:40pm local time. Best Bet at Nowra: O’so Demanding O’so Demanding makes her return to the track after a lengthy 311-day spell and looks prepared for a first-up assault. The Bjorn Baker-trained filly was cruising through the wire at her most recent barrier trial at Rosehill on February 5 and did it nicely under a quiet ride by Jason Collett. The stable look to have target a relatively easy kill for the three-year-old on resumption, and provided O’so Demanding can bring her trial form to race-day, this girl will be storming over the top of her respective rivals. Best Bet Race 2 – #4 O’so Demanding (5) 3yo Filly | T: Bjorn Baker | J: Robbie Downey (57.5kg) +115 with Picklebet Next Best at Nowra: Kenichi Kenichi was no match for Fay’s Angel in Highway company at Randwick on February 17, but was far from disgraced by the 3.4-length margin. The son of Maurice whacked away gallantly in behind and should find this country Class 2 a much more achievable winning target. He was a winner three starts back at Wagga on January 16 on a genuine Soft track, and with similar conditions lined-up for Monday afternoon, Kenichi should be right in this contest when the whips are cracking. Next Best Race 5 – #3 Kenichi (5) 4yo Gelding | T: Danielle Seib | J: Shaun Guymer (58kg) +210 with Dabble Best Value at Nowra: Geostorm Geostorm finished last of six runners last start at Canterbury on February 9, but it is worth forgiving that effort as he steps back into BM58 company. You only need to reference his effort two starts back at Queanbeyan when he attempted to make every post a winner on January 23, caught in the shadows of the post to go down by 1.6 lengths. Angus Villiers will be adopting similar tactics on Monday, and with Geostorm giving a good kick at the top of the straight, this guy should give a bold sight for followers in the Nowra finale. Best Value Race 7 – #1 Geostorm (6) 6yo Gelding | T: Greg Stephens | J: Angus Villiers (a1.5) (61.5kg) +1000 with Neds Monday quaddie tips for Nowra races Nowra quadrella selections Monday, February 26, 2023 5-7-9 2-3-4 1-3-4-5-6 1-2-3-4-5-7 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

A properly international Saudi Cup meeting saw the major races claimed by stables from Japan, America, Britain and Ireland. A clash with two rugby internationals will have had plenty of viewers indulging in some channel-hopping, but for some of racing's most crucial workers – those on stud farms – the work can't just be put aside for an afternoon on the sofa. Such was the case for Greg and Lottie Parsons of Upperwood Farm Stud in Hertfordshire, who had a “36-hour day” on Saturday, having been up all night foaling. “It started a couple of days ago and it's just been non-stop,” says Greg Parsons, who would have had more reason than most to want to tune in to the Saudi action as he was responsible for foaling the G2 Howden Neom Turf Cup winner Spirit Dancer (GB) seven years ago for his client Sir Alex Ferguson. “I had to grab half an hour of sleep so I haven't seen the race yet but someone just sent me a clip of the finish,” Parsons told TDN on Saturday evening. “It's just been the most wonderful story really.” The previous weekend Parsons was busy foaling Spirit Dancer's dam Queen's Dream (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). She delivered a filly from the first crop of Stradivarius (Ire) exactly a week before the youngster's illustrious elder brother claimed his third Group victory and his second in the Middle East after his G2 Bahrain International Trophy win last November. Spirit Dancer was one of two sons of Frankel (GB) to have notched a Group win on Saturday, with Military Order (Ire), the full-brother to Derby hero Adayar (Ire), having held off Lord North (Ire) in the G3 Winter Derby at Southwell. Spirit Dancer's mating was the first planned by Ferguson and his then-partner in the mare, Niall McLoughlin. They bought the Gestut Fahrhof-bred Queen's Dream in 2015 when she was carrying her second foal. “She had been covered by Maxios when he bought her and she came to us then and has been here ever since,” said Parsons. “We had one or two other mares for him initially. Sir Alex has been the most fabulous client and he won't deny his horses anything. He's a real animal lover.” Queen's Dream's six subsequent foals have been bred solely by Ferguson, and they include the promising four-year-old Hampden Park (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), who won on his third start last season for Andrew Balding and was handed a rating of 90. The mare's current three-year-old, Road To Wembley (GB) (Postponed {Ire}), is trained by Richard Hughes and has made four starts to date. “I know Andrew thinks a lot of him,” Parsons said of Hampden Park, who was patriotically named by Ferguson after Scotland's national football stadium. There looks to be plenty more to come from the family, not least from Spirit Dancer himself, who is in the form of his life at the age of seven. He posted his first win at three and has won in every season since, with his first Pattern success coming in York's G3 Strensall S. last August. Parsons added, “We used to call him Diego when he was here and when I took him up to Richard Fahey's he weighed 490kg as a yearling. He was a bull of a horse. Richard has done a splendid job with him.” Queen's Dream didn't make it to the racecourse but she is entitled to have bred a good one. A daughter of the Listed winner Quetana (Ger) (Acetanenago {Ger}), her granddam is the G2 German 1,000 Guineas winner and G1 Preis der Diana runner-up Quebrada (Ire) (Devil's Bag) who was herself out of the GI Yellow Ribbon S. winner Queen To Conquer (King's Bishop). The 14-year-old Queen's Dream has a yearling colt by Masar (Ire) in the paddocks at Upperwood and she will be covered this year by Pinatubo (Ire) at Dalham Hall Stud. “She's certainly an alpha mare in a group – she's the boss – but she loves her friends and we keep her to a routine,” said Parsons, who will hopefully be getting a bit more sleep in the weeks to come. “We have 10 or 11 mares to foal this year,” he noted. “I like to try to keep the numbers sensible. I don't have anyone sitting up for me, I like to be hands-on.” The post Foals First, Celebrations Later at Spirit Dancer’s Birthplace appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Kerry Petrick, born and raised in Alice Springs, is one of the leading trainers in the Northern Territory and enjoyed a successful day at Pioneer Park on Saturday. Trainer Kerry Petrick had a day out in Alice Springs on Saturday, winning three of the seven events and dead-heating for first in one other race. Petrick’s Venting ($2.20 fav) registered his third win from his past four starts by rolling 0-70 opposition over 1600m. With Paul Denton aboard, Venting (61kg) – the son of Star Witness – trailed the trio who led the five-horse field into the home straight before finding an inside passage to sink stablemate Boom Boom Sweet ($8) and Ray Viney’s Quizzle ($4.60). Venting beat the same pairing home a fortnight ago after finishing third behind Quizzle over 1400m (0-70) in late January. Phillip Crich, along with Denton, is also one of the NT’s more senior riders, but he showed his prowess by guiding Petrick’s other runners to success. Kikuyu ($6.50), a five-year-old gelding by Crowded House, ended a long drought when he skipped clear at the 800m after drawing a wide gate before downing Terry Gillett’s Tintern Power ($4.20) and Petrick’s Real Divine ($5) by 3.6 lengths over 1200m (0-58). Flash Fiorente ($14), Petrick’s four-year-old gelding by Fiorente, and Paul Gardner’s Hello Carol ($3.70), a five-year-old mare by Kaphero, shared the lead in an 1100m maiden before they had Gillett’s Macer’s Razor ($3.70) for company passing the 500m. Once dispensing with Macer’s Razor, who would finish third, at the 100m, Flash Fiorente (59kg) and Hello Carol (55kg), ridden by apprentice Dylan Stanley, went toe for toe before sharing the spoils. Petrick’s six-year-old gelding Zoutellus, the son of Zoustar, settled out in front before toppling Viney’s Strike Eagle ($4) and Kevin Lamprecht’s Daniher ($4.80) by 3.4 lengths for his first NT win over 1400m (0-64). Dick Leech celebrated when Kerioth overcame quality opposition in a 1200m open handicap. Kerioth ($5.50) produced an impressive Pioneer Sprint trial when he jumped from gate six in the seven-horse field and hit the front passing the 800m, before outclassing Gillett’s Supreme Times ($26) and Leech’s Early Crow ($5.50), fresh from his Palmerston Sprint triumph last August, by 3.2 lengths. A six-year-old grey gelding, Kerioth (54kg) was ridden a treat by Darwin apprentice Jade Hampson, but the son of Zebedee was almost scratched when he initially refused to enter the barrier. Lamprecht’s Beyond Ready ($3.70), a handy commodity from Victoria, surprised Dan Morgan’s in-form Don’t Be Dramatic after pipping the $1.40 favourite by a neck in the three-year-old event over 1200m (BM56). Don’t Be Dramatic (60.5kg) shared the early lead before fourth-placed Beyond Ready (58.5kg), a gelding by More Than Ready, hit top gear at the 400m approaching the final bend with apprentice Ianish Luximon hard at work. Beyond Ready swooped in the home straight, but at the 300m he veered to the inside, flattening Gardner’s Hey Bull ($21), who finished third, and although it was dismissed, it was no surprise to see rider Sonja Logan lodge a protest. Greg Connor’s Vitesse Breeze ($4.80) made it three wins from four consecutive 1200m starts when he put Petrick’s The Girl’s Party ($6.50) and Mark Pegus’ Nicstar ($6) to the sword by three lengths at 0-58 level. Vitesse Breeze, a six-year-old gelding by Bullet Train, missed the start before hitting the front at the 700m and from that point on, it was smooth sailing for winning jockey Denton. Horse racing news View the full article

Driver Penalties G Hunt | Wyndham 23 February; use of whip; suspended 26 February – 3 March inclusive. J Hay | Ashburton 24 February; medical clearance required. C Williamson | Wyndham 25 February; use of whip; suspended 26 February – 1 March inclusive. Trainer Penalty S & A Telfer | Waikato Bay of Plenty 23 February; incorrect gear; fined $100. Horse Penalties SASSY STAR | NZ Metropolitan 22 February; broke in running; must complete trial. BUSY CANOODLING | Waikato Bay of Plenty 23 February; broke at start; must complete standing start trial. BONEY EM | Wyndham 23 February; lame; veterinary clearance required. STYRAX | Wyndham 25 February; broke in running; must complete trial. TONY MAC | Wyndham 25 February; broke in running; must complete trial. Protest FOURTH AMENDMENT | Wyndham 23 February; denied a fair start; declared a non-runner. The post 19-25 February 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

Dog Penalty OPAWA KENT | Christchurch 23 February; marring (3rd offence); stood down for 3 months and must complete 2 trials. The post 19-25 February 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article