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One of this season’s leading three-year-olds will be restricted to shorter trips in the new term in his transition to the weight-for-age ranks. Dual stakes winner Tuxedo has fashioned an excellent record with three wins and two placings from six appearances, including successes in the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) and Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m). “He’s had two months off and his runs were well-spaced, his form line was fantastic,” said Shaune Ritchie, who prepares the son of Tivaci with Colm Murray. Tuxedo also finished runner-up in the $1.5 million Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) with his only unplaced run coming when seventh in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). “In the Derby, he ranged up to the favourite (Willydoit) on the corner after getting a pretty good run from the widest gate,” Ritchie said. “He travelled into it like he was going to give him a hard time but just failed to run the trip out and we think he’ll be best around the mile mark this preparation. “He’s been back in work for quite some time and had a couple of run alongs already, so we’ll hit the first two weight-for-age races (Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m), Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m)).” Ritchie said Tuxedo had thrived during his time in the paddock. “He was always a relatively strong horse and now he’s a powerhouse, he looks more like a sprinter-miler than a stayer. He put on about 45kg during the eight weeks he was out,” he said. Tuxedo will also be part of the stable’s annual pilgrimage to Ruakaka. “We’re planning our usual sojourn and will take eight horses up for a week and that will culminate with the mid-August meeting there,” Ritchie said. “That will include Tuxedo, Tajana, Alaskan who came from near last to run sixth in the Oaks (Gr.1, 2400m), Hot Line Bling and Indigo, who is another nice filly, and Transcend, who copped a very heavy track at Wellington in her only start and got run down late. “They won’t all necessarily run at that meeting, but it will bring them along.” Darci Brahma filly Tajana is the current top seed among the rising three-year-olds. “She’s the head of the bunch, I can’t remember the last time I ran a horse first-up in a Group race (Gr.3 Colin Jillings 2YO Classic, 1200m) and she ran the colt (Return To Conquer) close,” Ritchie said. Tajana subsequently won at Matamata and ended her campaign when promoted to third behind La Dorada in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). “Her two-year-old form is far stronger than any other filly I’ve had, and we’ve won three Oaks’ (Jennifer Eccles, Artistic, Keep The Peace),” Ritchie said. “She looks like she could be a 1000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) type so I was pleased to see they’ve taken La Dorada over to Melbourne.” Among the older members of the stable to target feature staying events are the dual Group winners Nereus and Mahrajaan, and another import in Davideo. “Nereus hit two very heavy tracks (in Queensland) and that didn’t suit at all, so we brought him home for a spell and he’s still out,” Ritchie said. “He’ll be more of a Christmas and autumn horse, and I’d like to think the summer cups will really suit him.” Current Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m) and Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner Mahrajaan has recently returned to the stable. “He had a very long break, and we feel Melbourne may be a step too far, so we’ll look at getting him ready for a Wellington and Auckland Cups’ campaign,” Ritchie said. Davideo was unplaced in two runs during his initial campaign and is likely to also target the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m). “I think he’ll be a much better horse during his second prep, it can take 12 months for them to get used to the change of seasons,” Ritchie said. View the full article

When the Selangor Turf Club announced a RM1 million (NZ$395,000) prize for the Selangor Mile (1600m) in June last year, trainer HY Cheng thought that he might have the horse to win the big race for four-year-olds over 1600m. At that time, Lucky Magic had just started his racing career and was unplaced in his first two runs. But Cheng knew this horse was special. The son of Mendelssohn went on to notch four wins and two seconds in his next six starts, ending the 2024 season with a victory in the Penang Gold Cup (2000m). And Cheng was even more convinced that Lucky Magic is the one and proceeded to map out a specific programme for the New Zealand gelding. Lucky Magic won three of his four starts this season in the run-up to the Selangor Mile at Sungai Besi on Sunday, and that included winning the Perak Derby (2000m) in March and the very last (1300m) race staged in Penang on May 31. Cheng then kept Lucky Magic fresh for the feature race and the gelding repaid his faith with a hard-fought victory over Good Star who was cutting down his lead with every stride in the final 100m. Lucky Magic, ridden by Ridzuan Shafiq, had stormed to the front at the 200m and fought on gallantly to win by a neck. But the celebrations for Cheng and his owners were put on hold for several minutes when Mahadi Taib, the trainer of Good Star, lodged a protest against the winner for alleged interference at the 300m. The protest was eventually dismissed and Cheng could then pop the champagne. But for Cheng, it was more of a huge relief than being joyous. “I always knew Lucky Magic could win the Selangor Mile. I promised the owner the win and I am just so happy my expectation is proven correct,” said Cheng. Just how good is Lucky Magic? “He will win many Cups for sure” is the answer. “I have ridden him five times this year and he is better than ever,” said Shafiq. “He is a fighter. Just when Good Star got to us, he fought back. “He is now more mature and learn to relax in his races.” Fellow Kiwi bred Antipodean came from a long way back in the running to finish third, and according jockey Benardo Pinheiro, it was a superb run. “He had topweight of 59kg which was not easy,” said Pinheiro. “And he had a change of trainer just 30 days before the race which is never ideal.” Lucky Magic was purchased out of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale by HY Cheng Racing Stable for $75,000. The son of Mendelssohn was sold by Prima Park and had two trials in New Zealand for Paul Richards before his export to Malaysia. View the full article

Clearview Park Stud in Timaru has announced the arrival of its exciting new stallion Snapback, a son of champion sire Snitzel, ahead of the e 2025 breeding season. Trained by the Peter and Paul Snowden and raced in the China Horse Club colours, Snapback was a talented two-year-old with strong metropolitan form and is now set to launch a stud career built on performance, pedigree, and presence. The brown entire was a winner over 1300m at two and Group Two placed when runner-up to Cifrado in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). “He’s by one of the world’s leading stallions, and he brings all the muscle, movement, and swagger we want in a young sire,” said Clearview Park’s Aaron Tapper. “We’re excited to offer South Island breeders a commercial stallion with serious upside.” Snapback is out of stakes placed mare Later Gator (by More Than Ready) and is a full brother to Group Two-winning mare Wee Nessy, trained by Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr. His pedigree combines two-year-old speed, a strong female family, and a proven cross that has already produced stakes success. Snapback stands at a 16.1hh and his introductory fee is $5,000 + GST. View the full article

Despite 24-1 odds, the second longest of the field, Halina's Forte overcame the lack of favoritism and a sloppy/good track to win the $200,000 Honorable Miss (G2) July 19 at the Spa. View the full article

Margaret Davenport and Jon Stillman have been breeding horses for decades, but Shakti is the first foal that they decided to keep.View the full article

Michael Lay's Cruden Bay returned July 20 from an 11-month layoff to secure a second consecutive victory in the $175,000 Connaught Cup (G2T) at Woodbine. View the full article

Charles Fipke's Ready for Shirl (More Than Ready) hadn't visited the winner's circle since January, however, she found the right time to mark her return, collecting her first taste of black-type in the process, in Sunday's GII Canadian Stakes at Woodbine. Favored Gimme a Nother (SAf) (Gimmethegreenlight {Aus}) soon went to the front, slowing the pace to a modest :24.60 and :49.37 as Ready for Shirl set up shop about three lengths behind in the early stages of the nine-furlong test. Continuing to dawdle along through three quarters in 1:14.24, Gimme a Nother cornered for home in front, and it looked like the South African Group 1 winner was going to add her first stateside win as well. Given some solid encouragement down the long straight, Gimme a Nother remained tough, however, Ready for Shirl drew closer with each stride, catching the front runner in the final jump to eke out the win. Stakes winning and graded placed Venencia (Fr) (Recoletos {Fr}), who was camped out at the back early, also kicked on late to get up and grab third. “She's been training exceptional,” said winning rider Emma-Jayne Wilson. “Her last breeze last week on the training track turf was quite stellar, both physically and mentally. And so, she kind of telegraphed to us that she was going to showcase a big day today, and she, she showed up exactly as we expected.” A winner of two of six starts last term, the Fipke homebred kicked off 2025 with a score in an off-turf Gulfstream optional claimer in January before finishing seventh in the one-mile GIII Honey Fox Stakes over that turf course in March. A distant fourth in a main-track allowance at Keeneland in April, the bay was third in the GIII Belle Mahone Stakes over Woodbine's Tapeta surface before coming up just 3/4-of-a-length short of the win in the one-mile GII Nassau Stakes on the turf June 28. “I remember saying her last work, it was as good as she's ever worked for me,” said dual Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield. “She's carrying more weight than she's ever carried before, and since her last race, she's put weight on. I've always had problems keeping weight on this filly, so she was indicating that she's rounding into a really nice filly now.” Pedigree Note: With Sunday's Canadian victory, Ready for Shirl gave her late sire his 109th career graded stakes scorer. The 4-year-old is out of GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Perfect Shirl, herself a daughter of Grade I winner Lady Shirl. Also a homebred for Fipke and trained by Attfield, Perfect Shirl is also responsible for GISW Shirl's Speight (Speightstown) and was most recently bred to Gun Runner. Perfect Shirl is a half-sister to Grade I winner Shakespeare (Theatrical {Ire}) and GSW Lady Shakespeare (Theatrical {Ire}), herself the dam of three-time Canadian champion Lady Speightspeare (Speightstown). Sunday, Woodbine CANADIAN S. PRESENTED BY THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION-GII, C$200,000, Woodbine, 7-20, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:49.57, gd. 1–READY FOR SHIRL, 121, f, 4, by More Than Ready 1st Dam: Perfect Shirl (GISW-USA, GSP-Can, $1,390,729), by Perfect Soul (Ire) 2nd Dam: Lady Shirl, by That's a Nice 3rd Dam: Canonization, by Native Heritage 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Roger L. Attfield; J-Emma-Jayne Wilson. C$120,000. Lifetime Record: 12-4-2-1, $279,987. *1/2 to Shirl's Speight (Speightstown), GISW-USA, GSW & GISP-Can, $1,497,245 and Speightstown Shirl (Speightstown), GSP, $119,038. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree. 2–Gimme a Nother (Saf), 124, m, 5, Gimmethegreenlight (Aus)–Nother Russia (Saf), by Tiger Ridge. O-Newstead Stables LLC; B-Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein (SAF); T-H. Graham Motion. C$40,000. 3–Venencia (Fr), 121, m, 5, Recoletos (Fr)–Sign of Life, by Lemon Drop Kid. O-Bradley Thoroughbreds, Laura Leigh Stable, Jim Cone, Belmar Racing and Breeding, LLC, Team Hanley and Cambron Equine, LLC; B-Patricia Laffon Lomba, Ines Laffon Lomba & Fernando Laffon Lomba (FR); T-Chad C. Brown. C$22,000. Margins: HD, NK, 1. Odds: 6.25, 1.05, 3.85. Also Ran: Scarlet Poppy (Ire), Crevalle d'Oro, Life's an Audible. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Ready For Shirl Gets Up in Time to Win Woodbine’s Canadian appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Even with a lack of it for this running of the GII Honorable Miss Stakes in Saratoga, the Sunshine State was well-represented as Halina's Forte (Mitole) outbattled fellow Florida-bred R Disaster (Awesome Slew) to take home the hardware. Given the cold shoulder by the betting public, she went off at 24-1 long odds for this sloppy running of the contest, and was content to watch R Disaster set the pace as she saved all the ground on the rail in fifth. Still in midpack behind an opening quarter in :21.72 and a half in :44.50, she made her move from the inside to overtake that longtime leader in deep stretch and hold off a second wind. The 6-5 favorite, Scylla (Tapit), ran on for third. Halina's Forte was last seen June 6 beginning her 2025 campaign at Prairie Meadows, finishing second by a half-length in the Prairie Rose Stakes. Sales history: $130,000 Ylg '22 OBSWIN; $250,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL. O-Rigney Racing; B-Bill & Corinne Heilegbrodt, AF & B Vanlangendonck; T-Philip Bauer. HUGE upset in the G2 Honorable Miss! HALINA'S FORTE ($50.00) wins at 24-1 with @iradortiz aboard for trainer Phil Bauer. pic.twitter.com/dzoQ6r5mfd — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) July 20, 2025 The post The Florida-Bred Takes New York: Halina’s Forte Wins the Honorable Miss at Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The late-striding Journalism (Curlin) is developing a knack for snatching Grade I victories from the jaws of defeat, but he has yet to be able to solve the riddle known as Sovereignty (Into Mischief). On Saturday at Monmouth Park, this athletic colt did his part to edge us closer to a possible Round 3 rematch of the top two finishers of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes. But on Sunday, with Journalism shipping back to California, the colt's connections made no commitment either way about renewing their rivalry with Sovereignty in the Aug. 23 GI Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Journalism didn't have to shoulder a rival out of the way like he did when winning the GI Santa Anita Derby, or burst through a barely clearable hole like when capturing the rock 'em, sock 'em stretch run of the GI Preakness Stakes (in which Sovereignty didn't participate). But Journalism's GI Haskell Stakes score still had that increasingly familiar “Too much work to do-he'll never get there!” sense of deep-stretch foreboding. Then, right on cue, the Houdini-like closer sparked to life and uncoiled with shadow-of-the-wire precision to win yet another big sophomore stakes by a less-than-a-length margin (101 Beyer Speed Figure). Sovereignty is indeed aiming for the Travers, prepping this Saturday at the Spa in the GII Jim Dandy Stakes (entries drawn Wednesday). Sovereignty beat Journalism on the square the two times they raced against each other, stamping his victories in the first and third legs of the Triple Crown as “best horse won” performances that left little doubt that the Bill Mott trainee has now twice executed better-timed and longer-sustained late moves over his hard-trying rival going 10 furlongs. If he does return East, the Travers projects to be Journalism's last shot to try and dislodge Sovereignty from the top of the divisional totem pole before the 3-year-olds start to take on older horses. But even if he doesn't, there is one key element about the sophomore crop as a whole that stands out: The entire campaign has been dominated by off-the-pace closers who rate from far back, and the absence of legitimate, front-running pacemakers who stay on under pressure is striking compared to historical norms. Dating back to last December, when late-season 2-year-olds were first tasked with a nine-furlong graded stakes in high-level races, there have been 18 juvenile/sophomore stakes at that distance or longer on dirt or Tapeta. Eleven were “Road to the Kentucky Derby” qualifying races; three were the Triple Crown series, plus the Haskell, the GIII Ohio Derby, the GIII Peter Pan Stakes, and the $200,000 Bath House Row Stakes. Of those 18 Triple Crown-caliber divisional stakes at 1 1/8 miles or longer, 11 (61%) were won by deep closers. Only two (11%) were won in wire-to-wire fashion. Two went to horses flashing early speed who pressed just behind the leaders. Stalkers accounted for the other three. I don't have an exact number that tells what the long-term winning pace profile is for non-turf route races on this continent, but I am confident in guessing the figure is nowhere close to being titled toward tailgate types as the nearly 6:1 ratio of closers to wire-to-wire horses suggests. And yes, admittedly, 18 races is a small sample. But the trend has persisted across the division for more than eight months now, and it stands out considering that strong early speed is a defining characteristic of North American breeding and racing. And it wasn't as if those closers were launching mid-pack runs that picked off only a few stragglers. Eight of those 11 route stakes were won by horses who closed from either last or next-to-last positions. The number increases to nine if you also count Sovereignty's win in the Derby, in which he rallied from 17th in a 19-horse field. At the opposite end of the scale, scrutinizing the four sophomore stakes at nine furlongs that were either wired or won by pace-pressing threats, two of them subsequently seem suspect because of possible speed biases and one might be chalked up to an odd course configuration. 'TDN Rising Star' Rodriguez (Authentic), for example, wired the field in the GII Wood Memorial on an afternoon when 10 of 13 main-track races at Aqueduct were won by horses racing on the front or just off it. Rodriguez next ran in the Belmont Stakes, where he assumed an easy lead but caved under far-turn pressure, finishing fourth behind Sovereignty and Journalism by 8 1/4 lengths. In the Ohio Derby, Mo Plex (Complexity) sat second behind a wilting favorite and took control in deep stretch to win. But the 12 races at Thistledown that afternoon were slanted toward horses who flashed early speed, with that pace profile accounting for nine winners. Mo Plex is an expected entrant in Saturday's Jim Dandy. The speed-centric victory by American Promise (Justify), who forced the pace from second in the Mar. 15 Virginia Derby, also has to be viewed in the context of being aberrational. Nine-furlong races are seldomly run on the main track at Colonial Downs, and they are conducted over a one-turn configuration that theoretically aids frontrunners. After his track-record win in Virginia, American Promise couldn't come close to replicating his winning form, finishing 16th in the Kentucky Derby and eighth in the Preakness. That leaves us with a single wire-to-wire winner of a graded dirt stakes for the sophomore class of '25 who could still be a dangerous divisional contender in the second half of the season: Magnitude (Not This Time). We don't often see 43-1 shots winning graded stakes by 9 ¾ lengths while earning a 108 Beyer number, but that's exactly what this Steve Asmussen trainee managed to uncork when wiring the GII Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds back on Feb. 15. Sent straight to the lead from post 12, Magnitude established a brisk early pace, drew away from the odds-on favorite when confronted mid-race, then braced for and shrugged off a fresh challenge from the second fave. He increased his margin while soaring home solo for a 1:48.85 clocking that equated to the fastest Risen Star in seven runnings since that stakes was elongated to nine furlongs in 2020. Randy Moss of NBC-TV, who makes speed figures for the Beyer team and is also a co-host of the TDN's Writers' Room podcast, wrote on the X social media platform at the time that Magnitude's final clocking for the Risen Star “is likely the fastest” 1 1/8-mile win ever by any 3-year-old at Fair Grounds. (The lone exception Moss found was the 1:48 4/5 win by Clev Er Tell in the 1977 Louisiana Derby, which predates the modern era of timing races in hundredths of seconds.) Moss also noted that Magnitude's 108 rating “equals the highest Beyer ever for a sophomore at Fair Grounds.” Three days after his gaudy win, Magnitude was removed from Triple Crown consideration to have surgery to fix an ankle chip. After recovering, Asmussen gave the colt a relatively easy first race back, and Magnitude ran up the score in the 1 1/16-miles July 5 Iowa Derby, leading at every call, prevailing by 9 1/4 lengths, and earning a 105 Beyer. This past Saturday, Magnitude had his first published workout since that Prairie Meadows victory, breezing a :51.68 half-mile at Saratoga (35/42), where he is training up to the Travers. Magnitude will bring a 4-for-8 lifetime mark into the Spa's “Midsummer Derby.” He's now 4-for-4 in races where he's either led throughout or hit the front by the midpoint call, and 0-for-4 in races where he hasn't. Magnitude's running style will be no secret to the connections of Sovereignty and (if he runs) Journalism. But the two divisional leaders are likely the ones who'll be tasked with making the most significant tactical adjustments to try and win the Travers by reeling in a potentially unpressured pacemaker. It hasn't been a defining characteristic of the current sophomore crop so far this season, but proven early speed never really goes out of style at any level of American racing. The post With Closers in Control of Division, Sophomore Crop’s Curious Lack of Early Speed Stands Out appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As the connections of the top finishers in the Haskell Stakes (G1) spend the next few days and weeks mulling plans for their 3-year-olds, some interesting possibilities abound. View the full article

Raging Torrent, a two-time grade 1 winner, has been retired after developing a suspensory injury to his left foreleg. It has not been decided yet where he will begin his stud career. View the full article

Pereira's mount Origami (IRE) clipped heels and fell near the three-eighths pole. Both horse and rider momentarily stayed down on the grass before Origami got up on her feet. Pereira tried to stand up but promptly laid back down on the ground.View the full article

With five fillies in the 70th running of the Woodbine Oaks, chances were high that it would be a Mark Casse runner. The hard part, or so it was thought, would be figuring out which one would step up to win it. No Time (Not This Time) did just that in fine style to take home the hardware carrying the colors of Gary Barber. Sent off at 6-1 here, she watched her stablemates roll through opening sectionals of :22.97, :46.47, and six furlongs in 1:10.97, and she launched her move from the overland route coming off the turn to overhaul the leading pair to win by open lengths. Shifty (Medaglia d'Oro) claimed second and Winterberry (Frosted) held third. The final time was 1:50.14, a faster clocking than the colts went one race prior in the Plate Trial. Sales history: $250,000 Ylg '23 FTSAUG. O-Gary Barber; B-James & Janeane Everatt, & Arika Everatt-Meeuse (ON); T-Mark Casse. Gary Barber's NO TIME ($15.50) and John Velazquez (@ljlmvel) draw clear to win the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks for trainer @markecasse. Congratulations to the connections with this 3yo filly is by @TMStallions' Not This Time. @WoodbineTB pic.twitter.com/gDzqYl2E2N — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) July 20, 2025 The post Not This Time’s No Time Tops Casse Brigade in Woodbine Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

GSW Starting Over (Liam's Map) sustained an injury on the grass in the GII United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday and was humanely euthanized by the track veterinarian staff after the race. Owned by Nice Guys Stables and transferred to the care of Brittany Russell last year, the 8-year-old ran third in the Cape Henlopen Stakes at Delaware Park June 14, and then shipped to Monmouth after registering a workout at Saratoga July 13. In the United Nations, the gelding raced at the rear of the field past the grandstand for the first time. Towards the end of the backstretch, jockey Umberto Rispoli skillfully pulled up his mount. According to the Equibase chart, the equine ambulance transported Starting Over off the track. When reached for comment on Sunday, Russell said via text message, “He [Starting Over] did not make it. We are devastated. We thank Umberto [Rispoli] for getting him pulled up quickly and the on-track veterinarians for rushing to his aid. It's been a tough 24-hours for the team.” Starting Over raced 28 times and amassed over $560,000 during his career. Campaigned as a juvenile under trainer Jonathan Thomas, the gelding won the GII Mac Diarmida Stakes at Gulfstream Park in 2024 when he was conditioned by Michael Maker. The post GSW Starting Over Humanely Euthanized After Injury In U.N. At Monmouth appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coming into the race with live running lines under his belt, Sedburys Ghost (Shaman Ghost) took home the Plate Trial Stakes at Woodbine, and is one step closer to emanating his sire on the Road to the King's Plate. Having last been seen running fourth in the GIII Marine Stakes June 28 in his first attempt at 1 1/16-miles, the betting public let the Yawen Wu homebred go at 7-1 odds here as trainer Barbara Minshall tasked her charge to take another step up in distance for the Plate Trial. Content to watch the race unfold as a group in front of him contested the pace through :22.84, :47.22, and six furlongs in 1:12.10, he inched closer through the final bend to be the looming danger coming off it as Scorching (Mo Town) tried to mount a response to hold on to his lead. Grinding past that rival in midstretch, Sebdurys Ghost kicked on well to claim a clear victory. Notorious Gangster (Classic Empire) ran on late to claim second while Scorching held third. The final time was 1:50.37. O/B-Yawen Wu (ONT); T-Barbara Minshall. #4 SEDBURYS GHOST ($16.80) angles off the turn under @Ryan_Munger95 and they take the $150,000 Plate Trial at @WoodbineTB for trainer Barbara Minshall and owner Yawen Wu. Bet the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks with @FanDuel Racing.https://t.co/vqeyX0tDY9 pic.twitter.com/149hAwJl4K — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) July 20, 2025 The post Shaman Ghost’s Sedburys Ghost Runs Them Down Late to Win Plate Trial at Woodbine appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. –The expectations? Oh, they were through the roof. Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse thought his 3-year-old filly La Cara (Street Sense) was going to run huge in the GI Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. Those hopes turned to despair mighty quick. About eight hours before the CCA Oaks was run Saturday, La Cara was denied the chance to run after a suspected case of strangles forced the New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission to place a group of horses in Barn 28 on the Saratoga backstretch under quarantine. La Cara was one of them. Instead of La Cara, who was the 2-1 second choice on the CCA Oaks morning line, having a shot at her third career Grade I win, Casse was reduced to a fan watching a horse race. Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) won the CCA Oaks by 15 1/2 lengths. Could it have been different if La Cara had run. We'll never know. And Casse was not going to play the 'what if' game Sunday morning. “It would have been a different run race, obviously,” Casse said Sunday morning on the Saratoga backstretch. “(Scottish Lassie) likes the lead like ours does. It would have been a more contested pace.” Casse was disappointed but felt worse for owner Tracey Famer and his wife Carol, who made the trip from Kentucky to see La Cara run. “They handled it like troopers,” Casse said. “The only question they had was 'where do we go next?” That would be the GI, $600,000 Alabama Stakes, the Saratoga centerpiece race for 3-year-old fillies on Aug. 16. Casse also plays to run Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), owned by D J Stable LLC in the Alabama. A horse trained by Mike Maker, 4-year-old filly Surprenant Cocca (Catholic Boy) showed symptoms of strangles, a contagious bacterial infection. She has since been moved offsite for additional testing. Casse has seven horses stabled in Barn 28; the majority of his horses–including 3-year-old Sandman (Tapit), who is targeting the GII, $500,000 Jim Dandy this Saturday–are in Barn 29 and not affected. When Casse first got the bad news, La Cara was getting a bath on Saturday morning. He said he has not been told how long the quarantine will last. Horses in Barn 28 are not allowed to train among the general population. “I can't fret over things I can't control, so I don't,” Casse said. “I just won my 4,000th race. I have a wonderful, beautiful wife, a great family, a good barn. This was one of the craziest things I have ever encountered. Yes, it's frustrating, but I have dealt with so much in my career; that is why I never count on anything. “You just have to laugh,” he said. “I was sitting on the couch (Saturday night) and I just started laughing. Tina (his wife) asked what I was laughing about. I just said, 'you can't make this stuff up!” No Late Night For Abreu After Winning First Saratoga Grade I Jorge Abreu was no party animal Saturday night after Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) won the GI Coaching Club American Oaks, giving the 44-year-old his first Saratoga Grade I win. “I went home, I was in bed by 8,” Abreu said Sunday morning at his barn in the annex across from the Oklahoma Training Track. “I had a busy morning (Sunday).” He had a bushel of young horses to train, but the smile did not leave his face and probably won't for the next few days, if not weeks. Scottish Lassie's 15 1/2-length romp in the watered down CCA Oaks field was reason enough for Abreu to rejoice. “I am still on cloud nine,” he said. “I told you, going into this race, I was 100 percent confident she was going to run a big race because she was training so well.” Immersive (Nyquist), last year's Juvenile Filly champion and the 3-5 CCA Oaks favorite, was a distant second. The race lost some of its luster when La Cara, the 2-1 second choice on the morning line, scratched after the barn she was in was placed under quarantine. Another filly, Sweet Seraphine (Quality Road) was scratched from the race because of an infection. None of that was going to sour this victory for Abreu. Scottish Lassie gave him his first Grade I win last year when she won the Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct. “I'm not taking anything away from La Cara because she is a Grade I winner and a really good horse,” Abreu said. “Coming in, all six horses were salty horses, but I was coming in at 100 percent. I wasn't going to care who else was in the race. I knew she would run her race.” Abreu said Scottish Lassie, owned by Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Abreu, bounced out of the CCA Oaks in great shape. She jumped into her feed tub and Abreu said she was bright and alert Sunday morning, The next goal will be the $600,000, GI Alabama on Aug. 16 at the Spa. “She'll be ready for the next one,” Abreu said. “This hasn't quite sunk in. It seemed like I had a million text messages. Yes, I'm excited.” The last filly to win both the CCA Oaks and Alabama was Nest (Curlin), who did it in 2022. Trainer Ryan Beat The Traffic After Book 'em Danno's Beat The Vanderbilt Derek Ryan didn't wait around very long after Book 'em Danno (Bucchero) mowed down the field in Saturday's GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga Race Course. Following the popular 4-year-old's 2 ½-length win in the Vanderbilt, the trainer spent some time at the barn, got something to eat, slept for a few hours and then came back to the barn at 3 a.m to check on his big horse. Then he hit the road, bound for Monmouth Park in New Jersey. “Left at 3:15 a.m.,” Ryan said by phone late Sunday morning. “I had to get back to Monmouth to train horses. It took me 5 ½ hours to get to Saratoga, just under three to get home. No traffic. All the idiots were off the road.” After training, Ryan got home in time and planned to watch the end of the British Open golf tournament. Before that, he was happy to talk Book 'em Danno, who won his ninth career race in 15 starts. His six-furlong Vanderbilt win kept him undefeated at the distance (4-for-4). He has three wins in four Saratoga career starts. Next up has not been decided, but Ryan said the GI, $500,000 Forego at seven furlongs would be a logical step. Book 'em Danno, owned by Atlantic Six Racing LLC, has three wins in six career starts at seven furlongs; one of his defeats came by a neck. “We are going to take it one race at a time,” Ryan said. “We will get over this one and then figure out the next spot. More than likely, it will be one of the main ones. He will run any distance I want him to run. Good horses will do anything.” Ryan said that Book 'em Danno will remain in Saratoga for now. He has not yet decided when he will bring him back to his barn in New Jersey. The post Saratoga Notebook: Presented by NYRA Bets: Casse Not Moaning After L Cara Not Able to Run in CCA Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

5th-Ellis, $90,025, Msw, 7-20, 2yo, f, 1m (off turf), 1:40.05, gd, 1/2 length. TO A FLAME (f, 2, Justify–Moth {Ire} {G1SP-Eng, $121,393}, by Galileo {Ire}) came into this race with a July 12 move at Keeneland going four furlongs in :47.20 (2/46) and was in no rush after the jump as Undercover Agent (Omaha Beach) led the field through :23.43, :47.97, and 1:13.19 pressured splits. Splitting leaders at the quarter pole, she locked horns with the longtime frontrunner through midstretch, lost a bit of ground, but gamely came back in the final yards to win by a half-length. The victress is a daughter of G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas third Moth, who herself is a half-sister to group winner Hearthstead Maison (Ire) (Peintre Celebre); Group 1-placed Race Reviews (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and that one's full-sister SW-Eng Fermion (Ire). The lattermost mare tallies Group placed runners Telopea (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Roman Soldier (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) to her credit. To A Flame's full-brother Can't Deny It is a winner and so is their 5-year-old full-brother Milwaukee. Moth has a yearling colt by Epicenter and had been bred back to Justify for 2025. This is the immediate female family of G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud victress Plumania (GB) (Anabaa), who would in turn create a branch of the family which yielded the likes of multiple group winner Plumatic (GB)(Dubawi {Ire}); and Group 1-placed Solsticia (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}). Plumania's half-sister GSW-Fr Balladeuse (Fr) (Singspiel {Ire}) claims MGSW-Fr Aventure (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and G1SW-Fr Left Hand (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) to her tally. Sales history: $375,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $60,269. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-Bregman Family Racing LLC; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (KY); T-George R. Arnold II. The post Justify’s To A Flame Game as They Come to Win on Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Amiloc will not be confirmed for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) July 26, with his trainer Ralph Beckett keen to give him more time to recover from his Royal Ascot exertions.View the full article

Before putting him on a van headed to Saratoga, trainer Jose D'Angelo worked Abraham Gold's Howard Wolowitz (Munnings) on the all-weather Tapeta at Gulfsteam Sunday. Unraced since a trip to Saudi Arabia in late February, the 4-year-old breezed four furlongs in :44.36, fastest of 17 horses, in his second work since finishing 10th the 1351 G2 Turf Sprint Feb. 22 at King Abdulaziz Racecourse. “He was sharp,” he said. “He worked pretty good. It was his last workout before going to Saratoga with the ultimate goal to run at Kentucky Downs in September. I'm very happy with the way he's doing.” Howard Wolowitz graduated second time out with a 7 ¾- length maiden special weight romp last June at Gulfstream. His next four starts came in stakes, marked by victories in the GI Franklin-Simpson Stakes at Kentucky Downs and Holiday Cheer Stakes at Turfway Park to cap his sophomore campaign. “He came back from Saudi and we gave to him some time off. He ran hard all last year. I think that was the key because the horse is doing very well,” D'Angelo said. “We'll see if he's ready and if he can have one run at Saratoga before Kentucky Downs.” Also on the worktab Sunday, Leon King Stable Corp.'s Bentornato breezed four furlongs in :48.86 on the Tapeta after turning in four three-furlong moves on the main track at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County. Bentornato won the FSS Dr. Fager and Affirmed in 2023 but was denied a sweep of the series for 2-year-old Florida-breds, finishing third in the In Reality. Last year, he was third in the G3 Saudi Derby and second in the GII Robert Hilton Memorial prior to winning the GII Gallant Bob Stakes. He finished second in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint in his most recent start. “He worked good, too. We gave him time off after the Breeders' Cup and he's doing very well, also. We're looking forward to running him at Saratoga,” D'Angelo said. “I don't have him fit enough yet so I'm waiting to see when he will be ready.” Rounding out D'Angelo's Gulfstream workers, Soldi Stable and Qatar Racing's Gabaldon (Gone Astray) covered five furlongs in :57.26. The 3-year-old was scratched from an open 5 1/2-furlong allowance on the Gulfstream synthetic July 13 which would have been his first start since a third in the March 22 Texas Glitter. Gabaldon raced twice at 2, winning Gulfstream's Royal Palm Juvenile in his career debut to earn a trip to England for the prestigious Royal Ascot meet, where he ran second in the Windsor Castle Stakes. He is slated to make his graded debut in a 5 ½-furlong turf sprint for 3-year-olds Aug. 10. “He looked good today,” D'Angelo said. “He's running in the [GIII] Mahony Stakes at Saratoga next month.” Howard Wolowitz, Bentornato and Gabaldon–scheduled to leave Monday for Saratoga–will be accompanied by Arindel's Monster (Leinster), a nine-length winner going five furlongs on the turf May 23 at Gulfstream his third start. Monster went a half-mile in :48.30 Saturday at Palm Meadows, third-fastest of 75 horses, and is being pointed to either the Aug. 2 Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park or Aug. 16 Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga, both sprinting on the grass. The post GISW Howard Wolowitz Breezes at Gulfstream, Prepares to Ship to Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) is teaming up with Dean Dorton, a Top 100 CPA and advisory firm, to host a deep dive webinar on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its tax implications affecting Thoroughbred racing. To register, click here. It will take place on Thursday, July 24th at 10:00 a.m. PT. The webinar will feature insight from Jen Shah and Joe Daugherty, Lexington-based certified public accountants with Dean Dorton, and the firm's equine tax heads. “The NTRA is pleased to collaborate once again with the team at Dean Dorton,” said Tom Rooney, President and CEO of the NTRA. “Jen Shah and Joe Daugherty's equine tax expertise is among the best in the country, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has many new tax provisions that they can help everyone better understand. Dean Dorton's team is among the best at communicating insights and benefits available to the equine community. This webinar is an invaluable resource.” Among the topics discussed will be: depreciation benefits, business tax improvements, loss limitation, and other changes. The post NTRA Partners with Dean Dorton to Host Webinar in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-ELP, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 1mT, 2:16 p.m. ET. A $500,000 buy during Keeneland September, PIASTRI (Not This Time) gets behind the wheel for L & N Racing and Robert Zoellner. The Steve Asmussen trainee is out of SP Boule (Exchange Rate), who herself was purchased for $160,000 by Rhianon Farms at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale while in-foal with current 4-year-old filly Thorny (Violence). Boule is a half-sister to GSW Tide of the Sea (English Channel) and her own grand dam is MGISW Tates Creek (Rahy), who is responsible for Australian multiple group stakes winner Spirit Ridge (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). Also set for his unveiling is Godolphin homebred Gloves Off (Nyquist). The colt's unraced dam is out of GI Breeders' Cup Distaff heroine Round Pond (Awesome Again) and her half-siblings include MSW Long River (A.P. Indy), SW Lake Lucerne (Dubawi {Ire}), GISW Highland Falls (Curlin) and the dam of GISW Speaker's Corner (Street Sense). Gloves Off is trained by Eoin Harty. Finally, Fulleffort (Liam's Map) is a $425,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale grad who is owned by St. Elias and Starlight. The Brad Cox trainee's dam, MSW Callmethesqueeze (Awesome Again), claims GI Alabama Stakes victress Power Squeeze (Union Rags) and SW Call On Mischief (Into Mischief). TJCIS PPS The post Monday’s Racing Insights: Not This Time’s Piastri After Pole Position On Debut At Ellis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

To most people Tuesday will be just another Tuesday, but for the racing industry it is an important date. It will mark the start to the 100-day countdown to the Breeders' Cup. To celebrate the occasion, the Breeders' Cup will launch its first-ever Annual Day of Giving, which will become a yearly event. The goal this year is to raise $200,000, which includes a generous pledge from Ken Freirich, a racehorse owner and philanthropist. He will match up to $100,000 of all donations made on July 23. It's just one part of a bigger goal. Not only does the Breeders' Cup want to increase the amount of money it gives to racing-related charities, it wants to have an even higher profile within the industry than it does now. “We've been taking an increasing leadership role over the last five, six years for the industry,” said Breeders' Cup COO John Keitt. “A lot of issues have arisen, and not just for the Breeder' Cup, but for all sports, that are focused on accountability, sustainability and social responsibility. We felt this was an opportunity for us to show some leadership. There are some great organizations in the industry that have been donating to charities for a long time. We feel that we can complement that.” Breeders' Cup began its charitable endeavors about 20 years ago. Most of the money for the charities has come from the Breeders' Cup's cut on merchandise sales. This year, they want to make a bigger difference. “We decided this year to launch a revamped, re-purposed Breeders' Cup charities to try to make a bigger difference,” Keitt said. “We've been working on this for about a year. The Board has been very supportive. The first big step was when they authorized us to take all net royalties from merchandise sales and apply that to charity. That gives us a really strong foundation. What we're trying to do is build a more sustainable business model for the charity that relies on potential streams of revenue at our event. We're really changing things around with the idea of our program making a much more significant impact and to be a little bit more focused than we have been in the past.” The Breeders' Cup will now be looking to make more money for its charities from the event itself. Keitt said that one example is that the Breeders' Cup will take, for its charities, a percentage of the revenue spent on every official Breeders' Cup cocktail. Fans will have multiple ways to contribute to the Breeders' Cups' programs, including an option to make a donation when purchasing tickets to the event. According to a Breeders' Cup press release, significant contributions will be made across five core pillars: (i) Thoroughbred aftercare, (ii) jockey health and wellness, (iii) backstretch and industry workers, (iv) equine research and (v) other impactful community initiatives. The recipients will include, among others, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, the Grayson-Jockey Research Foundation and the Race Track Chaplaincy of America. “The charities that we have identified to start with are more than pleased with what are offering to give them,” Keitt said. Keitt said there will be a Phase II, where the Breeders' Cup will work directly with some of its charities to help them with their own fundraising efforts. “We will look at how we can join with organizations so that we can be even more impactful,” he said. “We want to partner with these organizations so we can tell their stories as well. This is part of the mandate the board has given us to be as involved in the overall industry as much as possible.” To make a donation go to www.breederscup.com/charities or call 859-514-9428. The post Looking to Expand its Charities Program, A New Breeders’ Cup Initiative Kicks off Tuesday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Michael McCarthy remained noncommittal Sunday as to the next move with GI NYRA Bets Haskell victor Journalism (Curlin). Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Robert LaPenta, Elayne Stables Five, and the Coolmore connections of Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith,. However, Bob Baffert confirmed that Haskell third-place finisher, TDN Rising Star Goal Oriented (Not This Time), would make his next start in the GI Travers Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 23. “We'll get him home. He's flying home on Tuesday and then back [to the East Coast] for the Travers),” confirmed the Hall of Famer by phone from his base in Southern California Sunday. Journalism is campaigned by his breeder Don Alberto Stable in addition to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Bridlewood Farm, Robert LaPenta, Elayne Stables Five, and the Coolmore connections of Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith. According to Eclipses' Aron Wellman, the colt will share a plane ride back to Southern California with Goal Oriented. “I'm just in awe of him in every respect. He's a treasure,” said Wellman. Asked what's next for Journalism, McCarthy said, “We've got a couple of scenarios to work out. We're just going to enjoy this for now.” Coming off a second-place finish in Saturday's Haskell, Gosger (Nyquist) appeared to have exited the race in fine shape and was scheduled to leave New Jersey mid-afternoon Sunday. “We were let down, but he ran a great race,” said assistant trainer Sean Dolan. “Journalism is obviously a very good horse. Hopefully, our horse will continue to improve, which he should do.” Winner of the GIII Lexington Stakes earlier in the season, Gosger also finished runner-up behind Journalism in the GI Preakness Stakes. Local hopeful Wildncrazynight (Midnight Lute), who finished last of eight in the Haskell, will return to New Jersey-bred competition, according to the colt's owner, Staton Flurry. “Hopefully, we can find a New Jersey-bred race for him next,” said Flurry. “That will be the ideal spot. He's run as good as anybody in the state-bred races and he's a nice horse. A very nice horse. We'll look for an allowance or one of the state-bred stakes coming up and have some fun.” The post Haskell Winner Journalism Heads West, Goal Oriented to Contest Travers appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Isaac Souede and Simon Munir's Green Sense (Starman) faded out of contention when 13th of 17 in Royal Ascot's G3 Albany Stakes last month, but bounced back in style to defeat her male peers and secure a breakthrough success in Sunday's G2 Goffs Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly. “She's a really good filly, she is very easy to ride and she won well,” said winning rider Maxime Guyon. “My instructions were to follow and then use her turn of foot. We were unsure of how she would handle the track as the going is soft today, but she handles it without any problems. It's not easy going against the colts, even with the weight allowance, but she did it well is good enough to win a Group 1.” Stalking the leaders in fourth until coming under pressure with a quarter-mile remaining in the straight six-furlong test, the 31-10 third choice gained a narrow advantage passing the furlong marker and was ridden out in the closing stages to hold the late threat of Super Soldier (Dark Angel) by a neck for a first black-type triumph. Completing an overseas trifecta, the pacesetting Archie Watson trainee Tadej (Ardad) rallied once headed to finish another neck adrift in third. Green Sense had opened up with a three-length tally at the Curragh in April and preceded her Royal Ascot run with a runner-up finish in May's G3 Naas Fillies Sprint. She is familiar with both of Tally-Ho resident Starman's two prior pattern-race winners, having finished behind Lady Iman at Naas and G2 Duchess Of Cambridge victrix Venetian Sun in the Albany. The winner retains a G1 Prix Morny nomination, but is unlikely to encounter the runner-up at Deauville next month, according to Super Soldier's trainer Karl Burke. “He's a lovely, honest horse and was a bit unlucky,” he said. “He had to be taken back to find a gap and then got blocked again. I'm not sure about the Morny as I have other horses lined up for that. The going is key with him and he wouldn't want it too quick. The [G2] Gimcrack would be perfect if it comes up decent ground.” Green Sense lands the Group Two Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly! pic.twitter.com/1qyeg7Ejcj — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 20, 2025 Pedigree Notes Green Sense, who becomes the third pattern-race winner for her freshman sire, is the latest of eight foals and one of five scorers produced by a half-sister to multiple stakes-winning GII Commonwealth Stakes runner-up Cool Bullet (Red Bullet) and GIII Coolmore Lexington Stakes third Casper's Touch (Touch Gold). The May-foaled bay, whose second dam is Listed Ruthless Stakes winner Lizzy Cool (Saint Ballado), is a half-sister to G3 Grosser Preis von Lotto Hamburg victrix K Club (Kodiac) and the multiple stakes-placed Back To Brussels (Starspangledbanner). Green Sense hails from the family of GI Mother Goose Stakes and GI Acorn Stakes heroine Windy's Daughter (Windy Sea). Sunday, Chantilly, France GOFFS PRIX ROBERT PAPIN-G2, €119,000, Chantilly, 7-20, 2yo, 6fT, 1:11.56, sf. 1–GREEN SENSE (IRE), 125, f, 2, by Starman (GB) 1st Dam: Big Boned, by Street Sense 2nd Dam: Lizzy Cool, by Saint Ballado 3rd Dam: Well Supported, by Key To The Mint 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€90,000 Ylg '24 GOFORY). O-Simon Munir & Isaac Souede; B-Nicholas Hartery; T-Joseph O'Brien; J-Maxime Guyon. €67,830. Lifetime Record: GSP-Ire, 4-2-1-0, €92,930. *1/2 to K Club (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), GSW-Ger; and Back To Brussels (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), MSP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: First SW from this cross. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Super Soldier (Ire), 128, c, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–First Party (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (60,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; 78,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT; £390,000 2yo '25 GOFLON). The JC Organization & Partner; B-Drumlin Bloodstock; T-Karl Burke. €26,180. 3–Tadej (GB), 128, c, 2, Ardad (Ire)–Tilly Frankl (GB), by Frankel (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (38,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; £65,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). Jinky Farms & Partner; B-Star Cottage Stud & Niall O'Keeffe; T-Archie Watson. €12,495. Margins: NK, NK, 3. Odds: 3.10, 6.80, 2.10. Also Ran: Imperial Me Cen (Ire), Moojeed (Fr). The post Third Group Winner for Starman as Green Sense Prevails in Chantilly’s Robert Papin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Putting an unplaced seasonal debut effort at Royal Ascot behind him on Sunday, Ballydoyle's Diego Velazquez (Frankel) proved that the seven-furlong trip of The Curragh's G2 Romanised Minstrel Stakes was well within his repertoire. Sent off the 11-8 favourite despite the Queen Anne no-show, last year's G2 Solonaway Stakes and G3 Meld Stakes winner made Ryan Moore work relatively early but gave what was required to score by a neck from the three-year-old East Hampton (Cracksman). “He had a tough comeback run and it didn't work out at Royal Ascot, but he showed a good attitude there and is a lovely horse,” his rider said. “He's an uncomplicated horse and there wasn't much pace, so I let him stride on. He tries hard and I'd like to think he'll come forward again.” Diego Velazquez Another winner at @curraghrace for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore, who land the Group Two Romanised Minstrel Stakes @Ballydoyle | @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/Ft4WSOPQve — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 20, 2025 The post Diego Velazquez Back On Track In The Minstrel appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article