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Tejano Twist ran by 3-5 favorite Bango late for an emphatic score in the Bet on Sunshine Stakes at Churchill Downs. View the full article

In his final race before stud duty, Elite Power pulled off a repeat victory in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) with what was perhaps his most powerful performance in a career full of dominant wins. View the full article

In a day that's already seen a pair of last year's winners defend their titles, ELITE POWER (h, 5, Curlin–Broadway's Alibi, by Vindication) made it three with a successful title defense in the GI Qatar Breeders' Cup Sprint. Racing in mid pack around the turn, he was cut loose under Irad Ortiz, Jr. past the quarter pole and sailed home on the outside to pass a pair of tiring pacesetters inside the final sixteenth. Lifetime Record: 13-9-1-1. O-Juddmonte; B-Alpha Delta Stables; T-Bill Mott. Sales History: $900,000 ylg '19 KEESEP. The post Elite Power Defends His Title With Sprint Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Michael Maroney-trained Alenquer will make his first appearance in the Melbourne Cup since arriving to Australia. It’s always been an option for this lightly-raced European Group 1 winner – but his form since his arrival hasn’t reached the heights of his success in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup (2100m) at Curragh in May 2022. His form has left a lot to be desired, yet to find a minor placing since. The son of Adlerflug has been making steady improvement this campaign, however, finishing ninth 3.4 lengths away in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m). There’s no doubt this six-year-old will need to take big improvement to feature in the race that stops the nation; however, with the key booking of Damien Oliver in his last Melbourne Cup ride, he might be considered the sentimental favourite. When will Alenquer run in the Melbourne Cup? The Melbourne Cup will be run on the first Tuesday of November at Flemington, with a capacity crowd expected to cheer home their favoured runners. Theres 24 quality gallopers engaged every year, and the 2023 edition is no different, with Australian and Internationals alike. All the runners set to line up will be attempting to etch their name into racing folklore, and of course, claim their piece of the $8.41 million in prizemoney on offer. Alenquer (2) T: Michael Moroney J: Damien Oliver (56.5kg) Age: 6YO Color: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Alderflug (GER) Dam: Wild Blossom (GER) Win: +6600 Place: +1300 Best odds at Dabble Career stats for Alenquer Career: 18: 5-2-1 Flemington: 0: 0-0-0 Distance: 0: 0-0-0 Soft: 6: 1-1-1 Good: 9: 2-1-0 Heavy: 2: 1-0-0 Group 1: 11: 1-1-1 Win %: 28% Place %: 44% Melbourne Cup results for Alenquer NEVER RUN IN MELBOURNE CUP PREVIOUSLY Recent Form for Alenquer Date Race Track Distance Placing Jockey Barrier Weight Odds Margin Oct 27 MV Gold Cup Moonee Valley 2500m 9/14 Damien Oliver 12 58kg $26 3.4L Oct 14 Might And Power Caulfield 2000m 5/10 Mark Zahra 7 59kg $41 6.7L Sep 23 Underwood Stakes Caulfield 1800m 11/15 Declan Bates 9 59kg $151 4.6L Can Alenquer win the 2023 Melbourne Cup? Can Damien Oliver claim another Melbourne Cup win on his farewell tour? It looks unlikely that the three-time Melbourne Cup hoop will do it aboard Alenquer, but stranger things have happened. The six-year-old gelding from Mike Moroney’s barn will need a massive form reversal, as he has been comfortably held in his three starts this spring. He had traffic issues at his last start, finishing ninth in the Group 2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m), when going to the line under a relative hold. He’ll be in the second-half of the Melbourne Cup field upon settling and we doubt he will make up much ground on his more fancied rivals. Watch Alenquer Finish 9th in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup READ ALSO: 2023 MELBOURNE CUP BEGINNERS GUIDE BEST MELBOURNE CUP BETTING SITES How do you think Alenquer will go in the 2023 Melbourne Cup? Give us your thoughts in the box below! View the full article

Chad Brown talks about Goodnight Olive's Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint victory to close out her racing career. Goodnight Olive is Brown's first back-to-back Breeders' Cup winner. She won the same race in 2022. View the full article

It's been a year of ups and downs for trainer Larry Rivelli, who saddled the very talented Two Phil's (Hard Spun) to a runner-up effort in the GI Kentucky Derby and subsequent victory in the GIII Ohio Derby before a premature retirement to stud. The conditioner was dealt another blow this week when One Timer (Trappe Shot) was ordered scratched from a potential appearance in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, but the gelding NOBALS (g, 4, Noble Mission {GB}–Pearly Blue, by Empire Maker) parlayed a ground-saving trip into a 12-1 upset in the five-furlong dash. The well-supported Live In The Dream (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) hit the ground running, but he had company from Japanese raider Jasper Krone (Frosted) through an opening quarter in a slick :21.15. When the latter failed to handle the tight left-handed turn and began to struggle, Live In The Dream was left alone up front, but had gone hard and the come-from-behinders were licking their chops. Defending champ Caravel (Mizzen Mast) came there with a winning chance, but it was Nobals who rode the rails into the stretch and the final furlong and drove home first. Big Invasion (Declaration of War) also rallied up the inside for second ahead of Aesop's Fables (Ire) (No Nay Never), who raced over the top to claim third spot. Sales history: $3,500 Ylg '20 FTKOCT. O-Patricia's Hope LLC; B-Dr John A Chandler (KY); T-Larry Rivelli. The post Nobals Stoms Up The Rail to Scoop the BC Turf Sprint appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Europe's top 3-year-old Auguste Rodin (IRE) created a masterpiece on the Santa Anita Park turf course, winning the most prestigious grass race in North America, the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T), by three-quarters of a length.View the full article

In a story of ultimate redemption, trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr., who won the 2005 GI Breeders' Cup Classic with future Horse of the Year Saint Liam, but is better known for having spent 10 years away from the game owing to suspension, got his second victory in the race when WHITE ABARRIO (c, 4, Race Day–Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief), making his first appearance since romping clear in the GI Whitney S. at Saratoga exactly three months ago, pounced on pacesetting 'TDN Rising Star' Arabian Knight (Uncle Mo) leaving the eighth pole and held off a tenacious Derma Sotogake (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits) to win the $6-million GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Saturday afternoon. Arabian Knight jumped alertly and crossed down to the rail as Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming) showed speed as expected to fuel the pace. White Abarrio landed in third and eyeballed the top two, while Derma Sotogake, returning to the races for the first time since a sixth in the GI Kentucky Derby fully six months ago, raced handy as well. Arabian Knight and Saudi Crown continued to slug it out at an unsustainable pace, and White Abarrio, perfectly placed throughout, was there to take advantage. Coming after a spent Arabian Knight as Saudi Crown hoisted the white flag a half-furlong earlier, White Abarrio went for home and was across the line first as Derma Sotogake stayed on gamely for second. Proxy (Tapit) came from the clouds to be third. Sales history: $7,500 Ylg '20 OBSJAN; $40,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 15-7-1-3. O-C Two Racing Stable & Antonio Pagnano; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Richard E Dutrow Jr. The post Dutrow Back In the Limelight as White Abarrio Scores in the Classic appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There is no doubt this year has been a year like few others, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting anything else that had gone before it especially the important life information like “Who won the 2018 Melbourne Cup?” Here at Horsebetting.com.au we are all about putting all the important horse racing and betting information right at the your fingertips, and that goes double for the Melbourne Cup. We’ve got full lists of previous Melbourne Cup winners, the complete history of the Melbourne Cup, past Melbourne Cup results; and we’ve even tried our best to steer you in to the 2023 Melbourne Cup winner with our Melbourne Cup betting guide. To put the record straight, the 2018 Melbourne Cup winner was international raider Cross Counter for Charlie Appleby who hasn’t returned with any Melbourne Cup horses this year. Cross Counter winning the 2018 Melbourne Cup View the full article

Mark Zahra celebrates with David Eustace and Ciaron Maher after winning the 2022 Melbourne Cup with Gold Trip. Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are among the top horse racing trainers in Australia, with the pair set to have five runners in the 2023 Melbourne Cup. These five runners will include defending champion Gold Trip, who is well and truly in contention to win the Melbourne Cup again, priced at $5 with betting sites. The Maher-Eustace training combo will also have Right You Are ($61), Ashrun ($34), Future History ($26) and Interpretation ($51) in the final 24. How many Melbourne Cups have Ciaron Maher & David Eustace won? Ciaron Maher and David Eustace recorded their one and only Melbourne Cup in 2022, when Japanese stayer Gold Trip saluted over the 3200m journey. It was a history-making day for the training partnership, with neither having won the Melbourne Cup before, despite long and illustrious careers in Australian racing. Maher-Eustace runners in the Melbourne Cup 2023 Gold Trip T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace J: James McDonald Age: 7YO Color: Bay Sex: Horse Sire: Outstrip (GB) Dam: Sarvana (USA) Win: $5.00 Place: $2.00 Best odds at Neds Career stats for Gold Trip Career: 24: 3-5-5 Flemington: 3: 2-0-0 Distance: 2: 1-0-0 Soft: 11: 2-3-2 Good: 9: 1-1-2 Heavy: 4: 0-1-1 Group 1: 15: 2-2-3 Win %: 13% Place %: 54% Right You Are T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace J: John Allen Age: 7YO Color: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: So You Think (NZ) Dam: Leica Ding Right You Are 2023 Melbourne Cup Odds Win: +6000 Place: +1650 Best odds at Neds Career stats for Right You Are Career: 26: 10-4-4 Flemington: 6: 2-1-2 Distance: 0: 0-0-0 Wet: 10: 3-3-0 Good: 16: 7-1-4 Group 1: 3: 0-0-0 Win %: 38% Place %: 69% Ashrun T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace J: Kerrin McEvoy Age: 8YO Color: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Authorized (IRE) Dam: Ashantee (GER) Win: +3300 Place: +825 Best odds at Unibet Career stats for Ashrun Career: 17: 4-3-1 Flemington: 4: 1-0-0 Distance: 1: 0-0-0 Wet: 4: 1-1-1 Good: 11: 3-2-0 Group 1: 3: 0-0-1 Win %: 24% Place %: 47% Future History T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace J: Hollie Doyle Age: 6YO Color: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Showcasing (GB) Dam: Likelihood (USA) Win: +2500 Place: +625 Best odds at Unibet Career stats for Future History Career: 16: 6-4-1 Flemington: 1: 1-0-0 Distance: 0: 0-0-0 Wet: 9: 3-2-0 Good: 6: 3-1-1 Group 1: 0: 0-0-0 Win %: – Place %: – Interpretation T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace J: Teo Nugent Age: 6YO Color: Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Galileo (IRE) Dam: Daldiyna (FR) Win: $51.00 Place: $13.50 Best odds at Bet365 Career stats for Interpretation Career: 16: 4-1-2 Flemington: 6: 0-0-1 Distance: 2: 0-0-0 Wet: 7: 1-0-0 Good: 8: 3-1-1 Group 1: 2: 0-0-0 Win %: – Place %: – Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Melbourne Cup news How many Melbourne Cups have Ciaron Maher and David Eustace won? Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are among the top horse racing trainers in Australia, with the pair set to have … Favourite Vauban draws perfect barrier for Melbourne Cup The $8 million Melbourne Cup for 2023 will be run and won on Tuesday, November 7, where 24 runners will … Zahra says ditching Gold Trip for Melbourne Cup was tough call Top jockey Mark Zahra says his decision to ditch defending Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip, for Without A Fight, was … Cox Plate draws star-studded field The 2023 Cox Plate (2040m) has attracted a field of 12 runners vying for Australasia’s weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley … Caulfield Cup 2023 runner-by-runner preview & tips | October 21 The 2023 Caulfield Cup (2400m) is the feature event on Saturday’s stacked 10-race meeting at Caulfield. See the top racing … Gold Trip headlines Caulfield Cup final field 2023 Melbourne Cup champion Gold Trip from the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace barn headlines a capacity 18 horse field … Gold Trip blows away his Turnbull Stakes rivals Ciaron Maher & David Eustace and Mark Zahra have combined with Gold Trip to claim the feature Group 1 Turnbull … Turnbull Stakes to feature several spring contenders The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington has attracted 18 acceptances on Saturday afternoon, with two internationals set to take … Gold Trip assigned top weight for Melbourne, Caulfield Cups On Tuesday morning, Racing Victoria’s Head of Handicapping David Hegan revealed the weights for the 2023 Melbourne Cup and 2023 … Underwood Stakes attracts star nominations Saturday’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) has attracted a star-studded set of nominations for the $750,000 event at Caulfield Racecourse … ALL horse racing news View the full article

There is no doubt this year has been a year like few others, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting anything else that had gone before it especially the important life information like “Who won the 2017 Melbourne Cup?” Here at Horsebetting.com.au we are all about putting all the important horse racing and betting information right at the your fingertips, and that goes double for the Melbourne Cup. We’ve got full lists of previous Melbourne Cup winners, the complete history of the Melbourne Cup, past Melbourne Cup results; and we’ve even tried our best to steer you in to the 2023 Melbourne Cup winner with our Melbourne Cup betting guide. To put the record straight, the 2017 Melbourne Cup winner was the Lloyd Williams owned international raider Rekindling for Joseph O’Brien who saddled up Twilight Payment to win in 2020. Rekindling winning the 2017 Melbourne Cup View the full article

Nobody knows more about winning big races than Jimmy Cassidy – especially the Melbourne Cup. View the full article

Europe's top 3-year-old Auguste Rodin (IRE) created a masterpiece on the Santa Anita Park turf course, winning the most prestigious grass race in North America, the Breeders' Cup Turf, by three-quarters of a length.View the full article

Sent off the 5-2 chalk in Saturday's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf in a season that has included victories in the G1 Derby at Epsom and in the Irish equivalent as well as the G1 Irish Champion S., the Coolmore partners' AUGUSTE RODIN (IRE) (c, 3, Deep Impact {Jpn}–Rhododendron {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) enjoyed a dream trip beneath Ryan Moore, got through when the real running commenced at the head of the lane and charged to the wire to defeat top U.S. hope Up to the Mark (Not This Time). Positioned in about midfield for the run down the hill, Auguste Rodin jinked to his right when not handling the dirt crossing particularly well and he was deftly maneuvered down towards the inside before the Turf field made their way under the wire with a circuit to travel. Racing with cover on the back of 2022 G1 Dubai Sheema Classic hero Shahryar (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) as they hit the midway point of the race, Auguste Rodin was always moving sweetly and continued to follow the move of the Japanese raider around the turn. When Cristian Demuro opted to let Shahryar drift off the inside nearing the quarter pole, Moore seized upon the opportunity to allow his mount to creep forward. Long-time leader Balladeer (Distorted Humor) still held the call after the opening 10 furlongs, but he hung to his right off the final corner and that was all that Moore and Auguste Rodin needed, as they hit the hole and pinched a break before holding Up to the Mark to the line. Shahryar was a good third. Lifetime Record: 10-7-1-0. O-Michael B Tabor, Westerberg, Mrs John Magnier and Derrick Smith; B-Coolmore; T-Aidan O'Brien. REPLAY: Auguste Rodin (IRE) wins the $4 Million @LonginesEq #BreedersCup Turf! Congrats to all connections! #BC23 pic.twitter.com/7Ob6wtFN9i — Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) November 4, 2023 The post Auguste Rodin Capitalizes on Perfect Trip in the BC Turf appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Idiomatic, a daughter of Curlin, wins a hard-fought $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), winning her third consecutive grade 1 stakes. The 4-year-old has now won eight of nine starts this year.View the full article

In 2022, Hill 'n' Dale's Curlin got a record-setting three winners on Saturday's Breeders' Cup card. In 2023, he added two more as Juddmonte homebred Idiomatic (Curlin–Lockdown, by First Defence) gave the sire an encore to the win by Cody's Wish in the GI Dirt Mile earlier on the card with a hard-fought victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. GI Alabama S. winner Randomized (Nyquist) went to the Distaff lead when the gates flew as Idiomatic stalked in third behind :22.31 and :46.26 fractions. Idiomatic began moving on Randomized with three furlongs to go as MGISW Clairiere–another daughter of Curlin–found a dream seam from the back of the field. It was a scramble to the finish, but Idiomatic, a super-sized filly, prevailed by wearing down Randomized as Spinster second Le Da Vida (Chi) (Gemologist) outfinished Clairiere for third. Idiomatic, who kicked off 2023 with two optional allowance wins at Turfway Park, capped a stellar year as she won her last five straight, including the GI Spinster S. and GI Personal Ensign S. Overall, she's won eight of nine starts this year and likely sewed up the older mare Eclipse Award with her Breeders' Cup win. Lifetime record: 12-9-1-2. B/O-Juddmonte; T-Brad Cox; J-Florent Geroux. REPLAY: Idiomatic wins the $2 Million @LonginesEq #BreedersCup Distaff! Congrats to her connections! #BC23 pic.twitter.com/eWsJuG29Kt — Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) November 4, 2023 The post Juddmonte’s Idiomatic Gets a Second 2023 Breeders’ Cup Win for Curlin Saturday 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-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Sunday's Observations features a full-sister to a Group 1 winner. 13.58 Deauville, €30,000, Mdn, unraced 2yo, f, 9 1/2f (AWT) Gitte Poulsen-Allaire's AQUA AUGUSTA (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is a Yann Barberot-conditioned daughter of Listed Prix Dahlia victrix Alzubra (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and thus kin to a trio black-type winners, which includes her G1 Tancred S.-winning full-brother Arapaho (Fr). She was the highest-priced filly at last term's Arqana October sale when knocked down for €310,000 and the March-foaled chestnut encounters nine opponents in this debutantes' heat. They include Antonia Devin's homebred Sailors Delight (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}), who is out of a full-sister to the owner-breeder's G1 Prix de l'Opera and G1 Dubai Duty Free heroine Terre A Terre (Fr) (Kaldounevees {Fr}); and Pierre Groualle trainee Iberia (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}), who is a €50,000 Arqana October half-sister to MGSW GI Rodeo Drive S. third Elysea's World (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}). The post Full-Sister To G1 Tancred Hero Arapaho Primed For Deauville Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Knightsbridge (c, 2, Nyquist–Tyburn Brooke, by Bernardini) aired out in his Churchill Downs debut Saturday to become the newest 'TDN Rising Star' and the second overall for his sire. The Godolphin homebred, a half-brother to GISW Speaker's Corner (Street Sense), was outrun out of the chute and raced covered up against the rail in mid pack. Moving up under his own power, the 5-2 second choice ran into a wall of horses all gunning for the lead and had to check back out of a tight spot right at the half-mile marker. Shuffled back to fifth, James Graham finally had a gap open up for his mount between horses midway around the far turn and, once he said go, Knightsbridge swept up three wide and hit the quarter pole under only a hand ride from Graham. Straightened for the run home, the dark bay was visually impressive, motoring into the final sixteenth to win by as much as he pleased. Tyburn Brook, though unraced herself, hit a home run with her first foal being GI Carter H. winner and now Darley America stallion Speaker's Corner. Out of a daughter of GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Round Pound–who Godolphin purchased for $5.75m as a broodmare out of the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Sale–Knightsbridge's dam is herself a half to G1SW Long River (A.P. Indy) and to SW/GSP Lake Lucerne (Dubawi {Ire}). Tyburn Brook reported a full-sister to Speaker's Corner this year and visited both Street Sense and Curlin for 2024. 7th-Churchill Downs, $118,875, Msw, 11-4, 2yo, 7f, 1:22.96, ft, 10 1/2 lengths. KNIGHTSBRIDGE, c, 2, Nyquist 1st Dam: Tyburn Brook, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Round Pond, by Awesome Again 3rd Dam: Gift of Dance, by Trempolino Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-William I. Mott. *1/2 to Speaker's Corner (Street Sense), GISW, $739,963. An incredible performance by 2YO KNIGHTSBRIDGE to win Race 7 for James Graham and Bill Mott! pic.twitter.com/Ngb3JNw52H — Churchill Downs (@ChurchillDowns) November 4, 2023 The post Godolphin’s Knightsbridge Newest ‘TDN Rising Star’ For Nyquist appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For the third straight time, a runner representing Godolphin has proven best in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile, as MASTER OF THE SEAS (IRE) (g, 5, Dubawi {Ire}–Firth of Lorne {Ire}, by Danehill) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat after overcoming gate 14 of 14 to just pip the commonly owned Mawj (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), the half-sister to two-time Breeders' Cup winner and defending Mile champion Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Off at 33-10 despite the horrible draw, the 5-year-old was allowed to take up a spot at the back of the field early on as Win Carnelian (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}) was kept company by Astronomer (Air Force Blue) and when the latter went on with it into the turn, that allowed Mawj to sit the ideal trip from third. Still back second-last down the backstretch as the leaders went past the half in a searching :45.37, Master of the Seas got underway passing the three eighths and his only choice was to take the overland route into the lane. Mawj was still going very well up front and appeared to have stolen a winning advantage, but William Buick kept after Master of the Seas and was up on the wire to take it by a long nose. Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) turned in a typically game effort in third. He is the third straight Mile winner sired by the phenomenal Dubawi. O/B-Godolphin; T-Charlie Appleby. REPLAY: Master of The Seas (IRE) wins the $2 Million @FanDuel #BreedersCup Mile presented by @PDJFund! Congrats to all connections! #BC23 pic.twitter.com/YGygNzz3Ec — Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) November 4, 2023 The post Master of the Seas Leads Home Godolphin 1-2 in the Breeders’ Cup Mile appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Adam Hamilton Ladies In Red stamped herself as the best Australian mare of the modern era with a stunning Group 1 Queen of the Pacific at Melton last night. The mind blowing win moved trainer Emma Stewart to say: “She’s a freak.” Ladies In Red was having her just third run back from almost a year out and destroyed a vintage crop of mares – including Encipher and Amore Vita – to win by 11.6m. Her 1min53.8sec mile rate for 2760m took a thumping 1.8sec off the race record and was just 0.6sec outside the track record set by Tiger Tara in the 2019 Hunter Cup. Incredibly, Ladies In Red has raced just 30 times for 24 wins and six seconds. Last night’s win made her just the second million-dollar earner Stewart has trained. Encipher is the other, courtesy largely of her TAB Eureka win in September. “There’s no substitute for racing and those two runs back from so long out really helped her, but getting out to the long trip really suits her,” driver David Moran said. “She was right back to her very best tonight.” Former Kiwi mare Rakero Rebel continued her fantastic form with a brave second to Jess Tubbs and Greg Sugars. Kiwi-owned mare Amore Vita lifted after looking under pressure at the 400m to run a fighting third. Encipher had to do all the work outside leader Braeview Kelly in sizzling time and held on well for fifth, while the leader dropped out to run second-last. X X X The Kiwi horse everyone told Gary Hall Sr not to buy scored an upset win in Friday night’s $200,000 Group 1 WA Pacing Derby at Gloucester Park. Skylou caught Hall Sr’s eye while watching some Alexandra Park racing a few months back and he rang his Kiwi “man” Peter Blanchard asking him to buy the then Peter Brown-trained gelding. “Everyone said don’t buy him because he failed a vet as a two-year-old, but it was a bone chip in a knee and they said it would dissolve over time, which it has,” Hall Sr recalled. “He cost a bit, but it seems cheap now. He’s a nice horse and should keep improving.” Skylou, driven by young gun former jockey Maddison Brown, led then took a sit on boom pacer and raging hot favourite Never Ending before gunning him down late. Never Ending, regarded by many as Australia’s best three-year-old and driven by Hall’s son Gary Jr, missed a key lead-up race two weeks earlier and cost himself night by getting very keen in front through the middle stages. “Going into the race I didn’t think we could beat him (Never Ending), but I said to Karen (Hall Sr’s wife) with a lap to go that I thought we would win it because Never Ending had over raced so much in front,” Hall Sr said. “Gaz (Hall Jr) said after the race Never Ending got far too keen and sucked wind, but Skylou still went great. They beat the rest by about six lengths.” Remarkably, Hall Sr said Skylou was only the third best three-year-old in his stable behind Mister Smartee (ninth in the Derby) and Im The Black Flash (third). “I’m just disappointed I talked Stewie McDonald out of driving the winner, but I really thought Mister Smartee was the better chance. Nothing went right for him. “Mister Smartee is and will be my best, but Im The Black Flash is going to make a really serious horse, too.” Skylou won by 3.6m from Never Ending with another 17m away to Im The Black Flash third in a 1min56.3sec mile rate for the 2536m trip. Hall Sr’s win with Skylou was his sixth in the WA Derby – all with Kiwi imports. The others have been: Major Trojan (2019), King Of Swing (2018), Chicago Bull (2016), Beaudiene Boaz (2015) and Alta Christiano (2013). Now Hall Sr turns his attention to the race he has made his own, next Friday night’s $450,000 Group 1 WA Pacing Cup at Gloucester Park. Diego gave him a staggering 13th win in WA’s marquee race earlier this year and will be a big chance again next Friday, along with Jumpingjackflash. X X X Inter Dominion favourite Leap To Fame missed a place for just the second time in his 34-start career last night. But it was the result of a horror draw and no racing room rather than anything he did wrong. Leap To Fame drew inside the back row and was buried four-back on the inside in the 1660m Be Good Johnny Sprint at Albion Park. As hard as trainer-driver Grant Dixon tried to get away from the inside, he couldn’t and then had to wait and dash home late along the inside when the race was all over. Leap To Fame closed impressively for fourth. He will back-up in the much more suitable Group 1 Queensland Cup at Albion Park next Saturday night as his final lead-up before the Inter Dominion heats on December 1. The Be Good Johnny was won by Future Assured, who trailed leader and former Kiwi pacer Turn It Up throughout. There was also plenty to like about Hot And Treacherous’ fifth after doing the work outside the leader at his first run back from a let-up. X X X While Swayzee prepares for Tuesday week’s IRT New Zealand, Jason Grimson’s other key Inter Dominion contender Himanameisjeff returned to winning form at Menangle last night. Driver Cam Hart took the gelding straight to the front from gate eight and won as he liked. Himanameisjeff has won five of six runs for Grimson with the only other run being a 10th in the Victoria Cup. “He got back and wasn’t really comfortable coming around the bends in the Cup,” Hart said. Hi Manameisjeff paced a 1min50.2sec mile last night, dashing home in 53.2 and 26sec flat. X X X Will it be third time lucky for star pacer Magnificent Storm in the Group 1 WA Pacing Cup? Trainer Ray Williams admits he hasn’t had his stable star primed the past two attempts, but he looked right on target for Friday night’s $450,000 feature. Magnificent Storm followed a slashing first-up second with an easy $50,000 Navy Cup (2130m) win at Gloucester Park last Friday night. It’s been a juggle for Williams to prime Magnificent Storm given his disappointing Queensland winter campaign and the fact the WA Pacing Cup was brought forward from January to next Friday night. “He’s had a lot of work and the two runs back. He’s ready, but it’s an open race and the draw will be important,” Williams said. X X X Arcee Phoenix is a young trotter going places. His seven wins (and two seconds) from just 10 starts this season have booked him a trip to the Brisbane Inter Dominion next month. And the four-year-old is into fourth favourite for the final, behind only stars like Just Believe, Queen Elida and Ollivici. Trained and driven by Chris Svanosio, Arcee Phoenix toyed with his rivals to win the feature trot at Melton last Saturday night by 6.7m in a 1min55.1sec mile rate for 1720m. View the full article

By Jonny Turner A good day out at Ascot Park is exactly what Kirstin Green’s team needs before New Zealand Cup week. The trainer-driver has Addington targets in mind for most of the strong seven-horse team she has entered. Betting Sensation will clash with her stablemate Carrera Sunset in a small but talented lineup of three-year-old fillies. After an excellent last-start second at the same track, Betting Sensation looks among the best of the Green team stepping out at Ascot Park. “I think Betting Sensation – she’ll have the fitness edge over Carrera Sunset,” the trainer-driver said. “Carrera Sunset has taken a little bit longer to come back to it; the ability is there, but she will improve with this run.” “Whereas, Betting Sensation has the benefit of two good, hard runs back.” Darin is closing in on a victory after top-four placings in all of his starts to date. Another honest effort is expected from the pacer in race 4. “He always goes a good race; he is a bit of a lazy little bugger,” Green said. “He’s hard to drive, but come race day, he puts his best foot forward.” Frosty Girl looks another big hope for the Green stable. The trotter ran on strongly for third in her last start at Winton after being held up at a crucial stage. “She was really unlucky at Winton; I stayed three back on the markers, and she had two of the favourites in front of her.” “I was expecting them to kick on a bit better, but she ended up being held up behind them.” “She got to the line really good after; she’s pretty close to knocking one off.” Sally Lindenny faces a step up in class when she starts in race 8. Green hopes a better getaway will help her cause. “She trotted home super last start.” “It is a tough ask against Jimmy Carter and some of those better horses.” “But she is going really well.” “I am hoping I can step her a bit better this time; I didn’t step her very well the other day, and we were slow away.” Green has both Wattlebank Arnie and He’s A Meister in Sunday’s fast-class pace. Both come into the race following excellent last-start efforts, and they are closely matched in an even field. “Wattlebank Arnie is more of a speed horse, but I don’t think there is much between them at all.” “He’s A Meister can do anything recently; he can sit out there and work, and he can run home too.” “It is a very even race, and you could make a case for any of them.” View the full article

All five of the 'Future Stars Friday' winners at Santa Anita appeared to emerge from the efforts unscathed, with connections looking forward to their Classics campaigns in 2024. The very domination of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light) will likely have put the colt at the head of the class for champion 2-year-old honors, and the Repole Stable homebred looked good Saturday morning. “We were extremely happy with the way Fierceness ran,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “The race kind of unfolded the way we envisioned it would. We wanted to get involved and get to the first turn in good position, which he was able to do. Just a powerful performance.” 'Rising Star' Locked (Gun Runner) looked to be going nowhere at short odds on the Juvenile, but got going late to finish a respectable third. “Locked got shuffled back a little more than we wanted and then got stuck inside,” Pletcher said. “There was a lot of kickback. I thought once he kind of got into the clear down the lane he started closing pretty well. At that point, the race had kind of gotten away from him. He was a couple strides away from being second, but he just had too much to do at that point.” Pletcher said both colts will return first to Churchill Downs before shipping to the trainer's South Florida base at Palm Beach Downs to chart a course towards the new year. There will be no such gray area where it comes to the Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly after George Krikorian's Just F Y I (Justify) stamped her authority on her race Friday, lowering the colors of the previously undefeated divisional front-runner 'TDN Rising Star' Tamara (Bolt d'Oro). If he wasn't totally surprised that his filly proved best, he was slightly taken aback with the way she did it. “She actually showed a bit more early speed than I expected,” Mott said. “She put herself right up there, which was great.” The connections of Tamara confirmed that she emerged with a 'small knot' and the back of her rear hind. “We'll take a look at it and see what it is,” said trainer Richard Mandella. “That will determine whether we may need to give her a rest. I could see at the half-mile pole that she wasn't running her race. I thought Mike (Smith) would have a tight hold on her.” Chad Brown said that Hard to Justify, who gave her sensational young stallion a second straight Breeders' Cup winner on Friday in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, would get a rest with an eye on her sophomore season. European horses unsurprisingly made their presence felt in the afternoon's other grass races. Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) gave her sire, trainer Mick Appleby and jockey Tom Marquand their first Breeders' Cup winner with their first starter. “It hasn't sunk in yet, it really is a dream come true,” trainer Michael Appleby said. “I'm still pinching myself. It was the best day of my career and I'm just so proud of all my team at home, Tom Marquand and Big Evs's owners Rachael and Paul Teasdale.” Trainer Aidan O'Brien was dealt a disappointing blow when River Tiber (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) was withdrawn from the Juvenile Turf Friday morning, but the team was mollified some when Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) validated favoritism in the final Breeders' Cup event of the day. “It's very tough to win here, but I'm delighted for the lads as they put so much into it,” O'Brien said. “It's hard to explain because when things start bad like what happened with River Tiber as it usually goes down because there are a lot of areas you can't control.” The post Breeders’ Cup Friday Aftermath appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Cheveley Park homebred Inspiral honored her favoritism with awe-inspiring acceleration to win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) Nov. 4 by a neck over Warm Heart.View the full article

Dubai World Cup runner-up Algiers was 6-1 for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) before he was scratched due to a foot issue. This says something about the quality of Nov. 5 Autumn Stakes (G2) participant Artie's Storm, who beat Algiers last time out. View the full article

Defending Eclipse Award-winning champion female sprinter Goodnight Olive won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) for a second straight year, dominating the seven-furlong race to win by 2 3/4 lengths.View the full article