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Dullingam Park Stud, which is home to stallions Shaquille and Soldier's Call, has been rebranded as Ace Stud by Yulong Investments. Yulong's young stallion Shaquille and Soldier's Call, who has already made a promising start to his career at stud, will continue to stand at Ace Stud. Yulong had already been signing for new purchases under Ace Stud and spent 645,000gns on three mares at the July Sale at Tattersalls under that banner. Ace Stud will welcome breeders to to see the stallions during the Tattersalls December Sales. The post Yulong Investments Rebrands Dullingham Park As Ace Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 8, 2-year-old first-time starter Aye Eye bumped the gate at the break, broke slowly, lagged 19 1/2 lengths behind, and ran one of the most impressive races of the summer meeting.View the full article

What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Tuesday, August 12, 2025 First Race 1:20pm AEST Visit Dabble Racing returns to Hawkesbury Race Club on Tuesday afternoon, with a competitive seven-part program set to start at 1:20pm AEST. The rail moves out +5m between the 1100m to 450m pole, while the remainder is in the true position. The track is rated a Heavy 8 at the time of acceptances, and with a clear forecast in the lead-up, participants could be racing on a Soft 7 surface come race-day morning. Best Bet at Hawkesbury: Patissier Patissier brings the right profile for a provincial Class 1: progressive, race-fit, and fresh off breaking the maiden in good style. The Proisir gelding has a neat tactical turn of foot and maps to park midfield with cover from barrier 9 before angling into the better ground late. While untried on heavy, he’s handled soft going and his action suggests he’ll cope with the ground. Zac Lloyd sticks, and this looks no deeper than his last-start win at Kembla Grange; if Patissier repeats that last 600m, he should put them away again. Best Bet Race 3 – #1 Patissier (9) 4yo Gelding | T: John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | J: Zac Lloyd (59kg) Next Best at Hawkesbury: Sirius Legend Sirius Legend has been knocking on the door and finds a winnable 1500m maiden. He’s produced two tidy runs since joining the Freedman yard and now draws to get the right smother before launching with Tommy Berry. His form on soft tracks reads well, and a recent Heavy 9 trial suggests he’ll get through the ground. With the likely tempo from several on-pace types, he can blend in from the draw and be strongest late. Stable placement looks spot-on to convert him to a winner at start four. Next Best Race 4 – #5 Sirius Legend (9) 4yo Horse | T: Anthony & Sam Freedman | J: Tommy Berry (59kg) Best Value at Hawkesbury: Dalio Dalio is the each-way play in the Midway. He’s rock-hard fit, draws gate 1 to camp right behind the speed, and crucially, he handles deep ground (4:0-1-2 on heavy; soft win at 1850m). His recent runs read better than they look on paper, finding the line in a strong Warwick Farm BM64 on Heavy 9 before another honest effort at Kembla. Up to 1800m suits, he drops into a race where many rivals have queries at trip or surface. With Deanne Panya to nurse him through the cut-up lanes, he’s value to salute in the closer. Best Value Race 7 – #7 Dalio (1) 5yo Gelding | T: Steve Englebrecht | J: Deanne Panya (57.5kg) Tuesday quaddie tips for Hawkesbury Hawkesbury quadrella selections August 12, 2025 2-5 3-6-7-8 1-2-4-6-8 1-2-3-7-6 Horse racing tips View the full article

Hugh Bowman won leading rider honours at the Shergar Cup for the second time at Ascot on Saturday with a winner and two placings. The 45-year-old went over to the Shergar Cup – a team-based event for riders from around the globe – alongside Karis Teetan to represent the Rest of the World team with US jockey Katie Davis. Bowman made his Shergar Cup debut in 2007, winning his first Silver Saddle, and 18 years later he made the best possible start when riding the Richard Fahey-trained Vintage...View the full article

The Hayes brothers plan on continuing their stranglehold on the Gr.2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, having won the past three editions of the race. The Hayes brothers’ mainstay Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) took out the race in 2022 and 2023. Last year, they handed the baton over to Gentleman Roy (So You Think) who continued his good winter form when he defeated Pinstriped (Street Boss). Ben Hayes has confidence that four-year-old Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto) can keep their streak going in the race. “He trialled really well at Flemington the other day. He’s ready to go and you will like what you see,” Hayes said. The four-year-old gelding last raced when he took out the Gr.2 Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick on April 5. The stable will also be represented by Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking), who will be attempting to emulate Gentleman Roy and win as an eight-year-old gelding. He also pleased connections with his recent jumpout performance at Flemington. Here The Shock, the winner of A$2.8 million last raced in March when he finished second in the Gr.1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m). View the full article

Graeme and Debbie Rogerson are dreaming of the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) once more with their multiple Group One winner Sharp ‘N’ Smart following his pleasing trial outing at Te Rapa on Saturday. The former New Zealand Horse of the Year finished fourth in a star-studded line-up over 1000m, which was taken out by Group One performer Alabama Lass. The six-year-old son of Redwood competed in last year’s Melbourne Cup but was a shadow of his former self according to Graeme Rogerson, but the Hamilton horseman is buoyed by the way his gelding has returned following a decent spell. “He went a couple of nice races (last season),” Rogerson said. “He ran third in the Moonee Valley Gold Cup (Gr.2, 2500m) and Manawatu Challenge Stakes (Gr.2, 1400m), but he wasn’t the same as he was as a three-year-old, so we gave him a really long spell. “Bailey (Rogerson, jockey) said he wanted to be a racehorse on Saturday, he wanted to go to the line, and I am very happy with the horse’s work.” Rogerson is hoping Sharp ‘N’ Smart has returned to his three-year-old form, which netted three Group One victories and a New Zealand Horse of the Year crown, with the hope of getting to the Melbourne Cup once more. “He is probably going to kick-off in the Foxbridge Plate (Gr.2, 1200m),” Rogerson said. “He is going to be nominated for the Melbourne Cup. He will run here and run in the Livamol Classic (Gr.1, 2040m) and then we will look to whether we go to the Melbourne Cup or not.” Meanwhile, stablemate Prosper is eyeing her first tilt at stakes level in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka. The three-year-old daughter of Ferrando showed plenty of promise when winning on debut on the Cambridge synthetic last month, and Rogerson has high hopes for her this spring. “I like Prosper, I think she is a very nice filly,” Rogerson said. “We will head to the (New Zealand) 1000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) with her, and she will either run on Saturday in the Northern Breeders’ Stakes or at Taupo on Sunday.” Rogerson also has big ambitions with another daughter of Ferrando, Skymax. The now four-year-old mare was knocking on the door in her three-year-old term and Rogerson is hoping she can measure up to weight-for-age company this season, nominating her for all three legs of the triple crown. “Skymax is going have another trial before racing, I am happy with her,” he said. “She was just below (the better three-year-old fillies), she ran fourth in the Oaks (Gr.1, 2400m). “She will certainly be very competitive in the mares races and I think she could measure up to Group company. She has always shown me plenty but has just been a little immature.” Fellow four-year-old Just As Sharp also pleased in his three-year-old term, winning the Listed Trevor and Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) and placing in the Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) and Gr.3 Manawatu Classic 2100m), and ran fourth in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). He is currently enjoying a long spell and Rogerson said he won’t be sighted on raceday until next year. “Just As Sharp won’t be seen out until after Christmas, he is having a good break,” he said. “I think he is a very good horse.” View the full article

Late bloomer Jethro Tull sparked another family celebration when he doubled his winning tally at Te Rapa. He is trained by Brent Gillovic, who bred and races him with son Kurtis and their patience was further rewarded with a game front-running victory over 1200 metres, his second on the Hamilton course. “He’s had a lot of niggling issues and growing pains and finally, in his last three starts, he’s done what we always thought he could,” said Highview principal Gillovic. The five-year-old had posted consecutive placings ahead of Saturday’s success in the hands of Vinnie Colgan. “We were pretty confident going into it, he had raced in better fields at his previous two starts,” Gillovic said. “He just loves it wet and can run times through bad ground, we made a gear change with a tongue tie and that’s made a world of difference as well.” Jethro Tull is a son of resident Highview stallion Wrote and the Lonhro mare Flute, a half-sister to multiple Hong Kong stakes winner and Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) placegetter Ain’t Here. “Kurtis and I bought her at the Magic Millions, we hadn’t set out to buy her, but she was a grouse mare that went for $14,000 and not a bad pedigree,” Gillovic said. “We’ve got a brother to Jethro who’s just turned two and is a different style of horse, he’s had a prep and having a rest before we bring him back in.” Their sire Wrote’s flagship performers to date have been Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Pulchritudinous, multiple Australian Group winner Wrote To Arataki and Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) winner and Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) runner-up Best Seller. The Group One-winning son of High Chaparral, who has also made his mark in Hong Kong with eight winners from 11 representatives, is again likely to be well supported. “He’ll probably cover a 100, but it is a bit quieter than last year with the others,” Gillovic said. “Mr Mozart only has to look at them and they get in foal, last year he covered 89 and I’m picking he’ll get his numbers again.” Also standing at Highview is Proisir’s brother Divine Prophet and Santos, sire of Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) winner Ulanova. Divine Prophet finished 23rd on last season’s Australian sires’ list in terms of wins with 90 from the last number (175) or runners with three at stakes level. See You In Heaven won the Gr.3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m), Fortunate Kiss the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) and Generosity the Listed Gwynne Classic (1400m). The Yulong-owned See You In Heaven has since relocated from South Australia to Matt Lauries’s Victorian stable while Generosity has moved from Perth to champion trainer Chris Waller. Highview will offer Divine Prophet’s first New Zealand conceived crop at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale in January. “He’s a good-looking horse and we’ve got some beautiful yearlings here,” Gillovic said. View the full article

Global sensation Rebel’s Romance won his eighth Group One by regaining the Grosser Preis von Berlin (2,400m) at Hoppegarten on Sunday. Charlie Appleby’s seven-year-old won four top-level races last year, - including the Group One Champions & Chater Cup (2,400m) at Sha Tin, - and has shown no signs of decline this campaign. Sent off as the $1.2 favourite after a pair of Group Two wins and a close Group One third at Ascot on his prior start, Rebel’s Romance was always travelling best under Billy...View the full article

After several starts that showed a promising future, Flying Dutchmen's Big Truzz put it altogether Aug. 10 for a dominant seven-length win in the $300,000 Ellis Park Derby.View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The buzz from last week's select sale clearly carried into the new week, with the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale powering through its opening session Sunday night in Saratoga. During the session, 64 yearlings grossed $8,338,000 for an average of $130,281 and a median of $105,000. Those figures were well ahead of last year's opening session, when 66 head sold for $6,860,000 for an average of $103,939 and a median of $89,000. They were also ahead of last year's cumulative average of $104,178 and median of $85,000. “It was an outstanding opening session of the New York-bred yearling sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “The positive momentum from the Saratoga [select] sale last week clearly continued tonight. It's really a result of having an improved quality of horses on the sales grounds, both in terms of pedigrees and physical conformation. The quality of the New York-breds that we are exposed to in our inspection process continues to improve each and every year. And that is indicated by the results tonight. The sale started off very, very strong and it ended very, very strong. It was a very good night.” A pair of fillies selling within minutes of each other provided the highlights of the evening, with a filly by Early Voting selling for $525,000 to the bid of Megan Jones, as agent for Sabby and Gargan Racing, just two hips after Jacob West, bidding on behalf of Repole Stable, went to $500,000 for a daughter of Practical Joke. The yearling market got off to a strong start with the Fasig-Tipton July Sale last month and has only gotten hotter in Saratoga over the last week. West sited a confluence of factors–from a smaller foal crop, to tax incentives and the lucrative New York-bred program–for the strength of the market. “Supply and demand,” West said of the demand for quality yearlings. “And I think the new tax bill, with the accelerated depreciation, is encouraging for a lot of people. And running for open company money with these New York-breds–it's a smaller pool that you are playing in, but you see what they are doing [at the racetrack] across the street, it's great.” With just a third of its catalogue offered during Sunday's session, there is still plenty of action expected Monday at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion. “We aren't even at half time,” Browning said. “In hockey terms, we are through the first period. We have two more periods to go. It was a very, very encouraging start. It gives continued confidence in the marketplace. It's not just the very elite level that we saw last week. There were very encouraging results today. Our July yearling sale had encouraging results. I think it should provide confidence in the marketplace as we continue throughout the yearling process, which should hopefully translate into the mixed sales in October and November. It's kind of fun selling horses right now.” Monday's session of the New York-bred sale begins at noon. Early Voting Filly Draws a Crowd Bloodstock agent Megan Jones, bidding alongside Hal Mintz of Sabby Racing and trainer Danny Gargan, went to a session-topping $525,000 to secure a filly from the first crop of GI Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting (Gun Runner) (hip 331) Sunday night in Saratoga. Consigned by Jonathan Thorne's Thorndale Farm, the bay is out of Owl Moon (Ghostzapper) and is a half-sister to stakes-placed Blue Strike (Smart Strike). “She's beautiful,” said Mintz. “We thought she was the best one in the whole sale. We didn't really want to get into a bidding contest with Mr. [Tom] McCrocklin, but that's what happens now. The market is really hot. And when people see a really nice filly, it can get a little out of control, even at the New York-bred sale. We are happy to have her. I think there will be a couple of partners that Danny will bring to the table. Hopefully, we will be excited come next summertime.” Jones added, “We thought she was the best filly in the sale. Amazing body and walk, a great physical. She had a lot of Gun Runner in her. We just loved her.” Thorne purchased the filly for $150,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton New York Mixed Sale. “She was just a beautifully made filly,” Thorne said when asked what had attracted him to the filly last fall. “She just got bigger. She stayed all the same proportions. She never had a bad day. She was just a really classy, beautiful horse. The people who bought her got a great horse.” Of the filly's final price, Thorne added, “I wasn't sure. I knew a lot of people on the sales grounds loved her, so it was basically who was going to step up and really want her. That was fantastic. I thought the sale was going to be strong for the good ones and she was one of the really good ones.” Practical Joke to Repole A New York-bred filly by Practical Joke (hip 329) will be joining Mike Repole's Repole Stable after bloodstock agent Jacob West signed the ticket at $500,000 Sunday night in Saratoga. The dark bay filly, consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, is out of Our Hope Diamond (Gemologist), who is a half-sister to graded winner Inside Straight (Super Saver). “Quite frankly, she was just a horse that looked fast and precocious,” West, who was sitting alongside Repole's bloodstock advisor Eddie Rosen during the bidding, said of the yearling. “The added bonus is that she's a New York-bred with the added incentive that they are going to be running for open level purses. It was a lot of money to give for her, but she was worth it.” The filly was purchased by Hunter Valley's pinhooking partnership for $62,500 at last year's Fasig-Tipton New York Mixed Sale. “We were blown away,” Hunter Valley's Fergus Galvin said of Sunday's result. “She was a special filly who showed like a champion up here for three days. Never turned a hair. Her last show was as good as her first show. But not in our wildest dreams did we think she would get to those numbers. She had a ton of vet action. A ton of people were on her, but it's not like the last [select] sale. You have to keep your expectations in tow a little bit.” Galvin agreed the strength of last week's select sale seemed to have carried into the New York-bred sale Sunday. “I think there was definitely a knock on from it,” he said. “I am sure there were a lot of orders left unfilled from the last sale. It's been a vibrant [yearling] market. It started off at Fasig July and on to the select sale here and we are already seeing the first hour starting here is very strong. This has been a whirlwind of an hour really.” 'One of the Greatest Pinhooks of All Time': Tiz the Law Filly Rewards Benjamin, Hynes Blaise Benjamin and Charles Hynes were up in Saratoga last fall for the Fasig-Tipton New York Mixed Sale as part of their official jobs with Ashford Stud when they found a weanling filly by the farm's young stallion Tiz the Law. They put together some partners on the filly and were shocked to get her for just $1,000. They were shocked again when the filly sold for $170,000 when led back through the ring Sunday night. “It was one of those things that was right time, right place,” Benjamin said. “We were up here for the sale last year, just looking at all the Ashford stallions. We like to get an eye on all our new stallions. She was actually the first horse that we looked at, it was myself and Charles Hynes. She wasn't the biggest, but she wasn't small by any means. Put it this way, we were prepared to give a little bit more than $1,000 for her.” Recalling last year's auction, Benjamin said, “When she was going to the ring, I had seen another shrewd pinhooker walking into the ring. And I wondered if he was on her, so I followed him in just to be sure we weren't bidding against each other. He went the other way and my phone started ringing and it was Charles outside and he said, 'Don't bid. That's me at $1,000.' And I said, 'Are we sure we are on the right horse? Or did we miss something on the vet report?'” The filly is out of Queen of Diamonds (Uncle Mo), an unraced full-sister to Grade I winner Unbridled Mo and a half to graded winner Unbridled Essence (Essence of Dubai). “She went to Killora Stud to Hannah and Aidan Jennings and they had her looking like $1 million,” Benjamin said. “Tiz the Law hit at the right time for us. We are big believers in Tiz the Law. “I'm not going to say I was expecting $170,000. She was an excellent mover, the pedigree was there. The stars aligned. But did I expect that? No.” The filly was consigned by Hunter Valley Farm. “That's incredible,” Hunter Valley's Fergus Galvin said. “We are all up here, all of us so-called judges, and we all missed her. There was nothing wrong her [last year]. Tiz the Law has turned into an exceptional stallion. And she did very well physically. She was quite babyish last year. But that has to go down as one of the greatest pinhooks of all time.” Benjamin said the partners aim to pinhook a small number of horses each year. “We try to do five or six and we have a couple of mares as well,” he said. “It's a tough game. You just have to take the good with the bad because unfortunately there are a lot of lows, but when you have a high like this, it makes up for a lot of it. There is no buzz in the world like it.” The post ‘Fun Selling Horses Right Now’: Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Sale Off to Flying Start appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After her dominant 15 1/2-length win in the July 19 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), Scottish Lassie is being pointed to the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing Sept. 20.View the full article

Although her Aug. 10 breeze didn't go exactly as planned, trainer Kenny McPeek got what he needed out of Thorpedo Anna ahead of the Aug. 23 Personal Ensign Stakes (G1).View the full article

Baoma Corp's Himika scored a dominating 4 1/4 length win in the $150,500 Sorrento Stakes (G3) Aug. 10 at Del Mar, giving trainer Bob Baffert his ninth win in the race.View the full article

Byerley Park trainers Grant Cooksley and Bruce Wallace had a strong representation in Saturday’s star-studded 1000m trial at Te Rapa, and they are hoping a big spring is instore for their quartet of triallers. Sacred Satono was the first stable runner home, running third behind trial winner Alabama Lass, and his connections are hoping he can strike early in Group assignments in the coming weeks. “He went along alright and did what he had to do,” Cooksley said. “It will bring him on a bit. “We might run him in the Foxbridge (Gr.2, 1200m, at Te Rapa on Saturday week) and then the Proisir Plate (Gr.1, 1400m). He ran third in it (Proisir Plate) last year (when run as the Tarzino Trophy) and he goes well at Ellerslie, so he should be there somewhere.” Stablemate Meaningful Star is heading in the same direction and Cooksley said he was happy enough with the nine-year-old’s trial despite finishing last. The former Hong Kong galloper struck early in his New Zealand career, winning over a mile at Ellerslie second-up in October before returning to the Auckland venue a month later, repeating the result in the Gr.3 Great Northern Challenge Stakes (1600m). Cooksley has been pleased with the way the son of Pivotal has returned, but said they are mindful of his age and will play his spring campaign by ear. “Meaningful Star worked around (on Saturday),” Cooksley said. “He might go the Foxbridge Plate, we will just see how he goes. We will just take it as it comes with him, he is getting a bit old.” Stayers Son of Sun and Trust in You finished sixth and seventh respectively in Saturday’s trial, and Cooksley is happy with their progression heading into spring. Son of Sun began the year with a bang when winning the Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, and his trainers are hopeful of their gelding returning to that form later this spring when he likely contests the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) and Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m). “Son of Sun trialled well and he is a bit stronger this year,” Cooksley said. “He is in the last two (legs of the triple crown), but we will just see how he is coming up.” Trust In You had a busy spring last term, with four starts in Australia, including a 17th placed run in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). A return across the Tasman is in the offing, but will unlikely include a tilt at the coveted two-mile feature. “He trialled well too,” Cooksley said. “We will see how he comes up, but we are thinking more about Sydney.” View the full article

A decision to bypass the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) a fortnight ago paid dividends for the connections of Pride Of Aspen on Sunday, as the mare went three in a row in the Free Court (2100m) at Hawera. The seven-year-old was prepared for the majority of her career by training partners Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard, and when the former took a step back from training last term, she moved north to Cambridge with Wynyard. Wynyard identified suitable races for her in the Central Districts through this winter, and after placing and winning in her first two attempts at Otaki, she remained at the course in Benner’s care, and added another victory prior to Sunday’s contest. Benner had considered heading to Christchurch seven days later for the National Week feature, but after opting to stay closer to home, Pride Of Aspen looked beautifully placed in a five-horse field, where she was a deserved favourite in the hands of apprentice Amber Riddell. The mare jumped positively to sit outside leader Rua Rocks, who ensured the compact field would stream along at a decent tempo. Riddell pressed on to get on terms with Rua Rocks turning for home and Pride Of Aspen was in front a long way out, but she showed her tenacity to fend off the late challenge of a game Verry Flash and Dancin In The Dark. Benner was pleased to get the result he’d expected of his charge. “It was probably a bit of a nothing race really, but we went there expecting to win and she won, so it was good,” he said. “There wasn’t much around for her, so it was a nice race to fill the hole. “It was a big ask for a seven-day back-up and rising in class again (in the Winter Cup), and we think she’s probably better suited to the 2000m, so opted to keep her up here and get a few more runs out of her, rather than going down there and that be the last run. “She’s an eight-win mare now, so she’s done a good job and we’re very happy. “We’ll possibly go to Wanganui in two or three weeks’ time for an Open 2100 there.” A daughter of Pride Of Dubai, Pride Of Aspen was bred by Millburn Creek Stud in New South Wales and purchased for A$120,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale by Aspen Bloodstock. She has now accumulated more than $177,000, with eight wins from 35 appearances. The mare was one of four winners for Benner last term, having presented just 11 starters to the races. He enjoyed having some time away from the demands of full-time training, but ultimately, the love of the sport kept him involved. “It was good to have a break, I needed to take a step back for a few reasons, but the love for the game never goes,” he said. “Once you’re in racing, you’re stuck in it for life I think. “I’ve got an awesome little team of horses, I’m planning on training around 10 or 12 this year. I’ve been very selective, just having a small operation and keeping that work-life balance. “That’s my plan going forward.” View the full article

Group One performer Faraglioni recorded one of her biggest moments on the track when runner-up in last year’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), but she won’t feature in the renamed Proisir Plate at Ellerslie next month. The now seven-year-old daughter of El Roca has been retired to the broodmare paddock after injuring a suspensory ligament in June. “She was getting ready for that fillies and mares race at Tauranga (Listed Tauranga Classic) over 1400m at the end of June, but she tweaked a suspensory 10 days before that,” trainer Josh Shaw said. “We just did the best thing by the horse rather than trying to get her up and going again.” Bred by Curraghmore principal Gordon Cunningham and Arkle Bloodstock’s Demi O’Byrne, Faraglioni was entrusted to the care of Levin-based Shaw and she took the trio on a great ride. She won on debut as a three-year-old over 1400m at Hastings and went on to record a further four victories in her 28 subsequent starts. While she failed to record and elusive stakes victory, she featured prominently in a number of the country’s topflight contests, including a golden run two years ago where she posted consecutive runner-up performances in the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m), Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), and Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m). She would go onto post the same result in last year’s Tarzino Trophy and Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m). Shaw said Faraglioni came along at a great time, picking up the baton from the stable’s former star, Group Two winner Hinepara. “It was great to have her come along quite quickly after Hinepara to keep us out there,” he said. “She was pretty good. She had a great run two years ago, including the Group One placing in the TAB Classic, and to go to Hastings and to be as competitive as she was in the Tarzino was pretty awesome. “She was second on five occasions in Group Ones and Group Twos, which is a pretty good effort, but she just couldn’t crack that Group One victory, which was unfortunate for her. “We have just got to try and find another one if we can now.” Shaw said Faraglioni has retired to Curraghmore in the Waikato and is set to head across the Tasman where she has a date with Coolmore stallion City Of Troy. “She has gone back to Gordon (Cunningham, Curraghmore principal),” Shaw said. “Speaking with Gordon, I think he has ambitions of sending her to Australia to go to City Of Troy. It will be pretty exciting to see what she leaves to him.” While Shaw has lost his stable star, he is excited about the future with her U S Navy Flag half-sister Chart The Stars. “She has been back in a month now and I’ll look to trial her at Foxton next week. We will head there and then sort out a campaign for her,” he said. “She has got an abundance of ability, but just at the moment the brain is a bit quicker than the feet. Once her brain slows down enough for her feet to be able to keep up, she will be right there. “She has the same sort of temperament as Faraglioni, but they are chalk and cheese physically. She is a lovely filly.” View the full article

Bill Mott is not known for sophomore turf sprinters, but the Hall of Famer sent out Juddmonte's Spiced Up to an upset win Aug. 10 in the $175,000 Mahony Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

After having a successful first breeze on turf in :49.70 on the Oklahoma Training Track Aug. 10, the plan is for Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Sandman to switch surfaces and compete in the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T) at Kentucky Downs Aug. 30.View the full article

After several starts that showed a promising future, Flying Dutchmen's Big Truzz put it altogether Aug. 10 for a dominant seven-length win in the $300,000 Ellis Park Derby.View the full article

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Sajir added a first win in the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) Aug. 10 to the glittering career haul of trainer Andre Fabre, who also trained Sajir's sire Make Believe for owner-breeder Prince Faisal. View the full article

Pennsylvania native Dominique Damico has been a horsewoman all her life, riding hunters and jumpers. Her already impressive career reached new heights Aug. 9 when a colt she bred—Diciassette won the Proud Man Stakes at Gulfstream Park.View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Trainer Kenny McPeek wanted 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) to work during her work on Sunday morning. And that is what she did. Maybe a little bit more The charismatic 4-year-old, ridden by Luis Rivera Jr., stepped onto the Oklahoma Training Track just after 7:30 a.m. and did her thing. Working with stablemate Midnight Concerto (Mendelssohn) and Danny Ramsey, Thorpedo Anna went five furlongs in 1:01.80 (3/11). However, the work had a wrench tossed into it when Midnight Concerto far in front of Thorpedo Anna, which was not by design. “The workmate was supposed to be four or five lengths in front and Danny [Ramsey] got a little extended,” McPeek said back at his barn. “But they engaged at the three-furlong pole, and it actually worked out ok. She needed a workmate, and she got it and she got it to the wire. But no, it wasn't exactly as we planned.” Midnight Concerto was clocked in 1:03.10. McPeek is targeting Thorpedo Anna to the GI, $500,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 23, Travers Day. If all goes well there, Thorpedo Anna, owned by Brookdale Racing Inc., Mark Edwards, Judy B. Hicks, and Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek), will then be pointed to the GI, $650,000 Spinster Stakes on Oct. 5 at Keeneland. And then back to the Breeders' Cup. A year ago, Thorpedo Anna won the GI Distaff to complete a season with six wins in seven starts, the only loss coming against the boys (Fierceness (City of Light) in the GI Travers Stakes. What race she goes in this year depends on how she does in the next two. The choices would be a return to the Distaff or a try against the boys in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. “It's too early,” McPeek said about a Breeders' Cup decision. “We'll think about it (Classic). She would really have to romp in these next two. But I don't expect it to be easy. There will be good fillies in the Personal Ensign.” McPeek also said that he was encouraged with Mystic Dan's (Goldencents) fourth-place finish in Saturday's GI Arlington Million Stakes at Colonial. “He ran respectable, if you like being fourth,” he said. “We wanted to run a little bit better than that, but he has been a real good horse. He has overachieved all his life and I think it was worth the try. At the head of the lane, it looked like he was going to win.” McPeek said that Mystik Dan, owned by Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing LLC, Daniel Hamby III and Valley View Farm LLC, may ship back to Kentucky from Colonial. A final decision on where he goes will come when McPeek decides where his next start will be. Sandman Takes to Grass, Will Head to Kentucky Downs That didn't take long. After watching his 3-year-old Sandman (Tapit) work on the grass–for the first time–Sunday, Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse is sending the colt into the deep end of the pool. After wrestling with the idea of running Sandman in the $1 million GI Pennsylvania Derby at Parx next month, Casse nixed that idea. Instead, Sandman will head southwest to Kentucky Downs and be pointed to the GIII, $3.5 million Nashville Derby at 1 5/16 miles on Aug. 30. “The only way we weren't doing it was if I wasn't happy today,” Casse said at his barn on the Saratoga main track. “I was very happy with him. More importantly, he was very happy. He was like a kid in a candy store.” Sandman, with jockey Jose Ortiz on board, worked four furlongs in :49.70 (21/76) on the turf course at the Oklahoma Training Track. In his last start, Sandman was a non-threatening fifth in the five-horse GII Jim Dandy Stakes by Sovereignty (Into Mischief). In six starts this year, he has one win (GI Arkansas Derby) and was also seventh in the GI Kentucky Derby and third in the GI Preakness Stakes. Casse said that he and Ortiz–who has ridden Sandman in five of his 11 career starts–had an idea the horse would take to the grass. They went into the work with the plan that he would not be doing a lot, just enough. “He did everything the right way,” Ortiz said. “We wanted to go an easy half. It seemed like he was having fun.” Casse was hopeful that he would see good things from Sandman, owned by D J Stable, St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and J Stables on the grass. He is out of the Distorted Humor mare Distorted Music and is a half-brother to She Can't Sing (Bernardini), who won three stakes races on grass. “We had a pretty good idea,” said Casse, who added that Sandman would likely work on the grass next week. “We've been doing this for a little while. Let's put it this way: I would have been shocked and disappointed if he didn't get over it because every indication, he has ever given me was that he would like grass.” Scottish Lassie Waiting for Cotillion There was no surprise Sunday morning when trainer Jorge Abreu said that Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) was definitely going to skip Saturday's GI, $600,000 Alabama Stakes and wait for the GI, $1 million Cotillion at Parx on Sept. 20. “I just have to give her the time,” Abreu said at his Saratoga barn Sunday morning after Scottish Lassie worked four furlongs in 50.99 on the Oklahoma with Hall of Fame jockey Josel Rosario up. “The work was good. I told Rosario to go in 50 and she went in 50 4/5. Nice and smooth.” Sunday's work was her first since romping to a 15 ½-length win in the GI Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga on July 19. Abreu was not going to go to the Alabama with just one work. “Even though she won the last race by 15 lengths, I think it took a little bit out of her,” Abreu said. “I wasn't seeing her doing the same things that I saw her doing before the Coaching Club. This breeze will put her back to where I want her to be.” Abreu said he never thought about the Alabama after the Coaching Club American Oaks romp. Steve Weston of Parkland Thoroughbreds, who owns Scottish Lassie along with Sportsmen Stable, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Abreu, said the original plan was to point to the Alabama, not the Coaching Club American Oaks. “We were going to wait for the Alabama, but we felt there would be a small field in the Coaching Club (there was, four) and Jorge thought she was ready,” Weston said. “Once we went to that plan, even though the Alabama was our original goal, we decided to skip it and go to the Cotillion.” Scottish Lassie has one win in three starts this year. She has given Abreu, a former assistant to Chad Brown, both of his career Grade I wins. She also won the GI Frizette last year. The post Saratoga Notebook, Presented by NYRA: Thorpedo Anna Getting Ready for Personal Ensign appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Though she wasn't exactly perfect leaving the gate in her career debut Sunday, Carmel Coast (Omaha Beach) did everything else right in the fifth race at Saratoga Race Course. With a 5 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 maiden special weight contest for 2-year-old fillies, Carmel Coast was an emphatic best-in-class performer. Runner-up Lovely Christina (Vekoma) was 10 1/2 lengths in front of third-place filly, Essential Coffee (Nyquist). Carmel Beach and jockey Kendrick Carmouche reached the wire in 1:17.25 and paid $12.20. The Legion Bloodstock team identified and purchased Carmel Coast for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton July sale, put together the partnership it heads that includes MHM Stables, longtime NBA executive Ed Stefanski and William Conlin and turned her over to trainer Whit Beckman. “This filly has always trained very well for us in the spring at Keeneland and bringing her up here,” Beckman said. “Kendrick has been working her up to this race and he loved her. We've always seen a lot of talent in the morning and we're just glad she just came out and showed it this afternoon.” Carmel Coast broke slightly to her left, recovered quickly and was in front after about 100 yards. She was never threatened thereafter. She had the 5 1/2-length lead by the top of the stretch, Carmouche kept her to the task at hand and he cruised to the decisive victory. The Legion partners, Travis Durr, Kristian Villante and Kyle Zorn, celebrated the score with Beckman in the winner's circle. They are in town for the Fasig-Tipton sales and the Keeneland September Sale will start the fourth year of their business together. Villante said a few factors contributed to their decision to buy the filly, who was bred by Hunter Valley Farm. “She was just a very well-balanced filly,” Villante said. “Travis actually had some of the family early on, so we kind of familiar with it. We've always liked Omaha Beach, and she's just a beautiful filly, as you saw here. The July Sale, we always think we get very good value down there, so we were happy to add her.” Caramel Coast's connections | Sarah Andrew Villante also said she has a beautiful head and is very athletic. “She's very straightforward,” Villante said. “From the time we broke her and Whit and his team have had her, she is what she is.” While Beckman was confident going in, the ease of her victory was a surprise. “I expected her to run well,” he said. “When they go on to win by open lengths you're always a little bit grateful that you've got one that's going to turn into a race horse. We want them all to win like that. When they do, it's just one of those, 'Yeah, we'll take it.'” Beckman said Carmouche was showing him the right signs when he and Carmel Coast turned for home. “Kendrick looked too comfortable,” Beckman said. “I was thinking we're in pretty good shape, honestly. just watching Kendrick's body language. He knew he had it won. Carmel Coast struck Beckman as being physically and emotionally mature for a young horse. “She's always been pretty precocious,” he said. “She's been about this size since she came in, and she just worked right through. She hasn't missed a beat. She's just one that was ready to be a 2-year-old and showcased it today in the right place to do it.” Carmel Coast wins on debut in style in R5 at Saratoga! @kendrickcarmou1 was up for trainer Whit Beckman! pic.twitter.com/yMuxvhoHh4 — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 10, 2025 5th-Saratoga, $100,000, Msw, 8-10, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:17.25, ft, 5 1/2 lengths. CARMEL COAST (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Carmel Beauty, by Arch) went off at 5-1 odds to lead the field after initially breaking inwardly but recovering well. Sailing through a half in :46.21 with Lovely Christina (Vekoma) never far behind, she was in no danger turning for home and only increased her margin in the lane to win by 5 1/2 lengths. Her longtime shadow finished a clear second and it was over 10 lengths back to third. The victress is a half-sister to Senor Testaferro (Midnight Storm), Ch. 2-year-old Colt-PR, SW-PR, $103,248 and three other winning elder siblings. She has a yearling full-sister and a 2025 half-brother by Olympiad. Carmel Beauty was bred to Whelen Springs for 2026. Sales history: $40,000 Ylg '24 KEEJAN; $120,000 Ylg '24 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $55,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Legion Racing, MHM Stables LLC, Ed Stefanski and William Conlin; B-Hunter Valley Farm (KY); T-D. Whitworth Beckman. The post Saratoga Maidens, presented by Keeneland: Much the Best Caramel Coast Easily Earns Maiden Special Diploma appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article