Wandering Eyes

After breaking through for the first grade 1 win of his career this season at age 9, veteran turf runner Red Knight has been retired by his owner-breeder Tom Egan, who operates as Trinity Farm.View the full article

The fall meeting at Churchill Downs gets underway Sunday in what has become its traditional way, with juvenile races comprising the entire 11-race program. When the Triple Crown trail begins in earnest following the turn of the calendar, it will likely feature a handful of horses that raced on the day en route to bigger and better things, and the $200,000 GIII Street Sense S. has the feel of a key race going forward. The form of the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity is very much on display, and while that event's top two finishers–'TDN Rising Star' Locked (Gun Runner) and The Wine Steward (Vino Rosso)– will be making their way to Santa Anita for next Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, the two horses that finished immediately in their wake will do their part to frank the race. Despite graduating by a distance at odds-on and earning an 86 Beyer Speed Figure, Generous Tipper (Street Sense) was friendless in the market at better than 17-1 for the Breeders' Futurity, but turned in a bold effort to be third after trailing for the opening half-mile. When all was said and done, he was a neck better than Northern Flame (Flameaway), who won his maiden in wire-to-wire fashion at this track Sept. 15. Locked's stable companion Moonlight (Audible) is the new shooter and potential fly in the ointment, as he stretched away to break his maiden by eight lengths in a rained-off maiden at Aqueduct Sept. 28, while Liberal Arts (Arrogate) looks to improve off his closing third in the one-mile GIII Iroquois S. Sept. 16. That's A Wrap at Keeneland… Saturday marks the final day of racing for the Keeneland fall meet, with a pair of graded events on tap. You'd have to travel all the way back to Blame in 2009 for the last time a 3-year-old defeated his elders in the GII Hagyard Fayette S.–his sire Arch accomplished the same feat in 1998–and such is the objective for Il Miracolo (Gun Runner) on Saturday. Seventh to Arcangelo (Arrogate) in the GI Belmont S. June 10, the chestnut has since held his own in stakes company, finishing second in the Curlin S. July 21 before winning the GIII Smarty Jones S. at Parx Aug. 22. The chestnut was hardly disgraced when last seen in the GI Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 23, as he rallied from behind midfield to round out the exacta behind the GI Breeders' Cup Classic-bound Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming) and Dreamlike (Gun Runner), pre-entered for two championship races. Trademark (Upstart) is the very lukewarm 9-2 morning-line favorite off his head defeat in the GII Lukas Classic Sept. 30, but he'll have to work out a trip from gate 10, while Giant Game (Giant's Causeway) is a threat on his best, though there appears to be plenty of other speed signed on. The co-featured GIII Bryan Station S. lures a field of 10, led by the exciting Talk of the Nation (Quality Road), who bounced back from a pair of runner-up efforts to win the $1-million Gun Runner S. at Kentucky Downs Sept. 2. He squares off here with Smokey Mandate (Strong Mandate), third in the Gun Runner and second to More Than Looks (More Than Ready) in the Sept. 30 Jefferson Cup S. at Churchill. The latter was entered in the Bryan Station, but breezed Friday at Keeneland and appears headed for next Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Mile. Xigera Opts For Path of Least Resistance in NY… For a time, Rigney Racing's Xigera (Nyquist) was under strong consideration for next weekend's GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, but connections have chosen a more conservative course and have the 6-5 morning-line choice for Satuday's GII Mother Goose S. at Aqueduct. Though the $190,000 Keeneland September yearling won her maiden on the turf and added this year's Tepin S. on the grass, she could not have been more impressive in shooting clear to take the Seneca Overnight S. by a dominating 6 1/4 lengths Sept. 23. Anything approaching that effort would be tough to topple here, but she does encounter some classy rivals in the form of GI Central Bank Ashland S. victress Defining Purpose (Cross Traffic) as well as the enigmatic Julia Shining (Curlin), winner of the GII Demoiselle S. at this venue last December. The GII Forty Niner S., formerly the GII Kelso S., serves as a course-and-distance prep for the GII Cigar Mile H. during the Aqueduct meet and looks to be a two-horse affair between Accretive (Practical Joke), runner-up to Cody's Wish (Curlin) in the GII Vosburgh S. Oct. 1, and Everso Mischievous (Into Mischief), who looks to negotiate this class hike, having drawn away for a first black-type score in the Sept. 23 Harrods Creek S. at Churchill. The post Weekend Preview: Stars of Tomorrow Program Anchored By Street Sense appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Promising juveniles Ancient Wisdom and Diego Velazquez will duke it out over challenging conditions in the Oct. 28 Futurity Trophy Stakes (G1), the last group 1 for juveniles of the year in Europe.View the full article

Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out a total of 12 horses, all of whom are pre-entered in next weekend's Breeders' Cup races, for half-mile works at Keeneland Friday morning in advance of their Saturday departure to Santa Anita. GII Pilgrim S. winner Agate Road (Quality Road) (Juvenile Turf) worked in company with Haul (Army Mule) in :49 flat (32/63). GI Darley Alcibiades winner Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}) (NetJets Juvenile Filles) went in company with GII Chandelier runner-up Scalable (Speightstown) (Juvenile Fillies) in :49.20 (37/63). About Candied, Pletcher said, “She worked very well. She worked on the inside of Scalable. Finished up nicely, galloped out good. She was a little late on her lead change, which has kind of been a thing with her. But she did get it the second time when Luis (Saez) asked for it. And once she did, she leveled off nicely, finished up strong and galloped out great.” As for Pletcher's older horses, GII Suburban S. winner Charge It (Tapit) (Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile) worked in :48.60 (17/63) while GI Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Bright Future (Curlin) (Classic or Dirt Mile) worked in company with Dreamlike (Gun Runner) (Dirt Mile or Classic) in :48.40 (9/63). 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light) (FanDuel Juvenile) went in company with Noted (Cairo Prince) (Juvenile) in :48.60 (17/63). Two @BreedersCup horses from the Todd Pletcher barn, NOTED and FIERCENESS working out this morning at Keeneland. pic.twitter.com/7pLNLDmTHl — TVG (@TVG) October 27, 2023 Life Talk (Gun Runner) (Juvenile Fillies) was in company with GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner Locked (Gun Runner) (Juvenile) in :48 flat (6/63). “Locked just does everything so easily and effortlessly,” Pletcher said. “He's a colt that we had high expectations for when he came in. He's a very quiet, laid-back colt. Unassuming, until we got serious with him, and then it was like, wow, this is a really nice colt. I thought his debut was sneaky impressive. I thought his mile maiden win at Saratoga was the most impressive 2-year-old performance of the meet. Then to come here and win (the Claiborne Breeders' Futurity) from an outside draw and a wide trip the entire way, I thought that was a very determined effort on his part. He's done everything well since then. We've been blessed with some very good 2-year-olds, and I think that he's right there with them.” Life's an Audible (Audible) (Juvenile Fillies Turf) ran in company with Appellate (Constitution) in :48.80 (25/63). GI Coolmore Turf Mile winner Up to the Mark (Not This Time) (Turf or Mile) breezed in company with Be You (Curlin) in :48.80 (25/63). “Up to the Mark has had two good breezes now since his win in the (Coolmore) Turf Mile,” said Pletcher. “I thought we got what we wanted in terms of some good conditioning. Strong gallop out, seems to be doing well. We're going to continue to lean towards going in the Turf.” At Santa Anita Friday, White Abarrio (Race Day) worked five furlongs in :59.80 (3/39). According to private clocker Gary Young, the 4-year-old went the final quarter mile in :22.80. WHITE ABARRIO worked for the @BreedersCup Classic earlier this morning. 5 furlongs in :59.4 for the G1 Whitney winner. pic.twitter.com/pPKFhZefTD — TVG (@TVG) October 27, 2023 Trained by Richard Dutrow Jr., White Abarrio was originally slated to work this past Monday but that drill was postponed. Connections attributed the delay to an issue with White Abarrio's shoes. Noted blacksmith Ian McKinlay flew in Monday and re-shod White Abarrio. He galloped Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday prior to Friday's drill. “He worked great. He cooled out great. We're thrilled,” Chip Dutrow said. Working for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies was Chatalas (Gun Runner) for trainer Mark Glatt. Winner of the GII Chandelier S. Oct. 7, the filly worked five furlongs 1:01.00 (15/39). Trainer Peter Eurton worked a trio of 2-year-old Breeders' Cup contenders: Flattery (Flatter), Stay Hot (Summer Front) and Dark Vintage (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Flattery worked four furlongs on the training track in :48 flat (2/12). Stay Hot worked four furlongs on the training track in a bullet :47.40 (1/12). Dark Vintage worked four furlongs on the main track in :47.40 seconds (2/37). Trainer John Sadler worked the Speakeasy winner, Slider (Jimmy Creed), who went five furlongs in :59.80 (3/39). Working towards the Juvenile Turf was Endlessly (Oscar Performance) for trainer Michael McCarthy. He drilled four furlongs in :47.80 (8/37). Rounding out Friday's Breeders' Cup workers were Elm Drive (Mohaymen) and Where's My Ring (Twirling Candy), who is on the also-eligible list for the Juvenile Fillies Turf. Elm Drive, pre-entered in the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint, worked five furlongs on the training track in 1:03.20 (5/6) for trainer Phil D'Amato. The post Pletcher Group Leads Keeneland Workers; White Abarrio Back On Track appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There are several layers to the success that has catapulted Linda Rice to five-straight training titles at New York Racing Association meets. One of them can be seen in the 4-year-old colt Film Star.View the full article

Promising juveniles Ancient Wisdom and Diego Velazquez will duke it out over challenging conditions in the Oct. 28 Vertem Futurity, the last group 1 for juveniles of the year in Europe.View the full article

50 years ago: Before being retired to stallion duty at Claiborne Farm, Secretariat would run once more. Mulling over options, Penny Chenery Tweedy selected the Canadian International Championship Stakes (G2T) Oct. 28, 1973, at Woodbine.View the full article

For the last three or four years, bloodstock agents Ramiro Restrepo, Bo Bramagen, and Clay Scherer had talked about attending the White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland as fans. The races are among the most unique in the world. They're held every February and run over a frozen lake that is packed down with snow, creating a spectacle unlike anything, anywhere in the world of horse racing. The races have been held since 1907. “We always thought that the St. Moritz white turf races were so cool, so appealing,” Restrepo said. In a few months, the three will be in St. Moritz, but not as fans but as owners. At this week's Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale 2023 they bought a horse named Cumulonimbus (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) with the specific goal of sending him to Switzerland to compete in the biggest race of the meet, the Feb. 18 Grosser Preis von St Moritz. The horse cost 150,000 guineas. The race will be contested at a mile-and-a-quarter and the purse is 100,000 Swiss Francs, which equals about $110,000 U.S. “Last year, we decided to forget about going in there as fans,” said Restrepo, part owner of 2023 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic). “We decided why don't we try to win this thing. We spent the year putting our heads together and tried to figure out the best way to approach it.” Part of that approach is to involve a large contingent of friends and colleagues. The three decided to sell 50 shares in the horses and Restrepo said that about 40 have already been sold. “We wanted to put forth a strong investment to acquire a prospect who we could have some fun with running in Switzerland and, also, going forward, run in a couple of other international races and just have fun,” Restrepo said. “We want to put 40-50 horsemen together and put aside the competition and the egos. We want this to be more a brotherhood and sisterhood of horsemen, whether its consignors, owners, breeders, someone who works for a sales company. We just want to make this a fun thing. We spend all year fighting each other in sales ring and on racetrack. Here is a chance for all of us to come together under one banner as equal shareholders and have a great time competing in a unique international race.” But how do you find the right horse for a race that is not run on dirt, grass or a synthetic surface, but on snow? What is there to go on? The group put European bloodstock expert Martin Buick, the brother of jockey William Buick, in charge. “Martin Buick helped us out through the process,” Restrepo said. “We were going through potential horses in this horses of racing age sale and looked at previous horses that won this race and their ratings. We did our homework and Martin was our eyes and ears on ground.” Restrepo said winners of the Grosser Preis von St Moritz tend to be close to the pace early because those in the back can be hindered by what can be a heavy kickback of snow. Considering the conditions, you also need a horse with proven stamina. Restrepo believes that Cumulonimbus is a perfect fit for the race. “This one fell in our lap,” Restrepo said. “He has the style for it. He's won handicaps with Frankie Dettori and Hollie Doyle up, so you know he has some class. He just kind of fit the bill.” Cumulonimbus has been turned over to U.K. based trainer George Baker, no stranger to the White Turf races. He won the 2020 Grosser Preis von St. Moritz with Wargrave (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). “This is something fresh, something new that we wanted to try,” Restrepo said. “What could be better than to spend a weekend of racing with a good group of people? This race is a bucket list item for a lot of people. It's easy to see why and we'd love to win it.” The post Restrepo And Partners Buy Horse To Run At St. Moritz White Turf Meet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

If it goes ahead, it's going to be tough at Doncaster on Saturday with the G1 Kameko Futurity Trophy being staged on ground that failed to survive an inspection for the Friday card. If there was a horse physically designed for such conditions, it is surely Godolphin's TDN Rising Star Ancient Wisdom (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) who went through Newmarket's testing surface with relish when winning the G3 Autumn S. over this mile trip a fortnight earlier. Supplemented for this prize given how strongly he emerged from that experience, he bids to provide Charlie Appleby with a first renewal and that trainer will be praying this meeting gets the green light. “We have been very pleased with how Ancient Wisdom came out of the Autumn Stakes,” he said. “It wasn't an immediate decision afterwards to come here, but we thought that we would keep an eye on his wellbeing with a view to potentially heading to Doncaster. We are happy with him going into this and he showed at Newmarket that a mile on testing conditions suited him, so he ticks a few boxes in a race where stamina is going to play a part. It's a competitive field and we are looking forward to seeing how he gets on.” Aidan O'Brien has won this 11 times and four times since 2017 with some of his biggest names and relies on the unbeaten Diego Velazquez (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who like last year's hero Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) comes here on the back of a win in Leopardstown's G2 Champions Juvenile S. Only raced on good ground so far, he is ridden by James Doyle due to the suspension of Ryan Moore and he said, “We haven't seen much of him, but the two starts we have done he looks very progressive and warms to the task. I don't think he's encountered ground like we'll have for this, so we'll just have to see.” Fishdance Limited's impressive Listed Flying Scotsman S. winner Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) is up there with the two big guns on that course form and trainer Roger Teal is understandably confident. “He beat what was in front of him that day and he beat them in style, it was faster than the group two the next day. It was a good performance, he did it very convincingly,” he said. “It was pretty soft the day he won at Doncaster. It is not ideal for any horse, I don't think any trainer would choose the conditions if they could. The way he travels, he is quite light on his feet so hopefully he doesn't get bogged down too much.” Of the unexposed members of the cast, Cayton Park Stud's homebred God's Window (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is of obvious intrigue having won his maiden over course and distance at the St Leger meeting, but few lightly-raced types get involved in this race in recent years. Jockey Kieran Shoemark said, “He won his maiden nicely there on pretty soft ground on Leger day, so the ground is not a concern. He definitely appreciates a cut in the ground, but heavy ground is different altogether. He gave me a good feel on his debut, I felt when I crossed the line he was only just getting going and he ran all the way to the bottom of the hill.” The post Doncaster: “Boxes Ticked” for Ancient Wisdom in Trophy Bid appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Kyoto and Niigata Racecourses. The weekend feature takes place at Tokyo on Sunday, when Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) returns to action in defense of his title in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) against a top field. Read Heather Anderson's preview here: Saturday, October 28, 2023 4th-KYO, ¥13,720,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m PARIS PLAGES (f, 2, Uncle Mo–Paris Bikini, by Bernardini), a half-sister to 2020 GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Paris Lights (Curlin), was acquired in utero by Katsumi Yoshida for $1.95 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale and Paris Bikini produced this filly Feb. 17, 2021 before being exported to Japan in foal to American Pharoah. Paris Bikini is a daughter of SP Lacadena (Nureyev), herself the dam of GSW & MGISP America (A.P. Indy), who was bought back for $3.1 million in foal to Uncle Mo at FTKNOV in 2019. America is the dam of MGSW/GISP 'TDN Rising Star' First Captain (Curlin). Third dam Butterfly Blue (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) was a half-sister to Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour (Deputy Minister). B-Northern Racing (KY) AMERICAN MARCH (c, 2, Cajun Breeze–Goldminer's Dream, by Distorted Humor) becomes his sire's first offspring to race in Japan, having been purchased by Yoshizawa Stable for $100,000 at this year's OBS March Sale (under-tack preview). The Florida-bred is out of an unraced daughter of SW Quite a Ruckus (Richter Scale) and his third dam was responsible for GSW and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Excaper (Exchange Rate). Joao Moreira has the riding assignment. B-Tom McCrocklin (FL) Sunday, October 29, 2023 2nd-NII, ¥10,480,000 ($70k), Maiden, 2yo, 1200m GRAN ORCA (c, 2, Liam's Map–Layla, by Union Rags) looks to improve on his Sept. 24 debut in the slop at Nakayama, where he found only the well-meant Historiai (Liam's Map) too strong in the finish (see below, SC 7). Produced by a winning full-sister to GISW Express Train, the joint most-expensive of 58 of his sire's progeny to sell in 2022 (75 ring). Gran Orca's third dam was 1992 GI Alabama S. heroine November Snow (Storm Cat). B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY) The post Half-Sister To GISW Paris Lights Debuts at Kyoto appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-KEE, $100K, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 6f, 2:36 p.m. ET. G. Watts Humphrey campaigned homebred Romantic Vision (Lemon Drop Kid), who won three out of her four tries at Keeneland, including the 2017 GI Juddmonte Spinster S. Now, her first offspring RARE AFFAIR (Medaglia d'Oro) debuts and like her dam, she's trained by Rusty Arnold. Romantic Vision is also responsible for a yearling colt by Nyquist, who just sold during Keeneland September for $700,000 to the Three Amigos, foaled a colt by Essential Quality Apr. 1 and she was bred to City of Light for next year. Rare Affair hails from a deep family of Humphrey homebreds which includes second dam GSP Perfect for You (Giant's Causeway), fourth dam GSW Dream Scheme (Danzig) and her half-sister, MGISW Clear Mandate (Deputy Mininster), herself the dam of MGSW and MGISP Newfoundland (Storm Cat) and GISW Strong Mandate (Tiznow), among others. TJCIS PPS 7th-WO, $111K, Msw, 2yo,, f, 7fT, 4:37 p.m. ET. Switching to the E.P. Taylor Course at Woodbine, a $550,000 Keeneland September purchase by Tracy Farmer named Aspen Dawn (Quality Road) makes her first start for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. Out of unraced dam Aspen Light (Bernardini), who went to Eaton Sales for $360,000 at the '20 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale with the bay filly in-utero, Aspen Dawn counts GIII Stonestreet Lexington S. hero Owendale (into Mischief) as a half-brother. This is an extended female family which includes GI Lane's End Breeders' Futurity winner Great Hunter (Aptitude), GIII Peter Pan S. champ Promise Keeper (Constitution) and champion 3-year-old filly Stellar Wind (Curlin). TJCIS PPS The post Thursday’s Insights: Daughter of Grade I Winner Romantic Vision Debuts at Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Equinox, the world's top-rated horse, passed up the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and the Breeders' Cup in favor of a repeat win in the Oct. 28 Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse.View the full article

The son of Siyouni was headed to the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) with four group 1 wins. He has been retired to Coolmore with his stud fee to be announced.View the full article

Longtime Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association executive director Marty Maline will be honored by the Kentucky Thorougbhred Owners with the 2023 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horsemen of the Year Award.View the full article

Equinox, the world's top-rated horse, passed up the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) and the Breeders' Cup in favor of a repeat try in the Oct. 28 Tenno Sho (Autumn) at Tokyo Racecourse.View the full article

Bright Future and White Abarrio, pointed for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), were among a large group of horses to record workouts Oct. 27 in preparation for races during the Nov. 3-4 Breeders' Cup.View the full article

Jess's Dream (Curlin), a son of Hall of Fame mare Rachel Alexandra, has been retired from stud duty at Florida's Ocala Stud and gelded accorded to a social media post from Stonestreet Farm. Posted to X, the message reads: “Jess's Dream (Curlin x Rachel Alexandra) has been retired from duty & is healthy & happy at the Stonestreet Training Center where he will begin his third career as our track pony. He has been gelded & we look forward to restarting him under tack in the new year.” A winner and 'TDN Rising Star' in his only career start at Saratoga, Jess's Dream entered stud in 2017 and was a top sire in Florida. His progeny include Suncoast S. winner Dreaming of Snow and stakes winners Beth's Dream and Intrepid Daydream. Jess's Dream (Curlin x Rachel Alexandra) has been retired from duty @OcalaStud & is healthy & happy at the Stonestreet Training Center where he will begin his third career as our track pony. He has been gelded & we look forward to restarting him under tack in the new year #OTTB pic.twitter.com/Ji9hnky353 — Stonestreet (@StonestreetFarm) October 27, 2023 The post Jess’s Dream Gelded, Will Pursue Under-Saddle Career For Stonestreet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After a busy five days of selling, the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale concluded at Park Paddocks in Newmarket on Friday. Topping the final session was Veiled Illusion (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 1562), who sold for 55,000gns to Nawaf Abdullah Al-Saif. Consigned by James Tate's Jamesfield Stables, the Lingfield winner is bound for Saudi Arabia. “He is in good form, and will ship soon to Saudi,” said Al-Saif. “I think he will like the better weather in the Middle East and should be one to go on both the turf and dirt surfaces at the King Abdulaziz racecourse.” One day longer than 2022's edition, the sale's Friday session resulted in 88 lots sold from 162 offered (81%). The aggregate was 1,076,859gns. The average was 8,158gns and the median was 4,500gns. Overall, despite the larger catalogue, the clearance rate remained high at 87% dropping only three points from the record-breaking 2022 sale. The gross for the 1,089 lots that found new homes was 33,705,774gns. Both the average and median were down, with the average settling at 30,951gns (-14%) and the median was 15,000gns (-6%) compared to last term. Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “Sale turnover second only to last year's wide-margin record is a very solid performance from the 2023 renewal of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale. As ever this unique fixture, the largest and most popular of its type in the world, has attracted an extraordinarily diverse collection of buyers from all corners of the world and this has been reflected in figures which yet again demonstrate the enduring appeal of British and Irish horses in training as well as quality stock from France and Germany. “Similar to so many Tattersalls sales the Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale has made relentless progress in the past decade. Only 10 years ago the sale recorded turnover a little over 20 million guineas, an average price of 23,000 guineas and eight lots selling for 200,000 guineas or more. This year's sale has achieved turnover of almost 34 million guineas, an average price well over 30,000 guineas and 28 lots have sold for 200,000 guineas or more which is only one fewer than at last year's record-breaking sale. “The sustained and widespread demand from throughout the Gulf region has yet again played an enormous part in the success of the sale as racing in that part of the world continues to grow and flourish, but equally significant has been the impact of a particularly strong contingent of Australian buyers whose presence has been felt in all sectors of the market, but most notably at the very top. Ten of the top 20 highest priced horses sold this week and nearly 50 horses in total are heading down to Australia which is a tribute to the top level success of recent graduates of the sale like Just Fine (Ire) and Zaaki (GB). Similarly success driven, although largely at a different level of the market has been the notable contribution from the numerous European buyers in particular Spanish and Italian buyers who have been busy from start to finish and have also accounted for more than 80 horses between them this week. We work hard alongside our extensive network of overseas representatives to promote this and every other Tattersalls sale and it is rewarding to see this reflected in the unrivalled overseas participation which is the hallmark of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale. “Alongside international buyers from more than 30 different countries the domestic British and Irish influence has also been felt in all sectors of the market this week with Flat and National Hunt buyers all making a significant contribution and we look forward to seeing equally diverse international and domestic demand at the forthcoming Tattersalls December Foals and Mares Sale which annually provides a showcase for the very best European bloodstock.” The post Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale Concludes With Strong Clearance Rate appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The late Jerry Moss, known as a music mogul and the owner of superstar Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}), will have 13 works from his personal art collection sold in a single-owner section of Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale on Nov. 9, 2023, the auction house said in a release Oct. 10. With a passion for art and horses, Moss watched Zenyatta win a remarkable 19 races from 20 career starts and celebrated her being named Horse of the Year in 2010 and champion older mare in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Spanning a range of genres and representing the European avant-garde, icons of Latin American art, and contemporary masters, Moss's subsequent property from the collection will be sold in the Marquee Week Day Sales and the Design Sales in December. In total, the collection is estimated to realize in excess of $50 million, with partial proceeds to benefit The Music Center. Highlights from the collection include: Friday Kahlo's Portrait of Cristina, My Sister (estimate: $8–12 million) and Tamara de Lempicka's Fillette en rose (estimate: $7–10 million). The top lot of the group is Picasso's Nu couché, estimated to achieve $10–15 million. Tina Moss, Trustee and Executor for the Estate of Jerry Moss, said, “Art, was always something personal to Jerry and related to love, beauty, or how an experience of something had touched him. The interest that he took in the artist and respect for their artistic creativity was at the heart of who he was and what he collected.” The Collection of Jerry Moss will be on display at Christie's New York Rockefeller Center galleries, where the full collection will be on view from Oct. 28 through the day of the auction. The post Late Zenyatta Owner Jerry Moss’s Art Collection Offered At Christie’s appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In some respects, it feels culpably parochial to sieve the forthcoming breeding stock sales in Kentucky for mares of blatant interest to European prospectors. After a generation of insularity, you would hope that a few more people in the Old World may now be renewing their respect for “dirt” blood now that an American Triple Crown winner has come up with a European champion juvenile in only his second crop. But even those who remain benighted in their mistrust of speed-carrying American lines have much to consider in the catalogues consecutively offered by Fasig-Tipton on November 7, and by Keeneland in Book 1 of its bumper sale the following day. Not that the goods will come cheap. Arguably the domestic market is further advanced in the process of transatlantic reconnection, with American investors increasingly active in both the yearling and breeding stock sales in Europe. Both catalogues, then, are strewn with mares eligible to attract bids from either side of the water. Nothing will make the Europeans feel more at home than the arrival of SAUTERNE (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) into the Fasig-Tipton ring as Hip 178. This feels like a remarkable coup at the expense of auction houses closer to her home. Actually Sauterne has twice failed to find a buyer in European auctions, retained by breeder Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois at €130,000 as an Arqana August yearling and then again at £1.2 million at the eve-of-Ascot Goffs Sale in London. Already Classic-placed by that stage, she has since beaten the colts in the G1 Prix du Moulin—with runner-up Big Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) last weekend boosting the form with his Group 1 romp in the Ascot mud. Her stats could be further burnished before she graces the Fasig-Tipton ring, as she holds a pre-entry into the GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile on Saturday, Nov. 4. Her sire has plenty of traction with American investors, but presumably it's the international nature of her overall pedigree that has brought her over to this marketplace. Her dam, as an unraced daughter of Aragorn (Ire), may remind us of the left-field provenance of so many top-class producers, but simultaneously introduces a cosmopolitan dynasty through her half-sister Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), herself a six-time elite scorer either side of the Atlantic and meanwhile dam in Japan not only of dual Group 1 winner Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}) but also of the mare who has now given us Stars On Earth (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) to win the G1 Japanese Oaks. Nobody could strictly describe Breeders' Cup winner PIZZA BIANCA (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) as an unprecedented opportunity, in that she was actually offered for sale this time last year, before being retained by her breeder Bobby Flay at $3.45 million. In returning to Fasig-Tipton as Hip 168, however, she brings the bonus of a covering by champion sire Into Mischief. That promises a lucrative opportunity to “hedge” the investment in such a young mare, whose success in the GI Juvenile Fillies' Turf at Del Mar two years ago is underpinned by a resonant international pedigree. For she combines the two game-changing Northern Dancer lines, with a sire by Danehill and her dam White Hot (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) being an unraced three-parts sister to G1 Derby winner Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). WHITE HOT (Ire) herself comes under the hammer at Keeneland the next day, as Hip 170. She's still only 10, and is similarly carrying an Into Mischief foal. Remember that besides her kinship to Pour Moi, she's also a sibling to Classic-placed Gagnoa (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), dam of two Group-winning sprinters. Flay also presents COVER SONG (Fastnet Rock (Aus}) at Keeneland (221), having retained her across town five years ago at $3.9 million. Herself a graded stakes scorer, she's out of Classic winner Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who has also produced two stars by War Front in triple Group 1 sprinter U S Navy Flag and Classic-placed Roly Poly. Cover Song is another in foal to Into Mischief, and their weanling colt follows her into the ring as Hip 222. There are a couple of neon European updates about STARS AT NIGHT (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Most obviously, her son Poker Face (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) has extended his winning spree in the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein since her inclusion in the Keeneland catalogue as Hip 473. But Stars At Night is also a sibling to the dam of Darnation (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), winner of the G2 May Hill S. in September. Besides these fresh distinctions, she is also a half-sister to G1 1,000 Guineas winner Blue Bunting (Dynaformer). Like many of the most attractive mares coming under the hammer in Lexington, Stars At Night is in foal to Justify. While she is only 10, those seeking slightly fresher blood have the option of Poker Face's full sister STAR DEVINE (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who has rubbed shoulders with some pretty smart animals at graded stakes level and is offered as Hip 188 at Fasig-Tipton. She still has the option of persevering on the racetrack. One that has shown elite caliber on both sides of the water is FEV ROVER (Ire) (Guitafan {Ire}), offered at Fasig as Hip 230. Hers has already been quite an odyssey. Once a £20,000 Doncaster yearling, she made 695,000gns at Tattersalls a couple of years ago as a Group-winning juvenile who had gone on to be Classic-placed. But she continued in training for her new owners in North America, and very productively, too: her recent GI E.P. Taylor S. success being her second elite score, besides a couple of others at Grade II level, and now heads to the GI Filly & Mare Turf at the Breeders' Cup. DALIKA (Ger) (Pastorius {Ger}) looks a very wholesome proposition as Hip 223 at Keeneland for anyone enlightened enough to seek some of the German hardware that has been so fertile over recent years. Stakes-placed in Europe, she has become a millionaire in the United States in combining class with teak across four seasons, crowning her resume in the GI Beverley D. Oh yes, and her maiden cover is by Flightline. Another triumphant migrant is ANISETTE (GB) (Awtaad {Ire}), once a 26,000gns yearling at Tattersalls who broke her maiden in Britain before adapting brilliantly to California, winning an allowance, the GII San Clemente S. and the GI Del Mar Oaks. Hip 179 at Keeneland still doesn't have many miles on the clock, so could very feasibly resume on the track; her next career, meanwhile, is helped by the fact that she's out of a half-sister to GI Nassau S. winner Sultanina (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). SHANTISARA (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}), Hip 181 at Fasig-Tipton, has also come an awfully long way, in every sense, since making just 10,000gns as a Tattersalls Guineas breezer. Having started out in France, she joined Chad Brown and won the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland by five lengths. Also a Grade II winner this year, at five, Shantisara put her sire on the map and might appear obliged to do the same for her immediate family. But her page definitely repays closer inspection: misfortune restricted the output of both her first two dams, and the third is a Group-placed sibling to several Aga Khan black-type performers and/or producers—including the mother of Derby winner High Chaparral (Ire)—out of G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe third Kozana (GB) (Kris {GB}). Shantisara was followed home in her Grade I by TECHNICAL ANALYSIS (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who was found as a Tattersalls Book 1 yearling by Klaravich Stables and has racked up four graded stakes for Brown. Her second dam is half-sister to a Melbourne Cup winner, an Irish Derby runner-up and a Group 1-placed juvenile. Technical Analysis, offered as Hip 145 at Keeneland, won another stakes at Saratoga this summer and is another race-or-breed option. Her original purchaser Federico Barberini was also the man who found WED (Fr) (Profitable {Ire}) for €32,000, as an Arqana October yearling, and she proceeded to win the G2 Prix du Calvados over the road the following summer. Wed hasn't paid off in the U.S. but they can't take her second dam away—and she's a full sister to Street Cry (Ire). You can find her at Keeneland as Hip 164. Another rags-to-riches tale concerns MANHATTAN JUNGLE (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), a €20,000 Goffs Sportsman's graduate who proved a smart juvenile for Amy Murphy—won her first three, included a Listed race, before going down by a length in the G3 Prix de Cabourg—before confirming her stakes calibre in California. With her sire, and first two dams by Acclamation (GB) and Indian Ridge (Ire), Hip 51 at Keeneland—offered as a racing or broodmare prospect—will presumably find more traction in the latter role back over the water. Originally a €10,000 RNA at Fairyhouse, QUATTROELLE (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) started her career with a close third in a Leopardstown 2-year-old maiden and was promptly exported to California. She has thrived with maturity, and as a 5-year-old this year won at Grade II and III level over a mile before going down by just a length in the GI Gamely S. on her final start. Offered as Hip 170 at Fasig, she's out of a Stormy River half-sister to the stakes-winning dam of Dramatised (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}), winner of the G2 Queen Mary S. for Karl Burke last year before being narrowly foiled in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. ROCKY SKY (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) follows soon after as Hip 175. A Listed winner in her native Ireland, she was recruited by Peter Brant for whom she won a graded stakes on grass at Aqueduct last year. Her family has old school lustre, with a second dam by Shirley Heights out of G1 Prix de Diane winner Lypharita (Fr) (Lightning {Fr}). Hip 187 is another Brant import in SPEAK OF THE DEVIL (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Beaten only a nose in a French Classic, she cost €1.95 million at Arqana's December Sale two years ago and for her new connections won the GII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile. She's a half-sister to hardy triple Group winner Morando (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}). PAPILIO (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) arrives at Keeneland (87) as a stakes-placed juvenile in Ireland last year who has progressed well for her new connections this year, notably with her GII Appalachian S. success and a Grade I podium in the Belmont Oaks Invitational. She's out of a High Chaparral half-sister to G1 Hong Kong Cup runner-up Balius (Ire) (Mujahid). She will shortly be followed into the same ring as Hip 91, PEROTAN (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), a sister to G2 Dante S. winner The Foxes (Ire) and half-sister to other accomplished performers in Europe in Matterhorn (Ire) (Raven's Pass) and Bangkok (Ire) (Australia {GB}), not to mention the dam of Ribchester (Ire). This is another pedigree that would really sing back where it started, while the Justify foal she is carrying can work anywhere. She is followed almost immediately (Hip 93) by one with a very similar profile: for PRETTIEST (Ire) is another potential genetic goldmine from Ballydoyle with a maiden cover by Justify. The 4-year-old represents one of the benefits to the breed of a rapprochement between Coolmore and Godolphin, as a daughter of Dubawi (GB) out of triple Group 1 winner Alice Springs (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). A single Group placing does not reflect the promise shown by Prettiest early in her career. Stick around for the next into the ring, too, as PRETTY IN PLUM (Justify) is another to offer the privilege of a conduit into Coolmore royalty as Hip 94: the 3-year-old remains unraced (though offered as a racing or broodmare prospect) but is a valuable commodity anyway as a daughter of the flying juvenile and fertile producer Damson (Ire) (Entrepreneur {GB}). But the same principles arguably apply still more formidably to Hip 95—in a freakish streak for European attention, given the alphabetical distribution of lots—as the unraced PRETTY MILANOVA (American Pharoah) is out of none other than Maryinsky (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), daughter of Blush With Pride (Blushing Groom {Fr}) and herself dam of Group 1 winners September (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Thewayyouare (Kingmambo). With a maiden cover by Uncle Mo, this young lady needs only to be physically presentable to be potentially worth a flight on her own. The hot City Of Troy combination of Justify plus Galileo requires attention a few lots later (Hip 113) for the unraced SEASON TICKET (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who, as a half-sister to champion Tepin (Bernstein), has also qualified for the harem of Ashford's young gun. A cover by Not This Time, meanwhile, is the bonus for THE ALGARVE (Ire) (American Pharoah), who introduces another aristocratic Coolmore family to proceedings at Keeneland as Hip 146. She's out of the Classic winner Imagine (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), who has contributed pretty lavishly to an outstanding European dynasty. Along the same lines we have ABSOLUTELY (Ire) (Uncle Mo), who didn't work out on the track but provides access to the premier European family in the book through her dam, G1 Irish Oaks winner Bracelet (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire})—whose own dam Cherry Hinton (GB) (Green Desert), Group-placed in a light career, of course stands out a half-sister to Galileo (Ire) and Sea The Stars (Ire). Priceless stuff, then, as Hip 173 at Keeneland. Mike Ryan bought HIGHER TRUTH (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) as a Tattersalls yearling and this year she converted serial graded stakes placings into a GII Sheepshead Bay S. score. Hip 241 at Fasig is out of a Group-winning half-sister to the Classic-placed Group 1 winner Wannabe Grand (Ire) (Danehill). The latter also surfaces as half-sister to the second dam of VIAREGGIO (Ire) (Caravaggio), who won a Group 3 in Ireland and reaches Keeneland as Hip 161. A couple of shock winners at Royal Ascot this year draw the eye to the Fasig catalogue. The G2 Norfolk S. stunner Valiant Force (Malibu Moon) sends his unraced dam VIGUI'S HEART (Quality Road) into the ring as Hip 198, in foal to Vekoma. Remember that Quality Road is by Elusive Quality out of a Strawberry Road (Aus) mare! No need to seek far for turf strains in MOQADAMA (Ire), however, as Hip 158: her sire is Dark Angel (Ire) and her dam is by Footstepsinthesand (Ire) out of a half-sister to Bold Edge (GB). Though only a maiden winner herself, Moqadama this summer achieved new stature as a full-sister to the blowout G1 Golden Jubillee S. winner Khaadem (Ire) (as well as to a Norfolk runner-up). Another entitled to redress a limited race record with her genes is MOVING MOON (Ire), who had a light career either side of the water but arrives at Keeneland (75) as a daughter of Galileo (Ire) out of a Group-placed sister to Rock Of Gibraltar. She has not yet had the chance to get going as a broodmare, but hope springs eternal with an Olympiad foal aboard. There are countless other opportunities for Europeans of adequate imagination. MISSONI (Flintshire {GB}), for instance, was a frustrating type that never quite converted her promise into a maiden win, but her dam is a half-sister to Scat Daddy himself and has produced a GII Mother Goose S. runner-up. Who can say what might be achieved by the War Front foal she carries to Keeneland as Hip 64? At the start of the Justify era, however, all these mares with turf resonance should only be the tip of the iceberg. Who knows? In years to come, that kind of short cut will perhaps seem little more than laziness. The post Lexington Calling for European Breeders appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Amo Racing's G1 Champion S. victor King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has been given the go ahead to travel and contest the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita next weekend. According to Amo's Kia Joorabchian, the massive grey is likely for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf, of which the Champion S. was a “Win and You're In” on QIPCO British Champions Day. “We've been monitoring him all week, I've spoken to Roger [Varian] almost every day and I went to see him this week,” Joorabchian told Nick Luck's Daily Podcast on Friday. “To be honest Roger has said the same thing every day, he can't fault him and he's in great shape. He's come out of the race really well. “Roger would always err on the side of caution, but he's very happy with him so he's going to travel today to Santa Anita so fingers crossed he should be running in, I'd say, most probably the Turf, but we haven't completely ruled anything out yet.” The Varian trainee caused a stir when a game second in the G1 Derby behind fellow Turf aspirant Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) earlier this year, and he went on to prevail at Royal Ascot in the G2 King Edward VII S. Later in the summer, the colt was third in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. prior to a fourth in the G1 Irish Champion S. in mid-September. He added, “The reality is, Roger and his team probably feel much more comfortable on the turf, as a 3-year-old I think we would edge towards the Turf. He's never run on dirt and the only factor is if he gets out of the gates a little bit slower he'd get a lot of dirt in his face. That is edging us more towards the Turf. “The jockey [Frankie Dettori] arrived there yesterday, he sent me a video of himself working out.” The post King Of Steel Will Travel To The Breeders’ Cup With the Turf The Likeliest Target appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

At the conclusion of the Wanamaker's October Sale, a total of 26 horses went through the digital ring for a gross of $397,750, which included the site's second highest priced horse sold, the online auction said in a release late Thursday. Offered by trainer Michael Merryman on behalf of The Orebanks, the topper was Bandonarun (Uncle Lino) (hip 48), who went to Bradley Weisbord for $300,000, on behalf of Everett Dosbon. “I am excited to buy her for the Dobson family. We have not bought many for Everett over the years, but we had some early success buying proven runners that went on to win stakes”, said Weisbord. “We are thrilled with the sale of Bandonarun for an impressive $330,000, the second-highest priced horse we have sold,” said Wanamaker's CEO Liza Hendriks. “As we move forward, Wanamaker's is committed to pioneering the future of Thoroughbred auctions in the digital age, connecting buyers and sellers from around the country in an innovative and efficient manner.” The next Wanamaker's mixed sale will occur on Nov. 30, with entries closing on Nov. 20 and the catalogue released on Nov. 22. The first ever Wanamaker's New Jersey-Bred Sale, held in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Breeders' of New Jersey, will take place on Nov. 16, with entries closing on Nov. 6 and the catalogue released on Nov. 8. Click here for more information. The post Wanamaker’s Online October Sale Records Second Highest Individual Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The high-class miler Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}–Modern Eagle {Ger}, by Montjeu {Ire}), bound for Santa Anita's GI Breeders' Cup Mile, has instead been retired directly to Coolmore Stud for the 2024 breeding season due to an elevated temperature and a respiratory infection, the stud announced on Friday. A fee for the Aidan O'Brien trainee will be revealed later. Bred by Dayton Investments, Ltd., the four-time Group 1 winner won his second start as a juvenile, and then proceeded to take his first six races at three, including the top-level Irish 2000 Guineas, St James's Palace S., Eclipse S. and the Sussex S. He was also third in York's G1 International S. A €420,000 Arqana October yearling, Paddington's record stands at 10-7-0-1 and $2,219,337 in earnings. “To do what he did takes a very special horse,” said his trainer Aidan O'Brien. “In terms of his attitude and determination he was very similar to Giant's Causeway but Paddington was a much quicker horse. He had great tactical speed but could quicken off it. He's an unbelievable specimen who stands over an incredible amount of ground. He got physically stronger and heavier from race to race which is a very unusual thing in a thoroughbred.” A half-brother to the multiple stakes-placed Masterpiece (Fr) (Mastercraftman {Ire}), Paddington is the fourth and last reported foal of his dam, the Listed Prix Belle de Nuit heroine Modern Eagle. Herself a half-sister to Listed Vintage Tipple S. heroine and G3 Loughbrown S. third Mighty Blue (Fr) (Authorized {Ire}), Modern Eagle is out of the G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Millionaia (Ire) (Peintre Celebre). Millionaia, in turn, is a half-sister to two black-type horses, anchored by G1 Dewhurst S. second Fencing Master (GB) (Oratorio {Ire}), while their dam is G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Moonlight Dance (Alysheba). This is also the family of G1 Melbourne Cup bridesmaid Heartbreak City (Fr) (Lando {Ger}). French champion and dual Classic winner Madelia (Fr) (Caro {Ire}) is Paddington's great great granddam. The post Respiratory Infection Knocks Paddington Out Of Breeders’ Cup Mile; Retired To Coolmore For 2024 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A group of 39 supplementary entries have been added to next week's Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale (Lots 736–774), including 21 Lots who are eligible for the Goffs Two Million Series, the auction company announced on Friday. This is the last chance for buyers to secure a yearling to compete for a guaranteed minimum prize fund of €2,000,000 in 2024 across the Goffs Million, Goffs 500 and Goffs €50,000 Bonus Series. The supplementary catalogue also offers an opportunity to purchase a contender for next year's Harry's Half Million at York. The Autumn Yearling Sale takes place on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 1-2 and immediately follows the Goffs Autumn Horses In Training Sale, which takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 31. To view the catalogue, including the supplements, visit the Goffs website. The post 39 Supplements Added to Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Marty Maline, the former executive director of the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association, is the recipient of the 2023 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horsemen's of the Year Award presented by the Louisville-based Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners, the organization said in a release Friday morning. The Warner Jones award recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to Kentucky racing and sharing the passion exemplified by its namesake. Maline, who ranked among the country's most-respected executive directors of any racing organization, will be feted at the KTO's annual awards dinner, Saturday Nov. 18 at the Kentucky Derby Museum. “The biggest part is that with the people I have known and respected who have received that award, it was very touching to me and I'm really honored that they would even consider me,” Maline said. “Many, many years ago somebody told me 'This isn't your position; this is your life.' And he was right.” For more information on the event, contact Marlene Meyer at 502-458-5820 and click here for a list of past winners. The post Former Kentucky HBPA Chief Marty Maline Wins Warner Jones Award appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article