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The team of trainer Brad Cox, jockey Florent Geroux, and owner/breeder Godolphin swept both stakes races at Oaklawn Park March 23 in dominant fashion as First Mission won the Essex Handicap (G3), and Nash won the Hot Springs Stakes for 3-year-olds.View the full article

I'm Very Busy got busy in the stretch run of the Muniz Memorial Classic Stakes (G2T) March 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, rallying stoutly to win by 3 3/4 lengths.View the full article

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Strongly backed at 1-2 at the windows, In Theory (Mendelssohn–Lady Hansen by Hansen) broke her maiden at first asking on Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita for trainer Bob Baffert. On the lead alongside a longshot up the backstretch, the gray filly got free before the far turn and she started to roll around the far turn. The 3-year-old continued to pour on the speed as she entered the lane and she powered home to graduate by 3 1/2 over Queen of Naples (Hard Spun). The final running time was 1:11.59. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. Sales History: $125,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $800,000 2yo '23 EASMAY. O-Speedway Stables LLC; B-Kendall E Hansen MD Racing LLC; T-Bob Baffert. #4 IN THEORY ($3.00) goes wire-to-wire to break her maiden in R6 at Santa Anita Park. The three-year-old filly by @CoolmoreAmerica's Mendelssohn is trained by Bob Baffert and was ridden by @JJHernandezS19. pic.twitter.com/aknEiuBjYU — TVG (@TVG) March 23, 2024 The post Fasig-Tipton Grad In Theory Breaks Maiden At Santa Anita appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

CATCHING FREEDOM (c, 3, Constitution–Catch My Drift, by Pioneerof the Nile) ran down race favorite Track Phantom (Quality Road) to go last to first and take the Fair Grounds feature event, the GII Louisiana Derby. Third in the GIII Risen Star S. last out, the 3-1 shot had to come from behind as the favorite led the field through fractions of :23.49 and :48.33. Wide but full of momentum off the turn, Catching Freedom stormed to the front inside the final sixteenth and picked up 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with the upset win. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0. O-Albaugh Family Stables LLC; B-WinStar Farm, LLC; T-Brad Cox. Sales History: $575,000 ylg '22 KEESEP. The post Catching Freedom Upsets Track Phantom, Wins Louisiana Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Eight days after Rusty Arnold ended a controversial week-long suspension, the trainer rebounded with a resounding score in the $292,000 Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes (G3) at Turfway Park with the Calumet Farm homebred Cellist. View the full article

Late-running Red Route One used a sustained rail move in the far turn to move into contention then surged past Touchuponastar to post a two-length victory in the $500,000 New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2) March 23 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.View the full article

ENDLESSLY (c, 3, Oscar Performance–Dream Fuhrever, by Langhfur) is on to Louisville with a no-doubt win in Saturday's GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks Picking up 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the El Camino Real Derby winner stormed to the front with a furlong to run and was not for catching, coming home all alone to pick up his third graded-stakes win. West Saratoga (Exaggerator) outran his 36-1 odds to fill the exacta slot. Lifetime Record: 6-5-0-0. O-Amerman Racing LLC; B-Mrs. Jerry Amerman; T-Michael W. McCarthy. The post Endlessly Gets 100 Derby Points With Jeff Ruby Steaks Win appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

'TDN Rising Star' TARIFA (f, 3, Bernardini–Kite Beach, by Awesome Again) stretched her winning streak to three with a gutsy performance in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks. Picking up 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, the Godolphin homebred had to gut it out with a very game Our Pretty Woman (Medaglia d'Oro) to her inside and just managed to get some separation close to home as the 3-2 favorite. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0. O/B-Godolphin; T-Brad Cox. The post Tarifa Triumphant In Fair Grounds Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godolphin homebred NASH (c, 3, Medaglia d'Oro–Sara Louise, by Malibu Moon) picked up an easy win in Saturday's Hot Springs S. at Oaklawn. The 'TDN Rising Star' was patiently handled through the early stages as an eager Frost Free (Frosted) paced the field, came with a strong rally while three wide turning for home and won easily under a confident Florent Geroux. A fellow 'Rising Star' in Carbone (Mitole) was the best of the rest in second. Lifetime Record: 6-2-3-1. O/B-Godolphin; T-Brad Cox. The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ Nash Wins Easily In Hot Springs S. appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Chris Waller notches back-to-back group 1 victories at Rosehill with Via Sistina's perfect start to her career in Australia with a win in the March 23 Ranvet Stakes (G1) and Riff Rocket in the Rosehill Guineas (G1).View the full article

Late sire and Louisiana champion 3-year-old male Givemeaminit sired his first stakes winner when his daughter Platinum Minit captured the $125,000 Crescent City Oaks for state-bred sophomore fillies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots March 23.View the full article

Lance Gasaway, 4G Racing and Daniel Hamby III's Mystik Dan (Goldencents) worked five furlongs in 1:01.80 (20/34) over a fast track at the Fair Grounds Saturday morning. Trained by Ken McPeek, the winner of the Feb. 3 GIII Southwest S. is expected to ship to Oaklawn Wednesday in advance of a tilt at the $1.5-million GI Arkansas Derby Mar. 30. McPeek opted to train Mystik Dan up to the Arkansas Derby, which could award as many as 200 qualifying points to its top five eligible finishers (100-50-25-15-10, respectively) for Kentucky Derby. “About three weeks ago, I was down there, and he looked great,” said Gasaway of the homebred. “He's been working lights out. Last week, he worked five furlongs in 1:00 and galloped out [six furlongs] in 1:12 and change. That was the plan–take him back there after the Southwest. Scared of the weather and missing work time. We had to work around some rain and one day we did have to work in the mud.” Also expected for the nine-furlong race, Siena Farm and WinStar's Timberlake (Into Mischief), winner of the Feb. 24 GII Rebel S., also worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 (5/34) at Fair Grounds Saturday. His trainer brad Cox will attempt to win his third consecutive renewal of the race following victories in 2022 with Cyberknife and Angel of Empire last year. The post Mystik Dan Readies for Arkansas Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Lady Of Camelot brought a record eighth Golden Slipper (G1) to trainer Gai Waterhouse with a breathtaking victory in the world's richest 2-year-old race at Rosehill Gardens March 23.View the full article

Chris Waller notches back-to-back group 1 victories at Rosehill with Via Sistina perfect start to her career in Australia with a win in the March 23 Ranvet Stakes (G1) and Riff Rocket in the Rosehill Guineas (G1).View the full article

Repole Stable's Fierceness, last year's juvenile male champion, was made the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) March 30 at Gulfstream Park.View the full article

During Saturday's post-position draw at Gulfstream, Repole Stable's Fierceness (City of Light) was installed the 8-5 favorite on the morning line for next weekend's GI Curlin Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Drawing post 10 in the field off 11, the colt will try to give his trainer Todd Pletcher a record eighth win in the Classic prep. Pletcher won the nine-furlong test with defending 2-year-old champion Forte (Violence) last year. “Normally I'd be afraid of the outside post, but Forte won from the 11 last year, so you can overcome that,” Pletcher said. “Everybody knows Gulfstream two-turn races are very tricky and I think that's why the start is so important, getting away cleanly. I think what happens in a lot of these two-turn races is the jockeys are so conscious of having to get to the first turn in good position that it can get a little rough leaving the gate sometimes.” Victorious in last fall's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile en route to a juvenile championship, the colt kicked off his sophomore campaign with a third in the GIII Holy Bull S. Feb. 3. Pletcher will also be represented by Repole's recent maiden winner Bail Us Out (Lookin At Lucky), who drew post three. The former will be ridden by Johnny Velazquez while the latter will be accompanied by Irad Ortiz Jr. D.J. Stable LLC and Robert Cotran's undefeated Hades (Awesome Slew), a front-running winner in the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull, drew post 2 and will be accompanied by regular pilot Paco Lopez. He was installed the 7-2 third choice on the morning line. Courtlandt Farm's Conquest Warrior (City of Light), who is coming off back-to-back wins at Gulfstream including a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance Mar. 1, drew the nine hole for Saturday's race. Given a 3-1 chance on the morning line, the colt is trained by Shug McGaughey, who also saddled Orb for victories in the 2013 GI Florida Derby and GI Kentucky Derby. Jose Ortiz gets the mount. Also slated to run: Frankie's Empire (Classic Empire) (12-1, Post 1); Grand Mo the First (Uncle Mo) (15-1, Post 4); Real Macho (Mucho Macho Man) (20-1, Post 5); Le Dom Bro (Mucho Macho Man) (15-1, Post 6); Catalytic (Catalina Cruiser) (20-1, Post 7); Seminole Chief (Girvin) (30-1, Post 8); Iris's Dream (Jess's Dream) (30-1, Post 11). The post Fierceness Draws Post 10 for Florida Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

What Warrnambool Races Where Warrnambool Racing Club – 2-64 Grafton Rd, Warrnambool VIC 3280 When Monday, March 25, 2024 First Race 12:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble A bumper nine-race meeting is set down for decision at Warrnambool on Monday afternoon. With the Warrnambool May Carnival fast-approaching, four of the nine races carded are scheduled for over the obstacles. The rail comes out 9m the entire circuit on a track rated a Soft 5, with action commencing at 12:20pm AEDT. Best Bet at Warrnambool: Extra Elusive Extra Elusive beat all bar subsequent Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) winner Excelleration at his last start at Great Western on January 28. Since that day, he has had two trials over the hurdles, with his most recent one being a smart victory at Terang on March 7. He is clearly the best horse on the flat in the maiden hurdle event, and with a clean jumping display, the son of Mastercraftsman should prove a touch too strong for his rivals over the 3200m. Best Bet Race 2 – #4 Extra Elusive (8) 9yo Gelding | T: Andrew Bobbin | J: Will Gordon (69.5kg) +130 with Picklebet Next Best at Warrnambool: Pure Deal Bevan Laming’s Pure Deal won his sole start over the Warrnambool 3200m hurdle circuit in the May carnival last year, and based on two handy trial wins this time in, he can return a winner. This will be his first race start in over 10-months, but with three trials under his belt, he should be cherry ripe for the BM120 hurdle field he faces. Arron Lynch will have Pure Deal stalking the speed throughout, and as long as he shows a clean pair of heels over the obstacles, the son of Dundeel should have a bit too much class on his rivals on Monday. Next Best Race 3 – #5 Pure Deal (6) 6yo Gelding | T: Bevan Laming | J: Arron Lynch (68.5kg) +140 with Dabble Best Value at Warrnambool: Yulong Place Yulong Place looks to be the complete wrong price with horse racing bookmakers, albeit on the back of a sub-par performance second-up. The eight-year-old gelding was quite competitive in much tougher assignments than what he faces on Monday and with Daniel Small’s 3kg claim aiding his chances, we’re happy to be with him at the price. He will look to hold a forward position throughout and as long as he can handle the 70.5kg following the claim, Yulong Place can certainly spring a surprise. Best Value Race 5 – #1 Yulong Place (6) 8yo Gelding | T: Lyn Shand | J: Daniel Small (a3) (73.5kg) +340 with Neds Monday quaddie tips for Warrnambool races Warrnambool quadrella selections Monday, March 25, 2023 1-2-3-4-7 1-3-4-6 5-6 1-3-4 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Here are my bets with BoomBet. Click the link to add my bets straight to your betslip: =BetShare Horse racing tips View the full article

3rd-TAM, $53K, Msw, 3yo, 7f, 1:18 p.m. ET CARTUCHO (Gun Runner) tied for the ninth highest return during the 2022 Keeneland September Sale when selling to bloodstock agent Mike Ryan for $1.2 million. The debuting bay colt's ownership group includes his breeder Three Chimneys Farm, William H. Lawrence and Walmac Farm. He is trained by Chad Brown. Cartucho is out of GISW Malibu Prayer (Malibu Moon). She was a $2 million 2011 Keeneland November purchase for Besilu, who also acquired her dam–SW Grand Prayer (Grand Slam)–at the same sale for $1 million. Grand Prayer produced MGSW Valid (Medaglia d'Oro). TJCIS PPS The post Sunday’s Insight: $1.2 Million Gun Runner Colt Makes The Races At Tampa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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. Sunday's Observations features the third foal out of three-time Group 1 heroine Alice Springs (Ire). 13.25 Naas, Mdn, €16,000, 3yo f, 8fT FLEETINGLY (Justify) is the third foal out of the G1 Falmouth S., G1 Matron S. and G1 Sun Chariot S. heroine Alice Springs (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has already produced the group 3-placed Prettiest (Dubawi {Ire}) and Canute (Quality Road) who looked a promising type last term before being fatally injured at Royal Ascot. Aidan O'Brien introduces her in a 10-runner affair in the race he has won in the last three years with Galileo's future Classic winners Empress Josephine (Ire) and Tuesday (Ire) and group 3 winner and G1 Prix de l'Opera runner-up Jackie Oh (Ire). The post Daughter of Alice Springs Starts in Key Maiden appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The New Mexico Racing Commission issued trainer Nancy N. Summers a summary suspension March 23 and ejected her from the grounds at Sunland Park after a HIWU investigator found three hypodermic syringes in her tack room, according to the charges.View the full article

West Paces Racing, R.A. Hill Stable, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Two Eight Racing and Pine Racing Stables' Dornoch (Good Magic), winner of the Mar. 2 GII Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream, is expected to make his next start in Keeneland's GI Blue Grass S. Apr. 6, trainer Danny Gargan told DRF. “It's been my plan since December. All our owners want to run in the Blue Grass, if he wins it makes him more valuable as a stallion. He won over the track, it's one ship, and three days after the race I'll be at Churchill,” Gargan told DRF. Runner up in his first two career starts, including last summer's Sapling S., the full-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Mage won his next three starts, including a muddy renewal of the GII Remsen S. at the Big A in December. Second that day was Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), who is also expected to run in Keeneland's Classic prep. Sierra Leone won the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds Feb. 17. According to Gargan, the colt will breeze once more in Florida before shipping to Lexington. The post Dornoch Heads to Blue Grass appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Humility goes by the household name of humble and you will be hard pressed to find a more humble couple than Donna Cowens and Nicky Souza de Oliveira of DNA Equine. The pair burst onto the scene at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale at Doncaster last year when selling Mantra (Ire) to Jake Warren on behalf of Highclere for a life-changing £160,000. The Tamayuz (Ire) filly had been bought for a song the previous winter. Identified by Cowens as a potentially nice type to go breezing and get the DNA consignment up and running, the native of Northumberland shelled out just €10,000 for the filly from Ringfort Stud at the Goffs Autumn Sale 2022. Mantra more than held up her part of the bargain by breezing like a rocket, resulting in that massive return on investment for the young couple, but you won't find any gloating here. Instead, Cowens and Souza de Oliveira described that dream debut as “beginner's luck” and are fully concentrating on building on that result this spring. “I don't think that sale ever settled in, really,” Cowens reflected. “We didn't get a chance to sit back and take it in–you just keep your head down and keep on going in this game, don't you?” She added, “But it definitely made the decision to go out on our own a lot easier. If we didn't take the plunge after that, well then we probably never would have. We owe that filly a lot. She gave us the springboard that we needed.” The DNA team are raring to go for the breeze-up sales | Brian Sheerin Cowens, 34, and Souza de Oliveira, 39, are graduates of Willie Browne's famous Mocklershill Stables. After the success with Mantra, the pair decided to go out fully on their own, and have rented a yard on the Curragh. With 10 horses for the upcoming breeze-up sales and eight more in pre-training, you could say this fledgling operation is finding its stride. Cowens said, “We have rented a yard on the Maddenstown side of the Curragh and have 18 horses in at the moment–10 are for breezing and the rest is made up of horses in pre training. We moved here last September.” She added, “We've got three for Doncaster–a nice Earthlight (Ire) colt for the Guineas Sale and a lovely Sottsass (Fr) colt for Arqana. That's rather exciting because he is the only Sottsass colt catalogued for France. “The rest of the horses will be split up between Tattersalls Ireland and then we have a few for the July Sale in France as well. Obviously it was very difficult to get horses into the breeze-up sales this year so we will be taking a few to France in July as well.” It seems to be a common complaint among the breeze-up handlers this year. It was in these pages last month when Harry Fowler of Goffs and Tattersalls Ireland boss Simon Kerins explained how entries for the breeze-up sales were at an all-time high. Invariably, some consignors were going to be left disappointed, as there simply weren't enough slots to go around. However, in DNA's case, they are happy to roll the big dice with a certain Sands Of Mali (Fr) filly on the racetrack, with Souza de Oliveira saying that he is convinced she is up to winning a maiden. “I already have a name picked out for her,” he explained. “I am from Rio in Brazil and, with her being by Sands Of Mali, I was thinking Copacabana Sands would be a nice name. I think she could be up to winning a maiden so we don't mind being brave.” And Souza de Oliveira would know. Still a major cog in Browne's Mocklershill wheel, Souza de Oliveira has ridden countless high-class horses at home and at the breeze-up sales. Not only that, but the couple are taking heart in the result fellow Brazilian native and prominent breeze-up rider Manoel Marques enjoyed with Buyin Buyin (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) this time 12 months ago. Cowens explained, “We've worked her a couple of times and she goes particularly well. Obviously she will be for sale but we're happy to race her ourselves if we have to. She will go to Diego Dias and hopefully, if she shows on the track what she has been showing us at home, we can get her sold. With a filly like that, you don't want to be waiting until July. She will be ready to run in four to six weeks and, while we don't want to get into the habit of keeping horses, we're happy to take a chance with a filly like her.” She added, “Diego is very good friends with Nicky. He has sat on her and is actually the one who said to us, 'this filly is good guys, I think you need to be brave.' Hopefully it ends up being a similar story to Buyin Buyin last year. He wasn't accepted into a breeze-up sale but was obviously ready to run early. Manoel rolled the dice and ran him and the rest is history. Nicky rode Buyin Buyin a good bit at home at Willie's so he knows what's needed to win a maiden. “Nicky still works very closely with Willie and will be riding for him at the breeze-ups as well. If we didn't take the plunge to go out on our own, Willie is a man I would have happily worked for for the rest of my life. He has always been there for help and advice. The knowledge he has on the game is amazing. When we were leaving, he said, 'I'm not happy that ye are leaving, but I wish ye the best of luck.'” And finally, what's behind the name? Not only do DNA have the horses to make their second year in business a success but they are also the proud owners of one of the catchiest consignment names in the game. Cowens laughed, “Everyone asks us this! Basically, it's all about the DNA of the racehorse, isn't it? When you are buying potential racehorses, you are looking at bloodlines and pedigrees, so we said we'd use DNA. The logo actually came first. Everyone thinks the D and the N is for Donna and Nicky and they ask us what the A is for. We always say it's for associates. So, anyone who wants to associate with us, it can be Donna, Nicky and associates.” There are few nicer people to be associated with. The post DNA Equine Team Bidding To Build On Dream Debut At The Breeze-Ups appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

T O Password got a free pass to the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a hard-won victory in just his second career start March 23 at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.View the full article