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A Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) internal adjudication panel has banned trainer Zvi Kriple for two years for breach of the racetrack safety rule that prohibits “the deprivation of necessary care, sustenance, shelter, or veterinary care” to a Covered Horse. The case concerns the former Kriple trainee, Royal Honey (Astern {Aus}). In April of this year, Royal Honey died a “very painful death” from colic when stabled at Belterra Park after Kriple failed to secure for the 5-year-old mare the necessary veterinary care, according to a written ruling dated Oct. 27. The hearing was held Oct. 20. Kriple's ban began Oct. 28. He has 10 days from receiving the written order to appeal the ruling. According to the written ruling, on the afternoon of April 23 this year, Royal Honey started to show symptoms of colic. “Without having sought veterinary aid on the 23rd, at 12:30PM on Sunday April 24, 2025 the Covered Person made contact with Dr. Timothy Renn to seek veterinary aid. Dr. Renn informed the Covered Person that he was 100 miles away and was unable to return to the track to attend to the horse. “He suggested several alternative veterinarians which might be able to attend to the horse in a timely manner. He further stressed the importance of having the horse seen to and that the condition, left untreated, could lead to a very painful death of the Covered Horse,” the written ruling states. “Dr. Renn further testified that his next contact with the Covered Person was at 8:30PM on the 24th when he was told by the Covered Person that the horse still had not been treated by a veterinarian. In his testimony, Dr. Renn quoted another trainer who was on the call as saying that several trainers had volunteered to ship the horse to a nearby vet clinic free of charge but that the Covered Person refused to take advantage of those offers. “The Covered Person testified that he left the horse unattended at 1:30 AM on the 25th and that the Covered Horse fell out of its stall at 3:30AM and died what Dr. Renn described would have been a very painful death,” the written ruling states. In his defense, Kriple reportedly argued during the hearing that “despite his best and repeated efforts over the periods of April 23rd and 24th, 2025 he was unable to find any veterinarian that would either come to the racetrack to treat the horse or receive the horse at a clinic where it could be seen and treated,” according to the written ruling. Kriple was suspended by the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) in March of 2010 after being found guilty of animal cruelty charges related to his treatment of a pony in his care. According to a Los Angeles Daily News story dated Jan 4, 2010, Kriple was convicted by a jury of misdemeanor animal cruelty “after prosecutors alleged he failed to euthanize or sufficiently treat a horse at the Fairplex racetrack that suffered from a chronic hoof condition.” The prosecutor in the case told the Los Angeles Daily News that Kriple had a pattern of “extreme negligence when it comes to taking care of horses,” and cited a 2002 case in which Kriple reportedly failed to properly care for a racehorse that suffered a fractured knee at Los Alamitos. According to Equibase, Kriple has trained 39 winners from 319 starts over a training career that dates back to 1998. The post Trainer Zvi Kriple Banned Two Years for Deprivation of Care in Horse Colic Death appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

1/ST Content has announced that Turkish racing as been made available for pool betting for North American bettors via Advance Deposit Wagering in U.S. and Canada where ADW is accepted.View the full article

In a feat that would fit the international vision of the Breeders' Cup, Aidan O'Brien this weekend will aim for the event's record for trainer wins. He enters this season's World Championships with 20 wins, tied with the D. Wayne Lukas for most. View the full article

Sierra Leone has $998,200 in the bank in 2025 with the possibility of earning more if he can go back-to-back in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.View the full article

It's been "Ladies Week" at the Brendan Walsh barn this week at Del Mar as the Kentucky-based conditioner aims for his first victory in the Breeders' Cup with a trio of accomplished fillies.View the full article

Trainer Phil Serpe, who is fighting both in federal court and at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appeal level to overturn a two-year suspension imposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) over a contested clenbuterol positive in one of his trainees at Saratoga Race Course in 2024, on Thursday had the judge in his lawsuit deny a request for a preliminary injunction for the second time in five months. In explaining his decision, the judge in charge of the case, David Leibowitz of United States District Court (Southern District of Florida), wrote in his Oct. 30 order that, “Serpe has twice been denied advantage at the early turns, but the race is far from over.” The judge further signaled that the 66-year-old trainer could end up prevailing in his overall lawsuit against the FTC and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), by writing that while Serpe “may ultimately win the race, two obstacles stop him from getting a preliminary injunction.” Those obstacles, the judge explained, are 1) “Serpe does not face a threat of imminent irreparable harm” and 2) “Serpe has not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits.” Serpe's suspension stems from clenbuterol detected in the urine of Fast Kimmie (Oscar Performance) after her Aug. 10, 2024, victory in a $30,000 claiming race. Clenbuterol is classified as a “banned” substance, meaning it is never to be present in any HISA-regulated Thoroughbred. A key issue in Serpe's case is the fact that HIWU and HISA did not pursue any monetary fine against him, which is a departure from how the agencies handled a dozen other clenbuterol detections since the Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program (ADMC) went into effect in May 2023. Serpe has claimed that the non-pursuit of a fine of up to $25,000 by HISA and HIWU is an alleged end-around to stymie his efforts to prove in his lawsuit that he has been wrongfully denied a constitutional right to a jury trial. Citing a U.S. Supreme Court case that previously ruled that a federal regulatory agency's enforcement for civil monetary penalties must be brought in a federal court, Serpe asserted in a July 15 legal filing that his Seventh Amendment rights are being violated by “gamesmanship” in the form of HISA and HIWU's non-pursuit of a monetary penalty, a move that he alleged “strategically” seeks to deprive federal-court jurisdiction over the facts of liability required for any sanction. On Aug. 15, both HISA and the FTC responded by filing legal documents opposing Serpe's renewed motion for a preliminary injunction, stating that so long as no fine was part of Serpe's penalties, the judge should not grant the trainer any requested relief based on what HISA and the FTC say is a non-valid Seventh Amendment claim. “Plaintiff accuses the Authority of engaging in 'gamesmanship' by withdrawing its initial request for a fine,” that Aug. 15 HISA legal filing stated. “But Plaintiff is the only one playing games.” Beyond the year-old federal lawsuit that now seems certain to extend into 2026, the case has also been handled at the administrative level by HISA and HIWU. Serpe has already appealed his penalization before a HIWU arbitrator and the administrative law judge (ALJ) assigned by the FTC, and as part of an FTC order dated Sept. 15, the FTC will be undertaking a “further review” of the case. In the Oct. 30 court order, Judge Leibowitz wrote that, “what happened to [Serpe] in the wake of Fast Kimmie's win goes to the constitutional core of the American judicial system.” Leibowitz then explained his reasoning for denying the injunction a second time. (The May 29 order denied the injunction “with prejudice” as to HISA. Thursday's order pertained to the FTC, the judge wrote.) “The problem for Serpe at this stage of the litigation is that his suspension is disconnected from the basis of his Seventh Amendment challenge, a disconnect that Serpe himself has acknowledged,” the judge wrote. “Serpe has previously conceded that the only legal relief at issue here is the monetary penalty, and he has explained that a Seventh Amendment violation would occur, if at all, only once the ALJ had imposed a monetary penalty,” the order stated. The judge continued, at a different point in the order: “To obtain a preliminary injunction, Serpe also must demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of his claim. At this stage of the litigation, Serpe fails on this front as well–because of an issue underneath his Seventh Amendment claim that he addresses only cursorily in his motion. “In particular, Serpe does not explain how his Seventh Amendment claim withstands his assent to the Covered Person Agreement–a prerequisite to his and Fast Kimmie's participation in the Aug. 10, 2024, horserace at Saratoga,” the order stated. In essence, the judge wrote, because Serpe had opted into the HISA program by registering as a “covered person” who trains a “covered horse,” he is bound by the HISA rules that require him to agree to arbitrate any anti-doping rules violation dispute. “In the Renewed Motion [for injunction], Serpe summarily states that he did not waive his Seventh Amendment right when he agreed to arbitration,” the judge's order stated. “He cites only two cases in support of his argument, and he complains that 'the Authority never attempted to defend the enforceability of the ADMC Program as an “arbitration agreement”' and, by extension, as a waiver of Serpe's Seventh Amendment rights in this circumstance. “Serpe's cursory treatment of this issue dooms his request for a preliminary injunction, as it is his burden to prove all four [legal factors necessary for an injunction], and his entering into the registration agreement was clearly raised by the Defendants to this Court,” the judge wrote. Judge Leibowitz then summed up the issue and outlined the next steps in the court case. “This Court is not suggesting that Serpe's Seventh Amendment claim on the merits is doomed (the Court takes no position on the issue until it has been fully briefed and considered); instead, the Court concludes only that on this procedural posture Serpe's failure to show that he did not forfeit his Seventh Amendment claim means he has failed to meet his burden to show a substantial likelihood of success to obtain a preliminary injunction,” the order stated. “The Court underscores that these early rulings turn largely on the standards governing such requests for extraordinary relief. On the merits, the parties have not yet perfected the factual record and fully briefed important substantive issues. The Court, therefore, directs the parties to submit a joint proposed schedule [by Nov. 28] for expedited discovery followed by a full briefing schedule for summary judgment motions on all issues of law,” the judge wrote. Attempts to contact Serpe's legal team and the FTC for comment on Thursday's order did not yield replies prior to deadline for this story. The post Judge Denies Injunction to Serpe a Second Time, but Adds ‘Race is Far from Over’ in Trainer’s Lawsuit Against HISA and FTC appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Peter Snowden is hoping history repeats itself at Flemington Nov. 1, 14 years after Sepoy gave him one of his most memorable victories in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (G1), with the trainer preparing to launch a two-pronged attack in this year's renewal.View the full article

Frankie Dettori will not stray far from racing in his upcoming retirement as the legendary jockey has been announced as Amo Racing's global brand ambassador. View the full article

Friday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 14:12, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF BOSRA SHAM FILLIES' STAKES-Listed, £40,000, 2yo, f, 6f 0y Field: Anaisa (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Azleet (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), Birdcall (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Brisk Symphony (Ire) (Sergei Prokofiev), Chicory (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Coconut Cove (Ire) (No Nay Never), Elara May (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Eternal Solace (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), Fairy Oak (GB) (A'Ali {Ire}), Golden Palace (GB) (Palace Pier {GB}), Inside Story (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), Palmeira (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Rogue Attraction (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), SOlana Rose (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Spicy Marg (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Splish Splash (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Strait And Narrow (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Thaluna (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}), Treasured Royal (Ire) (Nando Parrado {GB}), Vishaka (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Emma Banks's Spicy Marg has already contested four pattern-race contests and lines up for an open edition of this 20-runner charge returning off a close-up fourth here in this month's G3 Cornwallis Stakes. Her opponents include the dual winner Golden Palace, who comes back off unplaced efforts in last month's G3 Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes. Michael O'Callaghan supplies two of the three Irish contenders, namely Listed Star Appeal Stakes sixth Fairy Oak and Listed Legacy Stakes seventh Strait And Narrow. Others worthy of consideration are Listed St Hugh's Stakes second Palmeira, Haydock maiden winner Splish Splash, impressive Nottingham novice scorer Birdcall and Elara May. The latter represents Charlie McBride, who won this heat in 2016 with Spiritual Lady. [Sean Cronin]. Saturday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 13:07, EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS EBF MONTROSE FILLIES' STAKES-Listed, £40,000, 2yo, f, 8f 0y Field: Aspiral (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Brigid's Well (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}), Classic Cuvee (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Just A Girl (GB) (Bobby's Kitten), Morning Rose (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Ourbren (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Pintara (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Previous (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}), Sacred Ground (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Wetsand (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). TDN Analysis: Three undefeated fillies take centre stage with the once-raced winners Sacred Ground, Morning Rose and Pintara all set to feature prominently in the betting market. Others worthy of consideration are the dual winners Previous and Aspiral, while Listed Radley Stakes third Ourbren, G3 Oh So Sharp Stakes eighth Classic Cuvee and G3 Prix Six Perfections seventh Wetsand are the only contenders with prior black-type experience. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Pameira Adds Flare To Newmarket’s Bosra Sham Fillies’ Stakes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin For Captain Sampson tonight’s handicap pace at Alexandra Park isn’t a question of class. It is more about the dual questions of manners and timing. Nobody who has seen the best of Captain Sampson doubts where he is heading, to open class and maybe one night to a Group 1 winners circle. But tonight the three-year-old at just his 13th start faces rivals like Jolimont and Little Spike who already proven at the top level and the ATC Members Handicap is also Captain Sampson’s first standing start race (8.39pm). Captain Sampson returned after a long break with a spectacular 55-second last 800m win last start which suggests if he can stay in front of the favourites tonight he can win. Which is where the manners and timing come in. “We know it is his first standing start but he is a beautifully-gaited horse and he handled his qualifying standing start at the workouts really well,” says co-trainer Gareth Hughes. “So we aren’t so worried about the standing start but he is still on the way up and he will continue to get better with racing. “He is only three but these days the good horses can get up in those higher grades pretty quickly. “So I think if he steps and can stay in front of those backmakers he has a good chance.” Hughes says Captain Sampson is unlikely to be heading to Addington for the $500,000 slot race The Velocity on November 14 and will continue racing primarily at Alexandra Park with an eye on the Golden Gait Finals in December. Cambridge trainer Arna Donnelly has four reps in the seven-horse handicap tonight and either of Little Spike or Jolimont could easily triumph as they step down from the absolute highest grade. Hughes has even more reason to be confident in the opening race tonight in which he and father Brian train Carrera Hombre who has raced in far stronger fields and has the gate speed to head forward. “He has had two trials and gotten fitter with each of them so he will be hard,” he says. Tonight’s meeting hosts two TAB Metro Finals, with the $35,000 Trotting Final dominated by three-year-olds Higher Power and Youneverknow. Both start off 20m handicaps but they are open class horses in the making so whichever of the pair has the best early manners and gets superior field position will become the one to beat. The Pacing Final brings together plenty of horses with gate speed so there could be early pressure and that potentially sets the 2200m mobile up nicely for Mako (R5, No.11), who has hit the line hard in both starts this campaign and has always had the look of a good horse. View the full article

Scottish Lassie, who was entered in the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar, was scratched from the race Oct. 30. The two-time grade winner will be offered Nov. 3 at Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale.View the full article

The only undefeated horse on the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup card, Touch of Destiny is at an age disadvantage in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), something he's already conquered before.View the full article

Today the Indiana Horsemen, representing the state's Thoroughbred, Standardbred, and Quarter Horse associations, released their position following the publication of the statewide gaming study required under Senate Enrolled Act 43 (2025).View the full article

DEL MAR, USA — More elusive than the Scarlet Pimpernel, Frankie Dettori, who dropped a new retirement bombshell the previous afternoon, was nowhere to be seen as the sun came up over the Del Mar backstretch on Thursday morning. But that didn't stop the press pack from seeking him here, seeking him there. Would he be aboard Wimbledon Hawkeye as he emerged to take a turn on the turf around 7.15am? Nope. Nor was he to be found aboard the Japanese mare Argine, whose participation in the Breeders' Cup Mile will make a little piece of racing history, as the last mount of the fabled jockey at these championships. Argine's trainer Mitsu Nakauchida has arrived in California and said that he had specifically booked Dettori for the daughter of Lord Kanaloa because of his experience of riding at Del Mar over the last few years. “He rode her yesterday and he came back very happy,” Nakauchida said. “She's a light filly and she goes very well on the fast turf. I hope she will be an appropriate horse for Frankie Dettori's last Breeders' Cup ride.” Paying tribute to Dettori, Nakauchida, who had a brief race-riding career of his own before he began training, added, “I've been watching him since I was a kid and he was a superstar already. He's been such a big figure in the racing industry – he's the Michael Jordan of the racing world, or like Yukata Take in Japan. It is actually an honour to have Frankie Dettori on my horse.” Kia Joorabchian apparently felt the same way about Dettori's previous 'final' ride on his King Of Steel in the Champion Stakes of two years ago. “What can you say about Frankie? He's an icon,” Joorabchian said amid a gaggle in the Del Mar stable row on Thursday morning. The Amo Racing boss has a decent team of horses competing this year, with Arizona Blaze, Bucanero Fuerte and Cathedral all set to run at Del Mar on Saturday, and to his team of people he is set to add Dettori as a “global brand ambassador”. “He is a true legend of the sport. When you talk about great sportsmen like LeBron James, Curry, Messis and Peles, and people like that, Frankie is that to horse racing. When you go into Royal Ascot, you see a statue out there, you know that he's made a big impact on so many lives across the world.” Wimbledon Hawkeye will be one of Dettori's final Breeders' Cup rides | Racingfotos So just what will being a global ambassador involve? “He will be the front face of our team,” Joorabchian explained. “He's going to get himself stuck in, this is not a part-time job. He knows that, and he's going to hopefully be doing things that I don't need to do anymore, like this – talking to you. That would be a pleasure. “He's not here to entertain people, he's here to actually work and he will be working with us very closely. He will be involved in all aspects of our business. He won't be a racing manager. He is a global ambassador. He will be going out, he will be seeing the horses, he'll be talking to the press. He will be looking at the operation. He'll be making his suggestions on what we should be doing better.” He added, “[Frankie] said he wanted to finish doing that little South American tour, so he's going to finish his South American tour, and then he's going to start with us.” Superstars comes in different guises, and one of a slightly more reticent persona than Dettori will be missed at the Breeders' Cup this year. As Ryan Moore continues his recovery from injury, the man charged with swinging his leg over a dazzling array of equine talent in his place is Christophe Soumillon. He may not have tasted Breeders' Cup glory for two decades since his victory on Shirocco in the 2005 Turf at Belmont Park, but the 44-year-old has proved time and again this year that he is still very much at his mercurial best. Soumillon's biggest chance of a second Breeders' Cup win may well be aboard this year's Turf favourite Minnie Hauk, who will carry a lightweight of 8st 7lbs, but she is just one of six rides for him across the two days, including the highly-touted juveniles Gstaad and Precise. Soumillon joined the Ballydoyle string out on the track on Thursday for the first time this week to be legged up on Bedtime Story, who will be his final ride of Saturday in the Filly & Mare Turf. Later, he too delivered his own Dettori tribute. “Frankie is the best jockey I have ever seen in my life,” Soumillon said. “It was very sad when he first said he was heading for the United States to ride, which I was pleased to see worked out really well for him. I'm so proud to have competed with him and against him. This weekend will be the final time we ride together, it will be something to savour and I wish him well.” He added of his own history at this meeting, “[Success at] the Breeders' Cup has eluded me, but then I've yet to win a British Classic which leaves two empty cages to fill. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance in which I have everything on my side. We all know how high the competition is and I don't want to make any mistakes in the races, but I've ridden plenty of times for Aidan before.” Watching on as the morning's exercise unfolded was a large Coolmore contingent, being unofficial global ambassadors of their own brand by sporting a range of gilets advertising their new stallions: Delacroix, Henri Matisse and Camille Pissarro. On Tuesday, Aidan O'Brien had delivered a reminder of the two most recent Breeders' Cup meetings, decked out in his Auguste Rodin jacket and City Of Troy cap. By this meeting's eve, however, he had updated his look and those two stars had been replaced by this year's intake. Serena, left, and Clare Aykroyd with Patrick Cooper | Emma Berry So many of the big breeders are represented at this meeting, and appropriately so. It is after all the Breeders' Cup. But among those giving hope to those operating at a more modest level are Vimy Aykroyd and Kelly Thomas, breeders respectively of Amiloc and Gstaad. Thomas was on her way to California on Thursday but agonisingly – literally – for the 80-year-old Aykroyd, she is being forced to miss her trip to California having recently fallen and broken her arm. Standing in for her are her daughters Serena and Clare, who joined racing advisor Patrick Cooper to see Amiloc in action on Thursday. “She does this because it's her whole life. It's been a long time in the making,” said Clare of her mother while following Amiloc and Rossa Ryan out onto the track. “It's incredibly exciting. I might start crying,” she added. “[Mum] is miserable because she's not here but she will be glued to the TV. “I think she feels a bit like it's so huge and she is not used to competing at this level, or being in the limelight. But she is enjoying it and she deserves it. She was one of the first lady jockeys and to now get to this level at her age, you couldn't ask for more really.” Aykroyd must surely be in line for small breeder of the year honours. From just four mares kept at Copgrove Hall Stud in her native Yorkshire, her three-year-olds this year include not just the G2 King Edward VII Stakes winner and Irish St Leger runner-up Amiloc but also G2 Dante Stakes and G2 Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Pride Of Arras. One way or another, a cup for this breeder would be richly deserved. The post From Messi to Jordan: Dettori Among Sporting Greats as Colleagues Pay Tribute at Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Scottish Lassie (McKinzie), a multiple Grade I winner, has been withdrawn from the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff and will be sold Nov. 3 at Fasig-Tipton's “Night of the Stars” (Hip 226), the connections said via a press release on Thursday. According to trainer Jorge Abreu, he was “not 100% satisfied with the way Scottish Lassie was moving this morning, so out of an abundance of caution we've decided to scratch her from the race. This filly has a ton of heart, but in fairness to her, we didn't want to ask her to compete this weekend against the world's highest level of competition unless she was absolutely 100%.” In just her second career start, Scottish Lassie broke her maiden in the GI Frizette Stakes at Belmont At The Big A by an eye-popping nine lengths, one of the widest margins in the race's 80-year history. This year, at 3, she added the GI Coaching Club American Oaks to her resume, dominating the field by 15 1/2 lengths–the race's largest margin of victory in nearly 50 years. There, she defeated MGISW and champion Immersive (Nyquist), while earning a 99 Beyer Speed Figure and 7 Ragozin, making her one of the fastest two-turn, dirt fillies of her generation. Scottish Lassie is from the first crop of young stallion McKinzie, while her dam, Bodebabe, is a winning half-sister to stakes winner Windmill, and to the dam of Crown the Buckeye (Yaupon), a multiple stakes winner at 2 in 2025. Scottish Lassie's very active female family also includes Grade I winners Visionaire (Grand Slam) and Tara's Tango (Unbridled's Song). Bred in Kentucky by Winchester Farm, Scottish Lassie has earned $735,760 thus far for owners Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge Abreu. The dark bay will be offered as a racing/broodmare prospect during the Fasig-Tipton sale with Taylor Made Sales Agency as consignor. The post MGISW Scottish Lassie Withdrawn From Breeders’ Cup, To Sell At Fasig-Tipton 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. Friday's Observations features the return of Man Of Vision (Dubawi). 13.10 Newmarket, £10,000, Nov, 2yo, c/g, 7fT Godolphin homebred MAN OF VISION (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a son of dual Group-winning GI Diana Stakes and GI Just A Game Stakes runner-up Summer Romance (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), ran second in his May 29 debut and is opposed by 14 rivals in this return. They include Mohammed Jaber's hitherto unraced English Time (Ire) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), a 260,000gns Book 1 half-brother to the recently retired G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero Marhaba Ya Sanafi (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}), from the Harry Charlton stable. The post Son Of Summer Romance Set For HQ Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For Aron Wellman and the Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners team, the next few days promise plenty of excitement and maybe a few sleepless nights. Their three-time Grade I winner Journalism (Curlin), whom they co-own, is poised for a bid in the Breeders' Cup Classic, but once the dust settles at Del Mar on Saturday, their focus will quickly turn to Lexington, where a lineup of star Eclipse fillies will go through the ring at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Eclipse has made a habit of turning top-class racemares into headline-makers in the Fasig-Tipton sales ring. Three-time Grade I winner Curalina (Curlin) brought $3 million in 2016 and the following year fellow Grade I victress Illuminant (Quality Road) sold for $1.1 million. Valiance (Tapit) continued the trend in 2021 with a $3 million sale, and in 2023, champion Nest (Curlin) stole the show when she brought $6 million. Eclipse fillies continue to shine beyond the racetrack. Graded stakes winner Feathered (Indian Charlie), who sold to Summer Wind Farm after her retirement, produced Horse of the Year Flightline. “One of the really amazing things about Eclipse Thoroughbreds is the success that they've had racing fillies and then selling fillies that go on to becoming prominent producers,” said Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning. “They buy a really top-quality horse with pedigree. They have top trainers involved in racing their horses and they continue to win and perform at the highest level.” This year, the partnership will send a pair of Grade I winners through the ring on Nov. 3 in Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}) and Velocity (Nyquist). “Fasig-Tipton November has been a place where Eclipse, from our inception, has trusted some of our most prized fillies coming off the racetrack,” said Wellman, the President and Founder of Eclipse. “It's a destination for the world market to come knowing that they're going to get the cream of the crop. To be able to be represented by Grade I-winning fillies like Candied and Velocity and also a Grade I-placed graded stakes winner in Vixen (Vekoma) on the Night of the Stars is a huge honor for us.” Candied wins this year's Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes | Bill Denver MJC Already a Fasig-Tipton graduate, Candied was purchased at the 2022 July Sale for $165,000. “All credit goes to our Vice President of Bloodstock Sean Tugel for bird dogging Candied,” recalled Wellman. “Being a daughter of Candy Ride, who's a proven blue-chip sire, she stood out to us that maybe she could fly in a little bit under the radar. To be able purchase her at the value we did, we thought we were getting away with highway robbery and she certainly proved that over the course of her illustrious career.” Trained by Todd Pletcher, Candied won on debut at Saratoga going six furlongs and stayed perfect stretching to two turns in the GI Alcibiades Stakes. She bobbled at the start of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies but came flying late to claim third. At three, Candied beat older fillies and mares in the Lady's Secret Stakes and showed her consistency throughout the season, placing second in the GI Coaching Club American Oaks and GI Alabama Stakes and third in the GI Spinster Stakes and GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. Racing for Eclipse and Bobby Flay this year at four, she added two more graded placings and captured the Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes. To date, Candied has earned $1.3 million and has finished in the money in all but one of her 12 career starts. “It's so rare to find a filly that can sustain top-level form from two all the way to four,” said Wellman. “For her to be able to do that shows not only what an incredible natural talent she was, but also her mental and physical constitution, her heartiness, her heart and her desire. For exactly those reasons, I think she has all the ingredients that any top breeder wants to see.” Selling as Hip 201, Candied will sell with ELiTE Sales on the 'Night of the Stars.' Browning echoed Wellman's praise, pointing to the filly's standout track record. “To see her durability and the consistency of her performances is really an unusual trait,” he said. “To be placed in the Breeders' Cup as a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old is a pretty significant accomplishment that not many fillies are able to perform. She's just a stone-cold runner, a stone-cold trier and really a throwback type of filly.” Velocity wins the 2025 GI Del Mar Oaks | Benoit Based on the opposite coast with trainer Michael McCarthy, Velocity was a filly Eclipse believed in from day one. In her second career start in March of her 3-year-old season this year, the Nyquist filly came from off the pace going six-and-a-half-furlongs, powering down the stretch to win by a nose. “She was unlucky not to get blacktype in her next start in the GIII Senorita Stakes,” said Wellman. “We ran her in an allowance at Del Mar and she was really dynamic in that victory, which gave us the impetus to go ahead and be ambitious in running her in the GI Del Mar Oaks. She was a longshot that day, but internally our camp had quiet confidence that she was certainly going to outrun her odds.” Off at 35-1, Velocity snuck up the rail to best SW and MGSP Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) and MGSW Thought Process (Collected). After that win, Velocity came up with an injury that put a premature end to her racing career. “Michael McCarthy and I and our entire team really believed that she was destined for incredible things,” explained Wellman. “We decided that retiring her would be in her best interest, which is always our most important objective. Even though it's bittersweet to have her going through the Night of the Stars, we know that she's going to land in a great home and be bred to great stallions. She certainly looks the type to produce great babies.” Velocity hails from a long line of Peter Blum homebreds. She is a half-sister to SP Open Road (Quality Road) and her winning dam Blast (Harlan's Holiday) is a full-sister to GISP Fun. Browning said that the 3-year-old's pedigree will stand out when she sells as Hip 172 with Bluewater Sales. “Mr. Blum has been one of the top breeders in America for probably fifty years and has produced top horses like Horse of the Year Authentic (Into Mischief),” said Browning. “He has made an indelible mark on the breeding industry and racing industry and Velocity is just the latest top runner that Mr. Blum's breeding program has produced.” “Whenever you see Peter as the breeder, you have a lot of confidence that you know they were raised right and they've got incredible bloodlines,” added Wellman. “His mating with Nyquist in this instance was certainly the magic potion. Nyquist is just setting the world on fire. We thought Velocity was a Grade I physical with a Grade I pedigree and for her to evolve into a Grade I winner is really gratifying.” The post Eclipse Filly Pair Brings Grade I Quality to Fasig-Tipton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

On the Oct. 30 episode of BloodHorse at the Breeders' Cup, Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins analyze how Sovereignty's scratch impacts the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) and discuss which races they look forward to most.View the full article

1/ST CONTENT will make Turkish racing available for North American pool betting via Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) on all Turkish races, across web and mobile app channels, in U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions where ADW is accepted, the company said in press release on Thursday. Turkish racing content is now live via Premier Gateway International hosting, using 1/ST TECHNOLOGY's AmTote platform tech, and will also be delivered to a broader worldwide market via 1/ST CONTENT's existing distribution partners at Racing1 (the full-service global hub which also includes international racing content from ARC, RMG and Tabcorp) and Sky Racing World in North America. The release also said that as a result, more customers from Australia (Tabcorp), Germany (German Tote) and other countries will be able to access Turkish racing via the international pool commingling. The post 1/ST CONTENT Makes Turkish Racing Available On North American ADWs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The beauty of modern technology allowed agent Jamie Piggott to get in on the action on the penultimate day of the Autumn Horses-In-Training at Tattersalls, with the jet-setting bloodstock agent going to 150,000gns to secure recent Redcar winner Skiathos (Wootton Bassett) whilst on board a flight to America for the Breeders' Cup. Piggott has been quite active this week and signed for seven horses to the tune of 464,000gns on behalf of various different clients – but Skiathos was by far the most expensive and the Thursday sale-topper will join trainer Henry Dwyer. Commenting after the plane touched down in America, Piggott said, “Skiathos is an exciting, progressive colt who has a heap of options next year, including the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot. He could be anything – his sister [Attagirl (Wootton Bassett)] had talent but she was physically a different type – a speedy two-year-old. He's a good-moving sort with the scope for a mile. The colt stood out today with his updates. I was impressed when we watched him win from the Green Room at Tattersalls on Monday.” Skiathos was a cosy winner of a Redcar novice only three days ago over 7f. The Karl Burke-trained juvenile carried the colours of Clipper Logistics and earned himself a Timeform rating of 86p in the process. He was the only horse to make six figures on Thursday yet the turnover climbed by 25% to 2,424,000gns. The clearance rate was also up by 5% to 90% while the average climbed 2% to 11,767gns. However, the median dropped by 13% to 7,000gns. Piggott continued, “I was on a flight to Del Mar when he was in the ring and the WiFi wasn't great so I was relying on WhatsApps from Harvey Williams who was on the ball – we've already picked up five in this sale for his father Ian. Henry is asleep at the moment so he doesn't actually know that we've got Skiathos just yet! Everyone can see how incredibly well he's doing right now and I believe this colt will complement his training. We'll discuss his plans but at the moment I'm just pleased that we were able to get our hands on a colt with such potential. He may well stay in the UK for a while.” Piggott was speaking just as the news broke of apprentice jockey Tommie Jakes's passing and the bloodstock agent offered up a heartfelt tribute. He said, “I had just heard news about Tommy Jakes when we were bidding. He was the nicest lad you could meet and a talented rider. His last winner was on a horse I own a share in, Fouroneohfever. He was so enthusiastic afterwards when chatting about the horse's future. Our thoughts go out to everyone at George Boughey's.” Hughes Sells National Hunt Prospect For 65k This has been one of those years where everything seemed to go right for Richard Hughes. As well as bagging a breakthrough Group 1 win with No Half Measures in the July Cup, Hughes is on course to better his best-ever tally of domestic Flat winners [64]. Cracks Speed (Cracksman), who the trainer sent out to run a gallant second – beaten just a neck – on debut in a three-year-old bumper at Market Rasen, didn't go unmissed and sold to Red Racing for 65,000gns. “He will stay in bumpers for now,” said purchaser Lottie Ingleton. “He showed enough on his first run and he will be trained by Thomas Gallagher.” Hughes was in attendance at Tattersalls to see the Jaber Abdullah-owned gelding sell for what was the second-highest price on Thursday. He said, “We are thrilled – anything over 50,000gns we thought would be a good day's work. He came to me in the spring. He had been on the farm a long time because he was so big and he looked a little bit slow to start off with, so I mentioned to Mr Jaber that we should run him in a bumper. I had to explain what a bumper is and he ran a blinder on debut – only just got beaten – and, as he had never been on grass before, ran a really good race. He is an easy, kind horse with a very good pedigree. He is a real National Hunt horse and he sold well.” Cracks Speed selling for 65,000gns came the same week when his sire relocated to Yorton Stud where he will resume the role as a dual-purpose stallion. O'Neill Team Like What They See In Farrell's Filly Cormac Farrell is another man who enjoyed a banner year – be it with his breezers or horses on the track – and sold recent Curragh maiden scorer Likewhatyousee (Street Sense) for 60,000gns to Matt Coleman on behalf of Jonjo and AJ O'Neill. Likewhatyousee was sourced by Farrell for $60,000 at Keeneland but missed her window at the breeze-ups. The decision to run the American-bred paid off and, after running out an impressive winner over 1m4f last time, the three-year-old filly boasted obvious appeal as a dual-purpose prospect. AJ O'Neill said, “We were keen to find a juvenile hurdling prospect or two this week. She has a US sire but she has run well on her last three starts in Ireland – she tries hard and stays well and was a very game winner at the Curragh on soft ground.” He added, “She is a tall filly with plenty of scope, and I think she is a filly who should improve with time. Cormac bought her as a breeze-up prospect but she was too tall and immature so he kept her and raced her. He was very keen on her and recommended her. She is a filly who will go hurdling after Christmas and then can run on the Flat next summer.” The post ‘He Could Be Anything’ – Jet-Setting Jamie Piggott Lands 150k Skiathos From The Sky appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Tokyo Racecourse: Saturday, November 1, 2025 1st-TOK, ¥10,600,000 ($69k), Maiden, 2yo, 1600m ARCADIA CAFE (c, 2, Into Mischief–Mary's Follies, by More Than Ready) was bet into 9-10 favoritism for his 1400-meter debut at this oval back on June 21 and fought to the wire, dropping a neck decision to a next-out allowance winner. The $550,000 Keeneland September purchase stretches out to the one-turn mile, a trip over which his relatives have performed with considerable success. The Apr. 21 foal is the third of Mary's Follies's progeny to carry the colors of owner Koichi Nishikawa and is a half-brother to champion Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah), two-time winner of the G1 February Stakes at Japanese racing headquarters and to Luxor Cafe (American Pharoah), whose black-type success came in the Listed Hyacinth Stakes going this very course and distance in February. Damian Lane, who is in town to partner with Tastiera (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}) in Sunday's G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn), rode Arcadia Cafe on his first start and is back in the saddle on Saturday. O-Koichi Nishikawa; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt/Westerberg Ireland ULC (KY); T-Noriyuki Hori 11th-TOK, ¥41,800,000 ($271k), Handicap, 3yo/up, 1600m ASSURBANIPAL (c, 4, Arrogate–Georgie's Angel, by Bellamy Road), the full-brother to MGISW and 2022 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Cave Rock, topped the 2022 Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale on a bid of $700,000 and was hammered down to Katsumi Yoshida for $1.05 million at OBS March a little more than six months later. The dark bay made an immediate impact, winning four of his first five starts–all at this track and distance–but was unplaced in three subsequent tries over further and turns back to his winning distance for the first time in 13 months here. The visiting Alexis Pouchin has the riding assignment. O-Kazumi Yoshida; B-Kathleen Schweizer (NY); T-Hiroyasu Tanaka Sunday, November 2, 2025 12th-TOK, ¥29,450,000 ($191k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1600m ROSSINIANA (c, 3, Not This Time–Dos Vinos, by Twirling Candy) also races in the yellow-and-red colors of Kazumi Yoshida and has finished first or second in four of his five career appearances, including a smooth success over this course and distance June 7 and a latest runner-up effort–albeit a distant one–to the very promising Realize Camion (Jpn) (American Pharoah) in an 1800-meter allowance at Nakayama on Sept. 15. An $850,000 graduate of last year's OBS March Sale, Rossiniana is kin to the 2-year-old colt D'code (Speightstown), who made $775,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale. Leading rider Christophe Lemaire sees fit to take the call. O-Kazumi Yoshida; B-Tom Durant (KY); T-Tetsuya Kimura The post Well-Related Into Mischief Colt Back To Work at Tokyo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A total of 33 UK and Irish raiders–including 2024 G1 Hong Kong Vase hero Giavellotto (Mastercraftsman), and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe second Minnie Hauk (Frankel)–are among the entries for the Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday, December 14. Offering record prize-money of HK130 million (£12.7 million), the race day has drawn 185 horses–70 of them top-level winners for the four Group 1 races. Can Europe Secure The Cup? In the HK$40-million (£3.9 million) Longines Hong Kong Cup over 2000 meters, Aidan O'Brien has Minnie Hauk, The Lion In Winter (Sea The Stars) and Los Angeles (Camelot) among others versus former Hong Kong Horse of the Year and three-time Cup winner Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) and Hong Kong Triple Crown hero Voyage Bubble (Deep Field) for the home defense. Andrew Balding saddles See The Fire (Sea The Stars), who will remain in training next year. From France, the stalwarts Calandagan (Gleneagles), a winner of the G1 Champion Stakes last out, and Goliath (Adlerflug) have signed on, as well as Quisisana (Le Havre) and Facteur Cheval (Ribchester). Francis-Henri Graffard has the first three, with Jerome Reynier the trainer of Facteur Cheval. Australian's golden girl Via Sistina is one of two top-flight winners entered for Fastnet Rock alongside Buckaroo, who are both trained by Chris Waller. Japan's staggering 29 Cup entries include Croix Du Nord (Kitasan Black), Durezza (Duramente), Tastiera (Satono Crown) and the recent G1 Shuka Sho heroine Embroidery (Admire Mars). Both Gold Phoenix (Belardo) and She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}) represent the U.S. for Phil D'Amato and Cherie DeVaux, respectively. Ka Ying Still On The Rise? Reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) is coming into the HK$28-million (£2.7 million) Longines Hong Kong Sprint in ferocious form after taking Australia's G1 The Everest on the road earlier this month. Rated top of the world among sprinters, the gelding is trained by David Hayes and won this event in 2024. He will face no less than 12 top-flight winners, with Adrian Murray sending the Amo Racing duo of Arizona Blaze (Ten Sovereigns) and Bucanero Fuerte (Wootton Bassett). Mick Appleby's Big Mojo (Mohaather), Charlie Hills's Khaadem (Dark Angel)–currently competing in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint this weekend–and James Fanshawe's Kind Of Blue (Blue Point). G1 Prix de l'Abbaye third She's Quality (Acclamation) is also entered for Jack Davison. Giavellotto Aims For Second Vase Giavellotto is gunning for his second consecutive HK$26-million (£2.5 million) Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) for trainer Marco Botti. He faces the 2023 winner Junko (Intello) for Andre Fabre and Charlie Appleby's two-time GI Breeders' Cup Turf winner Rebel's Romance (Dubawi). Arc third Sosie (Sea The Stars) has been entered by Fabre, as well. Graffard has Calandagan, Goliath and Quisisana cross-entered here, and it is the same story for Croix Du Nord and Durezza, among others. Besides Los Angeles and Minnie Hauk for Ireland, Joseph O'Brien fields Al Riffa (Wootton Bassett), who is pleasing his connections ahead of a G1 Melbourne Cup bid next Tuesday. William Haggas has the multiple Group 1 winner Dubai Honour (Pride Of Dubai) in the line up. Via Sistina is one of 13 entered for Australia in the Vase. Mile Treasure's For The Taking? Although she holds an entry in the Cup, four-time Group 1 winner Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) holds first preference in the HK$36-million (£3.5 million) Longines Hong Kong Mile for Matt Laurie. Voyage Bubble, as well as G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes longshot winner Cicero's Gift (Muhaarar), and Royal Ascot G1 winner Docklands (Massaat) are also lined up. Voyage Bubble has been cross-entered here, as well. G1 Prix du Moulin hero Sahlan (Wootton Bassett), who has an entry in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Mile is also engaged here for Graffard. If he wins, he would be the first French winner since Jim And Tonic (Double Bed) in 1998. For the complete Longines HKIR entries, please click here. Andrew Harding, executive director, racing, HKJC, said, “We are delighted with the entries and support from our international friends for the 2025 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. Hong Kong's very best horses will once again face off with world racing's elite, setting the scene for another incredible day of sporting action at Sha Tin on 14 December. “Our global champions Romantic Warrior and Ka Ying Rising will both aim to enhance their standing among the very best of world racing, while rising star My Wish continues to impress on his mission towards the Longines Hong Kong International Races with Group 2 and Group 3 wins. We are confident that this year's entry will deliver yet another memorable Longines Hong Kong International Races – which sees a record purse of HK$130 million up for grabs across the four Group 1 contests.” The post Minnie Hauk And Giavellotto Take On The World’s Best, As Longines HKIR Entries Released appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In a statement issued Thursday, The Stronach Group owned Elite Turf Club, LLC, and AmTote International, Inc., have responded to a class action lawsuit filed last week against several Computer Assisted Wagering (CAW) related wagering entities under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) and under state law, alleging they have “organized and participated in the corruption of the betting system to the detriment of the class.” The debate around CAW players typically surrounds the edge they wield over regular gamblers thanks to their use of sophisticated technologies that allow them to precisely read the markets and place massive wagers across many pools in the final seconds of betting–which can lead to massive odds drops–as well as the attractive rates and rebates offered to them which are unavailable to the average punter. Among its various arguments, Thursday's statement claims the benefits available to CAW players are similar to airline miles or credit card rebate programs, and that the lawsuit “has the potential to devastate an entire industry.” Elite Turf Club is a CAW wagering platform 80% owned by Stronach Group and 20% owned by the New York Racing Association (NYRA). AmTote International is the dominant totalizator service provider for North American racetracks, described in the lawsuit as the “clearing house of U.S. pari-mutuel wagering.” The other defendants in the class action lawsuit, brought by former horse racing gambler Ryan Dickey, comprise Churchill Downs Inc (which owns CAW wagering platform Velocity), NYRA, United Tote Company and Racing & Gaming Services, another CAW wagering platform. The full statement can be read here: Elite Turf Club, LLC, and AmTote International, Inc., are among several horse racing industry organizations that have been named in a class action lawsuit filed recently in the state of New York by a single bettor from Colorado. These claims are meritless, and the company will vigorously defend itself. The lawsuit fundamentally misrepresents the nature of computer-assisted wagering (CAW) and the role Elite Turf Club and AmTote International have in operating, managing and regulating wagering activity. CAW is a long-standing industry, federal and state regulated component of the North American and global pari-mutuel wagering system. All participation in CAW is subject to the same pool rules, tote system audits and state regulatory approvals that govern all other forms of wagering. Claims that CAWs receive an unfair advantage are unfounded and ignore the safeguards built into the regulatory and technological framework of racing. Like many businesses, high volume customers, including CAW players, may receive benefits such as rebates based on the volume of play; this is no different than and can be likened to airline miles or credit card rebate programs. These benefits do not offer any advantage in wagering outcomes – it is a customer incentive program that is important to not only our business but the industry. The horse racing ecosystem is made of many stakeholders – horses, jockeys, backstretch employees, trainers, breeders, and all types of bettors including retail customers, advanced deposit wagering accountholders and CAW players. Each of these stakeholders play a critical role in the viability and sustainability of this sport. Make no mistake – this lawsuit is an attack on the entire industry and puts at risk the tens of thousands of working families and the communities that rely on it. This baseless lawsuit has the potential to devastate an entire industry. The company will unequivocally defend the integrity of our business operations while continuing to lead innovation in this sport. We are confident in the integrity of our systems, the strength of our oversight, and the safeguards in place designed to prevent unfair play. We will continue to work closely with our industry partners and regulators to ensure a level field for all participants to deliver a world-class racing product to our fans, horsemen and women, and bettors. We will address these unfounded and outrageous claims through the appropriate legal channels. The post Stronach-Owned Entities Respond To Class Action CAW Lawsuit appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

America's Best Racing's Bob Ehalt gives his "At a Glance" analysis of the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T). View the full article

Godolphin's Rebel's Romance, based in England, but a true globe-trotting athlete, can join Goldikova and Beholder as the only three-time Breeders' Cup winners as he tries for a third Turf after winning in 2022 and again last year.View the full article