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Being a half-brother to undefeated Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit), the expectations were naturally high, and Hronis Racing, Summer Wind Equine and Bill Farish's EAGLES FLIGHT (c, 3, Curlin–Feathered, by Indian Charlie) proved equal to the task, overcoming something of a tricky trip to join Flightline as 'TDN Rising Stars.' As low as 3-5 as the horses were about to depart the paddock, Eagles Flight eased into 4-5 and remained there before a further market drift saw him jump at odds of 11-10. Not the quickest away from the two hole, the scopey bay colt brushed lightly at the break with the rail-drawn Atitlan (The Factor), then beaten for speed and was ridden along from about seventh, but not too far away from the leaders down the backstretch. In tight for a stride or two at that stage, Eagles Flight was always traveling for Flightline's jockey Flavien Prat and he was angled away from the inside and into about the three path at the three-eighths. Taking a gap professionally between rivals while gaining good ground at the quarter pole, Eagles Flight rolled up outside of 2-1 Santarena (Omaha Beach), a three-time maiden, but who earned a 93 Beyer for a runner-up effort two back. The chalk wanted to lay in approaching the eighth pole, but once straightened away by Prat, he leveled out beautifully and won going away before galloping out strongly. The final time for the six furlongs was a rock-solid 1:10.07. O-Hronis Racing, Summer Wind Equine & Farish; B-Summer Wind Equine LLC (KY); T-John Sadler. FLIGHTLINE's half-brother #2 EAGLES FLIGHT made his debut a winning one in Race 8 at Santa Anita. Flavien Prat aboard for @sadlerracing, @KostaHronis, @MoreSummerWind. pic.twitter.com/zpMlsmoVgp — FanDuel Racing (Formerly TVG) (@FanDuel_Racing) May 27, 2024 The post Curlin’s Eagles Flight As Advertised, Becomes a ‘Rising Star’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ipswich Racecourse has been a thriving jurisdiction of Queensland racing since its first meeting in 1848 and continues to be utilized consistently throughout the years operating under the guise of Ipswich Turf Club in 1991. Playing host to approximately 46 meetings throughout a calendar year, the Ipswich Turf Club is a worthwhile trip for those from the major city stables in Brisbane, located roughly 35km south-west of Eagle Farm Racecourse and Doomben Racecourse. A boost in standing and prizemoney for Ipswich racing has proven to be a major benefit with it helping attract better talent. The Ipswich Winter Racing Carnival providing plenty of targets for stables – including the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m), worth $175,000. Not only is the Ipswich Turf Club home to horse racing throughout the year, but it also provides locals with an outstanding venue to host formal and informal events, such as weddings, corporate dining, and celebrations for every occasion. They have settings for both indoor and outdoor events, so be sure to check out the Ipswich Turf Club website for more information regarding these gatherings. Ipswich horse racing news With so much action taking place at Ipswich and other horse racing tracks across Queensland, our dedicated team at HorseBetting.com.au will always be on deck to provide all the latest and breaking news from Ipswich Racecourse. Here is the latest Ipswich racing news: Two Queensland horses return positives to cocaine Australia horse racing news 9 months ago An Ipswich trainer will face a stewards’ inquiry after two of the horses he trains returned positive samples to cocaine … Read More Regal Lion causes boilover in Ipswich Cup Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Ben Thompson and Annabel Neasham have combined with Regal Lion to take out the Listed Ipswich Cup at Ipswich on … Read More Dark Destroyer primed for Ipswich Cup tilt Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Dark Destroyer will be back in action in Queensland on Saturday and is expected to appreciate a step up in … Read More Cours Vite rewards connections with Ipswich win Australia horse racing news 1 year ago A punt taken on Cours Vite has paid off with the lightly raced three-year-old opening his Australian account at short … Read More Racing participants unhappy with late call to postpone Ipswich Australia horse racing news 2 years ago A late decision to postpone Wednesday’s metropolitan race meeting at Ipswich has frustrated racing participants, as the eight-race program was … Read More Rainfall forces changes to race programs in NSW and Queensland Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Multiple race meetings across New South Wales and Queensland have been transferred, postponed and abandoned this week due to heavy … Read More Punt Drunk: Rough results send punters over the edge Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Rough results were the order of the afternoon right across the country on Saturday, with a number of long-priced winners … Read More Centrefire leads all of the way to give Munce feature double Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Centrefire gave Chris Munce a feature race double at Ipswich on Saturday, as she led all of the way to … Read More Tony Gollan labels Honey Pot his good thing on Ipswich Cup Day Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Queensland’s leading trainer, Tony Gollan, has labelled two-year-old filly Honey Pot as his best winning chance at Ipswich’s feature meeting … Read More Berdibek aims for his first win since the 2021 Wyong Gold Cup Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Berdibek sometimes needs things to go his way to win, but that hasn’t stopped him from enjoying a consistent career … Read More Ipswich horse racing tips With more than 45 meetings held at Ipswich during the calendar year, our expert tipsters at HorseBetting.com.au will be attempting to find readers all the best bets, value bets and quaddie selections – particularly during the Winter Racing Carnival, when most of the quality horses head to the sunshine state. Check out all the latest Ipswich horse racing tips here: Today’s top horse racing tips & quaddie selections | 22/5/24 Horse Racing Tips 6 days ago Five horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia on Wednesday. Check out HorseBetting’s free racing tips for horse racing … Read More Ipswich racing preview & quaddie tips | Wednesday, May 22 Horse Racing Tips 1 week ago Ipswich Turf Club will host a competitive nine-race program on Wednesday, May 22. Check out HorseBetting’s best bets and quaddie … Read More Monday’s horse racing tips & best bets | May 6, 2024 Horse Racing Tips 3 weeks ago Four thoroughbred meetings are scheduled for around Australia on Monday. Check out HorseBetting’s free racing tips for horse racing on … Read More Ipswich racing tips & quaddie selections | Monday, May 6 Horse Racing Tips 4 weeks ago Ipswich Turf Club will host a very competitive seven-race program on Monday afternoon. Check out HorseBetting’s best bets and quaddie … Read More Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 11, 2023 Horse Racing Tips 10 months ago Four horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More Ipswich racing preview, best bets & quaddie tips | August 11, 2023 Horse Racing Tips 10 months ago Ipswich Turf Club will host a competitive eight-race program his Friday. HorseBetting’s Ciaran Jackman has provided his racing preview and … Read More Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 30, 2023 Horse Racing Tips 11 months ago Five horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More Ipswich racing preview, best bets & quaddie tips | June 30, 2023 Horse Racing Tips 11 months ago Ipswich Turf Club will host a very competitive nine-race program his Friday. HorseBetting’s Ciaran Jackman has provided his racing preview … Read More Follow Files: European import improves at second Aussie start Horse Racing Tips 11 months ago In this week’s Follow Files, we have found three horses to keep an eye on from Saturday’s meetings at Flemington, … Read More Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 17, 2023 Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago 13 horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More IPSWICH RACECOURSE ADDRESS & HOW TO GET THERE Ipswich Turf Club is located at 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 and is approximately 35.6km from the Brisbane CBD. With plenty of action at Ipswich Racecourse throughout the year, many racegoers will be looking to venture to the south-west of the major city as a spectator. So, here’s the fastest way to arrive at your destination to avoid traffic congestion. Head south along the A7 for roughly 6.8km before getting onto the M7 at Rocklea. Take the M7 further south-west for 20.6km and exit onto the M2 to Brisbane Rd in Dinmore. Look for exit 33 from the National Highway, and from there, simply follow Brisbane Rd until you arrive at your destination. The entrance of the course is located at T L Cooney Ave, where ample parking for both racegoers and participants is widely available. Regularly scheduled buses are also available if you’d rather leave the car at home, with Roma Street Station buses departing on an hourly rotation. Locals have the option to drive, taxi, or uber, with many patrons making their way from the Ipswich CBD, located approximately 4.7km west of the Ipswich Turf Club. Be sure to plan accordingly so you don’t miss all the action, with most meetings scheduled to get underway between 11am-1pm local time. Ipswich racecourse and starting points Ipswich Racecourse is run in a clockwise direction, with a circumference of 1,746m and a home straight of 300m, traditionally making it a track suited to on-speed gallopers. Being such a tight-turning race track, the course proper has many chute starting positions, with the 1100m, 1200m, and 1350m all disengaging from a chute position located at the north-west side of the course in relation to the grandstand. The 2150m starting point for the Ipswich Cup also has a chute position on the south-east side of the course, with horses passing the winning post on two occasions. Major races held at Ipswich racecourse Ipswich holds quality thoroughbred racing all year round! The Ipswich Winter Racing Carnival is known to attract some big-name stables, both from Queensland and around Australia. The most recently edition of the Ipswich Cup was taken out by the Annabel Neasham-trained NSW raider Regal Lion (2023). 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Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features the daughter of an Oaks runner-up, and who is also a half-sister to Group-winner Lily Pond (Ire). 18.45 Tipperary, Mdn, €12,000, 2yo, f, 5fT TRULY ENCHANTING (IRE) (No Nay Never) is one of two rides for Ryan Moore on the evening card and an intriguing Ballydoyle newcomer as the third foal out of the Oaks-placed Alluringly (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). Her half-sister Lily Pond (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was successful in the nine-furlong G2 Kilboy Estate S. and third in the G3 Munster Oaks, so a bold debut show over this trip for this descendant of Urban Sea (Miswaki) would be highly encouraging even allowing for the obvious speed influence of the sire. The post Observations: Daughter of Alluringly Debuts at Tipperary appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Patience proves key for Irad Ortiz Jr. as his "plan B" turned into a winning ride for Juddmonte Farms homebred Segesta in the $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes (G2T) at Aqueduct Racetrack May 27.View the full article

The Pick 6 carryover of $44,200 will be transferred to the Thursday, June 6 program at Saratoga Race Course after a pair of races included in the multi-race wager were taken off the turf on Monday's card. Following the conclusion of Race 4–the opening leg of the Pick 6 wager–and a weather delay which included significant rainfall, the New York Racing Association, Inc. took Race 6 and Race 7 off-the-turf. A total of $230,327 in new money was wagered into Monday's Pick 6 pool at a carryover takeout rate of 24%. Given United Tote is unable to change the takeout rate in the tote system after the wager begins, NYRA has added a total of $21,000 in seed money to the pool which brings the wager down to a takeout rate of 14.88%, which is below the customary non-carryover Pick 6 takeout rate of 15%. In accordance with New York State Gaming Commission Rule 4011.26 regarding Pick 6 pools and surface transfers, the Pick 6 carryover will now transfer to the next available card which will occur June 6 on Opening Day of the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival: According to the rules, “If there are two or three surface transfer races in the pick-six sequence, no carryovers from prior pick-six pools, advertised guaranteed amount or advertised added amounts will be distributed to winners in such day's pick-six pool, and 75% of such program's net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to holders of wagers selecting the winners of all non-surface transfer races in the pick-six sequence, and 25% of such program's net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to holders of wagers selecting the next most winners; should no wager include the winners of all the non-surface-transfer races in the pick-six sequence, 25% of such net pool shall be distributed, less breaks, to the holders of wagers selecting the most winners of the non-surface-transfer races in the pick-six sequence, and 75% of such program's net pool shall be carried over as elsewhere provided in this section for subsequent distribution.” Entries for the Thursday, June 6 program will be taken Friday, May 31. The post Memorial Day’s $44K Pick 6 Carryover Moves to Opening Day of Belmont Stakes Racing Festival appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Patience proves key for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. as his "plan B" turned into a winning ride for Juddmonte Farms homebred Segesta in the $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes (G2T) at Aqueduct Racetrack May 27.View the full article

Speed was the name of the game in the $250,000 Winning Colors Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs May 27, and Clearly Unhinged brought plenty.View the full article

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Jockey Jaime Rodriguez, winner of the 2024 Preakness S. with Seize the Grey, won twice on Monday's Memorial Day holiday program to clinch his first riding title at historic Pimlico Race Course, while Brittany Russell left Old Hilltop with her third straight leading trainer crown at the Preakness Meet. Rodriguez won 12 times, three more than runners-up Jorge Ruiz and Sheldon Russell. “It was a tight race for me. Everybody was pretty much even. It was fun,” Rodriguez said. “All the horses ran good.” It is the fifth riding title in Maryland for Rodriguez, who earlier this year won Laurel Park's winter Heritage Meet and was second to then-apprentice J.G. Torrealba at the subsequent spring stand. He previously registered multi-win days at Pimlico May 9, 10 and 26, and also won once each on the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. and GI Preakness S. programs May 17-18. Russell finished with eight wins from 35 starters, including two-win days on May 12 and 16. Jose Corrales won twice Monday to move into a tie for second with Kieron Magee at six wins. “It is cool. We kind of point for the meet,” Russell said. “It's just a fun meet for us. My team works so hard. It's a lot of work for them. I do have a string here, but we run a lot of horses. I'm just proud of everybody. Everybody worked really hard, and I feel like we deserve it.” Among Russell's victories was Apple Picker in the $100,000 Skipat S. on the Preakness undercard. Third on the same program with Prince of Jericho in the GIII Chick Lang S., Russell earned $7,000 for having the fourth-most points in stakes races in the Maryland Jockey Club's annual Preakness Weekend trainer bonus series. She won the top prize of $25,000 for having the most points in non-stakes races. In all she started 23 horses at Pimlico from May 16 to 18, including 19 over Black-Eyed Susan and Preakness days. Married to Sheldon Russell with two children, Brittany Russell credits assistants Luis Barajas at Laurel, Emma Wolfe at Fair Hill, Sam Hopkins at Delaware and Damon Gladden at Pimlico for being instrumental in the stable's success. Russell made history in 2023 as the first woman to lead the annual standings in Maryland with 118 wins at Laurel and Pimlico, setting season highs across the board with 687 starters, 177 wins, 141 seconds, 96 thirds and $7,996,867 in purse earnings, ranking 11th nationally in wins and 16th in money won. It is Russell's first meet title this year and seventh overall, four coming at Pimlico. Through the first five months of 2024 she has 52 wins from 247 starters with more than $2.4 million in purses earned. The post Rodriguez, Russell Finish As Preakness Top Jockey, Trainer 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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Beaten just a neck into third while earning a competitive 75 Beyer Speed Figure on six-furlong debut at Keeneland Apr. 26, Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC's World Record (c, 3, Gun Runner–Marwa {GB}, by Exceed and Excel {Aus}) added an eighth of a mile for this second go and turned it into a one-horse show in the stretch, becoming the newest 'TDN Rising Star' for his boom sire. Drawn the fence as the 8-5 chalk, the $410,000 Keeneland November weanling was offensive minded and secured the front before the field exited the chute, covering the first couple of furlongs in a slick :22.40. Nudged along just a bit on the turn, he was by the half in :44.92 and when Florent Geroux hit the gas in upper stretch, World Record was well and truly off and gone. The Frenchman roused his mount left-handed with a good four lengths in hand entering the final eighth of a mile, but put the stick away at the sixteenth pole and the duo reported home an eased-down, 6 1/4-length winner. World Record makes an even dozen 'TDN Rising Stars' for his Three Chimneys-based stallion. Racing in the colors of owner Saeed Manana and trained by Ed Dunlop, World Record's dam was unplaced in four racetrack appearances at two and three and was purchased by an entity called Magna Carta Bloodstock for $180,000 in foal to Speightstown at the 2018 Keeneland November Sale. There was some pedigree to recommend Marwa, as her dam La Cucina produced 12 winners from 17 runners, including 2003 GII Arkansas Derby hero Sir Cherokee (Cherokee Run); Miss Isella (Silver Charm), a three-time graded winner at Churchill and second in the GI Go For Wand H.; and MSW Guam Typhoon (Distorted Humor). Another daughter of La Cucina, the MGSP Lady Linda (Torrential), was responsible for G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) winner Penelopa (GB) (Giant's Causeway). Marwa is also the dam of the 2-year-old filly Everloving (Violence), an $80,000 purchase by Kentucky Oaks-winning owner Joel Politi at Keeneland September last fall, and a yearling filly by Maxfield. 9th-Churchill Downs, $123,375, Msw, 5-27, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:22.71, ft, 6 1/4 lengths. WORLD RECORD, c, 3, by Gun Runner 1st Dam: Marwa (GB), by Exceed And Excel (Aus) 2nd Dam: La Cucina (Ire), by Last Tycoon (Ire) 3rd Dam: Fandangerina, by Grey Dawn II Sales history: $410,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $78,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O-Siena Farm LLC & WinStar Farm LLC; B-Runnymede Farm LLC, Falguieres Bloodstock, Gestut Zur Kuste AG, et al (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. #1 World Record looks to have a fitting name as he romps in the Memorial Day closer @ChurchillDowns to break his maiden as the 8/5 favorite! Jockey: @flothejock Trainer: Rodolphe Brisset Owner: WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/TANaHTgHpA — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) May 27, 2024 The post World Record a Twelfth ‘TDN Rising Star’ For Gun Runner appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Jonathan Wong's legal team has filed an application with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the agency to review an April decision by an FTC chief administrative law judge affirming an earlier Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) arbitration panel ruling which suspended Wong for two years and fined him $25,000 for a 2023 post-race metformin positive. Metformin is a type 2 diabetes drug that HISA has classified as a banned substance. The application for review asks the FTC to conduct a de novo review of chief administrative law judge D. Michael Chappell's decision, claiming that the judge had “misapplied the HISA rules approved by the Commission” and had “incorrectly decided issues of law and policy.” According to Wong's long-time owner, Brent Malmstrom, the application for review is a procedural requirement if Wong is to take the case to federal court, as he had previously indicated. Malmstrom added that the FTC has the choice of accepting or declining the application for review. Wong's is the first HISA-related medication violation case to have made it as far in the appeal process. Though banned from operating in jurisdictions that fall under HISA's authority, Wong operates a stable out of Louisiana Downs, in a state that currently falls outside of HISA legal purview. The Wong-trainee Heaven and Earth (Gormley) broke her maiden at Indiana Grand on June 1 but subsequently tested positive for metformin. As a matter of protocol at that time, HIWU initially provisionally suspended Wong at the beginning of June when the A sample returned a positive finding for Metformin. The HISA Authority subsequently announced that it had modified the rules surrounding provisional suspensions. Under the revised provisions, responsible parties who request B Sample confirmation following a positive test for a banned substance would no longer face a provisional suspension until the B sample findings are returned. In Wong's case, he was notified on Aug. 9 that the B Sample confirmed the Metformin positive. Though Wong was technically permitted to return to training for a brief period while the B sample was being processed, he explained at the time that his owners did not wish to transfer the horses back with the B Sample results expected imminently, and effectively has not trained since July 2. Earlier this year, a HISA arbitration panel imposed on Wong the maximum possible sentence for such a violation. The two-year period of ineligibility retroactively started July 1, 2023, when Wong's initial provisional suspension was first imposed. The panel's ruling set the case up for review anew before the FTC. In his written ruling dated April 22, Chappell agreed with the plaintiffs that HISA had departed from the anti-doping medication control (ADMC) program's standards or protocol in key instances. Nevertheless, Chappell determined that “there is no basis presented by Appellant to support a conclusion that the resulting sanctions were 'arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” Chappell concluded that Wong “has failed to meet his burden of establishing that the demonstrated departures from applicable testing standards or protocols could reasonably have caused the AAF [adverse analytical finding]. Therefore, pursuant to ADMC Rule 3122(c)-(d), the test results are presumed valid and the departures are not a defense to the possession violation.” The application for review identifies four “errors” in the decision that warrant review. Among them is Chappell's finding that the test results from the various sample analyses conducted “are presumed valid and the departures [from HISA rules] are not a defense.” Wong's legal team argues that Chappell failed to determine the “admissibility, relevance, and materiality of the test results, nor did he discuss the impact that HISA rule violations had on the evidentiary admissibility or weight of the test results.” Furthermore, Wong's team argues that Chappell had failed to follow federal “rule of evidence” requirements pertaining to questions raised over chain of custody handling of the samples. Wong's legal team also takes issue with Chappell's finding that Wong had failed to meet burden of proof requirements establishing that the “demonstrated departures from applicable testing standards or protocols could reasonably have caused” the positive findings. Chappell “did not address Appellant's extensive briefing on due process requirements that 'agencies [strictly] adhere to their own rules' and 'not violate their own rules,'” the application for review states. “The ALJ's failure to consider whether admitting the test results as evidence comported with due process law warrants review.” In an unusual turn of events in the case, the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, conducted “Further Analysis” on the A blood sample originally sent to Industrial Laboratories, and intended to analyse what should have remained of the B urine sample processed at the University of Illinois Chicago laboratory. The application for review argues that Chappell had failed to address the “merits” of Wong's argument that this development violated HISA's own rules. According to the filing, if the FTC grants the application for review, Wong will seek a stay of the judge's decision. 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Off as the 2-1 second favorite to build on a comebacking allowance victory in a five-furlong contest rained off the turf Apr. 30, Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings and Jarret Prussin's CLEARLY UNHINGED (f, 4, Into Mischief–Smart Win, by Smart Strike) attended torrid early fractions in Monday's GIII Winning Colors S. at Churchill Downs, but showed in front under a hold entering the turn and kept on undaunted to become the 150th Northern Hemisphere-foaled stakes winner and 75 graded winner for her all-conquering Spendthrift Farm-based stallion. Popped away from her low draw by Joel Rosario, Clearly Unhinged was actually beaten for speed by B G Warrior (Run Away and Hide) and was content to track that rival through an opening quarter in an eye-popping :21.02. Inheriting the lead when the early front-runner wilted right out of it, Clearly Unhinged raced on the bridle around the turn, remained under a patient hand ride after a half in a taxing :44.34 and had plenty in reserve for a first black-type success. Dazzling Blue, the 3-2 favorite, completed an Into Mischief exacta, while Unsung Melody (Maclean's Music) spiced up the deeper vertical exotics at 44-1. Lifetime Record: 9-4-2-1. O-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings & Jarret Prussin; B-Rock Brothers Breeding LLC (KY); T-Steve Asmussen. Monday, Churchill Downs WINNING COLORS S.-GIII, $248,750, Churchill Downs, 5-27, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.69, ft. 1–CLEARLY UNHINGED, 118, f, 4, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Smart Win, by Smart Strike 2nd Dam: Win McCool, by Giant's Causeway 3rd Dam: Win Crafty Lady, by Crafty Prospector 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. (J. G. Sikura) & Jarret Prussin; B-Rock Brothers Breeding LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Joel Rosario. $150,315. Lifetime Record: 9-4-2-1, $505,235. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Dazzling Blue, 118, f, 4, Into Mischief–Blue Violet, by Curlin. ($500,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Juddmonte; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $48,650. 3–Unsung Melody, 118, f, 4, Maclean's Music–Narrow Sea, by Bodemeister. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($65,000 Wlg '20 KEENOV). O-WSS Racing; B-Scott & Debbie Pierce (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz. $24,325. Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, NO. Odds: 2.00, 1.57, 44.97. Also Ran: Leeloo, Happy Am I, Positano Sunset, Royal Spa, B G Warrior. Scratched: Backyard Money, Miss Arlington, Spirit Wind. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. #3 Clearly Unhinged was clearly the best horse and winner of the Winning Colors Stakes @ChurchillDowns at odds of 2/1! Jockey: @JRosarioJockey Trainer: Steve Asmussen #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/yBDvrxGP7c — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) May 27, 2024 The post Clearly Unhinged Brings Up 150 Stakes Winners For Into Mischief in Winning Colors appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Patience proved key for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. as his "plan B" turned into a winning ride for Juddmonte Farms homebred Segesta in the $200,000 Wonder Again Stakes (G2T) at Aqueduct Racetrack May 27.View the full article

Monday's first race at Belmont-at-Aqueduct was scheduled to be contested at five-and-a-half furlongs on the dirt, but due to what NYRA called an “outside-vendor issue,” it was run at the incorrect distance of five furlongs. “Monday's first race at Belmont at the Big A was run at the incorrect distance of five furlongs due to a program diagram error,” said NYRA's Vice President of Communications Patrick McKenna. “The race was written at 5 1/2-furlongs for 2-year-old maidens, however,,due to an outside-vendor issue, the corresponding race graphic in the program portrayed a five-furlong race. The race was subsequently run at five furlongs with War Tax [No. 2, $6.90] winning with Jose Gomez up for trainer Carlos Martin.” The graphic that appears in the program showing the distance of the race–with the section to be run appearing in black–shows a five-furlong race, and the inside part of the graphic says “5 furlongs.” But in the text of the conditions just below, it reads Five And One Half Furlongs. The stewards apparently did not notice that the gate was placed in the wrong place, allowing the race to take place. The mistake was discovered after the race was run. The field was comprised of six first-time starters. “This is a highly unusual scenario and despite the correct distance being written in the program, on the overnight and across wagering platforms, the race was unfortunately contested at the incorrect distance. NYRA will review its protocols to ensure this scenario does not present itself again.” The post Race 1 at Belmont-at-Aqueduct Contested at Incorrect Distance appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Grade 1 winner Tapit Trice returns to racing action June 1 as he faces 10 competitors in the $275,000 Blame Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, a local prep for the $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) June 29.View the full article

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said he was pleased with Batten Down's five furlong work in 1:01.09, but is not ready to confirm the son of Tapit for the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course June 8.View the full article

Henrietta Topham attempts to defend her crown while making her seasonal debut June 2 in the $250,000 Mint Julep Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Sent off at 4-1 with 'TDN Rising Star' Sweet Rebecca (American Pharoah) taking the lion's share of the pari-mutuel action in Monday's GII Wonder Again S. at a rainy Aqueduct Racetrack, Juddmonte's beautifully bred SEGESTA (f, 3, Ghostzapper–Antonoe, by First Defence) was given a heads-up ride by Irad Ortiz, Jr. to cause a mild upset. Quickly into stride from the inside gate in a scratched-down field of six, the dark bay–whose dam was highly impressive in winning the GI Just A Game S. in 2017–led into the first turn, but Ortiz was looking to drop anchor and achieved that nicely, allowing Curlin's Girl (Curlin) to lead while retaining rail position. Into the box seat when a keen Sweet Rebecca tugged her way up into second at the half-mile, Segesta was on hold turning for home, quickened up better than Sweet Rebecca to her outside and rebroke in the final sixteenth of a mile before holding sway. Sy B (English Channel) closed for second ahead of Vive Veuve (Collected) in third. Sweet Rebecca, who was mooted as a possible starter in the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot next month before landing here, could do no better than fifth. Segesta is the 102nd worldwide stakes winner and 56th graded winner for her sire and is bred on a similar cross to Paulassilverlining, purchased privately by Juddmonte before going on to win the GI Madison S. and GI Humana Distaff. Segesta is the sixth Wonder Again winner and third in a row for the Chad Brown barn. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0. O/B-Juddmonte (KY); T-Chad Brown. SEGESTA, the 3YO daughter of @HillnDaleFarm stallion Ghostzapper, wins the Grade 2 Wonder Again Stakes with @iradortiz aboard for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/2sqvgq4QHz — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) May 27, 2024 The post Ghostzapper’s Regally Bred Segesta Proves Best In the Wonder Again appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Juddmonte homebred Batten Down (Tapit), a full-brother to multiple graded winner Tacitus, worked five furlongs in company in 1:01.09 (1/4) over the Oklahoma training track in Saratoga Monday, but trainer Bill Mott is still considering whether the sophomore will line up for the June 8 GI Belmont S. Batten Down, with jockey Junior Alvarado up, went on the outside of stablemate Arthur's Ride (Tapit) as NYRA clockers caught them through splits of :12.54, :24.80, :36.99 and through five-eighths in 1:01.99 before galloping out in 1:14.19 and 1:28.94. The pair stayed on even terms throughout with Arthur's Ride, a 4-year-old allowance winner, a long head in front at the wire. Both horses wore blinkers for the work. “I don't know if I'm running in the Belmont–he had a nice work,” said Mott. “It couldn't have gone better. He went with an older horse and they breezed nicely together. Junior was pleased with him, so [now] we decide where we go. “Maybe we skip the Belmont and go to Ohio possibly,” Mott added, referencing the GIII Ohio Derby June 22 at Thistledown. “We've got to figure it out.” With Alvarado aboard, Batten Down rolled to an 8 3/4-length maiden victory going 1 1/4 miles at Churchill Downs Apr. 30. “I love him. He's a very nice horse to be around and he's a very kind horse,” Alvarado said. “He's a little different in the afternoon and gets very aggressive and wants to go, go, go. But he lets you do whatever you want in the morning. Arthur is a good work horse and it was a very good pairing–beautiful and enjoying their work together.” Batten Down ran with his head tilted slightly as he ran alongside Arthur's Ride in the stretch, but Alvarado said it is not something that concerns him. “He does that. When he gets a little in front or he's about to pass a horse, he always likes to lean in and play around,” said Alvarado. “He's always been that kind of horse, but we know that when it's race time, he gets serious. He's a totally different animal in the afternoon.” Also on the tab Monday for Mott was GII Wood Memorial winner Resilience (Into Mischief), who posted his first work since finishing sixth in the May 4 GI Kentucky Derby. The bay colt worked alone through splits of :13.32, :26.29 and a half-mile in :50.45 (5/7) before galloping out in 1:04.20. “I'm trying to figure out what's next,” Mott said of a potential next start for Resilience. Mott sent four-time Grade I winner Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) to work four furlongs in :48.02 (1/7) Monday. Working in company with 3-year-old maiden Timeout (Curlin), the 8-year-old went through splits of :12.87, :24.64 and galloped out in 1:01.25, according to NYRA clockers. “He was very, very, very good,” Mott said of the veteran. Owned by LRE Racing and JEH Racing Stable, Casa Creed has made three straight starts in the GI Jaipur S.–including a win in 2022–when it was contested at six furlongs at Belmont Park, but will skip this year's event at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with the race being run at 5 1/2 furlongs. He will instead aim for the one-mile GIII Poker S. on the Belmont S. undercard. The post Batten Down Works, Still on the Fence for Belmont appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ghostwriter (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), last seen finishing fourth in the G1 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, is said to be an intended runner in Sunday's G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly as he tries to provide trainer Clive Cox with a first Classic success. One of 21 colts still in contention for the Prix du Jockey Club, Ghostwriter shaped as if ready for a step up in trip when beaten four and a half lengths on the Rowley Mile, form which received a couple of boosts on Saturday when Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Haatem (Ire) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}) filled the first two places in the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh and Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal) won the G2 Sandy Lane S. at Haydock. Unbeaten in three starts as a two-year-old, culminating with victory in the G2 Royal Lodge S. at Newmarket, Ghostwriter has always been held in the highest regard by Cox and the trainer is excited to see what he can do on Sunday when his rivals could include the Aidan O'Brien-trained Diego Velazquez (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), David Menuisier's Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) and the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}). “I'm very pleased indeed with him,” Cox said of Ghostwriter. “He's had a healthy timeframe between the Guineas and this weekend and the form of the Guineas has worked out brilliantly, with Kevin's horse winning as well as Richard's two finishing first and second in Ireland, so we're very happy. “We've been looking forward to stepping him up to a mile and a quarter, more importantly. He did really well last year when he was unbeaten and winning over a mile at two would give us every indication that he should get a little bit further this year. I hope we fare well in the draw and I'm really looking forward to it.” The post Ghostwriter On Course For Classic Test In Prix du Jockey Club appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Clive Cox has confirmed that all roads lead to Royal Ascot for Kerdos (Ire) following the four-year-old's victory in Saturday's G2 Temple S. at Haydock. Cox was winning the race for a third time having previously struck in 2016 with Kerdos's sire, Profitable (Ire), and the following year with Priceless (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), a half-sister to Kerdos's granddam, Ballyalla (GB) (Mind Games {GB}). Profitable went on to win the G1 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot on his next start and that five-furlong sprint–which will be run as the King Charles III S. for the first time this year–is now on the agenda for Kerdos after he justified Cox's belief in him with a career-best effort at Haydock. “I was really pleased but it was no surprise,” Cox summed up. “We always believed he could perform at this level, especially after the way he won the Beverley Bullet last year. “He's a horse that normally takes a couple of runs to get into full flight and I was really pleased that he managed in that ground, but it shows he's versatile as it was very quick when he won the Beverley Bullet, so we were very happy. He wasn't beaten far in the Abbaye last season and I'm just delighted that he's hit his stride at this time of year, with some very nice races to get excited about.” On the family connection, Cox added, “What nobody picked up on on Saturday was his dam is out of a half-sister to Priceless and he's by Profitable, so he really is the glue of our previous Temple winners, which was very nice. “Most definitely it will be the King Charles III now and we'll sleep easy knowing he has won on both types of ground, which is always a relief. I'm pleased that we will be heading there with two realistic chances, with Diligent Harry in great form as well.” The opposition to Kerdos and Diligent Harry (GB) (Due Diligence) at Royal Ascot is likely to include last year's G1 Sprint Cup winner Regional (GB) (Territories {Ire}), who delighted trainer Ed Bethell when returning to action with a runner-up finish behind Mitbaahy (Ire)–another son of Profitable–in Saturday's G2 Greenlands S. at the Curragh. “He ran really well,” Bethell said of the six-year-old. “A stiff six just found him out and all roads lead to the King Charles at Royal Ascot. Hopefully we'll get good, fast ground there and I'm really excited about his chance over five furlongs on that track. “The whole idea was to go to the Temple, but the ground went against us at Haydock, so we went to the Curragh for the ground. A stiff six would never have been his cup of tea, but a stiff five at Ascot will be tailor-made for him. It's what we all do it for, to have chances going down there, let alone a live one. We're really excited and fingers crossed he'll get there.” One horse who won't be in action at the Royal meeting is Live In The Dream (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}), who was beaten just half a length in the Temple having led for much of the race. Trainer Adam West is now considering a return trip to Haydock as he plots a route back to the G1 Nunthorpe S. at York which Live In The Dream won so impressively in 2023. “He was out in the sunshine yesterday and this morning and he looks fantastic,” said West. “We couldn't have asked for a better start to the season really. I think Sean [Kirrane, jockey] showed a lot of maturity. He took him through the gears nicely and wasn't hard on him. He just said in the last 50 yards he's got a tiny bit leg weary, but he absolutely felt the best he's ever felt and the maturity level of the horse has come on since last year, so we're delighted. “We're still looking at Sandown [for the Coral Charge], but we are actually going to throw a curveball in and look at the Achilles Stakes back at Haydock first. The dates have worked out so well for us and despite being a Group 1 winner in a Listed race, because the Nunthorpe was before the end of August he's able to run, so it would be silly of us not to consider it. We'll enter him and see what the ground is like.” The post Royal Ascot Next For Kerdos As Plans Take Shape For Sprinting Stars appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following Monday's confirmation stage, there remains the possibility of a maximum field going to post for Saturday's G1 Betfred Derby at Epsom, with City Of Troy (Justify) the standout name among 20 colts still in contention for the Classic. Unbeaten in three starts as a two-year-old, City Of Troy is a short-priced favourite to provide trainer Aidan O'Brien with a record-extending tenth success in the Derby, despite disappointing on his return to action in the G1 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. O'Brien could field up to six runners at Epsom, with the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and G3 Derby Trial S. winner Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) also featuring in the first three in the ante-post betting. Diego Velazquez (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Euphoric (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Illinois (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Portland (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) make up the list of possible runners from Ballydoyle. Last month's G3 Ballysax S. winner Dallas Star (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}) is the only other Irish-trained entry. He sports the familiar purple silks of Amo Racing–along with the Dominic Ffrench Davis trainees Mr Hampstead (Galileo {Ire}) and Padesha (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB})–and is set to be a first runner in the Derby for trainer Adrian Murray, who confirmed that he couldn't be happier with his charge ahead of the big day on Saturday. “Dallas Star is doing very well,” Murray said on a Zoom call organised by The Jockey Club. “The plan after he won the Ballysax was to go straight to the Derby. I have been very happy with him since Leopardstown–he is improving all the time and we are hoping for a big run. “He had a racecourse gallop at Naas last week and we were very happy with how he went. We don't really know much about him on quicker ground, although he handled it okay at Naas last week. If I had the chance, I would maybe be looking for a bit of ease in the ground. “For me, it's unbelievable to have a runner in the Derby and I'm very excited. It is a race I have been watching all my life and I'm sure it's going to be a huge experience. We are not going over as favourite but we are delighted to be in the race and hopefully he has an each-way chance.” The James Fanshawe-trained Ambiente Friendly (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) is the bookmakers' second favourite following his four-and-a-half-length victory in the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial S. last time, while last year's G1 Futurity Trophy winner Ancient Wisdom (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the only other horse currently trading at single-figure odds behind City Of Troy, Ambiente Friendly and Los Angeles, having reappeared with an encouraging second in the G2 Dante S. at York. Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), runner-up in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp on his most recent start, and Macduff (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who filled the same position in the G3 Classic Trial, warmed up for the Derby by getting a feel for the track on a press morning last week, along with last-time-out novice winners, Deira Mile (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and Voyage (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}). One horse who already has winning form at Epsom is last month's Listed Blue Riband Trial hero Bellum Justum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who represents Andrew Balding and King Power Racing and will be ridden by multiple champion jockey Oisin Murphy as he seeks a first victory in the Classic. “The Derby and Oaks are incredibly prestigious races that I haven't been fortunate enough to win yet,” said Murphy. “I dreamt of being part of them as a child and one day I'd like to get my name on the roll of honour. I missed out on the ride on Adayar in 2021 when Adam Kirby became available but hopefully luck will be on my side one day and it can happen. “Bellum Justum won the trial at Epsom over a mile and a quarter. He's a beautiful horse with a lot of quality. We don't know how good he is, but we'll find out on Derby Day. Andrew has had horses placed in the Derby and won an Oaks with Casual Look, so it would be a dream if we can take gold on Derby Day.” Bellum Justum could be joined in the line-up by stable-mate Sayedaty Sadaty (Ire) (Anodin {Ire}), while the list of possible runners is completed by John and Thady Gosden's God's Window (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), plus the Abdulla Al Mansoori-owned pair of Kamboo (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}) and Tabletalk (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) after the latter was supplemented on Monday at a cost of £75,000. The post City Of Troy One Of 20 Colts Left In Derby Picture At Five-Day Stage appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Just over a week after winning the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, Seize the Grey and jockey Jaime Torres met some of his many MyRacehorse shareholders for breakfast at the D. Wayne Lukas barn at Churchill Downs May 26.View the full article

If you are a racing tragic, and I'd like to think that most TDN readers fall into this celebrated bracket, it is impossible to have a day off at the moment. Trials, Classics, they come thick and fast in these heady weeks of spring. We've waited winterlong, starved of any meaningful action, and now it's hard not to feel a little queasy at the veritable feast of racing which is set before us, course after course after course. There's barely even room for the Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Maiden Hurdle. The Brits have been suitably chastened by the marauding Irish at the Cheltenham Festival in recent years but the Flat boys evened a few scores at the Curragh over the weekend when Richard Hannon notched a notable one-two in the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas while Karl Burke celebrated victory in the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas on a day in which he also lifted the G2 German 1,000 Guineas. Remarkably those two homebred fillies, Steve Parkin's Fallen Angel (GB) and Newtown Anner Stud's Darnation (Ire), are both first-crop daughters of Darley's Too Darn Hot (GB), while another young Darley sire, Blue Point (Ire), was represented by his first Classic winner, Rosallion (Ire). The latter narrowly denied his stable-mate Haatem (Ire) from emulating his own sire, Phoenix Of Spain (Ire), in the Irish 2,000 Guineas. Hannon clearly has a soft spot for Haatem, who was a Group 2 winner at two and bounced out in the G3 Craven S. on his seasonal resumption to win by three and a half lengths. He now has two Classic placings to his name and was just a head away from giving his breeder John Bourke a second Classic winner in three years following the 1,000 Guineas success of Cachet (Ire) (Aclaim {Ire}). “Standing there being second and third in the English Guineas was galling,” said Hannon at the Curragh. “I feel so sorry for Haatem. It pulls at your heartstrings. He's such a gentleman.” Rosallion is now a proper star from a family who can do no wrong at the moment. To his victory in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere and runner-up finish to Notable Speech (GB) in the 2,000 Guineas he can now add his own Classic laurels, and his victory at the Curragh came less than an hour after his close relation, the 2,000 Guineas sixth Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal), blitzed his rivals in the G2 Sandy Lane S. at Haydock for Kevin Ryan. The pair are both grandsons of Sheikh Mohammed Obaid's illustrious broodmare Reem Three (GB) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}). Ryan also trained Triple Time (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who is a half-brother to the dams of both Rosallion and Inisherin, to win last year's G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot. He is now positioned alongside Too Darn Hot in the stallion wing at Dalham Hall Stud, where it will be hoped that he can add another dimension to the burgeoning success of this dynasty. As for Too Darn Hot, burgeoning is also the word to apply to his stud career. Fallen Angel and Darnation are not new stakes winners for him: they were respectively Group 1 and Group 2 winners as juveniles, but their transition to Classic winners adds to the growing reputation of their sire, who is also responsible for the G1 Champagne S. winner Broadsiding (Aus) in Australia and Grade 2 winner Etes Vous Prets (Ire) in Japan, as well as the Group 3 winners Alyanaabi (Ire) and Carolina Reaper (GB). Here's to Lady Jane The real life Lady Jane Digby created plenty of stir during her her colourful life with a string of love affairs before spending her latter years in Syria married to a sheikh. Her equine namesake was typically well named by Kirsten Rausing – the Group 1 winner is by Oasis Dream (GB) out of Scandalette (GB) (Niniski) – and she has stolen the limelight over the last week from the more celebrated Lanwades family which descends from Alruccaba (GB). Lady Jane Digby (GB) was trained for Rausing by Mark Johnston and her daughter Madame Ambassador (GB) (Churchill {Ire}) is now in the care of Johnston's son Charlie. She won Wednesday's Listed Rothesay S. at Ayr and the family was back in the spotlight on Saturday when the Listed Height Of Fashion S. went to Francophone (GB), who, less than a fortnight earlier, had been second in the G3 Musidora S. While we're talking about the new stallion class of 2020, it would be remiss not to mention Francophone's sire Study Of Man (Ire), who now has four stakes winners to his name. Also trained by Charlie Johnston for her owner-breeder, Francophone represents the next generation of the family, being out of Lady Jane Digby's winning daughter Francophilia (GB) (Frankel {GB}). It was a good week for the white and green hoops of Lanwades as the previous Monday Lingua Franca (GB) landed another Listed race, this time in Hanover. She too is by Study Of Man and is a half-sister to Le Don De Vie (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}), who was beaten a nose in Group 1 company in Australia having also won the Listed August S. at Windsor before he was exported down under. Murphy at the Top Table Before we get on to this year's Derby, let's just cast our minds back to last year, when Auguste Rodin handed out a five-length beating to White Birch (Ire), who ran a terrific race to finish third having been beaten only a neck in the Dante. Cheveley Park Stud bred the grey colt, who is by the stud's resident stallion Ulysses (Ire) (who, like Study Of Man is a representative of the Niarchos breeding programme). White Birch has rewarded his trainer John Joseph Murphy and owner Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez with a faultless season to date, his three wins in 2024 culminating in his first Group 1 success. That perhaps tasted even sweeter given that his victory in the Tattersalls Gold Cup came at the expense of Auguste Rodin. “We've been waiting a long time for one as good as him,” said the trainer's son George, who was celebrating the stable's first top-flight winner on the Flat. That quest for the good one has long been rooted in the history of the sport, and especially when it comes to the Derby, as Paul Hayward discusses in his column this week. It was heartening to hear owner Julie Wood speaking at Epsom last Tuesday as she watched her intended Derby runner Voyage (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) have a spin round the track. Her excitement was palpable and her optimism level has perhaps risen again since Voyage's trainer Richard Hannon saddled the first two home in the Irish 2,000 Guineas. Hannon doesn't take himself too seriously in media interviews and he was happy to pull the owner's leg about her throwing in “a curveball” by sending him a stayer to train each year from her selections bought at the foal sales. Wood, however, was adamant that it had long been her dream to have a Derby runner and now, all being well over the next few days, she will have her wish. Of the 20 remaining in the Derby reckoning, four of the colts are by the 2012 winner Camelot (GB), the horse who, to these eyes, came closest to resembling his revered sire Montjeu (Ire), whose own influence on the Derby would almost certainly have been profound had he not died at the age of only 16. It was already significant: from his first crop, Montjeu had the first two home, Motivator (GB) and Walk In The Park (Ire). His later winners were Authorized (Ire) and Pour Moi (Ire), with Camelot completing the set, and Pour Moi going on to be responsible for the shock 2017 winner Wings Of Eagles (Fr). If you like the idea of a Derby winner being by a Derby winner then this may be your year, because along with Camelot's quartet, we could also have two runners by Sea The Stars (Ire) and a first for Golden Horn (GB). Then there's the king of them all, Galileo (Ire), with two colts from his penultimate crop, Illinois (Ire) and Mr Hampstead (Ire), still engaged at the five-day confirmation stage. Gone But Not Forgotten The 2016 King's Stand S winner Profitable (Ire) may now have been sequestered to the Turkish stallions ranks but he was very much to the fore on Saturday when first Kerdos (Ire) won the G2 Temple S., followed an hour later by the G2 Greenlands S. victory of the five-year-old Mitbaahy (Ire). The latter set up a memorable day for his owners Jim and Fitri Hay, who enjoyed four winners from four different stables, at the Curragh, Goodwood and York. Both horses, trained respectively by Profitable's former trainer Clive Cox and by Charlie Hills, are entered to attempt to emulate their sire at Royal Ascot in the race which now been renamed the King Charles III S. Whitsbury's Wonders Any stallion master will tell you how hard it is even to hit on one good stallion but Ed Harper of Whitsbury Manor Stud is currently the man with the Midas touch when it comes to introducing young sires. Showcasing (GB), bought from his breeder Juddmonte in 2010, set a good run rolling, escalating from a £5,000 stallion in his debut year of 2011 to a high of £55,000, with his current fee now having been trimmed to £45,000. He is already represented by seven sons at stud and has four Group 1 winners to his name. Then came the current buzz stallion Havana Grey (GB), whose sustained success last year after his first runners dazzled in 2022, has seen his fee rise from £6,000 to £55,000 in six years. He has four second-crop sons entered in the G1 Commonwealth Cup, including his star performer to date, Vandeek (GB). There is a long season ahead, but the latest recruit to Whitsbury Manor is also starting to turn heads with his first runners. Sergei Prokofiev, with six winners to his name already, clicked into a different gear this week, with the Listed National S. win of the unbeaten Enchanting Empress (GB), followed by victory in the G3 Marble Hill S. for Arizona Blaze (GB), who was co-bred by Whitsbury Manor with Llety Farms and had won the opening juvenile race of the Irish turf season. Both youngsters are co-owned by Amo Racing with Giselle de Aguiar and will presumably be seen next at Royal Ascot. A Mug's Game? Brian Sheerin reported last week on the decision by Star Bloodstock to wind down its breeze-up business and focus instead on racing two-year-olds with a view to selling them on in training. The operation's Matt Eves referred to the sale of subsequent multiple group winner Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who had actually been a profitable pinhook for Star Bloodstock, rising from a £29,000 yearling to a £120,000 breezer. Eves said, “Malavath selling for €3.2 million at Arqana. That was the moment I asked myself, 'why are we the mugs in the middle?'” It would not be a surprise to see more in the breeze-up sector adjust their focus for next year, despite the addition of two new sales in Ireland in 2025, for this year has been tricky for plenty of consignors. Eddie O'Leary didn't pull his punches in TDN on Saturday after the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale when giving his thoughts on the plans for extra dates. He said, “I'm going to be very vocal on this. The clearance rate has been good here today but there is only a finite number of horses that can pass through the breeze-up sales every year. It was always about 500 or 600 horses that would go through the breeze-ups. That's all the market would take. Now it's up to 1,500. It just can't take it. That's why the middle market is on its knees. There's too many horses in the system.” And that was just the edited version. But there is little doubt that, whether you are a breeder, a pinhooker or a consignor, you need everything to fall right for you on sale day – or even before that in order even to get your horse into a sale. The winds of fashion blow so quickly hither and thither that it is very hard to catch it right if you are a commercial breeder operating on a relatively limited budget. And perhaps the small breeders (this correspondent included) are the biggest mugs of all. Last week I watched as a bunch of yearlings for different owners were paraded before a sales inspection team. By far the nicest among them physically was a filly who, unfortunately for her breeder, just happens to be by the 'wrong' stallion (albeit one who sired a Classic winner only two seasons ago). “We can't give those away,” said the inspector. The sales companies know what's hot and what's not, and have a difficult job, from an abundance of horses put forward, in making the best selection for their sales. But it was a stark illustration of just how hard it is even to get eyes on your horse. A Rider Fit for a Duchess In Derby week, we shouldn't really be talking about the winner of a Class 6 handicap at Yarmouth, but there's a link, so bear with me. Our own small stable has been fortunate enough to be able to call on the services of David Goodwin, whose list of equine connections couldn't get much loftier. The first person to sit on Shergar (Ire) when the great horse was being broken in at Michael Stoute's stable, Goodwin later rode the Derby winners Slip Anchor (GB) and Commander In Chief (GB) in his days working for Henry Cecil. A daily visitor to the gym before riding out second lot for John Berry, he simply refuses to retire and remains one of the most stylish riders on Newmarket Heath. His recent partner has been Duchess (Fr), a three-length winner at the seaside on Wednesday, much to the delight of Goodwin, who turned 73 on Tuesday. “It just meant that my birthday lasted for two days,” he said with a smile as he brought the mare a bag of celebratory apples and carrots. The post Seven Days: From Fast to Feast appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article