Wandering Eyes

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Having exhibited bad habits in the starting gate in Dubai, Heart of Honor broke from the gate at Pimlico Race Course May 16 ahead of the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1). He also schooled in the paddock.View the full article

Rebel's Romance is a global star, but he proved he is just as happy closer to home when landing yet another big race in a Yorkshire Cup Stakes (G2) thriller.View the full article

Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}) made it back to the winner's circle for the first time since last summer as she powered home a winner in the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes on the Black-Eyed Susan undercard. The victress in the GI Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland as a late juvenile, Candied won the Lady's Secret Stakes at Monmouth in early June. Incredibly consistent afterwards, the filly was the runner-up in the GI CCA Oaks and the GI Alabama Stakes, both at the Spa. The lioness also finished third in the GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes at Keeneland last fall and capped her campaign with a third-place finish in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff behind Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna). Going to the sidelines, the Todd Pletcher trainee returned to Keeneland Apr. 18 and was third in the GIII Baird Doubledogdare Stakes. Well-supported at 90 cents on the dollar here, the favorite was taken in hand and settled midpack heading into the first turn. Content to allow Dazzling Move (Not This Time) and Peignoir (Mendelssohn) to knock heads through the quarter pole, Candied went on the attack down the lane. Despite veering significantly inward from the center of the course with a furlong to go, the chalk flashed her ability and sealed the deal. “It was nice to see her back in the winner's circle,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “We had a beautiful trip, saved ground around the first turn and [Irad Ortiz] bided his time around the second turn. It looked like when he got her in the clear, she finished well. We felt like everything fit well with this race. “I think everything is in play [for what would be next],” he said. “We will see how she bounces out of it. The Ogden Phipps [June 8 at Saratoga] might be back a little quick, but we are not going to rule it out yet.” The winner's dam is responsible for a 2-year-old colt by Solomini and she foaled a colt by Gun Runner Feb. 15. Candied's third dam Burnish (Menifee) was the winner of the GIII Miss Preakness Stakes. Sadly, she passed away this year, ALLAIRE DUPONT DISTAFF S., $125,000, Pimlico, 5-16, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:50.47, ft. 1–CANDIED, 120, f, 4, Candy Ride (Arg)–Toni Tools (SW, $193,339), by Roaring Fever. ($165,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Bobby Flay; B-Buck Pond Farm, Inc. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $75,000. Lifetime Record: GISW & MGISP, 11-4-2-4, $1,253,488. 2–Dazzling Move, 124, f, 4, Not This Time–Lady Liam, by Saint Liam. ($85,000 RNA Ylg '22 KEESEP; $135,000 2yo '23 EASMAY). O-Miller Racing LLC; B-Jesse Korona (ON); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. $25,000. 3–Regaled, 120, f, 4, Mohaymen–Ascot Walk, by Daaher. ($9,500 Wlg '21 KEENOV). O-Brittnee Caballero; B-Chris Baccari (KY); T-Samuel G. Davis. $12,500. Margins: 3, 1HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 0.90, 1.70, 30.00. Also Ran: Peignoir, Lemon Muffin, Miss Hebrides. Scratched: Sea Dancer, Sudden Switch. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. CANDIED ($3.80) was just too good in the $125,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff at @PimlicoRC! This is the third stakes win for the four-year-old Candy Ride (@LanesEndFarms) filly. @iradortiz was aboard for trainer @PletcherRacing and owners @EclipseTBP and @bflay. pic.twitter.com/derOUZ8nIh — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) May 16, 2025 The post GISW Candied Back In The Winner’s Circle After Allaire DuPont Distaff Win At Pimlico appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Winner of the Listed Myrtlewood Stakes at Keeneland last October and last seen finishing second in the Fern Creek Stakes at Churchill Downs the following month, Gabriel Duignan's ECHO SOUND (f, 3, Echo Town–Eagle Sound, by Fusaichi Pegasus) became the first graded-stakes winner for her Coolmore America-based sire when making a successful sophomore debut in Friday's GIII Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. A 3.90-1 chance despite the lengthy absence, the bay won the break and made the running through the opening exchanges, but instead of going on with it, Luis Saez elected to take a bit of a hold and settled his mount just off a four-pronged battle for the lead. Content to concede ground loss for the run around the turn, Echo Sound loomed boldly outside of a tiring Family (Sharp Azteca) at the quarter pole, wandered around a bit once striking to the front at the furlong grounds and went on to score comfortably. Longshots You'll Be Back (Practical Joke) and Hollygrove (Complexity) fought out the minor awards. Saturday, Pimlico MISS PREAKNESS S.-GIII, $150,000, Pimlico, 5-16, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.14, ft. 1–ECHO SOUND, 124, f, 3, by Echo Town 1st Dam: Eagle Sound, by Fusaichi Pegasus 2nd Dam: Synformer, by Sovereign Dancer 3rd Dam: Anjelicco, by Angle Light 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Gabriel Duignan; B-Springhouse Farm, Vision TBs, Bruce Pieratt & Patricia Pieratt (KY); T-George R. Arnold II; J-Luis Saez. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $363,745. *1/2 to Pick of the Litter (Kitten's Joy), GSW, $419,110 and Deer District (Oscar Performance), MGSP, $419,731. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree. 2–You'll Be Back, 118, f, 3, Practical Joke–Advance Party, by Empire Maker. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($115,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $575,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC; B-Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss. $30,000. 3–Hollygrove, 122, f, 3, Complexity–Moon and Stars, by Orb. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($57,000 RNA Wlg '22 KEENOV; $65,000 Ylg '23 FTKJUL). O-Legion Racing; B-Glendalough LLC (KY); T-D. Whitworth Beckman. $15,000. Margins: 2, 3/4, 3. Odds: 3.90, 29.40, 23.20. Also Ran: G W's Girl, Mila Rose, High Paf, Not Too Late, Stunner, Volleyballprincess, Delray, Family. Scratched: Long Neck Paula, Vodka With a Twist. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. ECHO SOUND ($9.80) gets her first graded win in the $150,000 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at @PimlicoRC! The three-year-old Echo Town (@CoolmoreAmerica) filly has won four of five starts for trainer George “Rusty” Arnold. @luissaezpty was in the irons. pic.twitter.com/7yBcyxhuDY — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) May 16, 2025 The post Echo Sound Gives Echo Town A First Graded Winner in Miss Preakness appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With all eyes on Maryland this week as Saturday's 150th running of the GI Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course takes center stage, a unique organization that highlights all that Maryland's Thoroughbred industry has to offer aims to keep that focus year-round. The Maryland Thoroughbred Partnership (MTP), launched earlier this year, was created by Maryland Thoroughbred industry leaders to educate the general public about the expansiveness of the industry behind the nationally recognized sport of horse racing, which makes up a large part of the state's greater equine industry. The idea to develop a campaign devoted to shining a light on the Maryland Thoroughbred industry was one tossed around for years until a group of industry members came together to turn the concept into a reality. It all began with a casual lunch attended by Josh Pons of Country Life Farm, Jim Dresher of Glenangus Farm, Bill Boniface of Bonita Farm, Tom Bowman of Dance Forth Farm, David Wade of Northview Stallion Station, and David Nevins, President and CEO of Nevins & Associates, a Maryland-based public relations and marketing firm. “Whenever we have conversations about what we do, people who don't know about the Thoroughbred industry, or racing and breeding horses in general, are typically fascinated by it,” said Dresher. “I've never seen an industry that sells itself so well to itself and doesn't sell itself to anybody else.” With support from a variety of individuals across Maryland's Thoroughbred industry, along with generous support from the Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (MTHA), the group hired Nevins & Associates to officially launch the MTP. The organization is the foundation for a comprehensive educational, marketing and public relations campaign broadcasting the significance of the Thoroughbred industry in Maryland. Through their website and accounts on social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the MTP is creating, collecting and curating a wealth of educational content while collaborating with local media outlets to share Maryland's longstanding story with the Thoroughbred. “We're not marketing something that you can really measure. Instead, we're putting out there to the people of Maryland this sort of underappreciated component of their everyday lives. That is the horse farms that they pass, where they may stop and pull in the driveway to see a foal, but they really don't know what goes on behind the scenes, behind the gates of those farms,” explained Pons. “We have the best stories in sports. We should be promoting our stories more, letting people know what goes on every day and what the industry does. From the number of people who are employed, to the economic benefits for open space and the environmental impact, with land being the best filter that the Chesapeake Bay has,” said Dresher. “We hired Nevins & Associations to be the conduit between our stories and our stories being told [to the general public].” Funded by the Maryland Horse Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Maryland's equine heritage, the MTP has produced feature videos highlighting Maryland-based trainer Brittany Russell; Kathy Anderson, a longtime equine veterinarian and Medical Director at the Fair Hill Training Center; the history and continued legacy of Country Life Farm; Maryland trainer Bill Boniface and his 1983 GI Preakness Stakes winner Deputed Testamony (Traffic Cop); and Maryland-bred Post Time (Frosted), a multiple graded stakes winner who has garnered recognition on the national racing stage. Along with the organization's own content, the MTP has worked with local news stations such as WJZ-TV – CBS Baltimore and WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore to highlight the horses and humans that make up Maryland's Thoroughbred industry. Most recently, WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore tagged along for part of the Maryland Horse Farm Tour, held Sunday, May 11 at horse farms across the state, to highlight the opportunity for the public to connect with horses as part of the Preakness Festival celebration. “A term I really like is called 'the trust bank.' They say every time you do something and tell your story like this, you make a deposit in the trust bank. Eventually, there's going to be some story that comes out where people say, 'What's going on here?' But if they know you and trust you, you're in a lot better situation than if they don't. As an industry, I don't think we've done that enough,” said Dresher. “We're not really building transactions. We're letting people know that we're agriculture, we're part of the economy, and quite simply, we're human beings that care about these animals a lot. “Most businesses not only have hardcore marketing, but they also have image marketing as well. We need to promote our image for how important we are to our state.” 2025 marks a new era for Maryland's Thoroughbred industry. This year's running of the Preakness is the final time the second leg of the Triple Crown will be run at the original Pimlico before the historic venue is demoed and redeveloped. Also, as part of the redevelopment plan, a new state-owned training facility will be constructed at Shamrock Farm in Woodbine, Md. The new nonprofit Maryland Jockey Club will handle daily racing operations at Maryland's racetracks, while the Maryland Stadium Authority will oversee the construction aspect of the plan. The Pimlico winner's enclosure | Horsephotos “When we started this, that really was not a prominent story, so we didn't create this with that intent. There was a void, and then we filled the void. However, the [MTP] does address those things that, again, key opinion leaders say 'this is a legacy sport and there's a lot of goodness here,'” said Dresher. “We're in the news a lot. Everybody knows that Pimlico is going to be torn down a month after the Preakness and [that the construction] will be done in two years. The state will own this racetrack [Pimlico] and control it, leaving it up to the horsemen to make it successful. So, [the work of the MTP] is all part of that effort.” “It's an important component that the whole industry has to get used to, that we are partners with the state, and we are going to work and play well with them. It's that kind of story that we can talk about,” added Pons. “I'm hoping this is part of the fabric of telling the whole story of Maryland horse racing and breeding, not just racing.” According to the 2023 Economic Impact Study of the Maryland Horse Industry, the equine industry contributes $2.9 billion to the state's economy and has a total employment impact of 28,438 jobs. When it comes specifically to the Thoroughbred industry within the state, it produces a total economic impact of $664 million and supports over 8,000 jobs. For the team behind the MTP, comprised of Dresher, Pons, Wade, Boniface, Bowman, Joe Clancy of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine, and Michelle St. John of St. John Productions, the work of the organization is not only one of passion, but also necessity, in hopes of continuing Maryland's Thoroughbred legacy for generations to come. “You have to appreciate that our stance isn't to get you to come out for one event, but instead it's to educate. [The MTP is] run through the Maryland Horse Foundation, which gives the foundation more profile and involves the MHBA, along with their new Maryland Horse Library & Education Center,” said Pons. “[The late] Jim McKay was our public relations firm for a long time, but that doesn't happen without raising awareness of the whole industry. “I think we can be our own best public relations firm, the horse business itself, and we're utilizing the Nevins group to keep us organized and modern.” To learn more about the Maryland Thoroughbred Partnership, click here. To learn more about the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center, click here. The post Maryland Thoroughbred Partnership Shining A Light On State’s Thoroughbred Industry appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fergus Galvin's PLAY WITH FIRE (f, 3, Oscar Performance–Streaming Fire, by Street Sense) was produced widest into the Pimlico stretch and steamed down the center of the rain-affected turf course to take out Friday's Hilltop Stakes. Off as the 7-2 second choice in a field scratched down to eight when Complexity Jane (Complexity) dumped jockey Sheldon Russell in the preliminaries, the $85,000 OBS March graduate was content to drop out to the back of the field and was shuffled all the way to last as favored Me Governor (The Factor) took them along at a leisurely clip. Following the move of her stablemate Sigh No More (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) while still quietly ridden approaching the quarter pole, the Minnesota-bred Play With Fire came wide and whooshed home to easily account for Pretty Lavish (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}). Princess Attitude (Frankel {GB}) enjoyed the run of the race from third and was first to put Me Governor to the sword in the stretch, but lacked the necessary finish and settled for some black-type in third. Play With Fire is the 15th stakes winner for her Mill Ridge-based stallion. Sales history: $85,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1. O-Fergus Galvin; B-Lothenbach Stables Inc (MN); T-Brendan Walsh. PLAY WITH FIRE ($9.00) wins the $125,000 Hilltop Stakes at @PimlicoRC. This is the first stakes win for the three-year-old filly by @MillRidgeFarm's Oscar Performance. Flavien Prat was in the irons for @brenpwalsh. pic.twitter.com/YXnrMUZV2J — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) May 16, 2025 The post Oscar Performance Filly Play With Fire Burns The Turf In the Hilltop appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In a 4-3 vote during a contentious May 15 meeting in Sacramento, the California Horse Racing Board denied awarding race dates for the Humboldt County Fair at Ferndale in Northern California.View the full article

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The weather looks promising ahead of the May 16 Black Eyed Susan Stakes (G3) and the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1), as sunny skies have helped dry the main track. There is a 40% chance of rain Friday, with a high of 82 degrees.View the full article

Ascoli Piceno and Stellenbosch renew an old rivalry in the May 18 Victoria Mile (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse.View the full article

Jim and Claire Bryce had about as important a decision as one could have when they named their Preakness Stakes (G1) runner Heart of Honor: spelling.View the full article

A heavy favorite to win the second leg of the Triple Crown, trainer Michael McCarthy doesn't mind having a target on his back.View the full article

Making a positive impact on the marketing of horse racing, Griffin Johnson's success with Sandman appears to only be the beginning of his story in the sport.View the full article

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, the chair of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, visited with several horsemen at Pimlico Race Course to discuss their concerns over visas for temporary workers. View the full article

If anyone knows how well Journalism feels entering the Preakness Stakes (G1) off two weeks' rest, it would be his regular exercise rider Marc Witkowski. According to him, Journalism is even stronger than the Kentucky Derby (G1).View the full article

Horse racing has seen sharp declines in most types of equine musculoskeletal fatalities, but reductions to one particular type of injury— the shoulder fracture—have been less dramatic. 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. Saturday's Observations features a half-sister to Darley stallio Space Blues. 2.50 Newmarket, Novice, £40,000, 2yo, f, 6fT DANCE TO THE MUSIC (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a significant newcomer for Charlie Appleby as the 11th foal out of the G2 Challenge Stakes winner Miss Lucifer, whose gift to Godolphin was Dubawi's triple top-level-winning Breeders' Cup Mile hero Space Blues. Also here is the Sangster colour-bearer Lyrics Of Life (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), a Brian Meehan-trained daughter of the 2008 GI E. P. Taylor Stakes winner Folk Opera. 1.30 Navan, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, 5f 180yT GSTAAD (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) was taken out of the Naas maiden won by the stable's potentially high-class Albert Einstein and has a big stablemate to deal with here as well in the Listed First Flier Stakes runner-up True Love (Ire) (No Nay Never). Whatever he achieves on this debut, as a 450,000gns Tattersalls December half-brother to the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park Stakes hero Vandeek he could be one who has a big future. The post Sister To Space Blues, Dance To The Music, Debuts At HQ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

GI Kentucky Derby third-place runner Baeza (McKinzie) returned to the work tab Friday at Santa Anita with an easy four-furlong drill in :53.60 (43/43) for trainer John Shirreffs. He was joined on the tab by fellow 3-year-old Barnes (Into Mischief) who also worked four furlongs (:48.00 {6/43}) for the first time since finishing last of five in the GI Santa Anita Derby April 5 for trainer Bob Baffert. After choosing to skip Saturday's GI Preakness Stakes, Baeza is slated to start next in the GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga June 7. Work of the Day from @santaanitapark—Baeza worked 4 Furlongs in 53.60 on May 16th, 2025, for trainer John Shirreffs. pic.twitter.com/1U5vOfxJE9 — 1/ST TV (@Watch1ST) May 16, 2025 Also working off a win from Derby weekend, Queen Maxima (Bucchero) returned to the tab Friday after taking the Unbridled Sidney Stakes at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks undercard May 2. Trained by Jeff Mullins, Queen Maxima worked four furlongs on the synthetic training track in :50.60 (7/8). The post Baeza, Barnes Back On The Santa Anita Work Tab appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As he likes to do in his Royal Ascot warm-ups, Ballydoyle's undisputed champion Kyprios gave the long odds-on backers enough of a scare to shorten their lifespan prior to just doing what he does and winning. Taking part in Friday's G3 Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes to keep his eye in more than anything, the 7-year-old sauntered around Leopardstown under Ryan Moore, made it look hard work for a few strides heading to the last furlong before extending sufficiently to wrap up a third renewal. At the line, the 1-14 shot had a 1 1/2-length margin to spare over Dallas Star which in any other instance would be enough to cast doubt on his prospects of adding another Gold Cup to his impressive portfolio. But this is Kyprios, who has done this before. What was of genuine concern was the fact that he appeared unsound after the race. Aidan O'Brien gave the instant feedback. “Everything went perfectly in the race, but he looked to be walking gingerly in front going out of the winner's enclosure after the pictures had been taken,” he revealed. “He might have been feeling something and it could be a sprung shoe, but there'll be no chances taken with him and we'll investigate and see what it is.” Can anything stop from winning a third Gold Cup at Royal Ascot? Ryan Moore kept the champion stayer honest, but a third Saval Beg @LeopardstownRC never looked in any real doubt …@MoyglareStud | @Ballydoyle pic.twitter.com/8lcgsVMlHK — Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 16, 2025 Pedigree Notes Sadly, Kyprios is the final offering from Moyglare's formidable Polished Gem, with the famed Danehill broodmare perhaps saving her best until last. That is saying something when she has already produced his dual G1 Irish St Leger-winning full-sister Search For A Song, a G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes winner in Free Eagle by High Chaparral and three other Group winners including Medicean's Sapphire who took the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes when it was a Group 2. Sapphire is proving s smart producer, with her daughter of Dubawi, Elizabeth Jane, scoring at listed level, her Galileo mare Federica Sophia finishing runner-up in the G3 Stanerra Stakes and her Kingman daughter Kiss For A Jewel running third in the G2 Kilboy Estate Stakes. Friday, Leopardstown, Ireland SAVAL BEG LEVMOSS STAKES-G3, €60,000, Leopardstown, 5-16, 4yo/up, 14fT, 3:03.22, gd. 1–KYPRIOS (IRE), 136, h, 7, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Polished Gem (Ire) (2x Broodmare Of The Year-Ire), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Trusted Partner, by Affirmed 3rd Dam: Talking Picture, by Speak John O-Moyglare, Magnier, Tabor, Smith & Westerberg; B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €36,000. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng, Fr & Ire, 21-17-2-0, $3,341,276. *Full to Search For A Song (Ire), MG1SW-Ire, SW & GSP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $1,086,486; Falcon Eight (Ire), GSW-Ire & SW-Eng, $409,006; and Amma Grace (Ire), SW & GSP-Ire; and 1/2 to Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), G1SW-Eng, GSW & G1SP-Ire, $926,416; Sapphire (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), MGSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW-Eng, $518,947; Custom Cut (Ire) (Notnowcato {GB}), MGSW-Eng & Ire, $951,925; and Valac (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), GSW-Aus, $448,653. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Dallas Star (Fr), 131, c, 4, Cloth Of Stars (Ire)–Agathe Rare (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. (€30,000 Wlg '21 ARQDEC; 50,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT; 180,000gns RNA 2yo '23 TATBRE). O-Amo Racing Ltd; B-Mme Eliane Dieuaide & Domaine Billard Pere et Fils (FR); T-Adrian Murray. €12,000. 3–Satin (GB), 128, m, 5, Australia (GB)–Countryside (GB), by Motivator (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (22,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA). O-Mrs S Kelly; B-Crimbourne Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Jessica Harrington. €6,000. Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, HF. Odds: 0.07, 14.00, 33.00. Also Ran: Mont St Michel (Ire), Duraji (Ire). The post Third Saval Beg For Champion Kyprios, Suffers Post Race Scare appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

6th-CD, $127k, Aoc, 3yo/up, f, 1 1/8mT, 8:30p.m. ET Sold for a price befitting royalty on the back of a 3-year-old season where she was Group 1-placed in Germany, SPANISH EYES (GER) (Zarak {Fr}) will debut here under the lights at Churchill Downs for her new connections. Purchased at ARQDEC last year for €1.3-million by David Redvers Bloodstock for the partnership of Qatar Racing and Michaela Faust, the filly is out of Sortilege (Ire) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), herself a multiple highweight mare in Germany and Italy as well as being the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio Longines victress. Spanish Eyes was a five-length maiden winner at first asking for Andreas Wohler at Hoppergarten before she missed winning the G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) by a length. Her conditioner brought her back against the boys in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden at Baden-Baden, where she would run a commendable fourth as the formidable 2023 German Horse of the Year Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) claimed one of Germany's most-prized races in a title defense. Now in the barn of Brendan Walsh, and consistently showing good foot in the morning, she'll have first-time Lasix for this Stateside debut. TJCIS PPs 11th-CD, $120k, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 6f, 11:10p.m. ET Sporting the colors of Resolute Racing, and another filly sold for a queen's ransom, Lady Scuderia (Uncle Mo) debuts less than an hour before a new day arrives in Kentucky on a night racing card at Churchill Downs. Leading a quality field on price and pedigree credentials, this Bill Mott-trainee is a half-sister to MGISW Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil), who scored her career highlight at this track in the GI Kentucky Oaks in 2020 before going to win or place at the elite level six more times. A daughter of the late great Uncle Mo, John Stewart went to $2.5-million at KEESEP to take her home, and she'll be unveiled here carrying 8-1 morning line odds. Lady Scuderia selling as a yearling at Keeneland September | Keeneland To her outside is Cliffs (Omaha Beach), a $430,000 OBSAPR purchase last year by Lael Stables. Trained by Cherie DeVaux, she hails from the female line of French stakes winner Visions of Clarity (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), making her second dam Visual Mind (Kingmambo) a half-sister to GI Preakness hero MGISW War of Will (War Front); G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes winner Pathfork (Distorted Humor); and to MSW Tacticus (A.P. Indy)–not to be confused with MGSW & MGISP Tacitus (Tapit). Said third dam is herself a half-sister to a supremely accomplished sibling, as Visions of Clarity claims multiple Group/Grade I victor Spinning World (Nureyev) as a half-brother. To that pair's far inside is another bunch of well-met debuting fillies, including Godolphin's Lemon Zest (Nyquist), who blew a bullet five panel breeze at Turfway May 9 in :59 flat (1/21) in preparation for this unveiling. From the extended family of GISW Wet Paint (Blame), Brad Cox will send this one out. Similarly owned by a powerhouse operation, Juddmonte's Temperate (Constitution) will eye-ball that one in the gate and also comes into the race with a bullet move for trainer Michael McCarthy. Putting in a brisk three furlong blitz May 12 over this track in :37.80 (1/4), the daughter of Canada's champion juvenile filly, GISW Spring in The Air (Spring at Last), is a half-sister to GSP-Eng Find (GB) (Frankel {FB) and GSP Sidamara (Arrogate). This is the same female line which produced Sacre Coeur (Saint Ballado), best known as the dam of champion turf female, MGISW Lady Eli (Divine Park) and her half-sister MGSW Bizzy Caroline (Afleet Alex). Breaking from the middle of the pack are Spendthrift homebred Kelly's Way Back (Omaha Beach), a daughter of GI Test Stakes-placed Kelly's Humor (Midnight Lute), and Shesa Cherry (Curlin), a $400,000 KEESEP daughter of a Grade I-placed half-sister to GISW Stormello (Stormy Atlantic). TJCIS PPs The post May 17 Insights: German G1 Class, Half to Shedaresthedevil Star as Supporting Acts on Preakness Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

AmWager is offering zero percent takeout on the GI Preakness Stakes, according to the advanced deposit wagering company on Friday. All AmWager customers who opt in and bet the Preakness Win pool will receive a total payout for their successful wagers which is calculated with zero takeout. For instance, when Seize the Grey (Arrogate) won the 2024 edition of the of the big race and paid $21.60 for a $2 bet, the same wager would pay $26.35 this year. Once the Preakness race is made official, AmWager customers will receive the original tote payout, and will then be awarded a bonus equivalent to the difference. The zero takeout bonus will be paid out Sunday morning and will be capped out at $200. Customers must opt in to be eligible. Click here for full details. The post AmWager To Offer Zero Percent Takeout On Preakness appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coral has renewed its sponsorship of the G1 Eclipse Stakes for another five years through 2030. Friday marks 50 days until the 2025 running of the race at Sandown Park. Already the longest-running Pattern race sponsorship anywhere in the world, this year's contest, with a boosted purse of £1 million, will be the 50th running under the Coral banner. Simon Clare, Coral PR director, said, “We are immensely proud to have sponsored the Coral-Eclipse Stakes for 50 years and thrilled to be announcing the continuation of our partnership with Sandown Park and The Jockey Club for another five years, with the new record £1 million prize-money in place for the race.” The post Coral Extends Eclipse Sponsorship For Another Five Years appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saturday, Newbury, post time: 14:35, BOYLESPORTS LOCKINGE STAKES-G1, £400,000, 4yo/up, 8fT Field: Checkandchallenge (GB) (Fast Company {Ire}), Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Lead Artist (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Persica (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Prague (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}). TDN Verdict: This is the best race run so far in 2025, with the brilliant miler Rosallion renewing rivalry with the almost-as-good Notable Speech as both make their seasonal debuts. Whereas the latter, who excelled in the 2,000 Guineas and Sussex, needs a strong pace to run at any kind of tactical affair will make no difference to Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's sensational St James's Palace hero. Dancing Gemini has so far successfully trod the path of last year's Lockinge winner Charyn, but this is a lot better than the 2024 version and there is no evidence he's as good as his predecessor. There is also good reason to expect last year's Sun Chariot winner Tamfana to reverse the form of their Sandown Mile encounter, as she was having her first start and was burdened with a penalty. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Newbury, post time: 12:50, SKY SPORTS RACING ASTON PARK STAKES-G3, £100,000, 4yo/up, 12fT Field: Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}), El Cordobes (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Eydon (Ire) (Olden Times {GB}), King's Gambit (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Raja Raja (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Tabletalk (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). TDN Verdict: Shadwell's evergreen pattern-race winner extraordinaire Al Aasy bids to make it five at this track in the race he won back in 2021, which just says it all about his attitude and aptitude and the loving care that has been heaped on him down the years at Somerville Lodge. This can be a run-of-the-mill affair, but it carries intrigue this time with the long-absent 2023 Gold Cup hero Courage Mon Ami back in action alongside last year's G1 Irish Derby runner-up Sunway and Godolphin's unexposed and progressive El Cordobes. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Newbury, post time: 15:10, CHILDWICKBURY STUD FILLIES' TRIAL STAKES-Listed, £75,000, 3yo, f, 10fT Field: Bintabuha (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Cecilia Star (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Ecstatic (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Likealot (GB) (Camelot {GB}), Protest (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}), Qilin Queen (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Revoir (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Sand Gazelle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), WInter's Song (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Wonder Star (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). TDN Verdict: It's not too late to book an Oaks ticket and there are some likely types here including Wonder Star, who is backed up just eight days after breaking her maiden at Ascot. That is an unusual step for William Haggas, but she probably didn't have a hard race as that turned into a two-furlong sprint. Ralph Beckett bids to cap a big week with Revoir, who looked smart on her sole start at Nottingham in October and looks to do a “Pride Of Arras” here. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Newbury, post time: 13:25, HIGHCLERE CASTLE GIN CARNARVON STAKES-Listed, £65,000, 3yo, 6fT Field: Andesite (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Berkshire Whisper (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Caburn (Ire) (Twilight Son {GB}), Defence Minister (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Ides Of March (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Noble Champion (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Righthere Rightnow (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}), Strong Warrior (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}), Symbol Of Honour (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Hold A Dream (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}), Sayidah Dariyan (Ire) (Dariyan {Fr}). TDN Verdict: We already knew that Ballydoyle's Ides Of March was a top-class sprinting prospect last year, but his comeback effort when second in the Listed Committed Stakes only served to fuel the fire of excitement surrounding him in 2025. Sayidah Dariyan was impressive in a Chelmsford conditions event last month, while Hold A Dream looked a promising type when second in that track's Listed Chelmer Fillies' Stakes. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Navan, post time: 15:50, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF YEATS STAKES-Listed, €31,500, 3yo, 13fT Field: Carmers (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Delta (GB) (Kitten's Joy), What's Your Game (Ire) (Waldgeist {GB}), Bonnie Moon (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Butterfly Wings (Justify), Medici Venus (Tiz The Law), Umala (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}). TDN Verdict: Ballydoyle rely on two fillies in what has become a sort of Queen's Vase trial, with Butterfly Wings the first-string coming back six days after her four-length Leopardstown maiden win. Things looked to click there, as is often the case with the stable's maidens after some educational outings and she looks a potential big improver for the season's staying contests. Carmers is also racing again quickly after his maiden win, this time at Ballinrobe and it is worth noting that he is out of Fiona Carmichael's €1.1million 2014 Goffs Orby purchase Signe, a Sea the Stars half to Lord Shanakill, Forever Together and Together Forever. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, Tokyo, Japan, post time: 15:40, VICTORIA MILE-G1, ¥253,400,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1600mT Field: Christmas Parade (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Stellenbosch (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), Argine (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Safira (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Ravel (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Mi Anhelo (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Wide Latour (Jpn) (California Chrome), Shinryokuka (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}), Admire Matsuri (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Bond Girl (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), Sing That Song (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Shirankedo (Jpn) (Declaratio Of War), Beyond The Valley (Jpn) (Isla Bonita {Jpn}), Masano Canaria (Jpn) (Silver State {Jpn}), So Dazzling (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Queen's Walk (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Ascoli Piceno (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), Alice Verite (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}). Click here for the Japanese preview. Click here for the complete fields. 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Leopardstown's opener on Friday is always a maiden marked out by the big yards and there was again the hint of the beginning of something as Ballydoyle's Italy gained TDN Rising Star status. All the rage at 4-9 for the extended seven-furlong contest, Wootton Bassett's half-brother to the deeply promising Bowmark who had won at York minutes earlier was settled behind the leading duo by Wayne Lordan throughout the initial stages. Sent after Thesecretadversary passing two out, the relative of the Derby hero Serpentine collared that son of St Mark's Basilica in the last 50 yards for a smooth 3/4-of-a-length success. As a measure of what the newcomer had achieved, there was a further 4 1/2 lengths back to Siyouni's Ipanema Beach who had the benefit of experience having been fourth to another TDN Rising Star from Rosegreen, Charles Darwin. Italy becomes his sire's 13th TDN Rising Star just days after the stable's Albert Einstein wowed at Naas. He is the third among the juvenile crop of 2025, with the filly Simply Astounding also earning the tag at Naas last month. The tally includes last year's juvenile Group 1 winners Camille Pissarro and Twain. Aidan O'Brien had won this with the well-touted TDN Rising Star Alfred Munnings in 2022, who went on to disappoint at Royal Ascot, while last year's renewal boasted the subsequent Group 1 winners Scorthy Champ and Hotazhell as well as this yard's Group 1-placed Mount Kilimanjaro. “He was never away before so he would have been very green and they went a good gallop,” he said. “He has a bit of quality and Wayne gave him a lovely ride. He taught him plenty and he will have leaned a lot from that. He could come back here for the [G3] Tyros.” Magnifico! – a 200,000 guineas Wootton Bassett colt – cuts loose on debut @LeopardstownRC @Ballydoyle | @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/mwuRelFyMG — Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 16, 2025 Pedigree Notes Italy's listed-winning dam Bound is a daughter of Danehill Dancer's Oaks runner-up Remember When, whose seven black-type performers include Galileo's aforementioned Derby hero Serpentine, Group 3 winner and Oaks third Bye Bye Baby and Group 2 winner and G1 Nassau Stakes runner-up Wedding Vow. The latter is now the dam of the Listed Dee Stakes winner and G2 Champions Juvenile Stakes and G2 Royal Lodge Stakes-placed Capulet by Justify, while the third dam is Lagrion who produced the champions Dylan Thomas and Queen's Logic and the 1,000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen. As mentioned, Bound's 3-year-old son of Kingman, another TDN Rising Star in Bowmark, was second in the Listed Burradon Stakes and looks a high-class prospect for the Gosdens, while her yearling filly is by Baaeed. 1st-Leopardstown, €20,000, Mdn, 5-16, 2yo, 7f 52yT, 1:33.24, gd. ITALY (GB), c, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB) 1st Dam: Bound (Ire) (SW-Ire), by Galileo (Ire) 2nd Dam: Remember When (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire) 3rd Dam: Lagrion, by Diesis (GB) (200,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $13,422. O-Smith, Magnier, Tabor, Brant, Westerberg; B-Lordship Stud; T-Aidan O'Brien. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. The post Wootton Bassett’s Italy A New TDN Rising Star For Ballydoyle appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article