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Listed Excelsior Stakes-placed Masmak (Vino Rosso), consigned by ELiTE as agent, was sold for $375,000 after the conclusion of the Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age sale, and is officially the auction topper, Keeneland announced Saturday afternoon. Changing hands to Cromwell Bloodstock, the chestnut is out of GSP Nite In Rome (Harlan's Holiday), making him a half-brother to 'TDN Rising Star' MGSW Three Technique (Mr Speaker) and MSW & MGSP Stan the Man (Broken Vow). With the new sale, the results have been updated as follows: 47 horses sold for $4,329,000, up 7 per cent from last year's gross of $3,940,000 when 54 sold. The average rose 27 per cent from $72,963 to $92,106 while the media rose 69 per cent to $65,000 from last year's mark of $38,5000. ELiTE was the auction's leading consignor with all 25 of their horses selling for a gross of $2.3-million–representing 53 per cent of the sale's total gross–and an average of $92,000 as well as a median of $65,000. “Although digital sales might have impacted the entire sale's gross numbers offered at Keeneland's April live sale, we were able to offer and sell our biggest and best draft to date at this sale this year,” ELiTE's Brad Weisbord said. “You can't beat the atmosphere of a live sale, and that will generally align with a very high clearance rate. It's safer and more fun to shop at and attend live sales. This was a win-win for everyone. It's what we are all about–pleasing both buyers and sellers.” A recap of the sale, and ELiTE's results, may be found here. The post Masmak Sells for $375,000 Post-Sale to Top Keeneland April Selected HORA Auction appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Arcadia Michigan Stable's Here Comes Francis, a son of the gone-too-soon Improbable, improved his record to two impressive victories from as many trips to the races, as the chestnut bossed a field of entry-level allowance rivals by 5 1/4 comprehensive lengths Saturday afternoon at Tampa Bay Downs, becoming the newest 'TDN Rising Star' for his efforts. Having cost $100,000 at the 2023 Keeneland September sale, the Feb. 23 colt breezed his eighth of a mile in a slick :9 4/5 ahead of last year's OBS April Sale–all while doing it greenly and on his incorrect lead–and was knocked down to owner Jeff Kresnak for a quarter-million dollars. Despite the presence of $3-million 2023 KEESEP topper Vibe (Into Mischief) in a six-furlong maiden at Gulfstream Park Mar. 15, the money was very much on Here Comes Francis, as he jumped as the 19-10 second choice. Very quickly into stride, he galloped his rivals through lively fractions of :22.29 and :44.81 and despite having gone that hard, still managed to stop the clock in 1:09.57, good for a lofty 97 Beyer Speed Figure. The form of the race had already been…ehem…'franked' when Vibe returned to romp by nearly 10 lengths going a mile in Hallandale Beach Apr. 19, and Here Comes Francis was duly sent off the 1-5 mortal on Florida's Suncoast on Saturday. After proving a bit stubborn to load, the Victor Barboza, Jr. trainee once again flew the gates and coasted through an opening quarter in :22.96 with Samuel Marin motionless in the saddle. Opening up on his rivals at will on the turn, Here Comes Francis cornered a touch wide after a half in :46.14 and covered his final five-sixteenths in a strong :29.95 while never asked a serious question. The final time was just 0.62 seconds off the track record. The winner's dam is a daughter of the talented Tar Heel Mom (Flatter), a three-time graded winner at sprint distances and runner-up to Hilda's Passion (Canadian Frontier) in the 2011 GI Ballerina Stakes. I Know That Mom is a full-sister to Vorticity, a stakes winner at two and second in the GIII Jerome Stakes and in GIII Withers Stakes at three in 2016. Tar Heel Mom's half-brother Scrappy T (Fit to Fight) won the 2005 Withers, but is best remembered for nearly taking down Afleet Alex at the top of the stretch of that year's GI Preakness Stakes. I Know That Mom is also the dam of a yearling colt by Global Campaign and she produced a filly by that WinStar-based son of Curlin this past Feb. 17. 6th-Tampa Bay Downs, $34,550, Alw (NW1X), Opt. Clm ($75,000), 4-26, 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:16.09, ft, 5 1/4 lengths. HERE COMES FRANCIS, c, 3, by Improbable 1st Dam: I Know That Mom, by Distorted Humor 2nd Dam: Tar Heel Mom, by Flatter 3rd Dam: Perpetual Light, by Sunny's Halo Sales history: $100,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $250,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $61,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O-Arcadia Michigan Stable; B-Upson Downs Farm & WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Victor Barboza Jr. The post Improbable Colt Here Comes Francis Gallops At Tampa, Becomes a ‘Rising Star’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Juddmonte Farms general manager Garrett O'Rourke discusses why Final Gambit has never left the state of Kentucky before, the colt's pedigree, and wanting to win a Derby without controversy after Mandaloun was awarded the win by disqualification.View the full article

The connections of Baeza are hoping for some Rich Strike-like Kentucky Derby (G1) fortune.View the full article

The April 27 Prix Ganay (G1) at Longchamp is the first group 1 of the year in Europe, and it boasts some recent historical success as Waldgeist and Sottsass both took the 1 5/16-mile race the same year they won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1).View the full article

The field was closing in on him late but DREAM ON (c, 3, Not This Time–Mamma Kimbo, by Discreet Cat) lasted to take the Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct Saturday. Sounds Like a Plan (Twirling Candy) held the lead for most of the running but Dream On reeled him in in the final sixteenth and found the wire just when he needed it even as Septarian (Protonico) came running down the center of the track and just missed. Lifetime Record: MGISP, 8-3-1-1. O-D. J. Stable LLC; B-Aaron & Marie Jones LLC; T-Mark E. Casse. The post Dream On Just Lasts In Aqueduct’s Woodhaven appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nearly two years since her last race, PARTY ON (f, 4, Twirling Candy–No Curfew, by Curlin) returned to the winner's circle at Woodbine on opening day for Kevin Attard. An 8 1/4-length winner in her only prior start in July 2023, Party On came off the layoff Saturday, stalked along the outside and came down the lane largely unchallenged to keep her perfect record in tact in now two starts. O- X-Men Racing III LLC, Madaket Stables LLC and SF Racing LLC; B-Summer Wind Equine LLC; T-Kevin Attard. Sales History: $50,000 ylg'21 FTKOCT. The post Two Years Later, Twirling Candy’s Party On Back To Winning At Woodbine appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As first reported by DRF's Nicole Russo, Take Charge Milady (Take Charge Indy) is a question mark for next week's GI Kentucky Oaks after she developed a foot abscess and the team continues to try to get it squared away before the looming deadline. Entries for the Kentucky Oaks, set for May 2, were taken Saturday morning with post position being drawn later in the day. According to trainer Kenny McPeek, the entry was submitted, and the plan will be to wait and see what kind of week it turns into for their filly. “We don't know if we have enough time to get that together–there's a chance she could miss the race,” McPeek told the DRF Saturday morning after a routine gallop. “It's minor, but at the same time, timing's a little bit tricky. At this point, we're going to enter her, and we're going to see what kind of week we have.” Abscesses are a routine problem for most horses, and usually clear up with time and consistent management. It is not unusual for horses to continue moving soundly throughout the treatment process, but with Take Charge Milady's abscess, McPeek reportedly told the DRF that the location is in a 'trickier' spot on her right foot. It has developed in the coronet band at the top of the hoof. Muddy or continually wet conditions can contribute to a horse developing an abscess, and with days of rain currently forecasted for late next week, the weather conditions will not be making things easy. The filly had prior troubles with her feet as an entry Mar. 29 in the GII Fantasy Stakes turned into a scratch after she developed a quarter crack which required stitching and a shoeing adjustment. She fired a :47.80 work at Oaklawn Park (1/61, Mar. 30) in advance of the GI Ashland Stakes at Keeneland and finished a closing second to GISW La Cara (Street Sense). She produced a bullet five furlong move Apr. 18 at Churchill Downs in :59.40, the fastest of 12 on the morning when working in company with MGSP Gowells Delight (Practical Joke). “We don't know if they're together, but more than likely, there is some correlation between the two,” McPeek told the DRF of the quarter crack and the abscess. He continued in that interview, “She ran a really good race–a race that justifies her being a Kentucky Oaks filly. But the little abscess, timing's really bad.” “She worked good this morning, she gallops good, but that little abscess wants to irritate her. We've just got to see if we can get her 100 per cent by next weekend.” The post Take Charge Milady’s Oaks Start Up in the Air as She Battles Foot Abscess appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Umberto Rispoli, the second-leading rider at the Hollywood Meet at Santa Anita, is off all his Saturday mounts due to being at Churchill Downs for his mount's final pre-Derby work, 1S/T Racing announced Saturday afternoon. Rispoli flew in to Churchill Downs overnight to partner with likely Kentucky Derby favorite GISW Journalism (Curlin) in his final pre-Derby work, but those plans were scrubbed when the work was postponed to Sunday due to the rain. The jockey was named on six rides for the Saturday card, including on 'TDN Rising Star' Eagles Flight (Curlin), the half-brother to MGISW Flightline (Tapit), for John Sadler and GSW Tirupati (Mitole) in the GIII Royal Heroine Stakes for trainer Jonathan Thomas. Juan Hernandez has been named as his replacement on the former with a rider change pending for the latter. The post Umberto Rispoli Off All Saturday Mounts Due to Journalism’s Pre-Derby Work Rescheduling appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Florida Derby (G1) winner Tappan Street is out of the May 3 Kentucky Derby after exiting an April 26 workout at Churchill Downs with a condylar fracture to his right front leg. The injury is not life-threatening, according to Brad Cox.View the full article

Tenma, Anna's Promise, Ballerina d'Oro, and Fondly breezed April 26 at Churchill Downs in preparation for the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1).View the full article

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. recaps Burnham Square's final breeze ahead of the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1). The gelded son of Liam's Map completed five furlongs in :59 1/5 at Churchill Downs April 26.View the full article

Although Burnham Square covered his five-furlong breeze a bit faster (:59 1/5) than trainer Ian Wilkes was looking for April 26, the trainer was pleased and believes the gelding is ready for the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.View the full article

With a damp track at Churchill Downs April 26, several Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders postponed their final breezes. However, five Kentucky Derby hopefuls stuck to the Saturday game plan, led by Burnham Square and Final Gambit.View the full article

Jockey Luan Machado is confident that Juddmonte Farms' Final Gambit can take to the dirt surface for the first time and win the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs May 3.View the full article

Five Kentucky Derby hopefuls were on track Saturday morning during the special training period for Oaks and Derby horses at Churchill Downs, but one, GISW Tappan Street (Into Mischief), has been withdrawn from the big race with an injury. As reported early Saturday morning, the son of Into Mischief had just completed a five furlong breeze when regular rider Luis Saez felt that 'something was off' afterwards. X-rays back at the barn revealed a condylar fracture, and while trainer Brad Cox reports it is not a major injury, it will require surgery and time, ruling him out of the race. Of the four who remain, Burnham Square (Liam's Map) joined the timed works with a five panel move on his own in :59.40 after a break for track maintenance which upgraded the surface to good. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:12 and seven-eighths in 1:26.20. Last year's Derby winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. was in the irons as Unbridled and Street Sense's trainer Carl Nafzger watched on from the backstretch. “The track was good,” said trainer Ian Wilkes, who served as an exercise rider for the aforementioned Derby heroes. “It was probably a tick faster, but he did it well in hand and had a strong gallop out. We just have to keep him on the ground now. He's ready.” Burnham Square's move matched the time of American Promise (Justify), who went out in the wee hours–as customary for trainer D. Wayne Lukas–over a sloppy track to cover five furlongs in :59.40. Rider Nik Juarez drove from Oaklawn to Kentucky and arrived Friday night before heading out Saturday for the work. “Got here last night, ready to work this morning,” Juarez said. “[American Promise] was ready to work too and the off track was not a problem.” Also during the designated training window for hopefuls was the workout of Render Judgment (Blame), who went five furlongs in company in :59. The defection of Tappan Street allows for his entry into the starting gate. On the track after the second break, the aforementioned Tappan Street and his stablemate Final Gambit (Not This Time) went out for their works with the latter working in company in 1:01. He galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.80 under Luan Machado. With the overcast weather lingering in the area, several works were pushed back to Sunday including that of likely Derby favorite GISW Journalism (Curlin), 'TDN Rising Star' Rodriguez (Authentic), Sovereignty (Into Mischief), 'Rising Star' GISW East Avenue (Medaglia'dOro), Tiztastic (Tiz the Law), and Publisher (American Pharoah). Trainer Bob Baffert reported that his champion juvenile, 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Citizen Bull (Into Mischief), will work Monday. Just on the outside of the field in the 21st spot is Baeza (McKinzie), the half-brother to GI Kentucky Derby hero Mage (Good Magic) and that one's GI Belmont Stakes winning full-brother Dornoch, who galloped Saturday morning after arriving from California on Thursday. Classified as a steady gallop over a surface then labeled 'good' under exercise rider Frankie Herrate–of Derby hero Giacamo fame, it is reported as unlikely that the colt will make the field even as Flavien Prat is named to ride. “If we don't make it,” trainer John Shirreffs said, “we'll work him here, Monday. Then we've got to look at the Preakness.” Neoequos (Neolithic) arrived at Churchill Downs Saturday morning after making the field due to an earlier defection, and is scheduled to hit the track Sunday morning for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. The post Derby Preparations Continue at Churchill, Preakness in Baeza’s Plans if Kentucky Falls Through appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The ladies joined the colts as final preparations commenced not just for the GI Kentucky Derby next weekend, but the GI Kentucky Oaks as well, with Tenma (Nyquist) leading the parade Saturday morning. With Martin Garcia in the saddle for the four-furlong work over a 'good' track, the Bob Baffert trainee went through her paces in a final clocking of :48.40 from Baffert, and later confirmed by the track clockers. Tenma's five furlong gallop out was noted as 1:01. “He's good; he can really work one,” said Baffert before the work in reference to the jockey. Garcia will be aboard Citizen Bull in next Saturday's Kentucky Derby. “For a while there, I thought he had a clock in his head. I told [Garcia] I wanted him to go in :48 [for the half mile] today, so let's see how he does.” Afterwards, Baffert said he was pleased with her effort. Tenma is one of the favorites for the 151st Kentucky Oaks, and has California's leading rider Juan Hernandez in the saddle for the big dance. Likewise, newcomer Fondly (Upstart) worked five furlongs on a fast track in 1:02.20 with Irad Ortiz Jr. on her back for trainer Graham Motion. A solo move, she produced sectionals of :24.60, :37.60, 1:02.20 and galloped out six panels in 1:15.20 in a move Ortiz was happy with afterwards. “I like her a lot,” Ortiz said. “She was good this morning and very comfortable. She's got a great mind and very professional.” When asked his thoughts about his charge being the least experienced of the bunch with only two lifetime starts, Motion held the Virginia Oaks victress to high esteem. “It is not something I do with every horse, but her half-brother [Antiquarian, who recently made a victorious return to the races] won the [1 1/8-mile, GIII] Peter Pan,” Motion said. “She has stepped up in distance every time and I think she can handle it.” The conditioner will be in town Wednesday, and said his filly will have gate and paddock schooling prior to the Oaks. GSP Anna's Promise (Promises Fulfilled) and GSW Ballerina d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro) were also sighted Saturday putting in their final works ahead of Friday. The former, trained by Carlos David, traveled five furlongs in 1:00.40 in company with John Ortiz runner Covert Law (Tiz the Law) and galloped out six in 1:13.60. The latter went a half-mile in :48 for trainer Chad Brown. “I thought it was a really good move,” Brown said. “She got over the surface well.” The post Kentucky Oaks Fillies Join Derby Hopefuls for Final Tune Ups appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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6th-Navan, €25,000, Mdn, 4-26, 3yo, 10f 20yT, 2:12.85, sf. REYENZI (FR) (c, 3, Saxon Warrior {Jpn}–Reynira {Ire}, by Lope De Vega {Ire}), an encouraging second on debut over seven furlongs at Naas in September, raced in mid-division early with the pace stronger than in the preceding Group 3. Coming on strong approaching the two-furlong pole, the 6-1 shot soon had control and stayed on powerfully to score by five lengths from Vorfreude (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}). “I thought he might just need a run. He worked very nicely during the week, but was so green on his first run that I said to Ben [Coen] to just drop him in and teach him as much as he could,” trainer Johnny Murtagh said of the winner, whose time was notably faster than that of Wemightakedlongway (Ire) (Australia {GB}) underlining just what that filly got away with in the card's feature. “I think he is above-average and it was a competitive race with a lot of fancied horses in it. Ben was very impressed. He was green at Naas last year and Shane Kelly was raving about him when he came in that day. He has strengthened up well over the winter. I'm not sure where we go next, but we will see what is there for him. I'm hoping he can shape up into a Stakes horse.” The winner is the first foal out of the dam, a half to the G2 Debutante Stakes winner Raydara (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) who in turn produced the Listed Prix Isonomy winner and G3 Prix de Fontainebleau-placed Rajapour (Ire) (Almanzor {Fr}) and the G3 Derrinstown Stud Fillies Stakes-placed Ridenza (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). The listed-winning second dam Raydiya (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) is also responsible for the listed-placed Rondonia (Ire) (Raven's Pass), producer of last year's G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Rouhiya (Fr) by Reynira's sire Lope De Vega. Reynira also has a 2-year-old colt by Siyouni (Fr) and a yearling filly by Sea The Moon (Ger). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $20,747. O/B-H.H. The Aga Khan's Studs (FR); T-Johnny Murtagh. Reyenzi (Saxon Warrior) sheds his maiden tag at the second time of asking under @BenCoen2 for @JohnnyMurtagh @IrishEBF_ | @NavanRacecourse pic.twitter.com/PQERYfdqyJ — Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 26, 2025 The post Saxon Warrior’s Reyenzi Impresses For The Aga Khan’s Studs And Murtagh appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 16:25, PRIX GANAY-G1, €300,000, 4yo/up, 10 1/2fT Field: Royal Rhyme (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Horizon Dore (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}), Map Of Stars (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Sosie (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Higher Leaves (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}). TDN Verdict: After straightforward wins in the G3 Prix Exbury and G2 Prix d'Harcourt, Map Of Stars goes for gold here with momentum on his side and a profile that begs a Group 1 win. First time up, last year's G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Sosie and G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin winner Al Riffa are surely vulnerable and so it is up to Wathnan Racing's progressive performer to get the blood stirring in the first big stand-off between the elite older horses. [Tom Frary] Sunday, Krefeld, Germany, post time: 12:50, GROSSER PREIS DER WOHNSTATTE KREFELD – DR BUSCH-MEMORIAL-G3, €55,000, 3yo, 8 1/2fT Field: Eternal Elixir (Ire) (Shaman {Ire}), Franklin Al Gunay (Karakontie {Jpn}), Katsumoto (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}), Mon Schatzi (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}), Namaron (Ger) (Amaron {GB}), Name Lord (Ger) (Lord Of England {Ger}), Next Mine (Ger) (Dabirsim {Fr}), Rekabet (Ger) (Ito {Ger}) and Turlow (Ire) (Soldier Hollow {GB}). TDN Verdict: Archie Watson sends across Eternal Elixir, who on the form of his third in last year's Listed Ascendant Stakes sets the standard, but watch out for Eckhard Sauren's Next Mine, a relative of the 2002 G1 Deutsches Derby hero Next Desert (Ire) (Desert Style {Ire}) and other domestic luminaries who shouted his potential with a 7 1/2-length debut win at Munich in November. [Tom Frary] Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 14:33, PRIX DE BARBEVILLE-G3, €80,000, 4yo/up, 15fT Field: Bel Et Bien (Fr) (Hunter's Light {Ire}), Kliff Bere (Fr) (Whitecliffsofdover), Presage Nocturne (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Candelari (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Chess (Fr) (Fas {Ire}), Annabel's Ghost (Ire) (Waldgeist {GB}) and Internaute (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). TDN Verdict: France's stayers continue to sort their pecking order, with the intriguing Aga Khan Studs homebred Candelari looking to translate his abundant promise into Pattern-race prowess. The way he brushed aside the dual G1 Prix Royal-Oak winner Double Major (Ire) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) at Chantilly in March suggests he is already there, but the Wertheimers' Internaute is a total unknown quantity at this trip and as a son of the Arc heroine Solemia (Ire) (Poliglote {GB}) it's not hard to envisage him making his mark in this category. [Tom Frary] Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 15:50, PRIX ALLEZ FRANCE-G3, €80,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 10fT Field: Rose Jaipur (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}), Galaxie Vega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Waldora (Fr) (Waldgeist {GB}), Le Combat Continue (Fr) (De Treville {GB}), Grand Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Mme Jourdain (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Euboa (Fr) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), Aventure (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Zuna (Fr) (Kizuna {Jpn}). TDN Verdict: This sees the welcome return of Europe's second-best middle-distance filly of 2024 in the Wertheimers' Aventure, who would only be vulnerable if too rusty over a trip probably short of her optimum. The impressive Listed Prix Solitude winner Grand Stars may benefit if that is the case. [Tom Frary] Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 13:58, PRIX DE L'AVRE-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, 12fT Field: Surabad (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Azou (Fr) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}), Military Air (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Golden Weaver (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Killary King (Fr) (Hunter's Light {Ire}) and Croquis (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Representing the powerful Aga Khan's Studs-Graffard connection, Surabad took a leap forward sent over this trip at Saint-Cloud last month and appeals as a type that could end up featuring in the course-and-distance G1 Grand Prix de Paris. Another by a sprinter sire, the Wertheimers' Croquis did what he was expected to over this trip at Lyon-Parilly 11 days ago and this will tell us more, while another maiden winner with promise is the Lyon-la-Soie graduate Golden Weaver. [Tom Frary] Click here for the complete fields with trainer and jockey information. The post Black-Type Analysis: Map Of Stars Seeks Group 1 Breakthrough in Prix Ganay appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Relishing a mix of an easy lead and aggressive home-straight tactics in Navan's G3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Salsabil Stakes, Wemightakedlongway (Ire) (Australia {GB}) led at every step to dominate this Classic trial. Fifth taking on the colts in Leopardstown's G3 Ballysax Stakes over this 10-furlong trip earlier this month, the 15-2 shot who races for E S Racing and Joseph O'Brien was able to saunter along for Dylan Browne McMonagle before being the pedal was pushed to the floor three out. Giving generously from there, she was ultimately too strong for TDN Rising Star Catalina Delcarpio (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who was asked too much of a question and wound up 2 3/4 lengths away in second. Ballydoyle's second-string Island Hopping (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) wound up 3 3/4 lengths away in third, with the field strung out due to the hard effort of the winner throughout the last two furlongs. “Wemightakedlongway is a good filly and I thought her last run finishing behind Delacroix was really good for a first run back,” O'Brien said. “We were looking at going to Chester but, when the drop of rain came, decided to come here and she has won impressively. The [G1] Pretty Polly is the race we are really building towards–she is out of a No Nay Never mare, so she just wouldn't be guaranteed to go a mile and four furlongs. We will see whether we look at Epsom or whether we look at something else before the Pretty Polly.” Group Three success for Wemightakedlongway @JosephOBrien2 and @DylanBrowneMcM land the @IrishEBF_ Salsabil Stakes @NavanRacecourse pic.twitter.com/5Mw9724Jf4 — Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 26, 2025 Saturday, Navan, Ireland IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF SALSABIL STAKES-G3, €65,000, Navan, 4-26, 3yo, f, 10f 20yT, 2:15.25, sf. 1–WEMIGHTAKEDLONGWAY (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Australia (GB) 1st Dam: Dont Ask Me At All (Ire), by No Nay Never 2nd Dam: Ask Me Nicely (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus) 3rd Dam: Queen Titi (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-E & S Racing; B-Mrs Annemarie O'Brien (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien; J-Dylan Browne McMonagle. €39,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-2, $64,082. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Catalina Delcarpio (Ire), 128, f, 3, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Queen Guenevere (Ire), by Camelot (GB). TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (400,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Robert J W Moran; B-Ballylinch Stud & Ecurie des Charmes (IRE); T-Paddy Twomey. €13,000. 3–Island Hopping (Ire), 128, f, 3, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Heaven Of Heavens (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €6,500. Margins: 2 3/4, 3 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 7.50, 2.00, 18.00. Also Ran: Medici Venus, Spicy Margarita (Ire), J M's Joy (Ire), Ecstatic (Jpn), Tarima (Ire). Scratched: Barnavara (Ire). The post Australia’s Wemightakedlongway Wins The Salsabil For Joseph O’Brien appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a day of no racing in Italy as a mark of respect while the funeral of Pope Francis took place, Italian racing leads us into the European Classic season this Sunday, along with Spain, with both sets of Guineas being staged in Rome and Madrid respectively. Jockey Marco Ghiani heads back to his native country to take rides for Stefano Botti in the G3 Premio Pariolo (Italian 2,000 Guineas) and G3 Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1,000 Guineas). His mount in the colts' Classic, Brisone (GB), is from the first crop of Darley's Earthlight (Ire) and won his seasonal debut over 1600m to take his record to two victories from five starts. He may face a stiff challenge from stable-mate Conformist (Ity) (Helmet {Aus}), a Botti homebred who is now a four-time winner. Far Above (GB) is also represented by a first-crop Classic runner in the form of Kabir (Ire), a Listed winner last December for Endo Botti. In five starts to date the consistent colt has never been out of the first two. We saw record after record tumble at Doncaster on Thursday but one colt who did not cost the earth at the Goffs UK Breeze-up Sale of 2024 was Kanthan Fly (Kantharos), who was sold by Eddie Linehan's Lackendarra Stables for £3,000 to owner Romano Srls. He's been kept busy by trainer Carmelo Bottone and has rewarded his connections with five wins from his 10 starts to date, and comes into this Classic test on the back of four straight victories. The Allevamento Le Gi-bred Klaynn (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) sets the standard for the fillies in Capanelle's Premio Regina Elena. Unbeaten in four starts for Endo Botti, including the G2 Premio Dormello last October, she reopposes the third from that race, Fast Spirit (Ire), who is also a daughter of Ballylinch Stud's Make Believe and won last season's Listed Premio Gino e Luciano Mantovani. Another of the young Darley stallions, Ghaiyyath (Ire), has a number of Classic entries across Europe in the coming months but his first will be Sopran Norma (Ire), bred by Mary Gallagher. A maiden winner at San Siro last year, she is trained by Pierangleo Pirisi for Leonardo Ciampoli. Italian racing has recently undergone a significant rebranding under the umbrella of Grande Ippica Italiana, with all the country's races streamed live via the organisation's new website, which is available in English and French as well as Italian. La Zarzuela's Big Weekend The architectural wonder that is Madrid's La Zarzuela racecourse stages both the Gran Premio Cimera (Poule de Potros – colts) and Gran Premio Valderas (Poule de Pontrancas – fillies). Neither race carries black type but they are hotly anticipated as the spring highlight of the action in Spain. The country's champion trainer Guillermo Arizkorreta has three chances of notching a fourth victory in the colts' Classic. His old friend, the former multiple French champion jockey Ioritz Mendizabal, returns home to ride the trainer's Yogui (Fr) (Al Wukair {Ire}), while the Spanish champion Vaclav Janacek is aboard stable-mate Soltan Gatsby (Fr) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}). The Ballylinch Stud-bred Goodmood (Ire) is the winner of three of his five starts for Alvaro Soto, who won last year's Spanish 1,000 Guineas equivalent. His sire Make Believe has four Classic runners this weekend, including Fiction (Ire) in the Gran Premio Valderas. Soto is also represented by Gaucin (Fr), one of two colts in the race, along with Metro Dubai (Fr), from the first crop of Elarqam (GB), the French-based son of Frankel (GB) and Attraction (GB). Arizkorreta also has three runners in the fillies' Classic, led by Octans (Spa) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}), who ran with great credit in Dubai over the winter, finishing second in both her starts at Meydan. A trio of first-crop stallions feature in this race, too, with Kameko represented by Ghost Run (GB), while the former Ollie Sangster-trained Ecology (Ire), a dual winner in Spain, is a daughter of Earthlight (Ire), and Vozpornoche (Ire) is by King Of Change (Ire). The post From Rome to Madrid, Let the Classics Begin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

While visually making heavy weather of bringing up a fourth renewal of Navan's Listed Bar One Racing Vintage Crop Stakes on Saturday, Ballydoyle's stayer supreme Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is back and at this point still in command of this sphere. Those unaccustomed to the way the 7-year-old operates would have found themselves underwhelmed at the way he took a relative age to subdue the drastically overmatched Poetic Sound (Ire) (Poet's Word {Ire}) in this 14-furlong warm-up for the season's Cup races, with even takers of the cramped 1-7 on offer faced with an anxious spell as Ryan Moore got to work. In the event, despite the efforts of the Moyglare-bred jewel to disguise his superiority it was doomed to failure as his rival caved and he stretched on to win by two lengths from the closer Enfranchise (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). KYPRIOS! The three-time Listed @BarOneRacing Vintage Crop Stakes winner @NavanRacecourse A treble for team @Ballydoyle pic.twitter.com/rdHsykBbSo — Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 26, 2025 Saturday, Navan, Ireland BAR ONE RACING VINTAGE CROP STAKES-Listed, €52,500, Navan, 4-26, 4yo/up, 14fT, 3:15.17, sf. 1–KYPRIOS (IRE), 136, h, 7, Galileo (Ire)–Polished Gem (Ire) (2x Broodmare Of The Year-Ire), by Danehill. O-Moyglare, Magnier, Tabor, Smith & Westerberg; B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €31,500. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng, Fr & Ire, 20-16-2-0, $3,301,607. *Full to Search For A Song (Ire), MG1SW-Ire, SW & GSP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $1,086,486; Falcon Eight (Ire), GSW-Ire & SW-Eng, $409,006; Amma Grace (Ire), SW & GSP-Ire; and 1/2 to Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), G1SW-Eng, GSW & G1SP-Ire, $926,416; Sapphire (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), MGSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW-Eng, $518,947; Custom Cut (Ire) (Notnowcato {GB}), MGSW-Eng & Ire, $951,925; and Valac (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), GSW-Aus, $448,653. 2–Enfranchise (Ire), 126, m, 7, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Saoirse Abu, by Mr. Greeley. (68,000gns 4yo '22 TATMA). O-Mrs A F Mee; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Willie McCreery. €10,500. 3–Poetic Sound (Ire), 131, g, 4, Poet;s Word (Ire)–Ceoil An Aith (Ire), by Accordion (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-John Keaney Keaney (IRE); T-Ger Lyons. €5,250. Margins: 2, SHD, 2HF. Odds: 0.14, 9.00, 11.00. Also Ran: Barnso (GB), Bay Of Sanibel (Ger), Sonnyboyliston (Ire). Scratched: Dawn Rising (Ire), Leinster (Ire). The post A Fourth Vintage Crop For Kyprios appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tappan Street (Into Mischief), the winner of the March 29 GI Florida Derby, willl miss the Kentucky Derby after suffering a condylar fracture to his right front leg, according to trainer Brad Cox. The colt is owned by WinStar Farm LLC, CHC, Inc. and Cold Press Racing. Tappan Street worked five furlongs in :59.60 on Saturday morning, and Cox told the Louisville Courier Journal that jockey Luis Saez felt something was off after the work. The colt had X-rays back at the barn. “It's nothing major I don't believe at all,” Cox told the Courier Journal's Jason Frakes. “But he does require surgery and obviously he is out of the Derby. I don't think it's career-ending or anything.” The defection means that last year's Derby-winning trainer, Kenny McPeek, will see his horse, Render Judgment (Blame), fifth last out in the GI Blue Grass S. at Keeneland, draw into the field. Render Judgment's only win comes in a Churchill maiden race last October. Tappan Street has made three lifetime starts, breaking his maiden in his debut on Dec. 28 at Gulfstream, before finishing third in the GII Holy Bull S., and winning the Florida Derby. The post Tappan Street out of Kentucky Derby with Condylar Fracture appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

3rd-Leicester, £8,000, Mdn, 4-26, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:07.52, gd. SKIMMER (GB) (c, 3, Kingman {GB}–Scuffle {GB} {SP-Eng}, by Daylami {Ire}), a half-brother to the G1 St Leger hero Logician (GB) (Frankel {GB}), was heavily-supported into 2-1 favouritism on this debut and travelled sweetly behind the leaders throughout the early stages. Staying on strongly to overwhelm Asmen Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) in the last half a furlong, the homebred asserted to score by 3/4 of a length. The winner is the 11th foal out of the listed-placed dam, whose best so far is the aforementioned Logician who also captured the G2 Great Voltigeur Stakes. She is also responsible for four other black-type performers headed by the triple Grade III winner and GI E. P. Taylor Stakes runner-up Suffused (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) and last year's G3 Gordon Richards Stakes scorer Okeechobee (GB) (Time Test {GB}), as well as the dam of the GI Diana Stakes heroine Whitebeam (GB) (Caravaggio) and G3 Autumn Stakes third Nightwalker (GB) (Frankel {GB}). She is a half to the established sires Cityscape (GB) and Bated Breath (GB) and to the dam of the classy sprinter Equilateral (GB) (Equiano {Fr}), while other members of this illustrious dynasty include Kingman's G3 Dick Poole Fillies Stakes scorer Tabiti (GB) and the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Scuffle's 2-year-old colt Najidi Storm (GB) is also by Frankel while she also has a foal full-sister to the winner. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $5,573. O-Juddmonte; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Harry Charlton. A winning start! Quickfire double for @HarryJCharlton who saddles Skimmer (Kingman) to victory in the Madri Excepcional Maiden Stakes @LeicesterRaces @oismurphy | @JuddmonteFarms pic.twitter.com/dbVInRkHFy — Racing TV (@RacingTV) April 26, 2025 The post Kingman’s Blueblood Skimmer Off To A Winning Start For Juddmonte And Charlton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article