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Precious Dixie (Bernardini), the dam of leading GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hopeful Final Score (Not This Time), is one of two new supplements to the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale to be held Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Lexington. Consigned to the sale by Taylor Made, the 11-year-old mare is offered in foal to Muth and is a daughter of the Grade II-winning and Grade I-placed turf distaffer Princess Haya (Street Cry {Ire}), herself the dam of GSW & GISP Lady Kate (Bernardini) and of the Irish Group 2-placed $1.8-million Keeneland September grad Bernard Shaw (Into Mischief). In his two most recent trips to the post, Repole Stables' Final Score won the Aug. 28 GIII With Anticipation Stakes at Saratoga and the GII Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 5. Also added to the sale is Singsational (Audible), whose half-brother Mad House (Vekoma) won the GII Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx on Sept. 20 and is a candidate for the GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint. Singsational is consigned by Baldwin Bloodstock, agent. Keeneland will accept supplemental entries to Book 1 right up until the start of its November Sale. A total of 3,084 horses are catalogued for the auction, which will take place over eight sessions through Tuesday, Nov. 11. The Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale is set for Wednesday, Nov. 12. The post Dam Of BC Juvenile Turf Hopeful Final Score Supplemented To Keeneland November appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Dr. Kapur (c, 2, McKinzie–Ava's Kitten, by Kitten's Joy), a game second, beaten just a neck, after setting a fast pace in the Travers Day maiden at Saratoga Aug. 23, ran to the money as the 4-5 favorite with a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' performance at Keeneland Thursday. The Ken Ramsey homebred was hustled to the front from his outside draw, but was immediately hounded to his inside through an opening quarter in :22.47. He began to get some breathing room on the far turn, kicked for home as the one to catch and leveled off nicely in the stretch while kept to task by Irad Ortiz, Jr. to graduate with authority by 2 3/4 lengths. Chip Honcho (Connect) was second. The final time for seven furlongs was 1:23.71. Highlighted in our 'Second Chances' series, Dr. Kapur is named after the surgeon who performed Ramsey's kidney transplant last year. Dr. Kapur is the fourth 'Rising Star' for Gainesway sophomore sire McKinzie and is out of Ramsey's stakes-winning and graded-placed homebred Ava's Kitten (Kitten's Joy). Ava's Kitten made all 13 of her career starts on grass and her full-brother Real Solution carried Ramsey's famed red-and-white silks to wins in two of the top grass stakes in the country, the GI Arlington Million and GI Manhattan S. Ramsey also bred and raced Dr. Kapur's broodmare sire, the late champion grass horse and perennial leading sire Kitten's Joy. Ava's Kitten is also represented by a yearling colt by Not This Time ($400,000 purchase by Repole Stable at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga) and an Essential Quality colt of this year. She was bred back to American Pharoah. 6th-Keeneland, $110,000, Msw, 10-16, 2yo, 7f, 1:23.71, ft, 2 3/4 lengths. DR. KAPUR, c, 2, by McKinzie 1st Dam: Ava's Kitten (SW & GSP, $279,771), by Kitten's Joy 2nd Dam: Reachfortheheavens, by Pulpit 3rd Dam: Reach, by Dynaformer Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $85,643. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Kenneth L. Ramsey; B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. Dr. Kapur is much the best in race 6, followed by #2 Chip Honcho and #6 Fuzzbuster pic.twitter.com/cEuSVSKG0w — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 16, 2025 The post McKinzie’s Dr. Kapur Earns ‘Rising Star’ Honors Second Out at Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Edited Press Release The catalogue for the second Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held in the Del Mar paddock the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 29, is now available for viewing by clicking here. The sale features a curated selection of elite racehorses, breeding stock, stallion shares and breeding rights. The live auction for the Championship Sale will commence at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time. Attendance is by invitation only, with bidding available in-person, online and by phone. The auction's interactive catalog–featuring photos, videos, speed figures and detailed information about each entry–is available at Championship.Keeneland.com. The Championship Sale features these offerings: Lifetime breeding right to millionaire and Grade 1 winner Constitution, sire of multiple Grade I winner and GI Breeders' Cup Classic candidate Mindframe, exciting young sire Tiz the Law and others. The leading son of Tapit at stud, Constitution stands at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. Randy Gullatt consigns the lifetime breeding right. Stallion share in GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner and $4.5 million earner Life Is Good, who also stands at WinStar. The multiple Grade I-winning son of Into Mischief was represented by his first crop of yearlings at Keeneland's recent September Yearling Sale, where they commanded prices of $1.25 million, $1.025 million, $725,000, $700,000, etc. The 2.5% fractional interest is consigned by Christie DeBernardis, agent. Stallion share in Mindframe, multiple Grade 1 winner and leading contender for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 1. He is scheduled to enter stud at historic Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, in 2026. The 2% fractional interest is consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent. Stallion share in Not This Time, which includes the income associated with this share from his 2025 breeding season. Already the sire of nine Grade I winners, he is the leading sire of black-type winners in 2025 with 22 and second by graded stakes winners with 12. He stands at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The 2% fractional interest is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Lifetime breeding right to leading sire, champion and GI Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, who stands at Darley in Lexington. He leads all sires with 10 Grade I performers in 2025 including Cavalieri, Argos and Velocity. Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent consigns the lifetime breeding right. 20% ownership interest in 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, now retired to Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. In three racing seasons, Thorpedo Anna won 12 races in 16 starts, including the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff among 10 graded stakes, and earned $5.4 million. Out of the Uncle Mo mare Sataves, she is from the family of Grade/Group 1 winners Eskendereya and Balmont. The 20% fractional interest is consigned by McPeek Racing Stables, agent for Richard M. Edwards. 25% ownership interest in Bentornato (Valiant Minister), a leading candidate for the GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint. Never off the board in 10 career starts, the six-time winner has earned more than $1.2 million. A narrow second in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Del Mar last year as a 3-year-old, Bentornato enters this year's championships off a career-best 5 1/4-length victory at Churchill Downs. Jose D'Angelo, agent, is consigning the 25% fractional interest. The post Keeneland Championship Sale Catalogue Online appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Half Yours has drawn barrier 2 for the Oct. 18 Caulfield Cup (G1), a result the Tony and Calvin McEvoy team say will allow the stayer to settle and obtain an economical run.View the full article

Off since November 2024, 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' With the Angels (Omaha Beach) returned to the track Thursday with a win at Aqueduct against allowance horses. Sidelined for much of the year after winning each of her first four starts including three straight stakes races as a juvenile, the New York-bred filly faced open company for the first time and came from off the pace to win going away under Flavien Prat. Lifetime Record: 5-5-0-0. O-Winning Move Stable, Oxley, John C., Lady Sheila Stable, Rideau Racers LLC and Sanford H. Robbins LLC; B-Joseph DeRico (NY); T-Linda Rice. Sales History: $65,000 ylg '23 SARAUG, $350,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Welcome back, champ! With the Angels, bred by Joseph DeRico and foaled at River Valley, coasts out of traffic to take her sophomore debut. Prat aboard the unbeaten #NYbred for @LindaRiceRacing, Winning Move, John Oxley, @Lady__Sheila, Rideau Racers, and Sanford Robbins. pic.twitter.com/WCC4eOiAil — NYTB (@nytbreeders) October 16, 2025 The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ With The Angels Returns A Winner In 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

3rd-Keeneland, $110,000, Msw, 10-16, 2yo, 7f, 1:23.84, ft, 3 lengths. CONFESSIONAL (c, 2, Essential Quality–Speedy Vanessa, by American Pharoah) outran his 12-1 odds to graduate first out Thursday and become the 10th winner for his freshman sire (by Tapit). Wide of the speed from his outer draw, he stalked just off frontrunning Grand Slam Sam (American Pharoah) past the half-mile pole. Pushing past that rival into the stretch, he opened up three lengths to the wire. 'Insight' runners Colossus (Constitution) and Our Forefathers (Constitution) finished sixth and eighth respectively. Speedy Vanessa, purchased for $280,000 at KEENOV last year in foal to Yaupon, is a half-sister to GI Central Bank Ashland winner Karlovy Vary (Dynaformer), herself the dam of MGSW/MGISP Mean Mary (Scat Daddy) and GSW/GISP Bye Bye Melvin (Uncle Mo). The Yaupon filly she produced this year will return to the KEENOV ring next month while Speedy Vanessa is due back to Life Is Good. Sales History: $160,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $63,085. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Steve Landers Racing LLC; B-Breed First LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. #10 Confessional takes race 3 with Axel Concepcion aboard, # 11 Grand Slam Sam and #1 Corona de Oro follow pic.twitter.com/VsJLaqcFKb — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 16, 2025 The post Confessional A Debut Winner At Keeneland For Essential Quality appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Two 3-year-old sprinters close behind Patch Adams in Aug. 23 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1)—runner-up Captain Cook and third-place Barnes—compete Oct. 18 against four other 3-year-olds in the Perryville Stakes (G3) at Keeneland. View the full article

Canadian classic winners Mansetti and Runaway Again meet for round three when they square off in the CA$150,000 Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine. View the full article

Blue Grass Farms Charities (BGFC) sixth annual Relics and Rarities from the Bluegrass Region online auction will begin at noon ET Oct. 23 and run until 7:00 p.m. ET Oct. 26 with a preview starting Oct. 16 which will showcase halters worn by top Thoroughbreds, Kentucky Bourbon and other unique items, the organization said in a press release on Thursday. “We are excited about the items for this year's auction, but most especially sterling silver bracelets made with horsehair from seven amazing Thoroughbreds,” said BGFC Executive Director Julie Kwasniewski. “Bracelets were made by local jeweler Beth Johnson, of Paris, Kentucky, using hair from Cody's Wish, Goodnight Olive, Gun Runner, Rachel Alexandra, Silver Charm, Tapit and Zenyatta.” According to the release, Godolphin will serve as this year's presenting sponsor. Auction proceeds will be used for the charity's annual 'Festival of Christmas' which is Dec. 3. Click here to access the auction items. The post BGFC Relics And Rarities Auction For Charity Starts Oct. 23 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The announcement of the pre-entered fields for the 2025 Breeders' Cup World Championships will be broadcast live on FanDuel TV Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. Pacific time (12 p.m. ET) and will also be streamed live at www.breederscup.com. The list of the pre-entered fields will also be available on the Breeders' Cup mobile app, Facebook, X and YouTube. Pre-entry is the first of a two-step process for all owners intending to start a contender in one of the 14 Breeders' Cup World Championships races. The entry stage then takes place on Monday, Oct. 27, when post positions are also drawn. The pre-entry announcement will be hosted by FDTV's Todd Schrupp and Christina Blacker. The Breeders' Cup will take place on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1 at Del Mar. The post Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries To Be Announced On FanDuel TV, Streamed Live on BC Website appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A new performance-based rating system for Thoroughbreds has been launched by Equibase to provide “more options for tracks to consider when developing race conditions,” the company said in a release Thursday. The first such race using the Equibase rating will be contested at Santa Anita on Friday, Oct. 24. The Equibase rating provides an algorithmically generated predictive performance score based solely on race outcomes and measurable factors such as speed, race strength, track conditions, and trip factors and was developed with the input of industry stakeholders with the goal of simplifying conditions, improving race competitiveness, and creating larger fields. “This has been a truly collaborative effort to improve race competitiveness and give horsemen additional options to complement claiming, especially for horses that have run through their conditions,” said Kyle McDoniel, president and COO for Equibase. “We are happy to partner with 1/ST to card the first race at Santa Anita and are excited about the interest already being generated by the new rating. I'd like to thank all of the participants in our various advisory groups who provided input from perspectives of racing offices, owners, trainers, breeders, and handicappers as well as other jurisdictions outside of the U.S.” “As we've seen in international racing, a rating system provides horsemen and women more clarity in selecting a race for their horses,” said Aidan Butler, President of 1/ST. “Currently, the closest comparable option only exists with claiming races, whereas if you want a horse to run with others of similar class, you have to put them up for sale, which is counter-productive to owners and trainers investing long-term in their horses. We believe the introduction of the rating system to U.S. racing will translate to horses running more often, leading to larger fields with increased wagering opportunities for our horseplayers.” The Equibase Rating is calculated through an algorithm that factors in race records, performance analytics and historical data from racetracks. It is different from the Equibase Speed Figure, which measures how fast a horse has been running in its past races with a single number and is based on the horse's actual time in combination with the condition of the track. The Equibase Rating will be incorporated into racetrack condition books for race planning and are available on equibase.com next to the horse's name in entries, statistical profiles, and past performances. More information on the Equibase Rating can be found here. The post Equibase Launches New Rating System, First Race Carded Oct. 24 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

5th-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 3:21 p.m. ET. Bred by Summer Wind, PALADIN (Gun Runner) easily was knighted as a top-twelve price during the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale when the chestnut was hammered down for $1.9-million. The ownership group of Mrs. John Magnier, Peter Brant, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Brook Smith and Jane Lyon, who stayed in for a piece, sent the colt to trainer Chad Brown. Out of unraced Secret Sigh (Tapit), the first-time starter is a half-brother to a colt by Into Mischief–taken home by Case Clay for $900,000 during the recent Keeneland September sale. Paladin's second dam, MGSW India (Hennessy)–responsible for Japanese multiple Group 1 hero Mozu Ascot (Frankel {GB})–is herself a half-sister to the dam of MGISW To Honor and Serve (Bernardini) and GI Chandelier Stakes victress Angela Renee (Bernardini). TJCIS PPS The post Friday’s Racing Insight: Pricey Paladin Knighted For Unveiling Around One Turn At Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Three favourites, three different states of readiness. That sums up the powerful Barry Purdon/Scott Phelan assault on Addington tonight as the open class pacing season steps up a gear in the $60,000 Lamb and Hayward Canterbury Classic (9.35pm). The stable have their elite pacers Merlin and Sooner The Bettor in the capacity field, up against Republican Party, We Walk By Faith and Alta Meteor, so basically all the local New Zealand Cup-winning chances aside from Akuta, who is sidelined this week. The northern stable also have our best young trotters in Meant To Be (R7, No.7) in a small but strong three-year-old trot and Greased Lightnin as favourite in the $50,000 Garrards’ Sophomore Classic (8.38pm). Merlin and Greased Lightnin were backed soon after markets opened and Phelan, who has travelled south with the team, says the time is right for Merlin to step up. “He has had two runs back and been good but the crucial thing this week is he is back on the front line,” says Phelan. “He has been off 20m in those two races so far and we all know how hard that is. “He has good manners and if he steps well he is ready to be driven aggressively.” Sooner The Bettor has beaten Merlin in both their recent Alexandra Park starts but doesn’t get a 20m head start tonight and how he steps will have a huge impact on his chances as the front line contains some fast beginners. “He has also some times raced below his best at Addington, where he has never won, but we can’t fault him going into it.” Republican Party, We Walk By Faith and Alta Meteor have all won impressively this campaign and could do so again without surprising but the capacity field will make it hard for those behind midfield with a lap to go with so much horsepower likely to be handy. While Phelan is adamant both Merlin and Sooner the Bettor are ready for tonight he warns exciting trotter Meant To Be goes into his comeback with one trial less that would be ideal. “Don’t get me wrong, he is really well and even stronger than last season,” he says. “We are very happy with him but he has only had the one trial and a couple of the smart ones in the race are going to be fitter than him. “This is only our starting point, not our Grand Final, so he might possibly be vulnerable.” Greased Lightnin sits between those two levels of fitness, ready to win Race 8 but still on the up as a huge next two months loom for the three-year-old pacing crop. He was a luckless fifth making good ground during a fast last 400m in the Group 1 Flying Stakes last Friday when fresh up and the superstars who beat him home last week don’t oppose him tonight. Greased Lightnin has good gate speed which makes him the one to beat. Purdon and Phelan also train the two favourites in main race at Alexandra Park tonight, with Better Knuckle Up (R6, No.2) favoured. “He was very good coming from well off the speed against Merlin and those horses last start and he might be just a bit more forward than Jeremiah, who missed that race,” says Phelan. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Patience rather than panic is the key to finally getting the best out of frustrating trotter Pantani. The four-year-old heads to Alexandra Park tonight for Race 2, the Garrards Pesticides Northern Metro Trotters Heat (6.19pm) that he would almost certainly win if he raced up to his best form. He did that for the first time in a year four starts ago and thrashed a similar field by 10-and-a-half lengths at The Park but he has galloped in all three starts since. Trainer-driver David Butcher says Pantani will eventually have the manners to match hit motor so he can’t get too concerned. “He used to be a bit hot (nervy) but he is getting better,” says Butcher. “It will come and we are doing little things with him. We tried using plugs on him but they almost made him too laid back and then he galloped when you pulled them. “So he will keep going around and getting more practice and I think this week’s race will suit him.” Pantani (R2, No.6) faces only six rivals so Butcher is confident he can get him away safely and smoothly before deciding whether to make a mid-race move or sit in and drive him for speed. With favourite Pretty In Pink drawn the ace on the front line Pantani wouldn’t want to let her get too far in front of him but he does have 2700m in which to make his move. Butcher faces having to come from back in the field with his two other favoured drives tonight in Mako (R4, No.8) and Jolimont (R6, No.5), who is off a 20m handicap in the small main pace, the Vale Chris Garrard handicap Pace (8.22pm). “He just needs to step away, which he should off a back mark in the small field,” he says. “This race suits him because the best open class horses aren’t here but that is the same for a few of the others. But he should be hard to beat.” Like Jolimont, Mako is trained by Arna Donnelly and was impressive winning fresh up and looks headed most of the way to open class. But he meets some talented intermediate grade rivals in a 2200m Metro Pacing heat that could easily see the winner break 2:40. “He is still on the way up and it is a good field for this grade so it might come down to luck in the running. The meeting is one of the smallest Alexandra Park Friday night cards in years, with just seven races and an average field size of six starters but actually still has some interesting betting races because of the evenness of the fields. View the full article

Canadian classic winners Mansetti and Runaway Prince meet for round three when they square off in the CA$150,000 Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine. View the full article

We should have seen it coming really. Night Of Thunder burst onto the scene in 2019 to be champion first-season sire with seven stakes winners to his name. Not all leading freshmen go on to put themselves into contention for champion sire honours, of course, but six years later this is exactly what the prolific Night Of Thunder has done, and he looks almost certain now to follow the achievement of his own sire Dubawi, who was champion in 2022. Dubawi, who turns 24 in January, took longer to get there but for many of his earlier years at stud he had Galileo to contend with. Since that multiple champion's demise, the title race has had a more open feel to it, albeit it has twice been won by Galileo's son Frankel and now a son of Dubawi looks likely to follow suit. It's quite something when one considers the relatively small likelihood of the Dubai Millennium line taking root in such a way after he left only 56 foals back in 2002. Darley also has Dubawi's son Too Darn Hot sneaking up the charts, and he has an exceptional representative in Fallen Angel, the winner of five Group 1s at two, three and four. This Saturday at Ascot, four of the ten highest-rated horses in the Longines World Rankings this year will turn out for Qipco British Champions Day. Of those, Dubawi's 126-rated son Delacroix and Night Of Thunder's Ombudsman (128) – who currently tops the list – will face off in a scintillating line-up for the Champion Stakes which includes another son of Night Of Thunder, Economics, on his first run for a year. Also in line for a Group 1 outing on Saturday are Ten Bob Tony and Estrange, who give Night Of Thunder a chance to accrue some decent progeny earnings on a valuable day's racing. At the time of writing, he is more than £600,000 clear in the British and Irish sires' championship, with Wootton Bassett behind him in second. The late Coolmore sire still holds sway across Europe having had the Classic winners Camille Pissarro and Henri Matisse, as well as the Group 1 winners Sahlan, Maranoa Charlie and Puerto Rico to add to his haul in France. Back when the sacrilegious move was made to wrest the Champion Stakes from its rightful home of Newmarket, it was Frankel who saved the new-look Champions Day at Ascot, with his winning appearances first in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes then his emotional swansong in the Champion Stakes. (Notably, he had also won the Royal Lodge at two, when that race was respectively run at its rightful home of Ascot.) This year, Frankel has Latakia, Bedtime Story and Exactly representing him at Group 1 level on Champions Day but, already more than £2 million behind Night Of Thunder in progeny earnings, he will be unable to hold onto his champion sire crown. Don't bet against him winning it back at some stage though. Frankel has had strong competition from within his own stable this year, with Kingman having reached the milestone of 100 stakes winners in late September, and he is of course responsible for the joint-top-rated three-year-old in the world in Field Of Gold. The grey is on 127, currently equal with the Arc winner Daryz (Sea The Stars), and is one of five Group 1 runners for Kingman at Ascot. Ballylinch Stud's globally renowned Lope De Vega could yet improve his standing in the sires' table. Currently in sixth, he has Almaqam, Carl Spackler, First Look, Iberian and Fox Legacy to represent him on the Group 1 stage this weekend. Completing the top ten stallions in the table to date, Sea The Stars has Sweet William and The Lion In Winter in his corner, while Australia's good year could be continued through his Irish Oaks-placed daughter Wemighttakedlongway. Mehmas has no Champions Day representatives but is once again having a strong year and is the leader in both the European table and in Britain and Ireland by number of winners. Then there's Blue Point, whose finest hours came at Ascot and whose breakthrough as a stallion of note was aided by his Classic-winning son Rosallion. Plenty would enjoy seeing Rosallion win his fourth Group 1 on what may well be the final start of his career in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Blue Point's second-top-rated son Kind Of Blue returns to defend his Champion Sprint crown, in which he could face fellow Blue Point offspring Rayevka and Sky Majesty. Outside the ten are some names who will doubtless be given plenty of consideration by breeders in the coming months as mating plans are confirmed. Gleneagles had a Group 1 sprint winner and a Derby runner-up last year (as well as the German Derby winner) but it is his son Calandagan who is arguably doing the most to advertise his sire's merits. Fresh from back-to-back Group 1 victories in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the four-year-old returns to Ascot to line up for a red-hot Champion Stakes. He's not his sire's only Champions Day runner either, as One Look, recently third in the Prix de l'Opera heads to the Champion Fillies and Mares Stakes. Study Of Man had his breakthrough Group 1 winner in that race last year and Kalpana will be back in an attempt to retain her crown. Meanwhile, a horse who deserves respect in the Champion Stakes is the lightly-raced Almeric, who looks progressive and impressed on his return in the Doonside Cup last month. He could be Study Of Man's next star performer. Golden Horn has made the transition to being fully respected in the National Hunt sphere, with the Champion Hurdle and Triumph Hurdle winners Golden Ace and Poniros to his credit at the Cheltenham Festival this year. But don't rule him out of the Flat game just yet: this year his five group winners on the Flat put him on a par with Camelot and Too Darn Hot, and they are led by the mighty stayer Trawlerman, who returns to the scene of his Gold Cup triumph on Saturday in a bid to win a second British Champions Long Distance Cup. The difference this year is that the race now carries Group 1 status for the first time. Trawlerman will have competition from another hugely consistent stayer in Al Qareem, a son of the secretly very decent stallion Awtaad, who, like Golden Horn, is a Classic-winning son of Cape Cross. The post Can Champions Day Seal the Sires’ Championship for Night Of Thunder? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Matt Dorman went from zero to 60 when starting his broodmare band with the purchase of 20 mares in 2020, but five years later, the native Marylander is happy to take a long-term approach to building his Determined Stud breeding operation. Dorman made his first in-person trip to the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale last week and came home with eight yearlings–all fillies who, hopefully, will race for the operation before joining the broodmare band. “We really wanted to get some of the sire power that exists in Europe,” Dorman said. “Nothing against the Not This Times, the Curlins, the Gun Runners and Into Mischiefs here. But when I look back over decades, some of the big shifts have occurred when either Europeans came here and bought some horses or the Japanese did, or we went over to Europe and brought some back. And so to me, I think just being able to have some of the mix of those bloodlines makes a lot of sense.” Among Dorman's purchases at Tattersalls was a daughter of Frankel (GB) out of graded winner Hostess (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) (lot 188) acquired for 600,000gns; a filly by No Nay Never out of group-placed Bufera (Ire) (King's Best) (lot 69) acquired for 540,000gns; and a filly by Sea the Stars (Ire) out of Ginger Nut (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) (lot 161) purchased for 450,000gns. Lot 188 | Tattersalls “I think turf racing is increasing in America,” Dorman, noting the grassy nature of the pedigrees he is bringing back to his Kentucky base. “The purses are good and it just makes sense. So if some of these can run on dirt, great. If not, we're totally fine. And if we end up breeding horses that are better suited to turf, Europeans come over to Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton all the time. So we're fine with that.” While it was Dorman's first time attending, Determined Stud–with the help of bloodstock agent David Ingordo–has been shopping the Newmarket auction for three years now. “Three years ago we tried to get some yearlings at Tattersalls, but we just got priced out by some pretty big players,” Dorman said. “And then last year, we actually got three that are now training in Kentucky and doing well. There are the minor setbacks that you are always going to have, but they all show a little bit of promise. We're not rushing them. One of them might be a late 2-year-old, but most of them are 3-year-old types.” Making his first trip to Tattersalls, Dorman said he was welcomed by friendly people, first-class infastructure, and some very typical English weather. “The people were very nice, very kind,” he said. “I don't think we found one grumpy person. Even the first day when it was raining sideways, there were 30-mile-an-hour winds and it was cold. I was like, 'Okay, welcome to England.' And people were apologetic. We were like, 'It's fine.' We just had three or four layers on.” Dorman was also impressed by the ease of use he found at the facilities at Tattersalls. “The grounds were just very nice, very well laid out and geared towards being able to look at horses easily,” he said. And on sales day, “They've got a screen up, so you can see everything in every currency and you don't have to guess. They make it very easy to purchase. The walking ring behind is really nice because you can really get a good look at the horses in a natural movement, as opposed to kind of going up and back and up and back. So that was kind of cool.” Dorman concluded, “I think we could learn from what the folks do at Tattersalls along the customer service lines. Obviously not everyone's spending a million dollars or three or four or five or whatever, but even when folks are buying two horses, that's a big deal for them. Not everyone's going to be a high roller and get the penthouse in Vegas, but there should be that same kind of experience for everyone. I think folks over here [in the U.S.] are starting to make an effort to get there.” Dorman began his breeding operation with a methodical business plan, a plan that includes diversification throughout the industry's ecosystem. His operation includes stallion shares, as well as broodmares and racing prospects, and he has teamed up with the SF Racing/Starlight Racing stallion-making partnership on several horses, including last year's champion 2-year-old Citizen Bull (Into Mischief). Asked if he had been tempted to add some colts to his Tattersalls shopping list, Dorman said, “There were two colts that David really loved. My plan is really on the broodmare side, but they were great horses, great conformation, good pages, and so I said if we get priced out on fillies and we're kind of light, maybe we do this. But at the end of the day, I just decided to stick to what we came here for. “Maybe in another year, if we continue to have strong sales and there's a little bit extra, maybe we'll take a flyer on the colt side. But I'd rather be a small percentage of a larger partnership. I've worked with the SF guys for a couple of years and I think they do a really good job. But I tend to really like the filly game a little bit better. We've gotten lucky with stallions, but it's a lot harder and there are more horses that fall by the wayside. I'm more long term.” Determined Stud will be represented in the Breeders' Cup Distaff this year by GI Clement L. Hirsch Stakes winner Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo), who is out of Knarsdale, one of the first mares the operation purchased in 2020. Dorman also enjoyed his highest sale to date when a colt by Gun Runner out of Thoughtfully (Tapit), bred in partnership with Hill 'n' Dale, sold for $3.3 million at last month's Keeneland September sale. Mapping out the future of the operation, Dorman can look back even as he plans for the future. “I wanted to get a broodmare band up and running and I didn't want to wait five or eight years for that to happen,” he explained. “So we purposely went and bought mares. Now we have a healthy number of broodmares on the farm in Kentucky. We don't need to go buy five or 10 high-end broodmares. “We've got some mares that we're selling in November because they're doing well and it makes sense and we want to make room. We've got a big one coming off the track this year, we had a lot coming off the track last year. So this is kind of the natural cycle. I kind of look at it in five-year blocks. And this is the first year of the next five years.” While acknowledging the many highs and lows in the racing game, Dorman said he wouldn't have it any other way. “I love the horses,” he said. “I love the characters and the people. The highs are high, the lows are low. That's just life. And if you can get used to it, then you can be joyful and really be grateful and celebrate the good stuff. And then when the bad stuff happens, you just have to realize, the storm hasn't come to stay, it's come to pass. You just have to get through it.” The post ‘Welcome to England’: Dorman Enjoys First Taste of Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Wertheimer et Frere homebred Sosie, third in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, is pointing to the G1 Hong Kong Vase, trainer Andre Fabre announced. The three-time Group 1-winning son of Sea The Stars was slated to retire at the end of the season. “He ran his race [in the Arc], he ran right up to his form. The plan with him now is to go to Hong Kong,” said Fabre, who has won the Vase three times with Borgia (Acatenango) (1999), Flintshire (Dansili) (2014) and Junko (Intello) (2023). A winner of the 2024 G1 Grand Prix de Paris, Sosie won both the G1 Prix Ganay and the G1 Prix d'Ispahan this term, and he was second in his Arc warmup in the G2 Prix Foy. He ran fourth in the Arc in 2024. The trainer also had updates on his fellow Arc runner and G2 Prix Niel scorer Caulificar (Lope De Vega) and G2 Prix du Calvados heroine My Highness (Ghaiyyath), both of whom are done for the year. They are colourbearers for Godolphin. “Caulificar was very unlucky in the Arc, he got pushed out very wide. We've put him away for next year when he should have a good season,” said Fabre. “We were thinking of supplementing her [My Highness] for [the G1 Fillies' Mile at] Newmarket, but she started to go in her coat so she has been put away for the winter now. She has every reason to train on.” The post Hong Kong Next Target For Arc Third Sosie appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

GISW Highland Falls (Curlin–Round Pond, by Awesome Again) and MGSW & 'TDN Rising Star', presented by Hagyard First Mission (Street Sense–Elude, by Medaglia d'Oro) will join the Darley America stallion roster with stud fees set at $10,000 each for 2026, according to a press release from Jonabell Farm on Thursday. Darley said that topping the list will be GI Kentucky Derby victor Nyquist (by Uncle Mo)–the sire of ten career GI winners–but his fee will be announced after the Breeders' Cup. Highland Falls, the 2024 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup hero, posted a 104 Beyer and bested three Grade I winners. The newly-minted Jonabell stallion was a runner-up to champion & 'TDN Rising Star', presented by Hagyard, Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) in this year's GI Whitney Stakes where he clocked a 107 Beyer. Highland Falls is Curlin's only GI-winning son out of a multiple GI-winning mare. Due to a minor injury, the 5-year-old will miss his planned final start in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, but will be available for viewing at the farm during the November sales. First Mission, a four-time graded stakes winner, is by sire of sires Street Sense (by Street Cry {Ire}), whose sons at stud include star freshman Maxfield and MGISW sire McKinzie. First Mission won the GII Oaklawn Handicap running a 109 Beyer, the GII Alysheba Stakes at Churchill with a 106 Beyer, plus he netted the GIII Essex Stakes and GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes. The current 5-year-old dark bay was also third in the GI Stephen Foster to Mindframe (Constitution) and Sierra Leone, finishing ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents) and G1 Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}). First Mission will be available for viewing at Jonabell following his final start in the GII Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs Nov. 28. Nyquist | Sarah Andrew Nyquist will once again helm the schedule at Jonabell after a 2025 season which included leading Grade I victories by Cavalieri, Velocity, and Argos, plus graded wins by 'TDN Rising Star', presented by Hagyard, Nysos, Crimson Advocate, Gosger, Verity, Tenma, Johannes, and Randomized. Nyquist is expected to be represented by several Breeders' Cup contenders. Freshman sire Maxfield's first 2-year-old runners include SW Max Ciao along with three 'TDN Rising Stars', presented by Hagyard, in Magna Victor, GISP Five Bars, and Englishman, who earned a 97 Beyer on debut at Churchill Downs and is a candidate for the GII Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Nov. 28. Maxfield will stand for $50,000 next year. Multiple Eclipse Champion Essential Quality (by Tapit), whose first juveniles include Ellis Park Debutante Stakes winner Chopsticks, SW Essential Time and Saratoga debut winner Aye Eye, will stand for $25,000 next season. Speaker's Corner (by Street Sense) and Mystic Guide (by Ghostzapper) have their first-crop yearlings at the sales and their fees will remain at $10,000 and $7,500, respectively. Horse of the Year Cody's Wish (by Curlin) and GISW Proxy (by Tapit), who will both have their first weanlings through the ring in November, will stand for $60,000 and $12,500, respectively. Rounding out the 2026 roster are Street Sense at $40,000, Hard Spun (by Danzig) at $20,000, Midshipman (by Unbridled's Song) at $15,000 and Frosted by (Tapit) at $12,500. Perennial leading sire Medaglia d'Oro (by El Prado {Ire}), whose 30 career Grade I winners include this year's Kentucky Oaks champ Good Cheer and GI Alabama Stakes winner Nitrogen, will be retired from the roster, while future plans for MGISW Sovereignty (Into Mischief) will be determined after the Breeders' Cup Classic. The post Darley America Sets Fees At $10k For Highland Falls And First Mission, Nyquist TBD appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

QIPCO British Champions Day will be available to view in 170 territories via 40 broadcasters courtesy of Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and HBA Media (HBA) working with Ascot Racecourse. Fox Sports, Fanduel and Sportsnet will show the meeting in North America, while ESPN / Disney + in South America and Caribbean, and SuperSport in Africa will display the signal. The Middle East region will be served by the Dubai Racing Channel and Yas TV (Abu Dhabi), while the Far East will enjoy coverage via Green Channel and Netkeiba (streaming service with 17m users) in Japan, and HKJC TV, Cable TV, TVB and Now TV in Hong Kong. Audiences in India will be served by Fancode, while Sky Racing Thoroughbred Central and Racing.com, and Viaplay will reach audiences in Australia and Europe, respectively. ITV, Racing TV, Sky Sports Racing and Virgin Media will broadcast the live action in UK and Ireland. The post QIPCO British Champions Day To Be Shown In 170 Territories appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saturday, Ascot, post time: 16:05, THE QIPCO CHAMPION STAKES-G1, £1,417,500, 3yo/up, 9f 212yT Field: Almaqam (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), First Look (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Fox Legacy (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Ombudsman (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Prague (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Almeric (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Devil's Advocate (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Mount Kilimanjaro (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). TDN Analysis: The Champion Stakes as it should be but not always is, with all the best 10-furlong performers squaring up on ground that neither favours nor compromises anybody. Second last year when it was soft, Calandagan will be a different proposition this time but he'll have to be to live with this season's success story Ombudsman who looks to settle scores with Delacroix for the third and last time. One apiece after a tactical Eclipse and farcical Juddmonte International, it is hard to say who will be the strongest off an honest tempo with Devil's Advocate and Mount Kilimanjaro having been at it hammer and tongs up ahead. Where Economics is even William Haggas doesn't truly know, but this is not a race to be having your seasonal debut in while Almaqam needed it to have been a lot softer than this. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Ascot, post time: 15:25, THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II STAKES-G1, £1,156,250, 3yo/up, 8fT Field: Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Cicero's Gift (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Docklands (GB) (Massaat {Ire}), Facteur Cheval (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}), Never So Brave (Ire) (No Nay Never), Quddwah (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Alakazi (Fr) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Field Of Gold (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Marvelman (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), The Lion In Winter (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Exactly (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), January (Ire) (Kingman {GB}). TDN Analysis: Back from the wilderness after his Sussex nightmare, Field Of Gold has the opportunity to wrap up the division honours that looked so certain after his St James's Palace display. If there are any vulnerabilities, they will be exposed by Fallen Angel who has proven anything but of late and enters this a filly in her prime. How Rosallion has managed to get himself beaten so many times this season is one of its biggest mysteries and there can't be a horse in training who has produced such impressive data without getting the all-important win. If it comes here, all will be forgiven and forgotten and he loves this track only marginally less than Docklands, one of the few thorns in his side this term. Another is Never So Brave, who is up in trip having mastered him at York from the stable that CAN DO NO WRONG in 2026. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Ascot, post time: 14:05, THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SPRINT STAKES-G1, £562,500, 3yo/up, 6fT Field: Art Power (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Iberian (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal), James's Delight (Ire) (Invincible Army {Ire}), King Of Blue (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), King's Gamble (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), King Cuan (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), Montassib (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Quinault (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Run To Freedom (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Ten Bob Tony (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Witness Stand (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), Big Mojo (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}), Powerful Glory (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), Spy Chief (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Flora Of Bermuda (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), No Half Measures (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire}), Rosy Affair (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Rayevka (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}). TDN Analysis: One of the final dust-ups between the sluggers in this category this year, with none so far able to retain all the belts despite individual moments of superiority. All-powerful at the Royal meeting, Lazzat has developed a glass jaw in the interim while Big Mojo just gets more toughened and hardened with every bout. Undoubtedly one of the year's biggest disappointments, last year's winner Kind Of Blue may just have been keeping his powder dry for this glorious comeback moment but he gives the repeated impression he can't last all the rounds anymore. Rayevka needs a bit of a jump to get to the elite here, but it's all there in her pedigree and style of racing and hails from the stable that CAN DO NO WRONG in 2026. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Ascot, post time: 12:55, THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS LONG DISTANCE CUP-G1, £531,250, 3yo/up, 15f 209yT Field: Al Qareem (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), Sweet William (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Trawlerman (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}), Saratoga (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Stay True (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Nearing eight, Trawlerman has played the long game to perfection and now that all his enemies have been scattered is in command of this division. There isn't much hope for his rivals, even allowing for the potential of Stay True, and with Sweet William probably just going to be Sweet William again proceedings should get off to a comfortingly predictable start. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Ascot, post time: 14:45, THE QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS FILLIES & MARES STAKES-G1, £531,250, 3yo/up, 11f 211yT Field: Danielle (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), Estrange (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Kalpana (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Latakia (GB) (Frankel {GB}), One Look (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Quisisana (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Ballet Slippers (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Waardah (Ire) (Postponed {Ire}), Wemightakedlongway (Ire) (Australia {GB}). TDN Analysis: Another seeking to bookend a winless campaign with a successful title defence, Kalpana may be vulnerable having like Quisisana been asked to plumb the depths in the Arc. Spared that experience, Estrange is a formidable lurking presence by the sire that CAN DO NO WRONG in 2026. These end-of-term contests just love an improver and Waardah is tailor-made, having snuck up the ladder in the Lillie Langtry and she comes here dangerously fresh. Ballydoyle's biggest enigma Bedtime Story has been asked to try on a plethora of costumes but can't get comfortable in any. Perhaps that lightning bolt we witnessed in the Chesham last June was just that, but where this stable is concerned any eventuality is possible until completely exhausted. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Leopardstown, post time: 15:15, MONGEY COMMUNICATIONS EYREFIELD STAKES-G3, €36,000, 2yo, 9fT Field: A Boy Named Susie (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Christmas Day (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Listentodwindblow (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Nil Bua Gan Dua (American Pharoah), Piazza San Marco (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Port Of Spain (Ire) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), South Island (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Thread Of Gold (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}). TDN Analysis: One of Ballydoyle's crew of TDN Rising Stars, Presented by Hagyard, Piazza San Marco who is joined by the well-regarded Christmas Day could stir the Derby market a bit here. Obviously not content with pulling all the strings in the other code, Willie Mullins is looking to get into the action on the Flat with his impressive Curragh winner Thread Of Gold. He might mash this lot, but there'll be no Blue Riband next summer as he is gelded. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Leopardstown, post time: 16:20, KILLAVULLAN STAKES-G3, €36,000, 2yo, 7f 30yT Field: Daytona (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Dorset (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Mumhan (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Spangled Sands (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Yaupon De Replay (Yaupon). TDN Analysis: One of her burgeoning sire's billboards, Yaupon de Replay takes on the colts en route to Del Mar. Dorset had begun to look a disappointing TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard, but got it back together last time in the Goffs Million while Jim Bolger took this with Poetic Flare in 2020 and saddles the Curragh winner Mumhan. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Marseille Borely, France, post time: 12:31, PRIX DELAHANTE – PELLEGRIN-Listed, €54,900, 2yo, 8 1/2fT Field: Siciliano (Fr) (Time Test {GB}), Mefie Toi (Fr) (De Treville {GB}), Sorbetto (Fr) (Supremacy {Ire}), Ladja (Fr) (Golden Horde {Ire}), Tchikita (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}), Khalinskha (Fr) (Fas {Ire}), Testerine (Fr) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Zaraxia (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}). TDN Analysis: Zaraxia and Khalinskha are the two nominees with an unbeaten record to defend and both come back off decisive maiden scores at Salon-de-Provence and Vichy, respectively, last month. The duo will be accompanied by winning stablemates Testerine, for Zaraxia's Nicolas Perret yard, and Sorbetto for Khalinskha's Jerome Reynier barn, with the former having Ladja back in fourth when breaking through over this course and distance three weeks ago. The Patrice Cottier-conditioned pair Siciliano and Mefie Toi boast an aggregate five unplaced efforts in stakes company, while Elias Mikhalides trainee Tchikita comes back off a claiming-race sixth at Chantilly. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Big Four Clash In QIPCO Champion Stakes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

World Pool commingling will be available on three continents during the upcoming weekend, featuring four meetings, 14 races and nine Group 1 races. At Randwick, it is The Everest Day, where Hong Kong Horse of the Year Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) will try his hand in the A$20-million G1 The Everest. There will be four other races under the World Pool umbrella there including the G1 King Charles III Stakes. In Melbourne, the G1 Caulfield Cup is a World Pool race, too, on Saturday. QIPCO British Champions Day is later that same day at Ascot where races two-seven are World Pool races, with the G1 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup the only non-World Pool race. Also at Ascot, the World Pool Jockeys' Championship winner will be crowned. Former champion jockey Oisin Murphy holds a commanding lead over Kieran Shoemark in the contest, with the winner receiving prize-money of £50,000 to donate to a charity of their choice. There will also be a World Pool Moment of the Day chosen from the six races on British Champions Day. World Pool will also make its debut in Brazil on Saturday at Gavea Racecourse in Rio de Janeiro which will host Gran Premio Latinoamericano Day. Two Group 1 races will be part of the Hong Kong Jockey Club-powered global pools–the Gran Premio Jockey Club de Sao Paulo and the Gran Premio Latinamericano. For the full World Pool schedule, please click here. Sam Nati, head of commingling at HKJC, said, “The eyes of the racing world will be on Ka Ying Rising as he goes for glory in The Everest on Saturday, which is only the beginning to our biggest ever World Pool composite card. “We look forward to returning to the UK for British Champions Day as well as crowning the winner of this year's World Pool Jockeys' Championship, while it is hugely exciting to be taking World Pool to Brazil for the first time on Gran Premio Latinoamericano Day.” The post World Pool Bonanza In Store This Weekend appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The eighth installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held Oct. 14 and covered how trainers are adjusting to new Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) rules, the conference series said via a Thursday press release. Panelists included Ben Mosier, executive director of HIWU; Dr. Michael Hardy, the acting chief of science with HIWU; and trainers Mark Casse, Kelsey Danner and Ron Moquett. Specific topics included implementation and how HIWU has adjusted its ADMC program rules based on feedback from horsemen. The event, hosted by The Jockey Club of America and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, was presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland and Stoll Keenon Ogden. Sponsors included Spendthrift Farm and the NHBPA. A Q&A, sponsored by West Point Thoroughbreds, followed the presentations. Click here to access all OwnerView webinars. The post OwnerView Webinar Discusses How Trainers Have Adjusted To HIWU Rules appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Amo Racing won the inaugural Star Sports Brighton Owners Series and will donate £5,000 to equine charity Parkfield Equine Solutions. The charity deliver intensive equine interventions for children, young people and adults to develop confidence, build life skills and improve their well-being. In addition, the ownership group will take home a £10,000 first prize, presented to winning connections at Brighton's Season Finale fixture on October 16. Amy Drummond, racing operations manager for Amo Racing, said, “We're thrilled to win the first Star Sports Brighton Owners Series. It's a brilliant incentive for owners to aim for next year and having £5,000 go to a local charity makes it even more special.” The post Amo Wins Inaugural Star Sports Brighton Owners Series; Will Donate £5K To Sussex Equine Charity appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mark Clayton has been named the new CEO of Leopardstown Racecourse, Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) announced on Thursday. Clayton will take up his role in early January and will report to HRI Racecourses CEO Paul Dermody. Previously, he spent 12 years at Southwell Racecourse and held prior leadership roles at Doncaster and Huntingdon Racecourses. Dermody said, “I am delighted to welcome Mark to the role of CEO at Leopardstown Racecourse. Mark brings a wealth of commercial experience and expertise to the role, combined with a thorough knowledge of the racing industry. Mark has led major racecourse capital projects and will play a key role in leading the future development of the Leopardstown Racecourse campus.” Clayton added, “I am very excited to be joining the Leopardstown team. I have worked within the racing and breeding industry for most of my career, and I hope that my extensive racecourse management experience and leadership skills can help drive forward what is already a proven world-class racing facility.” The post Mark Clayton Appointed New CEO Of Leopardstown Racecourse appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article