Wandering Eyes

Mark Stanley had a fair idea what must have happened when hearing a sudden cascade of message alerts as they drove along. “Based on, nobody calls to tell you a horse ran bad,” he says wryly. “We were out with our grandkids, so I'd taped the race. And then my phone just starts exploding. So I knew he must have won, even before we got back and watched it. Obviously I have nothing to do with him, now, but we've enjoyed following him a lot more than I thought I ever would, watching somebody else's horse. But that's what's fun about this whole business. Those 20 or 30 guys texting about the race, it's like a team, everybody rooting for everybody else.” And, in fairness, Stanley does still have skin in the game. As a first foal, Owen Almighty's success in the GIII Tampa Bay Derby is a valuable boost to his dam Tempers Rising (Bayern); and any breeder is going to enjoy the ride, once a colt starts being measured out for a blanket of roses. The GI Blue Grass Stakes will be a crucial junction for the Speightstown colt, with options of proceeding towards the GI Kentucky Derby or reverting in distance for the GII Pat Day Mile. And that might well boil down to whether he takes sooner after his dam, who herself contested a Classic at Churchill Downs only five years ago, or his sire. Tempers Rising won just a maiden in 14 starts for Stanley, but after running second in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks was given her chance in the postponed GI Kentucky Oaks of 2020, by no means discredited with a midfield finish. “I always thought her a better racehorse than her record showed,” Stanley says. “She was always knocking on the door, and made over $300,000.” At one point Tempers Rising was put in a digital sale, but that was never more than an experiment and Stanley unhesitatingly retained her at $150,000. On her eventual retirement, he then made another astute call–one that other breeders would do well to emulate–in sending this unproven mare to a proven veteran in Speightstown. The resulting colt was obviously a cracker, judging from the $360,000 paid for him as a foal at Keeneland by Sycamore Hall Farm. “Yes, he was good-looking,” Stanley says. “But I'm a bit of numbers guy, and when I looked into it, Speightstown's weanlings sold about as well as his yearlings. So I went ahead and put him in the November Sale, and it worked out.” (Sure enough, the colt proved a pretty neutral pinhook in realizing no more than $350,000 from Boardshorts Stables at Saratoga the following summer.) So can the breeder offer Flying Dutchmen, the owners of Owen Almighty, any encouragement regarding his potential to stretch out? “Well, I think that these guys have done a lot better than I ever do, so I'm going to stay out of it and just enjoy whatever they do,” Stanley emphasizes. “I thought the Pat Day was a good spot, but I understand Derby fever, too. I always thought that the mare just needed a little speed, and of course that was Speightstown's calling card. But from what we're seeing, he got some endurance from his mother, too. So the combination seems to have worked out pretty well.” Owen Almighty as a foal | courtesy Taylor Made Whatever happens, Tempers Rising has enjoyed an immediate vault in status, vindicating Stanley for the further opportunities she has been given since. Her second foal, a Constitution colt, was pinhooked from the September Sale at $185,000 and has been catalogued by Tradewinds Stud at the upcoming Arqana Breeze-Up Sale. Next in line is a colt by none other than Not This Time; and while Tempers Rising missed last year, that left her vacant for an early cover by McKinzie this time round. “We were real excited about the Not This Time, even before all this,” Stanley says. “He's put together the same way as Owen, very athletic, but a little bigger. He's at TaylorMade, where they obviously see a lot of the stallion's foals, and they think a lot of him out there.” Stanley got to know the Taylor family as Little League baseball coach to Duncan's son Marshall, and his interest in other sports has also been stimulated by daughter Alex's marriage to Chief Stipe Davenport, who has just succeeded his father Scott as Bellarmine University basketball coach. Alex, for her part, has long been integral to the Stanley equine program, as it was her toddler tantrums that prompted the naming of its very first recruit. That was back in 1993, when Stanley joined a gang of pals for a weekend at Saratoga. “There were 16 of us, my brother and 14 other guys,” he recalls. “And actually Kenny McPeek was in that group. Well, you know how smart you get at the track sometimes. And we decided that instead of just betting on these horses, we'd get together and buy one. They had a 2-year-old sale, first time I've known them do that during the meet, so we went over and circled the three fastest times. And the one that fell in our price range was this Temperence Hill filly. I signed the ticket [for $70,000] and we went out and celebrated for two days. Two weeks after that, the bill comes. And not a one of them could be found. Not one of the 15! So now I was in the horse business.” Alex was two at the time and, playing on the sire's name, Stanley named the filly Her Temper. Within weeks of entering McPeek's barn, she had won a Turfway maiden and a Keeneland allowance; and the following spring, back at Keeneland, she added the GII Beaumont Stakes. So were there 15 guys kicking themselves then? “Well, virtually every time there are 16 guys in the winner's circle photo!” replies Stanley with a chuckle. Keeneland was already a track dear to his heart. “I've no background at all in racing, I'm from West Virginia, but when I came to U.K. [to study engineering] we'd go out there Friday afternoons,” he recalls. “Mainly because of the girls! But I got into the whole atmosphere and pageantry. And then, working with Kenny early, he's so good with his owners, at communication and keeping you involved.” Variations on a theme since Her Temper include GI Ruffian Handicap winner Swift Temper (Giant's Causeway), sold privately to Japan after falling shy of her reserve at $2.05 million at the 2009 Keeneland November Sale; and Quiet Temper (Quiet American), a $90,000 September yearling who won the GII Fair Grounds Oaks the following year. Stanley, who manufactures auto parts for Toyota, mischievously explains that only the fillies are branded this way. “Boys don't have tempers!” he says, plainly not in earnest. “But as Alex got older, and that first horse having done pretty good, she took pride in the names. Remember we've also had graded stakes winners called Golden Temper (Forty Niner) and Pleasant Temper (Storm Cat), too. So we've tried to match Alex through the stages of her life.” Stanley's mother also contributed to the family's engagement with the program. “She and I used to love going to the track together in the mornings,” Stanley recalls. “She especially loved watching them get a bath after they'd worked. She used to follow Pleasant Temper, in particular, and Elliott [Walden, trainer] treated her like a queen. When that filly ran in Chicago [in 1997], Elliott arranged a limo to pick her up from the airport, and we had lunch in the stakes room, all the shrimp you could have, wine, whatever. “And then we ran terrible! About a month later, my mother's having open heart surgery and I'm sitting with her in the hospital. And it comes up on the screen that Arlington was closing–it was back when they were battling the riverboats–and she turned to me and said, 'I knew they were giving me way too much.' She thinks she broke them.” Mark and Nancy Stanley | courtesy Mark Stanley That longstanding connection to the Walden family connects two milestones in which Stanley played a gratifying role. “In 2001, Pat Day won his 8,000th race on one of mine that Elliott trained,” he explains. “And his groom was a young Bret Jones [of Airdrie, son of Brereton C. Jones]. And then, last October, Irad Ortiz won his 4,000th race on Good Temper: Will Walden training, and Brereton Jones as breeder. So it's full circle.” Earlier this month that Collected filly, just $40,000 deep in the 2023 September Sale, won an optional allowance on the Fair Grounds turf by over seven lengths. “Will picked her out for me, and I'm keen on seeing her go a little longer,” Stanley says. “It's fun, I knew Will when he was three or four years old. He has fought a lot of things but come out on the good end of it.” Good Temper forms part of what is nowadays a considerably reduced program. “The initial theory was to buy fillies and accomplish enough that you could breed them,” Stanley says. “But then it got to the point where, one Thanksgiving, [his wife] Nancy's father asked me how many horses we had. And I said, 'I don't know, eight I think, counting babies, eight or 10.” And Nancy said, 'You better count them again.' And it turned out to be 19. I realized then that I couldn't afford to tie up so much money, and we sold most of them. Now we've just four on the track, plus Tempers Rising and her yearling.” Quality not quantity, then: a single mare, with a first foal on the track, and he's giving everyone Derby fever. That's a condition Stanley fully understands, having sampled it himself in 1999. Though he made no show on the day, Ecton Park (Forty Niner) later beat Lemon Drop Kid in the GII Jim Dandy and Menifee in the GI Super Derby. “He probably shouldn't have run, but it was my first and only chance so I'm glad we did,” Stanley reflects. “For this year we already have our seats, so we'll be there rooting for Owen, whichever race he ends up going for.” Because ultimately this game has been about enjoying the ride, and in the right company–as exemplified by Ecton Park himself, when he failed to meet his yearling reserve at $190,000. “So I went back to Bill Harrigan, made him an offer, and we shook hands on it,” Stanley recalls. “And I know for a fact that somebody else went in an hour later and offered him $30,000 or $40,000 more. But Bill stuck to our handshake, even though we didn't have anything in writing. I've always admired him for that. That's the straight-up kind of guy you like to do business with.” And experiences of that kind, with families like the Waldens and the Taylors, trainers like McPeek and Dale Romans, have long made Stanley rejoice in that fateful Saratoga excursion, all those years ago. “I probably would have been better off, financially, if that first filly had just tanked and I'd quit,” he says. “But over the years I wouldn't have had anything near the same fun.” The post Keeneland Breeder Spotlight: Owen Puts Stanley In Best Of Tempers appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A total of 250 two-year-olds have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale, which takes place on Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23. The full catalogue is available to view here. Previous graduates of the sale include last year's Irish Oaks third Purple Lily (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) and the G3 Round Tower Stakes winner Letsbefrankaboutit (Ire), while Coto de Caza (Ire) won three times as a juvenile, including the G3 Cornwallis Stakes, after being bought for €270,000 in 2024. The first crop of Tally-Ho Stud's Starman (GB) will be strongly represented at the sale with 20 two-year-olds, while Coolmore's Sioux Nation–the sire of Coto de Caza and Letsbefrankaboutit, as well as last year's top-priced lot at €370,000–is responsible for 18. In total, the progeny of 88 different sires have been catalogued, with lot 27, a half-sister to the aforementioned Purple Lily, featuring among the dozen by Cotai Glory (GB). Other potential highlights include lot 43, a St Mark's Basilica (Fr) half-brother to the dual Group 1 winner Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}); lot 82, a Wootton Bassett (GB) colt out of the Listed scorer Friendly (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to multiple black-type winners, headed by the G2 Superlative Stakes hero and sire Gustav Klimt (Ire); and lot 228, an Alkumait (GB) half-brother to the G1 Caulfield Cup winner Deny Knowledge (Ire) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}). The breezes will get underway at Fairyhouse Racecourse from 8.30am on Thursday, May 22, before the sale commences at 10.00am on Friday, May 23. Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins said, “The Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale has experienced extraordinary growth year on year and an incredible number of purchasers have attended in recent years from across the globe. The quality throughout the catalogue has continued to grow exponentially, thanks to consignors recognising that the sale attracts agents, owners, and trainers with significant buying power. This catalogue is our strongest yet and there will be a horse for every level of the market. Our graduates continue to excel on the racetrack, the best advertisement for the sale. “We've worked hard to ensure that our clients enjoy a top-tier experience at the sale, with excellent facilities and hospitality on offer. The team at Fairyhouse Racecourse has been incredibly accommodating, and with the track being in close proximity to the sales complex, it makes for an ideal location, with a seamless transition between both venues and offering great convenience for those attending. Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and our own marketing team will continue to work tirelessly to assist existing and new purchasers attend this year's sale. We're really looking forward to it!” The post ‘Strongest Catalogue Yet’ for Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A week after we saluted the impact of his daughters on the GI Kentucky Derby trail, suddenly Tapit might also have found a colt to redress the one glaring omission on his resume. At the same time, the emergence of Sandman also contributes to a remarkable reciprocation by a still more venerable distaff influence. Tapit mares having produced American Promise, Tiztastic and Final Gambit across consecutive weekends, Distorted Humor is plainly not to be outdone. Both the big winners last Saturday were out of daughters of the WinStar legend; moreover another son of a Distorted Humor mare, Citizen Bull, has the opportunity this weekend to respond to the breakouts of Sandman and Tappan Street. Like Tappan Street, the champion juvenile is by Into Mischief. The same Distorted Humor cross has already produced that sire's two most expensive sons, Practical Joke and Life Is Good. The one that gave us Sandman, meanwhile, is represented by Constitution–the horse that has best filled the vacancy left at WinStar by the retirement, in 2021, of the farm's senior pro. Distorted Humor both started and finished his stud career unusually late, active from six to 28. But he retained sufficient vigor that final season to cover 29 mares, albeit his final crop ultimately numbered only 13. These precious few, now sophomores, are plainly unlikely to include a son competent to extend his male line, which appears largely to hang on the single thread of Jimmy Creed. Distorted Humor's Derby winner Funny Cide was gelded, while the one sired by his son Flower Alley, I'll Have Another, couldn't find an adequate heir. The game is by no means up, with Jimmy Creed's son Casa Creed now recycling durability and speed at Mill Ridge. As things stand, however, Distorted Humor's legacy remains primarily about his daughters. Distorted Humor | Louise Reinagel. Besides the three stallions already noted, these have given us Arrogate and now Arabian Lion. Vaunting Distorted Humor as damsire (now up to 147 stakes winners) was a major positive, then, when both Sandman and Tappan Street made seven figures at auction. Sandman's $1.2 million purchase at OBS a year ago has already been cleared in racetrack earnings and, while his GI Arkansas Derby was co-authored by witless riding up front, his deeper family could underpin a still more lucrative future at stud. For his fourth dam is the five-time Grade I winner/co-champion juvenile filly It's in the Air (Mr. Prospector). She was sold to the Maktoums early in her breeding career for $4.6 million and, among others, produced the dam of triple Grade I scorer Storming Home (GB) (Machiavellian) plus the granddam of globetrotting State Of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), winner of elite prizes at Royal Ascot, Saratoga, Longchamp and Moonee Valley. But her most important daughter never even made the track. From only six foals, Note Musicale (Sadler's Wells) produced two female stars: Music Note (A.P. Indy) not only emulated her dam with five Grade I's but then produced G1 Dubai World Cup winner Mystic Guide (Ghostzapper); while Musical Chimes (In Excess {Ire}) won a Classic in France. In that context, their half-sister Music Room (Unbridled's Song) appeared a major disappointment, culled by Darley after failing to make the starting gate. Even the single black-type performer she produced, Zinzay (Smart Strike), regressed after finishing second in the GII Jessamine Stakes. Having spent a few years in the WinStar paddocks, Music Room was eventually discarded at age 17 for just $9,000. Yet something of her aristocratic blood has meanwhile begun to percolate: Zinzay produced another good turf runner in the Grade I-placed stakes winner Moon Over Miami (Malibu Moon), while two daughters by Distorted Music have really stoked up the embers. One produced Whiskey Decision (Into Mischief) to win a stakes, again on grass, at Delaware last year. The other is Distorted Music, dam of Sandman. Bought as a yearling by Lothenbach Stables for $190,000, Distorted Music won three of eight starts. Her first foal She Can't Sing (Bernardini) won the GIII Chilukki Stakes, and made $1.1 million from Hill 'n' Dale at Bob Lothenbach's dispersal at Fasig-Tipton in February last year. At the same poignant session, Distorted Music's short yearling by Into Mischief made $650,000 from North Ocean Equine, before elevating his value to $1 million at Saratoga barely six months later. In between those two transactions, Sandman had made his headlines at OBS only to disappoint on debut in June. Two days after the Saratoga auction, however, he broke his maiden over the street–and his blossoming since makes Distorted Music (as a 14-year-old, allowed to go for $375,000) appear a characteristically alert Springhouse Farm pick at the dispersal. The Distorted Humor-Unbridled's Song cross behind Distorted Music is actually matched by the dam of Citizen Bull. But that is only the start of Sandman's Mr. Prospector branding. Aptly so, too, as It's in the Air was one of the first clues that her freshman sire would be something special. In fact, three of Sandman's first four dams represent Mr Prospector: through Distorted Humor (via Forty Niner), Unbridled's Song (via Fappiano) and Mr. P. himself. And Tapit, as mate, just doubled that down: his dam is by Unbridled, while his own sire Pulpit is out of Mr Prospector's daughter Preach. On the other hand, the shiniest fruit on this family tree did not require one ounce of Mr. Prospector. That was European champion Balanchine (Storm Bird), whose granddam was a half-sister to It's in the Air. Hardly the first reference to chlorophyll in this pedigree, and someday far-sighted European breeders may wish to tap into Sandman as best of both worlds. Tappan Street | Coglianese Heaven Finding New Horizons Newfoundland was once one of the most glamorous Thoroughbreds on the planet. As a Storm Cat colt whose first three dams were all Grade I winners, he cost Coolmore $3.3 million at the 2001 Keeneland September Sale. Unfortunately he proved unable to build on a debut success for Ballydoyle, and was transferred to Todd Pletcher. After winning a couple of Grade III's, he was given a chance at stud in Kentucky. By the time he departed for Chile, however, he left behind nothing of greater distinction than Our Khrysty, who once changed hands for $3,500 but inherited enough talent (maybe from her dam, who also produced GI Whitney Handicap winner Bullsbay (Tiznow)) to win the GIII Turnback the Alarm Handicap by a nose. Blue Heaven Farm certainly believed in the mare, however, recruiting her for $600,000 at the 2011 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and then giving her some purposeful covers. She has rewarded that faith most handsomely. Her 2019 daughter by Curlin made $700,000 as a yearling and proceeded, as Grace Adler, to win the GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes. Her next foal is Pyrenees (Into Mischief), who last year won the GIII Pimlico Special before emulating Newfoundland as GI Jockey Club Gold Cup runner-up. And now a couple of Our Khrysty's earlier foals are themselves making a mark. Bay Harbor (Speightstown) never won but her first foal Miuccia (Mitole) won a sprint stakes at Gulfstream last year before making the GIII Prioress podium. And her second, Briland (McKinzie), made $675,000 at OBS last spring before winning her sole start at Saratoga. Then there is Our Khrysty's daughter by Distorted Humor, Virginia Key, retained for $90,000 at the 2016 September Sale. That has proved an unbelievably smart decision. Though restricted to four starts, Virginia Key won twice and ran a close third in the GII Gazelle Stakes. Then her second foal not only made seven figures as a Saratoga yearling, but has now upgraded the page as none other than GI Florida Derby winner Tappan Street. Moroever he had not even made his debut when Virginia Key's next foal, a Curlin colt, achieved an even better yield ($1.4 million) at Keeneland last September. Blue Heaven's choice of Gun Runner for Our Khrysty meanwhile paid off with a $975,000 docket at the same sale. After all these years, we are long accustomed to Distorted Humor's range: he's the horse that broke the seven-furlong track record at Churchill yet came up with GI Belmont winner Drosselmeyer. Even so it still feels remarkable that one of his daughters could give Into Mischief a Derby colt, when her own first two dams are respectively by Newfoundland and Lord Carson. What a marvelous legacy Distorted Humor is leaving us! Clever Again | Coady Media How Very Clever It seemed incredible, last spring, that a debutant bred like Clever Again (American Pharoah) could eyeball a Wesley Ward dasher (who romped in a stakes next time) over 4.5 furlongs of dirt and lose out only by a head. Clever Again resurfaced at Oaklawn in February to make all over an extended mile, but a four-length rout of a Grade I winner in the Hot Springs Stakes confirms him a horse with no ceiling. His dam Flattering (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) won her maiden in Ireland by 10 lengths over 10 furlongs of heavy going, before registering her Group success over a mile-and-a-half. Her full sister had to travel farther yet for hers, over 14 furlongs. With American Pharoah's stock having fared so well on turf, you would have prescribed Clever Again an absolute prairie. But there are streaks in her page that explain how her connections have indeed been Clever Again. Another of Flattering's siblings, by the relative speed influence Lucky Story, is the speedy and precocious Lucky Kristale, who won two Group sprints in her juvenile summer. And their dam was half-sister to Arabian Gleam (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), who won three Group 2s over 7f. The next dam, meanwhile, is out of a half-sister to Classic miler Don't Forget Me (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}). For these strands to get past a Triple Crown winner and Galileo is not something most of us would care to predict. But Clever Again has horsemen of genius in every corner, always a help in a difficult world. The post Breeding Digest: Humor’s Daughters Giving Him The Last Laugh appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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It may have come three days later than expected, but Dubai Honour (Ire) claimed his third Australian Group 1, and fourth of his career, in Tuesday's rescheduled Tancred Stakes at Rosehill. The seven-year-old has been a model of consistency for his owner Mohamed Obaida and trainer William Haggas. He's not only won nine times, but he has also been placed nine times, in top-class contests from Ascot to Sha Tin, accruing prize-money in excess of £4.5m. Dubai Honour's sire Pride Of Dubai (Aus), winner of the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes and G1 Inglis Sires in a relatively short-lived racing career before retiring to Coolmore Australia, made three reverse-shuttle trips to Ireland between 2017 and 2019. He didn't really catch the imagination in Europe, despite being from the same family as Kodiac (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire) and, now, Mishriff (Ire). But in Australia, Pride of Dubai is within grasping distance of the general sires' championship for the 2024/25 season, and is currently breathing down the neck of another former shuttler, Zoustar (Aus). His particularly notable offspring include Australian Horse of the Year Pride of Jenni (Aus), G1 Everest winner Bella Nipotina (Ire) and G1 Might And Power Stakes winner Deny Knowledge (Ire), who was runner-up in Saturday's G1 Australian Cup. Step back a generation further on the top line of Dubai Honour's pedigree and you find Street Cry (Ire), a stallion who died age 16 just over a decade ago, but who certainly should not be overlooked as a sneakily good influence. Twenty-three years ago Street Cry was being prepared by Saeed Bin Suroor for an attack on the Dubai World Cup, back in the days of Nad Al Sheba. He was only his trainer's second string, behind odds-on favourite Sakhee, who ended up finishing third, some nine lengths behind him. Back in the States, the son of Machiavellian was then a similarly easy winner of the GI Stephen Foster Handicap that June. Street Cry retired to Darley's Jonabell Farm in 2003, shuttling to Australia on and off for nine seasons, and set about compiling a portfolio of offspring as diverse and international as they come. Dubai Honour has now won four Group 1s | Scoop Dyga His 23 Group/Grade 1 winners include his first-crop sons and Darley stallions Street Sense (the first horse to win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Kentucky Derby) and Street Boss; Shocking (Aus) (Melbourne Cup); Lyric Of Light (GB) (Fillies' Mile); and Whobegotyou (Aus) (Caulfield Guineas) – and that's before we get to two of the most celebrated fillies of the modern era on either side of the world: Zenyatta and Winx (Aus). To have produced just one of those two great race mares would have ensured Street Cry's place in bloodstock history. Returning to the Australian sires' table, Street Cry's influence can be found not just in Pride Of Dubai, but also via his sons Street Boss and the New Zealand-based Per Incanto, both of whom feature in the top 20, while in the New Zealand championship, Shocking and Per Incanto are in the top five. Street Cry's record as a broodmare sire is none too shabby either. Last year's champion two-year-old in Australia, Broadsiding (Aus), by Darley's upwardly mobile young sire Too Darn Hot (GB), is out of the Street Cry mare Speedway (Aus), and it is a position he also occupies in the pedigree of Classic hope and last year's GI Summer Stakes winner New Century (GB) (Kameko), and also in the other Group 1 winner on Rosehill's card on Tuesday, Treasurethe Moment (Aus) (Alabama Express {Aus}), who landed the Vinery Stud Stakes for Yulong Investments. This Saturday in Dubai, Street Cry's name will echo down the years as the broodmare sire of the highest-earning horse of all time, Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), who lines up for the G1 Dubai Turf, and of the defending champion in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Street Cry is the broodmare sire of Romantic Warrior | HKJC Street Cry has played a significant role in ensuring that his Ballymacoll Stud-bred dam Helen Street (GB) (Troy {GB}), winner of the Irish Oaks in 1985 for Lord Weinstock, is remembered as a 'reine de course'. Helen Street's earlier mating with Machiavellian had resulted in a daughter, Helsinki (GB), who would earn some small black type in France for Sheikh Mohammed but would later find far greater fame as the dam of Shamardal. In Darley alone now, that stallion's sons include Blue Point (Ire), Pinatubo (Ire), Earthlight (Ire), and Victor Ludorum (Ire). Elsewhere his most successful son Lope De Vega (Ire) is at Ballylinch Stud, while plenty of Shamardal's grandsons are waiting in the wings to make their mark, including Lucky Vega (Ire), Lope Y Fernandez (Ire), Look De Vega (Ire), and Big Evs (Ire). Indeed, in Tuesday's Tancred Stakes, behind Dubai Honour in second and fourth were Lope De Vega's sons Duke De Sessa (Ire) and Arapaho (Ire). (Horses bred in Europe were the first nine home from 11 runners.) Street Cry's sire Machiavellian, by Mr Prospector, is now being heavily outgunned in Europe by the male-line descendants of his paternal half-brother Seeking The Gold. What could have been a tenuous strand through Dubai Millennium (GB), who died leaving just one small crop, has flourished thanks to the latter's remarkable son Dubawi (Ire). Machiavellian's male line has rested largely on Street Cry, whose runners seemed to work everywhere, and to a lesser extent Medicean (GB). The latter's grandson Starman (GB), by Dutch Art (GB), got off to a good start with his first runner at Dundalk last Friday, but it will be a while before we know if he can truly pick up the baton. It is as a broodmare sire that Machiavellian has thrived, notably filling that role for current champion Dark Angel (Ire) and the fast-rising Mehmas (Ire), both of whom are by Acclamation (GB). Considering those two stallions alone, and the fact that Lope De Vega is inbred 3×3 to him, then there is an increasing probability of the blood of Machiavellian being found in today's runners. Street Cry, who was posthumously named champion sire in Australia in 2015/16, remains his strongest conduit on the top line and yet still seems somewhat unheralded. This is not however the case within the Godolphin and Darley ranks. Dan Pride, Godolphin's chief operating officer in the USA, says, “Street Cry was in the first group of Godolphin racehorses who retired to Jonabell as Darley stallions.” Street Cry is commemorated in bronze at Jonabell | Racingfotos Despite his good race record, with performances solely on dirt, Street Cry, with his European pedigree and imperfect conformation, was not however the easiest sell. An enticement was issued in that owners of Grade I-winning or Grade I-producing mares would not have to pay his stud fee of $30,000. Thirty-one breeders took up that offer in his first book of mares which ran to 131. “Fast-forward to his first crop, which broke the record for the highest number of stakes winners and graded stakes winners in America at that time and included Zenyatta, Street Sense and Street Boss,” Pride adds. “How many of those stakes winners do you think were out of those 31 mares? Zero. “That taught me a valuable lesson: nobody knows nothing and ultimately it is going to be up to the horse.” He continues, “When Street Sense won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the Kentucky Derby, that whole deal was Street Cry. He gave us legitimacy in the stallion market and proved that hopefully we were going to be an important player. He launched us. And then he shuttled to Australia and got Winx. He ended up with legendary horses in both hemispheres. “You look at our global stallion roster now: Street Cry started it and then you've got Street Sense and Street Boss, both from that first crop, and now grandsons Maxfield and Speaker's Corner, and Anamoe is a grandson in Australia. His influence hasn't waned. It's as prevalent and relevant today as it has ever been.” The post Dubai’s Pride and Honour: Street Cry’s Influence Endures 23 Years After World Cup Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Kendall Norris has been tabbed the new Marketing and Communications Manager for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, the organization announced Tuesday. In this role, Norris will lead the TRF's marketing and outreach efforts, furthering the organization's mission to provide dignified lifetime care for retired racehorses. Previously, Norris led digital marketing initiatives, managed high-profile PR events, and provided specialized marketing consulting for equine and technology businesses. “I'm incredibly honored to join the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation,” said Norris. “As a lifelong equestrian, I've always believed in the healing power of horses, and this mission, offering second chances to both horses and humans, truly speaks to me. Using my voice to raise awareness and support for retired racehorses fills me with purpose, and I'm excited to connect with the TRF community and help grow this meaningful work.” “We are thrilled to welcome Kendall to the TRF team,” added TRF Executive Director Maggie Sweet. “Her diverse skill set and fresh perspective will play a key role in expanding our reach and strengthening our message. Her enthusiasm aligns perfectly with one of our major goals for 2025: raising awareness about dignified lifetime care for retired racehorses.” The post Kendall Norris Named Marketing And Communications Manager For TRF appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — When one thinks of the Calumet Farm of old, legends of the American turf such as Citation, Whirlaway, Tim Tam and the great Alydar come to mind. The Lexington breeding and racing operation now owned by successful businessman Brad Kelley, Calumet has the distinction of being represented by a couple of horses at Saturday's Dubai World Cup meeting–one a product of their breeding operation and the other who will carry the farm's black colors and gold chevrons in the main event. Calumet is the breeder of defending G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen hero Tuz, whose sire Oxbow was purchased by Kelley and his team for $250,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September in 2011 before going on to win the GI Preakness Stakes in 2013. Tuz cost his connections just $7,000 at the 2018 September Sale, began his career in Russia and has become one of the world's top six-furlong horses. “It's always nice to have a horse you bred that goes on and does well,” said Calumet's General Manager Eddie Kane, who signed the ticket on Oxbow. “Breeding is why we're in the game and it's especially nice to have a horse by Oxbow, who we bought as a yearling. It's always fun to see that.” Runners bred by Calumet accumulated better than $13 million in earnings in 2024, second only to Godolphin among breeders in North America. Calumet sourced Mixto (Good Magic) at the 2022 OBS April Sale, his successful young sire having since been represented by a Kentucky Derby and a Belmont Stakes winner. Calumet parted with $140,000 in a post-sale transaction despite the colt perhaps not showing his true ability while breezing over the synthetic track. “Mr. Kelley likes the offspring of Good Magic and [Mixto] didn't have the greatest workout (video), but [2-year-old consignor] Paul Sharp, who is a very good horseman, said, 'Eddie, I promise you, he's much better on the dirt.'” Kane related. “So that helped us in our decision making to go on and buy the horse. [Trainer] Chief Stipe [O'Neill] has liked him from the get-go.” Though he required seven tries to break his maiden, Mixto has always been treated like a top-class galloper and validated his connections' confidence with a 22-1 boilover in the GI Pacific Classic over the World Cup distance of 10 furlongs at Del Mar last summer, defeating GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast). Kane is looking for a similar effort from their charge this weekend, whose rider knows his way to the Meydan winner's enclosure. “Hopefully he runs good and it's nice to know that Frankie Dettori is going to ride him for us,” said Kane. The Italian reinsman has won the World Cup no fewer than four times, including with American shipper Country Grammer in 2022. The post Tuz, Mixto Carry World Cup Night Hopes For Calumet Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Save America's Forgotten Equines Act (SAFE Act) has a new lease on life after it was reintroduced in both houses on Feb. 27. The act would prohibit slaughtering horses for human consumption and would also make it against the law to ship horses out of the country for the purpose of having them slaughtered. No horses have been slaughtered in the U.S. since 2007. U.S. slaughterhouses were forced to close down because regulations prohibited shipping the meat overseas without the oversight of inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration. The government decided it would no longer pay for the inspectors, which ended the process of horse slaughter in the U.S. Now, horses are routinely bought at auctions by “kill buyers” who ship the horses to Canada or Mexico. The latest bill was sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). “The slaughter of horses for human consumption is barbaric and has no place in America,” Congressman Buchanan said in a statement. “As Co-Chairman of the Animal Protection Caucus, I look forward to continuing to lead this effort with Congresswoman Schakowsky to protect these beautiful creatures.” Efforts to pass the SAFE Act or a similar bill have been on-going for more than 20 years. The first bill was introduced during the second session of the Congress in 2002. “While each effort has received bipartisan support, getting the bill over the finish line has been a frustrating endeavor,” said Chris Heyde,” the founder of Blue Marble Strategy, LLC, a lobbyist group “Passing any bill is hard. In the beginning, there was strong overwhelming support for banning slaughter. We had an actual roll call vote on the first defund amendment because everyone, regardless of party or state, thought this was wrong and un-American. Sadly, the agriculture industry got involved and started to oppose it. The opposition even had lobbyists, claiming it was just the first step in going after meat consumption. That is a tired old scare tactic folks roll out for anything on even the most modest welfare issue.” Heyde said another scare tactic used by pro-slaughter forces is to claim that if slaughter were outlawed thousands of horses would be abandoned, some left to starve. “We have also had strong bipartisan support through the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on our annual effort to defund horse slaughter inspections. While that stopped slaughter in the US since 2006 by the defund language, kill buyers still haul horses to Mexico and Canada for slaughter, though this year saw a record low,” he said. “That actually blows the opponents other big lie, that what will we do with all of the horses if slaughter is stopped? In 2012 there were 166,000 horses slaughtered and now we are down to just under 20,000. Slaughter is demand driven so horses are euthanized, die naturally or sold to new homes. There are plenty of rescues to help with horses.” Louis Masry, a horse owner and activist, has been on the front lines of the battle to get an anti-slaughter bill passed for two decades. He said that, this time around, the strategy should be to incorporate the SAFE Act into a large omnibus bill. That was the same path the bill to authorize HISA took. “This time, I think we will have a better opportunity to insert it into a bill,” Masry said. “On Monday, President Trump announced that he is looking for one large bill, which is inclusive of a lot of different things. He wants a very large comprehensive bill. That tells us that there will be a lot of different areas where we could potentially insert the bill. That has made me optimistic.” Masry said he will also work to members of the House and Senate from Kentucky to back the bill. “In this particular case, if we can have success getting Kentucky members of Congress on board as interested parties and get them to become more involved, that will help,” he said. “When people think of horses they think of Kentucky. Now that we've introduced the bill, if we can add the Kentucky members to the list of people supporting the bill, that would be a big push. It hasn't been fully there. We need unanimous support and that's what we'll be looking at going forward.” Masry said he plans on meeting with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, whose support of HISA was a key to that bill getting passed. In a press release issued by Rep. Buchanan, the Congressman said he'd like to see language banning slaughter added to the Farm Bill. “In 2017, Buchanan worked with the late Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) to get the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act signed into law as part of the 2018 Farm Bill, which made it illegal to slaughter, transport, possess, purchase, sell or donate cats and dogs for human consumption,” Buchanan said in a press release. “The SAFE Act builds upon that legislation by adding horses, donkeys and burros to the prohibition. Although the practice of slaughtering horses for human consumption is currently illegal in the United States, the ban is temporary and subject to annual congressional review and no federal law exists to prohibit the transport of horses across America's borders for slaughter in Canada or Mexico.The lawmakers hope to include the SAFE Act as part of the 2025 Farm Bill when it is considered by Congress later this year.” Though Heyde and his colleagues have been unsuccessful getting the slaughter bill passed, Heyde is confident that it is just a matter of time. “As I have always said, I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think it is possible,” he said. “I really do think we can end this cruel practice. The American public and even Congress has shown overwhelming support for the ban.” The post SAFE Act Reintroduced In Both Houses appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars SWAGGER BRO - R4 (2) Improving galloper can overcome a wide gate and break through Jay Rooney PRIME MORTAR - R7 (3) Looks poised to strike after an impressive second last time out Trackwork Spy VIVA GRACIOUSNESS - R6 (1) Can go one better than last start with Purton on Phillip Woo LUCKY GENERATIONS - R2 (1) Comes off a luckless run and looks a winning chance Shannon (Vincent Wong) PRIME MORTAR - R7 (3) Unlucky second last start and looks a big chance tonight Racing Post Online AESTHETICISM - R8 (6) Ran a nice third to Excellence Value last start and can go close again Tom Wood BEAUTY INFINITY - R9 (3) Kept kicking last start to win and always hard to leave out in the form he's inView the full article

Senior auctioneer Ollie Fowlston has rejoined Tattersalls and will return to the rostrum at Park Paddocks for the Craven Breeze-up Sale, which takes place from April 14-16. Fowlston joined Tattersalls in 1998 and worked for the company for 25 years, before leaving to become managing director of Dullingham Park in 2023. An auctioneer since 1999, Fowlston was previously a senior member of the bloodstock team and played a key role in the development of the Sceptre Sessions of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. His return will also see him undertake yearling and other inspections, as well as other client relations-based activities, on behalf of the Tattersalls Group. “I am delighted to be rejoining Tattersalls having enjoyed an amazing 25 years with the company during my first stint,” said Fowlston. “I am looking forward to working alongside the Tattersalls team again and with our clients to source and sell the best bloodstock in Europe, as well as resuming auctioneering in the truly remarkable arena of Park Paddocks.” Fowlston's departure from his role at Dullingham Park follows the sale of that operation's two stallions, Shaquille (GB) and Soldier's Call (GB), to Yulong Investments, which was announced last month. The post Ollie Fowlston Leaves Role at Dullingham Park to Rejoin Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Though it was north of 70 degrees Farenheit (that's about 22 degrees on the Celsius scale for those of you who do things that way), there was still a bit of a chill in the air when the first of the horses bound for Saturday's Dubai World Cup meeting here at Meydan Racecourse took to the oval. As per usual, Team Japan are the earliest of the early risers and one of the most enjoyable aspects of trackwork, from this reporter's perspective, is the way the horses–bay, chestnut, gray, what have you–and their often colorful tack are contrasted against the impenetrable darkness of the 5 a.m. sky. There is no better example of this than Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), looking as good as ever approaching his final career start and immediately identifiable by his bright yellow tack. 'Ushba's two previous spins over the Meydan 2000 meters have netted him a cool $9.36 million, just a shade over half of his career earnings. If Ushba Tesoro catches the eye that quickly, it is possible that his commonly owned stablemate Wilson Tesoro (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) can be seen from outer space, as he struts out each morning in yellow headgear, shadow roll and four yellow polos. And by the looks of it, he's feeling pretty good in Dubai as well. And then there is Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}), who you could also easily pick out of a lineup even without the red saddle cloth bearing his name. His alternating red-and-white polos match perfectly with the jacket typically worn to trackwork by his underrated jockey Ryusei Sakai, and he was tracked by his G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen-bound stable companion American Stage (Into Mischief) as they trotted a couple of laps the 'wrong' way on the outside fence before breezing in company down the lane. A remarkable side note unearthed by my astute colleague Andrew Hawkins–American Stage squares off in the Golden Shaheen with older half-brother Super Chow (Lord Nelson), who also looks very well headed towards the weekend. A nice blowout for Forever Young in company with American Stage. Forever Young given a target as he likes to chase.#DWC25 #フォーエバーヤング #アメリカの舞台 pic.twitter.com/qNExJA5Sdd — Suleiman Altaf (@SuleimanAltaf) April 1, 2025 There really is nothing like a Meydan sunrise and that ushers in a rush of local horses for the next little bit, but the throng of media on hand moved en masse from the so-called harrow yard over to the turf course approaching the 7 a.m. hour. With the sun still having yet to exacted its influence, there was plenty of morning dew on ground as Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) readied for his final hit-out ahead of Saturday's G1 Dubai Turf. The 7-year-old could not look any better despite all the traveling he's done over the last four months or so and given what must have been a gut-busting run in that highly memorable G1 Saudi Cup just over a month ago. But the Tattersalls October grad gives no indication he's over the top, as he charged down the Meydan straight with the dogs placed nearly against the stands'-side rail (final 400m in :23.34, last 200m in :11.67) while putting half a furlong on his 'company' with James McDonald having arrived to put him through his paces. The Longines World's Best Jockey bypassed Tuesday's postponed first day of The Championships in Sydney in order to travel to Dubai as previously scheduled. “He usually works well, he does what he has to do and he just enjoys it,” he said. “Hence why he's such a good horse. He loves his work, thrives on a bit of pressure and he's all guns blazing.” As seen LIVE this morning on #DWCDaybreak, ROMANTIC WARRIOR having an impressive final piece of work under @mcacajamez on the @RacingDubai turf course ahead of Saturday's G1 $5m Dubai Turf test. Many thanks to today's guest analyst @AndrewNJHawkins. Join @AdolphsonRacing… https://t.co/MQbnSHgk22 pic.twitter.com/I189ZeMPMT — Michael Adolphson (@AdolphsonRacing) April 1, 2025 A couple of those who will line up against the $26-million earner also burned up the turf Tuesday morning, including Soul Rush (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}) and Liberty Island (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), third in last year's strangely run G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, but dropping to the 1800 meters for the Dubai Turf this time around. Representing America Tuesday morning was the imposing Little Vic (Practical Joke), while trainer Antonio Sano and owner Eduardo Soto were on hand to watch dual Grade III winner Il Miracolo (Gun Runner) gallop across the main track. The Venezuelan conditioner sent out Gunnevera (Dialed In) to finish a strong third to the repeating Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) in the 2019 World Cup. John Velazquez, who rode the late Roses In May to win the 2005 (gulp!) World Cup, has the riding assignment. Wathnan Racing's Flood Zone (Frosted) had a good look around when led onto the track and was gone just as quickly, but looks in good order heading into his assignment in Saturday's G2 UAE Derby, where he is expected to make the running for Florent Geroux. Unfortunately, news came down Tuesday afternoon that Wathnan's Cagliostro (Upstart) had come out of Saturday's G2 Godolphin Mile. Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) carries the hopes of the team in the World Cup. The draw for Saturday's five Group 1 contests will take place at 11 a.m. local time Wednesday morning. Due to predicted high temperatures in the upper 90s on Saturday, officials at the Dubai Racing Club have announced that post times will be pushed back by roughly one hour. The World Cup is now scheduled for 9:30 local time (1:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. BST). The post DWC Trackwork Tuesday: Stars Shine In Final Gallops appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The $12-million G1 Dubai World Cup will be run an hour later than originally planned at Meydan on Saturday, after the Dubai Racing Club took the decision on Tuesday to delay the start time for all nine races on the glittering card due to an unforeseen weather forecast. The gates at Meydan will now open at 2.30pm (local time), with the first race–the G1 Dubai Kahayla Classic for Purebred Arabians–set for 4.35pm (local time). The main event, the Dubai World Cup, will conclude the card at 9.30pm (local time). Sheikh Rashed bin Dalmook Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Racing Club, said, “Ensuring the safety and well-being of horses, jockeys and guests is our top priority, [so] the decision has been made to adjust the start time of the Dubai World Cup day. We remain fully committed to delivering an exceptional event filled with thrilling horseracing, world class hospitality and a truly magical atmosphere befitting the Dubai World Cup.” The post Dubai Racing Club Announce Schedule Changes for World Cup Night appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Australian visitor Don Hugo and Oscar Bonavena appear to be the two winners out of today’s draw for Friday’s two big Slot races at Cambridge’s Night of Champions. Recent Miracle Mile winner Don Hugo has drawn ideally at two for the $1m The Race by betcha with key rivals Leap To Fame getting eight and big Kiwi hope and defending champion Merlin at seven. Both will come in one place if first emergency Mo’unga does not take his place in the field. Multiple Group 1 winner Republican Party is another to have been gifted a good alley. He will start at three, one outside Don Hugo. As the only mare in the race Duchess Megxit has drawn one, with Chase A Dream (9) behind her on the second row. In the $600,000 TAB Trot Oscar Bonavena has drawn perfectly at three after his impressive win in Friday’s Waikato Flying Mile at Cambridge. Of his biggest threats Australian star The Locomotive has drawn six, one inside Muscle Mountain. Rising star Bet N Win has drawn one the second line and will follow out Im Ready Jet. The $600,000 TAB Trot will go at 7.49pm on Friday with the $1m The Race by betcha at 8.52pm. The draws were conducted by HRNZ. View the full article

Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) is pleased to announce that the National Bureau will officially be in operation from Monday, April 7, 2025. The Bureau is a significant step forward in streamlining the nomination, acceptance, and field release process for the sport across the country. From this date, all of these functions will be managed through a centralised system overseen by HRNZ, ensuring greater consistency and efficiency. For trainers making nominations and/or withdrawals these should be made via the HRNZ website or app. Race programmes will also be produced directly by HRNZ as part of this transition. Importantly, the current timelines for nominations and acceptances remain unchanged: Nominations close at 12 noon Acceptances close at 2:00pm Both deadlines fall on the same day. A National Bureau Hotline and a specific email account will also be established, with details in coming days. View the full article

Australian Derby favourite, Aeliana. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The three-year-old take centre stage in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, with a stacked field of 18 set to take their place in the $2 million staying feature. The lone filly Aeliana has been installed as the $3.50 favourite with horse racing bookmakers post-barrier draw, with the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) runner-up drawing perfectly in barrier two. Damien Lane is booked to ride the daughter of Castelvecchio as trainer Chris Waller seeks back-to-back wins in the three-year-old classic event. The Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Willydoit makes the trip across the Tasman and is on the second line of betting at , with the Shaun Clotworthy-trained gelding securing barrier 10. Group 2 Alister Clark (2040m) winner Shanwah makes the trip north to Sydney and goes in search of a fifth straight victory, with online betting sites respecting the Melbourne raider on the third line of betting at $7 with . A stack of runners are set to do the four-day backup after running in the Group 2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m), including the third placegetter King Of Thunder, rounding at the chances in single figures at $9 with . The John O’Shea & Tom Charlton-trained gelding is the only running coming through that form line with any early support, with Pocketing ($17) and Firm Agreement ($21) opening at big prices comparatively. There’s plenty of value outside of the leading chances, with the likes of Goldrush Guru ($13) and Plymouth ($15) set to have plenty of admirers leading into the weekend. The 2025 Australian Derby shares top billing with the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and is one of four massive Group 1 races lined up for Day 1 of The Championships. 2025 Australian Derby Final Field 1. Willydoit (10) T: Shaun Clotworthy J: Michael Dee W: 57kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Tarzino (NZ) Dam: Willamette +350 -113.64 2. Goldrush Guru (13) T: Andrew Gluyas J: Ms Jamie Melham W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Colt Sire: American Pharoah (USA) Dam: Glam Guru +1100 +275 3. Thedoctoroflove (14) T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young J: Daniel Moor W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay or Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: So You Think (NZ) Dam: Liberty Lover +1400 +350 4. Shanwah (4) T: Ciaron Maher J: Blake Shinn W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Too Darn Hot (GB) Dam: Lady Sayyida (NZ) +800 +200 5. Plymouth (3) T: Glen Thompson J: Mark Zahra W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: The Autumn Sun Dam: Malfy +1400 +350 6. Pocketing (16) T: Richard & Will Freedman J: Joshua Parr W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Grunt (NZ) Dam: Pickpocket +1400 +350 7. Firm Agreement (6) T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald J: Tyler Schiller W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Yes Yes Yes Dam: Money Magic +2500 +625 8. King Of Thunder (1) T: John O’Shea & Tom Charlton J: Zac Lloyd W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay or Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Tivaci Dam: Sheezababe (NZ) +800 +200 9. Golden Century (15) T: Tony Pike J: Nash Rawiller W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Pierro Dam: Breeze (IRE) +3300 +825 10. Imperialist (22) T: Chris Waller J: Ryan Moore W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Churchill (IRE) Dam: Dancing Hare +3300 +825 11. Mustang Morgan (12) T: Andrew Forsman J: Craig Williams W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Preferment (NZ) Dam: Assertiveobsession +3300 +825 12. Red Aces (18) T: Nick Ryan J: Hugh Bowman W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Colt Sire: Dundeel (NZ) Dam: Cardiac +5000 +1250 13. Confetti Garden (21) T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young J: Tommy Berry W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Saxon Warrior (JPN) Dam: Keeva +5000 +1250 14. Tsitsipas (11) T: Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young J: Not Declared W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Staphanos (JPN) Dam: Lioness (NZ) +5000 +1250 15. Autumn Aroha (5) T: Richard Litt J: Chad Schofield W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: The Autumn Sun Dam: Indarra (NZ) +10000 +2500 16. Bernen Win (20) T: John Thompson J: Tom Sherry W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Shooting to Win Dam: Icebern +10000 +2500 17. Kosuke (9) T: Gregory McFarlane J: Ashley Morgan W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Colt Sire: The Autumn Sun Dam: Inchita +20000 +5000 18. Aeliana (2) T: Chris Waller J: Damian Lane W: 54.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Filly Sire: Castelvecchio Dam: Temolie +220 -181.82 19. Flying Argento (23) T: Gary Portelli J: Reece Jones W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: D’argento Dam: Misstiflying +20000 +5000 20. Deal N’ Dash (8) T: Bjorn Baker J: Not Declared W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Dundeel (NZ) Dam: Kebede +1600 +400 21. Format (7) T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott J: Tim Clark W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Colt Sire: Frankel (GB) Dam: Nechita +5000 +1250 22. So You Are (19) T: Stirling Osland J: Not Declared W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay or Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: So You Think (NZ) Dam: Tornado Gal +5000 +1250 23. Black Babylon (17) T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald J: Ethan Brown W: 56.5kg Age: 3YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Night of Thunder (IRE) Dam: Akhania (GB) +5000 +1250 Horse racing news View the full article

Group 1 Randwick Guineas winner, Linebacker. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The time-honoured Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) headlines the action for Day 1 of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, with a capacity field of 20 set to battle it out for the $4 million prize. The Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) winner Linebacker has opened favourite at $6 with horse racing bookmakers after drawing barrier 14, with Zac Lloyd set to continue his association with the John O’Shea & Tom Charlton-trained gelding. Group 1 All Star Mile (1600m) winner Tom Kitten sits on the second line of betting at $7 with and appears to get the soft run in transit after securing barrier one on Tuesday evening. Ben Melham is booked to take the reins, with the son of Harry Angel set to lug 55.5kg on his back. The Ciaron Maher-trained pair of Gringotts and Another Wil share the third line of betting at $8 with , with the George Ryder winner set to jump from stall six, while the C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) winner will need to carry top weight (56.5kg) from barrier 18. Punters can get double-figure odds for every other runner engaged in this year’s Doncaster, headed by the second emergency Swiftfalcon at $11 with as he chases a maiden Group 1 success after running third in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) last time out. Some key internationals will have some work to do as well, with Moira ($13) and Geoglyph ($17) drawing out in gates 20 and 24 respectively. The chances don’t end there, with plenty of value runners all over the page as the likes of Royal Patronage ($13), Stefi Magnetica ($15) and Firestorm ($15) representing terrific each-way value with . The 2025 Doncaster Mile is one of four massive Group 1 races scheduled for Day 1 of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday. 2025 Doncaster Mile Final Field 1. Another Wil (18) T: Ciaron Maher J: Ms Jamie Melham W: 56.5kg Age: 5YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Street Boss (USA) Dam: Arohanui +700 +175 2. Gringotts (6) T: Ciaron Maher J: Tommy Berry W: 55.5kg Age: 5YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Per Incanto (USA) Dam: Miss Bluebell (NZ) +700 +175 3. Tom Kitten (1) T: James Cummings J: Ben Melham W: 55.5kg Age: 4YO Colour: Bay or Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Harry Angel (IRE) Dam: Transfers +500 +125 4. Geoglyph (24) T: Tetsuya Kimura J: Damian Lane W: 55kg Age: 6YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Horse Sire: Drefong (USA) Dam: Aromatico (JPN) +2000 +500 5. Pericles (16) T: James Cummings J: Blake Shinn W: 55kg Age: 5YO Colour: Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Street Boss (USA) Dam: Accessories (GB) +5000 +1250 6. Militarize (7) T: Chris Waller J: Chad Schofield W: 55kg Age: 4YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Dundeel (NZ) Dam: Amerindia (GB) +5000 +1250 7. Royal Patronage (19) T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott J: Tim Clark W: 54.5kg Age: 6YO Colour: Bay Sex: Horse Sire: Wootton Bassett (GB) Dam: Shaloushka (IRE) +1400 +350 8. Stefi Magnetica (5) T: Bjorn Baker J: Jason Collett W: 54.5kg Age: 4YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: All Too Hard Dam: Mid Summer Music +1600 +400 9. Anisette (20) T: Chris Waller J: Michael Dee W: 54kg Age: 5YO Colour: Bay or Brown Sex: Mare Sire: Awtaad (IRE) Dam: Tutti Frutti (GB) +5000 +1250 10. Moira (21) T: Chris Waller J: Zac Purton W: 54kg Age: 6YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: Ghostzapper (USA) Dam: Devine Aida (USA) +1400 +350 11. Just Folk (10) T: Gavin Bedggood J: W: 54.5kg Age: 8YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Magnus Dam: Fast Ruby +2500 +625 12. Celestial Legend (11) T: Les Bridge J: Regan Bayliss W: 54kg Age: 4YO Colour: Grey-Bay Sex: Horse Sire: Dundeel (NZ) Dam: Sarraqa +5000 +1250 13. Kovalica (17) T: Chris Waller J: Kerrin McEvoy W: 53.5kg Age: 5YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Ocean Park (NZ) Dam: Vitesse (NZ) +2500 +625 14. Port Lockroy (13) T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald J: Craig Williams W: 53.5kg Age: 4YO Colour: Brown Sex: Horse Sire: Better Than Ready Dam: Freezethemillions +2500 +625 15. Al Mubhir (4) T: William Haggas J: Andrea Atzeni W: 53kg Age: 6YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Frankel (GB) Dam: Muffri’ha (IRE) +2000 +500 16. New Energy (22) T: Ciaron Maher J: Dylan Gibbons W: 52.5kg Age: 6YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: New Bay (GB) Dam: For Joy (GB) +10000 +2500 17. Iowna Merc (15) T: Bjorn Baker J: Ashley Morgan W: 52kg Age: 5YO Colour: Bay or Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Winning Rupert Dam: Mercedes +5000 +1250 18. Encap (3) T: Gary Portelli J: Reece Jones W: 51kg Age: 4YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Capitalist Dam: Enquare +2500 +625 19. Firestorm (8) T: Chris Waller J: Jay Ford W: 50kg Age: 4YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: Satono Aladdin (JPN) Dam: Dancing Embers (NZ) +1200 +300 20. Linebacker (14) T: John O’Shea & Tom Charlton J: Zac Lloyd W: 49kg Age: 3YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Super Seth Dam: Garden of Swans (GB) +500 +125 21. Rise At Dawn (2) T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes J: Karis Teetan W: 51kg Age: 4YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Gelding Sire: Almanzor (FR) Dam: Kay’s Awake (NZ) +5000 +1250 22. Swiftfalcon (12) T: Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes J: Tyler Schiller W: 49kg Age: 3YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Exceedance Dam: Tempting Delight +800 +200 23. Sandpaper (23) T: Bjorn Baker J: — W: 50kg Age: 5YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Snitzel Dam: Smooth +10000 +2500 24. Ducasse (9) T: Michael Freedman J: — W: 50kg Age: 4YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Trapeze Artist Dam: Custard +5000 +1250 Horse racing news View the full article

William Haggas‘s international star, Dubai Honour, added another Australian Group 1 victory to his record, winning the rescheduled 2025 Tancred Stakes at Rosehill on Tuesday. This victory sets the stage for a potential clash with Via Sistina in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The seven-year-old Pride Of Dubai gelding, trained in Britain, excelled on the Soft […] The post 2025 Tancred Stakes Winner is International Raider Dubai Honour appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

Racing fans who endured the delay saw their patience rewarded as Matt Laurie‘s heavily favoured Treasurethe Moment delivered a stylish victory in the rescheduled 2025 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Tuesday. The Group 1 $750,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m), initially postponed due to Saturday’s washout, saw Damian Lane guide the brilliant Alabama Express filly […] The post Vinery Stud Stakes 2025 Results: Treasurethe Moment Wins 7th Straight Race appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

Royal Flower will contest Saturday’s Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2040m) at Wanganui. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Foxton trainer Gail Temperton feels she has some unfinished business with the Group 3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2040m) and she is hoping to rectify that on Saturday at Wanganui. Temperton placed in last year’s edition of the race with Royal Flower, a mare she bred and races with her partner Stanley Alexander under their Taikorea Thoroughbreds banner, and she is hoping for an improved result this weekend. The six-year-old daughter of Proisir has been raced sparingly since last autumn, having the one run in spring before returning to the racetrack earlier this month, and Temperton said she has returned a much stronger horse. “I thought she was due for a decent spell and so she had a couple months off, and I think she is much stronger now, so I am pleased I did that,” she said. Royal Flower finished last in her first-up assignment over 1200m before returning to form when runner-up over 2100m in rating 75 grade at Hawera, much to the delight of Temperton, who is looking forward to seeing her step back up to stakes level this weekend. “She had a big spell and she had only had a 1200m flat race, in which she was last, it was a big ask for her and she went well last start,” she said. The Wanganui track was rated a Soft5 on Tuesday morning, with rain forecast in the lead-up to Saturday. The wet outlook doesn’t concern Temperton, with Royal Flower having recorded two of her six victories on Heavy tracks. “She wouldn’t be any good in a (Heavy)10, but anything below a 10 at Wanganui she should be fine,” Temperton said. Royal Flower will be met in Saturday’s contest by in-form mare Our Jumala, who was victorious in the Group 3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last month. The six-year-old daughter of Zed also placed in last year’s Manawatu Breeders’ and Temperton is looking forward to round two this weekend. “I see Our Jumala is in the race again so it will be interesting to see how we all get on,” she said. Royal Flower tackled the Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) last year following her Manawatu Breeders’ placing, but Temperton said she hasn’t committed to any firm plans post this weekend’s run. “It (last start runner-up performance) came as a surprise to me that she went as good as she did, albeit only in a rating 75, so I haven’t really thought past Saturday,” she said. “We will see how she goes on Saturday and take it from there.” Temperton will also head to Wanganui with Never Look Back, who is in line for a jumping future following Saturday’s 2040m rating 75 contest. “Never Look Back is a funny horse. He is pretty honest but isn’t fast enough for the very good tracks and he struggles when it is really heavy,” Temperton said. “I think he will go okay. When he went bad in January in the Marton Cup (Listed, 2200m) at Trentham, the plan was to go on to the Wellington Cup (Group 3, 3200m) but he came off the track very lame that day and he had bruised the sole of his foot. That interrupted our continuation to the longer distances, which is what I would have preferred. “We will give him a go on Saturday. He jumps really well, and it is well-known that I love the jumpers, so that is what he will be doing next if he doesn’t go fabulous on Saturday. “I have been jumping him for two years, so it has always been in my plans to be jumping. It is a good sport that I love.” Horse racing news View the full article

Just Folk winning the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Just Folk will attempt to win the Group 1 Doncaster Mile at his second try, following his dominant victory in the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude at Rosehill on Tuesday afternoon. The Gavin Bedggood-trained gelding competed in the Group 1 classic in 2022 when he finished 13th of 20, and he will return to the same contest in much better form in 2025. The son of Magnus jumped as a +1300 outsider with horse racing bookmakers, and after leaving the barriers quickly, Tommy Berry took up the lead with relative ease, ahead of Willaidow (+550) and Glint Of Silver (+3300). Heading down the side, Berry still had a stranglehold on the eventual winner, and they had their rivals off the bit, struggling to chase. Turning for home, Just Folk moved off the rail and gave a strong kick to take a two-length lead over New Endeavour (+360). New Endeavour continued to whack away, and Ducasse (+450) ran on strongly from midfield, but they were no match for Just Folk, who claimed a 1.2-length win and secured his spot in the Doncaster Mile. Click here for all Rosehill race replays. Gavin Bedggood was on course to speak about the win post-race. “He loves a working holiday, and we just try and follow the weather with him. He’s been a great horse to use and I think that ticks him over a million dollars since we’ve had him. It is great,” Bedggood said. “We lost Nash Rawiller today because we had him down to run in the Ajax a couple of weeks ago, and the rain didn’t come so we decided not to accept, and that probably cost him riding this race. “We wanted him to ride today but he chose another horse which was fine but we got an in form rider which was Tommy Berry which was a good result. “When that horse begins like that and wins the gates, he really gets into the groove and rolls along. “It makes very heavy weather for those chasing. “We’ll accept for the Doncaster and see how the weather plays out and make a call on Saturday.” Tommy Berry picked up his first win of the day at Rosehill aboard Just Folk. “He flopped around in the gates and sometimes older horses need a wake up so I did that before we went in and he flew the gates and thought I’d ride him like an older horse – tough and hard – and I know Nash usually rides him,” Berry said. “I had to bring out the inner Nash in me and he was too tough today. “I felt that if I could drag the sprint out of them because he doesn’t have a lot of change up speed from what I have been told so I didn’t leave a lot of change up speed there. “He was a deserved winner and did it at both ends.” Horse racing news View the full article

Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025 Location: Randwick Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales Prize Money: $250,000 Distance: 1600m The Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) is a Group 3 race for three-year-olds, run over 1600m under set weights and penalties at Royal Randwick by the Australian Turf Club. First held in 1981, the race honours the legendary 19th-century stayer Carbine, a dual Sydney Cup winner and Melbourne Cup champion who became a highly influential sire. Originally a Listed race from 1986, it was elevated to Group 3 status in 2011. The Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) is traditionally held on Day 1 of The Championships and offers $250,000 in prizemoney. The 2024 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) was won by Ducasse, defeating Tannhauser and Kintyre. Notable past winners include Juggler, Le Zagaletta, Road To Rock, Needs Further, Fat Al, Toydini, Hi World, He’s Our Rokkii, and Straight Arron. 2025 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) betting odds Ducasse guided by Blake Shinn claimed the 2024 Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Odds for the Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) as of March 31 – Courtesy of Neds Swiftfalcon Win $2.20 Place $1.30 Evaporate Win $3.40 Place $1.60 Harlem Queen Win $5.00 Place $2.00 Wonder Boy Win $6.00 Place $2.25 Brigidine Gal Win $8.00 Place $2.75 Shangri La Spring Win $8.00 Place $2.75 Depth Of Character Win $11.00 Place $3.50 Mawjood Win $11.00 Place $3.50 Nostringsattached Win $11.00 Place $3.50 Declichy Boulevard Win $26.00 Place $7.25 Fingers Hunter Win $26.00 Place $7.25 French Ruler Win $26.00 Place $7.25 Pleasure Artist Win $26.00 Place $7.25 You Wahng Win $26.00 Place $7.25 Climb The Ladder Win $34.00 Place $9.25 Kalkallo Win $34.00 Place $9.25 Lugarno Win $34.00 Place $9.25 Sigiriya Rock Win $34.00 Place $9.25 Golden Loom Win $51.00 Place $13.50 Interjection Win $51.00 Place $13.50 La Cometa Win $101 Place $26.00 Saint Emilion Win $101 Place $26.00 Sharon Drive Win $101 Place $26.00 How to bet on the Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) All of the top horse betting sites have markets for the Carbine Club Stakes (AJC). 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Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) News Ducasse claims Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Michael Freedman and Blake Shinn have combined with Ducasse to take out the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick … Read More Randwick races full preview & quaddie | The Championships Day 1 Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Randwick Racecourse is scheduled to host a massive 10-race card for Day 1 of The Championships. Check out HorseBetting’s race-by-race … Read More The Fortune Teller fights back in stirring Carbine Club win Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Ciaron Maher & David Eustace and Tom Marquand have combined with The Fortune Teller to take out the Group 3 … Read More Waller, McDonald race away with Carbine Club Stakes Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Chris Waller & James McDonald have combined once again to take out Saturday’s Carbine Club Stakes in impressive fashion on … Read More Waller looking to the spring with Kiku Australia horse racing news 4 years ago The Chris Waller-trained Kiku has broken through for her first black-type success in the Carbine Club Stakes … Read More 2025 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) Final Field HorseBetting will update this page when the 2025 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) final field is released on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Previous Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) Fields 2024 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Cafe Millenium John O’Shea Damian Lane 10 56kg 2 Witz End Tony Pike James McDonald 3 56kg 3 Ducasse Michael Freedman Blake Shinn 2 56kg 4 Les Vampires Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Sam Clipperton 4 56kg 5 Tannhauser Chris Waller Zac Purton 16 56kg 6 Kintyre Gary Portelli Jamie Kah 17 56kg 7 Heman Peter & Paul Snowden Nash Rawiller 1 56kg 8 Zondee Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Michael Dee 20 56kg 9 Port Lockroy Annabel Neasham Adam Hyeronimus 21 56kg 10 Mchale Chris Waller Tommy Berry 7 56kg 11 Gold Bullion Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 22 56kg 12 Groundrush Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes Joshua Parr 23 56kg 13 Long Genes Edward Cummings Chad Schofield 8 56kg 14 The Years Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Regan Bayliss 12 56kg 15 Pasima Ciaron Maher Jason Collett 14 56kg 16 Agita David Payne Dylan Gibbons 5 56kg 17 Edited By Michael Freedman Rory Hutchings 18 56kg 18 Jacob’s Time Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou Tom Sherry 11 56kg 19 Legacies Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman — 13 55kg 20 Mah Ali Benjamin Smith Zac Lloyd 9 54kg 21e Firestorm Chris Waller Craig Williams 6 54kg 22e Piercing Arrow Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Rachel King 19 56kg 23e High Dandy Brad Widdup — 15 56kg 2024 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) result https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Randwick-2024-Group-3-Carbine-Club-Stakes-06042024-Ducasse-Michael-Freedman-Blake-Shinn.mp4 1st – Ducasse (+500) 2nd – Tannhauser (+330) 3rd – Kintyre (+140) Recent runnings of the Carbine Club Stakes (AJC): 2024: Ducasse finishes best Blake Shinn continued his outstanding form with a perfectly judged ride aboard Ducasse in the 2024 Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. Jumping from barrier one, Shinn allowed the Michael Freedman-trained colt to settle comfortably behind the speed, with longshots The Years and Hi Dandy setting a genuine tempo up front. As the field approached the home turn, Shinn seized the opportunity to angle Ducasse between the tiring leaders, taking control of the race at the 300m mark. Mchale loomed on his inside momentarily, but Ducasse found plenty in the closing stages. Despite late challenges from Tanhauser and Kintyre out wide, Ducasse proved too strong over the mile, holding them off to score a well-deserved win. The son of Trapeze Artist showcased his staying ability and determination in what was a competitive edition of the Carbine Club Stakes. 2023: The Fortune Teller lifts late The Fortune Teller made a statement in wet conditions on Day 1 of the 2023 Championships, surging late to claim victory in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. With the Randwick track downgraded from a Soft 6 to a Heavy 8 following the opening event, punters rallied behind favourite Macha Latte. The market move appeared justified as Macha Latte kicked clear at the 200m mark, looking every bit the winner. But jockey Tom Marquand had other ideas. Timing his run to perfection, Marquand steered The Fortune Teller up the inside, unleashing a strong finish to reel in Macha Latte and take the lead in the final 50m. The son of Caravaggio had not previously raced on a Heavy track and had yet to win over the mile, but the performance confirmed his ability to handle testing conditions and run out a strong 1600 metres. 2022: Straight Arron justifies favouritism Chris Waller won his third Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) in four years after Straight Arron ($2.15) and James McDonald combined to take out the 2022 edition. Settling second last after jumping from barrier eight, the lightly raced three-year-old Fastnet Rock gelding started peeling around the field three wide at the 600m before winding up down the outside and unleashing a brilliant run on the Heavy 9 track. Straight Arron managed to career away from the rest of the field for an impressive 2.66-length victory ahead of the Danny Williams-trained Jalmari ($10) with Cap Estel ($5.50) 3.06-lengths 3rd for Anthony Cummings. Previous winners of the Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) Past Winners Year Horse Jockey Trainer 2024 Ducasse Blake Shinn Michael Freedman 2023 The Fortune Teller Tom Marquand Ciaron Maher & David Eustace 2022 Straight Arron James McDonald Chris Waller 2021 Kiku Tommy Berry Chris Waller 2020 Entente Tim Clark Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 2019 Ringerdingding James McDonald Chris Waller 2018 Safin Damien Oliver David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig 2017 Acatour Blake Shinn Peter & Paul Snowden 2016 He’s Our Rokkii Dwayne Dunn David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig 2015 Hi World Kerrin McEvoy Peter Moody 2014 Gypsy Diamond James McDonald John O’Shea 2013 Toydini Blake Shinn Guy Walter 2012 Fat Al Nash Rawiller Gai Waterhouse 2011 Needs Further Nash Rawiller Gai Waterhouse 2010 Al Dhafra Kathy O’Hara Guy Walter 2009 Orca Robert Thompson Guy Walter 2008 Road to Rock Damien Oliver Anthony Cummings 2007 Yasumori Darren Beadman John Hawkes 2006 Belmonte Zac Purton Howlett 2005 Magnetism Michael Coleman Ralph Manning 2004 Toulouse Lautrec Rod Quinn John Hawkes 2003 Who Did It Chris Munce Gai Waterhouse 2002 Wet Lips Rod Quinn John Hawkes 2001 Spurred On Brian York Gai Waterhouse 2000 Valuate Shane Dye Gai Waterhouse Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) winners pre-2000 Carbine Club Stakes (AJC) Past Winners Pre 2000 Year Horse 1999 Le Zagaletta 1998 Noise 1997 The North 1996 Mr. Piper 1995 Juggler 1994 Espinosa 1993 Golden Sword 1992 Conshana 1991 New Acquaintance 1990 Mink Jacket 1989 Nanutarra 1988 Rigoletto 1987 Bigamy 1986 Faris King 1985 Double Dandy 1984 Bring Home 1983 Fairy God 1982 Noble Ambition 1981 Around The Traps Recommended! 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