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The lone 3-year-old in the field of seven for Saturday's GII Forty Niner S. going the one-turn mile at Aqueduct, EVERSO MISCHIEVOUS (c, 3, Into Mischief–Ever So Clever, by Medaglia d'Oro) looked in deep water as they came after him from either side in the final furlong, but the bay held them all at bay for a first win at the graded stakes level. The narrow 5-2 second choice bounced away alertly and took up a stalking role from second as longshot Swiftsure (Uncle Mo) tried to take them all the way. Putting the pressure on the pacesetter as they hit the three-eighths peg, Everso Mischievous was joined to his outside by GII Woodward S. runner-up Film Star (Flatter) to make it three across the track and by the time they reached the stretch, Accretive (Practical Joke) ranged up four out to join the battle. The two rivals to his outside appeared to have the momentum and even Swiftsure down to the inside was not laying down, but Cristian Torres managed to conjure up a bit extra out of Everso Mischievous and they lasted for the victory. Saturday, Belmont at the Big A FORTY NINER S.-GII, $300,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-28, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:35.32, ft. 1–EVERSO MISCHIEVOUS, 120, c, 3, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Ever So Clever (GSW, $522,830), by Medaglia d'Oro 2nd Dam: Foxy Danseur, by Mr. Greeley 3rd Dam: Ravish Me, by Wild Again 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($600,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $85,000 2yo '22 KEENOV). O-Qatar Racing; B-Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Cristian A. Torres. $165,000. Lifetime Record: 6-4-2-0, $524,640. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Dr Ardito, 122, g, 5, Liam's Map–Delightfully So, by Indian Charlie. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($95,000 Ylg '19 SARAUG). O-Michael J. Caruso and Michael Dubb; B-Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding (NY); T-Chad C. Brown. $60,000. 3–Accretive, 122, g, 4, Practical Joke–Mallory Street, by Street Sense. ($180,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Falcon Wood Partners (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $36,000. Margins: HF, NO, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.60, 6.00, 1.60. Also Ran: Film Star, Swiftsure, Business Model, Double Crown. Scratched: Synthesis. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. EVERSO MISCHIEVOUS holds on to the lead for the win in the Forty Niner Stakes (G2) with @cristiantorr64 aboard for @bradcoxracing! pic.twitter.com/KgmyYBTbxl — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 28, 2023 The post Everso Mischievous Strikes Gold In Forty Niner appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tashkhan has threatened to be a group 1 winner staying ever since chasing home Trueshan in the 2021 Long Distance Cup, although weather gods haven't offered him too many opportunities when rain has really got into the ground since. View the full article

Owner George Krikorian is the antithesis of an attention-grabbing headline maker but his runners could make some noise at this year's Breeders' Cup. View the full article

Iowa-bred Glengarry (Maximus Mischief) ran his record to three wins from as many appearances with a good-looking victory in Saturday's Bowman Mill S. at Keeneland. The 5-2 second choice off a 12 3/4-length romp against his fellow state-breds in the Sept. 30 Iowa Cradle S., the gray colt was under the pump early from Luis Saez as he tried to match strides with Cowes (Outwork) to his outside, but when it was apparent that he was not going to make the lead, Glengarry was taken hold of for a stride or two and guided into the two path to stalk the loose leader. Asked to claim that front-runner as they hit the stretch, Glengarry went for home at the three-sixteenths, but may have idled a bit as Normandy Hero (Omaha Beach) began to cut into the lead. But the Doug Anderson trainee rebroke and maintained a safe margin to the wire. “It was a pretty quick decision we had to make,” Saez said of the choice to drag Glengarry off the pace. “We know this horse has been running on the lead, and he's fast. Today was a tough race. He broke from there sharp, and we had a little pressure, but we had to make a quick decision and take a little hold. I put him right there outside, and he responded perfectly.” A $55,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling, Glengarry made for a nice profit when hammering for $150,000 at this year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale in May. One of two stakes winners for his leading freshman sire (by Into Mischief), Glengarry is out of a half-sister to a pair of black-type placers and has a yearling half-sister by Good Samaritan and a weanling full-sister. L. A. Way was most recently bred to Tonalist. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. BOWMAN MILL S., $169,775, Keeneland, 10-28, 2yo, 6f, 1:11.52, ft. 1–GLENGARRY, 120, c, 2, by Maximus Mischief 1st Dam: L. A. Way, by Tizway 2nd Dam: L. A. Devine, by Pulpit 3rd Dam: Sunny Laugh, by Relaunch ($55,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL; $150,000 2yo '23 EASMAY). O-Aaron Kennedy, Toby Joseph & Doug Anderson; B-Highpoint Bloodstock (IA); T-Doug L Anderson; J-Luis Saez. $90,675. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $177,501. 2–Normandy Hero, 118, c, 2, Omaha Beach–Swan of the Nile, by Pioneerof the Nile. 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($40,000 RNA Wlg '21 FTKNOV). O-Naoya Yoshida; B-Yoshida, Brock, Collins, Crawford, Doyle & Vanbeek (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. $39,000. 3–Valentine Candy, 118, c, 2, Justify–Taste Like Candy, by Candy Ride (Arg). 1ST BLACK-TYPE. ($250,000 Ylg '22 FTKOCT). O-L William & Corinne Heiligbrodt, Jackpot Farm, Whispering Oaks Farm LLC & Coteau Grove Farms LLC; B-Pine Creek LP (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen. $19,500. Margins: HF, 3 1/4, 1. Odds: 2.73, 4.31, 4.82. Also Ran: Patriot Spirit, Cowes, Maycocks Bay, Sweet Soddy J. Scratched: Market Street, Royal Slipper. Watch the full replay as GLENGARRY strikes in the Bowman Mill! pic.twitter.com/8feMMViVuf — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 28, 2023 The post Maximus Mischief’s Glengarry Too Strong in Bowman Mill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In just her second start on the dirt, Rigney Racing's Xigera (Nyquist) impressed her connections with a 6 1/4-length win in Churchill's Seneca Overnight S. Sept. 23. The effort was enough to prompt a Breeders' Cup discussion and the daughter of Nyquist was pre-entered in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff only to be withdrawn from consideration early week and rerouted to Saturday's GII Mother Goose S. The move proved to be a smart one as Xigera rewarded her connections with another open-length win at even money. Switched to the main track after four-straight turf races dating back to a poor performance in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, the 3-year-old went off favored Saturday in her second attempt at a graded stake on the dirt (she was fourth in last year's GI Alcibiades). Out moved to the front by an eager Undervalued Asset (Speightstown), Xigera was content to sit a stalking trip in second into the backstretch. A length off that leader through a half mile in :48.46, Julien Leparoux kept his filly under wraps even as Defining Purpose (Cross Traffic) began to make an early bid alongside into the far turn. Sandwiched between runners with a quarter left to run, Xigera had plenty left to offer as the pacesetter faded to the inside and quickly moved clear inside the final sixteenth to win going away under a hand ride. Defining Purpose held on for second over a closing Occult (Into Mischief). “The hindsight is the easiest sight, so now that it's done, it was the right decision [to come here rather than the Breeders' Cup],' said winning trainer Phil Bauer. “I'm overwhelmed. It's a pretty cool race historically. This year, as a whole, has just been phenomenal for Richard [Rigney, owner] and us, and to accomplish what we have is something special and we need to make sure we don't take it for granted. It was the right decision and hopefully, it will springboard her to a 4-year-old campaign that has been as impressive as her last two races.” XIGERA, the 3YO daughter of @DarleyStallions Nyquist, wins the Grade 2 Mother Goose Stakes with @JulienLeparoux aboard for trainer Phil Bauer. pic.twitter.com/wHCDAaI1wx — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 28, 2023 Pedigree Note: Argent Affair, a stakes winner herself, RNA'd at last year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale for just $100,000 despite producing GSW Forty Under (Uncle Mo) along with GSP Myriskyaffair (Verrazano) and Saturday's winner. A $190,000 yearling, Xigera is one of 21 stakes winners from four racing crops for champion 2-year-old colt and GI Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist. Damsire Black Tie Affair (Ire), himself a Horse of the Year and GI Breeders' Cup Classic victor, also sired the dam. of MG1SW Mastercraftsman (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Xigera's only younger half-sibling is a weanling Street Boss filly. Argent Affair visited Mo Donegal for 2024. Saturday, Belmont The Big A MOTHER GOOSE S.-GII, $250,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-28, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m, 1:48.99, ft. 1–XIGERA, 122, f, 3, by Nyquist 1st Dam: Argent Affair (SW, $154,895), by Black Tie Affair (Ire) 2nd Dam: Caty's Quest, by Norquestor 3rd Dam: Cataque, by Clever Trick 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($190,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Rigney Racing, LLC; B-Cedar Hill, LLC (KY); T-Philip A. Bauer; J-Julien R. Leparoux. $137,500. Lifetime Record: 9-5-1-1, $576,601. *1/2 to Forty Under (Uncle Mo), GSW, $380,536; 1/2 to Myriskyaffair (Verrazano), GSP, $271,095. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Defining Purpose, 124, f, 3, Cross Traffic–Defining Hope, by Strong Hope. ($14,000 RNA Ylg '21 KEEJAN). O-Katsumi Yoshida; B-Colette Marie VanMatre (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $50,000. 3–Occult, 124, f, 3, Into Mischief–Magical Feeling, by Empire Maker. ($625,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC; B-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $30,000. Margins: 3HF, 3/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 1.05, 7.20, 2.00. Also Ran: Julia Shining, Foggy Night, Undervalued Asset, Peak Popularity. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post No Distaff But Xigera Still A Winner In Mother Goose appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sent off at 4-5 odds, Ancient Wisdom, a last-minute supplement to the Oct. 28 Futurity Trophy (G1), glosses over his rivals in handy fashion.View the full article

Australia's most prestigious race produced one of its most brilliant finishes with Hong Kong raider Romantic Warrior the last of three horses to lead inside the final 50 meters.View the full article

4th-Keeneland, $100,000, Msw, 10-28, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.65, ft, 7 3/4 lengths. HOWL (f, 3, Practical Joke–How, by Indian Charlie) was crunched into 6-5 favoritism for a belated career debut and overcame a wide trip from the outside draw to open her account in impressive fashion. Not the swiftest away, the aptly named $190,000 Keeneland September yearling worked her way into the thick of things in quick order, but that sluggish dispatch meant that Howl was trapped out as they raced to the turn. Easing down into about the three path around the bend, the scopey dark bay was held together while cornering deep into the lane and turned it on in the final eighth of a mile to report home a powerful 7 3/4-length winner. How, who was RNAd for $90,000 with this filly in utero at Keeneland November in 2019, is also responsible for the 2-year-old filly Practitioner (Classic Empire) and a weanling filly by Good Magic. The mare was most recently bred to Drain the Clock. Howl is bred like this year's GIII Count Fleet Sprint H. winner Skelly, while the cross of Into Mischief over Indian Charlie has resulted in Grade I winner Dayoutoftheoffice and graded winner Frank's Rockette. Sales history: $190,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $56,575. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-LNJ Foxwoods; B-Fredrick Wieting, John McCormick & Bridget Sperl & Castle Park Farm LLC (KY); T-Brad H Cox. (12) Howl kicks clear of the field to capture race 4. (7) Bourbon to Blame and (11) Kid's Last Laugh follow. pic.twitter.com/fkpT05mtma — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 28, 2023 The post Practical Joke Filly Sparkles On Keeneland Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Several horses pre-entered in next weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita turned in their final preparations Saturday morning. At Keeneland, these horses each worked a half-mile over a fast track: Brightwork (Outwork) (Juvenile Fillies/Juvenile Turf Sprint) breezed in :47.80 (14/106) for trainer John Ortiz. Gina Romantica (Into Mischief) (FanDuel Mile/Maker's Mark Filly and Mare Turf) went in :47.20 (3/106) in company with Liguria (War Front) for trainer Chad Brown. And Proxy (Tapit) (Classic) worked in :48.40 (29/106) for trainer Mike Stidham. Working on the turf course labeled good were: Arzak (Not This Time) (Turf Sprint) who covered three furlongs on :34.80 (1/1) for trainer Mike Trombetta and In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (Filly and Mare Turf/Mile) who went five furlongs in 1:03.60 (2/2) for Chad Brown. Trainer Brad Cox's Breeders' Cup contingent, all based at Churchill Downs, completed their final workouts Saturday. The official times for each of Cox's runners were: A Mo Reay (Uncle Mo) (five furlongs, :59.40 {1/32}); Caravel (Mizzen Mast) (four furlongs, :51.60 {1/1}); Idiomatic (Curlin) (five furlongs, :59.60 {2/32}); Matareya (Pioneerof the Nile) (five furlongs, 1:00.80 {13/32}); Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming) (six furlongs, 1:12.20 {1/1}); Wet Paint (Blame) (five furlongs, 1:01 {17/32}); and Zozos (Munnings) (five furlongs, :59.80 {3/32}). G1 Pennsylvania Derby Winner Saudi Crown on his way to the Churchill track. The G1 #BreedersCup Classic pre-entrant breezed 6f in 1:12.20 with @flothejock in the irons. pic.twitter.com/AuluSez8Gu — TVG (@TVG) October 28, 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender Saudi Crown was among the first horses to work Saturday morning and breezed outside A Mo Reay. “We put him on the inside last week with A Mo Reay and we put him on the outside this week,” Cox said. “I've loved what we've seen from him since the Pennsylvania Derby. A Mo Reay is a good work horse and he's gotten a lot out of his works. By the way he's doing now here in Kentucky, I'm confident he'll run a big race in the Classic.” At Santa Anita, all five of Phil D'Amato's Breeders' Cup contenders worked Saturday including Desert Dawn (Cupid), who drilled five furlongs on the main track in :59.80 (9/39). “It was a solid drill. I think we're Distaff bound,” D'Amato noted. Motorious (Muhaarar {GB}), a contender for the GI Turf Sprint, cruised a half mile on the training track in :50.60 (15/18). D'Amato also worked Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) (five furlongs 1:02 {10/14}) and Masteroffoxhounds (War Front) (five furlongs in 1:01 {4/14}). The post Final Works Continue For Breeders’ Cup Weekend appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

5th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 3:01 p.m. ET. After clocking :10 flat during the OBS March under-tack show, TENNESSEE (Justify) brought $1.2 million as the second topper when the dark bay colt was purchased by Maverick Racing and Siena Farms. Unveiled here, the Brad Cox trainee races for Siena and WinStar Farm, and was purchased by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds for $250,000 at Keeneland September. Out of GSP Zinzay (Smart Strike), who went for $525,000 to Summer Wind Equine back in 2016 during Keeneland November when she carrying eventual SW & GISP Moon Over Miami (Malibu Moon), hails from an extended female family which includes GSW She Can't Sing (Bernardini) and G1 Dubai World Cup hero and 'TDN Rising Star' Mystic Guide (Ghostzapper). TJCIS PPS 1st-WO, $111K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:15 p.m. ET. Up in Toronto, Loose Wire (Street Sense) makes his debut as a 3-year-old against six other more experienced runners. The Sam-Son Farm Ontario-bred was purchased for $925,000 by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable to top the 2021 Fasig-Tipton October Sale. The Kevin Attard trainee's second dam is Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Dancethruthedawn (Mr. Prospector), who is responsible for the dam of GI Whitney S. champ Moreno (Ghostzpper), and the third dam is Canadian Horse of the Year, Eclipse Award and GI Breeders' Cup Distaff heroine Dance Smartly (Danzig). TJCIS PPS 2nd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 1:30 p.m. ET. Out of Indian Miss (Indian Charlie), OXO Equine homebred Bowstreet (Into Mischief) hails from a well-regarded family which includes his half-brothers, champion male sprinter and top five first-crop sire Mitole (Eskendereya) and GISW and GI Belmont S. and G1 Dubai World Cup runner-up Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow). Indian Miss was initially purchased at the 2018 Keeneland November sale for $240,000 by WinStar Farm while carrying Indigo Miss (Into Mischief), who was hammered down to Larry Best's operation for $525,000 at Keeneland September in 2020. Bowstreet's dam was then purchased by OXO two months later for $1.9 million at KEENOV while carrying this colt. Before entering training with Paulo Lobo, Bowstreet was bought back on a bid of $1.6 million at the Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling Sale last summer. TJCIS PPS 3rd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 2:00 p.m. ET. Coastal Invasion (Omaha Beach) debuts for Hoffman Family Racing and Schwing Thoroughbreds after agent Clay Scherer signed the ticket for $700,000 back in April at OBS. Prior to that, the Brad Cox trainee went to Red Wings Enterprises for $200,000 at Keeneland September. Dam Intelyhente (Smart Strike) is a full-sister to GII Darley Alcibiades S. heroine Bel Air Beauty, who produced Canadian champion sprinter Stacked Deck (First Samurai). TJCIS PPS 4th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 2:30 p.m. ET. Perry Martin, who sadly lost his wife and Martin Racing partner Denise back in 2021, received five lifetime breeding rights when he and Steve Coburn's GI Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) was sold to Japan's JS Company, who manages the stallion business at Arrow Stud. Martin purchased MSW Lake Ponchatrain (Afleet Express) in a private sale in 2019 that was brokered by California-based bloodstock consultant Lisa Groothedde and sent her to California Chrome. The result is juvenile Tazawako (Jpn), her first to the races under the tutelage of trainer Mike Maker. California Chrome has been represented by nine 2-year-old winners to date from his first Japanese-foaled crop. TJCIS PPS The post Sunday Insights: $1.2m OBS March Grad By Justify Unveiled At Churchill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Five horses pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup wrapped up their serious preparations for the Nov. 3-4 World Championships with works Oct. 28 at Keeneland.View the full article

Matt Cross makes his selections for Kaikoura today. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race Matt Cross Commentator Race 1 3.35pm 7 Murano 9 Boyz Invasion 4 Who’s Queen 3 Ginas Majesty Race 2 3.55pm 3 Westar Milly 7 Zsa Zoe 2 Sinner Cool 4 Izia Race 3 4.15pm 4 Rosie Richter 8 Carmelite 6 Almighty Clever 9 Miley Ace Race 4 4.35pm 7 Fergalicious 2 Judine 8 Hayley’s Meddle 5 Wriggles Rufus Race 5 4.55pm 10 Casino Action 4 Moonlite Dream 1 Adesanya 5 Obsession Race 6 5.15pm 7 Our Shangri Lana 5 What A Minx 6 Cyren Shard 9 Mon Lancome Race 7 5.37pm 9 Head Em Up 5 Maxwell Edison 6 Tedesco 3 Quik Barbie Race 8 5.57pm 5 Doctor Tim 1 Krystal Delight 4 Commander Ben 6 Poetry In Motion View the full article

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Haskell Stakes (G1) winner and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Geaux Rocket Ride suffered an injury during a work Oct. 28 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender Geaux Rocket Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) was pulled up during a routine morning work Saturday at Santa Anita. He was vanned off after being helped into the ambulance. The GI Haskell S. winner was breezing into the stretch under veteran jockey Mike Smith when the incident occurred. This story will be updated. The post Geaux Rocket Ride Pulled Up During Morning Work appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With Europe's leading stayers either having taken part in Champions Day or roughed off for the season, Sunday's G1 Prix Royal-Oak at ParisLongchamp has a wide-open feel with only the Wertheimers' Double Major (Ire) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) holding any kind of mystique. Successful in the track's G2 Prix Chaudenay on Arc weekend, the Christophe Ferland-trained 3-year-old has considerable upside taking on established marathon specialists in a race that has seen his age group prevail in five of the last eight renewals and three of the last four. With the likes of the G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil winner The Good Man (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}), the Cesarewitch H. third Tashkhan (Ire) (Born To Sea {Ire}) and dual listed winner Al Nayyir (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Double Major will have to be every bit as progressive as he looked earlier this month, but as a relative of the likes of Plumania (GB) (Anabaa) and Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) the pedigree gives him a big leg-up. The post ParisLongchamp: Double Major Takes Aim at the Royal-Oak appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Romagna Mia in the Dowager S. at Keeneland last weekend. Mia All Class In Dowager Team Valor International's Romagna Mia (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) won the Dowager S. at Keeneland on Sunday (video). It was the GI Beverly D. S. third's second graded/group score, having taken the G2 Premio Lydia Tesio in 2022. Bred by Cavendish Bloodstock, the Graham Motion trainee was a 3,000gns buy-back as a yearling, before selling for €29,000 to Valfredo Valiani at Arqana's 2-Year-Old Breeze-Up Sale. Racing in the colours of Scuderia Dell'Avvocato, her Italian career was highlighted by her Lydia Tesio victory, prior to selling for €500,000 to Juergen Albrecht out of the 2022 Arqana Vente d'Elevage. Her dam's latest foals are a yearling colt by Expert Eye (GB) and a weanling filly by Magna Grecia (Ire). This is the extended family of G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Blue Duster (Danzig), and her descendants include GI Man o'War S. hero Highland Chief (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}). The late Coolmore sire Mastercraftsman has 13 winners from 29 runners in the U.S. (45%). Five of his six stakes winners in that jurisdiction have won at the graded level including dual Grade I winner A Raving Beauty (Ger) and GI Matriarch S. victress Off Limits (Ire). Watch the full replay as ROMAGNA MIA (GB) proves best in the @roodandriddle Dowager (G3)! pic.twitter.com/rOVvMuH08B — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 22, 2023 Surf's Up For Invincible Spirit Filly La Nora, LLC's Ocean Spirit (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) made her third start a winning one at Horseshoe Indianapolis earlier this week for trainer Ignacio Correas (video). Originally unplaced at Aqueduct for trainer Wesley Ward in the colours of Stonestreet Stables, the filly was bred by Peter Winkworth. Originally a 480,000gns yearling when joining the Stonestreet fold at the Tattersalls October sale in 2021, the bay changed hands for $75,000 out of the Keeneland April Horses-of-Racing-Age Sale this spring. The first foal out of Sparkling Surf (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Ocean Spirit is followed by Kingman (GB) half-sister Ocean Mermaid (GB) who was second in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies S. at Gulfstream Park earlier this year, as well as an Oasis Dream (GB) yearling half-sister and a weanling half-brother by Palace Pier (GB). Second dam Shimmering Surf (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) won the G3 Pinnacle S. and also foaled G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Kitesurf (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The Irish National Stud's Invincible Spirit has sired 27 winners from 63 runners (43%) in the U.S. Of his seven stakes winners there, three have earned a graded brass ring, among them GI Turf Classic S. winner Digital Age (Ire) and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile victor Vale Of York (Ire). #4 OCEAN SPIRIT ($4) was full of run in the stretch and goes right on by the leaders to win race 5 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Vincent Cheminaud was in the irons for Ignacio Correas, IV. Watch more on @FanDuelTV and wager at https://t.co/nBYFHiPrdh. pic.twitter.com/ogkK95OrN0 — TVG (@TVG) October 23, 2023 Repeat Winner Siena Farm, Michael Kisber, Peter Deutsch and The Elkstone Group's Queen Of The Mud (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) upped her record to two wins in three starts after taking a Keeneland allowance on Sunday (video). The Graham Motion trainee landed a Belmont affair in September. Klaravich Stables' multiple graded winner Technical Analysis (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) put her mark on the Listed Athenia S. during the Belmont at the Big A meet on Friday for trainer Chad Brown (video). The Rabbah Bloodstock-bred mare, who has also placed twice at the highest level, was taking her sixth stakes and first since the Listed De La Rose S. in August. (3) Queen of the Mud (IRE) surges to victory in the night cap at Keeneland. (5) Just a Care (IRE) takes second and (2) Hurricane Debbie comes in third. pic.twitter.com/CCCMQ4V6Sn — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 22, 2023 The post Making Waves: Mastercraftsman Filly Feeling Valourous 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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After a 15-minute delay caused by Ballydoyle's Battle Cry (Ire) (No Nay Never) turning over in the stalls, Godolphin's Ancient Wisdom (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}–Golden Valentine {Fr}, by Dalakhani {Ire}) proved the most effective on Doncaster's deep ground to justify 5-4 favouritism in Saturday's G1 Kameko Futurity Trophy. Back in action a fortnight after winning Newmarket's G3 Autumn S., the Charlie Appleby trainee was left in front initially and looked beaten for a few strides as the pack closed in two out. Regaining momentum to ultimately outstay his rivals, the TDN Rising Star who was the second-highest-priced lot at the 2022 Arqana Deauville August Sale had 1 3/4 lengths to spare over Devil's Point (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) at the line, with God's Window (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) a head away in third. “It was a proper test and the ground is such that it's hard to show any brilliance,” Buick said. “He loves a battle and the plan wasn't necessarily to make the running, but it fell right, he pricked his ears and he's just a horse who is very uncomplicated. That goes a long way in this ground. You go through the list of two-year-olds that have won this race and it bodes well for next year. I'm very much looking forward to him and delighted with what he did there. I don't think it's crazy that he could be a Guineas horse–he put a lot of distance between him and them in the Autumn Stakes.” Educated in novices at Haydock and Newmarket before finishing third in the season's benchmark contest in Britain, the Listed Pat Eddery S. at Ascot on King George day, Ancient Wisdom was able to churn out consistent fractions on this ground where others fluctuated. Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) was the first to attack passing two out and was ahead for a brief period, but his effort took its toll whereas the one in royal blue was only getting going. Appleby's assistant Alex Merriam said, “I think we were probably expecting to follow the Aidan O'Brien horse [Battle Cry], so it was slightly Plan B to make the running but Will gave him a great ride. They got racing a long way out, but Will didn't panic, he said it took him a while to get through the gears but once he got rolling he saw it out well. It was obviously very soft ground out there and he lengthened rather than quickened.” David Menuisier's rich vein of form continued here with Devil's Point capping a stellar week for the stable. “He came to win the race and then he kind of flattened out and maybe stayed on a bit, but it's a group one and to finish second is absolutely marvellous,” the trainer said. “He was travelling absolutely great on the ground. We'll speak to Oisin [Murphy] and see what he thinks, but he's pretty special really.” It's Ancient Wisdom who powers to victory in the Group 1 Kameko Futurity at @DoncasterRaces for William Buick and Charlie Appleby! pic.twitter.com/WFkqOOJBrx — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 28, 2023 Pedigree Notes Ancient Wisdom's dam Golden Valentine, whose yearling colt by Lope De Vega (Ire) was a €170,000 purchase by Elliott Bloodstock Services at the Arqana Deauville October Sale, was successful in the G3 Prix Minerve. She is kin to three other stakes winners including the GIII Robert J. Frankel S. scorer and GI Rodeo Drive S. runner-up Luck (Kitten's Joy). The second dam is the G3 Prix Cleopatre winner Gold Round (Ire) (Caerleon), a half-sister to the astounding 14-times group 1-winning machine Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) who is also the second dam of the G3 Prix Vanteaux winner and GI E. P. Taylor S.-placed Platane (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}). Goldikova, who produced the G3 Prix Chloe winner and G1 Prix de Diane-placed Terrakova (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the G1 Prix Rothschild-placed Goldistyle (Ire) by Ancient Wisdom's sire Dubawi (Ire), is a full-sister to the G3 Prix Paul de Moussac winner and GI Breeders' Cup Mile runner-up Anodin (Ire) and a half to Galileo's G1 Prix Vermeile heroine and G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Galikova (Fr). Golden Valentine also has a 2023 full-brother to Ancient Wisdom to come. Saturday, Doncaster, Britain KAMEKO FUTURITY TROPHY S.-G1, £215,500, Doncaster, 10-28, 2yo, 8fT, 1:46.45, hy. 1–ANCIENT WISDOM (FR), 129, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire) 1st Dam: Golden Valentine (Fr) (GSW-Fr, $125,200), by Dalakhani (Ire) 2nd Dam: Gold Round (Ire), by Caerleon 3rd Dam: Born Gold, by Blushing Groom (Fr) 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. TDN Rising Star. (€2,000,000 Ylg '22 ARAUG). O-Godolphin; B-S.A.S.U. Ecurie Des Monceaux & S.C. LNJ Foxwoods (FR); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £127,576. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-1, $215,169. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Devil's Point (Ire), 129, c, 2, New Bay (GB)–Hairy Rocket (GB), by Pivotal (GB). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (€200,000 Wlg '21 GOFNO1; 475,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Clive Washbourn; B-Hamwood Stud Unlimited Company (IRE); T-David Menuisier. £48,250. 3–God's Window (GB), 129, c, 2, Dubawi (Ire)–Perfect Clarity (GB), by Nathaniel (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O/B-Cayton Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. £24,114. Margins: 1 3/4, HD, 3/4. Odds: 1.25, 16.00, 8.00. Also Ran: Deira Mile (Ire), Dancing Gemini (Ire), Diego Velazquez (Ire), Redhot Whisper (Ire). Scratched: Battle Cry (Ire). The post Dubawi’s Ancient Wisdom Wins The Futurity Trophy appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Promising New Zealand-bred gelding Gringotts collected the fourth win of his nine-start career with a last-gasp victory in Saturday’s National Jockeys Trust Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. Purchased privately from New Zealand after an impressive trial win at Te Awamutu for trainers Simon and Katrina Alexander, Gringotts wasted no time in making his mark in Australia earlier this year. He began his career with second placings at Sandown and Pakenham in January and February, then strung together a winning treble at Pakenham on February 16, Sandown on March 22 and Sandown again on April 8. Gringotts kicked off his four-year-old season with a third placing at Moonee Valley in late August, then relocated to Sydney and finished fifth and a strong-finishing third in his first two appearances. Gringotts was sent out as a $2.10 favourite for the final race on Saturday’s Randwick card, and he lived right up to those high expectations. Ridden in midfield by Tyler Schiller, Gringotts began to gather momentum early in the straight before a gap closed in front of him and he had to switch around heels. He got into clear air with 200m remaining and stretched out powerfully late in the piece, overhauling Russian Conquest and Portray in a tight finish. “Early in the straight he wasn’t getting there quick, but I thought he really stretched late,” Schiller said. “His last part of the race was very strong.” The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Gringotts has now had nine starts for four wins, two seconds and two thirds, earning A$290,800 for an ownership syndicate headed by Ozzie Kheir and John O’Neill. Gringotts was bred by Totara Park Stud and is by Little Avondale Stud’s outstanding sire Per Incanto out of the Savabeel mare Miss Bluebell, whose two foals to race have both been winners. The other is Millefiori, who has won seven races and was runner-up in an open sprint at Pukekohe on Saturday. Miss Bluebell is an unraced daughter of Operavega, who a half-sister to Vegas Showgirl, the dam of the champion Winx. View the full article

Legendary trainer David Hayes admits he can’t wait to see Mr Brightside in Hong Kong following the star’s narrow second in the Cox Plate. Given an expert ride by Craig Williams, Mr Brightside popped up along the rails, only to be edged out on the winning post by Hong Kong’s Romantic Warrior in a thrilling finish. Hayes said he couldn’t be prouder of his sons Ben, Will and JD and said he was excited to see what Mr Brightside could do in Hong Kong. “A lot of work of work goes into getting here today, and for the boys, it would have been such a thrill for them to win and it’s devastating that he lost,” “It was a great ride and her got beaten by a very good horse. “Let’s get him to Hong Kong.” When asked about his pride in how the boys have been training, Hayes said: “It’s been the most pleasurable thing. I am so proud of how they’ve done. “They’re achieving more than people thought they would, and that’s nice to prove a few people wrong. “They’ve got level heads, they work hard and hopefully it will keep going.” View the full article

Superstar sprinting mare Imperatriz maintained her unblemished record at Moonee Valley with another scintillating performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 Manikato Stakes (1200m). Te Akau Racing’s freakish daughter of I Am Invincible has now had four starts at the unique Melbourne circuit for four Group wins – the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m), Gr.2 McEwen Stakes (1000m), Gr.1 Moir Stakes (1000m) and the Manikato Stakes. Imperatriz was a red-hot $1.40 favourite for Saturday’s A$2 million sprint feature, having produced explosive finishes from off the pace to score easy and track-record-breaking wins in the McEwen Stakes and Moir Stakes in her previous two starts. She did things a little differently on Saturday, breaking alertly from the starting gates and landing in the lead. Jockey Opie Bosson was happy to stay there, dictating the race from the front before increasing the tempo coming down the side of the track. Imperatriz quickly shook free of Jigsaw and scooted away, rounding the home turn with a three-length lead. The result was in no doubt from there, with Imperatriz all alone down the short Moonee Valley straight. She swept past the finish line three and a quarter lengths ahead of I Am Me, stopping the clock at 1:09.59. “It’s easy when you’re riding horses like this,” Bosson said. “She just does everything for me, really. She’s something special. “She’s the best I’ve ever ridden, by far. I’ve never ridden a horse that can just switch off and then go bang when you want it. “It wasn’t really the plan to lead, but we were there and she was doing it comfortably. She changed legs at the right time, and turning for home I knew that we were going to be hard to beat.” Bred by Malaysian businessman Dato Yap Kim San’s Raffles Farm, Imperatriz caught the eye of Te Akau’s David Ellis, who secured her for A$360,000 as a yearling. She has now earned more than $3.5 million in prize-money for the Te Akau Invincible Empress Racing Partnership. Her 22-start career has produced 16 wins and three placings. She is now a seven-time Group One winner, having captured the Levin Classic (1600m), New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), Sistema Railway (1200m), BCD Group Sprint (1400m), and this year’s Moonee Valley sprint treble in the William Reid, Moir and Manikato. “It’s great for all the ownership group,” head trainer Mark Walker said. “They’ve been so understanding about not going to Sydney for The Everest (1200m). We’re thinking about her longevity. “It’s a big thrill, and I think this mare is keeping Opie in the saddle as well. He’s such an important part of our team, so that’s great.“That ride today is the genius of Opie. She jumped so well, so why take away that advantage? I think he probably expected that someone might come around him and then he’d take a trail, but no one did. She had the race in the bag a long way from home, really.” View the full article

Last season’s Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) winner Desert Lightning kicked off his four-year-old season with a slick performance in Saturday’s Dunstan Horsefeeds (1200m) at Pukekohe. The son of Pride Of Dubai came into the $65,000 open sprint as one of the proven stars of the field. His Avondale Guineas victory in February headed a high-class three-year-old campaign that also featured placings in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) and the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), earning more than $290,000 in the prize-money along the way. Desert Lightning had won a trial at Te Aroha earlier this month to prepare him for Saturday’s return, although he might have been expected to be looking for further, having finished outside the first three in his two previous 1200m starts. But the four-year-old gelding’s class shone through in emphatic style. After jumping from gate five in a six-horse field, jockey Vinnie Colgan sent Desert Lightning forward to sit on the outside of the front-running Winning For All. Desert Lightning took command at the top of the Pukekohe straight, kicking away and maintaining a comfortable lead all the way to the finish. Millefiori crossed the line in second, a length and a quarter behind the winner, with a neck back to Winning For All in third. Last-start winner Petrucci finished fourth as the $2 favourite. Trained by Peter and Dawn Williams for Barneswood Farm’s Sarah Green and Ger Beemsterboer, Desert Lightning has now had 13 starts for three wins, four placings and $350,395 in stakes. “That was a lovely run, we’re very happy with that,” Peter Williams said. “He was fresh up today and has a bit to go yet, so it was very encouraging. “I think he’s grown up a little bit. He had a few little issues last season and things going wrong along the way, but he seems to have got over all those issues now. He raced kindly today and was always travelling well. “We thought he might be a chance today when Vinnie got off Petrucci to ride him after his trial win. “We’ve got a long way to go, but it’s a good start for the owners and good for the horse.” Desert Lighting is nominated for the Gr.3 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on November 15, for which the TAB now rates him a $6 chance. View the full article

Former star apprentice jockey rewarded his friend’s unwavering faith when, in 2011, he became the first home-grown rider to win a HKIR contestView the full article

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