Wandering Eyes

The two big winners at Kaikoura yesterday have been the two biggest movers in the latest and final rankings for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot.Both features will highlight a stellar Cup day at Addington Raceway next Tuesday. Father Time was an upset winner of the South Bay Trotters Cup yesterday and as a result has gone from 21st to 12th in the rankings for the Dominion. That guarantees him a start in the $400,000 Group 1. Merlin was always going to be in the field for the New Zealand Cup and after his return to winning form in the Alabar Kaikoura Cup he is now ranked sixth, up four places on a week ago. There has been a re-jig of the rankings at the top following the withdrawal of two-time defending champion Swayzee earlier this week. Hometown hero Republican Party is now the top seed though Australian superstar Leap To Fame is a pronounced $2 favourite. The barrier draw for both the Cup and the Dominion will be broadcast as part of a Box Seat special on Trackside tomorrow (Wednesday) from 8.30pm. To see the final rankings : Final Rankings View the full article

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Career win number four at Cambridge last Thursday was enough to secure Eric of Dreams a trip to the Harness 5000 at Ashburton next month. The Vincent three-year-old is trained at Pukekohe by Ray Green and Nathan Delany and is raced by Delany and his mate Cody Evans. “He’s been my project right from the start,” says Delany, “I got him as a yearling and broke him in .. he’s doing well.” Dreams Of Eric has won four from 14 and will have one more start at Cambridge before heading to Ashburton for the Harness 5000 on December 21. “It should be a bit of fun,” says Delany, “and you have to be in it to win it.” The Harness 5000 features 12 $60,000 finals, all will be 1700 metre mobiles. The series is for trotters and pacers whose sire stood for an advertised retail service fee of $5,000 or less in the breeding season of conception and to be eligible horses must compete in at least five race day starts between July 3 – December 9,2025. Currently Dreams Of Eric is second in the 3YO Colts and Geldings category behind the in-form Berrettini, who won again at Kaikoura yesterday. It’s his fourth win this year for trainer John “Coaster” Howe. “He raced in that $50,000 race and ran a 1:56.2 mile rate so he’s going great,” says Delany. That was at Addington on September 12 when Berrettini beat Spirit Downunder and Crunch Time. “I’m looking forward to seeing the two of them clash,” says Delany. “If our horse was in front and he had someone outside him that would suit him down to the ground.” “That’s when he is at his best.” That was the case in his latest win. Dreams of Eric showed speed out of the gate and was challenged throughout by a parked Barbarossa. But in the end Dreams Of Eric had a bit in reserve in winning by three quarters of a length. As he did in that win, Harrison Orange will again take the drive in Ashburton. “For someone in just his second season he’s going outstanding,” says Delany. Every week the number of horses eligible for the series is updated on the Harness 5000 tracker. The “168” on the tracker signifies all 12 races having full 14-horse fields. It is however anticipated that around 350 horses will be in the mix come December, though this figure could fluctuate. Right now the figure is well past that at 270, an increase of 40 on last month. It is anticipated that around 350 horses will be in the mix come December, though this figure could fluctuate. So far the biggest categories are for the 5YO and older Entires and Geldings. There are currently 55 pacers and 51 trotters. To see the Harness 5000 leaderboard click here View the full article

Champion trainer Ciaron Maher prepared the Big Dance trifecta as Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) showed there is no substitute for sheer class with his second successive win in the $3 million feature race at Royal Randwick on Tuesday. Gringotts made light of his 62kg impost under a brave but brilliant Nash Rawiller ride to beat Vivy Air in a repeat of the stable exacta from 12 months ago. But Maher, who was at Flemington for the Melbourne Cup, went one better with a memorable 1-2-3 podium finish for the stable as early leader Lugh held on for the minor placing. “We tried to show off last year with the first two, but first three, all credit to the team,” said Maher’s stable representative Johann Gerard-Dubord. “It’s a real team effort, to get all three peaking today and running as well as they did. “This is a great day today, a lot of prizemoney, the racing in Sydney is great and it’s good to get the job done.” Gringotts, the only Group One winner in the field, was backed into $3 favouritism and was burst between rival runners to sprint clear and win by a widening one-and-a-quarter lengths, relegating a game Vivy Air ($16) to another Big Dance second placings with Lugh ($31) nearly a length away third. But it was Rawiller’s ride on Gringotts that was the difference between winning and losing. Rawiller went for the same run as Adam Hyeronimus attempted on main rival Headley Grange ($5) near the 250m. But there was only room for one and Gringotts shouldered Headley Grange aside as he sprinted through the gap. “I don’t think I beat him (Hyeronimus) to it, he saw me coming and tried to do his best to hold his line,” Rawiller said. “But to my bloke’s credit with the big weight he was full of running then. I was mindful of how I rode him the other day, contain energy the whole way and he can be quite explosive, and he was. You can tell he’s a serious horse, when I let him rip he was quite exciting. “He had the feel of a really good horse, he’s been terrifically placed off a setback earlier in the preparation. “This is a lovely race for a horse like him, carrying 62kg, $3 million you’ve got to go a long way to find that sort of prizemoney and I’m just thrilled to be a part of it.” Gringotts, who improved his record to 11 wins from 24 starts and took his career earnings over the $5.5 million prizemoney barrier, came out of the Big Dance to win The Gong at Kembla Grange last year but is unlikely to follow a similar route this spring. But Gerard-Dubord said Gringotts will most likely be given his chance to defend his title in the Gr.1 George Ryder Stakes next autumn. Vivy Air and Lugh are likely to back up in the Listed $2 million Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. “If they come through this race well, then they are every chance to go to the Five Diamonds,” Gerard-Dubord said. “Vivy Air was tough. She was good again late and she is very honest. Lugh, it was his biggest test he had to face, he went forward, did a bit of work and fought hard to the finish.” Gringotts was bred by Totara Park Stud and is by Little Avondale Stud’s outstanding sire Per Incanto out of the Savabeel mare Miss Bluebell (NZ). Herself unraced, Miss Bluebell is a daughter of Operavega (NZ) (Stravinsky), whose half-sister Vegas Showgirl (NZ) (Al Akbar) was the dam of the legendary Winx (Street Cry). Miss Bluebell is the dam of two stakes performers from three foals to race. The other is Millefiori (NZ) (Iffraaj), who has won seven races for Te Akau Racing and placed in the Listed Great Easter Stakes (1400m), while the other full sibling to Gringotts, Dan Vegas, was sold to Hong Kong. Gringotts was offered by Archer Park in Book 1 of Karaka 2021, where Kasa Bloodstock bought him for $100,000. He was re-offered at the Ready to Run Sale later that year, but failed to meet his $450,000 reserve. He was subsequently sold privately after winning a trial at Waipa for Simon and Katrina Alexander. View the full article

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh was a relieved man following El Vencedor’s (NZ) (Shocking) return to winning form in the Gr.3 Elsdon Park Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Tuesday. The reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year was a standout in autumn, winning four consecutive Group One races before heading to Hong Kong where he was unplaced in the Gr.1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m). He returned this season to finish fifth and seventh in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) and Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) respectively before finishing runner-up in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) where he was run down late by the fast-finishing Waitak. Punters took confidence from that run and backed El Vencedor into a $1.50 favourite on Tuesday. He jumped well and jockey Wiremu Pinn pushed him forward to take an early lead before quickly handing up to Sagunto, who set a solid temp upfront. Pinn kept a cool head and stalked the leader, drawing alongside him at the turn before putting in his customary powerhouse performance down the home straight to score a 2-1/4 length victory over Diamond Jak, with a further three-quarters of a length back to Sharp ‘N’ Smart in third. “I was bloody nervous before that race,” Marsh said. “There’s the expectation and you just hope such a horse is back to his best. “I thought Wiremu rode him beautifully, he didn’t panic, and the race panned out how we thought. I am very relieved. “I am very proud of the horse, it is great to see him back at his best. There is a lot of satisfaction for me and our team, there is nothing better than that.” Pinn has established a strong partnership with El Vencedor, and Marsh was quick to heap praise on the talented hoop. “Wiremu gets on well with him. I am happy for him too, he helps us out a lot and he deserves that,” Marsh said. El Vencedor is now set to follow a similar programme he did last summer and Marsh is hoping he can replicate those results that landed him the New Zealand Horse of the Year crown. “It is a pretty easy path to follow,” Marsh said. “We might end up down at the TAB Mile (Gr.1, 1600m) and then come back up for the Zabeel (Gr.1, 2000m). “We will get him home and make sure he is good. Those big summer 2000m races is where he will be.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk View the full article

A sharp front-running performance by headlined a dominant afternoon for trainers Brian and Shane Anderton at Wingatui on Melbourne Cup Day. The local father-and-son training partnership won three races through the card, all of which they quinellaed, including the feature Grand Casino Open Handicap (1400m) where they had a trio of runners engaged. Inflamed (NZ) (Ghibellines) had been slightly disappointing first-up but was still fancied in the market, closing third-favourite behind Bouyant and Martell, while her stablemates Mayor Of Norwood and Capo Dell Impero were the outsiders resuming over a sprint trip. With just 52kg on her back courtesy of Donovan Cooper’s claim, Inflamed came out flying from an outside draw with blinkers applied, finding the front and running along at a strong tempo through the first quarter of the race. Cooper gave the mare a breather at the 600m and she was travelling on the bridle turning for home, kicking clear from Bouyant and powering to the line to score by 2-½ lengths, with Capo Dell Impero defying his $38 quote and 60kg impost to run into a clear second. “She was a lot sharper today, I just felt in a couple of trials that she wasn’t putting in so we put the blinkers back on and she showed a lot of speed,” Shane Anderton said. “It was good to see her get the job done. “Capo was an amazing run for an old nine-year-old, he hit the line pretty strong and there were a lot of good sprinters behind him. Mayor Of Norwood wasn’t far behind him either (fifth), so for a couple of stayers I was pretty happy with them first-up.” It was the stable’s third one-two finish of the meeting, having taken out the Property Brokers – Ray Kean R75 (1200m) with No Party ahead of stablemate Move On, and the Otago Engineering R65 (1400m) taken out by Afire ahead of Southern Country. “You can’t complain with three winners, three quinellas is even better,” Anderton said. “It gets you out of bed in the morning and keeps you enthused.” At just his fifth start, No Party continued on his upward trajectory going back-to-back after winning first-up at the course in October. Stepping into Rating 75 grade on an improved track, the Proisir gelding looked right at home, sitting in midfield before coming down the centre of the track and putting away Move On comfortably in the closing stages. “He’s really matured this year, he was a bit wayward last year but he’s left that behind and has done everything we’ve asked him to do so far,” Anderton said. “I think he’s going to be better when we step him up over a bit more ground. “It was a bloody good run by Move On as well, she was hung out to dry a bit early out three-wide, then she really toughed it out. She’s normally one that gets back and runs on, so it was a great effort. “It was great to see the pair of them back it up on top of the ground today as well.” Afire’s victory was particularly fitting as a full-sister to Group One winner Smokin Romans, who took his place in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. In the hands of Kylie Williams, Afire sat in behind the speed throughout and put a margin on her rivals in the straight, saluting by 2-½ lengths to a rapidly-closing Southern Country. “She just got a fair way back last time and was still second-last on the corner, so she just had too much to do,” Shane Anderton said. “We put blinkers on her today for the first time and they really motivated her, she was on the pace and did a great job. “Southern Country was also a good run, he drew out pretty wide and went back, then really hit the line strong. If he can bring that form to the rest of the season then he’s going to have a bit of fun.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk View the full article

Sisters Sophia Nolan and Hanna Orting recorded the first win in their fledgling training partnership in impressive fashion at Ellerslie on Tuesday, courtesy of exciting gelding Golden Wings (NZ) (Super Seth). The four-year-old son of Super Seth and Group One-winning mare Xanadu had shown plenty of promise, undefeated in his three trials and was runner-up in both of his starts prior to Tuesday’s Yourride 1200. He rocketed out of the gates in the sprint for jockey George Rooke, who immediately pressed forward with his charge to take up the lead. He settled nicely up front before Argo came up alongside him to apply some pressure. Golden Wings continued to travel nicely for Rooke and entered the home straight with a length advantage, which continued to widen, with the gelding going on to score a comfortable 4-1/2 length victory. “We are very pleased,” Sophia Nolan said. “We thought he was ready today and he delivered. George rated him perfectly today, he relaxed for him, and it all worked out. “It was pretty smart (performance) and I think he is going to keep on improving. I think we will see the best from him over 1400m and a mile.” Golden Wings finished runner-up first-up over 1200m at Ellerslie last month, and Nolan said he took plenty of improvement from that run. “We missed one trial, and we would have liked to have given him another trial, but there is good prizemoney on offer, so he went and ran a good race and he came on a lot from that race,” she said. “I think he is still learning too.” Nolan was particularly excited to record her first training win in partnership with her sister Hanna, something that has been in the works for some time. “That was brilliant, it all worked out today,” Nolan said. “It (training partnership) is something that we have been wanting to do. We have been working closely together for a long time and it made sense.” The Swedish natives have been in New Zealand for several years and spent lengthy periods working for Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, a grounding Nolan said has held them in good stead as they entered their own training careers at Stephen McKee’s former training property in South Auckland. “When we came to New Zealand we both spent a lot of time working for Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, and we spent a bit of time in Australia with horses,” she said. “We got a really good grounding and thanks to Stephen McKee we are really lucky to have the facilities where he trained so many good horses from. “Hanna moved up our way from Cambridge a couple of years ago. We always worked well together so it is great to now be in partnership in this new venture.” Nolan and her husband Derek are busy preparing for next week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale at Karaka where they will offer a 19-strong draft under their Lilywhites Lodge banner. “We have got a really nice draft,” Nolan said. “We have got a couple of lovely Satono Aladdins that look like they have got a lot of upside. One is out of (Group One performer) Postman’s Daughter (lot 46), who was a very good race mare. “We also have got a lovely Per Incanto (lot 66), out of Quick Choice, and a beautiful Proisir colt (lot 281).” Lot 146, the Earthlight gelding out of two-win Tavistock mare Taco Tiger, had the fastest breeze-up time in their draft of 10.62 seconds over the 200m, and Nolan said he is a very precocious juvenile. “He is a ready-made racehorse,” she said. “He is so mature in everything he does. In his breeze-up he pricked his ears and he could have gone quicker.” While looking forward to next week’s sale, Nolan is also excited to grow her racing team with her sister, and she said they have plenty to look forward to over the summer months. “It (racing team) is something we would love to grow together,” she said. “We have got a couple of nice up-and-coming fillies, and (Group Three performer) Master Brutus has been out for a while with some setbacks, but he is coming back in the next week. It will be exciting for the summer to get him back. We will take it race by race with him. There are a lot of good sprint options for him over 1200m and 1400m.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk View the full article

Pam Gerard is a bundle of nerves as she gets ready to shoot for her second consecutive victory in next week’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. The Matamata trainer won last year’s edition with standout colt Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel), and this year she is set to line-up Affirmative Action (Yes Yes Yes), who shortened into $3.80 favouritism for the race following his victory in the Show By SkyCity 1400 at Ellerslie on Tuesday. The son of Yes Yes Yes hadn’t raced since his victory in the Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1400m) at Ellerslie two months ago, but his connections were confident of a bold showing, and he duly delivered. Affirmative Action jumped well out of the gates and settled outside of pacemaker Faultless. Jockey George Rooke was content to sit quietly until the 300m mark where he asked his charge to improve, and he quickly found the front. However, Faultless rallied and the two entered a duel in the concluding stages, with Affirmative Action getting the better of his rival to win by a neck. Gerard was pleased with the victory and said there is plenty of improvement to come from her gelding ahead of next week’s Group One test. “He didn’t do it easy today, so there’s still plenty of improvement,” she said. “He has done what he has had to do. It hasn’t been an easy road, it’s been nearly six weeks (since he last raced), so it was a good effort from the horse.” Gerard admitted to being relieved by today’s result, but now having the favourite’s tag once again for the 2000 Guineas has only added to her nerves. “I am pretty relieved really and I am now nervous for the next one (2000 Guineas),” she said. “George (Rooke, jockey) is really confident and that makes me even more nervous.” Gerard said Affirmative Action and Savaglee are two very different horses, but the former has the capability of replicating his stablemate’s southern heroics next week. “Savaglee was very nippy and full of character and this fella is quite the sleepy lion, you never know what is quite going to come out,” she said. “He seems to get to raceday being a true professional and hopefully he can keep doing that. “The way he jumps out and relaxes, that is a huge bonus. If he can jump out and relax, he can be anywhere, but I still think he is a better chaser and he will certainly be able to do that at Riccarton as long as he can handle the crowd and the atmosphere on the day.” Rooke echoed Gerard’s thoughts, and he is looking forward to partnering Affirmative Action once again in next week’s big dance. “I think he is a very nice horse and I am excited to see what happens,” he said. “Ideally down at Riccarton, with more runners, I can take more of a sit, and I think he will be even better. He loves to chase, he just stops when I hit the front. There was a lot against him today, but he is a very nice horse.” – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk View the full article

The Hickmott family already has its name etched in the history of the Melbourne Cup, with Robert having trained two winners of the historic race, but on Tuesday it was time for other family members to experience what it is like winning on the day. This time it was his son Josh who experienced the thrill of part-owning a Melbourne Cup Day winner after Party Crasher (NZ) (Ocean Park) claimed the Benchmark 80 (2000m), which was trained by Rob Hickmott’s younger brother Michael. Josh works as a bloodstock manager for Michael Hickmott. “It’s been a lucky day for the family,” Josh Hickmott said. Josh said his first experience of Melbourne Cup Day was in 2012 when his father trained Green Moon to win, while he was also there when his dad was successful with Almandin. Josh relished the experience of Party Crasher’s win. “This is on par with anything I’ve had to do in racing. I know it’s Benchmark 80 but it’s such a great ownership group,” Hickmott said. There were some concerns with the pre-race forecast, as Party Crasher had been to the races 10 times but only raced on seven occasions. “He’s actually been to the races 10 times and he’s had three races abandoned. Twice in the Queensland Derby – one was because of the weather and the other time he was kicked behind the gates, then at Morphettville the other day the meeting was abandoned due to thunder and lightning,” he said. Hickmott helped source Party Crasher in New Zealand. “It’s been a whirlwind ever since. I think his record shows he’s a horse on the up,” Hickmott said. Hickmott said it was a great ownership group, which includes high-profile owners John O’Neill and Brett Carty, who are also in Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock) and Valiant King (Roaring Lion) in the Melbourne Cup. Bred by Waikato Stud, Party Crasher was originally purchased out of their Book 1 yearling draft at Karaka by Kurtis Pertab and Cody Cole for $40,000 and subsequently purchased by clients of trainer Michael Hickmott. Out of the Rock ‘N’ Pop mare Party Popper, the lightly raced four-year-old has won on four occasions from just seven starts and banked over A$190,000 in stakes. View the full article

by Christina Bossinakis, Alan Carasso & Jessica Martini LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton November Sale, led by the $6.2-million Streak of Luck (Old Fashioned), produced strong results with increases in average and median over its 2024 renewal during its single session Monday in Lexington. “The market was very, very good, but it's still rational,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said. “I think that's one of the things that we've seen in recent years during the November sale that there is still a sense of rationality to it. The buyers are demanding. You have to have the proper combination of pedigree and conformation, being by the right horse and the right physical, whether it's a mare or if it's a baby. But it's a very fair market overall.” A total of 138 horses sold Monday for $102,027,000. The average rose 35.4% to $739,326 and the median was up 20.0% to $300,000. In 2024, 172 horses sold for $93,948,500 for an average of $546,212 and median of $250,000. Streak of Luck was supplemented to the November sale in mid-October and went through the Fasig-Tipton ring just days after her 2-year-old son Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) completed an unbeaten season in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Friday at Del Mar. She was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency on behalf of Aaron and Marie Jones LLC and was purchased by AMO Racing. “It's obviously very rewarding to see a horse that came in late and that got a significant update top the sale,” Browning said. “Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been longtime patrons, not just of Fasig-Tipton, but of our industry. It's nice to see Mrs. Jones achieve the success she did tonight with an absolutely beautiful mare for whom all the stars aligned.” A total of 27 horses sold for seven figures Monday, up from 25 a year ago. Japanese buyers were once again an active force in the November sale. Katsumi Yoshida purchased six mares for a total of $14.9 million. Leading the group was the $4.5-million Just F Y I (Justify). Other Japanese interests to acquire seven-figure mares included Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Haruya Yoshida, and Shadai Farm. “There was tremendous support from international buyers,” Browning said. “I think it was probably very surprising to see the extent and the depth of the support from international buyers.” With 40 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 22.5%. “There is not euphoria,” Browning said. “It's not like everything that walked in there brought three times what anybody was expecting. Sellers were pretty aggressive with setting reserves in some spots because, with the nature of this sale, there are alternatives for some of these horses. It's not like the men and women who owned them had to sell them tonight. They have some opportunities to go back to the racetrack or to breed them.” The November sale opened with an offering of some 90 weanlings, with a filly by Justify out of Summer Sweet (More Than Ready) bringing top price of the foal section when selling for $800,000 to Hugo Lascelles. Lascelles returned later in the auction to acquire Summer Sweet herself for $3 million. AMO Racing Fires Late with $6.2M Final Bid for Dam of Ted Noffey With just a handful of offerings left to go through the ring at Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the crowd had thinned out noticeably. However, those that remained solidly planted in their seats in the main pavilion were clearly several of the game's biggest hitters. All of them were waiting for the star attraction, Streak of Luck (Old Fashioned), the dam of recent GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and 2026 Kentucky Derby favorite Ted Noffey (Into Mischief). Offered as Hip 220 in the supplemental catalogue, the 10-year-old mare realized the highest price of the day with a $6.2 million final bid from Ben McElroy, bidding on behalf of AMO Racing. Throughout the robust bidding that bounded past the $3-million mark in a blink of the eye, Ben McElroy, seated in the main pavilion with a phone planted squarely to his cheek gave the signal that suggested his team would not be letting up any time soon. “Kia Joorabchian and the AMO team really wanted this one,” McElroy confirmed. Also staying on until the end of the session for the grey mare, Spendthrift Farm's Ned Toffey, the namesake of Ted Noffey, engaged McElroy on the mare as did the Ace Stud team, who were extremely active at the top end of Monday's buying activity. “We had to wait around and I knew by who was waiting around that it was going to be extremely strong,” said McElroy. “She was probably the one that came in with all the momentum. She has the [presumptive] champion 2-year-old colt and the Kentucky Derby future favorite. [Ted Noffey] is a great looking horse.” In foal to Not This Time, Streak of Luck was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency on behalf of Aaron and Marie Jones. Out of graded stakes winner Lindsay Jean (Saint Ballado), the grey mare produced a filly by Munnings in 2024 and a colt by Into Mischief earlier this season. In foal to Authentic, Streak of Luck was purchased by the Joneses for $620,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. “She'll go to Archie St George's Brookstone Farm and foal her out,” said McElroy. “[Taylor Made's] Frank Taylor just asked me if she'd go back to [Not This Time]. I thought the hardest part was just trying to get her.” Spendthrift Farm, who stands Into Mischief, purchased Ted Noffey for $650,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale. “She was a good-looking mare and he made our list as a yearling,” recalled McElroy of Ted Noffey. “Unfortunately, we weren't smart enough to buy him. She is a young mare in foal to a great stallion. Frank told me that the [Into Mischief] foal is a super star, so when you get a mare like that and a horse like that, and add in a great cover, people will line up for them. I wouldn't say she is cheap but she is a good long-term investment.” –CBoss Full-Circle Moment For Taylor Made Streak of Luck was consigned to the Fasig-Tipton November Sale by Taylor Made Farm as agent, and Frank Taylor is quick to pay homage to breeders Aaron and his widow Marie Jones for contributing mightily to the success of the farm. “They put us on the map,” said Taylor. “We could have been called 'Jones Made Farm.' They gave us a chance when no one knew who Taylor Made was. I was 17 years old and I walked up to Mr. Jones and told him I wanted to board some mares. A year later he called me and sent me 40 that day. At that point we didn't have an employee and we probably had five mares boarded on the farm. They gave us our start, they trusted us and it's been a win-win relationship and it's been a lot of fun doing it.” The California-bred Streak of Luck was acquired by the Joneses for $620,000 in foal to Authentic at Keeneland November in 2021. The mare is a paternal granddaughter of Unbridled's Song, their 'best stallion to that point' according to Taylor. Streak of Luck's Grade III-winning second dam Lindsay Jean was a daughter of Saint Ballado, who also contributed more than his fair share to the farm's success. The dam of a yearling Munnings filly that was sold to Repole Stable for $425,000 at Keeneland September, the best may be yet to come for Streak of Luck. “We bought her with the idea of breeding to Into Mischief and she's got an Into Mischief at the farm that if it grows up right, it could top the September Sale next year,” Taylor said. Streak of Luck is due to Taylor Made's Not This Time for 2026. @EquinealTDN Puca | Fasig-Tipton Puca the First to $5 Million at Fasig-Tipton A hush fell over the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion with the entry into the ring of hip 135, the reigning Broodmare of the Year Puca (Big Brown), who was being consigned by Elite Sales. Announcer Jesse Ullery ticked off an impressive list of stats prior to the start of bidding: the better than 400 Classics that had taken place since a broodmare had produced multiple winners of Triple Crown races; the 17 years that had transpired since a champion broodmare had been offered at public auction. After a protracted bidding duel that took place inside the pavilion–one bidding entity downstairs to the auctioneer's left and one in the balcony looking straight at Puca–the tote read $5 million. The ticket was signed by Paul Curran representing Ace Stud, which he called a breeding operation outside of Newmarket in England. Curran signed the ticket in the name of the Raging Torrent Syndicate, named for the GI Malibu Stakes, GI Hill 'n' Dale Met Mile and G2 Godolphin Mile winner who was retired earlier this year to Lane's End. Curran said that Ace Stud is affiliated with Yulong Investments of Yuesheng Zheng. and indicated that the group would also be standing 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) at Lane's End beginning in 2026. The nursery's David Ingordo confirmed the news and said that further details would be forthcoming. “Just traveled over here trying to support our two stallions we just retired to Lane's End, Raging Torrent and Carl Spackler (Ire),” Curran said. “We are thrilled to pick up one of the best broodmares at the moment. We're thrilled, really excited.” Puca's accomplishments need little rehashing. Her son Mage (Good Magic)–whose first foals are selling this week–took out the GI Kentucky Derby in 2023 and the latter's full-brother Dornoch prevailed in the 2024 GI Belmont Stakes. Puca was represented by a third consecutive top-level winner when Baeza (McKinzie), a $1.2-million purchase at Keeneland September two years ago, proved too strong for his rivals in the Pennsylvania Derby in September. “You just look at her page and what she's produced,” Curran said. “Dam of the Kentucky Derby winner and a three-time Group 1-producing mare. Anywhere you go in the world, she's a phenomenal , phenomenal mare. It's really, really special now that she's ours.” Puca was offered on behalf of John Stewart, who purchased the mare post-RNA for $2.9 million at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale carrying a full-sibling to Mage and Dornoch. She foaled a colt in 2024 and a Good Magic filly this season, but was offered not in foal Monday. Curran was a bit surprised–ostensibly happily so–with the final price. “To be fair, I thought it would be a little bit more,” he said. “We were kind of watching and waiting to see what we'd do and she fell at the right point. Just really excited we could get our hands on a mare of such quality, she's something else.” Curran indicated that Puca would remain stateside. “We'll definitely look at all the options, maybe breed her to one of our own stallions in the future, but she'll definitely stay in the U.S.” Ace Stud also signed the ticket on hip 124, the unraced broodmare prospect Mylinda's Grey (More Than Ready), a half-sister to Puca who was knocked down for $575,000. The same group signed the ticket on hip 145, the GIII Honeymoon Stakes winner Selenaia (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), for $1.2 million. That 5-year-old mare was offered in foal to Not This Time. @EquinealTDN 'What a Trip': Shisospicy Stays with Morplay Shisospicy (Mitole) (hip 147) has taken the Morplay Racing team on the ride of lifetime, culminating with her win in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Saturday and the operation's founder Rich Mendez decided he's not ready to let the ride end just yet, buying out partner Qatar Racing on the 3-year-old filly for $5.2 million Monday at Fasig-Tipton. “I kind of told the guys I probably would have bought her back no matter what,” Mendez said. “It's just sentimental value. When we went to the Breeders' Cup, I kept telling the guys she doesn't owe us anything. What a trip she's taken us on. She will stay with us, probably for the rest of her life.” Mendez said the filly will remain with trainer Jose D'Angelo and be prepared for a 2026 campaign. “The plan is to give her some time off,” Mendez. “It will be the same kind of campaign that we did this year. Find the right spots that Jose and the team think that she can compete at–which may be Australia or Japan, but I'm not exactly sure I want to do that. But it's just finding the right spots for her.” Reflecting on Saturday's Breeders' Cup victory, Mendez said, “I am in the music business. I've been nominated for nine Grammys, Billboard awards, but to win that on Saturday was bigger than that. It was an amazing feeling.” @JessMartiniTDN Just F Y I Gets Northern Farm On the Sheets Eclipse Award-winning fillies have obvious appeal to a wide swath of buyers, but Japanese clients of Fasig-Tipton have made it something of a habit to come out on top when those sorts of prospects come to market. Just F Y I | Fasig-Tipton The latest to catch the fancy was George Krikorian's 2023 champion 2-year-old filly Just F Y I (Justify) was hammered down for $4.5 million to Shingo Hashimoto on behalf of Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm as the Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars reached the halfway stage. For good measure, the daughter of the stakes-placed Star Act (Street Cry {Ire}) was sold on a May cover to the all-conquering Into Mischief. “She was a 2-year-old champion and 2-year-old champion mares do very well in Japan,” said Hashimoto, who speaks fluent English. “She looked gorgeous, she has a very nice pedigree, she's in foal to Into Mischief, so she clicked all the boxes that we wanted.” Northern Farm in particular has stepped forward in a big way over the last decade and a half or so at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. In 2013, Yoshida paid $2.3 million for Awesome Feather (Awesome of Course), champion of her generation in 2010, while he paid $2.5 million for She's a Tiger (Tale of the Cat) at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Prior to Monday, Northern Farm's most recent acquisition of a U.S. champion juvenile filly was when paying $2.3 million for Caledonia Road (Quality Road) in 2018, a year after she earned her hardware. Both Awesome Feather and She's a Tiger have produced group-level horses thus far in their second careers. Hashimoto said Just F Y I made a striking impression physically and is the right sort of mare for Japan. “She's a very big mare with a very good frame,” he said. “I think she would match any type of stallion in Japan, so we have to decide who to send to her.” Naturally, Hashimoto slightly lamented the hammer price, but was ultimately willing to take his medicine. “Of course it would have been better if we could have bought her a little cheaper, but she's one of those horses that was going to be very expensive,” he said. “It's a tough market. I am kind of relieved we got one mare at the beginning. I assume it will be a tough market, so we'll see how it goes.” Northern Farm's other purchased Monday evening included Tenma (Nyquist) for $3.2 million; Randomized (Nyquist) for $2.5 million; Excellent Truth (Ire) for $2.5 million; Special Wan (Ire) for $1.2 million; and Saffron Moon for $900,000. @EquinealTDN Krikorian Program Pays Dividends…F Y I Breeder George Krikorian pocketed $1.7 million in earnings from Just F Y I's two years at the races and padded his bankoll mightily Monday evening. Just F Y I is a testament to the Krikorian breeding program, as the champion filly is out of a daughter of dual Grade I winner Starrer (Dynaformer), herself a half-sister to MGISW Stellar Jayne (Wild Rush) and to the dam of GISW Star Billing (Dynaformer). “George [Krikorian] decided to sell her,” bloodstock advisor Donato Lanni commented. “She's a homebred that he's had two generations of the family [which he bred]. With the market being as hot as it was, he decided to sell her. “You never know what they are going to bring. I hate to say it but she really did check all the boxes. She is a Breeders' Cup winner and 2-year-old champion filly. She is also beautiful and in foal to Into Mischief, so everything lined up for her. “I thought something like that was going to happen. You never know where it's going to land, but with the September market being so strong for the high-end stock, nothing surprises me. The good stock always rises to the top. She's a collector's item.” @CBossTDN Brightwork | Fasig-Tipton Simons Say Goodbye to Brightwork Bill and Tammy Simon purchased Brightwork (Outwork) (hip 199) as a weanling for $95,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November sale, and after watching the filly win three graded stakes races and $690,989 in their WSS Racing colors on the racetrack, returned her to the November sales ring to sell for $3 million to the bid of Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds. “As Jesse [Ullery] said from the podium, she's a painting,” Bill Simon said after watching the 4-year-old filly sell. “She's what a racehorse is supposed to look like. We've been confident in her her whole life. We've had her since she was a foal. And we've loved on her and I'm glad she's going to a really great place.” Brightwork opened her racing career with four straight wins, a streak that included victories in the 2023 GIII Adirondack Stakes and GI Spinaway Stakes. She added a win in the GIII Prioress Stakes last year. Simon admitted it was emotional watching the filly sell Monday. “These horses put out so much for you and you share this emotion together,” he said. “She knows us. It's like seeing a family member go, but it's part of the game. Last night in bed, I thought, 'I'm keeping her.' But I don't have a farm. I am not a professional breeder and she deserved the best because she's a queen.” In addition to Brightwork, Erdenheim Farm purchased The Nightingale (Tapit) (hip 165) for $850,000 and Troublesome (Into Mischief) (hip 170) for $825,000. @JessMartiniTDN Boyd Racing Extends to $2.5M for GISW Seismic Beauty Having already made some noise at Fasig-Tipton when doling out a cool $2.6 million for a yearling filly by Gun Runner at the Saratoga Sale this past summer, Randy and Jenny Boyd came to Fasig's November Sale in Lexington ready to rumble. Accompanied by Hanna Jennings of Killora Stud, agents Billy Love and Brittany Linton while bidding from the upstairs balcony, the Tennesse-based owners went up to $2.5 million for Grade I winner Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo). Offered as Hip 144, the 4-year-old filly was consigned by Gainesway. “She's quality so we thought she'd bring plenty,” said Jennings, speaking on behalf of the Boyds. “We're happy to have her.” Randy Boyd is the president of the University of Tennessee and the founder of Radio Systems Corporation. Trained by Bob Baffert, the filly rolled to a 10-length victory in a Santa Anita optional claimer over a mile in April before scoring by five lengths in the GII Santa Margarita in Arcadia in May. Recording a career-high win in the GI Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar in August, she returned to finish 11th in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff last weekend. “We loved her race record, she is a Grade I winner–it couldn't get better than that,” said Jennings. “She is relatively lightly-raced for a 4-year-old. She'll go back to Bob Baffert and, hopefully, get a little more form into her and then retire her next year to the farm.” Seismic Beauty is out of SP Knarsdale, herself a granddaughter SW and GSP Emery Board (Grindstone). With Seismic Beauty in uetro, Knarsdale was purchased by Determined Stud for $430,000 at Keeneland November in 2020. “Uncle Mo as a broodmare sire is a big plus for us,” said Jennings. “She is a bit rangier, I think she'll fill into her frame a bit more as she's developing.” Bred by Determined Stud in Maryland, the bay was a $400,000 Fasig-Tipton November weanling that brought $550,000 from Kerri Radcliffe, bidding on behalf of Peter Leidel, and MyRacehorse at Keeneland September last year. “We are really excited to get her,” said Jennings. “Boyd Racing is relatively new to the game and they wanted top horses to race at the top of the game and she fit the bill.” With only a handful of horses to date, Boyd Racing enjoyed a winner at Saratoga this summer when Tennessee Belle (Yaupon) broke her maiden by 7 1/4 lengths in August.–CBoss 'Pretty' Is As Pretty Does The dam of multiple Grade I winner She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}), just touched off in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Summer Sweet (More Than Ready) was knocked down to Hugo Lascelles, agent, for $3 million, complementing the earlier sale of the mare's Justify weanling topper for $800,000. A Leigh Family product, the 11-year-old mare is a daughter of French listed winner Summer Solstice (Ire) (Caerleon), and her produce have become increasingly popular from a commercial standpoint. Lael Stables purchased She Feels Pretty for $240,000 as a Keeneland September and has become the anchor of the Cherie DeVaux barn, with top-level scores in the New York Stakes, the QE II Challenge Cup, American Oaks, E.P. Taylor Stakes and Natalma Stakes. Her 3-year-old Summer Vibes (Good Magic) made $600,000 as a yearling, while the Jacksons went back to the well once more, paying $650,000 for She Feels Stunning (American Pharoah), a slow-starting seventh in a Saratoga maiden for the Jacksons and DeVaux this past summer. With that as a backdrop, She Feels Pretty enjoyed the full confidence of her consignor, Gainesway. “Our expectation was that she would be adored by the marketplace,” said Gainesway's Brian Graves. “She is the dam of She Feels Pretty, who has won five Grade Is and should be crowned champion. Mares like that are rare and she had everything going for her otherwise. Sales history, including an absolutely stunning Justify filly that we put by her side and was just beautiful. The mare had everything going for her and two of the top judges in the business were bidding on her.” Her hammer price exceeded what her seller had in mind. “The sellers were very reasonable,” Graves said. “They came here to sell her and the reserve was well under half of the actual outcome. They would have been please if they'd gotten $2.5 to $3 million for the package and as it turned out, they almost got four.” @EquinealTDN Hip 54 | Fasig-Tipton Justify Filly Leads Weanlings at Fasig-Tipton November A weanling filly by Triple Crown winner Justify got things off to a flying start when realizing $800,000 from bloodstock agent Hugo Lascelles, bidding from the back walking ring, early in Monday's Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Lascelles, purchasing Hip 54 on behalf of an undisclosed buyer, confirmed the chestnut would head to Europe where she will ultimately race. Bred by Payson Stud, the filly was consigned by Gainesway. The May 16 foal is out of Summer Sweet (More Than Ready), already responsible for She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}), who has never finished worse than second in five starts this season. Highlighted by wins in the GI New York, GI E.P. Taylor Stakes and GIII Modesty Stakes, the Cherie DeVaux trainee was runner-up in the GI Diana last summer and most recently finished a close-up second in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar. “She is a sister to a very good horse indeed. And this is a very good European Family,” said Lascelles. “She is a May foal, so she has a lot of maturing to do. But one day she will be a really nice horse. She is real quality.” Asked about what the future holds for the weanling, Lascelles said, “She will stay [in the U.S.] until the winter or spring and then be sent to Europe.” Asked about Coolmore's hot resident stallion, Lascelles underscored the sire's international appeal. “He has done great in Europe, hasn't he? He's arguably doing as good as he is here or maybe even better,” he said. “He's good and I think the best is still to come with Justify.” The filly was the sole weanling purchase for Lascelles on Monday. “For me to shop a weanling they have to be exceptional, from the very top drawer,” he explained. “And she really was. The pedigree and a lovely filly to go with it.” The 11-year-old Summer Sweet, a half-sister to SW and GSP Adirondack Summer (Thunder Gulch), was purchased by Payson Stud for $550,000 at Keeneland January in 2016. Second dam, listed winner and Group 1-placed Summer Solstice (Ire) (Caerleon), is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Act One (GB) (In The Wings {GB}). “I think it was what she was worth. Being a half-sister to what I think will be a champion. She was excellent,” said Gainesway's Brian Graves. “I would have bought her with my own money to pinhook her because I thought she was easily a $1-million filly if she had been offered as a yearling. She needed to be seen for the quality that she was to promote the mare as well.” Offered as Hip 161, Summer Sweet brought $3-million later in the evening, also from Hugo Lascelles, who signed for the ticket. “I think it was a fair deal for everyone involved,” Graves added. “She was a top-quality filly.” Asked about the overall activity of the weanling market on display Monday, he didn't mince words. “Savage,” Graves said. “If you're buying, in a bad way. But if you're selling, that's in a good way.”–CBoss 'Got to Pay to Play': Cody's Wish Weanlings in Demand at Fasig-Tipton A quartet of first-crop weanlings by Horse of the Year Cody's Wish proved popular in the Fasig-Tipton sales ring Monday. Trainer Wesley Ward bought the most expensive of the group when going to $500,000 for a colt (hip 81) from the Ballysax Bloodstock consignment. Cave Hill Racing spent $440,000 for a filly (hip 69) consigned by Zach Madden's Buckland Sales and Billy Love signed the ticket at $425,000 in the name of One Percent Investments to acquire a colt (hip 33) from Mulholland Springs. Brookstone Farm went to $300,000 for the champion's first weanling to sell, a colt (hip 11) consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency. Love, who did his bidding upstairs in the pavilion, was bidding on behalf of a newly formed pinhooking partnership when he purchased hip 33. “Everything,” Love said when asked what he liked about the colt. “Physically, he's a specimen and he has an amazing pedigree. You will see him at a big sale in the future.” The weanling is the first foal out of the unraced Micro Start (Justify), who is a half-sister to Mopotism (Uncle Mo), the dam of GI Preakness Stakes winner Journalism (Curlin). He was bred by Frank Batten, who also bred Mopotism and Micro Start. Micro Start RNA'd for $285,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September sale. “All of the physicals by him that I've seen have been outstanding, but [hip 33] was just a tick better than the rest,” Love said of Cody's Wish's first crop of weanlings. “They look like racehorses. It was pretty obvious he was going to be an expensive one, and we just hoped we could get him.” Asked if there were any nerves spending that much on a pinhook prospect, Love said, “Of course. But you have got to pay to play.” @JessMartiniTDN The post $6.2-Million Streak of Luck Tops Fasig-Tipton November Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After successful stints in Japan for the past three years, Hollie Doyle is hoping a new off-season mission in Hong Kong can be just as fruitful when she saddles up on seven rides at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The 11-time Group One winner, who has ridden at the International Jockeys’ Challenge (IJC) every year since 2020, begins her first short-term stint in Hong Kong with a busy night at the city circuit. That can be of little surprise – given her track record internationally and the fact...View the full article

Jamie Melham become the first female jockey to claim a coveted double in Australian horse racing when she rode Caulfield Cup winner Half Yours to victory in the A$9 million (US$5.85 million) Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday. Last month, Melham became the first woman to win the Caulfield Cup in its 149-year history, guiding the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Half Yours to an emphatic victory in the A$5 million handicap over 2,400m. Ten years after Michelle Payne’s breakthrough on Prince of...View the full article

Streak of Luck (Old Fashioned), dam of Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Ted Noffey (Into Mischief), sold for $6.2 million Monday night at Fasig-Tipton's 'Night of the Stars' November Sale to a final bid from Amo Racing. The 10-year-old mare was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Aaron and Marie Jones, as Hip 220. In addition to Ted Noffey, a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' who is unbeaten in four starts and also captured the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and GI Hopeful Stakes, the gray Streak of Luck has a yearling filly by Munnings and a weanling full-brother to Ted Noffey. She was sold in foal on an early cover to Not This Time. $6.2 million Streak of Luck, dam of MGIW TED NOFFEY, sells for $6.2 million the Monday after her undefeated colt won the GI @BreedersCup Juvenile. She is in foal to Not This Time. #FasigNovember Ben McElroy signs the ticket on behalf of @amoracingltd USA. pic.twitter.com/LRZQvBB86O — TDN (@theTDN) November 4, 2025 The post Ted Noffey’s Dam Brings $6.2M from Amo Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple Grade I winner Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) has been retired from racing and will stand at Lane's End for the 2026 breeding season, the farm announced. Bred by Fifth Avenue Bloodstock, Carl Spackler was campaigned by e Five Racing before being acquired by Ace Stud. Named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' in his second career jump at Gulfstream Park after breaking his maiden by 8 3/4 lengths, he claimed his first graded victory August of 2023 when he took home the GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes, and claimed his initial elite-level win in 2024 in the GI Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga. He followed that up by adding the GI Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes at Keeneland last October and ended his '24 campaign finishing sixth in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. He got right back to winning ways Apr. 11 by handily defeating a quality field in the GI Maker's Mark Mile Stakes at the Lexington venue. In total, the son of Lope de Vega earned five triple-digit Beyer figures during the course of a career which saw him claim six graded contests–three of them Grade I–and earn just short of $2-million dollars as an eight-time winner. “Carl Spackler is unquestionably the best male turf miler I've ever trained. Not only is he fast, sound, and perfectly made, he also has an incredibly calm temperament that trainers dream of,” said trainer Chad Brown. “I will definitely be in the marketplace buying his best-looking offspring.” Carl Spackler is out of Zindaya (More Than Ready), a graded performer herself in her career, and who also produced French Group-placed Sandtrap (Ire)–a full-sister to Lane's End's newest stallion. The dam is a half-sister to GISW Western Aristocrat (Mr. Greeley) as well as a full-sister to MSP Noble Ready, herself mother to Japanese Group-winner Noble Roger (Palace Malice). Lope de Vega is the sire of 21 Group/Grade I winners and is a top five European sire in 2025. “Lope de Vega has been a dominant force in racing since he was named European Champion First-Crop Sire and has made a global impact,” said Lane's End's Bill Farish. “Carl Spackler had such an impressive turn of foot, consistently performing at an elite level, and with his sire line he brings exciting diversity to the Lane's End roster.” The post Multiple Grade I Winner Carl Spackler Retired, to Stand at Lane’s End appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The dam of 2023 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), 2024 GI Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch (Good Magic), and 2025 GI Pennsylvania Derby winner Baeza sold Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale for $5 million to Raging Torrent Syndicate, which is affiliated with Ace Stud and Yulong Investments. Puca (Big Brown), the reigning Broodmare of the Year, was consigned by Elite, agent, as Hip 135. The 13-year-old bay produced a colt and filly by Good Magic the last two years–full-siblings to her two Classic winners–but was sold not in foal by John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock, who had purchased her for $2.9 million at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale. Puca is one of only nine mares in history to produce two Classic winners in the U.S. The blue hen mare PUCA, dam of Classic/GI winners Mage and Dornoch and GI winner Baeza, sells for $5 million to @YulongInvest from the @EliteRaceSales consignment #FasigNovember pic.twitter.com/4IDHKbdHIR — TDN (@theTDN) November 4, 2025 The post Blue Hen Puca Sells for $5 Million to Raging Torrent Syndicate at Fasig-Tipton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The mare portion of Monday night's Fasig-Tipton November Sale started with early fireworks as champion Just F Y I (Justify), the 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner, sold for $4.5 million to Shingo Hashimoto for Northern Farm. The bay mare is carrying her first foal to a May 4 cover by six-time leading sire Into Mischief. Sold as Hip 109 from the Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa consignment, Just F Y I is a 4-year-old who also won the 2023 GI Frizette Stakes and is out of SP Star Act (Street Cry {Ire}), a daughter of MGISW Starrer (Dynaformer). Just F Y I raced as a homebred for George Krikorian and was featured recently by TDN in this story and video. Eclipse Champion 2YO Filly JUST F YI i/f Into Mischief sells for $4,500,000 at The November Sale! Congrats to the connections: B: Katsumi Yoshida C: @HillnDaleFarm, agt#FasigNovember @spendthriftfarm pic.twitter.com/nCt5XKgGlX — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) November 3, 2025 The post Champion Just F Y I Sells to Japan’s Northern Farm for $4.5 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this BH monthly interview, Karen M. Johnson profiles young racing personalities.View the full article

Chelsea Stone Stewart, currently Chief Operating Officer of Resolute Racing, will assume the role of CEO from John Stewart effective immediately, the group announced Monday. In addition to his wife taking over his roll, children Andrew and Sarah Stewart will also step into leadership roles alongside Stone-Stewart while John's ongoing role will be limited to supporting the senior team with strategic initiatives and direction. The Stewart family previously announced the acquisition of more than 450 acres with plans underway for an expansion of their Midway farm, which will feature a state-of-the-art French-style turf gallop training center and a dedicated area for retired and rescue horses. The farm expects to begin hiring a team to manage the operations and oversee the construction of these new facilities later this year. “I am honored to share that Chelsey will be taking over the role of CEO of Resolute Racing,” said John Stewart. “From the outset, she has been deeply involved and instrumental in the success of our operations, originally as Director of Breeding and Bloodstock and more recently as COO. Chelsey is one of the rising stars in the horse racing industry. Chelsey has proven to be both an exceptional horsewoman and a strong organizational leader.” The post Chelsey Stone Stewart Named CEO of Resolute Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Red-hot sire Gun Runner batted 1,000 during the weanling portion of the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, with his only weanling scheduled to go through the ring Monday bringing $500,000 to the bid of Tracy Farmer. The chestnut filly, consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa as Hip 56, is out of the winning Susie's Baby (Giant's Causeway) and is a half to GSW & MGISP Family Way (Uncle Mo). The Mar. 27-foaled filly's dam is a half-sister to MG1SW and sire Caravaggio (Scat Daddy). The new Tracy Farmer purchase was bred in Kentucky by Cypress Creek Equine. Hip 56 f. GUN RUNNER o/o Susie's Baby sells for $500,000 at The November Sale! Congrats to the connections: B: Tracy Farmer C: @HillnDaleFarm, agt Br: Cypress Creek Equine (KY)#FasigNovember @Three_Chimneys pic.twitter.com/3C9KGB6Kir — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) November 3, 2025 The post Tracy Farmer Picks Up Gun Runner Filly for $500,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A weanling filly by Justify got the nicest sort of update Breeders' Cup Saturday: her half-sister She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}) finished second in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. She Feels Pretty has been making headlines for a long time as a multiple Grade I winner, but Monday during the weanling portion of the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, it was her half-sister's turn. Sold as Hip 54 through the Gainesway consignment, the chestnut filly hammered for $800,000 to Hugo Lascelles, agent. Born May 16, the $800,000 filly is out of Summer Sweet (More Than Ready) and was bred by Payson Stud Inc. in Kentucky. Her dam will sell later in the evening. The post Justify Half to She Feels Pretty to Hugo Lascelles for $800,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In the Nov. 3 episode of BloodHorse Monday, we recap Breeders' Cup Saturday and hear from trainer Jose D'Angelo after winning two Breeders' Cup races with Shisospicy and Bentornato.View the full article

WinStar Farm's annual open house is set to begin Tuesday, Nov. 4 and will run through Wed., Nov. 12, the farm announced Monday. Starting at 11:00am and running until 2:00pm every day at the stallion complex on Paynes Mill Road in Versailles, breeders are welcome without an appointment during the designated hours to view the roster for the 2026 breeding season. Open House events will include lite fare and refreshments. For more information about the open house or about WinStar's roster, breeders should contact the farm at 859-873-1717. The post WinStar Farm Open House Begins Tuesday, Runs to Nov. 12 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features a well-bred newcomer by first-season sire Palace Pier. 16.25 Wolverhampton, £7,300, Mdn, 2yo, f, 7f 36y (AWT) Godolphin's PIERCHIC (GB) (Palace Pier {GB}) is a half-sister to three black-type performers headed by G3 Oh So Sharp victrix and G1 Oaks runner-up Dance Sequence (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The direct descendant of blue hen Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk) is opposed by three in this unveiling, including Shadwell debutante Ritaal (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}), who is from the immediate family of Group 1 winners Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Cercene (Ire) (Australia {GB}) and Accidental Agent (GB) (Delegator {GB}). Likely outsider Too Too Divine (Ire) (Starman {GB}) is out of a Group 3-winning half-sister to G1 King's Stand hero Profitable (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). The post Sibling of Oaks Runner-up Dance Sequence On Deck for Wolverhampton Bow appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a busy week in racing, Keeneland picks up the mantle with its marquee bloodstock auction of the season, the November Breeding Stock Sale. Last week's Keeneland Championship Sale at Del Mar was highlighted by the $3-million final price paid by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa for a share in hot Taylor Made stallion Not This Time. This week, the attention is directed squarely on broodmares and weanlings, and Keeneland has catalogued over 3,086 spanning eight days of selling. Among the headliners in this year's catalog are GI Derby City Distaff Stakes scorer Vahva (Gun Runner), GISW Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) and recently added supplement Super Simple, dam of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Super Corredora (Gun Runner). Vahva, an earner of over $2 million, finished runner-up in the GI PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint last weekend. “Vahva is a high-class competitor who has faced and defeated many of the sport's most talented female sprinters in each of the past three seasons,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “She was bought at Keeneland, she was trained here and she won at Keeneland. It is full circle that she comes back here to sell as a broodmare.” “She is a Grade I winner by Gun Runner who is a tough, hard-knocking filly that is beautiful. She shows up every time,” he continued. “And I think she is one of those fillies, if anyone is looking for a tough, high quality progeny, she has all the credentials to meet those needs. The market is really hungry for young fillies with pedigree with race record and have the physical and she fits the bill.” Late supplement Super Simple, Lacy explained that timing of her juvenile filly's victory in Del Mar factored heavily in bringing the mare to market for the November sale. “She was actually going to be in the January sale as part of the Woodford Thoroughbreds Dispersal,” explained Lacy. “As a result of the Breeders' Cup, it was discussed what was the better option. It was a little bit of a 50/50 call, but the timing was great. The mare is not prepped and she shows up here straight out of the paddock. But she's in foal to Gunite. With only her second foal, she gets a Breeders' Cup winner. You can't get a greater opportunity than this. It's a great opportunity to come here with a young mare in foal to a young, hot stallion and coming off a Breeders' Cup win.” Lush Lips, trained by Brendan Walsh, also received an important update of late, winning Keeneland's GII Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on Oct. 11. “She is a filly that just keeps improving,” he said. “She has a lot of racing in front of her. Anybody who wants to play at the highest level, she can bring them back to the Breeders' Cup next year. She is on the improve and has a pedigree that backs her up as well.” This year's November Sale catalog also includes: Dispersal of Bonne Chance Thoroughbreds — Gainesway is consigning seven broodmares and six weanlings. Hidden Brook is consigning 10 broodmares, one broodmare prospect and one weanling. Dispersal of Woodford Thoroughbreds (Phase 1) — Denali Stud is handling the sale of seven broodmares and one broodmare prospect. Taylor Made Sales Agency is consigning three racing or broodmare prospects. Previously announced curated reduction of bloodstock owned by Leonard and Jon Green'sJ. Stable. Taylor Made Sales Agency is consigning 31 broodmares, racing or broodmare prospects and one broodmare prospect. Hill 'n Dale at Xalapa is consigning one mare in foal to Curlin. “Dispersals are generally well received because there is a genuine reasons for doing it,” Lacy said. “People know that they pretty much get what is on offer, so they do a bit of a premium.” “Keeneland has been successful with a number of dispersals over the years and it is a great way for us to represent a solid breeding program that have some times been developed over generations. People know we can showcase them here in front of a world audience.” Dirt Mile winner Cody's Wish will have his first weanlings pass through the ring at Keeneland | Horsephotos Among the horses in the catalog are the first mares in foal to such stallions as GI Preakness winner Seize the Grey, GI Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch and Breeders' Cup winner More Than Looks along with the first weanlings by stallions including Horse of the Year Cody's Wish and Kentucky Derby winner Mage. “Weanlings that come here by first season sires are usually good representations of each of those stallions,” he said. “Obviously, they come here with the expectation that they will showcase here. It creates a benchmark for buyers for what these horses have coming next year. It also allows pinhookers to buy [weanlings by] young stallions that will be heavily sought after in the yearling market. So it can be a more stable market for those stallions. We are also seeing some really quality sires being developed and everyone is trying to get in at that point. They want horses that look like their father and the qualities of the dam.” The November Breeding Stock Sale will open with a single-day Book 1 with a select group of broodmares, broodmare prospects and weanlings in the catalog. Book 1 (Session 1) – Tuesday, Nov. 4. Session will begin at 2 p.m. (224 hips catalogued plus supplementals) Every remaining session begins at 10 a.m. Book 2 (Sessions 2-3) – Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 5-6. (389 & 401 catalogued) Book 3 (Sessions 4-5) – Friday-Saturday, Nov. 7-8. (422 & 415 catalogued) Book 4 (Sessions 6-8) – Sunday-Tuesday, Nov. 9-11. (414, 415 catalogued; Nov. 11 – 290 & 117 catalogued) This year, Keeneland has adjusted the format of Book 4 to include three sessions. Sessions 6 and 7–which comprise the regularly scheduled Book 4–will sell Sunday, Nov. 9 and Monday, Nov. 10. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Sessions 8 and 9 will be combined into a single day of selling. Horses cataloged to Session 8 will sell in the morning and will be immediately followed by horses cataloged to Session 9. Consignors with horses in Session 9 will sell those horses in the afternoon of Session 8 with the morning hours available for showing. “It's trying to consolidate as many books as possible,” said Lacy, explaining the adjustment. “What we are trying to do is make sure that we get as many of the horses in front of the right people. That has always been our focus.” He continued, “People's time and the time they spend with us is valuable. The more we are able to accommodate the buyers and the time they spend with us and we are not drawing it out longer than it needs to be, the better. Because of the diversity of our buying base, we want to make sure there is enough diversity in front of our buyers, like those coming from Europe, the Far East or Australia and all over the U.S. We want to make sure that there is something for everybody and at all price points.” The post Keeneland November Sale Kicks Off in Lexington Tuesday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Alessandro Marconi was left thanking his lucky stars he missed a flight to America on Monday as a last minute decision to re-route himself to Goffs for the Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale resulted in the bloodstock agent signing for the top lot – the 104-rated Aga Khan-owned Tangapour (Wootton Bassett) – for €185,000 on behalf of unnamed client. “I have never been so happy to miss a flight before,” he said. “I was meant to be on a flight to America for the sales in Keeneland this morning but I missed it and decided to come here instead. I've been lucky buying from the draft in the past.” He added, “I bought Erzindjan a few years ago, who has had a really good career and is still racing for TJ Kent in Newmarket. This horse is for new connections and they were keen on having the best horse in the sale. “I'd like to thank Princess Zahra Aga Khan, who has presented her draft here and in Arqana and gives us some access to these bloodlines. On the back of Tattersalls the price seemed quite reasonable, he's out of a Dubawi mare and has been performing alright. He came highly recommended by Johnny Murtagh and hopefully he's going to adapt to quick ground.” The Aga Khan draft was responsible for the top five most expensive horses sold during the horses-in-training section of the sale. All told, the Aga Khan Studs sold 15 horses for €637,000. The horses-in-training sale turnover dropped by 6% to €1,335,000 while the average dropped by 3% to €16,899 and the clearance rate dropped marginally [2%] to 85%. The median, however, was up by 81% to €10,000 and Goffs chief Henry Beeby was particularly punchy after the sale. He said, “We've said it before, we'll say it again, and we'll keep on saying it. Send us the horses and we will deliver. Yet again, with the top five lots the Aga Khan Studs draft has graphically illustrated that the Goffs Autumn HIT Sale can and will return the highest prices for the category and I am not embarrassed to say that it frustrates us to see so many Irish horses travelling to England last week when we have such an international buying bench in Kildare Paddocks this week. As the only sale for the form horses in Ireland we prove our point year after year, with owners and trainers delighted with the outcome of their drafts, and my end of sale comments highlighting the same issue. The fact is it costs less in terms of travel, entry fee and commission to sell here so we will keep banging the drum and strive to persuade more Irish horses to enter and reap the dividend of the unique Goffs service.” Beeby added, “The international nature of the buyers' profile and the opportunities they present is clearly demonstrated by a review of the results with horses heading to Italy, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, Mongolia, UAE, Qatar, Libya, Saudi Arabia and the UK. Those buyers flock to Goffs each year and ensure a lively atmosphere in the ring as they interact with us and compete with each other. We appreciate their business and wish them well with their Goffs horses in training. Today's small catalogue has returned acceptable statistics with a strong clearance rate and a very pleasing leap in median price to underline the relative strength of the sale.” Meanwhile, the Autumn Yearling Sale got off to a respectable start with 88 of the 112 horses offered selling at a turnover of €879,300. The average on Monday for that section of the sale was €9,993 and the median €6,500. Buys of the day Given Serialise (Footstepsinthesand) went off at odds of 9-1 for the Kensington Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot earlier this summer, she has to be deemed value at €7,000 to Denis Hogan and James McAuley. Betsen also looked well bought at €16,000 to Freddy Tylicki on behalf of trainer Tony Carroll. Betsen has been a rock solid sprint handicapper in Ireland and that form should translate well to Britain. The post ‘I’ve Never Been So Happy To Miss A Flight’ – Marconi Re-Routes To Goffs For Top Lot appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tuesday, Flemington, Australia, post time: 15:00 (04:00 GMT/23:00 ET {Monday}), LEXUS MELBOURNE CUP-G1, A$10,000,000, 3yo/up, 16fT Field: Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Buckaroo (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Arapaho (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Vauban (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Chevalier Rose (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Presage Nocturne (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Middle Earth (GB) (Roaring Lion), Meydaan (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Absurde (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Flatten The Curve (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Land Legend (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), Smokin' Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines {Aus}), Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Half Yours (Aus) (St Jean {Ire}), More Felons (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Onesmoothoperator (Dialed In), Furthur (Ire) (Waldgeist {GB}), Parchment Party (Constitution), Athabascan (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}), Goodie Two Shoes (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), River Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Royal Supremacy (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), Torranzino (NZ) (Tarzino {NZ}), Valiant King (GB) (Roaring Lion). TDN Analysis: This year's Melbourne Cup will be televised in over 200 territories, with 'the race that a stops a nation' being broadcast on Sky Sports Racing in Britain and Ireland (04:00 GMT) and on FOX Sports 2 in the U.S. (23:00 ET on Monday). Japanese raider Chevalier Rose and American hope Parchment Party give the latest edition even more of an international flavour than in some years, albeit both feature among the likely outsiders in a 24-strong field. Al Riffa, on the other hand, holds outstanding claims of providing young Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien with a third Melbourne Cup success since 2017, having shaped like this trip would play to his strengths when last seen running away with the Irish St Leger. The returning Absurde, who was seventh in 2023 and fifth last year, is another leading Irish-trained contender as he tries to complete a remarkable double for Willie Mullins and the H O S Syndicate following Ethical Diamond's win in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf. French-based trainer Alessandro Botti saddles another of the market leaders in Presage Nocturne, while Simon and Ed Crisford's Meydaan and Brian Ellison's recent Moonee Valley Gold Cup winner Onesmoothoperator join the three-year-old Furthur in a three-pronged attack from Britain. Absurde and Meydaan were last seen finishing seventh and ninth, respectively, in the Caulfield Cup, which could hold the key to the home challenge. Half Yours will be trying to emulate Without A Fight, the first horse for 22 years to complete the Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup double in 2023. However, preference is for the former Joseph O'Brien trainee Valiant King, who finished a never-nearer third at Caulfield and is now much better off at the weights with the winner over a trip he promises to relish. [Adam Houghton]. The post Black-Type Analysis: Valiant King Can Keep International Rivals at Bay in Melbourne Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article