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GOODNIGHT OLIVE (m, 5, Ghostzapper–Salty Strike, by Smart Strike) joined an elite group of Breeders' Cup repeaters with a thoroughly dominating performance in defense of her title in the GI Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita Saturday. The 11-10 chalk was away alertly from the inside gate and raced in the second flight of horses, just to the inside of Yuugiri (Shackleford) and a few lengths behind the pacesetting Eda (Munnings), blinkered for the first time, and Society (Gun Runner). Committed to an inside run on the turn, the 5-year-old angled out sharply into the three path at the five-sixteenths and had the leaders in the crosshairs at the quarter pole. Sweeping by three deep into the lane, Goodnight Olive was given a few needless left-handers by Irad Ortiz, Jr. in the final eighth of a mile, but the race was well in hand by that point. Yuugiri plugged on to be a game second ahead of Three Witches (Into Mischief) in third. Goodnight Olive is one of two individual Breeders' Cup winners for Ghostzapper, whose daughter Judy the Beauty won this race back in 2014. Goodnight Olive is cataloged to sell as hip 237 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale this coming Tuesday. Sales history: $170,000 Ylg '19 FTKOCT. O-First Row Partners and Team Hanley; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Chad Brown. REPLAY: Goodnight Olive wins the $1 Million @PNCBank #BreedersCup Filly & Mare Sprint! Congrats to her connections! #BC23 pic.twitter.com/cmlJoCUJ87 — Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) November 4, 2023 The post Goodnight Olive Repeats In the Filly and Mare Sprint appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When you sell for a sale-topping $2.3m as a yearling to connections like White Birch Farm and M. V. Magnier, the expectations are going to be sky high. SIERRA LEONE (c, 2, Gun Runner–Heavenly Love, by Malibu Moon) proved he still has a lot to learn but still showed enough ability in the end to graduate at first asking and become the latest 'TDN Rising Star' for Three Chimney's stallion Gun Runner. Coming from behind, the 3-1 shot had to come wide into the stretch and showed his inexperience inside the furlong marker but straightened out under jockey Manny Franco to sweep past the leading pair and win going away. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael B., Smith, Derrick, Westerberg, Rocket Ship Racing, LLC and Brant, Peter M.; B-Debby M. Oxley; T-Chad C. Brown. Sales History: $2,300,000 ylg '22 FTSAUG. SIERRA LEONE, the 2YO son of @Three_Chimneys stallion Gun Runner, breaks his maiden in Race 7 with @jockeyfranco aboard for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/gpQnsZdPcx — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) November 4, 2023 The post Sale-Topping Sierra Leone ‘Guns’ To Rising Stardom appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Defending Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Cody's Wish ran down Preakness Stakes (G1) winner National Treasure to repeat in the $1 million race at Santa Anita Park Nov. 4.View the full article

Cheveley Park homebred Inspiral honors her 5/2 favoritism with awe-inspiring acceleration to win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T). The 4-year-old daughter of Frankel gives Europe its first win Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

Salesman was so dominant in his gate-to-wire victory that the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes (G2) was in hand long before it was over. View the full article

Trainer Todd Pletcher said Fierceness and Locked, respectively first and third in the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) will ship back to Churchill Downs and then will go on to Palm Beach Downs to be prepared for their 3-year-old seasons.View the full article

Cheveley Park Stud homebred INSPIRAL (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Starscope {GB}, by Selkirk) became the first Breeders' Cup winner for her Juddmonte sire with a narrow victory over dual Group 1 winner Warm Heart (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Saturday for trainers John and Thady Gosden. The final time over the Santa Anita firm turf was 1:59.06 for the 1 1/4 miles. One of the backmarkers crossing the dirt, the 5-2 favorite found plenty of friendly cover in midfield in the master hands of Frankie Dettori. Glued to the rail into the clubhouse turn behind a half-mile in :46.90 as In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) showed the way, the filly was in a good rhythm on the backstretch. Creeping closer on the far turn, Dettori shook his filly up at the quarter pole and she produced a killer burst of speed as the gaps arrived in the lane to win from out of the clouds. Inspiral just pipped Warm Heart in the final two jumps to take it by a neck. Moira (Ghostzapper) just nosed out G1 Hong Kong Vase heroine Win Marilyn (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}) for third. Already a five-time Group 1 winner, the filly had been due to run on QIPCO British Champions Day last month, but the heavy ground put paid to that plan. REPLAY: Inspiral (GB) wins the $2 Million @MakersMark #BreedersCup Filly & Mare Turf! Congrats to her connections! #BC23 pic.twitter.com/CmTKJupCj9 — Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) November 4, 2023 The post Dettori Magic Grants Frankel First Breeders’ Cup Winner With Inspiral In Filly & Mare Turf appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

THOROUGHBRED Rider Penalties J Doyle | Te Aroha 3 November; use of whip; fined $500. K Asano | Auckland 28 October (heard Te Aroha 3 November); use of whip; fined $2,500. J Kamaruddin | Tauranga 4 November; careless riding; suspended 12-17 November inclusive. N Parmar | Feilding 4 November; use of whip; suspended 12-24 November inclusive. Trainer Penalties D O’Leary | Wanganui 2 November; late gear change; fined $50. S Phelan | Tauranga 4 November; late rider declaration; fined $50. L O’Sullivan & A Scott | Tauranga 4 November; late rider declaration; fined $100. A Meadows | Feilding 4 November; late rider declaration; fined $50. R Patterson | Feilding 4 November; late rider declaration; fined $50. Horse Penalties ZIEGLAR | Te Aroha 3 November; laceration to heel; veterinary clearance required. CU CHULAINN | Tauranga 4 November; lame; veterinary clearance required. ABOVE THE CLOUDS | Tauranga 4 November; unsatisfactory performance; must complete trial. General The Ashburton RC meeting scheduled for 5 November was abandoned due to track conditions. The post 30 October – 5 November 2023 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

The fairy tale got its happily-ever-after ending. Cody's Wish (Curlin–Dance Card, by Tapit) made it back-to-back GI Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile wins in a dramatic running of the first World Championships race Saturday. Cody's Wish had captured the heart of the racing world last year for his connection with Cody Dorman, a boy suffering from Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. After training exceptionally all week, Cody's Wish got squeezed at the break from both sides in the Dirt Mile and was relegated to the rear of the field. GI Preakness S. winner National Treasure (Quality Road) went straight to the lead through early fractions of :22.51 and :46.02, as last-out GII Charles Town Classic winner Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) stalked from second. Cody's Wish sat far back before unleashing a monster move. He split horses, dipped inside Skippylongstocking, and set his sights on National Treasure. The two battled down the length of the stretch and bumped repeatedly. The Godolphin homebred got there by a nose but had to endure a long inquiry as stewards reviewed the contact. Final time for the race was 1:35.97. Skippylongstocking held third. Trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado also teamed up Friday with Just FYI (Justify) to win the GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. The race was Cody's Wish's swan song, as he will be retired to Godolphin's Jonabell Farm near Lexington. Lifetime record: 16-11-1-4. B/O-Godolphin LLC; T-Bill Mott; J-Junior Alvarado. The post Cody’s Wish Gets Fairy Tale Ending in Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Making his graded-stakes debut as a 7-1 gamble in Saturday's GII Twilight Derby, SEAL TEAM (GB) (c, 3, War Front–Mrs McDougal, by Medaglia d'Oro) sliced his way through traffic in upper stretch and charged home full of run to take the nine-furlong test in a bunched finish. Away alertly–almost too alertly–for Umberto Rispoli, the homebred raced a touch keen through the early exchanged, but eventually coalesced and was taken back to sit a midfield and ground-saving trip into the turn and backstretch. Between rivals into the final half-mile, he responded when set down leaving the quarter pole, and he aggressively took a gap between Godolphin's Silver Knott (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), racing as a first-time gelding, and the tiring Mondgeo (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and sprinted home to score a narrow decision over Silver Knott. Favored Webslinger (Constitution) lingered at the back of the pack early on and Javier Castellano was left with no choice but to circle rivals perhaps as many as eight wide on the swing for home. Despite the significant ground loss, he flashed home gamely to just miss. O-Ramona & Perry Bass; B-Bass Stables LLC; T-Richard Mandella. No joy for Silver Knott and William Buick as Seal Team wins the Grade 2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita! It's Breeders' Cup time next… pic.twitter.com/1gD3myMLj2 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) November 4, 2023 The post War Front’s Seal Team Proves Narrowly Best in Twilight Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Sunday's G1 Grosser Allianz Preis von Bayern, Europe's final Group 1 contest of the season, has been reduced to a final field of four with Godolphin's likely favourite Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) having been withdrawn after final declarations were confirmed earlier in the week. Andre Fabre trainee Junko (GB) (Intello {Ger}), a dual Group 3 winner who ran third in this term's G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, faces a domestic team of three in the 12-furlong Munich feature, headed by recent G1 Preis von Europa heroine India (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}). That Waldemar Hickst representative is joined by this term's dual Group 2-winning G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin third Assistent (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and June's G3 Gran Premio di Milano winner Best Of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}). The post Four Set For Sunday’s Grosser Preis Von Bayern appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fast and firm conditions with sunshine, high clouds and warm temperatures in the low 80s are expected during the afternoon at Santa Anita Park for Breeders' Cup Saturday.View the full article

Breeders' Cup bettors looking for some extra action Nov. 4 could do worse than to look north to 1/ST Racing's sister track, Golden Gate Fields, where post times are dependably staggered to complement the Southern California action. View the full article

1st-AQU, $85k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6fT, 12:20p.m. ET The lone firster in the field, Team Spoor's CURLIN'S GIRL (Curlin) will open her tab in this maiden baby dash on the back of a string of bullet works. Starting Oct. 7, when she went five furlongs in 1:01.88, she flashed speed Oct. 14 going five panels in :59.44 (1/6); Oct. 23 in company with $475,000 KEESEP grad Shop Lifting (Into Mischief)–who ran second by a head on her debut at Saratoga to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies victress Just F Y I (Justify)–in 1:01.22 (1/8); and most recently Oct. 31 in company with maiden winner Vino Rouge (Vino Rosso) when the pair went four furlongs in :47.69. Trained by Anthony Dutrow, Curlin's Girl hails from the female family of MGSW Purely Cozzene; GISP Erica's Smile; and MGSP Tigre Di Slugo (Smiling Tiger). TJCIS PPs. 5th-GP, $50k, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m 70 AWT, 2:49p.m. ET On the rail and carrying the St Elias Stable colors, JOYFUL LASS (War Front) makes her career debut going long over the synthetic track. The half-sister to GISW Big World (Custom for Carlos) and that one's full-sister SP Gracida, she also has three other winning siblings. Joyful Lass was a $300,000 KEESEPT pick up from breeders KatieRich Farms, and is trained by Todd Pletcher. To her outside is Bass homebred and stablemate Ravenna (Quality Road). Out of an unraced half-sister to GISW Stormello (Stormy Atlantic) and his full-sibling GSW My Best Brother, her dam Italia can also claim GISP Cherry Lodge (Bernardini), that one's full-sibling GSW Gala Award; GSP Greatest Game (Giant's Causeway) and the dam of Canadian champion 2-year-old filly GSW Curlin's Voyage (Curlin) as a half-relation. This is a busy, international female family with Group or Graded runners in Japan, England, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and the UAE as well as black-type earners in France and Hong Kong. MGSW The Pamplemousse (Kafwain) makes an appearance as well. TJCIS PPs. The post Nov. 5 Insights: Half to Grade I Winner Big World Debuts in Florida appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Al Shaqab Racing's Orne (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}–Pellucid {GB}, by Excelebration {Ire}) followed up a Sept. 22 debut success at Kempton with a fourth over one mile in last month's G3 Autumn S. and regained the winning thread with a pillar-to-post victory in Saturday's rescheduled G3 Betfred Horris Hill S. at Newmarket. The 10-1 chance was swiftly into stride and tanked along on the front end through halfway. Nudged along passing the quarter-mile marker, he came under sterner urging approaching the final furlong and, despite drifting left in the closing stages, was driven out to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths from Witness Stand (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}). “It wasn't the plan to make the running as I wanted to drop in, get a lead and get there late,” revealed rider Rab Havlin. “He was last in [the stalls] and first out, but normally he doesn't do a stroke when he is in front. I went on a fresh bit of ground and he found a rhythm. Towards the finish he got a little bit lonely and ducked left, but he has done it well in the end. He travelled good and handled the ground [behind Ancient Wisdom] in the Autumn S. [last time], but just didn't stay and he could get quicker over the winter. It is nice to get another Group winner on the board before the end of the season as I was running out of time.” Pedigree Notes Orne, full-brother to a gelded yearling and a weanling filly, is the second of four foals and lone winner produced by G3 Dick Poole Fillies' S. third Pellucid (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}). The February-foaled bay's dam is a half-sister to G2 Solonaway S. and G3 Jersey S. victor Space Traveller (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), who also hit the board in the GI Woodbine Mile, GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational and GI Frank E Kilroe Mile. Orne's third dam Snow Crystal (Ire) (Kingmambo) is kin to five stakes performers, namely G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Crystal Music (Nureyev), G1 Irish Derby third Tchaikovsky (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), the dual Group 1-placed G3 Lancashire Oaks victrix State Crystal (Ire) (High Estate {Ire}), G3 John Porter S. victor Dubai Success (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and G3 May Hill S. winner and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac third Solar Crystal (Ire) (Alzao). Solar Crystal, in turn, is the dam of G1 Racing Post Trophy placegetter Feared In Flight (Ire) (Hawk Wing). Saturday, Newmrket, Britain BETFRED HORRIS HILL S.-G3, £40,000, Newmarket, 11-4, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:32.62, hy. 1–ORNE (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Acclamation (GB) 1st Dam: Pellucid (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Excelebration (Ire) 2nd Dam: Sky Crystal (Ger), by Galileo (Ire) 3rd Dam: Snow Crystal (Ire), by Kingmambo 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (120,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Robert Havlin. £22,684. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $38,562. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Witness Stand (GB), 128, g, 2, Expert Eye (GB)–Respondez (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (80,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 90,000gns RNA 2yo '23 TATAHI). O-Bronte Collection 1; B-Alvediston Stud (GB); T-Tom Clover. £8,600. 3–Son Of Man (Ire), 128, g, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Crisolles (Fr), by Le Havre (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (75,000gns RNA Ylg '22 TATOCT). O/B-China Horse Club International Ltd (IRE); T-Jane Chapple-Hyam. £4,304. Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, HD. Odds: 10.00, 8.00, 9.00. Also Ran: Finbar Furey (Ire), Telemark (Ire), Ten Bob Tony (Ire), Blue Lemons (Ire), Change For Good (Ire). Scratched: North View (GB). The post Al Shaqab’s Orne Makes All For Horris Hill Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Susumu Fujita's Shin Emperor (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), the full-brother to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sottsass (Fr) and €2.1-million topper at the 2022 Arqana August sale, made a successful racecourse debut Saturday, bursting through with 400 metres to travel en route to a three-length success at Tokyo Racecourse. Trying an 1800-metre trip for this first go, the son of Starlet's Sister (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was first to break the line and could have led had they chosen, but Takeshi Yokoyama elected to allow the colt to find his feed and settled in a handy fourth behind a steady tempo for the long run down the back straight. Patiently handled on the circle just behind the speed, Shin Emperor traveled strongly and had to be pulled off heels with the real running about to begin, but he split rivals decisively and sprinted his final 600 metres in a strong :33.8 for an easy victory as the $4 (3-1) second favourite. “He was stronger than I imagined, and I thought he was a good horse from the start,” said Yokoyama. “He's still a kid and he's still a challenge, but he's a horse I'm looking forward to.” Added winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi: “I'm relieved to see such a performance from a new horse with such a deep pedigree.” While not specifying any future targets, Shin Emperor would certainly be on a trajectory towards the 2024 Japanese Classics, which begin with the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) in April. There are two top-level opportunities for 2-year-old males in December in Japan, the Asahi Hai Futurity over a mile and the Hopeful S. going 2000 metres. The post Shin Emperor Off The Mark at First Asking at Tokyo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Bold front-running mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) broke her rivals hearts under a daring Declan Bates ride to score a thrilling victory in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Bates admitted to some nerves and indeed some loneliness as he kept the mare rolling along in front by as many as eight lengths before the home turn, comfortably staving off the late challenge of Kiwi bred mares Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and Life Lessons (NZ) (Tavistock), who filled the minor placings. “It’s her style and that was the plan and I just wanted to execute it,” Bates said. “She likes to go quick and you’ve got to let her do her thing. “It can be a bit of a balancing act. I was quite happy early in the day to see a few leaders win and the closer I got to the race, I was really confident. I felt like I could win this race and it just worked out nicely. “The outside gate was a blessing really as it meant I had nothing on her outside and I could just coast across. “(At the) midway point, I wasn’t too happy, she felt like she was working a bit. She never relaxes like you want her to, but she’s so tough and got such an engine and she can break their hearts. She really deserves to win a race like this.” Faith, Ella, Cherry, and Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. Photo: Trish Dunell Already Group One placed in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) and multiple Group Two-placed, Pride Of Jenni was a deserved elite-level winner. A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre (NZ), who was prepared by Cambridge trainer Tony Pike to win on four occasions for the Stud. The Empire Rose victor stems from a family fashioned over generations at the famed Kiwi nursery, which has been in the Taylor family’s ownership since 1993, having been established by Seton Otway in the 1930s. “We have been pretty fortunate that Real Success, the taproot of Vouvray, Loire, A Touch Of Ruby and now Pride Of Jenni and many others around them was one of the first families that we bought into when we bought the farm many years ago,” a delighted Brent Taylor said from Flemington. “We bought Real Success off the track. Frank Ritchie trained her for an American client and she was a Group Two winner. “We bought her early on with a good friend of ours. We bred her and kept her all the way through and obviously bred Vouvray (Gr.1 Queensland Oaks winner) and there have been a number out of the family that have done particularly well. “Pride Of Jenni is a legacy of sending young mares to Australia, which we have done over the years, to go to at the time either proven stallions or stallions we really like. “Pride Of Dubai is a horse we saw at Coolmore and loved him on pedigree and type. We ended up breeding a really nice filly and sold her through Segenhoe Stud because we weren’t selling at the time at the Classic Sale in Sydney.” The now six-year-old mare in raced by Tony and Lynn Ottobre, who name all of their racehorses after their late daughter Jennifer, who died after a battle with brain cancer. “They put a lot in and it is fantastic for them to get a Group One result,” Taylor said. “She is a lovely filly and she is now rewarding them.” Sancerre is in foal to Cambridge Stud stallion Hello Youmzain. “We have actually sent Sancerre to Per Incanto twice to try and replicate the Street Cry blood that we see through Pride Of Dubai. “Tony Pike has a really nice promising three-year-old called Awatere by Per Incanto and we have another yearling filly by Per Incanto which we are keeping to race,” Taylor said. “Cherry (wife) and I are both stoked, and it is great to cheer on a winner today. Flemington is a wonderful place to come and when you get a winner, it’s even better.” – NZ Racing Desk View the full article

Bold front-running mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) broke her rivals hearts under a daring Declan Bates ride to score a thrilling victory in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Bates admitted to some nerves and indeed some loneliness as he kept the mare rolling along in front by as many as eight lengths before the home turn, comfortably staving off the late challenge of Kiwi bred mares Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and Life Lessons (NZ) (Tavistock), who filled the minor placings. “It’s her style and that was the plan and I just wanted to execute it,” Bates said. “She likes to go quick and you’ve got to let her do her thing. “It can be a bit of a balancing act. I was quite happy early in the day to see a few leaders win and the closer I got to the race, I was really confident. I felt like I could win this race and it just worked out nicely. “The outside gate was a blessing really as it meant I had nothing on her outside and I could just coast across. “(At the) midway point, I wasn’t too happy, she felt like she was working a bit. She never relaxes like you want her to, but she’s so tough and got such an engine and she can break their hearts. She really deserves to win a race like this.” Faith, Ella, Cherry, and Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. Photo: Trish Dunell Already Group One placed in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) and multiple Group Two-placed, Pride Of Jenni was a deserved elite-level winner. A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre (NZ), who was prepared by Cambridge trainer Tony Pike to win on four occasions for the Stud. The Empire Rose victor stems from a family fashioned over generations at the famed Kiwi nursery, which has been in the Taylor family’s ownership since 1993, having been established by Seton Otway in the 1930s. “We have been pretty fortunate that Real Success, the taproot of Vouvray, Loire, A Touch Of Ruby and now Pride Of Jenni and many others around them was one of the first families that we bought into when we bought the farm many years ago,” a delighted Brent Taylor said from Flemington. “We bought Real Success off the track. Frank Ritchie trained her for an American client and she was a Group Two winner. “We bought her early on with a good friend of ours. We bred her and kept her all the way through and obviously bred Vouvray (Gr.1 Queensland Oaks winner) and there have been a number out of the family that have done particularly well. “Pride Of Jenni is a legacy of sending young mares to Australia, which we have done over the years, to go to at the time either proven stallions or stallions we really like. “Pride Of Dubai is a horse we saw at Coolmore and loved him on pedigree and type. We ended up breeding a really nice filly and sold her through Segenhoe Stud because we weren’t selling at the time at the Classic Sale in Sydney.” The now six-year-old mare in raced by Tony and Lynn Ottobre, who name all of their racehorses after their late daughter Jennifer, who died after a battle with brain cancer. “They put a lot in and it is fantastic for them to get a Group One result,” Taylor said. “She is a lovely filly and she is now rewarding them.” Sancerre is in foal to Cambridge Stud stallion Hello Youmzain. “We have actually sent Sancerre to Per Incanto twice to try and replicate the Street Cry blood that we see through Pride Of Dubai. “Tony Pike has a really nice promising three-year-old called Awatere by Per Incanto and we have another yearling filly by Per Incanto which we are keeping to race,” Taylor said. “Cherry (wife) and I are both stoked, and it is great to cheer on a winner today. Flemington is a wonderful place to come and when you get a winner, it’s even better.” – NZ Racing Desk View the full article

Bold front-running mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) broke her rivals hearts under a daring Declan Bates ride to score a thrilling victory in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Bates admitted to some nerves and indeed some loneliness as he kept the mare rolling along in front by as many as eight lengths before the home turn, comfortably staving off the late challenge of Kiwi bred mares Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and Life Lessons (NZ) (Tavistock), who filled the minor placings. “It’s her style and that was the plan and I just wanted to execute it,” Bates said. “She likes to go quick and you’ve got to let her do her thing. “It can be a bit of a balancing act. I was quite happy early in the day to see a few leaders win and the closer I got to the race, I was really confident. I felt like I could win this race and it just worked out nicely. “The outside gate was a blessing really as it meant I had nothing on her outside and I could just coast across. “(At the) midway point, I wasn’t too happy, she felt like she was working a bit. She never relaxes like you want her to, but she’s so tough and got such an engine and she can break their hearts. She really deserves to win a race like this.” Faith, Ella, Cherry, and Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. Photo: Trish Dunell Already Group One placed in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) and multiple Group Two-placed, Pride Of Jenni was a deserved elite-level winner. A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre (NZ), who was prepared by Cambridge trainer Tony Pike to win on four occasions for the Stud. The Empire Rose victor stems from a family fashioned over generations at the famed Kiwi nursery, which has been in the Taylor family’s ownership since 1993, having been established by Seton Otway in the 1930s. “We have been pretty fortunate that Real Success, the taproot of Vouvray, Loire, A Touch Of Ruby and now Pride Of Jenni and many others around them was one of the first families that we bought into when we bought the farm many years ago,” a delighted Brent Taylor said from Flemington. “We bought Real Success off the track. Frank Ritchie trained her for an American client and she was a Group Two winner. “We bought her early on with a good friend of ours. We bred her and kept her all the way through and obviously bred Vouvray (Gr.1 Queensland Oaks winner) and there have been a number out of the family that have done particularly well. “Pride Of Jenni is a legacy of sending young mares to Australia, which we have done over the years, to go to at the time either proven stallions or stallions we really like. “Pride Of Dubai is a horse we saw at Coolmore and loved him on pedigree and type. We ended up breeding a really nice filly and sold her through Segenhoe Stud because we weren’t selling at the time at the Classic Sale in Sydney.” The now six-year-old mare in raced by Tony and Lynn Ottobre, who name all of their racehorses after their late daughter Jennifer, who died after a battle with brain cancer. “They put a lot in and it is fantastic for them to get a Group One result,” Taylor said. “She is a lovely filly and she is now rewarding them.” Sancerre is in foal to Cambridge Stud stallion Hello Youmzain. “We have actually sent Sancerre to Per Incanto twice to try and replicate the Street Cry blood that we see through Pride Of Dubai. “Tony Pike has a really nice promising three-year-old called Awatere by Per Incanto and we have another yearling filly by Per Incanto which we are keeping to race,” Taylor said. “Cherry (wife) and I are both stoked, and it is great to cheer on a winner today. Flemington is a wonderful place to come and when you get a winner, it’s even better.” – NZ Racing Desk View the full article

Bold front-running mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) broke her rivals hearts under a daring Declan Bates ride to score a thrilling victory in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Bates admitted to some nerves and indeed some loneliness as he kept the mare rolling along in front by as many as eight lengths before the home turn, comfortably staving off the late challenge of Kiwi bred mares Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) and Life Lessons (NZ) (Tavistock), who filled the minor placings. “It’s her style and that was the plan and I just wanted to execute it,” Bates said. “She likes to go quick and you’ve got to let her do her thing. “It can be a bit of a balancing act. I was quite happy early in the day to see a few leaders win and the closer I got to the race, I was really confident. I felt like I could win this race and it just worked out nicely. “The outside gate was a blessing really as it meant I had nothing on her outside and I could just coast across. “(At the) midway point, I wasn’t too happy, she felt like she was working a bit. She never relaxes like you want her to, but she’s so tough and got such an engine and she can break their hearts. She really deserves to win a race like this.” Faith, Ella, Cherry, and Brent Taylor of Trelawney Stud. Photo: Trish Dunell Already Group One placed in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) and multiple Group Two-placed, Pride Of Jenni was a deserved elite-level winner. A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre (NZ), who was prepared by Cambridge trainer Tony Pike to win on four occasions for the Stud. The Empire Rose victor stems from a family fashioned over generations at the famed Kiwi nursery, which has been in the Taylor family’s ownership since 1993, having been established by Seton Otway in the 1930s. “We have been pretty fortunate that Real Success, the taproot of Vouvray, Loire, A Touch Of Ruby and now Pride Of Jenni and many others around them was one of the first families that we bought into when we bought the farm many years ago,” a delighted Brent Taylor said from Flemington. “We bought Real Success off the track. Frank Ritchie trained her for an American client and she was a Group Two winner. “We bought her early on with a good friend of ours. We bred her and kept her all the way through and obviously bred Vouvray (Gr.1 Queensland Oaks winner) and there have been a number out of the family that have done particularly well. “Pride Of Jenni is a legacy of sending young mares to Australia, which we have done over the years, to go to at the time either proven stallions or stallions we really like. “Pride Of Dubai is a horse we saw at Coolmore and loved him on pedigree and type. We ended up breeding a really nice filly and sold her through Segenhoe Stud because we weren’t selling at the time at the Classic Sale in Sydney.” The now six-year-old mare in raced by Tony and Lynn Ottobre, who name all of their racehorses after their late daughter Jennifer, who died after a battle with brain cancer. “They put a lot in and it is fantastic for them to get a Group One result,” Taylor said. “She is a lovely filly and she is now rewarding them.” Sancerre is in foal to Cambridge Stud stallion Hello Youmzain. “We have actually sent Sancerre to Per Incanto twice to try and replicate the Street Cry blood that we see through Pride Of Dubai. “Tony Pike has a really nice promising three-year-old called Awatere by Per Incanto and we have another yearling filly by Per Incanto which we are keeping to race,” Taylor said. “Cherry (wife) and I are both stoked, and it is great to cheer on a winner today. Flemington is a wonderful place to come and when you get a winner, it’s even better.” – NZ Racing Desk View the full article

Vauban has drawn barrier three in the 2023 Melbourne Cup. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) The final field and barrier draw for the 2023 Melbourne Cup has been confirmed, with 24 runners set to do battle over the 3200m at Flemington on November 7. Before the barrier draw, the Willie Mullins-trained Vauban was the race favourite with online bookmakers at +260, closely followed by Gold Trip (+350) and 2023 Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight (+600). Shortly after the draw was completed, bookmakers were quick to reel in the favourite to his current quote of +220, due to the son of Galiway receiving barrier three, which has held three winners of Melbourne Cup. The last runner to win the Melbourne Cup from barrier three was Media Puzzle, who was piloted by Damien Oliver, who will be riding in the last Melbourne Cup of his illustrious career. Reigning champion Gold Trip (+360) jumped out of barrier 14 in the 2022 Melbourne Cup but will now have to contend with an inside draw (2), which will be the first time in Australia that the Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained galloper has drawn a barrier inside of five. James McDonald will take the ride on Gold Trip after Mark Zahra chose to stay with Without A Fight after his Caulfield Cup victory, but it remains to be seen if Zahra made the correct decision after his charge drew barrier 16. Without A Fight will be seeking to become the first horse to complete the Caufield Cup/Melbourne Cup double since Ethereal in 2001, as well as the first runner to win from barrier 16 since 1998. More Felons (+3300) will have to overcome starting from the Birdcage, after the Chris Waller-trained import drew barrier 24 at his second start for his new trainer. Joining him on the outside will be Cleveland (23), Sheraz (22), Lastotchka (21) and Okita Soushi (20), who will all have to overcome outside barriers to win. Although a gate outside of 20 looks horrible, the wide gates may not be that, as barrier 21 has produced four winners, which is the fourth-most of any barrier. Since the barrier draw, the Ebor Handicap winner Absurde has seen his price pushed out from +1700 to +2500, as has Soulcombe from the Waller stable, who has also seen a drift in price from +700 to +1100. The 2023 Melbourne Cup will jump at its traditional 3pm AEDT time slot and is scheduled to be run as race seven at Flemington on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. 2023 Melbourne Cup Final Field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Odds 1 Gold Trip Ciaron Maher & David Eustace James McDonald 2 58.5kg +340 2 Alenquer Michael Moroney Damien Oliver 9 56.5kg +5000 3 Without A Fight Anthony & Sam Freedman Mark Zahra 16 56.5kg +600 4 Breakup Taisuya Yoshioka Kohei Matsuyama 18 55kg +1700 5 Vauban Willie Mullins Ryan Moore 3 55kg +240 6 Soulcombe Chris Waller Joao Moreira 4 53.5kg +1000 7 Absurde Willie Mullins Zac Purton 8 53kg +2200 8 Right You Are Ciaron Maher & David Eustace John Allen 15 53kg +7000 9 Vow And Declare Danny O’Brien Billy Egan 19 53kg +3000 10 Cleveland Kris Lees Michael Dee 23 52kg +2600 11 Ashrun Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Kerrin McEvoy 11 51.5kg +4000 12 Daqiansweet Junior Phillip Stokes Daniel Stackhouse 12 51.5kg +9000 13 Okita Soushi Joseph O’Brien Dylan Gibbons 20 51.5kg +7000 14 Sheraz Chris Waller Beau Mertens 22 51.5kg +12500 15 Lastotchka Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Craig Williams 21 51kg +2500 16 Magical Lagoon Chris Waller Mark Du Plessis 7 51kg +9000 17 Military Mission Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Rachel King 5 51kg +4500 18 Serpentine Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Jye McNeil 1 51kg +6000 19 Virtuous Circle Liam Howley Craig Newitt 6 51kg +9000 20 More Felons Chris Waller Jamie Kah 24 50.5kg +3000 21 Future History Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Hollie Doyle 13 50kg +2600 22 Interpretation Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Teo Nugent 17 50kg +6000 23 Kalapour Kris Lees Zac Lloyd 14 50kg +5000 24 True Marvel Matthew Smith Ben Thompson 10 50kg +15000 More racing news View the full article

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