Wandering Eyes

Platinum Pantheon (Hanseatic) was a long way from home when he stepped out at Ashburton on Sunday, but that didn’t stop the sharp three-year-old from dominating his maiden rivals in the McCrea Family 1200. His trainer Lisa Latta had been in search of a better surface for Platinum Pantheon, who had performed with merit on heavy ground often found at the present time in the North Island. Meanwhile in the south, he had the opportunity to step out on a Good3 and looked the horse to beat against his older counterparts, starting a $2.70 favourite ahead of Aladdins Jem. In the hands of Kylie Williams, the gelding was only fairly away from the gates, settling back and wide and wanting to go a lot quicker. His rider decided to do just that, pressing on at the 800m and circling the field, turning for home still with a hand full of horse. When Williams asked him to go, Platinum Pantheon put the field away in a matter of strides, streaking clear by a margin to ease down and score by over five lengths from Aladdins Jem and Emerging Miss. It hadn’t been a comfortable watch for Latta, who was on course at Waverley, but she couldn’t have been happier with the final result. “It didn’t go as we’d planned, we hoped to jump and sit outside leader, but he was slow away and got caught wide but he was just too good for them,” she said. “He trialled up so well at Awapuni a fortnight ago, which gave us the confidence to go down there while looking for those better tracks.” Suited to the sprint distance, Latta is now looking ahead to New Zealand Cup Week, where he will run for lucrative stake money at Rating 65 grade. “We’ll probably go to the 65 over 1200m on the first day at Riccarton, then go from there,” she said. An Australian-bred son of Hanseatic, Platinum Pantheon was a $60,000 purchase out of breeder Rosemont Stud’s draft at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. View the full article

Trainer David Hayes has confirmed another tilt at the A$20 million Gr.1 The Everest (1200m) is on the cards for Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) after the Hong Kong star underlined his champion status with an Everest victory for the ages on Saturday. Back in Hong Kong less than 24 hours after Saturday’s triumph, Hayes soaked in the satisfaction of the victory as he looked forward to the five-year-old gelding’s return home. “He is a champion, and he got the job done,” Hayes told RSN. “There is always a bit of pressure saddling up a champion as you don’t want them to let everyone down and he certainly didn’t do that. “Zac Purton just rode the perfect race. He put him in the right spot, and he won and I thought on the line it was pretty soft.” Despite the comfortable 1.15 length margin over the Ciaron Maher-trained pair of Tempted and Jimmysstar, Hayes said the performance didn’t rank amongst the best from the world’s best sprinter, but the achievement was among the most satisfying. “He has certainly been more impressive a couple of times, but considering you factor in the travelling and all of the moving targets that he had, for me it was the most rewarding,” Hayes said. “But for the horse’s PB, I would say it would be about his fourth or fifth best performance. But his tenth-best performance is better than anything in Australia. He is a true superstar.” It is now all systems go for the son of Shamexpress as he looks to defend his title in December’s Gr.1 Hong Kong International Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin. “He has pulled up well and he is on the plane on Monday back to Hong Kong and he is being targeted for the International Sprint,” Hayes said. “He may have a lead-up race depending on what weight he is and how he is thriving when he gets back. “He will have been in solitary confinement for six weeks when he comes out, so it’s a massive effort to do that. When horses travel to other parts of the world, they don’t have to quarantine.” The Kiwi bred star was booed onto the track by Sydney racegoers but quickly turned foe to fan. “Zac and I were a little bit surprised. We thought they were going to give him a nice roar when he came onto the track, but they booed him,” Hayes said. “But they received him very well after he won. I’ve been booed after races but not before, but it soon switched to cheers. It was a very exciting and well-received win.” A victorious Zac Purton and Ka Ying Rising return after winning the Gr.1 The Everest (1200m). Photo: Hong Kong Jockey Club A return to Sydney next year is now very much on the radar. “Everything will be targeted towards the Everest, if he gets invited and gets a slot, we would dearly love to come back if he is in form,” Hayes said. “I will only bring him back if I think he is in form and do the best by the horse.” The Randwick victory also sparked celebrations across the Tasman, headed by Fraser and Erin Auret, who bred Ka Ying Rising under their Grandmoral Lodge Racing banner. The Marton couple along with their children Milton, 12, Oscar, 10, and Grace, 8, donned their Ka Ying Rising supporter socks and caps as they gathered at home with around 20 family and friends to cheer home the sprint sensation. By Windsor Park Stud stallion Shamexpress, Ka Ying Rising is out of the Per Incanto mare Missy Moo, a winner of five races. Ka Ying Rising is the first horse Fraser Auret, a Group One winning trainer in his own right, has bred. A young Ka Ying Rising was aptly nicknamed ‘Rocket’ by the Auret children, and he immediately showed above average ability. Fraser Auret prepared a young Ka Ying Rising to win a Levin jumpout as a two-year-old before his private sale to David Hayes via bloodstock agent Mike Marais. The Aurets along with a parochial New Zealand thoroughbred breeding fraternity continue to take great pride as Ka Ying Rising conquers the sprinting world as the winner of 15 of his 17 starts and more than A$20 million in prizemoney. “It has been a heck of a journey that he has taken us all on,” Fraser Auret said. “It seems like only yesterday he was a cute little foal running around, so it is certainly a pinch yourself moment. “A lot of people have been involved with his journey and everyone has loved every minute of it.” View the full article

This week the girls have taken over, Emily Murphy and Jayne Ivil and joined by Brittany Taylor from Sydney to review The Greatest Day on the Punt. Andrew Scott stops by to talk about Waitaks latest Group 1 and the team catch up with Fraser Auret, breeder of superstar Ka Ying Rising. Weigh In, October 19 View the full article

Taranaki visitor Tisse (NZ) (Belardo) announced himself as a serious Cups contender for the summer months with an impressive victory in the Barfoot and Thompson 2100 at Ellerslie on Saturday. After racing well on heavy tracks this campaign, the son of Belardo finally struck a good surface in the staying contest and started favourite in the hands of Opie Bosson, who let him settle near the tail of the field. The early leader Gillian slowed the tempo as the field streamed down the back straight, before a keen Cleese took over and maintained a moderate pace down to the 600m. Mindful of giving the leaders a decent head start, Bosson got moving on Tisse and the big striding chestnut started to go through his gears up the home straight. There were a number of winning chances passing the 200m, but Tisse had the edge late to power clear and score softly on the line ahead of a game I Park and Maldini, with only a length separating the first six horses home. The five-year-old always showed ability but has been a work in progress for trainer Allan Sharrock, making Saturday’s result all the more satisfying. “It’s taken a while, he’s a big rangy horse and mentally impaired, a typical Belardo, but he’s getting better at every start,” Sharrock said. “He didn’t hang today, he’d hung going the other way around at Te Rapa but he’s learning. “I was (concerned about the speed) through the middle, but he snuck closer at the 600 and Opie rode him really, really well – that’s what you get from Opie. “He was soft on him late, I think he’s the sort of horse you could see in a Waikato Cup (Gr.3, 2400m) over a mile and a half, he likes good ground which belies the Belardo side but he’s a lovely horse.” Purchased for just $30,000 out of Woburn Farm’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales in 2022, Sharrock said it was Tisse’s distinctive white socks and blaze that caught his eye at Karaka. “I bought him because he looked like Furys Order, so I hope he’s half as good,” he said. The victory was Tisse’s third in 16 starts, in addition to six second placings earning over $112,000 in stakes for The Crow Family Trust. While he has the looks, Tisse has plenty of breeding on his side as well, being out of the Sir Percy mare Miss Percy. Herself unraced, Miss Percy is a half-sister to Group One winner Titch and stakes performers Soph and Streets Away, with dual-Oaks winning mare Pennyweka also in the family. View the full article

Underrated mare Summerston (NZ) (Reliable Man) sprang a massive upset when she burst between runners to claim victory in the Kingmakers Syndication 1400 (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Debbie Sweeney-prepared five-year-old has never been blessed with a lot of luck in her career to date but more than made up for that with a performance that suggested there could be more in store in the coming months. Allowed to settle well back by rider Warren Kennedy, the daughter of Westbury Stud-based stallion Reliable Man began to track into the race with 600m to run and was travelling well behind a wall of horses early in the run home. Just as the well-backed Happy Youmzain looked to have them in trouble, Summerston burst between runners to hit the front and hold out the late challenges of Moschino and Hakkinen with Happy Youmzain close up in fourth. Sweeney was thrilled to see the mare finally get some racing luck and deliver on her promise. “She is a mare who has always shown she has a lot of ability, but she has never had a lot of luck in her whole career,” Sweeney said. “It was a good ride by Warren and she had to step up today against some strong company, but on her day she is a very capable mare. “She is going very well, very sound and really happy. “I’m not too sure what to do from here but I will have a chat to her connections and plan from there.” Kennedy was pleased that Summerston could finally make good use of a handy barrier draw. “She tracked up well and Debbie said this was the first time she had had a really nice draw so not to get into the scrum early on,” he said. “I was able to make up a couple of lengths before the straight and she was travelling really well. I had to wait for a split and with her being a big mare, I had to wait, but when she got it she really knuckled down. “I feel she is one that will go over a bit more ground, but she won a good race today.” Bred and raced by Westbury Stud principal Gerry Harvey, Summerston is out of the Testa Rossa mare Glasgow and has now won three of her 12 career starts. View the full article

Hong Kong hero Ka Ying Rising earned confirmation of his global superstar status and a comparison to his trainer's former champion Better Loosen Up in storming to victory in the Oct. 18 The Everest (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.View the full article

King's Plate Stakes winner Mansetti led for most of the race, but it was Chiefswood Stables' homebred Borealis Trail who finished strongest of all to take the Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.View the full article

Arindel homebred Mythical ran like she never lost a beat, romping home the easiest of winners in the $200,000 Florida Sire Susan's Girl Stakes Oct. 18 at Gulfstream Park. View the full article

Ready for Candy may be a bit "tricky" to train, but she has been oh so sweet for trainer Phil Antonacci.View the full article

Trainer Gordon Elliott wins all five jump races at Far Hills Oct. 18, all with Jack Kennedy aboard, including the American Grand National Hurdle Stakes (NSA-1) with late-running Zanahiyr.View the full article

By Adam Hamilton Leap To Fame’s long-waited New Zealand Cup raid is in limbo after another defeat in last night’s $250,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton. Trainer-driver Grant Dixon said the next few days would decide plans. “That’s two runs down here he hasn’t quite been at his best,” he said. “He seems ok, but his heart rate is higher than normal. “We’ll see how he is and make a decision on NZ early in the week.” Leap To Fame was far from disgraced, but laboured into a well-held third placing after doing all the chasing and work outside the leader. “He just didn’t travel well as he usually would,” Dixon said. It was the first time in almost two years Leap To Fame has been beaten twice in a row. It’s also his third attempt at winning the Victoria Cup without success. He ran third in the 2023 Cup, was scratched just days before last year’s race as a hot favourite. Adding further to the intrigue, there are mixed reports about Swayzee’s hopes of returning to chase a third successive NZ Cup win. Owner Mick Boots revealed a bowel infection had limited his preparation. But trainer Jason Grimson said he was confident the champion stayer was back on target. Grimson also said he planned to take last night’s Victoria Cup runner-up Hi Manameisjeff to Christchurch for the Group 1 NZ free-for-all on Show Day. The injury plagued Hi Manameisjeff ran blistering times in front and beat all but eventual winner Kingman. But the night belonged to the Kingman despite a scary moment in the middle stages. “He jumped a shadow I think. It was heart in your mouth stuff, but thankfully he got straight back down and landed one-one,” trainer-driver Luke McCarthy said. Kingman sprinted quickly from the one-one to zoom past Leap To Fame, who sat outside the leader, then rundown a gallant Hi Manameisjeff. “Like when we got King Of Swing from Gary Hall Sr, to get this horse from top trainers (Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin) and win a race like this is such a thrill,” McCarthy said. Kingman will travel, but it will be to Queensland for the Blacks A Fake in early December. “He’ll go there and then come back here (Victoria) to chase the bonus through all those Cups, finishing with the Hunter Cup, early next year,” McCarthy said. “People asked me about the NZ Cup. It’s a bit too soon this year, but he’s big and strong and I’d love to take him next year. “He’s always had a lot of talent, this horse, I drove him at three, and it’s all coming together for him now.” The next week will decide whether freakish young Aussie trotting mare Keayang Zahara returns to NZ next month. Despite her two sparkling wins this campaign, co-trainer Paddy Lee said it was still more likely her much-improved stablemate Jilliby Ballerini will cross the ditch. “I’m not saying it’s a no for ‘Zahara’, but we will only take one and ‘Ballerini’ is the favourite at this stage,” he said. “Ballerini has had a bigger and better build-up and a standing-start (race) this campaign. “It’s only Zahara’s two wins back and how she’s done it that’s made us do some more thinking.” Arcee Phoenix ran a big race for fifth after coming deep from the rear in the Bill Collins. He looks back on target for Cup Week. Tracy The Jet made a statement when she beat arch-rival Gatesys Gem for the first time in last night’s Group 1 Victoria Trotters Oaks. It was the first time in four clashes Jess Tubbs’ filly had beaten Gatesys Gem. The pair are headed for the $500,000 The Ascent at Addington on November 14 and then the NZ Trotting Oaks. This time Tracy The Jet buzzed out to lead from gate three, while Gatesys Gem sat behind her. Tracy The Jet cruised to a 5.4m win in a 55.8sec last half to make it six wins in a row this campaign. The Gatesys Gem team believe they can close the gap as she gets fitter. “We’ve had some setbacks and she’s still building,” trainer Glenn Hunter said. “We always knew she’d be underdone for this race, but hopefully peaking by NZ.” View the full article

Parx Racing-based trainer Butch Reid resides in Pennsylvania, but Kentucky is his apparent home away from home.View the full article

Brendan Walsh, who had eight victories through Oct. 17 to lead the trainer standings for the Keeneland fall meet, entered three in the $350,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) for fillies and mares going 1 1/2 miles on the grass.View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred 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 a newcomer from the red-hot Francis-Henri Graffard stable. 1.23 ParisLongchamp, Debutantes, 2yo, c/g, 9fT EBIYAR (Siyouni) is a notable newcomer for the Aga Khan Studs as a son of the promoted 2013 Prix de Royallieu winner Ebiyza (Rock Of Gibraltar), who has produced the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational winner Edisa (Kitten's Joy) and the multiple Group winner and multiple Group 1-placed Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor). Francis Graffard introduces the homebred in a cast that includes the Wertheimers' Aeronef (Sea The Stars), an Andre Fabre-trained half-brother to Soldier Rising (Frankel). The post Siyouni Blueblood Ebiyar Takes the Eye at ParisLongchamp appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sunday, Kyoto, Japan, post time: 15:40, SHUKA SHO-G1, ¥215,400,000, 3yo, f, 2000mT Field: Danon Fair Lady (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Rouge Solitaire (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Jocelyn (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), Lesedrama (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Brown Ratchet (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Kelly Fled Ask (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Kurino Mei (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), Theresa (Jpn) (Admire Mars {Jpn}), Ma Puce (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits), Erika Express (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), Embroidery (Jpn) (Admire Mars {Jpn}), Voulezvous (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}), Sena style (Jpn) (Sottsass {Fr}), Vip Daisy (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}), In Vogue (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Run For Vow (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Kamunyak (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Paradis Reine (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}). Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 14:33, PRIX DU CONSEIL DE PARIS-G2, €119,000, 3yo/up, 11fT Field: Casapueblo (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}), Dubai Honour (Ire) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}), Junko (GB) (Intello {Ger}), Path Of Soldier {Ger}) Soldier Hollow {GB}), Convergent (Ire) (Fascinating Rock {Ire}), Yellow Jersey (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}). TDN Analysis: Newtown Anner's G1 Deutsches Derby runner-up Convergent made a black-type breakthrough in last month's G3 Kilternan and is primed for another step up the ladder here. Last term's G2 Champagne victor Bay City Roller has run second in three Group 2 contests this year, while Qatar Racing's Listed Prix Frederic de Lagrange victor Yellow Jersey has not been seen since registering a three-length tally in August's Arqana Series des Trois Ans at Deauville. Deutsches Derby fourth Path Of Soldier completes the sophomore band. The older brigade provides a formidable barrier with multiple Group 1 winners Dubai Honour and Junko joined by Godolphin's G2 Grand Prix de Deauville runner-up Casapueblo. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Baden-Baden, Germany, post time: 12:45, CARLA KELLNER ZUKUNFTSRENNEN – PREIS DER WINTERKONIGIN-G3, €155,000, 2yo, f, 8fT Field: Alsterperle (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}), Deia's Delight (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Fantastic Fox (Ger) (Japan {GB}), Isfana (Ger) (Isfahan {Ger}), Love My Life (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Madame Magic (Fr) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Sea The Storm (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Valzeina (Swi) (Persian King {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Alsterperle was denied in the dying strides of last month's Listed Winterkonigin Trial at Cologne and bids to shed maiden status at the fifth attempt. She has the measure of Madame Magic, who ran fourth in that 7 1/2-furlong contest, and her chief threat is the David Menuisier-trained Sea The Storm, who delivered an impressive win in a one-mile Sandown maiden five weeks ago. Deia's Delight, like Alsterperle, finished a neck second to Believe In Me in her latest start and is another maiden seeking glory. Henk Grewe entry Valzeina, one of just two with winning form, returns off a half-length tally, finishing ahead of Isfana and Fantastic Fox, over seven furlongs at Dortmund last month, while the once-raced maiden Love My Life is no forlorn hope and completes the line-up. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Baden-Baden, Germany, post time: 14:05, B.A.U. HERBST TROPHY-G3, €55,000, 3yo/up, 12fT Field: Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), Padre Palou (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Rashford (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Nastaria (GB) (Outstrip {GB}), Lion's Head (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}), Tanami Starlet (GB) (Best Solution {Ire}), Delgardo (Ger) (Best Solution {Ire}), Name Lord (Ger) (Lord Of England {Ger}). TDN Analysis: Listed Dusseldorf Derby Trial victor Delgardo is presented with the chance of a first pattern-race win coming back off a second in this month's G3 Preis der Deutschen Einheit. He concedes two pounds for a one-length defeat of Name Lord in that Derby Trial, but the latter reversed form when seventh in July's G1 Deutsches Derby and makes his first appearance since. The older brigade is headed by last year's second and third, Tanami Starlet and Lion's Head, while the usual suspects Lordano, Padre Palou, Rashford and Nastaria merit respect. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 16:25, PRIX DE SAINT-CYR-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, f, 7fT Field: Medusa Merger (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), Ashikidah (Fr) (Belardo {Ire}), Narkala (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Naina (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), Miracle Beauty (Ire) (Sioux Nation), Morgan Bay (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), Blazing Spirit (Fr) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Alsaba (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Verse Of Love (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Santa Savana (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Scattering Light (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Paris Babe (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Celestial Orbit (GB) (No Nay Never), Sonadoor (Ire) (Shaman {Ire}), Beaujolais Nouveau (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}), Alreyyah (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Secret Wood (Fr) (Birchwood {Ire}), Dash Of Azure (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}). TDN Analysis: With a mammoth field thundering towards the first turn on this storied downhill chute, this will not be for the faint of heart. The dual-winning Narkala, Listed Prix Amandine victrix Medusa Merger and Listed Fillies Cup third Santa Savana head a solid home defence. Last term's Listed Star Stakes victrix Celestial Orbit and Listed October Stakes second Dash Of Azzure are best of the Brits and favourably housed towards the far-side rail, while Joseph O'Brien ships in Fairyhouse handicap winner Miracle Beauty. Having been on the outskirts of black-type success, Morgan Bay, Scattering Light, Secret Wood and Alsaba merit respect. Maranoa Charlie annexed this month's G1 Prix de la Foret over course and distance from stall 14 in a field of 16. [Sean Cronin]. Monday, Deauville, France, post time: 15:40, DARLEY PRIX DES RESERVOIRS-G3, €73,200, 2yo, f, 8fT Field: Kiss Melody (Ire) (Almanzor {Fr}), Miuccia (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Society Princesse (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), Rhiyanna (Fr) (Elarqam {GB}), Shahbanu (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Waiting For You (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Lyrics Of Life (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}). TDN Analysis: This contest was won last term by subsequent G1 Prix de Diane heroine Gezora and the dual stakes-placed Waiting For You and undefeated dual winner Shahbanu the are leading lights in this year's renewal. Kiss Melody, Miuccua and Rhiyanna all boast winning form, while the Brian Meehan-trained three-race maiden Lyrics Of Life is a notable entry from Britain. Society Princesse has a length to find with Kiss Melody and completes the line-up. [Sean Cronin]. Monday, Deauville, France, post time: 14:30, CRITERIUM DE VITESSE-Listed, €54,900, 2yo, 5 1/2fT Field: Go Ken Go (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Kimi Rey (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Solana Rose (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Igetakickoutofyou (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), Hold My Hand (Fr) (Threat {Ire}), Pearl Fortune (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Jeudixx (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Ceramic (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Sonatine (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Kimi Rey had Jeudixx and Go Ken Go in arrears when notching a three-length triumph in July's Listed Prix Yacowlef over the straight five here and holds the key in this first start since. Her main threats are G2 Prix du Calvados fourth and G3 Prix Eclipse runner-up Ceramic and Listed Prix des Reves d'Or second Hold My Hand. David O'Meara trainee Solana Rose, last seen running fifth in Ayr's G3 Firth of Clyde, holds solid claims, as does fellow British raider Pearl Fortune, who finished a close-up fourth in last month's Listed Harry Rosebery at the same venue. [Sean Cronin]. Monday, Deauville, France, post time: 16:50, PRIX VULCAIN-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, 12 1/2fT Field: Allure (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), Aegean Prince (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Military Air (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Viking Invasion (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Master Cath (Fr) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Waldnebel (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}), Ankara (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Karla Jet (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}), Walleah (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}), Three Pearls (Fr) (Intello {Ger}). TDN Analysis: With black-type opportunities dwindling as the season drifts towards the winter recess, Godolphin's Aegean Prince heads to France coming back off an impressive eight-length tally at Ascot earlier in the month, his first appearance since winning on the Kempton Polytrack last December. Threats include Chevotel Racing's unbeaten winner-of-two Karla Jet and the consistent G1 Deutsches Derby eighth Waldnebel, who has registered two runner-up finishes in three Listed outings since that Hamburg Classic. Allure, Military Air and Three Pearls have all placed at stakes level and should not be discounted. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Strong British Challenge in Sunday’s Prix du Conseil de Paris appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Longshot Kappa Kappa (Omaha Beach–Pharoah's Princess, by Pioneerof the Nile) fired then fired again to take the GII Lexus Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday. Drawing in off the AE list, the 3-year-old filly was in the mix from the bell, but it was in the lane that she showed her ability. Battling Vodka With a Twist (Thousand Words), the pair slugged it out all the way to the wire with Kappa Kappa winning the bob. The final running time was 1:23.90. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0. Sales History: $65,000 '23 EASOCT. O-LC Racing LLC, Cash is King LLC and Wellesley Stable; B-Stone Jug Ranch LLC (PA); T-Butch Reid. KAPPA KAPPA ($56.06) dug deep and found enough to get by Vodka With A Twist in the $400,000 Raven Run Stakes (G2) at @keenelandracing. @ljlmvel got everything out of the Omaha Beach (@spendthriftfarm) filly for trainer Robert Reid, Jr. Lucky Last: https://t.co/v7SaAxACXp pic.twitter.com/ft5QTjyGZi — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 18, 2025 The post Omaha Beach’s Kappa Kappa Upsets GII Lexus Raven Run Stakes At Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

On a British Champions day with two triple-digit upset winners in group 1 races, favored Kalpana earned a redeeming win in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) after a frustrating season, winning the race for the second year in a row.View the full article

Zedan Racing Stables' Barnes made a triumphant return to the winner's circle Oct. 18, soaring to an 8 1/4-length win in the $350,000 Perryville Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.View the full article

The BBAG October Sale concluded in Germany on Saturday, with lot 294, a Japan colt already named Pace, topping the session when going the way of owner Ahmad Al Shaikh for €43,000. Consigned by Gestut Etzean, Pace is out of the Maxios mare Pray, who is the dam of two winners from as many runners to date. Pray, in turn, is out of the Listed winner and multiple Group-placed Paraisa (Red Ransom), a half-sister to the G1 Premio Roma scorer Potemkin (New Approach) and G2 Oettingen Rennen hero Penalty (Frankel). Pace was one of two purchases at the sale for Al Shaikh, who has enjoyed success as an owner in Britain with the likes of Dubai Mile, Hoo Ya Mal and Khalifa Sat. The pick of the other yearlings offered on Saturday was lot 180, an Isfahan colt already named Nearest Fan from the Gestut Wittekindshof draft. Bought by Laetitia Domenig for €40,000, he is out of a winning half-sister to the G3 Deutsches St Leger heroine Near England (Lord Of England). Of the 287 lots offered, 203 sold (71%) for an aggregate sum of €2,164,500 (-4%). The average was €10,663 (-2%) and the median was €10,716 (-2%). The post Japan Colt Tops Day Two of the BBAG October Sale at €43,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast), working for an expected title defense in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza (McKinzie), unbeaten 2-year-old 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Brant (Gun Runner) and potential Breeders' Cup favorites Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo) and Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) were among the Breeders' Cup hopefuls on the worktab Saturday at Santa Anita. Full Serrano worked for the second time since a runner-up effort in the GI Goodwood S. going 1 1/8 miles Sept. 27 at Santa Anita. He was timed for five furlongs in :59.40 (2/48). “He's right where we want him two weeks out,” trainer John Sadler said. “We were just looking to keep him crisp. He's already ready. Just trying to keep him nice and sharp.” The GI Breeders' Cup Classic-bound Baeza worked six furlongs in 1:14.20 (5/6) with jockey Hector Berrios aboard. Brant (Juvenile), winner of the GI Del Mar Futurity, worked six furlongs in 1:11.80 (2/6) for trainer Bob Baffert as did stablemates Litmus Test (Nyquist) (Juvenile) (1:12.40) and Imagination (Into Mischief) (Sprint) (1:11.60). Seismic Beauty (Distaff) (:59.60), a sharp winner of the GI Clement L. Hirsch S., and Splendora (Audible) (Filly & Mare Sprint) (:58.20) each worked five furlongs for Baffert. Ag Bullet (Turf Sprint) worked five furlongs on the synthetic training track in :59.60 for trainer Richard Baltas. Trainer Richard Mandella worked both 'Rising Star' Tamara (Bolt d'Oro) and Kopion (Omaha Beach). Tamara, targeting the Filly & Mare Sprint, worked five furlongs in 1:01 (19/48). Kopion, who is a candidate for either the seven-furlong Filly & Mare Sprint or six-furlong Sprint against males, worked six furlongs in 1:12 (3/6). The post Full Serrano, Baeza, Brant Among Breeders’ Cup Workers at Santa Anita appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1)-winning team of Mickael Barzalona, Francis Graffard, and Aga Khan Studs continued their awesome autumn when Calandagan landed the Champion Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse. View the full article

Zedan Racing's Barnes (c, 3, Into Mischief–All American Dream, by American Pharoah), a $3.2-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, has always been heavy on promise, but perhaps lighter than hoped on actual visits to the winner's circle. That changed Saturday in Keeneland's GIII Perryville Stakes. The Bob Baffert trainee and 8-5 pick shadowed the :21.69 and :44.18 pace set by recent Churchill allowance winner Taylor's Version (Into Mischief), blew by mid-turn, and poured it on down the lane to win by open daylight. GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes second Captain Cook (Practical Joke), a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' who finished 1 1/2 lengths in front of Barnes in that race, was second, while this spring's GIII Tampa Derby winner Owen Almighty (Speightstown) finished third. Last seen fourth in the GII Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Sept. 20, Barnes won the GII San Vicente Stakes in January and was runner-up to Journalism (Curlin) in the GII San Felipe Stakes in March. He got the Perryville's seven furlongs in 1:23.45. Sales History: $3,200,000 Ylg '23 FTSAUG. O-Zedan Racing Stables; B-Jeff Drown and Don Rachel LLC (Ky.); T-Bob Baffert; J-Jose Ortiz. No one could match with BARNES ($5.22) in the $350,000 Perryville Stakes (G3) at @KeenelandRacing. @jose93_ortiz was up on the @BobBaffert trainee. The 3YO colt is by @spendthriftfarm's Into Mischief. The late Pick 4 is right now: https://t.co/0B8c3g81GL pic.twitter.com/JqahJnB7Pq — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 18, 2025 The post Barnes Blows Them Away in Perryville appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After taking the GIII Winter Memories Stakes over the local course Sept. 20, Ready for Candy (Twirling Candy–Enoree, by More Than Ready) took to the turf once more and nabbed the GII Sands Point Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday. Bet down to even-money here, the filly relaxed in the third position as the field was led into the first turn by Paradise City (McKinzie). Given her cue entering the lane, the 3-year-old tipped off the rail, flashed a strong turn of foot and got the money ahead of Fast Market (Volatile). The final running time was 1:49.44. Lifetime Record: 10-3-3-2. Sales History: $62,000 '23 FTKOCT, $60,000 '24 OBSAPR, $400,000 '25 FTKFEB. O-Lindy Farms; B-Mark Dodson (ON); T- Philip Antonacci. READY FOR CANDY gets her third victory in a row with a win in the Grade 2 Sands Point Stakes under @RSantana_Jr for trainer @PhilAntonacci. pic.twitter.com/FFds1AzxoM — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 18, 2025 The post Favorite Ready For Candy Dispenses With Sands Point Field At The Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Two-time grade 3 winner and grade 1-placed New York-bred Mo Plex has been retired from racing following a training injury, trainer Jeremiah Englehart told BloodHorse Oct. 18. Connections are currently pursuing a stud deal.View the full article

Bentornato (Valiant Minister), runner-up in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint, breezed five furlongs in company in a bullet 1:00 (1/24) Saturday morning at Keeneland in preparation for a return trip to Del Mar for this year's race on Nov. 1. He had jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard for the work with Araucano (McKinzie), a 3-year-old maiden. Bentornato finished three lengths clear of his workmate at the wire and lengthened the advantage on the gallop out. “He will have his final work here next week,” trainer Jose D'Angelo said of Bentornato, who posted his third work since winning the Louisville Thoroughbred Society at Churchill Downs Sept. 13 that served as his 2025 debut. On Oct. 29, a 25% ownership interest in Bentornato will be offered at the Keeneland Championship Sale in the Del Mar Paddock. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Percy's Bar (Upstart), who looms as one of the main contenders for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar Oct. 31, on Saturday worked a half-mile in company in :48.20 (16/119) with jockey Luan Machado aboard. She was disqualified from first and placed second for causing interference in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. at Keeneland Oct. 3. “I loved it for her first and only work for the Breeders' Cup,” trainer Ben Colebrook said. “She acted like she wanted to do something this morning. Luan never asked her. She cruised up to her workmate and got to do what we set out to do.” Other Breeders' Cup-bound workers at Keeneland include: Praying (Vekoma) (F/M Sprint) (3F, :38.40, 10/21) Vahva (Gun Runner) (F/M Sprint) (4f, :48.00, 9/119) Schwarzenegger (Not This Time) (Juvenile Turf Sprint) (4fT, :49.60, 1/7) Outfielder (Speightstown) (Juvenile Turf Sprint) (4fT, :50.20, 3/7) The post Bentornato Fires Bullet for Breeders’ Cup Sprint appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article