Wandering Eyes

Terry Moseley returns to scale aboard Collect Your Cash following the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui on Saturday. Photo: Monica Toretto With a powerful burst from the back of the field, Collect Your Cash delivered an unforgettable result for local horseman Shankar Muniandy in Saturday’s Listed Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui. Muniandy has been a popular member of local jockey ranks for most of the last two decades, riding 237 winners in a career that started in the 2007-08 season. His seven black-type victories include the 2022 edition of the Dunedin Guineas with Palmetto. While the 36-year-old has continued to ride in a handful of races this season, he is transitioning into training. He saddled his first runner in May 2022 and has now had nine winners from 68 career starters, headed by a very special first stakes success in Saturday’s Dunedin Guineas. “I’ve been based here for a long time now, so I’m very pleased to win this race today,” Muniandy said. Muniandy was mobbed by well-wishers after Saturday’s $100,000 feature, in which Collect Your Cash defied longshot odds of $23.50. The Rageese gelding had shown bright talent in the spring, winning by almost four lengths on debut at Ascot Park in November and finishing second at Wingatui on Boxing Day – beaten by a long neck by Dunedin Guineas favourite Hakadecree. Collect Your Cash was a respected $10 chance in the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m) in the third start of his career on January 20, but he faded from favour with a lacklustre eighth along the more rain-affected inside part of the track. But Collect Your Cash bounced back in style on Saturday. Patiently ridden by Terry Moseley, Collect Your Cash settled second-last among the 14-horse field. The only runner behind him was Sugar, who had bucked soon after leaving the starting gates and was distantly detached from the field from that point on. Collect Your Cash was still at the back of the pack at the home turn, but Moseley angled him to the outside and let him rip. He made up plenty of ground with big, powerful bounds down the straight and swept past Drakaina and Sense Of Timing to score an impressive win. “He’s been a nice horse, right from the beginning,” Muniandy said. “Things went wrong for him last time, but I was very pleased with that performance today. “I think, last time, they reckoned the track was off down on the inside, and the boy (Ruvanesh Muniandy) just got stuck there and he wasn’t able to let down. I told Terry today, ‘Don’t go inside, mate, if you can help it.’He rode a good race and it was a very good performance.” The win marked a successful return to the saddle for Moseley, who was having his first day riding since last September. “In the last week or 10 days, I feel like I’ve been riding okay in work and it just feels like a progression,” he said. “I’m getting there. “It’s good to win this race for Shankar. We’re good mates on and off the track. He’s a good bloke and just starting out as a trainer, and he’s obviously doing a very good job with the team he’s got. It’s nice to see some younger people coming into training and doing well. “We had a bit of an awkward draw today in gate 12. He poked up a little bit along the fence coming up to the corner and I was tempted to go that way, but I think the ground is slightly off on the inside. So I decided to just bide my time and get to the outside to make our run in the straight. This horse is still a bit green yet, he did a few things wrong, so there’s good improvement in him.” More horse racing news View the full article

Lady Of Camelot kicked clear to win to win the Group 3 Widden Stakes. Photo: RacingNSW After taking out the Canonbury Stakes with Prost earlier in the day, Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott took out the second of the two-year-old features at Rosehill, with Lady Of Camelot (-222.22) getting the job done well as the odds-on favourite in the Group 3 Widden Stakes. Tim Clark took the heavily backed favourite to the front and led every step of the way over the 1100m and careered away for a dominant victory in the concluding stages. This daughter of Written Tycoon was able to turn the tables on Manaal (+600), as the winner of the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes couldn’t reel in the front runner and could only manage a runner-up finish on return. The Peter & Paul Snowden-trained Wave Breaker (+1000) ran on nicely to nab third place ahead of Extreme Diva (+2500) in the final strides, but it was clear that the top two runners were the ones to follow from this contest going forward. Much like the win of Prost earlier, the Waterhouse & Bott-trained gallopers are starting to hit their straps on their way to the Golden Slipper in seven weeks time. 2024 Widden Stakes Replay – Lady Of Camelot Adrian Bott was on course to represent the stable and he spoke post-race. “She’s got so much natural speed,” Bott said of Lady Of Camelot. “Beautifully bred filly, she’s well-related. “Her first two progeny (Queen Of The Ball and Platinum Jubilee) have been stakes winning two-year-olds as well, so she becomes the third in just three foals. “She obviously looked to show plenty of natural speed but once he was able to change it over, she really found another gear and lengthened very impressively. “That last furlong was very sharp.” Tim Clark rode both of the Waterhouse & Bott two-year-old winners at Rosehill, and he spoke post-race about the win of Lady Of Camelot. “She’s done a great job, she’s a really precocious filly,” Clark said. “She wouldn’t break ice, she’s so light on her feet. She’s got such a good cruising speed, that’s what we wanted to use. “Good thing about her though is she rests within herself when she’s there. “She got a little bit lost up the straight still, so I think there’s still a little more to give. But she couldn’t have been any more impressive. “I think she’s just naturally so fast, I think trying to harness her too much would take away from her asset. “She was probably just parked a little bit when she was there by herself and nothing with her. “When I asked her for another effort she lengthened really well, it was a strong effort.” Lady Of Camelot is a +1600 chance in Golden Slipper futures markets with online bookmakers. More horse racing news View the full article

James McDonald and Lady Laguna proved too slick in the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes. Photo: RacingNSW Lady Laguna (-105.26) has brought up a hattrick of wins for this preparation after running away from a small field of older horses in the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes at Rosehill, adding to her Listed Nudgee Stakes and Magic Millions Fillies & Mares victories at her previous two starts. This daughter of Overshare has started to put it all together in during her four-year-old campaign, taking her record to six wins and 10 placings from 22 starts for Annabel Neasham. As everyone expected, Malkovich (+450) took up the lead and ensured a solid gallop, with James McDonald settling the race favourite behind the leader and received the run of the race. There was only one horse that punters wanted to be on at the 400m mark, as McDonald slipped Lady Laguna more rein and she took over with 300m to go. Hard To Say (+360) was the best of the swoopers, as the Jason Deamer-trained gelding took ground off the winner in the concluding stages to finish second, beaten 1.6 lengths on the line. 2024 Southern Cross Stakes Replay – Lady Laguna Annabel Neasham claimed that Lady Laguna was in career-best form last start and the mare backed up what she said with another strong performance. “She’s a star, she’s three on the bounce now,” Neasham said of Lady Laguna. “The great thing with her is she’s so diverse. She’ll go on a bottomless track, she’ll go on a firm deck. “She can be on speed, she can sit back. She’s so diverse. “She jumped really well today which was pleasing to see because she was coming back in trip from two runs where she had been ridden a bit quieter. “She just makes her own luck, she’s very tenacious and I think she will just keep on improving and hopefully we can pick off a race like the Millie Fox in a few weeks. “It would be great if she could stretch out a little bit further because obviously there’s a couple of nice mares races at the top level. We’ll just take it a race at a time but delighted with that.” James McDonald is starting to build a nice affiliation with this mare, and he spoke post-race. “It was a nice position to be in (on-speed), that’s for sure,” McDonald said. “Especially outside of the lead no dramas at all on a fit, in-form mare that’s absolutely airborne. “I don’t know what these TAB traders ‘Lay of the day’ – what’s that go? “She would actually chase down. You can see when she hit the front, she just thinks her job is done. “Lovely mare in form, well placed.” More horse racing news View the full article

John Size will mount a two-pronged bid on the opening leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series. Aiming for his fourth success in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m), John Size is optimistic Helios Express and Howdeepisyourlove can perform to expectations at Sha Tin on Sunday. Having previously triumphed in the opening leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series with Sun Jewellery (2016), Nothingilikemore (2018) and Excellent Proposal (2021), Hong Kong’s master trainer is strongly represented this season by Helios Express, who starts from barrier six under Hugh Bowman and Howdeepisyourlove, who jumps starts from gate nine under James McDonald. The winner of four of six Hong Kong starts, Helios Express has risen to a rating of 102 after effortlessly winning his only start at Benalla, Australia when known as Tex Mex and trained by Jamie Edwards. Size expects the Toronado gelding to maintain his excellent consistency after a commanding last-start win on January 7 over Sunday’s course and distance. “He made the adaption to 1600 (metres) more or less straight away, he seemed to travel not too bad. He was a little bit strong, I guess, but still managed it in a slow-run race and he sprinted well off a slow speed, that’s about all we expected from him,” Size said. “I don’t think he’s taken harm from the race. He seems to have coped with that pretty well. His trial was normal and he looks like he’s going to run a race again.” Last season’s Hong Kong Champion Griffin Howdeepisyourlove, rated 98, is yet to win in three starts at Sha Tin after spending the bulk of his formative career at Happy Valley, but Size hopes the Deep Field gelding can contend strongly. “He’s a different style of horse at Sha Tin, but I think he handles it quite well – the few times we’ve run him here, he’s been fine. He would probably appreciate a slower track, and it’s coming that way now the way the winter grass is growing,” Size said. “He seems in good order and he’s certainly going to run well. He looks like he can run a mile and this is first attempt, so he’s going to be fitter in the future but he’d still run well, I’d say.” Size will saddle 10 runners at the weekend as the 12-time Hong Kong champion bids to add to his current tally of 25 winners for the season. Prominent among the stable entry is Young Champion, who makes his first Hong Kong appearance in the Class 3 Peach Blossom Handicap (1200m) from barrier one under McDonald. Formerly known as Sharlouk when trained in Ireland by Johnny Murtagh, the Zoustar gelding has not raced since finishing second to Cosmic Vega in the Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes (1400m) at Naas on 21 May, 2023. “He seems to be enjoying it, he hasn’t given us reason to be concerned about him. He’s healthy and well, he’s sound, he’s got a good temperament. In his barrier trials, he seems to make the adaption of Hong Kong style of trialling rather quickly for a northern hemisphere horse, so I’m happy to take him to the races,” Size said. “I think he’s going to acquit himself very well.” Lyle Hewitson will chase his fourth win on Chancheng Glory when the gelding tackles the Hong Kong Classic Mile for Francis Lui, conceding Helios Express is the horse to beat. “We’re under no illusions that there is some smart opposition in the race, particularly the John Size horse so we’ve got our task in front of us, but he (Chancheng Glory) maps well in the race,” the South African said. “He’s very consistent and he raises the bar just enough each time to put himself right there at the finish. I expect him to deliver the goods once again and whether that’s being into the minor money or we can be better than that, we’ll be very happy. “He’s done well at home and he’s done us proud, so hopefully he can do it again.” More horse racing news View the full article

Coleman ridden by Ben Melham winning the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Matt Laurie’s boom colt, Coleman (+110), has proven his dominant debut victory in the Listed Debutant Stakes was no fluke as he powered home over the top of his rivals to take out the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield. Counteroffensive (+850) set a solid tempo out in front and after he pinched a couple of lengths on the race favourite and eventual winner, it looked as though he would take some running down with 300m to go. However, once Ben Melham gave the son of Pierata a crack with the whip and allowed him to go through his gears, he picked up the leader and powered away in the final 150m. The second favourite Eneeza (+140) from the Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman yard settled near the rear and made good ground in the home straight to run into second place but was no match for the super impressive winner. Laurie confirmed post-race that Coleman would go straight into the Blue Diamond Stakes next start after his dominant win. 2024 Chairman’s Stakes Replay – Coleman Matt Laurie was on track to witness Coleman’s performance, and he spoke post-race. “Watching him walk around today, he was very cruisy, but you could just tell he was on the ball,” Laurie said. “That was a really good win. “When he picked it up he was super powerful through the line. “(He) is a really impressive colt, very exciting few weeks ahead. “He’s going to learn a lot from today too. “I think we can just train him, and three weeks (until the Blue Diamond) is good for him.” Ben Melham has picked up an early riding double after winning on Icelandic Miss in the previous race and he spoke after the win of Coleman. “He’s got very good ability, but he is just a competitive horse,” Melham said of Coleman. “Matty (Laurie) has managed him really well and I like the fact that he has got three weeks into the Blue Diamond. “Really nice colt, very good colt I think, still putting it all together but it’ll be scary when he does. “I was momentarily worried, but he is a very good horse our bloke and he just expanded underneath me and picked him up and won with ease in the end.” Coleman is now the +300 favourite in Blue Diamond Stakes futures markets with top horse betting sites. More horse racing news View the full article

Prost ridden by Tim Clark wins the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes. Photo: Racing NSW Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott have continued their winning ways with their two-year-olds in 2024, as Tim Clark guided Prost (+240) to victory in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill. With several of their juveniles taking out most of the two-year-old races in the lead up to the Golden Slipper, the Waterhouse & Bott team appear to have another good one on their hands. This son of Snitzel was returning for his second racing preparation after finishing third behind his stablemate Espionage in the Group 3 Breeders Plate in September last year. King Of Roseau (+360) led the field up to the home corner before Prost took over at the 200m mark and raced to a clear margin, with Fearless running home down the outside into second and the race favourite Traffic Warden (+240) battled on for third. An awkward stride after letting down by the runner-up hindered his chances of winning, but nothing really worried the winner as he ran over the line to win by a half-length. 2024 Canonbury Stakes Replay – Prost Adrian Bott was on course to see Prost’s win and he spoke post-race. “We’re in a great position, had some great support this year and we’ve got some lovely colts and Prost is a great example of that going forward,” Bott said. “Really strengthened up and mentally we saw a real professional performance from him there. “After the Breeder’s Plate, discussing the options, being a Magic Millions purchase he had the option of going up there. “But speaking with Kia Ora and everyone involved with this colt we wanted to give him the right time and just have a real good run up and a real good lead up towards the Golden Slipper. “Obviously today was very important for him to get some prize money and get a good win on the board. “We’ve got a bit of time now to work out what the path is going to be, how many runs he needs. But certainly, we’ll see him again and all roads will be leading towards the Golden Slipper.” Tim Clark has ridden most of the Waterhouse & Bott two-year-olds and he will have a choice to make in a few weeks. “He put the writing on the wall with his run in the Breeder’s (Plate) and then he’s come back and trialled nicely on both occasions, so he looked ready to go,” Clark said. “He began well from the inside and when the other horse was racing keenly outside me, I let him go and it gave him a chance to have something to chase. “He was probably a sitting shot the last 100m but to his credit he pulled out plenty and held his rivals at bay. “Their two-year-olds are airborne at the moment. “It makes our job a lot easier when you’re getting legged onto these jets every week and you’ve just got to point them. “They’ve got a good bunch of two-year-olds, and they get a good line on them and they’re going well.” Prost is a +1600 chance in Golden Slipper futures markets with online bookmakers. More horse racing news View the full article

Jockey Alexis Badel takes aim at consecutive Group Three victories aboard the in-form galloper: ‘Hopefully we’ll be in the right spot and hit the line strong’View the full article

Godolphin horses won four of the five turf races on the Feb. 2 program at the Dubai World Cup Carnival, previewing some potential stars for the summer season in Europe and the United States.View the full article

The Feb. 4 Hong Kong Classic Mile is the first of three races in the series that culminates with the Hong Kong Derby.View the full article

Breaking on top despite a slight bobble after the jump, Comparative (Street Sense) was headed only once in the GII Bayakoa S., but put that rival away in the lane to hold off all comers in a gutsy performance to pick up her first graded win. On a two-race win-streak coming into this contest after another dueled performance in the Ladies S. Jan. 6, and a winner to cap her 2023 season against New York optional claiming company Nov. 25 at Aqueduct, she was given a 6-1 chance by the betting public to repeat her performances. Quick to show the way after recovering from the unsteady jump, she put up :24.07, :48.12, and 1:12.82 splits as GSW Shotgun Hottie (Gun Runner) breathed down her neck. Briefly headed by that one in the far turn, she regained her advantage coming into the straight. Turning away another two challenges in the lane, the wire could not have arrived fast enough, and Ice Orchid's final lunge came a half-length short. Misty Veil had to settle for third. Pedigree Note A full-sister to dual track-record setting GSW Shared Sense, Comparative has a pair of winning and placed elder brothers as well as a 3-year-old full-brother Kinetic. Dam Collective, herself a half-sister to GSW & MGISP Penwith (Bernardini) and MGSW & MGISP Cantering (A. P. Indy), dam of GISP Central Avenue (Street Sense), produced a pair of Medaglia d'Oro offspring–a 2-year-old colt and yearling filly. She has no breeding on record for 2024. This is also the family of GISP Tranquil Manner (A. P. Indy). Friday, Oaklawn BAYAKOA S.-GIII, $250,000, Oaklawn, 2-2, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:44.81, ft. 1–COMPARATIVE, 121, f, 4, by Street Sense 1st Dam: Collective, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Composure, by Touch Gold 3rd Dam: Party Cited, by Alleged 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Manuel Franco. $135,000. Lifetime Record: 11-5-0-3, $410,995. *Full to Shared Sense, MGSW, $577,435. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Ice Orchid, 119, m, 5, Super Saver–Singlet, by Real Quiet. O/B-Shortleaf Stable (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz. $45,000. 3–Misty Veil, 121, m, 6, Tonalist–Genuine Class, by Birdstone. ($210,000 6yo '24 KEEJAN). O-Resolute Racing; B-William Humphries & Altair Farms LLC (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $22,500. Margins: HF, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 6.20, 8.00, 20.80. Also Ran: Butterbean, Hot and Sultry, Shotgun Hottie, Just Katherine, The Alys Look, Skratch Kat. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Comparative Takes Them All the Way in Bayakoa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

He might be 38 points shy of raging favourite Helios Express but the Mauritian jockey is hopeful of a bold showing from the David Hayes-trained galloperView the full article

The Lothenbach dispersal of Horses of Racing Age on Fasig-Tipton Digital, run Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, closed with 66 horses selling for $4,840,000 with MSP Minnesota Ready (More Than Ready) leading all lots at a final price of $380,000, changing hands to Richard Colton Jr.. The first in the digital ring, Minnesota Ready was most recently seen Jan. 20 in the Duncan F. Kenner S. at the Fair Grounds, where he again ran third in a blanket finish with SW Sosua Summer (Summer Front) and MSW & MGSP Just Might (Justin Phillip) and wrapping his 2023 season before that Dec. 23 in the Richard R. Scherer Memorial S. behind those familiar foes. The four others who went beyond the $300,000 mark include Dazzlin Dictator (American Pharoah), a two-time winner at Turfway Park, who went to Rodolphe Brisset, agent for Ann Harrison; Tickle Me Unclemo (Uncle Mo), a $350,000 KEESEP yearling, went to Robert Salome for $320,000; and Practically Dark (Practical Joke), recently second in a maiden special at the Fair Grounds, sold to C2 Racing Stable for $310,000. Most notable of that group is GSW & GISP Happy American (Runhappy), who went as a racing prospect and sold to trainer Neil Pessin for $340,000. A frequent face in the graded ranks across the country, he won the GIII Louisiana S. in 2023 and ran third that summer in the GIII Blame and GI Stephen Foster S.. After uninspiring finishes in the a pair of graded efforts in Kentucky, he returned to the Big Easy and hit the board in the Tenacious S. to cap his season. He'd made his 2024 bow in the GIII Louisiana S. Jan. 20, finishing third in his title defense attempt. In addition to the $4.84-million aggregate, the average was $73,333 while the median was $41,000 with 16 horses selling for $100,000 or more with Taylor Made Sales consigning. A total of 741 potential buyers from 46 states and seven countries registered to bid, placing a total of 3,047, and averaging 46 bids per offering. “All I can say is, 'Wow,'” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales. “We have to thank the estate of Mr. Lothenbach for trusting us with this dispersal of racing stock. This is exactly what the digital platform was built for: horses and buyers from all over the country. These are phenomenal results.” The dispersal of Lothenbach's breeding stock and yearlings will come during the Kentucky Winter Mix sale Feb. 5 to Feb. 6 with the catalogue available online. Full results for the Lothenbach dispersal are available here. The post Minnesota Ready Tops Lothenbach Dispersal on Fasig-Tipton Digital appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Grade-I winner One in Vermillion (Army Mule) was euthanized Friday at a clinic in Phoenix due to the effects of laminits, according to his owner Jonathan Kalman, in a story posted by the DRF. According to that story, the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. victor had been preparing for a trip to Kentucky for the Keeneland January sale, where he was slated to go through the ring as a stallion prospect, when a farrier noticed the colt was foundering in his opposite foreleg of the injured fetlock sustained during a workout at Zia Park in November. “We called the vet immediately,” Kalman told DRF's Steve Anderson Friday. “He'd been with the vet since Dec. 27.” Hailing from humble beginnings as a $26,000 yearling from ARZNOV, the California-bred had more travel miles to his credit than most people, but thrived on the schedule, winning the tragic edition of the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial after New York Thunder broke down on the lead. He picked up the Lazaro Barrera S. at Santa Anita and Sunland's Riley Allison Derby among his four wins in 2023. He also hit the board in the GIII West Virginia Derby in the lead up to that Grade I score and made runner-up appearances at Prairie Meadows and Canterbury in the Iowa and Canterbury Derby, respectively. The post One In Vermillion Euthanized appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) winner One in Vermillion, injured while training in New Mexico in the fall, was euthanized in Arizona Feb. 2 due to laminitis, according to owner Jonathan Kalman.View the full article

In a gutsy statement win, Godolphin homebred Comparative battled on the lead to secure her first graded stakes score in the 1 1/16-mile $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park Feb. 2.View the full article

TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack provides his analysis for Saturday's quartet of GI Kentucky Derby prep races. GIII Holy Bull S. – Last year's jaw-dropping GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light) finds a perfect landing spot to launch his sophomore season versus seven overmatched rivals. Not worth trying to beat him here, even if he's closer to 1-9 than his 3-5 morning-line quote. I can't see him defeating the recently crowned 2023 champion 2-year-old, but how about Domestic Product (Practical Joke) to complete a cold exacta at a price? His maiden win two starts back in his two-turn debut at Aqueduct last fall was impressive enough to give him a pass for his no-show seventh in the GII Remsen S. in the mud last out. Training well for Chad Brown and the blinkers come off for this. Selection: #7 Fierceness (3-5). GIII Southwest S. – Just couldn't resist taking a swing on a longshot closer in a wide-open race that seems destined for a pace meltdown. The lightly raced Common Defense (Karakontie {Jpn}) ran very well to finish second behind his Ken McPeek-trained stablemate and subsequent GIII Lecomte S. longshot third Lat Long (Liam's Map) in his Oaklawn Park course-and-distance debut Dec. 17. He ran to the money and kicked home beautifully in Oaklawn's short stretch to graduate next out going a mile Jan. 13 and was a supplemental entry here. Common Defense is bred to run all day (his third dam is GISW Aldiza) and he should offer plenty of value in by far the best wagering event of the four prep races on tap Saturday. Last out stretch-running GIII Street Sense S. winner Liberal Arts (Arrogate) also makes plenty of sense here; and will also be using wise-guy horse Awesome Road (Quality Road) despite the very tough draw. Selection: #8 Common Defense (15-1). GIII Robert B. Lewis S. – 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist) looked like a complete monster in his first two starts sprinting for Bob Baffert last term, including a runaway stalk-and-pounce win in the seven-furlong GIII Bob Hope S. last out Nov. 19. No reason to think anything can get near him here either in his first try off the bench in this first test around two turns. Good luck seeing anything near that 4-5 morning-line quote! Selection: #6 Nysos (4-5). GIII Withers S. – Speed Runner (Gun Runner), a useful third going seven furlongs on debut, took a major step forward with a game maiden victory at the Big A over this same course and distance for Todd Pletcher while making his route debut last time Dec. 8. The half-brother to GI Blue Grass S. winner and GI Belmont S. third Brilliant Speed (Dynaformer) should work out an ideal trip beneath Jose Lezcano from his rail draw. Deserving favorite Lightline (City of Light), a rallying second from far back behind unbeaten Southwest contender Carbone (Mitole) going a mile at Oaklawn, should appreciate the additional real estate for Brad Cox. Uncle Heavy (Social Inclusion) is an interesting longshot to consider for underneath shipping in off a better-than-it-looks win in the Wait For It S. versus state-breds at Parx. Selection: #1 Speed Runner (5-1). The post Handicapping the Kentucky Derby Preps: Holy Bull, Robert B. Lewis, Southwest & Withers appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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The Tampa Bay Stakes (G3T) and Endeavour Stakes (G3T), bookend events on the Feb. 3 program at Tampa Bay Downs, look similar but have a big difference.View the full article

With more than two inches of rain in the forecast Feb. 4, Santa Anita Park has announced the eight-race Sunday program has been canceled and that a pair of graded stakes will be rescheduled for Feb. 10.View the full article

Veteran exercise rider and former jockey Arturo Mares died after sustaining severe neck and brain injuries during training hours Jan. 27 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

With a forecast that calls for more than two inches of rainfall Sunday, officials at Santa Anita Park have preemptively canceled live racing scheduled for that afternoon. The program was to feature the GIII $100,000 Las Virgenes S. for 3-year-old fillies and the GIII San Marcos S. for older male turf horses. Those two races have been rescheduled for next Saturday, Feb. 10, with the races to be redrawn Wednesday, Feb. 7. Saturday's forecast calls for no such inclement weather and racing will go on as planned. Four graded contests are carded, headed by the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. for 3-year-old males. The GII Santa Monica S., GIII Thunder Road S. and GIII Megahertz S. are part of a program that kicks off at 12:15 p.m. PT. Those four events are part of the 1/ST Racing Tour and also includes the Listed Swale S. and GIII Holy Bull S. from Gulfstream Park. All of the 1/ST Racing Tour races will be shown on Peacock and CNBC. The post Forecast Rains Force Cancellation of Sunday Racing at Santa Anita; Stakes Rescheduled appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

I read the Jan. 31 article regarding Jeffrey Englehart. While sympathetic to Mr. Englehart's situation, it is apparent there are many misconceptions concerning the two-year-old sale process. As a seller of two-year-olds and an executive member of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Board of Directors, I have intimate knowledge of the efforts made by OBS and the policies created for a healthy auction environment. I would like to shed some light on these efforts. Similar to racing, our medication policies have evolved over time creating a safer environment for horses and buyers alike and those policies are reviewed and updated annually. The two-year-old sales are the most tested segment of the auction industry. We conduct testing at all our under tack shows and also provide buyers the opportunity to request testing at the time of purchase. In the last four years, more than 1,100 horses have been tested at our under tack shows, resulting in just two positive tests for the bronchodilator, Clenbuterol. Those horses were scratched from the sale and their sellers suffered sanctions. On the track, we have firm rules regarding the use of a riding crop. Outriders are tasked with policing the under-tack show and a veterinarian is present observing every horse before and after their performance. In addition, all equine participants in tack shows are identified by a professional identifier before setting foot on the track. Our young racing prospects perform on Tapeta, one of the safest surfaces in North America. Our graduates perform at the highest levels of the sport year in and year out, in almost every country that hosts Thoroughbred racing. Independently compiled statistics clearly show that graduates from two-year-old sales race more often, have longer careers with a higher percentage of wins, stakes wins and graded stakes wins than any other source of young prospects. The OBS board is sympathetic to Mr Englehart's plight and understand the predicament with which he is faced. There are new and unanswered questions resulting from the timeline of hair testing that need to be addressed industry-wide. However, to suggest that the use of Clenbuterol is 'rampant at two-year-old sales' could not be further from the truth. The OBS Two-Year-old sale protocols can be viewed here. Two-Year-Old Sale statistics can be viewed here. Respectfully yours, Nick de Meric. The post Letter to the Editor: Nick de Meric appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) winner One in Vermillion, injured while training in New Mexico this fall, was euthanized in Arizona Feb. 2 due to laminitis, according to owner Jonathan Kalman.View the full article

SF Bloodstock will send 15 mares to Lane's End's Quality Road this spring, according to a post on X from Tom Ryan, SF's managing partner. The news comes fresh off National Treasure (Quality Road)'s win in the $3 million Grade I Pegasus World Cup on Saturday. National Treasure is a 2020 colt from Treasure. “During the 2023 season, SF Bloodstock had 12 mares IN FOAL to him at Atlas Farm,” Ryan said in the post, “and we plan to exceed that number this spring. If he starts the 2024 season how he finished his last season, his fertility will be well within the industry standard.” National Treasure propelled Quality Road to the top of the leading General Sire list with earnings of $2.6 million. He has sired two graded stakes winners in 2024, including three-year-old Track Phantom in the GIII Lecompte Stakes at the Fair Grounds. “He's a great sire from every aspect,” Ryan continued. “A great sales sire. Versatility across surfaces. He has sired champion colts and fillies. Now, his Pegasus-winning son, City of Light, is also taking off with a champion in his 2nd crop. National Treasure is an excellent example of what he can deliver. A top-class racehorse that can carry speed around two turns.” The mares include Grade II winner Frolic's Dream, whose Quality Road yearling colt sold for a $650,000 at Saratoga in 2023; Canadian champion femaile sprinter Hazelbrook; Bourbonesque, the dam of Grade I winner Mongolian Groom and whose Quality Road filly sold for $525,000 as a yearling in 2023; Grade III Ontario Matron winner Kate's Kingdom; Pretty Milanova, a daughter of American Pharoah out of multiple Grade I producer Maryinsky (Ire); and True Style, a half-sister to Forestry. The post SF Bloodstock to Send 15 Mares to Quality Road appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article