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Ancient World (Into Mischief–Thirteen Arrows, by Indian Charlie) took on allowance types at Keeneland and ran to his odds on Thursday afternoon at Keeneland. A maiden winner at first asking in New Orleans Mar. 13, the gelding was well-supported as the even-money choice here. The bay chased the pace up from midpack up the backstretch, but around the far turn he began to get underway. Tipping to the outside at the top of the lane, the 3-year-old swept by his rivals to the inside and won impressively by multiple lengths. Longshot C K Wonder (Vekoma) was the runner-up. The final running time was 1:11.19. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. Sales History: $525,000 '23. O-Repole Stable; B- Fifth Avenue Bloodstock & Glenwood Breeding; T-Joe Sharp. #5 ANCIENT WORLD ($4.08) made a big move around the turn to get the lead and would pull away from there to win race 8 at @keenelandracing. The son of Into Mischief (@spendthriftfarm) was ridden by @jose93_ortiz and is trained by @mjsharp75_joe. pic.twitter.com/neyeAaEotf — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) April 24, 2025 The post Into Mischief’s Ancient World Hegemonic Versus Allowance Field At Keeneland 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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The Breeders' Cup announced the 2025 "Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In" television schedule. Consisting of five live programs across NBC, FOX, Peacock, and CNBC, the series features automatic qualifying races at premier racetracks.View the full article

The Royal Ascot heroine has never won over the 1,200-meter distance, but trainer Henry Dwyer believes if Asfoora were to win a group 1 at the trip, it would be in the April 26 Robert Sangster Stakes (G1).View the full article

LEXINGTON, KY–During a Speaker Series focusing on HISA, one question opened the door to an in-depth discussion. How do we catch the bad actors in horse racing without placing a financial burden on the good guys? Trainer Dale Romans, the President of the Kentucky HBPA and a member of HISA's Horsemen's Advisory Group, was the first to take a stab at the answer, acknowledging that it was the million-dollar question. “That's a lot of what HISA has been struggling with because it's just as important to make sure that someone is innocent and not convict them of anything–that it was just a mistake or contamination–as it is to catch someone,” he said. “But I don't think you'll ever catch somebody in the test barn. I think the test barn is a deterrent. We know it's there, but you're not going to catch a true bad actor.” “I think it's going to be through surveillance, through whistle blowers and through the FBI guys they have working that know where things come from and where they go,” he continued. “I think that's the only way we're going to catch these people because the crime always stays in front of the police.” Well over a hundred trainers, bloodstock agents and other industry members gathered at the Thoroughbred Club of America just across from Keeneland for Wednesday's discussion. Moderated by Scott Hazelton, the panel also featured HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus, Keeneland's Vice President of Equine Safety Dr. Stuart Brown, WinStar's Elliott Walden and trainers Cherie DeVaux and Mark Casse. Other panelists were in agreement with Romans when answering the aforementioned question, citing improved surveillance and data tracking as other methods of catching cheaters. Lazarus said that some of these strategies have helped initiate many of the HISA investigations currently underway, including cases where multiple tips were submitted about the same individual on HISA's anonymous call and text tip line and when the HISA team detected irregularities in either the timeliness of submission or the consistency of substances listed on a trainer's veterinary records. Still, Lazarus said that the test barn is essential to their work. “I do believe that a lot of the value of HISA comes through [the illicit activities] that people aren't trying or aren't doing that they might have felt comfortable trying before because they didn't think anyone was looking over their shoulder,” she said. “The rules were relaxed in certain jurisdictions. So I do think the deterrent piece is really important.” In addition, Lazarus said that the test barn protects horses from receiving substances that “are not doing anything for the horse.” “We're also protecting horses from substances that aren't even working or doing a job, but they still shouldn't be in the horse's system for the horse's health. You'd be amazed at the things we've caught people trying that actually don't do anything, but still it's not good for the horse. There is no legitimate reason for that substance to be in the horse's system, even if it ultimately ends up being useless in terms of getting better results.” The topic of environmental contamination leading to trainer suspensions and fines has been a major criticism of HISA in its early years and concerns surrounding that issue were prevalent during the panel and later on during the 30-minute 'Q and A' portion of the evening. “Personally I feel like that's one of the biggest holes in our program,” Romans said, but he also acknowledged how HISA has adjusted its level of drug testing to reflect the concerns of horsemen. “People were coming up with a lot of methamphetamine positives early on because we were testing at such a low level of picograms and that has kind of leveled off.” Lazarus explained that the initially high number of methamphetamine overages when HISA first went into effect was due to the threshold being set at the same level as that of the RMTC (Racing Medication and Testing Consortium). However, she said trainers were not getting notified of overages prior to HISA. After HISA later revised its sanctions for methamphetamine and launched educational efforts on the backside to implement contamination-prevention measures, she said the number of positive tests declined. Lazarus also noted that the threshold for metformin, another medication that has accounted for a number of suspensions, is currently being examined in a study at UC Davis. “A picogram of one substance could have zero effect whereas with another, it could have a very significant effect,” she said. “The pharmacologists and veterinarians work together to make those decisions. This is something our labs work on all the time. For the substances we see repeatedly, they are constantly discussing what those levels should be and whether or not a change is warranted.” “I will say that the number of calls I get about environmental contamination has really decreased over the past six months,” Lazarus continued. “I feel like we've gotten to a place where there is a lot better understanding on the horsemen's side and HISA has looked at our rules and made some modifications that I think we're in a pretty decent place now.” During the 'Q and A' session, trainer Rusty Arnold brought up a different side of the environmental contamination issue when he asked about how the fine money from overages goes toward funding HISA. He proposed that the money should instead go to aftercare, stating that because the money goes to HISA he feels that trainers are “paying to fight ourselves.” Lazarus responded in saying that HISA's budget is approved by the Federal Trade Commission and from there, states and racetracks are charged based on their portion of the overall budget. When fines are received by HISA, they are put toward reducing the cost of HISA for racetracks and horsemen. In regards to Arnold's proposal, Lazarus said that the law does not allow for putting the money toward aftercare and in doing that, it would be hurting the overall community of racetracks and trainers. “The fines for overages are very low,” she said. “If you're talking about a fine for a doping violation, it's going to be a lot more serious. Why shouldn't the person that is cheating or breaking the rules pay for more of the program than someone who is not breaking the rules? The folks that are taxing our system, that are requiring us to use resources, should pay more than the people that are following the rules. That is why the fines go toward reducing your bill, Churchill Downs's bill and everyone that is paying for HISA.” One issue brought up by trainer Cherie DeVaux that received enthusiastic support from the audience was the issue of having a horse placed on a vet's list and the difficulty involved in later getting that horse entered into a busy race meet. DeVaux proposed that a horse listed on a vet's list could be tagged as red, orange or yellow, depending on the severity of the issue, so that there is a different protocol in place for each and would allow for a quicker return to the starting gate once the horse has been cleared from the vet's list. “Here in Kentucky, we're coming back from New Orleans where there are a lot of horses affected,” she said. “They don't have dates. We don't have availability for a state vet to come get them off a vet's list and then we have to wait for the bloodwork to come back. So if you have to wait two or three weeks, then you don't have a preference date until that comes in. Something that's minimal, like if the vet didn't like how the horse walked out of the stall for example, could put you out of competition for eight or ten weeks. Especially at a meet like Keeneland or Churchill where if you don't have that preference date, you're affected for quite some time.” Discussion followed on if individual racetracks could help improve this issue by allowing trainers to get a preference date while their horse is still on the vet's list. On the subject of trainers and veterinarians working together in partnership, Dr. Start Brown said, “We recognize the variation that exists between horses. I want people to be willing to ask us to come look at those horses and categorize what is going on so that on race day, regulatory veterinarians come in with a better idea of what they're looking at in that 10 or 15 minute exam. Giving the opportunity to advocate for those horses gives vets a better understanding about that individual horse.” One of the most positive takeaways of the evening was the impact that technology has had on improving equine safety. The increasingly widespread use of tools like PET scans and StrideSAFE, a sensor that analyzes gates of horses to detect injuries or abnormalities, has been critical in identifying issues before they become a potentially catastrophic problem. Trainer Mark Casse spoke on his positive experience with Sleip, an app that measures the horse's movements from an iPhone video and uses artificial intelligence motion analysis to detect asymmetries in the horse's movement. “It will tell us where the horse is off and how significant it is,” Casse said. “If he's off in more than one spot it tells us if he's compensating, so if it's showing up left front and right hind, it may say the hind lameness is from the left front. We do this on every horse. Before any horse is allowed to leave our training center, it gets done. You wouldn't believe how many van trips you save.” Other subjects of discussion included HISA's regulation of horses coming into the country to race from Canada and Europe and the need for improved testing for EPOs. Trainers also expressed concern over how 2-year-olds may receive a controlled substance like clenbuterol before they come into their care and asked what they can do to protect themselves. Lazarus said that there is a plan in development for clearance testing of clenbuterol. HISA is now in its third year of operation since launching its Racetrack Safety Program in 2022. The Anti-Doping and Medication Program began in 2023. Reflecting on their efforts, Lazarus said one of the most positive outcomes has been the improved fatality rate for tracks under HISA jurisdiction. In 2024, the rate was 0.90 per 1,000 starts, a 35% decrease from 2021. In the first quarter of 2025, the rate was .85 per 1,000 starts. “We started at zero,” said Casse, who joined HISA's Horsemen's Advisory Group in 2022. “There were so many moving parts and were there mistakes along the way? Of course, but Lisa changed them as we went. The new generation, going forward they're going to understand it better. It's going to be easier. I always say that with all assets, there are liabilities. Nothing worth doing ever comes easy. Has it been easy? No. But is it worth it? Of course.” The post “It Won’t Happen in the Test Barn,” Catching Bad Actors a Subject of TCA Speaker Series Discussion 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 Tokyo and Kyoto Racecourses: Saturday, April 26, 2025 6th-TOK, ¥15,200,000 ($106k), Allowance, 3yo, 1600m REALIZE CAMION (JPN) (c, 3, American Pharoah–Spiced Perfection, by Smiling Tiger) had the services of the visiting Ryan Moore when unveiled on the Japan Cup undercard over this course and distance Nov. 24, drawing off to graduate by four lengths while besting a next-out winner in the process (video, SC 11). The February-foaled bay is the first to the races for his dam, a full-sister to the stakes-winning Cruel Intention and a two-time Grade I winner at seven furlongs, the type of mare that has proven so successful as producers in Japan. Bought back on a bid of $1.35 million at Keeneland November in 2019, Spiced Perfection was exported to Japan carrying this colt, who would go on to fetch nearly $1.2 million at the 2023 JRHA Select Sale. Opposing is Golden Cloud (Cloud Computing), a latest third to GI Kentucky Derby entrant Luxor Cafe (American Pharoah) in the Mar. 29 Fukuryu Stakes (allowance). Joao Moreira, who rode the latter to the victory for this trainer at Nakayama last time, has the riding assignment. O-Yosuke Imafuku; B-Oiwake Farm; T-Noriyuki Hori. Sunday, April 27, 2025 2nd-KYO, ¥10,600,000 ($74k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m PERSONAL RECORD (JPN) (c, 3, American Pharoah–Maga Suite, by Palace Malice) is the first foal from a winning half-sister to Guest Suite (Quality Road), whose finest moment came when taking out the GIII Lecomte Stakes as an early 3-year-old back in 2017. Maga Suite, whose second dam was A.P. Indy et al's half-sister Welcome Surprise (Seeking the Gold), was purchased by JS Company for $155,000 carrying this foal at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. The third dam also includes GISW Raging Sea, a daughter of Palace Malice's sire Curlin. Personal Record is the mount of Ryusei Sakai. O/B-Masateru Mizutani; T-Daisuke Takayanagi. The post American Pharoah Colts Front and Center In Japan appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Wayne Catalano spoke with the media following Built's April 24 breeze at Churchill Downs in which he recorded a bullet five furlongs in :59 2/5. Both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Pat Day Mile (G2) remain as options.View the full article

Jockey Ben Curtis was aboard Built April 24 for a bullet five-furlong breeze in :59 2/5 at Churchill Downs and is hopeful to get the call to ride should the horse enter the Kentucky Derby (G1).View the full article

Brian Lynch's assistant trainer and son, Nic, discusses what the team thought of Owen Almighty's April 24 breeze at Churchill Downs.View the full article

As connections debate whether to run Built in the Kentucky Derby (G1) or Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs May 3, the son of Hard Spun fired a bullet five furlongs in :59 2/5 April 24.View the full article

The Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale will cap closing day of the Spring Meet Friday in Lexington. Held following the conclusion of the 10-race card, the sale begins at 6:30pm and features a catalog of 88 hips (with supplements accepted through Friday) set to sell during the one-session auction. Notable hips to pass through the ring Friday include: Chandigarh (Speightstown) (hip 37, consigned by EliTE, agent), a 4-year-old gelding who in his second start won a maiden special weight race on the turf Apr. 13 at Tampa Bay Downs; Graffiti Writer (Into Mischief) (hip 58, consigned by EliTE, agent), a 3-year-old colt who is coming off a win in a maiden special weight race at Tampa Bay; Instant Coffee (Bolt d'Oro) (hip 77, consigned by Greenfield Farms), a 5-year-old MGSW who finished third in the GIII Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in March in his most recent start; PA-bred 2-year-old Happyhappyboy (Runhappy) (hip 82, consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent), a last-out second in his maiden special weight debut at Keeneland behind impressive winner Pinky Finger (Army Mule); and Normandy Coast (Omaha Beach) (hip 80, consigned by Kenneally Racing, agent), a 3-year-old colt who won Keeneland's Palisades Stakes Apr. 6. Supplements continued to come in Thursday with a pair of winning fillies joining the fold: Purloin (Arrogate) (hip 87, consigned by Grovendale Sales, agent), who is out of a half-sister to the undefeated Taraz (Into Mischief) and last week's $1.4m OBSAPR colt, and GSP Faith Understood (Catholic Boy) (hip 88, consigned by EliTE, agent). Last year's sale was topped by a pair of runners both purchased by John Stewart's Resolute Racing for $450,000. Dana's Beauty (Not This Time), already a stakes winner at the time of sale, has since added four more stakes wins for Resolute while Cheval de Guerre (Caravaggio) was supplemented the morning of the sale after just missing in a maiden special weight at Keeneland and was last well off-the-board in last year's Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. Last year, Keeneland sold 54 horses for $3,940,000, for an average of $72,963 and a median of $38,500. With sales of $1.544 million for 16 horses, ELiTE was the sale's leading consignor. Click here for the full enhanced digital catalogue. The post Keeneland’s April Horses Of Racing Age Sale Set To Follow Racing On Friday’s Closing Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

2nd-Keeneland, $72,737, Msw, 4-24, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.73, fm, 1 1/4 lengths. TOUGH CRITIC (c, 2, Caravaggio–Thatchit {Ire}, by Invincible Spirit {Ire}), one of a handful of first-time starters in the field, took his time into stride and had only one rival beat as a pair of runners dueled for the lead into the far turn. Still well beaten at the half-mile pole as 4-5 favorite Longshoreman (Twirling Candy) began to open up a sizable advantage up front, the 6-1 shot picked up the bridle with a wide, sweeping move off the far turn and gobbled up the ground down the outside to surge past that leader late and graduate by 1 1/4 lengths. Out of a half-sister to GSW/MG1SP Radiohead (GB) (Johannesburg), Tough Critic's only younger sibling is a yearling half-sister by Lexitonian. Sales History: $47,000 Ylg '24 SARAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $35,049. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Dew Sweepers LLC; B-Delehanty Stock Farm (NY); T-George Weaver. TOUGH CRITIC ($15.44) rolls down the center of the track to break his maiden in the 2nd race at @KeenelandRacing. Flavien Prat was aboard the juvenile Caravaggio colt for trainer George Weaver. pic.twitter.com/8seT2DAVxY — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) April 24, 2025 The post Tough Critic A First-Out Winner For Caravaggio At Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin It is hard to believe it has almost been a year since Who’s Delight won a race but that could change at Addington tonight. The rugged pacer has been one of our bravest intermediate and even top grade performers since he last visited the winner’s circle last May but looks to be in the right race at today’s day meeting which dovetails into the massive card at Alexandra Park tonight or the Warriors’ clash with Newcastle if you live in Christchurch and are doing the local Anzac Day double. Plenty of our harness people probably wouldn’t mind being at Addington today, then chucking the horses on the transporter and heading next door to the NRL game but many of them will be at Alexandra Park instead. Among them, John Dunn, the most public face of Diamond Racing. “We will only have the two at Addington,” Dunn tells HRNZ. That will leave red, black and white colours to be carried by Who’s Delight and Dalton Shard in the $20,000 The Last Post Free-For-All, over the 1980m mobile. Dunn says whichever of the stable’s two runners gets the better trip could decide their chances but he likes the effort he has been seeing from Who’s Delight. “He has still been hanging a bit but he is going huge races,” says Dunn. “He gets a good enough draw this week and I can see him going forward and getting his chance. “He is very well and I think he could be hard to beat.” The pressure in the race with the hard-running Beach Ball and Vessem, who has been in great form, could see a strong tempo which would suit Dalton Shard, who is best saved for one run and will need to be from a wide draw. Looking further North to Alexandra Park, Dunn says the stable has strong chances but in incredibly hard races. “I would have loved to have drawn inside Marketplace with Got The Chocolates in the Derby,” he says. “Marketplace drawing the ace gives them all the options and while he took a trail on us in the Harness Million I am not sure whether they will do that again. “But obviously getting to the markers would really help us.” The stable has Ya Rite Darl and Tyrons Strapping Lad in the $100,000 Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby and the former strode into calculations with an effortless win last Friday. “She went great and has a perfect draw but we all know how hard Meant To Be is going to be to beat after he won like that fresh up without a trial.” Dunn likes the sneaky each way chances of Mighty Logan in the $100,000 Fiskens and Son Anzac Cup in which he starts on the front line with the big names off 10m. “I think he has a chance if he can step fast and run hard,” says Dunn View the full article

By Michael Guerin Young driving star Carter Dalgety doesn’t believe in taking short cuts but he is willing to make an exception if it helps him land a couple of Group 1s at Alexandra Park tonight. Dalgety is leading the charge for the army of talented youngsters in harness racing, up for any challenge with a smile on his face. A talented First 15 rugby player when he was at school he started his own fashion line while still at university, drove a couple of Group 1 winners and then jetted off to North America last year to hang with mentor Dexter Dunn and drive at the highest level. But while the son of trainers Cran and Chrissie Dalgety usually takes the road less travelled, tonight he will be happy to be taking the shortest way home. Dalgety will drive exceptional pacing filly Beside Me in the $100,000 Pascoes the Jewellers Northern Oaks and Republican Party in the $100,000 Dawson Harford Messenger and the initial plan with both is simple: be on the markers. That looks certain with Republican Party (barrier 1) who finally gets a good draw in the 2700m mobile and has options to lead but more likely trail either Rakero Rocket or Chase A Dream. “It is so good to get a good draw with him because he has been going great races but covering so much ground,” says Dalgety. “In these big staying races being on the markers is so crucial and he is going well enough to win. “He might have had a busy summer and autumn but he is so relaxed and cruisy in training he takes nothing out of himself and I think that really helps.” Trailing Rakero Rocket, who in turn could make favourite Chase A Dream work, would be the ideal scenario for Republican Party but if Chase A Dream can work to the lead and put him three back on the markers his task becomes far more difficult but not impossible. It probably matters a lot less what happens to Beside Me in the Oaks as she looks a wonderful staying filly who is perfectly suited by the step up to 2700m tonight. She showed good gate speed for catch driver Tony Herlihy last Saturday and our most successful ever reinsman says the filly is the real deal. “It is cool hearing Tony talk about her like that and I’d like to go forward and lead on her,” says Dalgety. “I don’t think she has to lead to win but being on the markers would be way better.” While Arafura is a smart front runner drawn the ace she does have Without You on her back so if she leads and gets attacked early she would be better relenting than leading with enemies all around. Stella Rouge has looked a very, very good filly and in any normal Oaks would be the favourite but drawn outside Beside Me and the other favourites she is going to need to do something special to win. Dalgety is looking at another ground-saving run with The Queens Gambit (R3, No.1) in the two-year-old fillies races tonight but says with the Delightful Lady Final next week he might prefer to trail Australian visitor Ripples as she heads forward at the start. Ripples was a brilliant winner of the Bathurst Gold Tiara in a 1:53.9 mile rate last start and will be the first New Zealand start for Victorian training superstar Emma Stewart. If she leads only a failure to handle the right-handed Alexandra Park would seem a danger to her. What they said about the Group 1s tonight : R5, Pascoes Northern Oaks: “She is a really good filly, she doesn’t feel like she is going fast when she is,” last Saturday’s catch driver Tony Herlihy on Beside Me. R6, Breckons Trotting Derby: “Our filly went great last week but Meant To Be has to be the one to beat on his last start win,” John Dunn on Ya Rite Darl. R7, Woodlands Northern Derby: “He will be back to his Harness Million [winning] fitness levels this week,” Marketplace’s trainer Regan Todd. R8: Fiskens Anzac Cup: “They will run so hard how all those good horses step and where they end up will be crucial,” Oscar Bonavena’s trainer Mark Purdon. R9: Dawson Harford Messenger: “I’d love it if we could trail Rakero Rocket and he stayed in front,” Carter Dalgety on Republican Party. View the full article

The 2025 “Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In” television schedule, consisting of five live programs across NBC, FOX, Peacock, and CNBC, was revealed Thursday. Now in its 12th year of programming, the “Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In” spotlights North America's top horses as they compete for an automatic starting position, and free entry, into a corresponding divisional race at the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Thoroughbred racing's year-end international festival of racing will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar. “The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series provides fans a way to connect the major summer and fall races with the season-ending World Championships on NBC Sports platforms,” said Drew Fleming, President and CEO of Breeders' Cup Limited. “We look forward to continuing our great relationships with NBC and FOX to ensure widespread visibility for our Challenge races this year. These network partners provide excellent coverage of our sport, and we are proud to collaborate with them to give viewers across the nation ample opportunities to follow the road to the Breeders' Cup World Championships.” NBC and Peacock kick off the action July 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET at Monmouth Park with the GI Haskell Stakes, a Breeders' Cup Challenge event for the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. On Aug. 2 at 5:00 p.m. ET, Breeders' Cup and NYRA will partner to provide special coverage on FOX of the GI FanDuel Fourstardave Stakes at Saratoga, an automatic qualifier for the GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile. On Aug. 30, new to television for 2025, the GII Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs, an automatic qualifier for the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, will be featured on NBC during a two-hour broadcast starting at 4:00 p.m. ET. A blockbuster weekend of final Challenge Series races will be presented Oct 4-5, across NBC and CNBC. Starting on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 4:00 p.m. ET, a two-hour CNBC broadcast will provide coverage from Santa Anita Park and Keeneland. The excitement continues live from Keeneland on Oct. 5 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. ET, when NBC will feature the GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes, an automatic qualifier for the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, and the GII Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes, which awards a free spot in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. The complete Challenge Series schedule, including television coverage, can be viewed at BreedersCup.com/races/challenge-series. The post With Live Programming Across NBC, FOX, Peacock & CNBC, Television Schedule for Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

9th-KEE, $140K, OC100K/N3X, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 4:38 p.m. ET. UNMATCHED WISDOM (Into Mischief) posted a 98 Beyer figure after a muddy debut score during the Belmont At The Big meet last summer and was promptly pinned with a 'TDN Rising Star.' The colt's year also included a win in the Curlin Stakes at the Spa in mid-July. Finishing off the board in both the GI DK Travers and in the GI Pennsylvania Derby, now the Klaravich-owned dark bay is set to make his 4-year-old debut. Out of unraced dam Glide On By (Pure Prize), the Chad Brown trainee's extended female family includes GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes hero Bandini (Fusaichi Pegasus) and pensioned sire Stormy Atlantic (Storm Cat). TJCIS PPS 7th-KEE, $110K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:36 p.m. ET. Gary and Mary West homebred Lifes Reward (Into Mischief) is a full-brother to current sire Life Is Good. Their dam Beach Walk (Distorted Humor) also produced GSW Most Wanted (Candy Ride {Arg}). Brad Cox conditions the debuting colt. Il Cavallino (Into Mischief) was taken home by John Stewart for $800,000 during Keeneland September and sent to trainer Michael Maker. The 3-year-old's dam, GSW Daisy (Blame), is also responsible MSW Botantical (Medaglia d'Oro) and she handed this first time starter a full-brother who is currently a juvenile. Hope Jones homebred and Graham Motion trainee Cruise the Nile (Cairo Price) is out of MSW Party Boat (Into Mischief). TJCIS PPS 10th-KEE, $110K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 5:09 p.m. ET. The debuting Operation Sunrise (War Front)–a Godolphin homebred–counts as a half-sister GSW & MGISP Antoinette (Hard Spun). Trained by Bill Mott, the colt is out of UAE MGSW Shuruq (Elusive Quality), who herself is a half-sister to current sire Space Blues (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). TJCIS PPS The post Friday’s Racing Insights: ‘TDN Rising Star’ Unmatched Wisdom Returns To The Races At Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Kentucky Derby hopefuls Owen Almighty (Speightstown) and Built (Hard Spun) turned in five-furlong workouts Thursday morning over a fast track at Churchill Downs in preparation for the GI Kentucky Derby. Working during the 7:15-7:30 a.m. ET training window reserved for Kentucky Derby and GI Longines Kentucky Oaks horses, Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing's Owen Almighty breezed five furlongs in 1:01.60 in company with Antonio Orellana aboard for trainer Brian Lynch. Working in company with the maiden 3-year-old filly Nosleeptilbrooklyn (Ghostzapper), Owen Almighty started two lengths behind his workmate and posted fractions of :26, :37.60, 1:01.60 and galloped out well in front with six furlongs in 1:14 and seven-eighths in 1:27. “I didn't want to take a chance on the weather,” Lynch said of working this morning as opposed to Friday as initially planned. “The work couldn't have been any better.” Owen Almighty works 5 furlongs in 1:01.60 for trainer Brian Lynch pic.twitter.com/Ggd3DmMUpk — Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) April 24, 2025 Working during the same period, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Built covered the distance in a morning-best :59.40 under jockey Ben Curtis for trainer Wayne Catalano. Built began his move with a :24 quarter mile and galloped out six furlongs in 1:13.40, according to Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols. Trainer Wayne Catalano said he'd talk to the ownership group and make a decision to enter the Kentucky Derby or the GII Pat Day Mile S. Built works 5 furlongs this morning in :59.40 for trainer Wayne Catalano pic.twitter.com/eMfRXCGbN2 — Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) April 24, 2025 The post Owen Almighty, Built Work Five Furlongs for Kentucky Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A pair of fillies is among the horses supplemented for Friday's Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. Keeneland's supplements is led by Faith Understood (Catholic Boy), a 4-year-old who won her first race at three at Keeneland and went on to finish second in the Memories of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct and third in the GIII Honeymoon at Santa Anita. Consigned by ELiTE, agent, Faith Understood is out of the stakes-placed winner Zia, by Munnings, and from the family of Grade 3 winner River Seven. Additionally, 4-year-old Purloin (Arrogate) is consigned by Grovendale Sales, agent. A winner of her career debut at Belmont at the Big A, she is out of Smooth Path, by Scat Daddy, and from the family of European champions Commander in Chief and Warning (GB). A total of 88 horses have been cataloged to Friday's Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. The auction, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, follows 10 races on closing day of the Spring Meet. Click here for the online catalog and here for full-sale form figures. The April Sale will be livestreamed on www.Keeneland.com The post GSP Faith Understood, Winner Purloin Supplemented to Keeneland April Selected HORA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Friday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 15:00, BET365 MILE-G2, £125,000, 4yo/up, 8f 0y Field: Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), Alcantor (Fr) (New Bay {GB}), Cash (Ire) (Shamardal), Cicero's Gift (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Haatem (Ire) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}), Ice Max (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Lead Artist (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Dancing Gemini takes the Charyn route, having impressed back at this trip in the Listed Doncaster Mile, and he will be tested with the likes of Tamfana and Haatem in here. Tamfana warmed up for her G1 Sun Chariot success with a win over course and distance in the G3 Atalanta Stakes in August and this stiff mile is probably ideal, while the dual Guineas-placed Haatem goes back up in trip having taken the G3 Jersey Stakes when last seen. Lead Artist looks like a Gosden improver, but he'll have to be in what is his biggest examination to date. Friday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 14:25, BET365 GORDON RICHARDS STAKES-G3, £85,000, 4yo/up, 9f 209y Field: Royal Champion (Ire) (Shamardal), Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Almaqam (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Ancient Wisdom (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), Arabian Crown (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), Peace Man (GB) (Kingman {GB}), See The Fire (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). TDN Verdict: This year's edition will be without a Sir Michael Stoute runner as the torch is well and truly passed on and it is up to the home trainers to try and match the retired master of Freemason Lodge's 10 wins in what is typically a pointer to the season's big middle-distance clashes. The much-vaunted Almaqam may not have shown his true worth at three, at least that is what Ed Walker states, so this return to the venue of his Listed Heron Stakes success last May will tell us more. Arabian Crown is another who needs to catch up, having had his 2024 campaign cut short after winning the course-and-distance G3 Classic Trial on this fixture, while See The Fire brings Group 1 form to the table and was on the premises in the track's marquee event, the Eclipse, in July. Friday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 15:35, BET365 CLASSIC TRIAL-G3, £85,000, 3yo, 9f 209y Field: Damysus (GB) (Frankel {GB}), I Am I Said (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}), Sir Dinadan (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Swagman (Ger) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Windlord (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Sandown's trio of pattern-race heats concludes with a small-but-select field assembling for this G1 Betfred Derby trial. Ballydoyle's standard has been hoisted just once in the modern era, by subsequent G1 Grand Prix de Paris victor Imperial Monarch (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2012, and G3 Tyros Stakes runner-up Swagman is this year's selection. The €170,000 BBAG September yearling acquisition is the only one of five seasonal debutants without a ticket to Epsom's Blue Riband and comes back off a 274-day break having twice finished in the rear-view mirror of juvenile benchmark Hotazhell (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}). Juddmonte's Windlord suffered a similar fate when third in September's G2 Beresford Stakes and flies the flag for Andrew Balding's in-form stable. Team Gosden boasts a record nine editions of the 10-furlong contest and saddles Wathnan Racing's once-raced Southwell novice scorer Damysus. The flashy chestnut is a 460,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate. Ralph Beckett, who took this with G1 Derby third and G1 Irish Derby hero Westover (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in 2022, is two-handed here and relies on the Neil Diamond-flavoured I Am I Said, an impressive debut winner at Newmarket last backend, and Marcstown's Sir Dinadan, who posted an eight-length tally at Pontefract in October when last seen. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Swagman To Give O’Brien Another Classic Trial At Sandown? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As part of its coverage at Churchill Downs in the lead-up to the 151st renewal of the Kentucky Derby, for the first time, FanDuel TV will be live from Churchill Downs each morning beginning on Friday, Apr. 25 with “Breakfast at the Kentucky Derby”, a live look at the latest developments as the top contenders put in their final preparations for the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks. Running through May 1, the breakfast show will be broadcast from 7:00 a.m. ET to 8:30 a.m. each day and will feature live training footage as well as interviews, analysis and insights from FanDuel TV's team of expert handicappers. “Breakfast At The Kentucky Derby” will be hosted by Michael Joyce, who will be joined on the desk by Simon Bray and jockey Joe Talamo. Andie Biancone, Gabby Gaudet, Caton Bredar, Scott Hazelton and Maria Montgomery will be reporting from Churchill Downs with exclusive interviews with trainers, jockeys and key newsmakers. FanDuel TV also hosts the popular “Breakfast at the Breeders' Cup” show in advance of the Breeders' Cup. FanDuel TV will also be live, on-site at Churchill Downs all week and will be highlighted by opening night Saturday, Apr. 26 as well as the post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby. Tuesday, Apr. 29 will feature the “Kentucky Derby Handicappers' Preview” which will include analysis from Christina Blacker, Matt Bernier and Caleb Keller. The show will air at 12:00 p.m. ET and will be available on-demand, alongside all of the other Kentucky Derby content on the FanDuel Racing YouTube channel. FanDuel TV's preeminent NFL show “Up & Adams,” hosted by Kay Adams, will also broadcast live from Churchill Downs on Friday, May 2. “Up & Adams” will feature a rotating roster of personalities from across racing, sports and entertainment as they discuss the biggest storylines leading up to Derby Day. FanDuel is the Official Sports Wagering partner of the Kentucky Derby for the third consecutive year. Fans can tune into FanDuel TV and FanDuel TV+ all Derby week to watch live racing coverage (excluding NBC-exclusive races). The post ‘Breakfast at the Kentucky Derby’ on FanDuel TV Begins Apr. 25 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Sugaree at Keeneland over 1 1/2 miles. Camelot Mare Thrives Over Classic Distance At Keeneland Blue Devil Racing Stable's Sugaree (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) earned her first American win in her third start there, winning by a half-length at Keeneland on April 23 (video). Trained by Arnaud Delacour, the grey won once in six starts in Ireland. Bred by Pier House Stud, Sugaree was knocked down to Dan Hayden on a winning bid of €200,000 at the 2021 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale. She was trained in Ireland by Joseph O'Brien. The first foal and one of two winners for the multiple stakes placed Pakora (Fr) (Gentlewave {Ire}), the mare has half-brothers by Ghaiyyath (Ire) and Saxon Warrior (Jpn) yet to race born in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Pakora is a full-sister to group winner Pagera (Fr), who won the G3 Baden Racing Mercedes-Benz Stuten-Preis and was second in the GI E. P. Taylor Stakes. Coolmore's Camelot has accumulated 11 winners from 27 runners in the U.S. (41%). His trio of stakes winners in that jurisdiction are led by Grade I winners Santa Barbara (Ire) and Athena (Ire), who both won the Belmont Oaks. The 16-year-old son of Montjeu (Ire) stands for €75,000. SUGAREE shows determination to win at @keeneland for @delacour_arnaud and Blue Devil Racing The Camelot (@coolmorestud) mare was purchased by Dan Hayden on behalf of Blue Devil Racing from Pier House Stud pic.twitter.com/zkLSHnBMQ0 — Goffs (@Goffs1866) April 24, 2025 Florida The Place To Be For Accent Accent (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), owned by Jeffrey Drown, graduated on debut going a mile at Tampa Bay Downs on April 23 (video). Trained by Chad Brown, the Fittocks Stud and Arrow Farm Stud-bred is out of Dreamlike (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). The dam of three-time American Grade I winner Program Trading (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Dreamlike has a 2-year-old colt by Too Darn Hot (GB), and she was covered by Justify last spring. Picked up by Mike Ryan for 260,000gns as a Book 1 Tattersalls October yearling, Accent counts G2 Park Hill Stakes heroine Silk Sari (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) as her dam's half-sister, and another half-sister produced G1 Kennedy Oaks winner Zardozi (Aus) (Kingman {GB}). Darley's Pinatubo, whose eldest foals are 3-year-olds, is the sire of three winners from six runners (50%). His best in America is the GIII With Anticipation Stakes third Cavallo Bay (GB). He commands £30,000 at Dalham Hall Stud this term. Churchill Filly Claws Out Santa Anita Score Hronis Racing's Cat The Confidante (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) stepped up to a mile in her second start, and emerged a narrow winner at Santa Anita on April 20 (video). The Oak Hill Stud-bred filly is trained by John Sadler. The first foal out of the placed Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) mare The Lazy Monkey (Ire), the filly is followed by the 2-year-old filly La Praga (Ire) (El Kabeir) and a yearling filly by freshman sire Starman (GB). Cat The Confidante cost €35,000 as a Goffs November Foal on the bid of Karlstown Bloodstock, and graced that ring as a yearling when selling for €70,000 at the Orby Sale, Book 1 in 2023 to BBA Ireland. The female family features GIII All Along Stakes and GIII Glens Falls Handicap victress Idle Rich (Sky Classic) and her son Talip Han (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}), a champion in Turkey. Coolmore stallion Churchill has nine winners from 22 runners (41%) in the U.S. Besides the GII Valley View Stakes winner Poolside With Slim (Ire), the son of Galileo (Ire) has three more stakes horses there, including The Foxes (Ire), second in the GI Belmont Derby. Churchill stands for €25,000 in 2025. CAT THE CONFIDANTE (IRE) ($13.60) barely holds off Innovative in the 9th at @SantaAnitaPark. @HIBerrios masterfully handled the 3YO Churchill (Ire) (@coolmorestud) filly for trainer @sadlerracing. It's time for the Lucky Last: https://t.co/cROASzQ2oB pic.twitter.com/WOasB1Fk5J — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) April 20, 2025 Hello Youmzain Colt Brings Peace To Tampa R. T Racing Stable's Café La Paix (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}) set the pace and held on for a half-length victory at Tampa Bay Downs on April 19, his fourth lifetime start (video). Trained by Leandro Moreno-Barban, the 3-year-old colt was bred by Ecurie Haras du Cadran and United Breeders Angeville Racing. An €85,000 Arqana August yearling purchase by Nicolas Clement for RT Racing, the bay son of Ilanga (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}) is the second foal and first winner for his dam, who won the G3 Prix Texanita. His latest half-sibling is Bullet Ant (Fr) (Ardad {Ire}), a 2-year-old colt. G3 Prix de Psyche heroine Almara (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) is a half-sister to Ilanga, while under the third dam are German Group 3 winners Molly Max (Ger) (Big Shuffle) and Molly Art (Ger) (Big Shuffle). Haras d'Etreham's Hello Youmzain sports a 66% strike rate in the U.S., with two of his three runners there finding the winner's circle. Worldwide, this second-crop sire has two stakes winners (Misunderstood {Fr} and Electrolyte {Ire}) and another four stakes horses. He stands for €40,000 this year. Repeat Winners The familiar duo of Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and trainer Chad Brown combined with the well-bred Early Adopter (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) to win a Keeneland affair on April 23 (video). Bred, like Accent, by Fittocks Stud and Arrow Farm & Stud, the 3-year-old colt was third in the GII Pilgrim Stakes last year. Irish stakes winner Pipsy (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) first featured in ths column last May, and she starred in a 5 1/2-furlong Keeneland allowance on April 19 (video). She is owned by Woodford Thoroughbreds and is trained by Will Walden. Phil D'Amato trains Granny Budgie (GB) (Massaat {Ire}) for David A Bernsen LLC, Omar Aldabbagh and Jeffrey Lambert. The 4-year-old filly won a Santa Anita allowance just over a year ago, and doubled up at that distance on April 18 (video). (8) Early Adopter (GB) storms down the lane to win for @jose93_ortiz! (4) King of Ashes and (6) Anegada follow. pic.twitter.com/2xOrlqhNZc — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) April 23, 2025 The post Making Waves: A Sweet Tooth For Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

One week before the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) on April 26, Churchill Downs opens with a nighttime card to kick off its 43-day spring meet.View the full article

Seven new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, led by Smarty Jones. Others to be inducted include Decathlon, Hermis, George Conway, Edward Bowen, Arthur Hancock III, and Richard Ten Broeck.View the full article

Bidding was fierce for lot 168–a son of Mehmas (Ire) and the G2 Sapphire Stakes third Rapid Reaction (Ire) (Shamardal)–and the bay brought €1 million from Godolphin during the Goffs Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale on Thursday. Richard Brown and Alex Elliott were underbidders on the Greenhills Farm-consigned colt. His dam is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and multiple group-placed Katla (Ire) (Majestic Missile {Ire}). Group 1 winner and successful sire Wootton Bassett (GB) is under the third dam. Bred by Milestream Stud Company, Ltd., he was a €140,000 foal purchase by Anna Sundstrom and Filip Zwicky at the Goffs November Foal Sale. He did not meet his reserve and was a €140,000 buy-back at the Arqana August Yearling Sale last year. Tally-Ho Stud's Mehmas is responsible for the current trio of top lots, a €720,000 colt and a €650,000 filly. £1,000,000 for lot 168 @GoffsUK breeze up. It's been a day for records being set and the popularity of Mehmas continues. This colt by the sire was consigned by Greenhills Farm and has been bought by Godolphin. pic.twitter.com/pcmgx9dVjF — TDN (@theTDN) April 24, 2025 The post Godolphin Goes To €1 Million For Son Of Mehmas At Doncaster appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Seven new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is headed by Smarty Jones, a finalist for the first time. Additionally, Kentucky-breds Decathlon and Hermis and trainer George H. Conway have been chosen by the 1900-1959 Historic Review Committee; and Edward L. Bowen, Arthur B. Hancock III, and Richard Ten Broeck have been elected by the Pillars of the Turf Committee. In the contemporary category, Pennsylvania-bred Smarty Jones was the lone candidate to appear on the majority of ballots submitted (50% plus one vote is required for election). A total of 157 voters (90.2%) participated from the 171 eligible to cast ballots in the election. The candidates in the Historic Review and Pillars of the Turf categories were required to receive 75% approval from the respective committees to earn election. The 2025 Hall of Fame class will be enshrined on Friday, Aug. 1, at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga Springs at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Museum website at www.racingmuseum.org. The event is open to the public and free to attend. Tom Durkin will serve as the master of ceremonies. Bred in Pennsylvania by Someday Farm, Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality–I'll Get Along, by Smile) raced from 2003 through 2004, winning eight of his nine career starts, including the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in his sophomore season, and was voted the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male in 2004. Owned by Roy and Pat Chapman under their Someday Farm banner, Smarty Jones was trained by John C. Servis and ridden exclusively by Stewart Elliott. George H. Conway (1873-1939) is best known for training Hall of Famer War Admiral to a sweep of the 1937 Triple Crown and to an overall record of 21-3-1 from 26 starts and earnings of $273,240 from 1936 through 1938. A native of Oceanport, N.J., Conway also conditioned Hall of Fame member Crusader, as well as standouts Speed Boat, War Glory, and War Heros. Edward L. Bowen (1942-2025) was a prolific racing journalist and historian for more than 60 years and served the sport in various other capacities, including 24 years as president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. A native of Welch, W. Va., Bowen was an Eclipse Award-winning journalist, editor in chief of The BloodHorse, author of 22 books about horse racing, and chairman of the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame Nominating Committee from 1987 through 2024. Arthur B. Hancock III was born in Nashville, Tenn., and for six decades has been a significant presence in American racing and breeding through his establishment of Stone Farm in 1970 near Paris, Ky. A member of one of the sport's most prolific racing and breeding families, Hancock's grandfather, Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., founded Claiborne Farm, while his father, Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock, Jr., expanded the operation to be among one of the most important breeding operations in the country. In partnership with one of his longtime clients, Manhattan real estate broker Leone J. Peters, Hancock bred and raced Gato Del Sol, who won the 1982 Derby. Hancock and Peters also teamed up to breed Risen Star, winner of the 1988 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. Through H-G-W Partners, Hancock owned and raced Hall of Fame member and 1989 Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, whose wins included the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Breeders' Cup Classic. Hancock also co-bred 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus. Richard Ten Broeck (1811-1892) was one of American racing's most prominent and accomplished figures in the 19th century, enjoying success as a racehorse and racetrack owner, Thoroughbred breeder, and international racing pioneer. A native of Albany, N.Y., Ten Broeck took over management of the Bingaman (Louisiana) and Bascombe (Alabama) courses in 1847 and in 1851, he purchased Metairie Race Course in New Orleans for $27,000. Under his management, Metairie became the premier track in the country in the decade prior to the Civil War. Broeck holds the distinction of being the first American owner to win an important race in England. With the help of Lecomte, Prioress, and Starke, he held a presence in that country for three decades. Bred in Kentucky by the Nuckols Brothers, Decathlon (Olympia–Dog Blessed, by Bull Dog) raced from 1955 through 1957, compiling a record of 25-8-1 from 42 starts and earnings of $269,530. Purchased at Keeneland in 1954 for $15,500 by Robert J. Dienst (the president of Ohio's Beulah Park) and campaigned under his River Divide Farm banner, Decathlon was trained by Rollie Shepp. In his three years of racing, the bay colt won 18 stakes and was twice named Champion Sprint Horse (1956, 1957). He set track records at Monmouth Park, Suffolk Downs, and Tropical Park, equaled two track standards at Tropical, and matched the world record for 5½ furlongs (1:03 1/5) at Tropical in the first division of the Inaugural Handicap in 1956. Bred in Kentucky by Hiram Berry, Hermis (Hermence–Katy of the West, by Spendrift) raced from 1901 through 1905 with a record of 28-8-6 from 55 starts and earnings of $84,155. The chestnut was trained by Charles Hughes (July 1901 through August 1902), Jack McCormick (August 1902 through October 1902), and Alexander Shields (June 1903 through July 1905). He raced for a variety of owners, including H. M. Ziegler, L. V. Bell, and Edward R. Thomas (who paid a record $60,000 for the horse). Hermis was retrospectively recognized by The BloodHorse-published book The Great Ones as Horse of the Year in 1902 and 1903; Champion 3-Year-Old Male in 1902; and Champion Older Male in 1903 and 1904. To view more information on all the inductees, click here. The post Smarty Jones Heads 2025 Hall of Fame Class appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article