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Chantilly's G1 Prix de Diane programme opened with a bang when Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's homebred 2-year-old filly Polyvega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}–Polydream {Ire}, by Oasis Dream {GB}) unleashed a debut performance of note to attain 'TDN Rising Star' status in Sunday's Prix de la Reine Blanche Longines Polyvega was a shade slow from the stands' side stall and raced in fourth after the initial strides of this debutantes' heat. Cruising forward on the bridle once past halfway, the 3-1 second choice was shaken up to seize control approaching the final furlong and kept on powerfully under minimal coaxing in the latter stages to easily account for Apollo Fountain (GB) (No Nay Never) by an impressive 2 1/2 lengths. “I like this filly and I think she is quite good,” reflected trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias. “The second looked smart too, so that is a good sign and she ought to have a future.” Polyvega is the second of four foals and first scorer produced by G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest heroine Polydream (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}). herself a daughter of stakes-winning GIII Monrovia H. runner-up Polygreen (Fr) (Green Tune). Polygreen's quartet of black-type performers include G3 Prix Sigy victrix Big Brothers Pride (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and multiple Group-placed Listed Prix Amandine and Listed Prix Isola Bella winner Evaporation (Fr) (Red Ransom). She is also the second dam of Listed Prix Lyphard victor Yoozuna (Ire) (Kizuna {Jpn}), G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere runner-up Gamestop (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and Listed Prix Isonomy third Parafection (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). Polyvega is kin to the unraced 2-year-old filly Kythira (Ire) (No Nay Never) and a weanling filly by No Nay Never. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘃𝗲𝗴𝗮 (@maximeguyon_off/ C. Laffon-Parias/@WertheimerSales) réussit ses débuts en compétition dans le Prix de la Reine Blanche @Longines. Cette fille de la championne Polydream ( de LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest en 2018 Gr.1) fait honneur à ses origines. pic.twitter.com/vuFbXq40qm — Equidia (@equidia) June 16, 2024 1st-Chantilly, €50,000, Mdn, 6-16, unraced 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.94, g/s. POLYVEGA (IRE), f, 2, by Lope De Vega (Ire) 1st Dam: Polydream (Ire) (G1SW-Fr, $500,220), by Oasis Dream (GB) 2nd Dam: Polygreen (Fr), by Green Tune 3rd Dam: Yxenery (Ire), by Sillery Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €25,000. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Carlos Laffon-Parias; J-Maxime Guyon. The post Lope De Vega’s Polyvega Delivers TDN Rising Star Performance at Chantilly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There was a familiar story at Chantilly on Sunday as Karl Burke plundered another French prestige prize courtesy of the colt Arabie (GB) (Dandy Man {Ire}) who proved toughest in a pure speed shakedown in the G3 Prix du Bois Longines. Up with the pace set by the favourite Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}), Mohammed Al Shahi's York novice winner was under the pump by halfway with Jim Crowley digging in to reserves but where the filly cried enough a furlong out the boy from the North of England held out. Tiring in the closing stages to allow the closer Secret Wood (Fr) (Birchwood {Ire}) to within 1 1/4 lengths at the line, the 11-2 shot had two lengths in total to spare over the burnt-out 11-10 favourite Daylight in third. 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲 (JV. Crowley/@karl_burke) s'impose en patron dans le Prix du Bois @Longines (Gr.3) à Chantilly. Secret Wood (@BachelotT/ G. Bietolini) Daylight (@mickaelbarzalon/ P. Cottier) pic.twitter.com/qB39YZDM7d — Equidia (@equidia) June 16, 2024 The post Dandy Man Colt Takes The Prix Du Bois appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Having become his sire's first group 1 winner in the Southern Hemisphere, and second globally, when landing Randwick's Champagne Stakes (G1) in April, the Godolphin homebred Broadsiding took his form to even further heights June 15.View the full article

Dog Penalties GOLDSTAR FLORRIE | Southland 12 June; unsatisfactory performance; must complete trial. ZIPPING BASILICK | Waikato 13 June; failing to pursue the lure; stood down for 28 days and must complete trial. ADOBE PEACH | Christchurch 14 June; marring; stood down for 28 days and must complete trial. GO HOPPY | Christchurch 14 June; unsatisfactory performance; must complete trial. GOLDSTAR FRIDAY | Christchurch 14 June; unsatisfactory performance; must complete trial. General Race 10 at Waikato GRC of 13 June was declared a no race due to the boxes opening prematurely. The post 10-16 June 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

Sunday saw the confirmations for 2024 Royal Ascot's opening day fixture, where the G1 St James's Palace S. is the rightful stage for the coming together of the 2,000 Guineas, Irish 2,000 Guineas and Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroes Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}). The latter has been supplemented for the mile contest and is joined by fellow French raider Darlinghurst (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), while Ballydoyle rely on last year's G1 Vincent O'Brien National S. hero Henry Longfellow (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's impressive Listed Heron S. scorer Almaqam (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and Shadwell's Alyanaabi (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) round out the eight contestants for a surefire thriller. In the meeting's curtain-raising G1 Queen Anne S., 14 will line up headed by other leading French runners in Big Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) and Facteur Cheval (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire). Cheveley Park Stud's surprise G1 Lockinge S. winner Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), that Newbury contest's runner-up Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and Fitri Hay's impressive G3 Diomed S. winner Royal Scotsman (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) are other notables for the championship mile contest. A total of 17 sprinters will take part in the G1 King Charles III S., with the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint-winning 3-year-old Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) leading the chase for an open-looking renewal of the five-furlong charge. The fillies and mares have a strong representation headed by the Australian challenger Asfoora (Aus) (Flying Artie {Aus}) and the 2023 G2 Queen Mary S. scorer Crimson Advocate (Nyquist), who is one of Wathnan Racing's team of representatives during the week. Also on the card is the week's juvenile feature, the G2 Coventry S., in which Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star Camille Pissarro (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) is the key runner for the stable successful 10 times. He heads a field of 23, with the Joseph O'Brien-trained impressive Curragh maiden winner Cowardofthecounty (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) in attendance. The post Notable Speech Heads Classic Clash On Royal Ascot Opening Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

What Pakenham Synthetic Races Where Pakenham Racecourse – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Monday, June 17, 2024 First Race 12:30pm AEST Visit Dabble The synthetic surface at Pakenham is the destination for racing in Victoria on Monday, with a nine-part program set down for decision. A cool, but clear winter’s day is forecast for Pakenham, which should ensure competitive racing throughout the day. A new week of racing in Victoria is set to commence at 12:30pm AEST. Best Bet at Pakenham: Special Dancer In the opener, the Phillip Stokes-trained Special Dancer looks primed to break maiden ranks at the fifth time of asking. The three-year-old filly was hitting the line with great intent at Moe on June 3 when coming from the rear of the field to go down by 1.7 lengths. The Needs Further progeny returns to the Pakenham Synthetic 1400m, a track and trip that saw her produced her best finish when beaten a lip on August 8 last year. She produced a barnstorming finish that day, and if Special Dancer can replicate that performance, she should go one better. Best Bet Race 1 – #9 Special Dancer (11) 3yo Filly | T: Phillip Stokes | J: Brian Higgins (57kg) +230 with Neds Next Best at Pakenham: Clock Strikes Despite winning just twice in 17 starts, the Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock-trained Clock Strikes has found the right race to claim another triumph. Having finished second at three of his last six starts, the four-year-old gelding has certainly got his foot on the till. He will gain an economical transit from barrier three on the back of what looks to be a genuine speed. Luke Nolen will need a touch of luck on the home turn, but if the gap comes, Clock Strikes should be the one overhauling some potentially vulnerable leaders. Next Best Race 5 – #2 Clock Strikes (3) 4yo Gelding | T: Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | J: Luke Nolen (61kg) +200 with PlayUp Best Value at Pakenham: Frederick Michael Huglin’s Frederick was a smart maiden winner at Moe on May 14 over 1200m when settling up on speed and kicking clear of his rivals late. He had put the writing on the wall the start prior, and it seems as though the penny has dropped for the Magnus colt. He draws barrier 16, which is a touch concerning, but if Koby Jennings can have him settled outside lead over the 1200m, he showed last time out he can kick off a strong tempo. The $12 being bet with horse racing bookmakers is incredible value, and with even luck Frederick is in this up to his neck. Best Value Race 6 – #3 Frederick (16) 3yo Colt | T: Michael Huglin | J: Koby Jennings (61kg) +1100 with Dabble Monday quaddie tips for Pakenham Pakenham quadrella selections Monday, June 15, 2024 3-5-8 2-3-4-5-6-7 1-3-4-7-9 2-3-4-7 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Speedy Per Incanto mare Mrs Chrissie added a fifth win to her CV when she lived up to her favouritism in Saturday’s A$130,000 LockettLED.au Handicap (1000m) at Sandown. The five-year-old chestnut has now had 16 starts for five wins and five placings, earning more than A$275,000 in stakes. All of those five victories have come over either 1000m or 1100m. Mrs Chrissie jumped only fairly from her midfield gate in Saturday’s 1000m dash, but she recovered quickly and moved up into third place for apprentice jockey Celine Gaudray. Gaudray asked her to quicken with 400m remaining and she soon drew up on the outside of the leader and took command. Rattle And Bang briefly loomed as a threat on the outside, but Mrs Chrissie hit top gear and kicked away to score convincingly by a length and three-quarters. Mrs Chrissie was part of a winning double at Sandown on Saturday for Gaudray, who has now ridden 41 metropolitan winners this season. “It was pretty straightforward,” Gaudray said. “We drew a sticky gate, but only one turn, so not too much to worry about. I didn’t want to bustle her early, I just let her come across and she was too strong for them in the end. “I felt like she had a lot there. Especially when the other horse came up next to me – she kept finding and went to the line really well.” Mrs Chrissie was bred by Chris Doak and Rosie Ealden and was exported to Australia as an unraced two-year-old. She is out of the O’Reilly mare Turf Fire, who herself won nine races and placed in the Gr.3 Stewards’ Stakes (1200m). Turf Fire is the dam of three winners from five foals to race, headed by the stakes-placed Don Carlo. Turf Fire produced fillies by Time Test in 2019, Per Incanto in 2020 and Super Seth in 2021. View the full article

Elson Boy took his remarkable winning streak into the city on Saturday and just kept on rolling, collecting his sixth victory in a row in the A$160,000 Rosehill Bowling Club Handicap (1300m) in Sydney. The four-year-old son of El Roca kicked off his hot streak with a win on his home track of Dubbo in early March. He followed it up with further successes at Coonamble, Narromine, Mudgee and a last-start victory during Scone’s metropolitan meeting on May 18. Elson Boy carried on to Rosehill on Saturday and delivered more of the same for his trainer Dar Lunn and apprentice jockey Chelsea Hillier. After jumping from gate six, Hillier sent Elson Boy forward into his customary front-running role and dominated the race from there. Elson Boy kicked hard in the straight and put himself well out of the reach of the chasers, crossing the finish line with a margin of a length and three-quarters up his sleeve. “That’s so good,” Hillier said. “I don’t really have words. I’m just so lucky to be associated with a great trainer, some fantastic owners and a really, really good horse. “He’s unreal. He just keeps going. He won’t stop. As soon as he hears other horses coming, he finds more. He hasn’t really been tested either, so who knows how good he is? “He was a lot fresher today than he has been in the last two runs, so I was worried he might go a bit strong. But he was beautiful – every bit as good as he was last start, and hopefully he’ll be better again next time.” Elson Boy has now had 22 starts for nine wins, a placing and A$343,375 in stakes. His six-race winning streak has earned more than A$289,000 of that amount. “I just hope it keeps going,” Lunn said. “It’s been hard at home, because we’ve had no track to work him on. They’re putting in a new Polytrack at Dubbo and I haven’t been able to get on the grass. I’ve just been working him on a little canter track. “But he’s the type of horse that you don’t have to do a great deal with him. He’s just a pleasure to have around, and Chelsea does such a good job on him.” Bred by Mark and Lorraine Forbes, Elson Boy is by El Roca out of the Pour Moi mare Caramia. Elson Boy was offered by the Forbes’ Kiltannon Stables in Book 2 of Karaka 2021, where he was bought for just $20,000. View the full article

Trainer Andrew Forsman will be hoping they run races at Te Rapa every Saturday during the winter so that progressive galloper Turn The Ace (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) can further extend his outstanding record at the Hamilton venue. The son of Turn Me Loose won at Te Rapa in his first two starts as a two-year-old, and has since put together five further wins at the venue to take his record to seven wins there from just the 13 starts. Rider Donovan Cooper, who reduced the five-year-old’s carded weight to just 56.5kgs with his 3kg apprentice allowance, followed a well-established pattern with his mount where he bounced straight to the front and dictated terms to his rivals in the Bayonne Construction-sponsored 1600m contest. Turn The Ace hugged the rail rounding the home bend and put a winning break on the field, galloping strongly to the winning post to hold out a late charge from Freeze Frame and race favourite Little Bit Of Love. Forsman was at Te Rapa and was especially proud of his charge who he believes has unofficially equalled the record for the most wins at the venue. “That worked out really well as we thought the track might be a little heavier than he likes,” Forsman said. “The plan was to cut the corner, hug the rail and try and establish a break and Donovan did it perfectly. “We took the punt, and it paid off as he saved many lengths and with the final margin being just under a length, I’m not sure he would have held them out if we had come out to the middle of the track. “He is still a relatively young horse and I think that win puts him level with horses like Spin Doctor and Wordsworth who have also won seven races here. “There could be another race for him here in early July so we will he having a crack at taking the record on his own, although it will definitely depend on the handicapper as weight will get to him at some stage.” Purchased by Forsman for $30,000 out of the Cambridge Stud draft during the Book 1 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale in 2020, Turn The Ace has now won nine of his 25 starts and an excess of $238,000 in prizemoney. He comes from an extended family that traces back to a host of Australian Group One winners including Freemason and Mental. View the full article

Standout hurdler Berry The Cash will deservedly dominate the headlines, but his stablemate Super Spirit (NZ) (Super Easy) collected a win of his own later on the Te Rapa card on Saturday to complete a big day for trainer Mark Oulaghan and jockey Portia Matthews. Less than two hours after Oulaghan and Matthews teamed up in another big-race triumph with Berry The Cash in the Fairview Motors Waikato Hurdle (3200m), Super Spirit lined up for maiden steeplechase honours in the Waikato/BOP Racehorse Owners Association Steeplechase (3900m) and prevailed in a stirring contest. The seven-horse field was quickly whittled down to four within the first half a lap as Renegade Fighter and Civil Unrest parted company with their riders and Banks Road became detached and was pulled up out of the race. The remaining quartet raced in a tight bunch for the next circuit of the Te Rapa steeplechase course, but then Super Spirit and Sweet Taboo began to separate themselves from the other pair. Super Spirit and Sweet Taboo drew more than 30 lengths ahead of the third-placed Devoted and fought out a thrilling two-horse war down the Te Rapa straight. Super Spirit produced the better jump of the two at the final fence and looked like he had the race in safe keeping, but Sweet Taboo rebuilt his momentum and clawed his way back up alongside the leader. In a desperate final 100m, Super Spirit dug deep and clung on to win by a short neck. “It’s been a pretty pleasing day for the stable and for Portia as well,” Oulaghan said. “Berry The Cash just keeps fronting up, and I was really pleased with the performance by Super Spirit too. “It was only a maiden steeplechase today, but he did a good job. He’s going the right way and hopefully he can continue to progress the same way and perhaps be competitive in some stronger steeplechase company in the future.” Super Spirit was previously a two-time winner on the flat, so his 28-start career has now produced a total of three wins, four placings and $54,200 in stakes. The formidable partnership between Oulaghan and Matthews has now netted 10 wins from 65 starts. Five of those successes have come from Matthews’ nine rides aboard the Grand National, Awapuni and Waikato Hurdle hero Berry The Cash. View the full article

The winning run of the progeny of former Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo continued on Saturday when his three-year-old son Farravallo (NZ) (Belardo) took out the opening event over 1000m at Trentham. Although facing only four rivals, the Royden Bergerson-prepared runner was up against the unbeaten Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained representative Pokuru Gold who was sent out a $1.60 Fixed Odds favourite by punters as he sought his fourth win in a row. Apprentice Jim Chung made good use of his 3kg claim as he sent Farravallo straight to front from the start and kept the pressure on despite racing four and five wide on the Heavy 10 surface. Chung angled Farravallo even wider in the home straight as he picked a path next to the outside rail, with the move paying dividends as he kept up a powerful gallop to defeat Bella Timing and Brazenbelle, with Pokuru Gold in fourth after struggling in the testing conditions. Bergerson was happy to put his first win on the board with the horse who had had just the one prior run for him after transferring from the stable of Paul Richards. “I was pretty confident when they came across the crossing and I could see Sam’s horse (Pokuru Gold) dipping and diving everywhere,” he said. “It was a good ride by Jimmy as he has come of age with his riding. “I said to him today in a small field you just won’t know what may happen and he has ridden him well, just as he has been riding Bradman the same way for me. “He is a strong horse who is pretty quick, and I think he will go well on the Poly (synthetic surface at Awapuni) as he should fly on that. “I said to his owners he should be hard to beat today. “He’s got a nice future if we keep him to this sort of distance.” Chung was also pleased with the result after staying wide for the better going on offer. “It wasn’t the plan to lead but he jumped nice, so I just let him go,” he said. “I think the outside fence is the place to go as the track is very heavy.” Raced by Ian Farrelly and Chris Rutten, Farravallo was purchased for $20,000 by Rutten out of the Haunui Farm draft during the Book 2 sale at Karaka in 2022. He joined Te Rapa maiden winner Barcelona and three-year-old Caitlyns Wish as early winners on the day for his sire Belardo, who shuttled to Haunui Farm between 2017 and 2022. View the full article

Rebounding from an 11th-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Courtlandt Farms' Our Pretty Woman fended off a stretch bid from graded stakes winner Intricate to win the $173,700 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes June 15 at Churchill Downs.View the full article

With two Grade I winners and two 'TDN Rising Stars' comprising half the GIII Salvator Mile S. field at Monmouth Park Saturday, it was Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC's Bright Future (h, 5, Curlin–Sophia's Song, by Bellamy Road)–one of the former Grade I winners who was also coming off a seven-month layoff–who got the win after a tight trip on the rail. Fellow GISW Shirl's Speight (Speightstown), who has done his best running on the lawn but was third in this race in 2022, tired to sixth. The winner broke alertly, but was outfooted to the front and got locked into a joint-third inside spot with Shirl's Speight behind Charles Town star Coastal Mission (Great Notion) and Gulfstream stakes winner Oscar Eclipse (Oscar Performance ) through :24.05 and :48.16 fractions. Surrounded on all sides with no where to go and shuffled back to sixth on the far turn, Bright Future miraculously had the seas part in front of him just after the announcer noted him “plodding in place” coming off the turn. The chestnut accelerated sharply at the top of the stretch, found yet another gear late in the lane, and blasted right by Coastal Mission and last-out Parx allowance victor Movisitor (Uncle Mo) for a 1 3/4-length triumph. “That was a big performance,” said Anthony Sciametta, assistant to winning trainer Todd Pletcher. “We're very pleased. The horse was training well at Belmont so I'm really not surprised. They obviously liked him. When he started falling back a little bit we got a little worried but then he came running again. It's a big win for him. He is coming off the bench and it's really good for him going forward.” Bright Future has been off since a sixth-place finish behind White Abarrio (Race Day) in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic last November, a spot he earned on the merits of a GI Jockey Club Gold Cup S. win in the waning days of the Saratoga meet in September. Those two starts followed an open daylight allowance win at Saratoga, the first in a string of three consecutive races that netted triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures for Bright Future. His last several works upon returning have been very sharp, including a :47 3/5 move over four furlongs (3/172) on Belmont's training track June 8. #2 BRIGHT FUTURE ($4.20) got rolling down the inside to win Monmouth's $150,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3). This is the first start of the year for the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner, who was ridden by @jjcjockey for @PletcherRacing and owners St. Elias Stable & @RepoleStable. pic.twitter.com/zVhIOs9AlY — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 15, 2024 Pedigree Notes: Bright Future is one of 59 graded winners from 105 black-type winners for Hill 'n' Dale's super sire Curlin, who has 10 stakes winners (six graded) on the year thus far. Bright Future's win also marks the third consecutive weekend Curlin has had a graded winner, starting with GIII Blame S. winner Highland Falls June 1 and continuing with GII Suburban S. winner Crupi June 8. Sophia's Song, a listed winner at Laurel who was also GSP at Charles Town, sold at last November's Fasig-Tipton 'Night of the Stars' sale on the heels of Bright Future's Jockey Club Gold Cup win. Shadai Farm picked her up in foal to Jackie's Warrior for $1.35 million and promptly shipped her to Japan. The mare had several headlining months. In addition to Bright Future's GI win in September, her debuting 2-year-old, Booth (Mitole), was named a 'TDN Rising Star' at Keeneland in October and, in December, her sophomore daughter Musical Mischief (Into Mischief) finished third in the GI American Oaks. Sophia's Song currently has a juvenile colt by Tiz the Law and a yearling colt by Maxfield. The mare is out of an unraced full-sister to dual champion sprinter Housebuster from the same family as last year's GI Hopeful S. winner Nutella Fella (Runhappy). Damsire Bellamy Road, the 2005 GI Wood Memorial S. winner, has an even dozen black-type winners out of his daughters. Saturday, Monmouth SALVATOR MILE S.-GIII, $155,000, Monmouth, 6-15, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36.96, ft. 1–BRIGHT FUTURE, 118, h, 5, by Curlin 1st Dam: Sophia's Song (SW & GSP, $155,892), by Bellamy Road 2nd Dam: Dreamscape, by Mt. Livermore 3rd Dam: Big Dreams, by Great Above ($350,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC; B-Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Javier Castellano. $90,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 9-5-0-2, $926,940. *1/2 to Musical Mischief (Into Mischief), GISP, $189,084. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Coastal Mission, 122, g, 5, Great Notion–Smart Crowd, by Crowd Pleaser. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-Coleswood Farm, Inc. (WV); T-Jeff C. Runco. $30,000. 3–Movisitor, 118, c, 4, Uncle Mo–Ristretto, by Medaglia d'Oro. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($135,000 RNA Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $120,000 3yo '23 FTKHRA). O-Waldorf Racing Stables LLC; B-Forgotten Land Investment Inc (PA); T-Marya K. Montoya. $15,000. Margins: 1 3/4, NK, 2HF. Odds: 1.10, 6.20, 21.00. Also Ran: Stage Raider, Oscar Eclipse, Shirl's Speight, Artorius, Sherlock's Jewel. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. 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Making his first start since November, Bright Future asserted his class late with a rail-skimming victory in the $155,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) June 15 at Monmouth Park.View the full article

Jarrod Todd won the feature race at Fannie Bay on Saturday aboard the former Queensland galloper Spaceship for Darwin trainer Gary Clarke. Picture: Caroline Camilleri (FotoFinish Racepix) After posting his 50th win of the season last weekend, Darwin trainer Gary Clarke’s rich vein of form continued with four winners on Saturday. Clarke, who will win the Top End and Country title for a 12th straight year, celebrated with Spaceship – a $1.45 favourite with online bookmakers – Influential Jack ($3), Pink Panther ($12) and Magnetic Tycoon ($12). Jarrod Todd, Clarke’s No.1 rider, made it 47 wins when he partnered Spaceship, Influential Jack and Pink Panther – he’ll be the champion jockey for a fifth straight year. There have been six Fannie Bay meetings since April 19, and during that period Clarke (16) and Todd (15) have dominated. Spaceship, a four-year-old gelding by Invader, made it three wins from as many starts since arriving from Robert Heathcote’s Brisbane stable in an open 1200m handicap. Settling third, Spaceship was made to work in the home straight before finally shaking Phil Cole’s Star Magnum ($8) at the 100m to win by two lengths – Kerry Petrick’s Alice Springs Cup winner Venting ($21) was a distant third. Star Magnum was gallant, with Spaceship clocking 1.07.75 – the 1200m track record is 1.07.09. Influential Jack also settled third over 1300m (0-70) before edging clear at the 100m to outclass Tayarn Halter’s Raffalli ($6) and Chris Pollard’s Hamlet Von Snitzel ($10), the early leaders, by 1.2 lengths. After 11 Darwin appearances without success, Influential Jack has now won two of his past three starts. With five Queanbeyan wins under his belt, Pink Panther made it a winning debut in Darwin over 1100m (0-64) when he nailed Heather Lehmann’s Emerald Court ($4.40) right on the line to prevail by a head. Emerald Court led from the outset before Pink Panther, who was close by in second place, pounced at the 100m, with Cole’s Exceedingly Magic ($4.20) not far away in third place. Magnetic Tycoon was stepping up to the 1600m (0-58) for the first time, but that was no burden when he swooped late to pip Pollard’s A Big Chance ($15) in the shadows of the post to win by a long neck. Passing the 800m, Magnetic Tycoon, who had only previously won a 1200m maiden, wasn’t sighted on the radar in eighth place before jockey Aaron Sweeney flicked the switch turning for home. Pollard’s Go Barney Go ($101) was among the front-runners before finishing 4.4 lengths adrift in third place. For A Big Chance’s jockey, Sonja Logan, it was another tough loss after also partnering Emerald Court. Pollard’s Call It A Loan ($4), with Casey Hunter on board, backed up after finishing second last Saturday to take out the 1100m maiden. Tayarn Halter’s Ibegood ($1.55 fav) pinged the gates, but it wasn’t long before the filly had Call It A Loan for company and little separated the pair turning for home. The former WA gelding edged clear to win by a length as Ibegood made it three seconds from as many starts – Petrick’s Lean On Me ($26) flashed home for third. It was Pollard’s first win since April 12 and Hunter’s first Darwin winner since March 16. Horse racing news View the full article

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Accede (Into Mischief) dug down gamely to post a first stakes victory in Saturday's GII Bed o' Roses S. Off as the 4-1 second choice, the Juddmonte homebred veered out sharply at the start and was quickly corrected by Irad Ortiz, Jr. to lead early. Third, but traveling nicely on the inside on the far turn, Accede split horses with authority in the stretch and fended off the longshot runner-up for a career best. “She broke with good intent and I was happy with her on the lead, but if somebody wanted to go, it was fine to let them go,” winning trainer Chad Brown said. “That's what we [Irad Ortiz, Jr.] talked about in the paddock. He worked out a great trip and the filly cooperated. The team at Juddmonte did a great job with her.” Accede, third at second asking in last spring's GII Eight Belles S., won her last two trips to the post at Keeneland, an allowance Oct. 14 and an optional claimer Apr. 24. Pedigree Notes: Accede becomes the 75th graded/group winner worldwide for Into Mischief. She is the 15th graded winner for broodmare sire Mizzen Mast. Juddmonte has enjoyed plenty of success with the leading sire's offspring, led by promoted GI Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun and runaway G1 Dubai World Cup winner Laurel River. Accede was produced by three-time graded winner and GISP Jibboom, who is also responsible for a Tacitus colt of 2023. Jibboom is a full sister to G1SW-HK Sea Defence. This is also the female family of 2023 GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile S. winner Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}). Saturday, Belmont at The Big A BED O' ROSES S.-GII, $200,000, Belmont The Big A, 6-15, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:22.83, ft. 1–ACCEDE, 118, f, 4, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Jibboom (MGSW & GISP, $487,600), by Mizzen Mast 2nd Dam: Palisade, by Gone West 3rd Dam: Peplum, by Nijinsky II 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-0-1, $373,650. *1/2 to Flying Jib (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSW-Ire, $135,114. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Just Katherine, 118, f, 4, Justify–Reve Enchante, by Medaglia d'Oro. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($85,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-R.T Racing Stable; B-Boyd Brooks, Louis Brooks Ranch Limited Partnership, Hugh Owen, et (KY); T-Jose M. Jimenez. $40,000. 3–Hot Fudge, 122, m, 5, Liam's Map–Noelle's Mischief, by Into Mischief. ($50,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $235,000 2yo '21 OBSAPR). O-KEM Stables; B-Edwin Anthony (KY); T-Linda Rice. $24,000. Margins: NK, 3, NK. Odds: 4.10, 16.50, 25.00. Also Ran: Shidabhuti, Flying Connection, Leave No Trace, Morning Matcha, Apple Picker, Beguine, Big Pond. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. ACCEDE, the 4YO daughter of @spendthriftfarm stallion Into Mischief, wins the Grade 2 Bed o' Roses Stakes with @iradortiz up for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/icXmUZydtx — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) June 15, 2024 The post Into Mischief’s Accede Makes the Grade in Bed o’ Roses appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Whether they are competing at Saratoga, Aqueduct, or Monmouth, the combination of Klaravich Stables and Chad Brown continues to be successful in the northeast. They won with Tax Implications in the June 15 Eatontown Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park. View the full article

It's not unusual for a Thoroughbred to show versatility in different races. But Juddmonte's homebred filly Accede managed to check several boxes in winning the $200,000 Bed o' Roses Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares.View the full article

Mentee's speed was as good as advertised, if not better, in his June 15 debut. A homebred for Repole Stable, the full brother to champion Fierceness led the charge at every call and blazed the five furlongs in record time at Aqueduct Racetrack. View the full article

By Mike Love After reaching the 300 win milestone at Addington on Friday night Sarah O’Reilly is a good chance to add to that tally at the same course today. “It’s pretty awesome! I never thought I’d be able to achieve that when I first started driving,” said O’Reilly. She brought up the 300th with Tectonic and then got Shards Matrix home for Brent and Tim White. “The highlight so far this season though would have to be winning the Roy Purdon Memorial (listed) at Alexandra Park with American Me.” Today, O’Reilly heads back to Addington with a quartet of drives where the Ashburton reinswoman will look to add to her current win tally of 29 for the season. Followers of O’Reilly may not have to wait too long for a return as she reins second favourite My Skatjie ($4.00FF) for trainer Carl Markham in race 1, the Protocol Restaurant And Bar Mobile Pace. Although it can be hard to get too excited about a 19 start maiden, the four-year-old Sweet Lou gelding has shown hints at winning a maiden for a while, including a bold second at his previous start. “He went pretty good last week, and he should have improved with the run too. We have a good draw to work with today. Hopefully we can get a good run and be pretty close to them.” “He’s my best drive of the day.” Other chances in the event include race favourite Captain Kobe ($2.30FF) for trainer Steve Dolan, while the Bruce Negus trained Bets On ($17.00FF) and Amalfi ($21.00FF) for Robert Stuart could offer value with economical runs. O’Reilly will then drive Interpol ($21.00FF) for John McDermott in race 4, the XCM Sport Mobile pace. O’Reilly is under no illusions that the four-year-old He’s Watching gelding will need to find some lengths to be competitive in today’s race. “He will need to improve on his recent runs, but hopefully he will be running on.” Race favourite Millwood Goddess ($3.90FF) for trainer Tom Bagrie alongside Don Juan ($4.80FF) for Matt Purvis and the Robert and Jenna Dunn trained Absolute Dynamite ($5.00FF) look to have a decent hold over the field. Outside of those there are many value options in what is an even line up. Big Mama Morris ($18.00FF) in race 5, the Remembering American Ideal Mobile pace is a horse O’Reilly has had a lot of success with for trainer Amber Lethaby. O’Reilly has steered the Big Jim mare into three of her four career wins. Fresh up last week Big Mama Morris ran like she needed it and will have derived plenty from that outing going into today’s assignment. “She was a little flat first up but she will benefit a lot. She should be able to run on better today with her fitness at another level.” Fernz Goldy ($4.80FF) for trainer Daniel Reardon looks hard to beat from barrier one, while Pearl’s A Singer ($8.00FF) for trainer/driver Robbie Holmes may offer value. O’Reilly reunites with trainer John McDermott in race 9, the Tennant Engineering Mobile pace when she drives second favourite Topaz ($5.50FF). The five-year-old American Ideal mare ran a credible second last week and will be looking for her third win on the track. “If she can get the right run she’s a good top three chance because she does have a good finish on her.” “She has raced in stronger fields and ran well so I’m expecting her to go well today.” Other chances in the event include the Jason and Ian Thomas pair Opo ($8.50FF) and White Star Orlando ($12.0FF), while others with slightly better draws such as High Hopes ($10.00FF) for Tom Bagrie and Krystal Delight ($12.00FF) for Greg and Nina Hope may be good each way options to rejuvenate punters’ accounts at the end of the weekend. Racing commences from 12:23pm. View the full article

You know, it's almost like they're family. Okay, maybe that's not terribly helpful. As we've learned from others kindly sharing their experiences for this series, the only right way is the one that works for you. That's always a pretty good starting point, anyway, with horses. And given this additional variable, where the directors stage board meetings around a kitchen table, then different families must find their own ways to meet the challenges of succession. Some hire consultants; some transition with parallel businesses; some, no doubt, never get past the screaming and shouting stage. But sometimes, it seems, a family business can thrive simply because of a felicity that always keeps that dimension of their shared lives in due perspective. “Full credit to my parents, but there are never arguments,” says Gray Lyster of Ashview Farm. “I swear to God. There are times you're aggravated, or have to run something by somebody. But I swear we're all so much on the same page with our program. And that roots back to my father and my mother. Because you already know the answer. If you're super confident in making a decision or change, you do it. And if you're wrong, nobody is going to complain. It's very, very lucky, because I don't know that I could necessarily work with anybody else and have that. But I know I can with my dad and my brother.” It's not as though the Lysters automatically agree on everything: that wouldn't be true of any family, never mind one immersed in something so resistant to consensus as Thoroughbreds. But there's no mistaking how they make things work, professionally, by concentrating first and foremost on domestic fulfilment. Lysters work together the same way they ski or hunt together. Wayne and Muffy Lyster started Ashview, just outside Versailles, from scratch even as they raised three children–all of whom have found their own paths to where they want to be, sometimes via unexpected twists. And it's surely no coincidence that a farm of relatively modest scale should have achieved such remarkable success, for instance breeding the first two in the GI Belmont S. in 2022, while resolutely prioritizing the bigger picture. Of the three siblings, Gray has emerged front-of-house despite long presuming that his vocation lay elsewhere; Meredith, though still involved, is raising a young family over in Louisville; and Bryan recently answered the summons of his other great passion, the mountains, with a fresh start in Jackson Hole real estate. Mo Donegal and Nest, one-two in the 2022 Belmont | Sarah Andrew All this happened by unplanned increments. Their many friends in the Bluegrass community will recall the terrifying spinal infection that flattened Bryan during the 2017 September Sale. His wife had delivered their third child the previous week. You don't need a management consultant to tell a family its priorities when something like that happens. But then nobody has really had to tell anyone anything. “Our parents never pushed us to the business,” stresses Gray. “It was like, 'Find what you want to do, and go do it.' And I'll admit, I probably didn't even know I had a love of the horse until my 20s. I took it all for granted. We grew up on the farm, and its life was second nature. But we were never pushed to it. Quite the opposite.” “There wasn't the first thing deliberate,” Wayne confirms. “Not any deliberate feelings or thoughts from a first-time Thoroughbred owner-breeder/landowner in Central Kentucky. I always wanted to raise horses, but never thought about my children following in my footsteps. Did I want them to? I mean, sure, it would be great. But it was never like, 'Oh, I was a doctor, or in the services, you need to be as well.'” When Gray went to Vanderbilt, to study economics, he knew only that he had a vocation for business. “I just didn't know what kind,” he says. “And it ended up being the family business. I always assumed that I was going to do something else, I really did. And probably the number one reason I came back was because I wasn't pushed to.” After a stint on the backside, with Rusty Arnold, Gray began to get a feel and relish for the marketplace. “I got into the trading,” he recalls. “And, for me personally, the sales aspect kicked it into the next level. But what made all the difference is that in the history of family operations there has probably never been less of a micromanager than my father. He immediately acknowledged that if he wanted help from us, he was not going to micromanage. He was not going to just make us do all the hard work and leave him to do the fun stuff.” Wayne had no need for a consultant there, then–except perhaps for one. “My wife actually reminded me a couple of times,” he recalls. “She said, 'If the children may want to do this, you can't override everything that they decide.' And she said that once or twice, because sometimes I could dominate conversations at home. So I really thought about that. I wanted to be really careful, to let them find their own way, learn for themselves. I think overall I was pretty good about giving them that opportunity. Because a lot of times you find success by the mistakes you make. And I knew that if they made mistakes, well, so had we.” “Oh my gosh, he let me make so many: buying horses, buying breeding stock,” Gray says. “But man, I learned so much. If you make mistakes not just with your own money but with the farm money, with family money, that's pressure you've never had before. And I just see so many people that aren't as lucky as I was. Because I got to make decisions when I didn't know anything–and the best way to learn is by seeing the wrong way to do it.” But part of the reason all this has come together is that the younger generation proved integral to the evolution of Ashview. As the farm kept thriving, not least following the advent of a cherished partner in Colts Neck Stables, everyone could just trust the process. “When I first came back, we were primarily a boarding business,” Gray reflects. “And Dad said that he'd always dreamed of not just consigning for other people but investing for ourselves. So when Bryan and I came back, he was willing to make that transition. He said, 'I'll put up most of the money, you give me the sweat equity, and we'll put it up together.' That was just such a unique thing to do. And frankly, a very risky thing to do. We didn't make money on all of them, I can promise you that. But over a period of time, we built a nice broodmare band with that specific business plan.” Gray Lyster | Fasig-Tipton Its bedrock was fillies claimed off the track, an enterprise tailor-made for Gray's market flair. “It was about 'out-appraising' people and working hard to move money around,” he recalls. “Today there's so much information, it's all so quick. I still pursue a few here and there, but the claiming game, for breeding, is very difficult now. But it was a lot of fun at the time. Man, I learned the names of racetracks I'd never heard of before. “And trading those horses, there's nothing more emotional. If you can sell in a minute and a half, at public auction, going up in $10,000 bids? And you're walking up the back ring, and worrying if the horse is acting right, or if that person's off him, on him? I mean, there's no greater thrill. I'm a junkie for it.” There was trial and error, as usual, but there was also the $5,000 claim at Delaware Park of a Broken Vow filly who became the dam of Runhappy, subsequently sold for $1.6 million. Ashview has proved similarly ahead of the curve by in-house production of organic hay and bedding. One way or another, things have tended to work so well that there was seldom much need to formalize function. “I've had friends ask me how it all worked out, and I always said that it just evolved,” Wayne says. “I don't know. We're a very loving family. There was never, 'Okay, you're the broodmare manager, you're the foal manager.' We did it all together. They wanted to participate, and I wanted them to. We all love our farm, the land, our horses, our dogs, and we get to love it together. Sometimes we'll see things differently, as all people will, but never so much that we couldn't put it together.” But if that comes with nurture, and values of upbringing, there was always that other ingredient of nature as well. Gray is a sixth-generation horseman and, who knows, maybe someday that pedigree will tell in a seventh. None of Wayne and Muffy's grandchildren will be placed under any more pressure than were Gray, Bryan and Meredith. But Gray does want the industry to ensure that continuity is at least an option. He has brought energy and imagination to service on several industry bodies and cautions against undue haste in the face of undoubted challenges. “In the last couple of years, with HISA and HIWU, we've seen the most drastic changes to our industry in my lifetime,” he remarks. “A lot of people have made big sacrifices, at every level. It's not an easy process. There's going to be hiccups on the way. Zero catastrophic breakdowns, zero people taking an edge: maybe that's not be attainable, but we have to try. It's just that after those rough experiences last year, I really worried that all of a sudden people wanted to change everything on a moment's notice.” Though as heartbroken as anyone by those two breakdowns at Saratoga, he was dismayed by the implication that we owe a higher duty of care to some horses than others. Losing a claimer at Finger Lakes is no less of a tragedy; it just doesn't generate equivalent hysteria. “Optics are important, but we've got to look at the entire picture and not base decisions on a couple of emotional situations,” Gray says. “We already have this major, long thought-out plan. Whether you like it or not, it's here, and we all need to try to make it work.” Indeed, Grey confides that he was himself actually opposed to federal intervention, when first on the table. Finding himself to be in a minority among his peers, however, he now implores everyone to stop yelling or demanding further drastic change. He's particularly alarmed by those, often not themselves horsemen, demanding replacement of dirt tracks. For one thing, since it would not be viable to install synthetics coast-to-coast, doing so only at premier tracks would drive a wedge right across the pyramid. But Gray candidly says that a sport without dirt would lose his interest. “American dirt racing is unique in itself,” he says. “I watched Keeneland, my home track, flip to synthetics. I tried my hardest. I watched my father stop attending the races because he didn't like it as a handicapper. I quit watching two of my favorite racetracks, Golden Gate Fields and Arlington Park–and now, unfortunately, they're gone or almost gone. So I hope there's no knee-jerk reaction. We've seen Santa Anita, Keeneland and Del Mar achieve some outstanding safety records by transition to newer dirt surfaces with different sub-surfaces.” Wayne and Muffy Lyster | Courtesy of Gray Lyster A sense of obligation to their community was inculcated in their children by Wayne and Muffy, themselves recognized for conservation of the Bluegrass environment. But commitment starts at home, including for the siblings whose lives are now principally spent elsewhere. Certainly Bryan's familiar face is welcomed back by clients visiting their consignment at the major sales. “When Bryan decided that he wanted to make a life change, that actually came as no surprise to me,” Wayne says. “He has always loved Jackson Hole, and I couldn't be happier for him. He's done very well with his new vocation, and is still tremendously involved with Ashview Farm, with horses and mares that we own together. And our daughter, similarly, though her three young children take a lot of her time. “We've all of us always worked hard. My brother works hard, my sisters work hard, my wife does, my entire family has that ingrained. But if you're happy in what you're doing, it's not hard work at all. Does that make any sense?” Yes, sir, it does. This, after all, is someone who's reminded how it all began every time he comes to Keeneland. “I was 15 and used to hitchhike from Paris to walk hots,” he recalls. “A barn right under the water tower. I'd walk eight hots a morning, a dollar apiece. So that made $8 a day, and pretty much the afternoon off. Where the alternative had been tobacco, at 60 cents an hour. So a 10-hour day was $6. And I did the math! “That was 60 years ago now. I've had difficult days: banking, and money, and trying to grow a farm. We started with eight acres. We're now 1,050, and I'm very proud of that. But I never got up in the morning and worked, not the way some people do, who don't like what they're doing. I feel sad for them because my business has never been work to me.” “It's an old-school mentality,” Gray concludes. “Our long-term staff have utmost respect for mom and dad. They ask for a lot, and everybody works their butts off. But on a bad day, they would do anything for their staff. That's why it's not all about compensation in one form or another. When you have that trust and respect, you know you're getting your best from people. Someone makes a mistake, you acknowledge it and move on. Sounds simple. It's not. It all comes from my folks. Really, it's so easy to work with them. I think we're very fortunate. People tell me that all the time. But we're not just fortunate. It feels unique.” The post Succession: Wayne and Gray Lyster of Ashview Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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TUSCAN SKY (c, 3, Vino Rosso–South Andros, by Sky Mesa) got back on track Saturday, winning the Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park. Last spotted seventh in the GII Wood Memorial S., he drew the rail here and sat an inside trip as four rivals stacked up to his outside. The field went five-wide nearly the entire length of the race but Tuscan Sky began to edge away off the far turn and opened up late under Javier Castellano for the clear win. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0. O-Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Sierra Farm; T-Todd A. Pletcher. Sales History: $200,000 ylg '22 FTKJUL. The post Tuscan Sky Impressive in Pegasus Win At Monmouth appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After competing in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, Catching Freedom catches easier in the June 22 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown. He leads a field of 10 3-year-olds racing 1 1/8 miles.View the full article