Wandering Eyes

By Mike Love The New Zealand Amateur Drivers championship will conclude today at Addington raceway with two final heats. Currently there are three leaders in the series locked up on seven points in Bruce Hadley, Cheree Wigg and Frank Phelan, while each driver has a mathematical chance to take out the series with only seven points separating all of the drivers. At the opposite end of the table on zero points is Craig Sharpe. However, Sharpe will drive the two warm favourites – the Matt Purvis trained Almighty Clever in Race 1, the Beauty Barry NZ Amateur Driver Champs (Heat 3) Mobile Pace over 1980m while in Race 3, the Braxton Farriers NZ Amateur Driver Champs (Heat 4) Mobile Pace over 1980m he links links up with Stephs Boy for trainer Bob Butt. Sharpe will be looking to finish off the series with a strong late burst having landed these two significant drives. ““They’re both in-form and are both live chances. I haven’t had a lot of luck so far in the series – so it’s good to be lucky enough to land these drives today,” said Sharpe. “They’ve both got good form, but have just got niggly draws.” Almighty Clever was a strong winner in the second heat at Addington on Friday night. Sharpe and Almighty Clever have drawn somewhat awkwardly in five today, though there is some confidence. “I followed it in the run the other night, so he went good to win from where it came from.” Other chances in the event include Gliding High for driver Michael House, and Kowhai Nugget for Colleen Negus. Stephs Boy in the final heat (2.35pm) comes into the race second up after winning at Addington last week. Sharpe and Stephs Boy have drawn the outside of the gate, and will therefore need to work at some stage in the race. “They led pretty easily last week, but I don’t think it’ll come that easy this time. I’ll just have to see what instructions they give me.” Race one gets underway at 1.24pm. View the full article

The two stakes races on the grass on Haskell Preview Day at Monmouth Park belonged to trainer Chad Brown. View the full article

Barn 28 on the Belmont Park backstretch has been placed under a precautionary 14-day quarantine by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) and New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) until further notice due to a positive case of strangles in the barn. NYRA, the New York State Department of Agriculture and the NYSCG remain in contact should the need arise for further precautionary measures. Barn 28 houses horses trained by George Weaver, Todd Pletcher and Rudy Rodrigruez and the quarantine is effective immediately. The Weaver-conditioned 2-year-old gelding Mo Curls was referred to the Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center on Friday, where he was tested for a number of potential ailments, and a positive strangles result was returned on Saturday afternoon. The horse began immediate treatment at the Medical Center. Following confirmation of a positive strangles test, NYRA and the NYSGC implemented standard infectious disease protocols including restricting access to the horses in the quarantined barn, establishing a 24-hour security watch, mandating regular temperature checks for the horses in that barn and enacting biosecurity measures for all individuals requiring access to Barn 28. During the initial period of quarantine, these horses stabled in Barn 28 will be restricted from entering races and from training with the general horse population. Afebrile/asymptomatic horses stabled in Barn 28 will have isolated training hours on the Belmont Park dirt training track following the close of training for the general horse population at 10:30 a.m. As of Saturday afternoon, no additional febrile horses have been identified. Strangles is a contagious bacterial infection that generally affects a horse's respiratory system and causes symptoms similar to those of strep throat in humans. When properly diagnosed and treated, strangles is not considered a life-threatening infection and horses recover fully. The post Belmont Barn Under Quarantine Due To Strangles Positive appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Although he failed to pick up his feet over the slop on Derby Day, Bracket Buster was undeterred by Monmouth Park's wet track June 14, splashing home an eye-catching winner of the $162,000 Pegasus Stakes.View the full article

Bouncing back from a disappointing run in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Madaket Stables' Fondly took the field gate to wire in the $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3) at Delaware Park June 14.View the full article

4th-Santa Anita, $67,000, Alw, 6-14, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:33.35, fm, 5 3/4 lengths. THOUGHT PROCESS (f, 3, Collected–Creative Thinking {SW-US, SP-Can, $132,592}, by Creative Cause) gave the legendary breeding operation of the late Brereton C. Jones another advertisement a short time before Fondly (Upstart) wired the field in the GIII Delaware Oaks. A debut third over the Del Mar main track last July, the chestnut rattled off three straight turf miles, including the Sept. 7 Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf and this track's GIII Surfer Girl Stakes Oct. 6. A pacesetting ninth to odds-on Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) as the only other horse in single digits in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Nov. 1, she was returning here as the 1-5 jolly and made absolutely no mistakes. Carrying the Jones colors for the comebacker, Thought Process did not have to expend a lot of energy to secure the front and took them along eagerly, but not overly so. Well within herself for the run around the second turn, she gave her four rivals the slip in upper stretch and was punched out hands and heels from Umberto Rispoli to score as miles the best. Thought Process is the lone starter from her stakes-winning dam, who is also represented by a yearling Win Win Win colt and was most recently bred to Roadster. Sales history: $120,000 RNA Ylg '23 KEESEP; $57,000 RNA Ylg '23 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: GSW, 6-4-0-1, $224,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Estate of Brereton C Jones, Little Red Feather Racing & Madaket Stables LLC; B-Brereton C Jones (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. “But it was a one-horse race…” Dual stakes winner #2 THOUGHT PROCESS won Race 4 at @santaanitapark in her 2025 debut. @umbyrispoli up on the @PhilDamato11-trained daughter of @AirdrieStud Collected. What will she do next? pic.twitter.com/czccCbbxmP — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 14, 2025 The post Collected Filly Thought Process Romps In Seasonal Bow at Santa Anita appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Keeping his run of strong form going, heavily-favored 'TDN Rising Star' Bishops Bay (Uncle Mo) justified his 1-5 odds with a strong effort in the GIII Salvatore Mile at Monmouth Saturday. Never out of the exacta in ten lifetime starts, the son of Uncle Mo missed nearly his entire 4-year-old season but has come back just as good as a 5-year-old, racking up three straight wins including a last-out score on a muddy track at Aqueduct in the GIII Westchester Stakes May 4 which resulted in a career-best 102 Beyer Speed Figure. Trying a sloppy track for the first time but sticking to the Westchester distance of one mile, Bishops Bay drew widest of the scratched-down six-horse field but was away in good order and had enough early speed to stay clear on the outside while settling into a two-wide stalking second. Pacesetter Nelson Avenue (Into Mischief) took that pressure into the backstretch through the opening quarter in :22.81 before Bishops Bay came fully alongside with the pair matching strides in a good rhythm past the half-mile pole. The field stayed tightly bunched (bar a trailing Tuscan Sky {Vino Rosso} who got squeezed back at the break and never factored) into the final quarter-mile but it was clear Bishops Bay was keen to go on with things and opened up an advantage into the stretch that only grew to the wire. The final time for the one mile was 1:37.16 over the slop. “He's such a professional horse,” said winning rider Flavien Prat. “I think he's getting better race after race. He is very nice to be around. I don't think the (sloppy) track affected him. This is his running style. He likes to be on the lead. He's very athletic. He was forwardly placed and very comfortable. He seems to be gaining confidence and he understands what he needs to do when he gets on the track. Some horses show improvement like he has as a 5-year-old. He hasn't really run much before this so he has had room to improve. It's not like he is 5 years old and he has run in a ton of races.” Pedigree Note: One of 112 stakes winners for the greatly-missed Uncle Mo, Bishops Bay is a son of SW/GISP Catch My Drift who joined the WinStar broodmare band on a final bid of $400,000 at FTKNOV in 2015. It proved to be a fruitful purchase for WinStar as Catch My Drift has produced GII Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby winner Catching Freedom (Constitution) along with MSP Strava (Into Mischief), both of whom went on to sell at Keeneland for six figures. Her yet-to-be-named 2-year-old, a filly by Not This Time, sold to Repole Stables for $525,000 at KEESEP last year and is on the work tab at Saratoga. After missing 2024, she reported a full-sister to Bishops Bay this season. #9 BISHOPS BAY ($2.60) and Flavien Prat romp in the $150,000 Salvator Mile (G3) at @MonmouthPark for trainer @bradcoxracing. Congratulations to all of the connections. @spendthriftfarm @MARTINSCHWARTZ4 @Tenstrikeracing @WinStarFarm @keenelandsales pic.twitter.com/C2pfy78t4h — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 14, 2025 Saturday, Monmouth Park SALVATOR MILE S.-GIII, $150,000, Monmouth, 6-14, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:37.16, sy. 1–BISHOPS BAY, 124, h, 5, by Uncle Mo 1st Dam: Catch My Drift (SW & GISP, $280,540), by Pioneerof the Nile 2nd Dam: Drift to the Lead, by Yonaguska 3rd Dam: Drifa, by Tabasco Cat 'TDN Rising Star'. ($450,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Spendthrift Farm LLC, Steve Landers, Martin S. Schwartz, Michael Dubb, Ten Strike Racing, Jim Bakke, Titletown Racing, LLC, Kueber Racing, LLC, Big Easy Racing LLC, Rick Kanter, Michael J. Caruso & WinStar Farm LLC; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Flavien Prat. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 10-7-3-0, $603,550. *1/2 to Catching Freedom (Constitution), GSW & GISP, $1,374,850; Strava (Into Mischief), MSP, $472,326. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Nelson Avenue, 118, g, 6, Into Mischief–Via Strata, by Street Cry (Ire). ($65,000 5yo '24 FTDMAY). O-Photos Finish LLC; B-Godolphin (KY); T-Jorge R. Abreu. $30,000. 3–Surface to Air, 118, h, 5, Midshipman–Shemazon, by Congrats. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Premier Stable; B-Silverton Hill, LLC (KY); T-Panagiotis A. Synnefias. $15,000. Margins: 5, 3 3/4, 4. Odds: 0.30, 10.20, 20.30. Also Ran: Awesome Ruta, Tuscan Sky, Trademark. Scratched: Antigravity, Offaly Cool, Vitality. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Bishops Bay Gets Four In A Row With Strong Salvatore Mile Win appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Racing June 14 in the $168,450 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs, Take Charge Milady did what no filly could do last year: beat champion Immersive.View the full article

Fondly (f, 3, Upstart–Lifetime Memory, by Istan) was sent to the front by Irad Ortiz, Jr., and never looked back at odds of 7-2 in Saturday's GIII Delaware Oaks. She becomes the sixth graded winner for Upstart. Margie's Intention (Honor A. P.) was second; Kinzie Queen (McKinzie) was third. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:45.61. Fondly won her first two career starts, led by the Virginia Oaks, then finished 11th in the GI Kentucky Oaks. Sales history: $50,000 yrl '23 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0. O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Madaket Stables LLC; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-H. Graham Motion. #7 FONDLY ($9.80) dazzles in the $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3) at @DelParkRacing for trainer @GrahamMotion. Jockey @iradortiz was aboard the Upstart filly for owners @EclipseTBP and @MadaketStables. pic.twitter.com/G3oIdE1bIf — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 14, 2025 The post Upstart’s Fondly Wires Delaware Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sunday, Chantilly, France, post time: 16:05, PRIX DE DIANE LONGINES-G1, €1,000,000, 3yo, f, 10 1/2fT Field: Cankoura (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), Mandanaba (Fr) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), D'Ores Et Deja (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Shes Perfect (Ire) (Sioux Nation), Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Merrily (No Nay Never), Rosa Salvaje (Ire) (Maximum Security), Better Together (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), American Gal (GB) (Kameko), Zia Agnese (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Sand Gazelle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}). TDN Verdict: After two tussles with Zarigana that read like a soap opera, Shes Perfect looks to play while that particular cat is away and gain compensation for her disqualification in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Not guaranteed to stay this extra 2 1/2 furlongs, she will have to deal with Mandanaba on the scene as that daughter of Mandesha should come into her own tackling middle distances for the first time. Gezora was behind Mandanaba in the G3 Prix Vanteaux but stepped up to land the G2 Prix Saint-Alary last month and has the inside draw, while other notables Better Together, Bedtime Story and Cankoura are in double figures which will hurt their prospects. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, Chantilly, France, post time: 14:05, PRIX DU BOIS LONGINES-G3, €80,000, 2yo, 6fT Field: Moojeed (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Kalkara (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Imperial Me Cen (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Meelaf (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), Ali Shuffle (GB) (A'Ali {Ire}). TDN Verdict: This stepping stone to the G2 Prix Robert Papin went the way of subsequent Robert Papin hero and G1 Prix Morny fourth Arabie last term. His trainer Karl Burke, also triumphant with Little Kim in 2018, once again ships in two for this straight dash. Nick Bradley Racing's unbeaten-in-three Tattersalls October Book 2 graduate Ali Shuffle lines up with a Goffs London Sale entry and returns off a one-length success in Chester's storied Lily Agnes last month. She will become the first black-type runner for her Newsells Park Stud-based freshman sire. Stablemate Meelaf, who sports the Arabie silks of Mohamed Saeed Al Shehhi, followed up a Musselburgh maiden score with a neck second in Beverley's former stakes-grade Hilary Needler Trophy three weeks ago. Yeguada Centurion's Henri Devin-trained Listed Prix des Reves d'Or victor Imperial Me Cen leads the home defence while compatriots Moojeed and Kalkara have yet to shed maiden status after two starts each. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Chantilly, France, post time: 18:00, PRIX DU LYS LONGINES-G3, €80,000, 3yo, 12fT Field: Surabad (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Rafale Design (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Ephesus (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Hotheaded (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Lakota Beau (Fr) (Sioux Nation), Duty (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Golden Weaver (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Croquis (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Oracle (Fr) (Too Darn Hot {GB}). TDN Verdict: The modern incarnation of this stamina-sapping test is a launchpad to next month's G1 Grand Prix de Paris with the lightly campaigned pair Flintshire and Erupt completing the double in recent years. Flintshire's wizard Andre Fabre has a race-record 15 wins already in the books and sends forth Godolphin's once-raced Hotheaded, who was green but impressive when bounding to a wide-margin debut victory tackling this trip at Saint-Cloud last month, and Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's twice-raced Saint-Cloud maiden scorer and supplementary entry Oracle. Black-type form is plentiful among the opposition and other leading lights include the Yann Barberot-conditioned G3 Prix Hocquart winner Rafale Design and Aga Khan Studs homebred Surabad, a Francis Graffard trainee who subdued subsequent Listed Derby du Languedoc victor Croquis, another Wertheimer representative, in April's Listed Prix de l'Avre over 12 furlongs at ParisLongchamp. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Chantilly, France, post time: 18:35, PRIX BERTRAND DU BREUIL LONGINES-G3, €80,000, 3yo/up, 8fT Field: Fort Payne (Fr) (Rio De La Plata), Marhaba Ya Sanafi (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}), Zabiari (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Ferrari Fever (Fr) (Panis), Vertbrois (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Fast Raaj (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}), Point Lynas (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Make Me King (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}), The Wasp (Fr) (Whipper). TDN Verdict: Jaber Abdullah's 2023 G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero and G1 Prix du Jockey Club third Marhaba Ya Sanafi has failed to win any of seven stakes starts since annexing this last year and may once again yield to Godolphin's Andre Fabre-conditioned G2 Prix du Muguet second Vertbois, who was 3/4-of-a-length too good for the Andreas Schutz trainee in March's Listed Prix Altipan. The in-form Francis Graffard yard has yet to strike in this and is represented here by Aga Khan Studs homebred Zabiari. The 2023 Prix des Chenes victor, then under the stewardship of Jean-Claude Rouget, ran fifth behind Rosallion in that year's G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, but was on the shelf for three days shy of one year before notching wins for his new stable at Saint-Cloud in April and over this strip last month. Ed Bethell nominee Point Lynas and Wathnan Racing's 2024 G3 Prix Quincey victor Make Me King were separated by 3/4-of-a-length when second and third in Doha's $500,000 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup in February and both hold valid claims in a typically open renewal. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Bro Park, Sweden, post time: 13:54, STOCKHOLMS STORA PRIS-G3, SKr850,000, 3yo/up, 8 3/4fT Field: Redirect (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}), Admiral De Vega (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Hans Andersen (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Falkor (Swe), (Barocci {Jpn}), Silver Legend (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Mozart (Den) (Le Havre {Ire}), Havandi (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Good Fortune (Den) (Appel Au Maitre {Fr}), King David (Den) (Elusive City), Seneschal (Swe) (Appel Au Maitre {Fr}), Seakine (Fr) (Seahenge). TDN Verdict: Supported by two Listed heats, this is the stakes highlight on Sweden's 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas undercard. TDN Rising Star Hans Andersen, winner of 2023's G3 Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial, made little impact in eight Group 1 outings for Ballydoyle and continued on a familiar path for new connections this year, running unplaced in four Meydan starts earlier in the campaign. He made a Scandinavian breakthrough in April's Listed Danish Jockey Club Cup at his local Klampenborg track, but finished off the board when fifth tackling the dirt in Jagersro's Listed Pramms Memorial last month. Pramms Memorial fourth Falkor reopposes while last term's winner Good Fortune, 2023 winner Admiral De Vega and 2022 winner King David are all back for more. The latter is one of three raiders from Denmark and set fair for his sixth attempt at Sweden's first Group 3 contest of the season. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Hanshin, Japan, post time: 15:40, TAKARAZUKA KINEN-G1, ¥570,000,000, 3yo/up, 2200mT Field: Bellagio Opera (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Durezza (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Rousham Park (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), Pradaria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Chuck Nate (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Boldog Hos (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}), Justin Palace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Chevalier Rose (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Yoho Lake (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Libyan Glass (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Sol Oriens (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Meisho Tabaru (Jpn) (Gold Ship {Jpn}), Urban Chic (Jpn) (Suave Richard {Jpn}), June Take (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Lord Del Rey (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Shonan La Punta (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Regaleira (Jpn) (Suave Richard {Jpn}). Click here for the preview. Click here for the complete fields. 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'TDN Rising Star' Admiral Dennis (c, 3, Constitution–Gulf Coast, by Union Rags), a last-out rallying fourth in the GI Blue Grass S. Apr. 8, sat much closer to the pace than usual and drew off in the stretch to win by four lengths at odds of 2-1 in Saturday's inaugural running of the Delaware Derby. Barbadian Runner (Barbados) was second; Kentucky Outlaw (Outwork) was third. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.57. Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-1. Sales history: $425,000 yrl '23 KEESEP. O-Albaugh Family Stables LLC; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox The inaugural Delaware Derby goes to #3 ADMIRAL DENNIS! A big win by the son of @WinStarFarm Constitution, who is trained by @bradcoxracing for @Albaughstables. pic.twitter.com/Kx9Vse4hdr — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 14, 2025 The post ‘Rising Star’ Admiral Dennis Salutes in Inaugural Delaware Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Although he failed to pick up his feet over the slop on Derby Day, Bracket Buster was undeterred by Monmouth Park's wet track June 14, splashing home an eye-catching winner of the $162,000 Pegasus Stakes.View the full article

A colt from the initial crop of runners from the Airdrie Stud-based one-time 'TDN Rising Star' Beau Liam (Liam's Map) covered a quarter-mile in :20 1/5 during Saturday's fifth and final breeze show ahead of next week's OBS June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale. The Mar. 20 foal becomes the first horse to achieve that particular clocking since a pair accomplished the feat at last year's OBS April Sale. One of those was Cash Call (McKinzie), recent winner of the GIII Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita. Hip 829 was bred in Kentucky by La Ciega LLC and fetched $12,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October Sale before changing hands for $3,000 during the Fasig-Tipton December Digital Sale. The bay is consigned to the June Sale by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, agent, who also sent out a Cloud Computing filly to breeze a co-fastest quarter-mile in :20 4/5 during Wednesday's breeze show. “I told Jimbo Gladwell [of Top Line Sales] this morning 'I've got a good one coming out'”, Ramirez laughed. “I was expecting 20 and 3, 20 and 4 and if I was really lucky, 20 and 2. But 20 and 1, that's amazing. He's just a great colt. I knew the work was going to be good. I knew he was going to be the bullet, whatever the bullet was today. “One of my riders told me to send this horse a quarter because he keeps going, he's not going to stop. He's ready to run.” Ramirez brings a 28-strong consignment into next week's sale and is bullish on his horses' chances over the course of the two-day auction. “This colt is just a special horse. He does everything naturally,” said Ramirez. “He just goes over there and does his thing. I've had a great under-tack show overall. All my babies responded well and have come back good and are looking good.” A pair of juveniles shared the one-furlong bullet Saturday, each breezing :9 4/5. Hip 754 (breeze video) is a May-foaled filly by the promising Yaupon (Uncle Mo) that is part of the draft of Keiber Rengifo's Golden Rock Thoroughbreds, agent. A daughter of the stakes-placed Shine Softly (Aldebaran), the bay is a half-sister to Busanda Stakes victress The Grass Is Blue (Broken Vow) and her second dam, Eclipse Award winner Soaring Softly (Kris S.), produced six winners, including GSW Manitoulin (Awesome Again). Leinster is off to a fast start with his first runners, including the Royal Ascot-bound Lennilu, and the stallion's hip 831 (breeze video) was the other bullet worker going an eighth of a mile on Saturday. Steve Venosa's S G V Thoroughbreds consigns the Florida-bred daughter of Sweetsweetsweet (Concord Point), a half-sister to 2-year-old stakes winner Concealedwithakiss (Political Force). The OBS June Sale takes place next Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17 and 18 in Central Florida. For the full catalogue and under-tack results, visit www.obssales.com. The post First-Crop Son of Beau Liam Ties Track Record During Final OBS June Preview appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Taken down after the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Shes Perfect (Sioux Nation) has a second bite of the cherry on Sunday in Chantilly's G1 Prix de Diane Longines. Whether or not the pride and joy of the Basher Watts Racing Club would have mastered Zarigana in the ParisLongchamp Classic had she stayed on a true line is a matter of conjecture, but we know after her two fights with that Aga Khan Studs blueblood this term that she belongs in the top echelon of her generation. While this 10 1/2-furlong test is far less likely to suit her on pedigree than her chief rival Mandanaba (Ghaiyyath), trainer Charlie Fellowes is hopeful she has the requisite staying power. Early evidence of Sioux Nation's progeny points to middle distances not being so much of a problem as expected provided the damsire injects it and she has the all-important Galileo factor on that side. “This has been the plan pretty much since the French Guineas and we had the choice between this or the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, but I always thought she would stay at least 10 furlongs and we felt this was the right time to try it,” he said. “She's in good order and hasn't missed a beat since Longchamp and she's travelled over well. They've had a bit of rain which is welcome and will hopefully take the sting out of the ground, which is ideal.” “It's a good race and there is plenty in there to beat. Mandanaba ran a screamer in the Guineas and on pedigree should have no problem staying further,” he added. “Aidan has two in there who always have to be respected, so it is no walk over by any stretch of the imagination. But we're really looking forward to seeing her run and hopefully she can go over there and do the business.” Mandanaba was a length behind the front pair in the Pouliches, which in every book is a highly creditable effort given her leaning towards at least a mile and a half on pedigree. Potentially a stayer with lethal speed, the daughter of Mandesha had already won the nine-furlong G3 Prix Vanteaux and will be able to run at a more suitable tempo over this extra trip. Nemone Routh echoed that reasoning. “Her breeding would suggest she'll be better over a mile and a quarter,” the manager for the Aga Khan Studs said of the key member of a formidable Francis-Henri Graffard trio. “We hesitated for a long time over whether to run in the Prix Saint-Alary or put her in the Group 1 Classic over a mile, because it is a Classic and you don't get many opportunities when the horse is well to run at that level in that type of race. She ran a great race, it was only her third run and she got left a little bit on her own on the inside and she was very game.” “She's a very genuine filly who shows quite a lot of speed early in her races and we think she's a filly who likes good, fast ground,” she added. “She's not a big filly, but she's quite strong and it's a nice story in that she's the last foal of her dam Mandesha, who was retired after she foaled her. Mandesha was a champion for Princess Zahra who won three Group 1s over a mile, a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half, which is quite a rare achievement and it's nice to find some of her quality in her last foal.” Graffard has another out of a star mare in Germance, White Birch Farm's Gezora (Almanzor) was third in the Vanteaux and stepped up to win the G2 Prix Saint-Alary last month and has the inside draw, which is often a boon here. Having also won the Saint-Alary in its former guise as a Group 1, Germance was second to Confidential Lady in the 2006 renewal of this prize so it would be fitting if Gezora was able to get her top-level success and avenge that defeat. The stable's Listed Prix Finlande winner Cankoura (Persian King) has something to do to get to the level of Gezora and Mandanaba and has a wide draw to hinder here. Also posted on the outer are the Pouliches fifth and sixth Better Together (Oasis Dream) and sixth Bedtime Story (Frankel), with the latter still a work in progress having given too much of herself with that electric display in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot. Over middle distances for the first time, she will have ample time to ease into proceedings and the key will be how she settles throughout the early stages. Floats Like A Butterfly, Stings Like A Bee Chantilly's action begins with the G3 Prix du Bois Longines for the 2-year-olds over six furlongs, where A'Ali's flagbearer Ali Shuffle looks to stay in the winning groove for Nick Bradley Racing and Karl Burke. Successful twice since 2018, he also saddles another filly in Iffraaj's Meelaf and the chances are that they will be too streetwise for the Listed Prix des Reves d'Or winner Imperial Me Cen (Mehmas) as so often seems the case when the English come for these French sprint juvenile tests. In the 12-furlong G3 Prix du Lys Longines, the Listed Prix de l'Avre winner Surabad (Bated Breath) meets the G3 Prix Hocquart scorer Rafale Design (Starspangledbanner). By the time Surabad's progressive stablemate Zabiari (Wootton Bassett) takes aim at the G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil Longines over a mile, this could be yet another banner day for the Graffard stable. The post Shes Perfect Seeks Compensation In The Diane appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bracket Buster (c, 3, Vekoma–Spring Dance, by Dance With Ravens), runner-up behind subsequent GI Preakness S. runner-up Gosger (Nyquist) in the GIII Stonestreet Lexington S., splashed home to win for fun in front-running fashion at odds of 7-2 over the sloppy going in Monmouth Park's NYRA Bets Pegasus S., a prep for the GI Haskell. He becomes the 12th stakes winner for Vekoma. Longshot Wildncrazynight (Midnight Lute) was second; Valentinian (Into Mischief) was third. Heavily favored Garamond (Uncle Mo) was off the board. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:44.64. Sales history: $160,000 wnl '22 KEENOV; $125,000 yrl '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 7-2-1-1. O-BBN Racing LLC; B-David Baxter (KY); T-Victoria H. Oliver. “He's punched his ticket…” – @3coltshandicap The $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at @MonmouthPark went to Kentucky shipper #5 BRACKET BUSTER ($9.60). @a_concepcion16 up on the son of @spendthriftfarm Vekoma for trainer Victoria Oliver. pic.twitter.com/MWhYKMjeDN — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 14, 2025 The post Vekoma’s Bracket Buster Romps in Pegasus appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Take Charge Milady (f, 3, Take Charge Indy–Price too High, by Scat Daddy) defeated returning champion Immersive (Nyquist) by a neck in a thrilling renewal of Saturday's Monomoy Girl S. at Churchill Downs. The latter, sidelined due to bone bruising and off as the 2-5 favorite in a scratched-down field of four, was making her first start since capping a four-for-four season in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar. Take Charge Milady, winner of the Martha Washington S., second in the GI Ashland S. and 12th in the GI Kentucky Oaks, raced within striking distance in an outside third as Immersive tracked in an inside second through an opening quarter in :23.32. Take Charge Milady moved into second as Immersive raced in tight quarters on the far turn. Take Charge Milady revved up three wide as Immersive bounced off the tiring pacesetter Anna's Promise (Promises Fulfilled) at the top of the stretch. Take Charge Milady and Immersive put on a show from there with the former battling by after a long drive to deliver at odds of 4-1. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.17. Sales history: $60,000 yrl '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: SW & GISP, 8-3-2-0. O-Ball, James, Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek) and Rhodes, Kenneth; B-Merriebelle Stable, LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. Take Charge Milady gets the win over Immersive to win the Monomoy Girl Overnight at @ChurchillDowns! @b_hernandezjr was up for trainer @kennymcpeek. TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/rQ8B2YE6tN — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) June 14, 2025 The post Take Charge Milady Spoils Champion Immersive’s Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

New York Stewards fined jockey Kendrick Carmouche $5,500 and suspended him one riding day for exceeding the limit for use of the riding crop in piloting Deterministic in the Manhattan Stakes (G1T) June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

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7th-BAQ, $85k, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, 4:10p.m. ET On the far outside for this maiden contest is ALIDADE (Tapit), a $350,000 KEESEP purchase by Harrell Ventures and trained by Todd Pletcher. A full-sister to GSW Iron First and MGSW & GISP Anchor Down, Alidade also claims GISW Sweet Lulu (Mr. Greeley) as a half-sister and hails from the female family of GISP Rhiana. On the polar opposite end of the field is Danzit (Tapit) on the rail, a $1.1-million KEESEP purchase by Whisper Hill Farm who debuted in early spring last year at Gulfstream Park to run third, but was forced to go on the shelf until this seasonal bow. The chestnut is a full-sister to GISW Tapit Trice from the immediate female family of MGSW & MGISP Mission Impazible and his half-brothers GSW Forest Camp and GSW Spanish Empire. TJCIS PPs The post June 15 Insights: Full-Sister to Anchor Down Debuts in New York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With the scratch of Augustin Stables' Mrs. Astor, the $100,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3T) becomes a wide-open affair June 15 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

Staton Flurry has not let a disastrous first foray into purchasing a Royal Ascot runner stand in his way of ticking off what he describes as 'a bucket list experience' with the leading American-based owner having worked out a deal for Albany Stakes contender Oh Cecelia (Starspangledbanner) on the eve of the meeting. Flurry may have left it late to guarantee his participation as an owner at this year's meeting but it's nothing compared to last year. After securing the Jack Davison-trained Take Me To Church at the Goffs London Sale for £300,000, Flurry was on a plane to England less than 24 hours later, excited about what lay in store. However, what unfolded was nothing short of a nightmare. Take Me To Church pulled a shoe on the morning of the Jersey Stakes and was therefore scratched from the race. The dream was over before it had even begun. Beaten but unbowed, Flurry has returned to the same source in Irish-based Davison, with the pair hoping for better luck together when impressive Cork winner Oh Cecelia lines out for Friday's Albany Stakes. Flurry said, “We are looking forward to seeing what she can do over there and hopefully we can enjoy better luck than what we started out with last year at Royal Ascot!” He recalled that luckless experience, “Take Me To Church threw a shoe the morning of the race and was just a little off when the vet came to look at him. We didn't have time to get a new shoe on so he was scratched. It was just some bad luck.” Flurry is perhaps best known for having his recognisable black and white silks carried by Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil. At 34 years of age, he has already accomplished plenty within the industry, and a good showing from Oh Cecelia next week would represent another milestone achievement. He said, “I claimed my first horse here in the States when I was 21. I am 34 now and it's just been a rollercoaster ride ever since. We've won the Kentucky Oaks with Shedaresthedevil and I was the leading owner at Oaklawn Park here at Hot Springs. We've had a lot of success – several Grade Is and lots of Listed successes as well. I have been with the right people and that is key in this business. You need to align yourself with the best, be that trainers, bloodstock agents and advisors. I feel like I have aligned myself with the best that there is in the States.” He added on working with Davison, “I won two races with Jack late last year with a horse named Bucaneer's Spirit. I have a couple of other two-year-olds in training with Jack now and, when this opportunity became available to buy into Oh Cecelia, I decided to take 50 per cent. She won very impressively the second time up at Cork. The horse that finished second to her [Rogue Legend] has spun off two wins in a row and is pointing towards Ascot also. I believe he was purchased by an American buyer, John Stewart. It's something to look forward to because Oh Cecelia has beaten some quality horses. Hopefully she can continue that good run that she has been on and we can have some fun come Albany day at Ascot.” The money that has been speculated on the private market for Royal Ascot-bound horses in the weeks leading up to the meeting would be enough to be listed on the stock market. Horses with even the remotest of chances are being snapped up left, right and centre as owners from all around the world bid to get in on what Flurry describes as a “bucket list experience”. Speaking about the lure of a Royal Ascot runner, he said, “I have always watched Royal Ascot on TV – usually NBC would have the coverage and I would get up early every morning to watch the Royal procession and everything that went along with it. I always wanted a starter over there and last year, I had zero expectations until I purchased Take Me To Church on the Monday before heading over to Ascot the following day. That was just a whirlwind. We decided straight after Ascot last year that we were going to try and come over again and it's definitely not as rushed this year. I'm looking forward to taking it all in this year and am so happy that this deal with Oh Cecelia could be worked out because, up until two weeks ago, I had no idea if I would have a runner or not.” He added, “I've told Jack that there are three international races that I would love to have a starter in. Ascot is one but I'd love a runner on the beach at Laytown and hopefully we can get that done in September. Beyond that, I'd love a runner on the White Turf at St Moritz. These are experiences rather than races. Those are the three bucket list events for me.” For all that these are bucket list events, Flurry hasn't become one of the most recognisable owners in America by simply taking part. He believes in his latest recruit and expects Oh Cecelia to acquit herself well in the Albany. He concluded, “If she runs like she has done on her previous two starts, and possibly improves, I don't see why we can't be in the mix. I'm excited to see what she can do. Declarations come out on Monday and hopefully we will have a better idea about the opposition and how we draw but we're very excited.” The post Flurry And Davison Hoping For Better Luck At Royal Ascot With Oh Cecelia appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Shadwell's unbeaten Falakeyah (New Bay) has been supplemented to the June 20 G1 Coronation Stakes. The listed-winning homebred delivered by 3 1/4 lengths in the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket in May, but was ruled out of the G1 Betfred Oaks with a dirty scope and was deemed not ready for Sunday's G1 Prix de Diane Longines. “Owen [Burrows] feels she is now back to where she was before the dirty scope,” said Shadwell's racing manager Angus Gold on Shadwell's website. “He's very happy with her and together we feel the Coronation is the right race for her now. Jim believes she has the pace to be competitive at a mile at that level. She's definitely got a lot of class, and we are looking forward to Friday.” Falakeyah will face the Aga Khan Studs' G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Zarigana (Siyouni) in the one-mile race. The duo are part of a 15-strong field that also features Pouliches second Shes Perfect (Sioux Nation) as a possible, who also runs in the Diane on Sunday. Aidan O'Brien runs several, including multiple group winner Bedtime Story (Frankel). The post Shadwell’s Falakeyah Supplemented To Coronation appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Known as the only horse to have beaten superstar Ka Ying Rising, talented sprinter Wunderbar bounced back from a string of out-of-character defeats with a stylish win at Sha Tin on Saturday night. Beaten on his previous four starts after starting his career in a blaze of glory, the John Size-trained gelding saluted for punters who crunched him late from $7 to $3.5 favouritism in the Class Two HKU Business School And Faculty Of Engineering Handicap (1,200m). Hugh Bowman settled Wunderbar...View the full article

Ellis Wong Chi-wang continued his red-hot streak and out-rode his 7lb claim thanks to his first Sha Tin turf double aboard Aerovolanic and Joy Of Spring on Saturday. The 24-year-old got off to the perfect start when Aerovolanic, a dual trial winner, weaved his way through traffic to make a winning debut in the Class Four HKU Heritage Handicap (1,200m). Wong travelled just ahead of midfield on the Pierre Ng Pang-chi-trained four-year-old, with the debutant looking very green and rolling around...View the full article

Promising New Zealand-bred mare Sacred Rocks (NZ) (Sacred Falls) made a big impression in her first appearance in Sydney on Saturday, storming home from well off the pace to win the A$160,000 Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill. The Ciaron Maher-trained four-year-old had previously had four starts in Victoria, starting with a winning debut at Pakenham in January. She was runner-up in two appearances at Sandown in January and February, then returned from a freshen-up with an impressive five-length victory at Sale on May 28. Sacred Rocks was sent out as a $3.10 favourite on Saturday and more than justified that billing. After settling near the tail of the field for jockey Dylan Gibbons, she began to warm into her work down the outside of the home straight. Still only fourth with 200m remaining, she changed gears late in the piece and finished over the top of Weeping Woman (Lonhro) and Drift Net (Exceed And Excel) to score stylishly by a neck. From five starts, Sacred Rocks has now recorded three wins and two second placings. She has earned A$143,550 in prizemoney. Sacred Rocks was bred by Stareye NZ Ltd, who are best known for breeding the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) winner Gypsy Goddess (NZ) (Tarzino). Sacred Rocks is by Sacred Falls out of the Fastnet Rock mare Rocks For Me. That makes her a half-sister to the Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m) winner She’s A Con (NZ) (Contributer). Offered by Edinglassie Stud at the 2022 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, Sacred Rocks was bought by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock and Thompson Creek for A$240,000. View the full article