Wandering Eyes

Joining Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Ted Noffey, Further Ado gives Spendthrift Farm two aces heading toward the 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1). Further Ado captured the Nov. 29 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill DownsView the full article

Juddmonte homebred SALAMIS (c, 4, Speightstown–Antonoe, by First Defence) largely avoided traffic issues in what ended up a sit-sprint renewal of the GI Hollywood Derby, and, with clear sailing through the final furlong, was along in the final strides to give his late sire his second new graded winner on the program. The half-brother to GI Matriarch Stakes hopeful Segesta (Ghostzapper) was taken back to the latter third of the field by Umberto Rispoli, with odds-on Test Score (Oscar Performance) riding the rails to his inside and Salamis had cover on the back of Tom's Magic behind a dawdling half-mile in :49.92. With no traffic to his outside, Salamis continued to follow the move of Tom's Magic around the turn, while Test Score was ridden more for luck, sweating on an inside run beneath Juan Hernandez. Rispoli steered Salamis off Tom's Magic's heels with three-sixteenths of a mile to race and accelerated sharply to be along in the nick of time. Test Score was blocked for a run entering the final furlong and kicked hard once clear, but all too late. Salamis is the 71st graded winner and 27th top-level scorer for Speightstown. #4 SALAMIS ($8.20) prevailed in the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at @DelMarRacing! The @JuddmonteFarms homebred by Speightstown had @umbyrispoli aboard for Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/n4cogvSVhj — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 29, 2025 Saturday, Del Mar HOLLYWOOD DERBY-GI, $301,500, Del Mar, 11-29, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:50.74, fm. 1–SALAMIS, 122, c, 3, by Speightstown 1st Dam: Antonoe (GISW-USA, GSW-Fr, $565,377), by First Defence 2nd Dam: Ixora, by Dynaformer 3rd Dam: Imroz, by Nureyev 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Juddmonte (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Umberto Rispoli. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-2, $353,363. *1/2 to Segesta (Ghostzapper), MGSW & MGISP, $1,010,275. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Tom's Magic, 122, c, 3, Justify–Dixie Chicken, by Rahy. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($200,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-CJ Thoroughbreds and Mo Speed Racing; B-Sean & Dorothy Fitzhenry (ON); T-Michael Stidham. $60,000. 3–Test Score, 122, c, 3, Lookin At Lucky–Joy of Learning, by Kitten's Joy. O-Amerman Racing LLC; B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $36,000. Margins: NK, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 3.10, 4.80, 0.80. Also Ran: Tempus Volat, Kokosan, Friendly Confines, Maaz (Fr), Copp. Scratched: Noble Confessor. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Salamis A Second Fresh Graded Winner For Speightstown In Hollywood Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Heads In Beds at Del Mar. Hello Youmzain Filly Wins At Del Mar Heads In Beds (Hello Youmzain) broke her maiden at Del Mar for Phil D'Amato on November 28 (video). Owned by Bridlewood Farm, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds, Madaket Stables and Michael Dubb, the three-year-old filly was bred by Mette Campbell Andenaes. Mandore International Agency bought the winner on behalf of Madaket Stables for €150,000 from the Arqana October Yearling Sale in 2023. Heads In Beds is a half-sister to listed winner Monette (Cockney Rebel), who was second in the GIII Matron Stakes, and to the stakes-placed filly Lacuna (Shalaa). Her dam, the multiple stakes-placed Eleona (Areion), has a yearling filly by Intello who was sold to Daniel Cole for €25,000 at the 2025 edition of that sale. The extended family features German multiple group winner Earl Of Fire (Areion). Haras d'Etreham's Hello Youmzain has 89 winners from 180 runners worldwide. Heads In Beds is his third winner from four runners (75%) in the U.S. DeVaux Firster Triumphs At Fair Grounds First-timer Pretty Ribbon (Bated Breath) spun a winning tale on debut for Cherie DeVaux at Fair Grounds on November 29 (video). The daughter of Bated Breath, bred by Papillon Stables, races for John D. Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Services. A half-sister to GIII Athenia Stakes heroine Love And Thunder (Siyouni), Pretty Ribbon is the seventh foal, seventh runner and sixth winner for Pretty Paper (Medaglia d'Oro). The unraced dam also has a yearling colt by Night Of Thunder who cost $270,000 as a Keeneland September yearling when picked up by MC Bloodstock, and a weanling filly by Sioux Nation. Second dam Take The Ribbon (Chester House) won the GIII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile and was second in the GI Garden City Breeders' Cup Stakes. Juddmonte's Bated Breath is responsible for 23 winners from 35 runners (66%) in the U.S. His best there is GI Matriarch Stakes heroine Viadera among his 11 American stakes winners. Repeat Winners Grade I winner Lush Lips (Ten Sovereigns) returned a winner of the GII Mrs. Revere Stakes on Friday night after topping the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when selling for $3.7 million to Dixiana Farm earlier this month (video). The Brendan Walsh trainee had triumphed in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes in October. Klaravich Stables' Oversubscribed (Too Darn Hot) added the Forever Together Stakes to her haul at Aqueduct in late November (video). The Chad Brown trainee first joined the Making Waves echelon with a victory in the Listed Wild Applause Stakes in 2024. Vina Arana (Make Believe) won for the second time in seven starts with an 1 1/2-length victory at Churchill Downs on Saturday, November 22 (video). The Sterling Stables and MHM Stables runner, who was third in the 2024 G3 Mutamakina Stakes, is trained by Jack Sisterson. Gary Barber and Team Valor's Bessie Abott (Kuroshio) won her second race in a row at Woodbine on November 29 for trainer Mark Casse (video). Second in the GIII Wonder Again Stakes in June, the three-year-old filly was bred by Dr Noel Cogan and Patrick Williams. The post Making Waves: Del Mar Feast For French Filly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sunday, Tokyo, Japan, post time: 15:40, JAPAN CUP-G1, ¥960,400,000, 3yo/up, 2400mT Field: Justin Palace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Croix Du Nord (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Cosmo Kuranda (Jpn) (Al Ain {Jpn}), Deep Monster (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Sunrise Earth (Jpn) (Rey De Oro {Jpn}), Ho O Biscuits (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits), Danon Beluga (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Jpn}), Seiun Hades (Jpn) (Silver State {Jpn}), Struve (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), Admire Terra (Jpn) (Rey De Oro {Jpn}), Yoho Lake (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Brede Weg (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Danon Decile (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), Masquerade Ball (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Shin Emperor (Jpn) (Siyouni {Fr}), Tastiera (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}). TDN Analysis: Although Calandagan is the highest-rated horse in the world at the moment, conquering the Japan Cup will not be a breeze. A trio of Japanese Derby winners also line up in 2025 victor Croix Du Nord, Danon Decile (2024) and Tastiera (2023). Also, joint-second in the 2024 Japan Cup were the scratched Durezza and Shin Emperor, and the latter has returned to go one better on Sunday. Click here for the complete field. The post Black-Type Analysis: Can Shin Emperor Finally Get His Group 1 Ring? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godolphin homebred BELLA BALLERINA (f, 2, Street Sense–Pretty City Dancer, by Tapit), whose lone previous trip to the post resulted in a 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard-worthy debut sprinting over six furlongs at Keeneland Oct. 5, successfully stretched out to two turns Saturday afternoon, hitting the front at midstretch before holding off a late lunge from fellow 'Rising Star' Atropa (Into Mischief) in the GII Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs. The winner earns 10 points on the 2026 Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Bet down from a morning line of 10-1 to be just over 4-1 at the off–in large measure owing to the scratching of 'TDN Rising Star' and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Explora (Blame)–Bella Ballerina caught a flyer from the outside stall and was soon in front, but that was short-lived as the undefeated New York-bred Letmecounttheways (Yaupon) speared through and went winging on the front end through unsustainable fractions of :23.45 and :46.31. With the pacesetter odds-on to feel the pinch as push came to shove, Bella Ballerina found herself in the right spot to have first crack, and they hit the lead as Letmecounttheways predictably hoisted the white flag. Atropa, a 10-length maiden winner first-time long in her most recent start, began to make inroads as did local maiden winner Just Singing (Justify). The half-sister to champion and GI Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief) began to tire with a sixteenth of a mile to race, shortening stride noticeably, and despite swapping over to her left lead late, managed to scrape home in the nick of time. Essential Coffee (Nyquist) stumbled at the break from gate two, tossing jockey Corey Lanerie. Neither horse nor jockey was injured. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brendan Walsh Bella Ballerina holds on to win the G2 Golden Rod and earns 10 points towards the Kentucky Oaks! @brenpwalsh trains and @tyler_gaff was aboard. #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/ZT8yZ4yASo — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 29, 2025 The post Street Sense’s Bella Ballerina Heads ‘Rising Star’ 1-2 In Golden Rod appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

She shipped in all the way from New York, but it ended up worth her while as Just Aloof (Justify–Aloof (Ire), by Galileo {Ire}) strode home best of all to claim the GIII Jimmy Durante Stakes at Del Mar. A winner at first-asking last out Oct. 16 during the Belmont Big A meeting, she topped a stablemate exacta that day and left the gates here as the 3-1 favorite. Not quite able to make the pace, she stalked from second through a quarter in :22.63 and a half in :47.21 before taking commanding coming off the turn. She refused to come back to the field once she struck the front. Latte Luv (Constitution) ran on well to get second and there was a dead-heat for third. O/B-Whisper Hill Farm; T-Chad Brown. JUST ALOOF ($8.00) soared home and won the $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3) at @DelMarRacing for trainer Chad Brown. The daughter of Justify (@coolmoreamerica) was ridden by @HIBerrios. pic.twitter.com/gVTLblFOHj — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 29, 2025 The post Justify’s Just Aloof Straight and Strong in Jimmy Durante appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Further Ado (Gun Runner), a jaw-dropping, 20-length maiden winner in his two-turn debut at Keeneland Oct. 10, took care of business as the 3-5 favorite in Saturday's GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill Downs. Universe (Global Campaign) was second; Soldier N Diplomat (Army Mule) was third. Placed in a tracking fourth through fractions of :23.35 and :46.76, Further Ado made a three-wide bid approaching the quarter pole, and, after a long drive, fought his way past Solider N Diplomat in deep stretch to collect 10 points on the road to the Kentucky Derby. He had 1 3/4 lengths over the rallying Universe at the wire. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.33. A $275,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, Further Ado was hammered down to the Spendthrift braintrust for $550,000 after breezing a quarter-mile in :21 1/5 at this year's OBS April Sale. O-Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-John C. Oxley (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. Further Ado picks up 10 Kentucky Derby points in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club at @ChurchillDowns! @iradortiz was aboard for trainer @bradcoxracing and @spendthriftfarm! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/SDJKbZ5jiJ — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 29, 2025 Saturday, Churchill Downs KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB S.-GII, $400,000, Churchill Downs, 11-29, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.33, ft. 1–FURTHER ADO, 122, c, 2, by Gun Runner 1st Dam: Sky Dreamer (GSP-USA, MSP-Can, $176,065), by Sky Mesa 2nd Dam: To Dream About, by Monarchos 3rd Dam: Beautiful Pleasure, by Maudlin 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($275,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $550,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). O-Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-John C. Oxley (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $242,470. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $320,703. *1/2 to Kimbear (Temple City), MGSW-UAE, GSP-USA, $807,269. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Universe, 122, c, 2, Global Campaign–Equalityforall, by Quality Road. ($75,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-4 G Racing LLC, Gregg Day, Steven Crain and Magdalena Racing; B-Becky Pietras (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $78,700. 3–Soldier N Diplomat, 122, c, 2, Army Mule–Diplomatic Miss, by Violence. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($950,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR). O-St. Elias Stable; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $39,350. Margins: 1 3/4, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.71, 12.39, 7.37. Also Ran: Very Connected, Cherokee Nation, Dr. Kapur, Spice Runner. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post ‘Rising Star’ Further Ado Delivers as 3-5 Favorite in Kentucky Jockey Club appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Taylor Made's Not This Time, who currently leads all North American-based sires by black-type winners for 2025, further padded that number when Albaugh Family Stables homebred On Time Girl (f, 2, Not This Time–Girl Daddy, by Uncle Mo) captured Churchill's Fern Creek Stakes for juvenile fillies Saturday afternoon, bringing her sire's stakes winner count to 26 for the year. The bay 2-year-old, a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', left the gate sharpest of all, almost immediately putting a length on the field, but Keeneland maiden winner Solemn Vow (Constitution) to her inside wanted to make an early race of it and On Time Girl let her go as Irad Ortiz, Jr. grabbed a hold. On Time Girl stayed on her rival's flank through :23.04 and :46.08 fractions, but took command in an instant off the turn when Ortiz niggled the reins. She responded even more with a couple of right-handed taps and kicked clear with aplomb to win by 3 1/2 lengths over Paige Turner (Army Mule), who had been stalking from third throughout after employing a similar tactic in her blowout maiden win last month over this surface. Previously undefeated A Fine Chardonnay (Maclean's Music), who handed On Time Girl her only career defeat, closed for third. The final time for the 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:15.83. On Time Girl won on debut going six panels at Ellis Park in August, then came back a month later to take an allowance at the same distance by four lengths at Churchill. That second eye-catching run earned her 'Rising Star' status and she went into Keeneland's Dean Dorton Myrtlewood Stakes Oct. 24 favored by just a penny over A Fine Chardonnay. The latter edged past her late that day, but wasn't able to catch On Time Girl Saturday. The Albaugh family bought On Time Girl's dam, Girl Daddy, for $500,000 at the Keeneland September sale in 2019 and campaigned her to a GIII Pocahontas Stakes win at a mile at Churchill before she finished third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to close out her brief career. On Time Girl is the mare's first foal to make it to the races. She has a weanling full-sister to the Fern Creek winner and was bred back to Flightline for 2026. On Time Girl takes the Fern Creek at @churchilldowns for trainer @bradcoxracing with @iradortiz aboard! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/FNx2xTNE2S — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 29, 2025 FERN CREEK S., $225,000, Churchill Downs, 11-29, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:15.83, ft. 1–ON TIME GIRL, 122, f, 2, by Not This Time 1st Dam: Girl Daddy (GSW & GISP, $321,240), by Uncle Mo 2nd Dam: Cara Marie, by Unbridled's Song 3rd Dam: Miss Kilroy, by A.P. Indy ($375,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Albaugh Family Stables LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $134,160. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $315,525. 2–Paige Turner, 122, f, 2, Army Mule–Sophia Mia, by Pioneerof the Nile. ($350,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-David Ingordo, West Point Thoroughbreds and Danbro Farms, LLC; B-TMSI, Bell Tower Thoroughbreds, Omar Aldabbagh, Frank Taylor, et al (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $43,600. 3–A Fine Chardonnay, 122, f, 2, Maclean's Music–Andele, by Bernardini. ($20,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $85,000 2yo '25 EASMAY). O-Double 22 Stables, LLC; B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-Ian R. Wilkes. $21,800. Margins: 3HF, 3HF, 1HF. Odds: 3.11, 1.83, 3.07. Also Ran: Solemn Vow, Go to Girl, Woodstock, Mackinac, I B Flyin, River Rise. Scratched: Have Faith. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Not This Time ‘Rising Star’ On Time Girl Romps in Churchill’s Fern Creek appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Liberty National (c, 2, Maxfield–Virtuoso, by Awesome Again) became the fourth 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' for his freshman sire (by Street Sense) with an impressive performance at second asking around two turns at Churchill Downs Saturday afternoon. The 4-1 chance was bumped by a rival at the start and found a fantastic spot in a ground-saving sixth beneath Brian Hernandez, Jr. through a half mile in :48.57. Locked and loaded on the far turn, he was tipped out at the quarter pole and took off impressively down the lane to graduate with honors by 4 1/4 lengths. Stirring Words (Constitution) was second. Liberty National was a well-beaten sixth going seven furlongs at Keeneland in his debut for trainer Ken McPeek Oct. 16 behind fellow 'Rising Star' Dr. Kapur (McKinzie), who lines up in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. later today. Liberty National, a $525,000 Keeneland September yearling, is the 19th winner for Maxfield. His unraced dam, a full-sister to GISW Paynter, produced a colt by McKinzie this year and was bred back to Maxfield. This is also the female family of legendary two-time GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner and leading sire Tiznow. 7th-Churchill Downs, $123,035, Msw, 11-29, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.41, ft, 4 1/4 lengths. LIBERTY NATIONAL, c, 2, by Maxfield 1st Dam: Virtuoso, by Awesome Again 2nd Dam: Tizso, by Cee's Tizzy 3rd Dam: Cee's Song, by Seattle Song Sales history: $525,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $70,675. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Brookdale Racing, Inc. & Fern Circle Stables; B-Rock Ridge Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. Liberty National stretches out and breaks his maiden at second asking in R7 at @churchilldowns for trainer @kennymcpeek with @b_hernandezjr aboard! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/JULpPBaVLA — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 29, 2025 The post Liberty National a New ‘Rising Star’ for Maxfield appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Minella Racing's Minella Academy (Sea The Moon) was knocked down for £370,000 during the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale at Newbury on Saturday. Sold as lot 6 to Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins, the three-year-old won his hurdle debut at Cork by eight lengths earlier this month. His granddam, Last Second (Alzao), won the G2 Sun Chariot Stakes, G2 Nassau Stakes and G3 Park Stakes and was second in the G1 Coronation Stakes. At stud, she left 10 winners from 15 foals, among them multiple top-level winner and French Classic winner and sire Aussie Rules. Also breaking the £200,000 mark was Red Acres Max (Maxios) (lot 2) from Moate Stable. Tom Malone shelled out £240,000 for the four-year-old gelding. A debut point-to-point winner at Dromahane, Red Acres Max counts NH stakes winners Ballyburn (Flemensfirth), Noble Endeavor (Flemensfirth) and Churchfield Sunset (Wings Of Eagles) under his great granddam. In 2025, 17 sold from 18 lots offered (94%) for a gross of £1,944,000 (+29%). The average rose 6% to £114,353 and the median was £80,000 (-6%). Overall, seven lots met or exceeded the six-figure mark. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “Today marked the third edition of this sale which is held in partnership with Newbury Racecourse and it was great to achieve a 94% clearance rate, a rise in the sale average and another big price at the venue with Minella Academy selling for £370,000. He is the third horse to sell for £300,000 at this venue following the top price of £320,000 last year and Un Temps Pour Tout who set the record back in 2013 when selling for £450,000. “We have been very busy over the last three days with all the major owners and trainers viewing the horses and we would like to extend our thanks to the PTP handlers who have supported this sale once again. We would also like to extend our thanks to the Newbury Executive for their continued support of this sale, and of course to our purchasers who we wish the very best of luck. We now turn our attention to the Goffs December NH Sale which will offer a superb catalogue of NH foals & breeding stock on 8 – 10 December.” The post Minella Academy Brings £370k From Kirk And Mullins At Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Greg Foley, a fixture on the Churchill Downs backside for better than 40 years, was represented by his 500th winner beneath the Twin Spires when No Time Left (Not This Time) broke her maiden at third asking at odds of 8-1 Saturday afternoon. A career-long inhabitant of Barn 11 at the Louisville oval, Foley is now tied for eighth on the track's all-time wins list with Bernie Flint. “Churchill Downs has always been home,” said Foley, whose first win at the track came on Apr. 27, 1981 with Sky Light Princess. “To win 500 races here is really special. It's a credit to all the horses, owners and people around me who've made it possible.” Foley has sent out nearly 10,000 starters to date for 1,577 winners and has amassed stable earnings of over $42 million. His best runners include MGSW Sconsin (Include) and GI Kentucky Derby runners Major Fed (Ghostzapper) and O Besos (Orb). He recently won the first Grade I of his career when Troubleshooting (Not This Time) took out the Frankin-Simpson Stakes at Kentucky Downs. He joins an elite list of trainers near the top of the leaderboard, which is headed by Steve Asmussen's 992 wins. He is followed by Dale Romans (827), Bill Mott (795), Kenny McPeek (592), Tom Amoss (585), Mike Maker (564) and D. Wayne Lukas (562). Foley and Flint are tied in eighth with 500 wins apiece, just ahead of Brad Cox with 497. “I don't think I'll ever get as many wins as Steve (Asmussen),” Foley joked. “Maybe I can get to Lukas. There are some really good trainers on this list.” The post Foley Sends Out 500th Churchill Winner appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Satono Voyage set sail on a voyage that could find him at Churchill Downs in May with a victory Nov. 29 in the first leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.View the full article

With a spring in his step down the lane, Boyd (Violence–A Taste of Red, by Street Boss) fired his best shot in the Ed Brown Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday and netted his first black-type. Named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' after his first career race at Del Mar in early September, the colt was heavily-favored at odds of 3-5 here. Boyd allowed Gallivant (Into Mischief) to win the first jump, but the 2-year-old was able to cruise down the lane to score by three lengths in the end. Big Dom (McKinzie) was the runner-up. The final running time was 1:15.58. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. Sales History: $82,000 '23 FTKNOV; $280,000 '24 ; $1.05-million '25 EASMAY. O-Zedan Racing Stables LLC; B-Nasser Omihira (KY); T-Bob Baffert. Boyd stays perfect in the Ed Brown S. at @churchilldowns for trainer Bob Baffert with Flavien Prat aboard! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/vrsRrqNmie — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) November 29, 2025 The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ Boyd Shines In Ed Brown Under Twin Spires appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

3rd-CD, 120K, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 6f, 1:56 p.m. John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock debut their homebred filly FIRE MOON (Justify), a half-sister to GI Hollywood Derby winner and young sire Mo Town (Uncle Mo). First dam Grazie Mill has also produced Fire Moon's full-sister in MSW/MGSP Justique who just sold earlier in the month at Keeneland for $2,000,000 to Whisper Hill Farm. Yet another half-sister, Vita Bella (Super Save), is responsible for Kentucky Juvenile Stakes winner West Memorial (Caracaro). Gunther picked up second dam Molto Vita for just $24,000 as a weanling at Keeneland November in 2000. Cherie DeVaux trains the 3-year-old and will give the leg up to Irad Ortiz Jr. Rail-drawn Wicked One (Bolt d'Oro) makes a second start for Steve Asmussen after running seventh in her Keeneland debut Oct. 12. The $1.25m Fasig-Tipton Tipton Midlantic grad will add the blinkers for owner Winchell Thoroughbreds. TJCIS PPS The post Sunday Insights: Justify Half To Mo Town Debuts At Churchill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The FanDuel Racing Turf Festival concludes Sunday afternoon with a trio of graded events at Del Mar, topped by an intriguing renewal of the GI Matriarch Stakes over a mile. Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) made the majority of the running in this event 12 months ago, yielding grudgingly to finish a length behind Sacred Wish (Not This Time) in third. That effort came on the back of a near-miss third in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, and the grey is arguably in the same sort of form, having run home gamely to round out a female exacta underneath 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Shisospicy (Mitole) in this year's Turf Sprint 29 days ago. Her connections turned down $2.9 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale earlier this month and the 3-1 morning-line choice breaches the $3-million threshold in earnings with at least a runner-up effort here. Segesta (Ghostzapper) has twice gone within a length of Grade I glory, missing by three-parts of a length in the 2024 Belmont Oaks over 9 1/2 furlongs and failing by just a neck when last seen in Keeneland's First Lady Stakes over this trip on Oct. 4. Chad Brown has unsaddled the Matriarch winner six times in the last eight runnings, while Juddmonte Farm runners have prevailed on no fewer than seven occasions, including the Brown-conditioned Viadera (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) in 2022. Vibez (Collected) hasn't had the best luck at the draw of late, finishing a half-length second in a local allowance from gate 10 of 10 July 31 and overcoming the 11 hole in a field of 12 and a wide passage to win the Oct. 13 Swingtime Stakes at Santa Anita. The last time the dark bay drew a favorable gate, she easily handled easier by better than three lengths here on Aug. 30 and she has the benefit of the four Sunday afternoon. The first of the afternoon's features is the GIII Cecil B. DeMille Stakes, headed by the class-dropping Hey Nay Nay (Ire) (No Nay Never). A highly impressive winner of the five-furlong Tyro Stakes at Monmouth in August and of the GIII Del Mar Juvenile Turf over track and distance Sept. 7, the dark bay was the distant second betting choice in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Oct. 31, but overraced through the early stages and weakened out to finish 10th. He'll be sent from the widest alley in this field of seven, but there is stretchout speed inside of him. Iriseach (Ire) (Ubettabelieveit {Ire}) has a puncher's chance as he looks to remain perfect going long. An even fourth in a six-furlong maiden at Santa Anita Oct. 12, he sat a good inside trip when tried over a mile in Arcadia Oct. 30 and game running late to cause an 18-1 upset. The race shape could flatter a runner with a come-from-behind profile. Hope Road (Quality Road) is difficult to oppose in Sunday's GIII Bayakoa Stakes, a race she won by a half-length at 30 cents on the dollar last season. A repeat of that performance by this year's GI Ballerina Stakes heroine likely wins this, but it is fair to question whether the mile is her best gig and she was more than a little disappointing when a well-beaten third as the 11-10 pick in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Nov. 1. The post Matriarch Highlights Turf Festival Finale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Oh to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. Coming in at 170,000gns, West Moor Stud's Havana Grey colt didn't just stand out on the final day of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, he towered above the opposition. Bought on behalf of Yeomanstown Stud by bloodstock agent Hamish Macauley, the Havana Grey colt was said to have stacked up well even against the Friday foals. “The best foal here today and he would have stood up well yesterday,” Macaulay said shortly after signing the docket. “He has size and scope and will be re-offered next year. I think a lot of people appeared around the ring in the last 20 minutes before this guy went through! We had that sort of mark on him and I think the market is unbelievably strong.” Not only did the crowds appear around the ring for the Havana Grey colt, but the footfall at Park Paddocks for the Saturday session was much stronger than in previous years. It showed in the statistics. Despite the clearance rate falling by 9% to 69%, turnover on Saturday climbed by 6% to 2,395,700gns while the median was up by 17% to 14,000gns and the average by 14% to 19,166gns. The Saturday session-topping colt is out of black-type Exceed And Excel mare Thesme. He was bred by West Moor Stud's Simon Chappell and, speaking on behalf of the outfit, Kate Sigsworth said, “It has been a brilliant week. We have been really busy, which is great as you know you are going to sell well then. It is just a big thank you to everyone who helps at home – it is such a big team to get to this point. I'd also like to thank Yeomanstown as the farm has been a really good supporter of us. This foal was bred on the same cross as Vandeek and he has not put a foot wrong here all week. He is a young foal so there should be some improvement in him still. I'd like to give a shout out to the stallion owners, Ed Harper at Whitsbury Stud, as he has been brilliant with Havana Grey. He made his name with smaller breeders and he really does try to help British breeders.” She added, “I think the main feeling is relief and satisfaction. The mare was very fast and was raced by Simon. She went to Havana Grey for last year's foal and got a filly, who has been retained and will go into training with Ed Bethell. It was on the strength of her that we went back. She was a late foal and we had not booked anything in for the mare, so I rang Whitsbury as Simon was thinking of Sergei Prokofiev as we thought Havana Grey would be full. I was chatting to Joe Callan, who asked about the filly, and when I told him that the foal is very nice, he said that Havana Grey had a lot of early mares and that he was more or less finished. He said that if we'd like to use him we could so I said, 'yes please!' Simon is in Costa Rica and there is a time difference, so I will ring him on the way home once he has properly woken up. I have messaged and he got back to me and said, 'very happy Kate, thanks very much!'” Chaldean Colt Puts Cherry On Top Of Memorable Week The strong demand for the progeny of 2,000 Guineas winner Chaldean carried over into the Saturday session as, just three lots after the sale-topping Havana Grey, a colt by the young stallion was knocked down to Baroda Stud's Padraic Gahan at 78,000gns. The Chaldean colt was consigned by Jamie Railton and is out of the black-type Sea The Stars mare Yarrow. Gahan, who signed under Carrigeen North, said, “Myself and David [Cox] saw him this morning and we liked him. We were watching the Chaldeans selling during the week and he's a sire we wanted to use during the year but didn't get the chance to. We would have liked one, so we got one now and he'll be offered for resale next year. Chaldean's progeny is very nice and this is a very good-moving colt. The mare has produced two highly-rated horses as well as being highly-rated herself, and she has a New Bay coming along for her, too.” On the market, he added, “It seems as though everybody is still here. The mares are starting to show now, too, so I'd better get back to my day job!” Chaldean proved to be one of the hottest stallions of the week with 25 of his foals selling for an average of 107,440gns. Mahony Lauds Strong Trade Turnover fell by 13% to 37,893,400gns at this year's December Foal Sale while the clearance rate stayed the same at 78%. The median climbed by 2% to 30,500gns while the average was down by 13% to 58,659gns. Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The Tattersalls December Foal Sale has long been Europe's premier foal sale thanks to the unwavering support of British and Irish breeders, and they have been rewarded with a sale that has produced a record median, alongside an average and turnover that have only been surpassed once – by last year's extraordinary results. “We have seen the highest-priced colt and filly sold in Europe this year, including the 1,150,000 guineas Frankel colt from James Wigan's West Blagdon Stud. This represents the third-highest price ever achieved for a colt foal in Europe and is a fitting tribute to a consignment that is consistently one of the highlights of Europe's premier foal sale.” He added, “The sale's market-leading status is further underlined by eight of the top ten prices in Britain and Ireland this year, a median that stands 40 per cent higher than that of our nearest competitor, and unrivalled average and turnover figures. The number of lots realising 50,000 guineas or more has also reached a record level. “In addition to the continued support of the many pinhookers from Britain, Ireland, and further afield, Park Paddocks has once again attracted a substantial number of end-users, with buyers from China, Japan, and the USA joining their counterparts from across the Gulf and throughout Europe. The diversity at the top of the purchasers' list is particularly gratifying, with the top ten lots bought by ten different individuals. “We now look forward to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, which features an outstanding collection of fillies and mares within the Sceptre Sessions, and to welcoming the usual wide cross-section of buyers to Tattersalls for Europe's premier breeding stock sale.” Dragon Symbol Solidifies His Status One of the fascinating subplots to this sale has been the market's positive reaction to Whitsbury's young stallion Dragon Symbol, who averaged 32,744gns for 41 foals sold. Kinsale Stud was one of many breeders to benefit from that strong debut performance when selling a colt out of a sister to the speedy Star Of Lady M and from the family of Fantastic Light to Paddy Vaughan of Moanmore Stables for 60,000gns. Consignor Richard Kempster said, “We are chuffed to bits – he deserved that kind of money as he has been a gorgeous colt all the way. We have always thought he was very smart and the pressure has been on to get him ready for today. We wanted to sell today as we felt we could be a bit of a standout on day four but I do think he would have stood out any day.” On selecting Dragon Symbol, Kempster added, “We wanted to keep the speed element and Whitsbury has been doing a great job with first-season sires so we have been following the farm for the last couple of years. He is a lovely stamp of a stallion himself and we thought he'd suit the mare. It was very nerve-wracking when this foal was going around the ring, but it has all come right on the day and it is a big sigh of relief! A big thanks goes to the team at home.” Thought for the day Be it yearlings or foals, the top end of the market has never been stronger. That's all well and good but a very small cohort of breeders are operating within that sphere. What played out here on Saturday is more representative of the breeding sector in Britain and it was brilliant to see so many smaller operators get a good payday. In many ways, it's just as important that those breeders get their day in the sun and, regardless of pedigree, the nicer foals were well-received by the market on Saturday. The post Havana Grey Colt Stars At 170k On Final Day Of The Tattersalls December Foal Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Satono Voyage set sail on a voyage that could find him at Churchill Downs in May with a victory Nov. 29 in the first leg of the "Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby."View the full article

For the Ladies (f, 2, Upstart–Lovely Marissa, by Proud Citizen) served as the favorite on debut during the Belmont At The Big A meet Oct. 5 and missed by a nose. The 6-5 choice here fired out of the rail gate and immediately set the tone up the backstretch. Making every pole a winning one through the far turn, the filly poured on the speed entering the lane and ran up the score to graduate by 7 1/4 lengths over It's Carol's Way (McKinzie). A half-sister to SW Nasty, (Street Sense), the winner's dam is responsible for a weanling colt by Dialed In and she was bred to Kingsbarns for next term. 1st-Aqueduct, $79,050, Msw, 11-29, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10.98, ft, 7 1/4 lengths. FOR THE LADIES (f, 2, Upstart–Lovely Marissa, by Proud Citizen) Sales History: $60,000 Ylg '24 OBSOCT; $125,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $63,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-StarLadies Racing and Adelphi Racing Club; B-Heart's Desire Farm LLC (KY); T-Thomas Morley. The post Upstart’s For The Ladies Runs Up The Score To Graduate At Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Having already conquered trips of 1200 meters and 1400 meters on the dirt, owner Hajime Satomi's immaculately bred Satono Voyage (Jpn) (Into Mischief) successfully negotiated a stretchout to the metric mile and reported home a comfortable 1 1/2-length winner of Saturday's $194,621 Cattleya Stakes, good for 10 points on the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. The 1600-meter contest is run under allowance conditions around a left-handed bend at Tokyo Racecourse. The son of Brazilian Horse of the Year and three-times North American graded winner Jolie Olimpica (Brz) (Drosselmeyer) had annexed those two previous tries on the main track by some 15 combined lengths and the betting public sent him off as the $1.70 (7-10) favorite in a field that also included $1-million OBS March grad Magna Victor (Maxfield), named a 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard off a nine-length debut score in September, and Arcadia Cafe (Into Mischief), a half-brother to Tokyo stakes winners champion Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah) and Luxor Cafe (American Pharoah). Off to an uneventful beginning from gate four, Satono Voyage was ridden positively by Keita Tosaki and was an inside third chasing a moderate early tempo before easing off the inside and into the clear with 1000 meters to travel. Allowed to creep into contention three deep with about three furlongs to race, the bay colt was held together into the long Tokyo straight and traveled strongly as Magna Victor and Arcadia Cafe came with challenges outside and inside, respectively. Magna Victor was soon hard at it and retreated, and Satono Voyage put away Arcadia Cafe inside the final furlong before staying on nicely for the victory. Don Erectus (Jpn) (Danon Legend), the 132-1 second roughest chance in the field of 12, covered his final 600 meters in a race-fastest :36.4 to finish second. The winner was home in a respectable :37.1, while Magna Victor, the 3-2 second choice, was beaten 11 lengths into ninth. Just 39 years of age, Hiroyasu Tanaka knows how to train a top horse on the main track, having helped orchestrate the career of two-time G1 Champions Cup hero and dual Japanese champion dirt horse Lemon Pop (Lemon Drop Kid), who took this event in 2020 at his second career start. He clearly relishes what might lie ahead for Satono Voyage. “The Kentucky Derby is of course one of the most prestigious races that this quality of horse can target, but it's not easy to say at this point whether we will target the Kentucky Derby,” Tanaka said in an impromptu post-race press conference, attended by TDN's Emma Berry on-site in Tokyo. “Before this race I was thinking about the [Feb. 14 G3] Saudi Derby if he ran well here. I will talk to the jockey after this and see what he thinks, but it is one of the options.” Asked if he would consider the G2 UAE Derby (1900m) to earn extra points towards Kentucky, Tanaka replied, “I just want to concentrate on the next race, which might be the Saudi Derby.” Among Tanaka's other stable stars is Rousham Park (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), a neck second to Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Turf, and the trainer admits that Japan's success on American soil has fed his desire to travel one over. “Forever Young's great performance has certainly encouraged us, and me, to send horses overseas, including America,” he said, referring to this year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic. “This horse has a lot of potential and I am personally very happy to be able to train a horse of this caliber. He's by Into Mischief, whose crops do very well in the United States, and I think he has a good chance to perform well in the U.S. as well. “Going into a race with two turns will be one of the tasks for him because he hasn't raced over that distance so I would like to be able to condition him to handle two turns. I've been training top dirt horses in my stable so my next aim is to get my first win in an overseas Grade I race.” Jolie Olimpica, also a Sovereign Award winner, was purchased by Shimokobe Farm for $675,000 carrying a full-brother to Satono Voyage at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, and the mare was bred back to the Spendthrift stallion prior to her export to Japan, where she foaled Satono Voyage on Apr. 3, 2023. Breeders' Cup Classic-winning broodmare sire Drosselmeyer is a son of Distorted Humor, and the cross of Into Mischief over mares going back to the latter's sire Forty Niner has been sensationally productive, accounting for the likes of Grade I winners Life Is Good, Goldencents, Practical Joke, Citizen Bull, the recently retired Patch Adams and Tappan Street. Jolie Olimpica did not produce a foal to the cover of Contrail (Jpn) in 2024 and is responsible for a weanling colt by Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn). The Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby continues with the Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun (1600m around two turns) at Kawasaki Dec. 17 (20-10-6-4-2), the Listed Hyacinth Stakes back at Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2026 (30-15-9-6-3) and the Fukuryu Stakes (allowance) over 1800 meters at Nakayama Mar. 28, 2026 (40-20-12-8-4). Saturday's Results: CATTLEYA S. (Allowance), ¥30,400,000 ($194,621), Tokyo, 11-29, 3yo, 1600m, 1:37.2, ft. 1–SATONO VOYAGE (JPN), 126, c, 2, Into Mischief–Jolie Olimpica (Brz), by Drosselmeyer. O-Hajime Satomi; B-Shimokobe Farm; T-Hiroyasu Tanaka; J-Keita Tosaki; ¥16,000,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $235,800. 2–Don Erectus (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Danon Legend–Dona Primo (Jpn), by Furioso (Jpn). O/B-Koichi Yamada; T-Noboru Takagi; J-Akira Sugawara; ¥6,400,000. 3–Arcadia Cafe, 123, c, 2, Into Mischief–Mary's Follies, by More Than Ready. ($550,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Koichi Nishikawa; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt & Westerberg Ireland ULC; T-Noriyuki Hori; J-Damian Lane; ¥4,000,000. Margins: 1HF, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.70, 132.20, 8.70. The post Derby ‘Voyage’ Commences In Cattleya Stakes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

HISA has issued a $6,000 fine and a 10-day suspension to trainer Danny Gargan for breezing a horse six days after it had received an intra-articular joint injection. The horse, the 2-year-old maiden Capo Di Tutti, experienced a fatal injury.View the full article

Sam Agars EVER LUCK - R4 (1) Produced a remarkable debut success and looks far too good for this grade Jay Rooney THE GOLDEN KNIGHT - R5 (8) Will relish the mile after two strong runs this season Owen Goulding SUPER STRONG KID - R9 (6) Progressive sort looked to relish 1,200m last time and remains unexposed Phillip Woo AUDACIOUS PURSUIT - R5 (5) Looks hard to beat from a better draw Shannon (Vincent Wong) SUPER STRONG KID - R9 (6) Consistent type who has drawn low and looks primed to...View the full article

Group 1-winning juvenile Scorthy Champ will stand at Barton Stud in 2026 and his fee has been set at £8,500. The son of Mehmas was trained by Joseph O'Brien to win the National Stakes at the Curragh last year. He finished that season with an official rating of 117, which makes him the joint-highest two-year-old of 2024 to retire to stud in the UK in 2025 – and second only to Shadow Of Light in Europe. Standing Scorthy Champ marks a new venture for Tom Blain's Barton Stud, which is located just over 15 miles from Newmarket and has specialised in breeding top-quality thoroughbreds for the sales ring and global racing. Blain said, “It's always been my dream to stand stallions. We have built the business up over the last 10 years and this feels like a natural and incredibly exciting step for us. “Despite the much-discussed headwinds we are facing as an industry, especially here in the UK, I remain excited and optimistic about what can be achieved with the right horses. “We are absolutely thrilled to have secured Scorthy Champ for the 2026 breeding season. We've been looking very hard for a stallion throughout the year and he was always right up there on our wish-list. The truth is we thought he would be unattainable, so it's fantastic we've been able to acquire a horse that ticks as many boxes as he does.” He added, “Scorthy Champ hails from a superb family. His dam Fidaaha has produced multiple stakes performers such as Malavath, a Group 2 winner and twice a Group 1 runner-up, and Knight, who was victorious in the Group 3 Horris Hill Stakes. Second dam Ceist Eile's offspring includes two Group winners and also an unraced daughter Ceistiu, mother of 2025 Glorious Goodwood Group 3 Gordon Stakes victor Merchant. “Physically, Scorthy Champ, is an incredibly good-looking horse from a famously attractive family. He possesses plenty of size, scope and an impressive walk. I feel he offers breeders across Europe real value. We are selling limited breeding rights in the horse. The deal is highly attractive to investors, who I hope will be with us for the long term on this journey.” Blain's team are due to take charge of Scorthy Champ in the coming days and the horse will be available to see from mid-December. Blain welcomes breeder enquiries at Tom@bartonstud.co.uk and archie@bartonstud.co.uk. The post Exciting New Chapter As Group 1 Winner Scorthy Champ To Stand At Barton Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It is sure to be a subdued afternoon at Sha Tin on Sunday, with the card to take place behind closed doors as a mark of respect for the victims of this week’s tragic Tai Po fire. There are 10 races on the card and Sam Agars provides an extended rundown of his selections. Race 1 – Class Four 1,000m Turf Handicap A nice little contest to kick off the card and Packing Glory looks well placed to make a winning debut. While gate two is not ideal down the Sha Tin straight and a couple of key rivals,...View the full article

Alpine Princess put away 27-1 longshot Corningstone in deep stretch to win the 110th running of the $385,000 Falls City Stakes (G3) by 2 lengths in the traditional Thanksgiving Day fixture at Churchill Downs.View the full article

A grateful Keagan De Melo will wave goodbye to Hong Kong racing on Sunday and is hoping to end his stint on a high when he rides Shanwah and Baby Crystal at Sha Tin. The South African will have his final rides in the city at the behind-closed-doors fixture and he is hoping to add to his tally of 33 winners gained over the last two seasons. Although it has been a tough end to his stint, with the 32-year-old yet to get off the mark this campaign, he looks back fondly on a year that saw him secure...View the full article