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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – When the horse who became known as Barnes (Into Mischief) came into the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a couple years ago, there was hype. That happens when the price tag he brought at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Sale read $3.2 million. And to make things even more interesting, the horse was named for Jimmy Barnes, Baffert's long-time assistant. “Oh, that pressure is gone,” Baffert said with a laugh by phone from his summer base at Del Mar. Big things were expected from Barnes, who has a so-so record of two wins and a second in four career starts. Barnes will come to the races next Saturday when he makes his first appearance since a disappointing fifth (and last) finish in the GI Santa Anita Derby on April 5. The top two finishers in that race were Journalism (Curlin) and Baeza (McKinzie). Barnes is one of three–maybe four–3-year-olds that Baffert is hoping to run in the $500,000 GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes on Travers Day. In his first start this year, Barnes sizzled, winning the seven-furlong GII San Vicente Stakes by 5 1/2 lengths. In his last two races, he was beaten by Journalism, first in the GII San Felipe and then in the flop in the Santa Anita Derby, where he was defeated by 19 3/4 lengths. Barnes is owned by Zedan Racing Stable. “When we stretched him out, he just lost his form, lost some weight,” Baffert said. “I have him back to where he was now, and he is training extremely well. He is a really good horse, and he is ready for something like this.” Barnes worked four furlongs in :48 (118/93) at Del Mar on Friday. Baffert is also planning on running Madaket Road (Quality Road), owned by SF Racing, Madaket Stablew LLC, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan and 'TDN Rising Star' Midland Money (Shancelot), owned by Edward Childs. Madaket Road worked six furlongs in 1:11.40 (1/4) at Del Mar on Monday. Midland Money, who won a six-furlong allowance at Saratoga on Aug. 3, worked four furlongs in :48.83 (6/12) here on Tuesday. The other Baffert horse under consideration for the Jerkens–Gaming (Game Winner), owned by Michael Pegram Karl Watson and Paul Weitman–worked five furlongs in 1:01.40 (21/45) at Del Mar on Friday. Looks Like Bracket Buster Will Head to Saratoga for Travers The field for next Saturday's $1.25-million GI Travers Stakes is not going to be a big one–the looming presence of Godolphin's Sovereignty (Into Mischief) will ensure that. With entries scheduled to be taken for the Midsummer Derby on Sunday, it appears that only four others will take on the GI Kentucky Derby, GI Belmont Stakes and GII Jim Dandy Stakes winner. Bracket Buster | Taylor Ejdys/Equi-Photo One of those challengers will likely be Bracket Buster (Vekoma), who was last seen finishing fourth in the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 19. Owned by BBN Racing LLC, Bracket Buster is trained by Vicki Oliver. Bracket Buster worked four furlongs in :47.80 (9/32) at Keeneland on Friday. Oliver said she has also looked at the seven-furlong $500,000 Robert Hilton Memorial at Charles Town on Aug. 22. She said she could cross-enter in both races. Oliver said she would likely head to Charles Town if the Travers somehow drew a field of nine, which is highly unlikely. “(The New York Racing Association) would like me to come to fill their field out,” Oliver said by phone from her Keeneland base Friday. “They would want us, and I don't blame them. If (Sovereignty) shows up, none of us can beat him, we all know that. I'm not scared. This is racing.” Bracket Buster finished eight lengths behind Journalism (Curlin) in the Haskell. Gosger (Nyquist) and Goal Oriented (Not This Time) also finished in front of him. “He did not have the greatest trip in the Haskell,” Oliver said. “He fought on hard to be fourth and the horses that beat him are three of the top 3-year-old horses in the country.” Bracket Buster has started four times this year and has one win (Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth on June 14) and a second. If he comes to the Travers, Oliver said he would ship on Tuesday. “Things can happen in a horse race, horses can stumble at the break,” Oliver said. “My horse could stumble, Sovereignty could stumble. You can't win it unless you're in it. There is no shame in running second or third in the Travers.” Other horses expected to enter the Midsummer Derby are Magnitude (Not This Time), owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, Klaravich Stables' 'TDN Rising Star' Strategic Focus (Gun Runner) and McAfee (Cloud Computing), owned by Black Type Thoroughbreds, Swinbank Stables LLC, Judy Hicks and Scott Rice. Longshot Honorable Miss Champ Back for More It was a sloppy track at Saratoga nearly four weeks ago. On Sunday, July 20, 4-year-old filly Halina's Forte (Mitole) opened some eyeballs when she won the GII Honorable Miss at the juicy odds of 24-1. Trainer Phil Bauer is bringing her back for the $500,000 GI Ballerina Stakes on Travers Day. He'll see if the Honorable Miss was a fluke for the Rigney Racing LLC runner. He is thinking it will not be. “You have to give her credit,” Bauer said outside his barn on the Oklahoma Training Track. “She moved forward as a 4-year-old. Can she take another step forward? She is going to have to if she wants to win this heat.” Halina's Forte | Coglianese In the Honorable Miss, maybe Halina's Forte had everything going for her. It was her third time on an off track, and it produced her second win. “She ran a monster race, regardless, and beat a lot of the ones that are coming to run back in this one,” Bauer said. Even though Halina's Forte had leading rider Irad Ortiz, Jr. on her back in the Honorable Miss, she went off as the second-longest price in the eight-horse field. Part of the reason for that was her first race of the season. Halina's Forte began the year with a second-place finish in the Prairie Rose Stakes at Prairie Meadows on June 6. She was 4-5 in that one. “You go to Prairie Meadows, you are supposed to win,” Bauer said. “I think that is what people were looking at and I think they were keying on other horses in there (Honorable Miss).” Since that win, Bauer said Halina's Forte has done well at Saratoga, a place where she is two-for-two in her career. Overall, she has six wins, three seconds and two thirds in 14 starts. Bauer said that Joel Rosario will ride Halina's Forte in the Ballerina. If Halina's Forte is able to win the Ballerina, it would be the second career Grade I win for Bauer, who won the 2023 La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs with Played Hard (Into Mischief). 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Shes Perfect, demoted to second in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches earlier this season, has not completely healed from her July setback and will be rested the remainder of the year, according to Basher Watts who heads her ownership syndicate. The daughter of Sioux Nation, a debut winner at Haydock in two starts last term, was second in the April's G3 Prix de la Grotte to Zarigana (Siyouni), who benefitted from Shes Perfect's disqualification in the Pouliches. The Charlie Fellowes trainee, who is nicknamed Sue, was most recently ninth in the G1 Prix de Diane. Watts released a statement on X on Friday that said, “Unfortunately we won't see Sue again on a racecourse in 2025, the area of concern did show further signs of worry, so we've taken the decision to have the rest of the year off. She's absolutely fine and this will not affect her career moving forward. As always, the horse comes first, and this was the right move for her. “Myself and all the other owners really appreciate all of the support, comments and messages and it's special to see how much she is loved by everyone. “She'll stay at Fellowes Racing for another two weeks before having a further X-ray and will then go on her holidays for the rest of the year. “My word, it's been some season with her, I can't wait to see her back in 2026.” The post Pouliches Second Shes Perfect To Be Rested, Will Return In 2026 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 Chukyo and Niigata Racecourses: Saturday, August 16, 2025 2nd-CKO, ¥14,250,000 ($97k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1200mT YUTO THE INNOCENT (c, 2, Yaupon–Keira, by Unusual Heat), a $42,000 Keeneland September yearling, fetched $110,000 at this year's OBS March sale after breezing a furlong in a solid :10 1/5. The Apr. 4 foal looks to become the sixth winner from six runners for his unraced dam, a full-sister to GSW Majestic Heat; MSW & GISP Mensa Heat; MSP Real Heat; and Phi Beta Heat, the dam of SW & GSP Rye (English Channel). The colt's yearling half-brother by Cyberknife sells as hip 2845 through Catherine Parke's Valkyre Stud at Keeneland September next month. O-Ayana Suzuki; B-River Oak Farm & M Auerbach LLC (KY); T-Ken Kozaki 5th-NII, ¥14,250,000 ($97k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT MITILINI (JPN) (f, 2, Tapit–Midnight Bisou, by Midnight Lute) is the first Japanese-foaled produce and second overall for her Eclipse Award-winning dam, owner of five Grade I victories and the promoted winner of the then-ungraded Saudi Cup in 2020. With a bankroll of nearly $14 million, Midnight Bisou first hammered for $5 million at Fasig-Tipton November in 2020 and topped the 2022 Keeneland November Sale with this filly in utero on Katsumi Yoshida's bid of $5.5 million. Just last month, the mare's colt by Japanese Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn) fetched ¥580 million ($3,918,919) to top the JRHA Select Foal Sale on the island of Hokkaido. Mitilini was trading as the 6-1 fourth choice as of this writing. O-Sunday Racing Co Ltd; B-Northern Racing; T-Tomokazu Takano pic.twitter.com/gcaQXIBPPR — Team Iwata (@JayRAye02) August 14, 2025 Sunday, August 17, 2025 2nd-NII, ¥14,250,000 ($97k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m KEEN SENSE (c, 2, Munnings–Canny, by Big Brown), a $200,000 Keeneland September graduate, is the third foal to the races for his stakes-placed dam, a full-sister to Grade III winner Send It In and a half to MSP Powder River (Mineshaft). Stonehaven Steadings consigns the colt's Justify half-brother (hip 1456) to KEESEP next month. A May 2 foal, the chestnut carries the Silk Racing colors and will be ridden by Ryusei Sakai. O-Silk Racing Co Ltd; B-Stonehaven Steadings (KY); T-Mikio Matsunaga The post First Japanese-Foaled Runner Out Of Midnight Bisou Debuts at Niigata appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After finishing second on debut, Freely Held dominated in his next outing Aug. 15 at Delaware Park, becoming the first winner for WinStar Farm's first-crop sire Independence Hall. View the full article

After earning their first victory with their first starter one month ago, Jayson Werth's Icon Racing is eyeing a big weekend at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 16-17.View the full article

Freely Held, after earning a runner-up finish at odds of 28-1 on debut at Parx, became freshman sire Independence Hall's first winner here. A distant second to long-gone Flying Hawaiian (Maximus Mischief) in that July 21 contest, he broke on top Friday from his outside post in this second attempt at graduation. Rounding the far turn after an opening quarter in :22.54, even-money favorite Black Volt (Cairo Prince) moved up inside to get on even terms with Freely Held. As they hit the top of the stretch, the son of Independence Hall took command once again, kicking clear through the stretch to score by 6 1/2 lengths at 5-1 odds. Bootleg Runner (Runhappy) came on late to claim second from the betting choice. Dam Kept is a half-sister to SW Welcome Home, who is responsible for MGSP & SW Pool Winner (Broken Vow) and MSP Sounds of the City (Street Cry {Ire}). The mare has produced a yearling filly by Thousand Words and a weanling colt by Mitole. She was bred back to Speaker's Corner for the 2026 season. 4th-Delaware, $43,250, Msw, 8-15, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.80, ft, 6 1/2 lengths. FREELY HELD (c, 2, Independence Hall–Kept, by Exchange Rate) Sales history: $30,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $35,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Happy Tenth Stable; B-Three Lyons Racing, LLC (KY); T-Daniel Velazquez. Freely Held, 2yo C by INDEPENDENCE HALL , is dominant at @DelParkRacing breaking his maiden by 6 1/2 lengths! Congratulations to breeder, Three Lyons Racing!#BellRinger pic.twitter.com/g6BWZxw4D6 — WinStar Farm (@WinStarFarm) August 15, 2025 The post Independence Hall’s Freely Held Becomes Freshman Sire’s First Winner at Delaware Park 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. Saturday's Observations features a half-brother to multiple Group 1 winner Quadrilateral (Frankel). 16.10 Newbury, £40,000, Nov, 2yo, 7fT Juddmonte homebred SLIGHT OF FOOT (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a Harry Charlton-trained half-brother to G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Quadrilateral (GB) (Frankel {GB}), faces nine in this first go. They include Jeff Smith's once-raced Venetian Prince (GB) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), who is kin to the multiple Group 1-placed See The Fire (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) out of G1 Juddmonte International heroine Arabian Queen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), from the Andrew Balding stable. 14.40 Newmarket, £10,000, Nov, 2yo, 8fT Goldolphin's DEL MARO (GER) (Camelot {GB}) topped the sheets at last year's BBAG September yearling sale when knocked down for €850,000 and the son of G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Diamanta (Ger) (Maxios {GB}) encounters four, sporting a first-time hood, in this debut. Opposition includes his Charlie Appleby-conditioned stablemate Pacifica Pier (Ire) (Palace Pier {GB}), a homebred half to G3 Prix de Saint-Georges winner Ideal Beauty (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who carries a seven-pound penalty for winning over seven furlongs at Sandown in his July 4 debut. The post Half-Brother To Group 1 Heroine Quadrilateral Set For Newbury Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

6th-Gulfstream, $40,000, Msw, 8-15, 2yo, f, 5f, :59.51, ft, 9 3/4 lengths. EPIGRAM (f, 2, Code of Honor–Rockin, by Hard Spun) ran her rivals off their feet to become her late freshman sire's third winner at 7-2 odds. Breaking in at the start but recovering well to lead the pack, they were never given a second opinion as she put up an opening quarter in :22.95 and was on a clear advantage entering the stretch. From there it was how much she wanted to win by and the answer was 9 3/4 lengths over Authentic Wave (Authentic). The victress is the most recent to the races for Rockin, who now has four offspring to get a picture taken from as many to the track. The mare claims a 2025 filly by Zandon and went to Charge It for 2026. Sales history: $7,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $38,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-JC Racing Stable (Jose Castro); B-Mercedes Stables LLC (KY); T-Jose M. Castro. The post Code of Honor’s Epigram Strong on Unveiling at Gulfstream Park appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

This day 16th August in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Nash eyes first Katherine Cup with Son Of Bielski After missing an Alice Springs Cup start with Son Of Bielski, Darwin trainer Chris Nash is eyeing Saturday’s Katherine Cup … Read More Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Saturday’s free horse racing tips & quaddie picks | 17/8/2024 12 horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia on Saturday, August 17. Check out HorseBetting’s free betting tips for … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 12 months ago Bell switching focus to jumping assignments at Arawa Park John Bell will now switch his focus over the fences on Sunday afternoon with rising jumping star Helena Baby at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 12 months ago Weight a concern for Dravitzki’s Tobias at New Plymouth Tony Dravitzki has only one nagging worry with Tobias ahead of Saturday afternoon’s feature contest at New Plymouth Raceway … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 12 months ago Mahrajaan to make low-key return at Ruakaka With the ultimate two-mile contest now on the radar, Mahrajaan will appear for the first time this season at Ruakaka … Read More Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Gentian Blue looking to bounce back at Caulfield After a forgive run on his Australian debut, the Maxim van Lierde-trained Gentian Blue will look to bounce back to … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 12 months ago Wynyard looking to turn the clock back at Ruakaka Cambridge trainer Hollie Wynyard will attempt to turn the clock back 10 years on Saturday to maintain her perfect record … Read More Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Drifting chasing Quezette Stakes success Blake Shinn is impressed by Drifting ahead of the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield. The talented filly is expected to perform … Read More Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Cummings confident in Tarpaulin ahead of The Rosebud Tarpaulin, the promising Godolphin colt, will stay in Sydney for the Rosebud, with James Cummings focusing on his long-term potential … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Today’s horse racing tips & free betting preview | Friday, 16/8 Three horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia today, on Friday, August 16. Check out HorseBetting’s free betting tips … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Stonybreck continues synthetic form Stonybreck continued his dominant run of form on the country’s synthetic tracks on Wednesday, when securing a comfortable victory at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Crocetti primed for Group 3 assignment Crocetti will put his unbeaten record on the line when he returns to Ruakaka this weekend to tackle the Group … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Notabadpony living up to his name Former northern galloper Notabadpony is well and truly living up to his name according to trainer John Blackadder, with the … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Winx Stakes 2023 preview & betting tips | Saturday, August 19 The Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) has drawn an outstanding field of 16 for the first top-tier race of the … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Belclare to chase Flemington riches A trip across the Tasman could be on the cards for Belclare, with the Lisa Latta-trained mare set to chase … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Ballarat betting tips & quaddie selections | Friday, August 18 The synthetic track at Ballarat is set to host a eight-race program on Friday afternoon. Check out HorseBetting’s free tips … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Strong field assembled for Quezette Stakes at Caulfield The Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) has attracted a near-capacity field of 15 three-year-old fillies to Caulfield Racecourse … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Little Brose to return in Group 3 Vain Stakes Saturday’s Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield Racecourse will mark the return of Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Show County Quality attracts 10 runners The Show County Quality has attracted a 10-horse field at Randwick this Saturday, with Chris Waller training the top three … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Waller, Neasham runners dominate Premier’s Cup field A full field of 16 runners are expected in the Premier’s Cup (ATC) at Randwick, with Chris Waller and Annabel … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Zougotcha heads Toy Show Quality field at Randwick The Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1100m) has drawn an excellent field of 12 fillies and mares looking to add … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago P.B. Lawrence Stakes draws capacity field A capacity field of 15 runners will contest Saturday afternoon’s Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield Racecourse … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Silver Shadow Stakes draws classy field of 15 fillies The Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) will be run and won this Saturday at Randwick, with some classy three-year-old … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Winx Stakes attracts horde of Group 1 winners A massive field of 16 runners is set to line up in the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 16, 2023 Five horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Val Di Zoldo with New Zealand Cup Carnival on radar A trip to the New Zealand Cup carnival may be on the cards for Group winner Val Di Zoldo following … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Times Ticking on track for Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival Times Ticking showed he is on target for the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival following his pleasing hit-out at Awapuni’s synthetic … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Chajaba chasing New Plymouth success The breeding career of Handsome Ransom mare Hostage could be resurrected following the deeds of her son Chajaba upon his … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Rowley Mile Day 2022 betting tips & quaddie It is Rowley Mile Day at Hawkesbury on Thursday, with the $185,000 Listed event headlining a competitive eight-race card. HorseBetting’s … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Echuca racing tips & quaddie picks | Thursday, August 18 Echuca plays hosts to a competitive eight-race card on Thursday afternoon, and HorseBetting’s Victorian form expert presents his best bets … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Icebath on Epsom Handicap path Brad Widdup’s mare Icebath is the first horse in Australia to earn $4 million in prizemoney without a single stakes … Read More USA horse racing news 3 years ago Breeders’ Cup in sight for Vegas Magic after Sorrento Stakes win Vegas Magic’s classy 1.25-length triumph in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar on Sunday (AEST) has put her … Read More USA horse racing news 3 years ago Rispoli full of praise for Going Global after Yellow Ribbon win Umberto Rispoli admits it wasn’t easy having Going Global carry 125 pounds (56.7kg) in the Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Wednesday’s Ipswich best bets & quaddie | 17/8/2022 HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst presents you with his best bets, value bet and quaddie selections for Wednesday’s eight-race metropolitan card … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Vallabar wins Katherine Cup as Clarke train rolls on If you finish third in the Darwin Cup, then you’re more than a decent chance in the Katherine Cup, and … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Exciting Opal Ridge set for Silver Shadow test this Saturday Three-year-old filly Opal Ridge will be looking to bounce back after tasting her first loss on July 30 at Rosehill … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago The Follow Files: Thousand Guineas contender emerges at Caulfield It was all happening on Saturday. The rail was the place to be at Rosehill, so there were plenty of … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 16, 2022 Three horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips, best odds and quaddie selections for free … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Cranbourne racing tips & quaddie | Wednesday, August 17 Horse racing returns to Cranbourne on Wednesday with gallopers to be running on a predicted Heavy 9 surface. Race one, … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Te Akau maintains strong pace in Singapore A changing of the guard in Singapore for Te Akau has proved to be a seamless transition with the trainers’ … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Lim’s Kosciuszko wins Lion City Cup Talented sprinter Lim’s Kosciuszko scored back-to-back stakes wins when landing the SGD$300,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Sutherland scores first double Apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland and Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers are starting to build a formidable partnership. Sutherland recorded her first … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Group One targets for Helena Baby Evergreen galloper Helena Baby made it a one-act affair when winning the open handicap at Tauranga on Saturday, with the … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago O’Malley set for riding return After a longer than expected break following a race fall, jockey Sarah O’Malley (nee Macnab) made a low-key return to … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Racing Victoria confirms prizemoney boost for Spring Carnival Racing Victoria (RV) has announced a number of enhancements to the upcoming Spring Racing Carnival, with total prizemoney for the … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago McDonald yet to settle on Verry Elleegant or Zaaki Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald has a tricky decision to make heading into the Spring Racing Carnival, with champion mare … Read More France horse racing news 4 years ago Palace Pier brings up fifth G1 win in Prix Jacques le Marois English horse Palace Pier won his fifth Group 1 overnight at Deauville in the Prix Jacques le Marois for trainers … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Albury betting tips, value bets & top odds | Tuesday, August 17 A seven-part card is scheduled for Albury Racing Club on Tuesday, August 17, and HorseBetting’s New South Wales form analyst … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Richardson excited about new season prospects With the onset of spring and summer racing just around the corner, you can hear the excitement in the voice … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Wanganui Guineas next target for impressive Te Rapa winner Trainer Shaune Ritchie believes he has a handy three-year-old on his hands after Whiskey broke his maiden status with an … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Behemoth wins Group 3 Spring Stakes in stewards room The Group 3 Spring Stakes was the feature event on the Morphettville card on Saturday afternoon, with Behemoth claiming victory … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Australian feature an option for Grand National hero Jo Rathbone will spend the next few days discussing the immediate plans for Saturday’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Pakenham tips, value bets & quaddie picks | Tuesday, August 17 HorseBetting.com.au brings you the betting preview for the eight-race card at Pakenham on Tuesday, August 17. See the top tips, … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Class galloper back to winning form at Riccarton Quality short course galloper He Kin Fly reminded racing enthusiasts there is still plenty of life left in his eight-year-old … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Tyler has big plans for promising stayer Former North Island galloper Dr Velocious may have earned himself a tilt at the Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Allen back aboard Stars in Lawrence Stakes Jockey Ben Allen is convinced his P B Lawrence Stakes ride Fifty Stars has a big race victory in him … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Verry Elleegant to miss race day gallop Dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant has a minor foot issue after throwing a shoe and will miss a race … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Tassie mare begins Cox Plate Journey Star mare Mystic Journey’s Cox Plate campaign will begin in the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Glory Days to kick-off Melbourne Cup campaign Most trainers dream of having a runner in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) and that dream could become a … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Fitness the key to Foxbridge upset for Rogerson pair Debbie Rogerson is trusting race fitness to give Malambo and Comeback their edge as they prepare to face the stars … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Eastender kicks off mainland campaign Bought to be a precocious juvenile, Eastender has risen through the staying ranks and connections hope he has not peaked … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Begood Toya Mother on path to Group 1 handicap After winning five-straight races last campaign, promising Begood Toya Mother resumes from a let-up to chase a black-type win in … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Stayers to launch campaigns at Eagle Farm The Anderson-Heathcote training partnership will launch the spring campaigns of three of their better stayers at Eagle Farm … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Sizzlefly faces test of spring credentials Trainer Phillip Stokes expects talented filly Sizzlefly’s performance in the Quezette Stakes to determine her spring path … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago High five for Hyeronimus at Randwick A horse Tulloch Lodge has pinpointed as an Epsom Handicap contender heads a good book of five rides for Adam … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Auerbach ready to step up to open company In-form Auerbach can again show the benefit of trainer Chris Waller’s Gold Coast stable by winning at Eagle Farm … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Te Akau Shark, Melody Belle showdown Te Akau Shark, part-owned by Paul Gallen, and Melody Belle will do battle in the Group Two Foxbridge Plate at … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Brain surgery for trainer Robbie Griffiths Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griffiths is to undergo surgery for a brain aneurysm which will keep him away from stable duties … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Apprentices continue rivalry at Eagle Farm Apprentices Baylee Nothdurft and Nick Keal have been rivals on the provincial circuit but have now switched to city riding … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Fitter Excess Funds chases Group 3 Vain Stakes With two runs under his belt after a spell, Excess Funds will have race fitness on his side when he … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Velocita set to strut her stuff The Chris Waller-trained Velocita suffers from a rare condition that affects how she walks, but not how she runs … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Old hands to keep Gollan on winning streak Trainer Tony Gollan’s younger stars have been on show 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news 7 years ago Livamol target for Group 1 mare Group 1 placegetter Danzdanzdance is on target to begin her countdown to the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings … Read More Australia horse racing news 7 years ago Darktown to strut again at Gold Coast Flying mare Darktown Strutter is set to maintain her outstanding statistics in Gold Coast races … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 7 years ago Big shoes to fill for Julius Jason Waddel’s high opinion of Julius will be put to the test in the Group 2 Lisa Chittick Foxbridge Plate … Read More Australia horse racing news 7 years ago Winx as good as ever: Hugh Bowman Hugh Bowman is excited about the impending return of champion Winx in the race named in her honour at Randwick … Read More Australia horse racing news 7 years ago Excitement builds for Winx return All is in order for the return of Winx who has had a maintenance gallop at Rosehill ahead of her … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Berry, Hyeronimus suspended at 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Lawrence Stakes signals the return of many spring stars and it’s time for punters to start getting excited … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Winx $1.08 to extend winning streak Bookmakers have put Winx up at $1.08 to extend her winning streak to 18 when she returns in the Group … Read More Horse Racing News, New Zealand horse racing news 8 years ago Group glory boosts Eminent’s stallion status The son of unbeaten champ Frankel has delivered for his NZ owners with victory in the Group Two Prix Guillaume … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Jockey Havlin loses case against drug ban Jockey Robert Havlin has failed to persuade a BHA disciplinary panel not to reciprocate the six-month ban given to him … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Almanzor, Brametot disappoint at Deauville French stars Brametot and Almanzor have been beaten in feature events at Deauville … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Olympic flavour at Canterbury races Trainer Nick Olive has turned to equestrian training to improve Bring A Secret’s focus ahead of the horse’s first-up run … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Meeting with owner to decide Eagle return Tony McEvoy will meet with Alpine Eagle’s owner to decide whether the horse resumes in the Memsie Stakes or waits … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Single Gaze looking better than expected Trainer Nick Olive is so impressed with Single Gaze’s work he is considering giving her a harder spring target race … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Alluvion heading for G2 Silver Shadow Trainer Scott Singleton is banking on Alluvion’s fitness edge giving her the best chance of an upset win in the … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Bridget Jones’s diary: Randwick races Country trainer Bridget Jones says Iona Nicconi has a good chance at Randwick, as long as they don’t get lost … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Winx has final gallop before return Champion mare Winx has been given a gallop on the course proper at Rosehill ahead of her much-anticipated return in … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Shiraz familiarises himself with Valley Group-winning sprinter Shiraz has had a familiarisation gallop at Moonee Valley ahead of his return in the Listed Carlyon Stakes … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Stackhouse taken to hospital after fall Jockey Daniel Stackhouse has a possible lower leg fracture and has been taken to hospital for scans and assessment after … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Olympic flavour at Canterbury races Trainer Nick Olive has turned to equestrian training to improve Bring A Secret’s focus ahead of the horse’s first-up run … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Emoji brings up milestone win for Begg Four-year-old gelding Emoji has given Grahame Begg his first winner since rejoining the training ranks and relocating to Victoria … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Meeting with owner to decide Eagle return Tony McEvoy will meet with Alpine Eagle’s owner to decide whether the horse resumes in the Memsie Stakes or waits … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Yankee Rose to run first-up in Golden Rose Yankee Rose will launch her spring campaign in the Group One Golden Rose for which she is the $8 equal … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Capitalist to miss Golden Rose Golden Slipper winner Capitalist will not run in the Golden Rose with his program changed to target the Coolmore Stud … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Four out to continue maiden streak at MV Well Sprung and Rich Enuff won the McKenzie Stakes as maidens, four three-year-olds will be looking to continue the trend … Read More Horse Racing News 9 years ago Highland Reel bids for International Trainer Aidan O’Brien has Cox Plate entrants Highland Reel and Sir Isaac Newton in the Juddmonte International at York … Read More Horse Racing Tips 9 years ago Canterbury quaddie form, odds and free tips, August 17, 2016 GREAT betting fields are the order of the day at Canterbury on Wednesday and quaddie punters should be excited about … Read More View the full article

One of two British-trained horses in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks after declarations on Friday, Estrange (Night Of Thunder) and her team are hopeful that some rain will increase her chances in the August 21 showpiece. A homebred for Cheveley Park Stud and trained by David O'Meara, the grey has won four of her five starts, with a victory in the G2 Lancashire Oaks last out at Haydock in July on her resume. “It depends which forecast you look at, and I am probably guilty of looking at the one I want to look at rather than the one I don't,” said Cheveley Park's managing director Chris Richardson on the chance of rain at York. “But she's very well, a bit of ease in the ground would be helpful. She's working well but this just happens to be a year of fast ground. We're working back from the autumn so we will see how we go and how we plan from here on out. “If she can't run then there are some entries abroad we can look at, she's in the [G1] Fillies & Mares [on Champions Day at Ascot] and obviously the Arc later in the year.” Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners have kept a fearsome quartet in the race in G1 Oaks one-two Minnie Hauk (Frankel) and Whirl (Wootton Bassett), as well as multiple group winner and G1 Prix de Diane second Bedtime Story (Frankel) and G2 Ribblesdale Stakes heroine Garden Of Eden (Saxon Warrior). Fellow Group 2 winner Qilin Queen (Pinatubo), trained by Ed Walker, will also take part at this stage. In the G2 Sky Bet Lowther Stakes earlier on the card, a dozen fillies have signed up, among them is G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes second Royal Fixation (Palace Pier) for Ed Walker and the Group 3-placed duo of Staya (Havana Grey) from George Scott and Tim Easterby's Argentine Tango (Mattmu). Debut winner America Queen (Havana Grey) is another of note for Richard Hughes. The post Estrange Camp Hoping For Rain, As She Faces O’Brien Quartet In Yorkshire Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Who's the current leader of the 3-year-old filly division? Featuring a rubber match between GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro) and two-time GISW La Cara (Street Sense), we'll have our answer following a fantastic renewal of Saturday's GI Alabama S. at Saratoga. Good Cheer made it a perfect seven-for-seven for trainer Brad Cox with a powerful win on the first Friday in May, but never factored as the 1-4 favorite, finishing a lackluster fifth in the GI Acorn S. in the Saratoga slop June 6. The Godolphin homebred, listed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite, will face five rivals in the 1 1/4-mile feature. “She's doing great,” said Blake Cox, assistant trainer to his father. “She was perfect until the Acorn and we can't really come up with an excuse–maybe the racetrack, I guess, but you could tell she wasn't traveling well throughout the race, so we'll give her one more shot here going a mile and a quarter. She should like it, and we've given her plenty of time. She's done well up here, so fingers crossed we get her back in the win column.” They'll all have to catch La Cara. The aforementioned Acorn was won in front-running fashion by the Tracy Farmer homebred, who also wired the GI Central Bank Ashland S. at Keeneland Apr. 7. Those two efforts bookended a speed-and-fade ninth-place finish behind Good Cheer in the Kentucky Oaks. La Cara | Sarah Andrew Hall of Famer Mark Casse will also saddle Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro). A four-time stakes winner on grass, the D. J. Stable homebred romped by 17 lengths facing just two rivals in the off-the-turf GIII Wonder Again S. in the Saratoga slop June 7, her lone career attempt on dirt. Last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf third-place finisher just missed by a nose in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational S. at the Spa July 5. “I've been watching the Alabama since I was eight, and to have two legitimate chances,” Casse said. “I think it's not set in stone, but this race is going to be a big deciding factor in who's going to be champion 3-year-old filly. Obviously, someone can go on and win the Breeders' Cup and that would trump whatever happens in the Alabama, but we'll have a clear-cut leader once the dust is settled.” Saturday's graded stakes action also includes the GI Del Mar Oaks, headed by 8-5 morning-line favorite Thought Process (Collected); and the GIII Philip H. Iselin S. at Monmouth Park, led by 'TDN Rising Star' First Mission (Street Sense). For a closer look at Saturday's King's Plate card at Woodbine, including the 'Win and You're In' GI E. P. Taylor S., click here. The post Casse Duo La Cara & Nitrogen Meet Kentucky Oaks Winner Good Cheer in Alabama appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

TORONTO – He is young, just 20, has been riding for only two full years and still has his five-pound apprentice allowance. But don't expect Pietro Moran to be intimidated when he climbs aboard Mansetti (Collected) in Saturday's $1-million King's Plate at Woodbine. It's nothing new to him. Though he's not allowed an apprentice allowance in stakes races, he's ridden in 30 so far this year. On Saturday's card, there are six stakes. Moran has mounts in four of them. “I definitely have a lot of confidence in him,” said Mansetti's trainer Kevin Attard. “Pietro worked for us for maybe three years before he took out his license. So I got a chance to know him pretty well. From day one, he's shown a lot of confidence. He's very mature for his age and just a very good student of the game.” Moran is the son of journeyman rider David Moran, who also has a mount in the race, on William T (Frosted). It is the first time that a father and son have ridden against one another in the King's Plate. It will be the second King's Plate mount for Pietro, who finished fourth last year with Pierre (Tapiture). “My dad has been a huge influence on me,” Pietro said. “Just to grow up alongside him, he's been helping me and guiding me every step of the way and points me in the right direction. He's never allowed me to put a bad step forward. I'm very lucky to have my dad's help. We are both competitive. We want to kick each other's butt every time.” Pietro always wanted to be a jockey. “I probably couldn't even talk yet to tell everybody I wanted to be a jockey,” he said. “That's how long I've wanted to be a rider. I always wanted to be a jockey. I've always loved the horses and loved the game.” Moran started riding in 2023 and won just four races that year. He was in the midst of a successful season last year when he was injured at Fort Erie on Sept. 10. He had 62 wins at the time. It was a precursor of what was to become. Entering Friday's card at Woodbine, he led all jockeys with 65 wins. Rafael Hernandez and Sahin Civaci were tied for second with 57 winners each. 'We've ridden him a lot and have been successful together,” Attard said. “It's been a good relationship and he's a great individual.” Most Ontario-based trainers would agree. Leading trainer Mark Casse has teamed up with Moran for five winners. In Saturday's stakes Moran will have mounts for Attard and Martin Drexler and two for Casse. He's getting the kind of opportunities that are almost unheard of for an apprentice. “I've had a lot of good opportunities,” Moran said. “I'm very thankful for all the opportunities I'm getting to not only ride a lot of races but to ride in stakes races. It just goes to show that trainers are okay with using me. I try to work hard every day and do my best and I'm being rewarded with the opportunity to ride in these big races.” Moran has set four goals for this year. He will be the champion Canadian apprentice and he also hopes to win an Eclipse Award as the top bug boy in North America and finish the year as the leading jockey in the Woodbine standings. All three are within reach. The fourth is to win the King's Plate. The King's Plate is a wide-open race that drew 13 entrants. Mansetti, who is 10-1 in the morning line, is coming off a win in the GIII Marine Stakes and has won two other stakes. “The biggest question for him is the mile-and-a-quarter, but he's got a lot of talent,” Moran said. “He's the only three times stakes winner in the field and the only graded stakes winner in the race. Once he gets a clean trip and is able to settle, he'll give it his best to the wire.” Moran, who loses his bug on Jan. 6, has yet to decide where he will ride this winter after the Woodbine meet is over. Many believe that he is destined to become a top rider in the U.S. 'I would definitely love to ride in the States and try to become one of those big-name riders that go around the country and ride the best horses and ride in Group Is,” he said. A win in the King's Plate might move him closer to the goal, but there will be plenty of other opportunities along the way. Kazushi Kimura took a similar path, dominating while he had the bug and winning the Woodbine riding title in 2021, 2022 and 2023. He is now a regular on the Southern California circuit. Easily the most promising rider to come out of Canada since Kimura, Moran's long-term goals could easily be reached. “You could tell early on with Pietro that he had the recipe to be very successful,” said Attard. “This is only the beginning of what his future holds.” The post The Sport’s Hottest Bug Takes Aim at the King’s Plate appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-SAR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 2:20p.m. ET A homebred for St Elias Stable, Nonna Teresa (Gun Runner) will head out for conditioner Todd Pletcher on what could turn into a very quality-heavy afternoon for debuting runners at The Spa. From the female line of the great Personal Ensign through third dam MGISW My Flag (Easy Goer), the chestnut is out of MGSW Teresa Z (Smart Strike), herself a half-sister to the dams of GSW-UAE Queen Azteca (Sharp Azteca) and MGSP Colorful Mischief (Into Mischief). Her final prep for this maiden special was a four-furlong breeze Aug. 9 over the main track in :47.88 (3/105), and the oddsmaker will see her carry a morning line price of 7-2 into the race. Irad Ortiz Jr. will have the mount. Eyeballing that one in the gate is Amended Dreamer (Constitution), a $285,000 KEESEP purchase now in the barn of Jena Antonucci. A daughter of SW Windmill (Street Sense), her dam's half-siblings include Bodebabe (Bodemeister)–herself mother of MGISW Scottish Lassie (McKinzie). This is the immediate female family of GISW Tara's Tango (Unbridled's Song); GISW Visionaire (Grand Slam) and GSW & MGISP Scarlet Strike (Smart Strike). Continuing down the line toward the rail is Run Wild (Gun Runner), a half-sister to MSW & GSP Drake's Passage (Tonalist) from the immediate female family of champion 3-year-old filly MGISW Surfside (Seattle Slew), and who will carry the colors of owner/breeder Robert Evans for trainer Linda Rice. Taking up the rail slot is Sun Kiss (Girvin), the full-sister to MGSW Damon's Mound–who won the GII Saratoga Special Stakes as a juvenile. The pair is owned by breeders Michele and Cliff Love and trained by Bill Mott. TJCIS PPs 7th-SAR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 4:03p.m. ET A loaded maiden at the Spa was carded as the seventh and RENEGADE (Into Mischief) leads the way. Bred by Robert and Lawana Low, the colt went to Repole Stable for $975,000 during Keeneland September, then the breeders stayed in for a piece. The upper market players sent the bay to Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. Renegade is the first foal for GSW Spice Is Nice (Curlin) who the Lows purchased for $1.05-million at the same Keeneland auction, just in 2018. She is out of GI Humana Distaff Stakes heroine Dame Dorothy (Beranrdini), a $900,000 buy for none other than Mike Repole at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale while she was in foal with a colt by Gun Runner. Set for his unveiling is Icon Racing's Hero Declared (Maclena's Music). The Whit Beckman trainee was acquired for $575,000 at the past OBS March Sale. Initially sold as a yearling during Fasig-Tipton July for $170,000, the bay's dam is a full-sister to GSW Wild Bout Hilary (Midnight Lute). A couple entry from Danny Gargan's shedrow makes the races. Talkin (Good Magic) was bought for $600,000 at Keeneland September and the colt is a half-brother to GIII Daily Racing Form Indiana Oaks victress Clicquot (Quality Road). The other half of the entry is Good Illusion (Good Magic), who went for $550,000 during Keeneland's September Yearling Sale. Finally, Klaravich's Cost Effective (Into Mischief) is out of MGSW Lewis Bay (Bernardini). TJCIS PPs 3rd-DMR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 6:02p.m. ET Juvenile colts kick off the maiden races on Del Mar's Saturday card as a trio of well-related debuters catch the eye here, lead by Litmus Test (Nyquist) as the 7-5 morning line favorite. The son of Nyquist is out of an unplaced full-sister to MGSW & GISP Sweet August Moon (Malibu Moon), herself dam of GSP Sir Samson (Smart Strike). Litmus Test clearly left an impression when passing through the ring at FTSAUG last year, and changed hands for $875,000 before eventually finding himself in the program of Bob Baffert. His last several works have been in the top three fastest on their respective mornings, and he'll break from post two. To his inside is stablemate Falcon Jet (Justify), who looks to leave the maiden ranks on a 13-day turnaround after running against fellow shed row occupant Buetane (Tiz the Law) Aug. 3, who was named a 'TDN Rising Star' for his effort. To their outside is Chapter One (Yaupon), a $500,000 EASMAY buy this past spring who goes to post for the Michael McCarthy barn. A son of MGSW Just Jenda (Menifee), therefore a half-brother to SW Jenda's Agenda (Proud Citizen) and SW Miss Alacrity (Munnings), Chapter One hails from the extended female family of GISW Sahara Sky (Pleasant Tap) and champion juvenile MGISW Nyquist (Uncle Mo). The first-mentioned half-sister is herself dam of GIII Schuylerville victress Just Cindy (Justify). TJCIS PPs The post Saturday Insights: Big Families Unveiled at The Spa while Big Tickets Debut Out West appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Notorious Gangster enters the CA$1 million King's Plate Stakes at Woodbine Aug. 16 as one of the most accomplished entrants, and his trainer, Josie Carroll, has the King's Plate qualifications to match. View the full article

Three-time Group 1 winner Rosallion has been withdrawn from the G1 The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville on Sunday with a bruised foot, according to trainer Richard Hannon. The G1 City Of York Stakes is next on the docket for the colt on August 23. Owned by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, the son of Blue Point won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at two and added the Irish 2000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes at three. He has been tantalisingly close to added more top-drawer hardware to his trophy case at four and is coming off of a neck second in the G1 Sussex Stakes on July 30. In a post on X, Hannon said, “Unfortunately, we have decided to pull Rosallion out of the Prix Jaques le Marois on Sunday. He has a bruised foot that he picked up in training this week which has been treated but we aren't completely happy and feel it only right to give him the extra days. “This means we won't make the trip over to France but will instead head to York. We are very happy with the way he is looking and working, and will head for the G1 City of York next weekend with the support of [owner] Sheikh Mohammed Obaid who wants the best for the horse.” The post Bruised Foot Forces Rosallion Out Of Marois, Rerouted To City of York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO — There are those that will often lament the things that are wrong with horse racing. However, a stroll around Woodbine's ever-expanding facilities go a long way in dispensing with some of those notions. The opening of the Great Canadian Casino-Resort has ushered in a next-level racetrack experience offering rooms with panoramic views of Woodbines expansive E.P. Taylor racecourse while proving all the services and amenities that one might expect at a modern Casino hotel. If one enjoys racing and a myriad of gaming products with a wide variety of dining options all under one roof, then Woodbine offers a definite attraction. However, the real charm of the Canadian racetrack is the people that make it all happen. The folks on the backstretch at Woodbine are as accommodating as one could ever expect to encounter anywhere in North America, with the local horse community offering a level of friendliness that is supremely warm and welcoming to visitors. Palpably proud of their home track, the Woodbine community eagerly shares its pride in its home base and paramount appreciation of the Canadian heritage and for others, an adoptive nation. Offering a good reason to wave the Canadian flag proudly this weekend, Woodbine offers a stacked King's Plate Day card, featuring six stakes–highlighted by the first jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown as well as the GI E. P. Taylor Stakes. The 13-race card also features the GII King Edward Stakes and the GIII Bold Venture Stakes. No Time, No Problem Often considered the exception rather than the rule when a filly contests a U.S. Classic, it appears to have become somewhat more commonplace looking at the history of Canada's equivalent. When a field of 13 lines up for Saturday's King's Plate, a filly will once again be the headline–Woodbine Oaks heroine No Time (Not This Time). Over the course of the last 15 years, a filly has won the 1 1/4-mile Classic six times, and one has to only look as far back as last year to see its latest female winner, Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach), trained by Kevin Attard. In fact, Attard has trained the past two fillies to win the Plate, having also taken the 2022 renewal with Moira (Ghostzapper). Trainer Mark Casse, who recorded his initial Plate victory with a filly, Lexilou (Sligo Bay), in 2014 and followed up with another filly, Wonder Gadot, in 2018. A fixture in both the U.S. and Canadian Halls of Fame, Casse was also responsible for the 2023 King's Plate winner Paramount Prince in the initial year that the race was renamed due to the ascension of the new monarch, King Charles III. “She was awesome in the [Woodbine] Oaks,” said Casse of the Gary Barber-owned filly. “She is going to enjoy the extra distance and will be tough.” Bred by James Everatt, Janeane Everatt and Arika Everatt-Meeuse, the Ontario-bred filly is out of SW and GSP Count to Three (Red Ransom). Promoted to third in last fall's Cup and Saucer Stakes, No Time won her second start of 2025 when taking a June 1 allowance optional claimer at Woodbine before finishing fourth in the GIII Selene Stakes June 28. The $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale graduate is a half-sister to dual Grade I scorer and millionaire Count Again (Awesome Again) in addition to Grade I-winning sprinter Ransom the Moon (Malibu Moon). “She has a heck of a pedigree,” said Casse. “She's by one of the best sires in the world and she's a half-sister to two Grade I winners. She has the pedigree to be any kind. I feel like she really has grown up and has gotten stronger and better as time goes on, which happens a lot of times when you have these great pedigrees.” Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez, who was aboard for the filly's initial victory at two, will be returning for his first ride on the filly since last fall. Boys Facing the 'Girl' Looking to stand in Casse's is Woodbine-based Josie Carroll who saddles Notorious Gangster (Classic Empire) Saturday. Carroll, who also won the Plate with a filly–Inglorious–in 2011, is respectful of the sole filly in Saturday's Canadian Classic. “If you look at European racing, the fillies face the colts all of the time,” opined Carroll when asked about the fillies facing the colts in big races. “I think a good horse is a good horse. If you have one that has the talent to be there and is handling everything you have to do to get there, then there is no reason not to be there.” Of the early Plate favorite, Carroll added, “I think [No Time] will be tough, she is a good filly. But I hope we run her down.” Campaigned by Mark Dodson, the Notorious Gangster won last year's Coronation Futurity and this year's Queenston Stakes. The dark bay was also runner-up in this year's Woodstock and Plate Trial. “He's a very uncomplicated horse,” said Carroll, of Notorious Gangster, who will be ridden by Fraser Aebly. “The one thing that he shares with the horses that I have been successful with in the Plate is that he has a very good mind. He's very level-headed. And I think that's a really important trait on a day like King's Plate Day when there's a huge crowd.” Carroll also won the Plate in 2006 with Edenwold and again with Mighty Heart in 2020. “He's peaking at the right time, ticking all the boxes he should tick,” stated Carroll. “It's a large field, will he get it done, that's the real question, but I wouldn't trade him for anybody else right now.” How does the trainer expect for the dark bay to handle the 10-furlong distance? “I think the distance should really be ideal for a horse that closes the way that he does,” she said. “We'll leave it to his rider to navigate the traffic. In a big field, you worry if a closer will be able to work his way through, but we have every confidence in our rider.” In search of his third Plate victory, Attard offers up Dewolf (Silent Name {Jpn}), Mansetti (Collected) and Faber (Improbable). The dark bay will be ridden by Flavien Prat, who won the 2019 Plate with One Bad Boy. The winner of last season's Bull Page Stakes and second in the Cup and Saucer, the colt finished runner up in the GIII Grey Stakes and Coronation Futurity early this season. Sixth last time out the Plate Trial, DeWolf is campaigned by X-Men Racing IV LLC, Canuck Racing Club, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC. “DeWolf has probably trained the best of them from just a raw-talent point of view,” explained Attard. “His works in the morning have been stellar. Unfortunately, he hasn't really showed up in the afternoon yet. Not ideal trips in both races [this season], so it's been a bit of a disappointment from that perspective. Going into the first race this season, I was really excited and I thought this was an ideal horse for the King's Plate. It hasn't gone according to plan, but he continues to train well and to have Flavien Prat aboard, that is a bonus as well. He just needs to transition from the morning to the afternoon.” He added, “He also needs to get a good trip, and if that happens, we'll see the DeWolf that everyone has been expecting and supporting so far.” Stablemates Mansetti and Faber are campaigned by Al and Bill Ulwelling, who are looking for their first Plate win. Faber hit the board in two of four starts this season, including a pair of allowance optional claimers going a mile at Turfway in March and while adding an extra sixteenth at Woodbine May 31. The more accomplished of the two, Mansetti won last season's Clarendon Stakes in November and added two more stakes this term-the Mar. 27 Woodstock Stakes and most recently in the GIII Marine Stakes in his first try past a mile June 28. “The distance is obviously the big question, but it is the question for a lot of the horses in the race as well,” Attard explained. “He's really matured between two to three, and we saw him stretch his speed to two turns in the Marine.” He continued, “We've also elected to give him more time in between races. We've put in some long works in between and he's handled them really well. He has a lot of talent. He has run one good race and one bad race, which is a bit concerning, but I think he's coming into it fresh which is a plus. And physically, he's never looked any better. He's thriving right now, so I'm hoping for a big race.” Attard confirmed that Pietro Moran, who was aboard for both of the colt's victories this season, will be back on the $40,000 OBS April graduate Saturday. “If Pietro [Moran] can get him to relax, I think he's going to be there at the end,” he concluded. Victorious in last month's Plate Trial, Sedburys Ghost (Shaman Ghost) will be ridden by Ryan Munger. The gelding kicked off the season with a win sprinting at Woodbine June 8 before finishing fourth in his route debut in the Marine. “He was a high-strung horse–not bad-acting, just very good-feeling as a 2-year-old, but he has settled down,” said trainer Barbara Minshall. “He has matured a whole lot. He was extremely calm and professional in the paddock for the Plate Trial. Generally, horses that get better all the time keep improving. It's a good sign.” Scorching (Mo Town) won last year's Simcoe Stakes and Cup and Saucer (via disqualification). Campaigned by Paul Braverman and Timothy Pinch, he was second in this year's Marine and third in the Plate Trial. Trained by John Charalambous, Scorching was bred by Huntington Stud Farm Corp. “After his first race, it was very impressive, and he improved each time he ran last year and this year,” said Charalambous. “After his first start, he just seemed to grasp everything very well and showed that he could be a better-than-average colt.” Jose Lezcano gets the call. Tom's Magic (Justify) comes into his first appearance outside of the U.S. off a 1 ½-length win in the 8 1/2-furlong Tale of the Cat Stakes on June 28 at Monmouth Park. Owned by CJ Thoroughbreds and Mo Speed Racing, and trained by Michael Stidham, the colt was bred by Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry. “I like the horse a lot,” said Stidham. “He's done things the right way. I think he's had a good preparation coming up to this race. I think we're in there with a really live chance.” Rafael Hernandez, who has won three Plates, including last year with Caitlinhergrtness, will be in the irons on Saturday. E.P. Taylor Headlines Stacked Undercard Often an important factor in making the argument for the leading turf mare of the season, this season's GI E.P. Taylor Stakes once again offers up several horses that might be under consideration come next winter. Leading the fray is 3-5 morning-line favorite She's So Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}). A four-time Grade I winner, the Lael Stables-campaigned filly finished a close-up second most recently in the GI Diana Stakes at the Spa July 12. Winner of the GI Natalma Stakes over Woodbine's turf course in 2023, the Cherie DeVaux-trained filly also took last season's GI QEII Cup at Keeneland and earlier this year, she won Churchill's GIII Modesty Stakes. Her most recent win was recorded in the GI New York Stakes in Saratoga June 6. Hoping to recapture some her earlier glory, last year's King's Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach) attempts to get back into the winner's circle in the 10-furlong turf test for fillies and mares. Victorious on Woodbine's synthetic in the 8 1/2-panel GIII Belle Mahone Stakes May 31, the chestnut tired to eighth in the grassy GII Nassua Stakes over a mile June 28 before just getting caught late and having to settle for second in the GIII Trillium Stakes on the main track July 26. “I am a little disappointed with her race in the Nassau over the E.P. Taylor course,” Kevin Attard admitted. “I don't really have an excuse for it. It's a bit of a let-down performance. She had been pretty consistent for me right from the start.” He continued, “She had a good work last weekend, and there were a couple of defections, we thought. It's a [Breeders' Cup] 'Win and You're In' race and in our own backyard, so it's worth taking a shot.” When asked about the competition in Saturday's Grade I contest, he added, “With Cherie's filly here, arguably the best turf filly in North America, everybody is going to have to have their running shoes on to beat her. But we're on home turf and I'm happy with the way she is doing.” Flavien Prat is scheduled to ride Caitlinhergrtness for the first time Saturday. Woodbine's Saturday stakes action on the undercard also includes the GII Bold Venture Stakes and GIII bet365 King Edward Stakes. The post Queen Looks For King’s Plate Glory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Winner of the San Clemente Handicap (G2T) at the current Del Mar meeting, Thought Process could repeat in the Del Mar Oaks (G1T) for Little Red Feather Racing and partners, following Iscreamuscream last year.View the full article

The three-day A Good Life Well Lived – Equine Summit ran from Monday, August 11-Wednesday, August 13 in Co Kilkenny. It was presented by the Irish Equine Veterinary Association (IEVA), in partnership with Connolly's Red Mills and featured attendees from numerous Irish industry bodies. During the first day, attendees visited Ballylinch Stud for lunch and a tour of the farm, as well as a stallion parade. Later in the day, guests attended a tour of the manufacturing facilities of Connolly's Red Mills in Goresbridge, and the day concluded with a summit supper at Mount Juliet Estate. The second day, IEVA presented a programme of presentations relating to equine wellness, for all those involved with or working in the Irish bloodstock industry. The day commenced with the guided tour of Connolly's Red Mills, lunch at Gowran Park and a series of presentations delivered by Dr Orla Doherty, Dr David Marlin, Dr Alina Vale; and Nicole Groyer, Louise Jones, Sorcha O'Connor and Mike Sheilds of Connolly's Red Mills. Wednesday's session began at the mill with presentations on 'Clinical Nutrition Insights- Nutrition as a Tool' and 'From field to factory to feed pot- What is NOPS? Reducing risks of positive drug tests due to contamination', as well as a tour of the mill. Lunch was held at Gowran Park prior to a series of afternoon presentations delivered by Dr Orla Dohery, 'Applying equine psychology to improving behaviour, handling and training'; Dr David Marlin, 'Managing Racehorses in the Heat Optimising Performance & Welfare'; and Dr Alina Vale, 'Racehorse Fatalities- What Can We Learn from Tragedy?'. The final presentation, delivered by Louise Jones and Sorcha O'Connor of Connolly's Red Mills, was titled 'Teamwork in Equine Nutrition , How Vets and Nutritionists Can Win Together'. The day ended with racing and dinner at Gowran Park. The post IEVA ‘A Good Life Well Lived – Equine Summit Concludes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last running in the Swedish Derby, Kentucky-bred Queen Azteca is set to make her United States debut in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 16 for trainer Niels Petersen and Team Valor International.View the full article

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has begun a long-term partnership with the Sports Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Urumqi with the goal of modernising the region's equine industry. The partnership was announced on Tuesday, with the aim of leveraging the resources of both the Jockey Club and the Bureau to promote the upgrading of Xinjiang’s equine industry. Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges visited the site alongside Executive Director Andrew Harding and members...View the full article

International bloodstock agent and farm manager Michael Motion, father of Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Graham Motion, has died at 95.View the full article

A total of 266 yearlings have been catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale to be held Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Fairplex in Pomona. The single-session auction kicks off at 11 a.m. PT. Sires represented by yearlings in this year's catalogue include Army Mule, Authentic, Clubhouse Ride, Corniche, Cyberknife, Drain the Clock, Early Voting, Good Magic, Grazen, Hard Spun, Justify, Knicks Go, Liam's Map, Maxfield, Maximus Mischief, McKinzie, Nashville, Olympiad, Omaha Beach, Oscar Performance, Practical Joke, Sir Prancelot (Ire), Stay Thirsty, Tiz the Law and Vekoma. The vast majority of yearlings catalogued are California-bred, although there are Kentucky-breds, two Arizona-breds and one Washington-bred on offer. “This sale annually offers the cream of the California-bred crop,” said Fasig-Tipton California representative Mike Machowsky. “There is a strong representation from both leading California and nationally ranked sires, as well as good depth of pedigree on offer. “In 2024, and so far in 2025, our sale grads have won or placed in 66 stakes,” noted Machowsky. “California Fall continues to produce quality runners on the West Coast year-after-year.” Print catalogues are available and the online version may be viewed by clicking here. The post Fasig-Tipton California Yearlings Catalogue Now Available appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Saturday at Saratoga, Ellis Park and Del Mar. Saturday, August 16, 2025 Saratoga 2, $90k, 2yo, f, (S), 6f, 1:10 p.m. ET Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Maxpower (Maxfield), FTMMAY, 16,000, G C-Little Farm Equine, agent; B-Robert Reidy Ellis 4, $44k, Moc, 2yo, f, (R), 5 1/2f, 2:16 p.m. ET Faye's Gold (Goldencents), OBSAPR, 40,000, :10 C-Randy Miles, agent; B-Triton Thoroughbreds LLC Final Shipman (Midshipman), OBSJUN, 16,000, :21 C-Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, agent; B-Jarvis Racing Stable LLC Miss Rosso (Vino Rosso), OBSJUN, 35,000 PS, :10 C-Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, agent; B-Eric Foster No Argument (Frosted), OBSAPR, 20,000, :10 3/5 C-Eddie Woods, agent; B-Chad Schumer, agent Saratoga 6, $100k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:29 p.m. ET Bodacious Queen (Munnings), OBSAPR, 80,000, :10 C-Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, agent; B-Black Horse B'stock Headspin (Hard Spun), OBSAPR, 335,000, :20 3/5 C-Ocala Stud, agent; B-Gainesway Farm Ellis 7, $44k, 2yo, f, (R), 1mT, 3:42 p.m. ET Frosty for Ever (Frosted), OBSAPR, 25,000, :10 2/5 C-Caliente Thoroughbreds; B-Ryan Ball, Dan Preiss, agent Saratoga 7, $100k, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 4:03 p.m. ET Tiger Rocket (Munnings), OBSMAR, 340,000, :10 1/5 C-Wavertree Stables Inc (Ciaran Dunne), agent;B-Donato Lanni, Agent for Frank Fletcher Racing Operation Sar 9, Skidmore S.-L, $150k, 2yo, 5.5fT, 5:11 p.m. ET Gypsy Art (Munnings), FTMMAY, 200,000, G C-Scanlon Training & Sales, agent; B-D Farrington Del Mar 3, $100k, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 6:00 p.m. ET Chapter One (Yaupon), FTMMAY, 500,000, :10 1/5 C-S G V Thoroughbreds (S Venosa), agt; B-J Casse for M V Magnier Trail Blaze (Daredevil), OBSJUN, 7,000, :10 3/5 C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-George Lopez Del Mar 4, $80k, 2yo, f, 1mT, 6:30 p.m. ET Improbable U (Improbable), OBSJUN, 65,000, :21 1/5 C-Top Line Sales LLC, agent; B-Mojallali Stable The post Summer Breezes Sponsored By OBS: Saturday, August 16, 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

DEAUVILLE, FRANCE – Arqana CEO Olivier Delloye says that he is quietly optimistic that the quality the sales company has assembled will result in bustling trade during the August Yearling Sale, before hinting that a number of new buyers could get in on the action over the next few days. The demand for bloodstock has never been as strong internationally. Records were broken in Japan and, hot on the heels from another bonanza of a sale at Saratoga in America, attention now turns to Arqana for the first European yearling sale of the year. And what a place for the occasion. He said, “We have had perfect conditions for viewing horses – not too hot but sunny, so we are very lucky. We had a great day yesterday [Thursday] so I think that adds to the positive atmosphere ahead of this sale.” Delloye added, “We had good races [at Deauville], a lot of runners and people were happy to be involved in those [Series] races. There were some good winners, I think, so it is all positive and fingers crossed for tomorrow now.” A number of British and Irish connections reaped the rewards for contesting the Series races given it was Ed Walker's Northern Champion who finished a length ahead of Brian Meehan's River Card (Ire) (Hello Youmzain) in the opening €160,000 two-year-old race over seven furlongs. That winner also provided a timely boost for the breeze-up fraternity given he was an €820,000 graduate at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale with Ed Sackville signing the docket on Roger Marley's Wootton Bassett colt on behalf of TBT Racing. More joy was to come for the breeze-up men and women when Cormac Farrell's graduate Rose Ghaiyyath (Ghaiyyath) scooped the second of the two €160,000 juvenile races when making a winning debut for red-hot trainer Richard Hughes and owner Jaber Abdullah. She had been sold at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale for €110,000 to Ted Durcan. Meanwhile, Alex Elliott and Valmont Racing were also in clover when the €280,000 purchase Cape Operator (Mohaather) landed the €260,000 contest for Ralph Beckett. The fourth Series race went the way of Andre Fabre courtesy of the Qatar Racing-owned Yellow Jersey (Dubawi) and the broad spectrum of winners was viewed as hugely positive with a view towards the middle market by the Arqana boss. He said, “I heard that [this year's bunch of horses are better than last year's] so that is obviously good news. I think it is consistent to when we went to view the horses on all of the farms during the spring. We felt that maybe they were probably a little more mature compared to the same time last year so this has been confirmed around the sales ground, which is good.” Delloye added, “I think we are seeing a few more breeze-up buyers here compared to last year, which is positive, because I am sure there are great opportunities in this sale for breeze-up consignors. But you have to be here and look at everything and that's why it's nice to have them here.” In terms of the top end, the big guns have turned out in their droves. John Magnier, Charlie Appleby, Kenny McPeek and a host of international buyers have made the trip. Among them is a strong travelling party from Japan, with Naohiro Goda revealing that seven or eight different trainers from that country will be making the trip to Deauville. Included in that number is the country's legendary trainer Yoshito Yahagi, who of course sourced Shin Emperor here, along with Mitsumasa Nakauchida and Hiroyasu Tanaka. The prospect of some new names featuring on the buyers' sheet was by no means dissuaded by Delloye, either. “There are a lot of new faces, definitely, and we will see what they do in terms of buying and hopefully we will see a few new names on the buyers' sheet,” he explained. Word on the street is that Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has purchased Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard but is understood not to have bought a single thoroughbred at public auction up until this point, could be about to enter the market. Sheikh Mansour's Wathba Stallions breeding operation is among the leaders in purebred Arabian racing with 900 horses reported to be on the books. Mathieu Legars, who spent six years working at Arqana before joining Sheikh Mansour's operation back in February, has already stated that the intention was for his new boss to get involved in thoroughbred racing. Legars has been busy inspecting the stock at Arqana this week and the potential involvement of Sheikh Mansour is sure to provide another fascinating subplot to action at Arqana from Saturday evening right through to Monday. Delloye concluded, “It is the first European yearling sale of the year so we will see how it goes but we are quite happy to launch a sale on Saturday evening, right after the races. In terms of atmosphere, it's probably something that suits better for the start of a sale. Here in France, sales have been very strong throughout the year. We had a very strong breeze-up sale in May and the horses-in-training sale in July was also very good. The statistics were all up at least 15 per cent on last year. We are coming into this sale with a bit of momentum.” The post Big-Hitters And Prospect Of ‘New Faces’ Getting Involved At Arqana August Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ahead of next week's York Ebor Festival, a middling Saturday in Britain and Ireland precedes a serious Sunday in France, where the G1 The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois offers a grand spectacle of international flavour. Sponsored by Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard for many moons, Deauville's jewel of their August Meeting is now graced by another huge operation with great prestige to fit what has always been one of Europe's key events. Fortunately this year we get to see how a top Japanese runner can fare against the Euros in a race other than the Arc and it is fair to say that after the wins of Ascoli Piceno (Daiwa Major) in Riyadh's 1351 Turf Sprint and Tokyo's G1 Victoria Mile we should be expectant. A granddaughter of Ballydoyle's Fillies' Mile heroine Listen, she is linked to the past star miler Henrythenavigator and has the raw material to add another worldwide top-level success to her country's growing haul. It seems hard to believe that two of the season's most exciting prospects Rosallion (Blue Point) and Notable Speech (Dubawi) would be winless in six starts between them so far and that the latter would not even have made the frame in his three, so this is a key race for both. Notable Speech is becoming something of an enigma, while Rosallion keeps running his race but keeps getting run out of it in the big mile events. Could it be that this trip is a touch too far? What price would he have been for next week's newly-promoted City of York… Also in the mix is Diego Velazquez (Frankel), first time in the Sangster silks and bidding to become the first winner of the great race in them, and fellow Ballydoyle representative The Lion In Winter (Sea The Stars) who still feels like a top-notcher even though his form this season doesn't back that up. The Aga Khan Studs would love to win it in their first year of sponsorship and the G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil winner Zabiari (Wootton Bassett) is the most likely of their duo to make an impact in a year where the big mile races are enjoyingly unpredictable. More Thunder Forecast? Saturday's action centres around Newbury's G2 Hungerford Stakes, where Saeed Suhail's Wokingham runner-up and Bunbury Cup winner More Thunder (Night Of Thunder) enters a new sphere but one for which he appears tailor-made. Other than him, progressive rivals in the seven-furlong feature are hard to spot and it is probably safe to say that William Haggas will be disappointed if he can't win one of the softest renewals in recent times. Also at Newbury, Colin Keane has some eye-catching rides for Juddmonte, with the St Leger entry Pinhole (Frankel) in the G3 Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes and the unbeaten Skimmer (Kingman) in the closing 10-furlong handicap. Given that the latter is moving back down in trip and bypassing next week's Great Voltigeur, it can probably be taken as read that he won't be following the path of his Leger-winning half-brother Logician but he remains an exciting prospect nonetheless. In between, there is Pinhole's juvenile half-brother Slight Of Foot, another Kingman in the seven-furlong novice who is also a half to Quadrilateral and a full-brother to the smart Thesis. At The Curragh on Saturday, Los Angeles (Camelot) remerges in the G3 Royal Whip, his first run back from a summer freshener and the initial movement of an orchestrated second Arc bid which could well come off in a year lacking a mile-and-a-half standout. Speaking of that race, Saturday's G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville sees Godolphin's Prix du Jockey Club runner-up Cualificar (Lope De Vega) advertise his wares ahead of the autumn showpiece. Aidan O'Brien has his usual irons in various fires throughout the weekend, with the unbeaten Daytona (Wootton Bassett) engaged in a fascinating renewal of Sunday's G3 The Aga Khan Studs Prix Francois Boutin. With setbacks to Albert Einstein and Gstaad and defeat for Italy at Newmarket, the relative of Sendawar wouldn't need to do much to be near the top of the stable's pecking order for the 2026 2,000 Guineas. The post Ascoli Piceno’s Jacques Le Marois Bid Lights Up The Weekend appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article