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What Memsie Stakes Day Where Caulfield Racecourse – Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145 When Saturday, August 16, 2025 First Race 12:05pm AEST Visit Dabble Group 1 racing returns to Caulfield on Saturday afternoon as the Memsie Stakes (1400m) headlines a 10-race program. With plenty of rain forecast for Friday and up to 8mm on race day, the track will likely be in the Heavy range. The rail will be in its true position for the entire circuit, with the opening race of the 2025 Melbourne Spring Carnival set to jump at 12:05pm AEST. Memsie Stakes tip: Treasurethe Moment Already a three-time Group 1 winner, Treasurethe Moment returns to the same track and trip where she won arrogantly when fresh in her autumn campaign. It is a distance short of her best, but the way she exploded away from her rivals on that day suggests she is in this up to her neck. Damian Lane will need an ounce of luck from barrier one when the speed goes on, but if Treasurethe Moment is anywhere near her best on her first go at weight-for-age level, she will take some holding out in the 2025 Memsie Stakes. Memsie Stakes Race 9 – #11 Treasurethe Moment (1) 4yo Mare | T: Matt Laurie | J: Damian Lane (56.5kg) McNeil Stakes tip: Vinrock The undefeated Vinrock has not been seen since his ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) victory on April 5, but with a couple of sharp jumpouts under his belt, he looks raring to go for the new season. From barrier three, Mark Zahra will likely look to dictate proceedings, and as long as the I Am Invincible colt can handle the wet going at the first time of asking, Vinrock looks hard to gun down in the 2025 McNeil Stakes (1400m). McNeil Stakes Race 6 – #2 Vinrock (3) 3yo Colt | T: Matt Laurie | J: Mark Zahra (58kg) The Heath 1100 tip: Arkansaw Kid Arkansaw Kid caught the eye when resuming in the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) and looks set to relish the wet ground second-up in The Heath 1100 (1100m). They will go pretty quickly out in front, which should counter the fact he is dropping back 100m in distance. Blake Shinn will have the son of Harry Angel settled towards the rear of the field from barrier 14, but if the pair can find the right back to follow in the straight, Arkansaw Kid will prove too hard to hold out. The Heath 1100 Race 7 – #2 Arkansaw Kid (14) 5yo Gelding | T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes | J: Blake Shinn (59kg) Cockram Stakes tip: Pop Award New Zealand-based jockey Matthew Cartwright will make the trip back to Caulfield to partner Pop Award, with the pair combining for five wins and a second from six runs. The five-year-old mare is clearly the most untapped horse in the field, and her win in the Regal Roller showed she is more than up to this level. Cartwright will need a touch of luck from barrier 11, but if the pair can find cover in the three-wide line, Pop Award has the finish overhaul her rivals in the 2025 Cockram Stakes. Cockram Stakes Race 8 – #10 Pop Award (11) 5yo Mare | T: Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor | J: Matthew Cartwright (57kg) Best Bet at Caulfield: Revelare Revelare lacked dash first-up over 1600m, but with the run under his belt and stepping up to 2000m, he looks hard to hold out with just 54kg on his back. The son of So You Think was fresh off a spell of close to six months, and he is unbeaten through two second-up efforts. Ryan Hurdle has five wins and a minor placing from seven rides on the five-year-old gelding, and as long as the pair can find cover from barrier eight, Revelare only needs to handle the wet ground to win it. Best Bet Race 4 – #14 Revelare (8) 5yo Gelding | T: Robert Hickmott | J: Ryan Hurdle (54kg) Memsie Stakes Day quaddie tips for Caulfield Caulfield quadrella selections Saturday, August 30, 2025 2-4-6-12-15 2-3-10-12 1-2-3-6-9-11 4-10-12 Horse racing tips View the full article

Offered midway during the single-session CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine Race Track on Aug. 27, a colt by the late and influential Speightstown was hammered down for C$400,000 to easily rate as the dearest lot on offer during the auction. Hip 109, bred in Ontario by Mario Forgione, was consigned to the sale by Huntington Stud Farm as agent and is the third foal out of the 10-year-old Travieza (Into Mischief), upset winner of the 2018 Unzip Me Stakes and sold for $80,000 in foal to Munnings at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale. Trainer Mike DePaulo, agent, signed the winning ticket. Three other youngsters realized final bids in the six figures. Hip 90 is a Northern Dawn-consigned daughter of Frosted and Spani Lou (Spaniard), the dam of MSW Red River Rebel (Reload) and herself a half-sister to Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple Sovereign Award winner Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}). Tbe gray filly fetched C$145,000 from Michael and Charmaine Langlois. Prominent North American owner Gary Barber paid C$142,000 for hip 155, a colt from the first crop of Speaker's Corner (Street Sense) and a half-brother to Sovereign Award-winning 2-year-old filly Witwatersrand (Connect). A Jan. 29 foal, the colt's second dam is MGSW & GISP Communique (Smart Strike). Hill 'n' Dale consigned. Earlier in the session, hip 47–also from the Hill 'n' Dale draft–fetched C$112,000 from Catherine Day-Phillips, agent for owner Sean Fitzhenry. A son of Canadian stalwart Silent Name (Jpn), the May 18 produce is a son of 2024 Outstanding Canadian Broodmare Platinum Steel (Eddington), the dam of champion 3-year-old colt and champion older dirt male Paramount Prince (Society's Chairman). Click here for the full results. The post Speightstown Colt Tops CTHS Canadian Premier Yearling Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

You can basically thank timing for creating a stellar edition of the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

Trainer Matt Laurie knows the challenge that awaits multiple group 1 winner Treasurethe Moment as she steps into open company for the first time in the Aug. 30 Memsie Stakes (G1) at Caulfield Racecourse.View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — It has been a bittersweet summer for trainer Miguel Clement. He has seen his horses perform at a high level during the 40-day Saratoga meet. Going into the final four days of the summer season, the 34-year-old Clement is in fourth place in the training standings with 16 wins in 70 starts. It has also been a summer of heartache Clement and his family. Christophe Clement, the patriarch and backbone of the stable, passed away in May at the age of 59. “The expectations and standards have always been very high,” Miguel Clement said outside his barn at the Oklahoma Training Track Thursday morning. With the season and the summer beginning to fade, Clement is looking to end on a high note. After running three horses on Friday, the barn will send out three in Saturday's $500,000 GII Flower Bowl Stakes for fillies and mares ages four and up. “That would be very, very, very rewarding if that takes place,” Clement said about a win in the Flower Bowl. “But there is no certainty.” Included in that group is the 2-1 morning line favorite, La Mehana (Fr) (Al Wukair {Ire}), owned by LSU Stables. The 6-year-old mare romped in the GII Glens Falls Stakes on July 27, winning by 8 3/4 lengths. Before that, she took an allowance optional claiming race at Aqueduct on June 27. “She is getting better with age, which is odd,” Clement said. “As a 6-year-old, I think she is hitting her best stride. I am hoping she will make a good account of herself.” Kendrick Carmouche, who has ridden La Mehana in the past, will be on board for the Flower Bowl. Flavien Prat, her partner in the last two starts, is riding at Kentucky Downs Saturday. Clement will also be represented by Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd's Bellezza (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), who is 4-1 on the morning line and Hoolie Racing Stable LLC's In Time (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}). Bellezza finished a distant second in the Glens Falls and was third in the GI New York Stakes during the Belmont Stakes Festival at the Spa in June. Both those races were run over yielding courses. “I expect the turf on Saturday to be more to her liking,” Clement said. “She has a very good turn of foot on firm turf.” Jaime Rodriguez, who rode Bellezza to victory in the GIII Sheepshead Bay Stakes at Aqueduct in May, will be reunited with the 4-year-old filly Saturday. In Time, who will be ridden by Dylan Davis, has won two of three starts at Saratoga, but the 6-year-old mare will be making her first start in a U.S. stakes race. “I expect Dylan would have her forwardly placed,” Clement said. “Any sort of a placing would be a high coup for her.” Bauer Hopes For Better Luck in This Year's Prioress A year ago, trainer Phil Bauer had an agonizing experience in the GIII Prioress when he watched 'TDN Rising Star' Two Sharp (Twirling Candy), the 4-5 favorite, lose by a neck to Brightwork (Outwork). Fast forward to now and Bauer has another chance in the Prioress, which carries a purse of $175,000. And he has another favorite. Rigney Racing LLC's 'TDN Rising Star' Delightful Claire (Thousand Words) is the 6-5 morning line choice in Saturday's race for 3-year-old fillies. “That was a tough beat,” Bauer said at his Oklahoma Training Track barn Thursday morning, remembering last year's Prioress. “Nothing like going out on a high note and maybe a little redemption. (Delightful Claire) reminds us a lot of Two Sharp … maybe Delightful Claire has a little more length, but both fillies have a lot of ability and can get you excited.” Delightful Claire got the nod of favoritism after she romped to break her maiden by 9 1/4 lengths in her second career start. That came at Saratoga on Aug. 2. She will be cutting back a furlong on Saturday and will be ridden for the first time by Luan Machado. “Maybe I should have run her in the Test,” Bauer said, referring to the Grade I earlier in the meet. Yes, he was kidding. “She was brilliant,” he said of the maiden-breaker. “She had the perfect trip, and everything went right. She broke sharp and was able to track the speed. She just had it her own way.” Delightful Claire | Sarah Andrew In her first start, June 8 at Churchill Downs, Delightful Claire finished third. Bauer had equipped her with blinkers in that start, and he did the same in the second try. But there was a difference. “I had her closed up with a full-cup blinker and I think it was too much for her,” he said of the first start. “So, we cut them back and put some holes in it and she was able to process everything a little better.” The Wesley Ward-trained 'TDN Rising Star' Long Neck Paula (Uncle Mo), owned by Will Stroud, Mrs. John Magnier, Mrs. M.V. Magnier, Linda Shanahan and Debra O'Connor, is the 8-5 second choice and has won three of seven career starts and has been running in black-type and listed stakes races in six of her seven career starts. “I think we are ready to roll,” Bauer said. “It's a big ask, it's an ambitious spot but she has a lot of ability and those are the kind of horses that usually take care of you.” The post Saratoga Notebook Presented By NYRA: Clement Looking For Big Finish To Saratoga Meet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Repole Stable's Final Score romps Aug. 28 in the $175,000 With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) a day after Time to Dream scored there for the owner and trainer Todd Pletcher.View the full article

Shivananda Parbhoo, trainer of 2012 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) winner Trinniberg, has been suspended for two years for a clenbuterol positive. View the full article

A new fixed odds feature is proving popular on hrnz.co.nz Displayed in the “Fields” section of the website, the odds are posted alongside the horse, driver and trainer information. Anyone clicking on a runner’s price will then be directed to the TAB website or app, and to the race in question. The odds go up on hrnz.co.nz as soon as the TAB has framed their market for the meeting, with the updates getting more regular the closer it gets to race time. “Harness racing is a wagering-driven sport, and punters want easy access to all the information they need in one place. By integrating fixed odds directly into the fields, we’re creating a one-stop shop for form and wagering information,” says HRNZ’s Head of Racing and Wagering Matthew Peden. “The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. People have told us it’s now their go-to when they’re looking at a meeting because everything they need is right there on the HRNZ website.” View the full article

Friday, La Teste, France, post time: 15:28, PRIX MILLKOM-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, 8fT Field: Kaadi (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}), Selenien (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Alem (Fr) (Golden Horde {Ire}), Charengo (Ire) (Shalaa {Ire}), Grecian Destiny (Fr) (Masar {Ire}), Jenilat Bright (Fr) (Birchwood {Ire}), Skytree (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}), Madero (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Belong Together (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Jokla (GB) (Zarak {Fr}). TDN Verdict: Improving for a step up to this mile, Kaadi registered a clear-cut win in the course-and-distance Listed Prix la Sorellina last time but carries a penalty for that. Thought good enough to run in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Selenien was only beaten around four lengths and enjoys a class drop for confidence. [Tom Frary]. Friday, La Teste, France, post time: 16:38, PRIX OCCITANIE-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, f, 9 1/2fT Field: Al Dhaby (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), Dune (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Paix Des Dames (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}), She's A Tease (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Ilda Rosa (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Ecology (Ire) (Earthlight {Ire}), Pyramide (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Miss Of Change (Fr) (King Of Change {GB}), Darkava (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Iron Bird (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Place Fontenoy (Fr) (War Command). TDN Verdict: A winner at Dax and Cholet, Al Dhaby has scope to improve being out of the Australian Group 3 winner Zargos from a top yard. Place Fontenoy sets the standard on her third in the G2 German 1,000 Guineas and may only need to reproduce that to win. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Deauville, France, post time: 17:52, LUCIEN BARRIERE GRAND PRIX DE DEAUVILLE-G2, €183,000, 3yo/up, 12 1/2fT Field: Sibayan (Fr) (Blame), Casapueblo (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}), Marquisat (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}), Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), New Ground (GB) (New Bay {GB}), Uther (GB) (Camelot {GB}). TDN Verdict: Juddmonte's G1 Derby fourth and G1 Grand Prix de Paris third New Ground receives a significant weight allowance from his elders and bids for a pattern-race breakthrough in this ideal spot. Uther was adrift of New Ground in the latter contest and has since finished behind Marquisat in this month's G3 Prix de Reux. Marquisat is accompanied by stablemate Casapueblo, with both representing the Andre Fabre stable seeking a record-extending 11th edition. Last month's G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil victor Sibayan is best of the older brigade, while Sunway has failed to win in 11 starts since annexing 2023's G1 Criterium International. [Sean Cronin]. Saturday, Sandown, post time: 14:25, THE BETMGM ATALANTA STAKES-G3, £85,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 8fT Field: Spiritual (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Bright Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Fair Point (GB) (Farhh {GB}), Lady Of Spain (Ire) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}), Molten Rock (Ire) (Fascinating Rock {Ire}), Skellet (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Alobayyah (GB) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), American Gal (GB) (Kameko), Betty Clover (GB) (Time Test {GB}), Blue Bolt (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Cajole (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Cathedral (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Flight (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Hey Boo (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}). TDN Verdict: Three and four-year-olds have dominated in recent times and it is the former category that is favoured in the early betting, with Juddmonte's progressive Blue Bolt heading the list. She has more to do than when beating Cajole in the course-and-distance Listed Distaff last month, with that rival's stablemate Spiritual showing her class in the G3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes in June. Interestingly, William Haggas has opted to pitch the Yarmouth novice winner Alobayyah straight into a Pattern race despite not having been seen this season and that has to be read as a statement of her talent. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Deauville, France, post time: 18:27, BARRIERE PRIX QUINCEY-G3, €73,200, 3yo/up, 8fT Field: Volterra (Ire) (Farhh {GB}), Apax (Fr) (Guignol {Ger}), Devil's Point (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Contentious Soul (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Vertbois (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Cicero's Gift (GB) (Muhaarar (GB), Tumbler (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), My Cloud (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Dark Trooper (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), No Lunch (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Dreamliner (Fr) (Adlerflug {Ger}), Tito Mo Cen (Ire) (Uncle Mo). TDN Verdict: Victorious Forever's My Cloud was trespassing in handicap company when extending his winning sequence to four in June's Royal Hunt Cup and will be favoured to register with a benchmark triumph in this belated black-type bow. With weight-for-age concessions on their side, sophomores Dreamliner and Tito Mo Cen rate as obvious dangers in a competitive renewal. Last term's G2 German 2000 Guineas hero Devil's Point boasts a high-quality palmares and comes back off a 419-day sabbatical. With underfoot conditions in his favour and Christophe Soumillon in the plate, the lightly raced 2023 G1 Futurity Trophy runner-up is a contender of note. [Sean Cronin]. Saturday, Deauville, France, post time: 19:02, BARRIERE PRIX DE MEAUTRY-G3, €73,200, 3yo/up, 6fT Field: Ten Horns (Fr) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Megarry (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}), Lesslepasser (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), Balmoral Lady (Ire) (Invincible Army {Ire}), Rosy Affair (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Cacofonix (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Yann Barberot nominee Cacofonix finished just ahead of Daylight in both G1 Prix Jean Prat and this month's Listed Prix Moonlight Cloud and both are evenly matched at the head of the home defence. Balmoral Lady, who enjoys the benefit of Christophe Soumillon's ringcraft, took care of subsequent G1 July Cup heroine No Half Measures in May's Listed Achilles Stakes, but has been found wanting in two starts since and needs more upped to six furlongs for the first time this year. George Boughey nominee Rosy Affair is on the upgrade and merits respect coming back off a breakthrough success over this trip in last week's Listed Flying Fillies' Stakes at Pontefract. [Sean Cronin]. Saturday, Sandown, post time: 15:35, THE BETMGM SOLARIO STAKES-G3, £65,000, 2yo, 7fT Field: A Bit Of Spirit (Ire) (Palace Pier {GB}), He's Waliim (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Humidity (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}), Looka (Munnings), Oceans Four (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}), Pacific Avenue (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Publish (GB) (Kingman {GB}). TDN Verdict: Godolphin's TDN Rising Star Pacific Avenue gets the vote of confidence from Charlie Appleby, having beaten the subsequently Superlative-placed stablemate Wild Desert at Newmarket in June. Juddmonte's Publish was arguably more impressive in defeat on debut than he was when winning on the second of two course-and-distance efforts and is a fascinating contender, while the Chesham winner Humidity gets the chance to atone for a disappointing run in the Vintage at Goodwood. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Baden-Baden, Germany, post time: 15:50, 70TH PREIS DER SPARKASSEN-FINANZGRUPPE (EX SPRETI-RENNEN)-G3, €55,000, 3yo/up, 10fT Field: Arnis Master (Ger) (Tai Chi {Ger}), Quest The Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Petit Marin (Ger) (Flamingo Fantasy {Ger}), Atoso (Ger) (Guiliani {Ire}), New Emerald (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}), Daydream Express (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Diego Ventura (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Raposa (Ger) (Frankel {GB}), Royal Spirit (Ger) (Amaron {GB}). TDN Verdict: Wathnan Racing's Diego Ventura, runner-up in this month's G3 Thoroughbred Stakes, has earned prize-money in each of his seven prior black-type starts and gets an ideal opportunity to make a pattern-race breakthrough. He is one of three sophomores on display and encounters Petit Marin and Atoso, who have hit the board in recent renewals. On recent form, both are held by veteran six-time Group winner Quest The Moon, who ran third in 2021 and fourth last year. The nine-year-old also has the measure of Daydream Express and is the leading domestic hope. [Sean Cronin]. Saturday, Curragh, post time: 14:20, NEWTOWNANNER STUD IRISH EBF STAKES (REGISTERED AS THE FLAME OF TARA STAKES)-G3, €39,000, 2yo, f, 8fT Field: Cape Sounion (Ire) (No Nay Never), La Fogata (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Lookingforarainbow (Justify), Moments Of Joy (Justify), Queen Of Hawaii (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Ridersinthesky (Ger) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Sugar Island (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Having won four of the last seven renewals, Aidan O'Brien is the first port of call and he has two strong candidates. Ryan Moore has picked the course maiden winner Sugar Island over the Chesham third Moments Of Joy and that is probably all we need to know, but Joseph O'Brien may have something to say about it with the impressive Leopardstown maiden winner Queen Of Hawaii. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Curragh, post time: 14:52, HEIDER FAMILY STABLES ROUND TOWER STAKES-G3, €36,000, 2yo, 6fT Field: Chicago Call (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), First Approach (Ire) (No Nay Never), Fresh Fade (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), Learntodiscover (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Mission Central (Ire) (No Nay Never), Mushaffar (Fr) (Van Beethoven), Red Earth (Ire) (No Nay Never), The Publican's Son (Beau Liam), Arugam Bay (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}), Ipanema Queen (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Magny Cours (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Aidan O'Brien won this 12 months ago with Ides Of March and he bids to repeat the trick with the highly-regarded Mission Central, who took the same course-and-distance maiden earlier this month. The Listed Curragh Stakes winner Ipanema Queen is one of the most likely candidates along with Mushaffar, who also took a course-and-distance maiden and is back just a fortnight later. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Curragh, post time: 15:27, SNOW FAIRY FILLIES STAKES-G3, €36,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 9fT Field: Snellen (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}), Azada (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), Barnavara (Ire) (Calyx {GB}), And So To Bed (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Easy Mover (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Red Letter (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Sand Gazelle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Spicy Margarita (Ire) (Earthlight {Ire}). TDN Verdict: It is fair to say that by now connections of Red Letter would have been hoping for more than just a Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes win, but there is time for the deeply promising juvenile of 2024 to gain momentum. Up in trip here, she re-opposes Barnavara who beat her in the Listed Kooyonga Stakes in June and who is disadvantaged by a penalty having followed up in the G3 Jannah Rose Stakes. The Gosdens send over the Listed Lyric Stakes winner Sand Gazelle and she is another who undoubtedly has more to give. [Tom Frary]. Click here for the complete fields. 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I love the yearling sales. There is something that just feels electric from the moment you set foot on the grounds. It's not just the horses; it's the people, the familiar faces you reconnect with, and the new friendships you strike up. It's the stories shared under the shade of a tree while you wait for your turn to look at a horse. And of course, nothing beats the thrill of the hunt, the grind and the search for The One; that special horse that stops you in your tracks. Because when that special horse steps out of his stall, it's not just something you see, it's something you feel. It's a whisper of potential that fuels one's imagination. And from that moment on a journey begins: analyzing, vetting, and preparing as you edge closer to the ring. Then comes the moment you walk up to the auction ring, butterflies in your stomach and catalog in hand. It's the kind of thrill that you can never outgrow. When the bidding starts, the world narrows to the voice of the auctioneer, the rhythm of the nods, the rising tension of the bidding battle. If you're lucky enough for that hammer to drop on your side of the bid, at that moment you're on top of the world even if you've just left your budget miles behind. And that's where the mystery for me began. Everyone in that pavilion is sharp and everyone's done their homework. Yet somehow, once that horse steps into the ring, logic seems to slip quietly out the back door. For a long time that concept baffled me until I found the answers in two concepts that live in the gentle chaos of behavioral economics. System 1 and System 2 Our brains come in two speeds. System 1 is the impulsive, emotional sprinter that reacts without a pause, all gut and instinct. System 2 is the marathon thinker, slow, deliberate, and always trying to play the long game. In the auction ring, System 1 has the home-field advantage. The pace is too quick, the stakes too high, and logic doesn't stand a chance. It's all feelings and instant reactions. System 2 is pretty much left in the dust. You're not calmly weighing pros and cons; you're feeling the pulse of the room, the tension in the air, and the auctioneer's rhythm pulling you along. All the careful logic you walked in with is waiting quietly in the back ring. Prospect Theory And that's just the start. Once your hand goes up, your brain switches from “I want to buy this horse” to “I better not lose this horse” and that is when prospect theory kicks in. This theory that earned its author a Nobel Prize in Economics tells us that people don't evaluate outcomes purely by final results; they evaluate them relative to a reference point and, crucially, that losses hurt about twice as much as gains feel good. In the auction ring, this means that once you put that first bid in and made that first emotional investment it's no longer just about the upside. It's about avoiding the sting of loss. Even if you walked in with a clear cap, if the bidding ticks past that and your hand is still in the air, you're no longer trying to win the horse. You're trying not to lose it. You've invested not just money but hope, and hope is a powerful currency. That's why you'll find yourself grinning at a winning bid that blew your ceiling wide open feeling like you just won the Derby itself. It's all part of the dance, the beautiful maddening irrationality that makes this sport what it is. Because in the end, it's not reason that pulls us back to the sales. It's that feeling. The one you get when that special horse steps out of the stall. That's not excitement. That's not instinct. That's the birth of a dream. And the magic of the yearling sales is that this dream doesn't come with a price tag. The guy spending ten thousand and the guy spending a million can both walk away believing they've found lightning in a bottle. History's proven it. I've lived it. Mine That Bird was a ninety-five-hundred-dollar yearling when he ran past Pioneerof the Nile in the Derby. That's why this place is special. Because logic may take a backseat here, but dreams get to run free. Sobhy Sonbol is the owner of Nile Bloodstock, a bloodstock and racing advisory service. He has been involved with such notable runners as American Pharoah, Pioneerof The Nile, and Vyjack. The post Letter to the Editor: From Gut to Gavel. The Beautiful Madness of Bidding appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Team Valor International and Steven Rocco's Special Wan, most recently third in the Just a Game Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course, should be among the favorites in the $2 million Ladies Turf Stakes (G3T) Aug. 30 at Kentucky Downs.View the full article

Not 24 hours removed from a victory from 'TDN Rising Star' Time to Dream in Wednesday's P. G. Johnson Stakes, FINAL SCORE (c, 2, Not This Time–Precious Dixie, by Bernardini) gave his can-do-no-wrong sire, owner Repole Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher a sweep of the meet-ending juvenile turf stakes with a pillar-to-post success in Thursday's GIII With Anticipation Stakes at Saratoga. Given the presence of 'Rising Star' Capital Partner (GB) (Kingman {GB}), the long odds-on favorite, the punters took a bit of a skeptical approach to Final Score's maiden-breaker over course and distance 18 days prior, where he was allowed to dictate an extremely soft pace from the front and scampered home with plenty in reserve. It was deja vu all over again Thursday afternooon. Quickly into stride from the one hole for noted gate rider Kendrick Carmouche, the 9-1 gamble made the pace and it was Capital Partner who somewhat surprisingly prompted the pace through a quarter in :24.53 and an even half-mile in :48.63. Well held into the second turn, Final Score was shaken up just a bit at the midpoint of the bend got a right-handed reminder and opened up on them in the final furlong to take it by five to six lengths over Heeere's Johnny (Oscar Performance), second in Final Score's maiden as well. Capital Partner held on for third. Time to Dream cost the Repole braintrust some three-quarters of a million dollars at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale not far from the racetrack and, having already tasted major success with the sire's Up To the Mark, went to $600,000 for Final Score at the same event. The colt is the 55th worldwide stakes winner and 27th at the graded level for Not This Time. Sales history: $600,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0. O-Repole Stable; B-BG Stables (KY); T-Todd Pletcher. Thursday, Saratoga WITH ANTICIPATION S.-GIII, $175,000, Saratoga, 8-28, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.75, fm. 1–FINAL SCORE, 122, c, 2, by Not This Time 1st Dam: Precious Dixie, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Princess Haya, by Street Cry (Ire) 3rd Dam: Sally Slew, by Slew City Slew 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($600,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG). O-Repole Stable; B-BG Stables (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-Kendrick Carmouche. $96,250. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $171,250. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Heeere's Johnny, 118, c, 2, Oscar Performance–Dabinett, by Blame. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($100,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Magic Carpet Racing & Catherine W Coyle; B-John A Chandler (KY); T-Raymond Handal. $35,000. 3–Capital Partner (GB), 122, c, 2, Kingman (GB)–Blue Waltz (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (360,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Klaravich Stables Inc; B-Fittocks Stud & Arrow Farm Stud (GB); T-Chad C Brown. $21,000. Margins: 4HF, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 9.30, 10.40, 0.65. Also Ran: Dr. Agne, Gloves Off, Strategic Risk. Scratched: Caroline St. Beat, One More Freud. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Back-to-back wins for FINAL SCORE as he wins the Grade 3 With Anticipation Stakes at 9-1 under @KendrickCarmou1 for trainer @PletcherRacing. pic.twitter.com/MIH5YYqJz9 — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 28, 2025 The post Final Score Another Stakes Winner For Not This Time, Pletcher, Repole In With Anticipation appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Antiquarian, a major player in the Aug. 31 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, represents generational talent for both his breeder and owner.View the full article

Trainer Miguel Clement sends out a trio of European imports, including favored La Mehana, in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course. View the full article

Multiple graded stakes winner Spirit of Makena underwent surgery for an injury the horse sustained in his left front fetlock during the running of the Aug. 23 Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar.View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The photo had just been taken in the winner's circle after the second race at Saratoga Race Course Thursday afternoon and before Cadenza (Charlatan) even left, Blake Cox was on the phone. It was his dad, Brad Cox, checking in from Kentucky. Brad Cox is the trainer of record for the stable, but it's 24-year-old son Blake, his top assistant, who runs the show in Saratoga. “I told him she ran good,” Blake Cox said after walking out of the winner's circle and making his way to the racing office. “He told me, 'good job.' That was it.” Cadenza, owned by Stonestreet Stables, was making her second career start in the $100,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies. Sent off as the 4-5 favorite in the field of 10 going 5 1/2 furlongs on the Mellon Turf Course, Cadenza rallied to win the race by three quarters of a length. She began her career at Saratoga on Aug. 2 and set the pace before weakening and finishing fifth as the favorite in a six-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt. “We liked her a lot when we brought her up for the debut,” Blake Cox said. “She ran well, showed speed, got tired but got a lot out of it.” Following the debut, Cadenza had just one work, a four-furlong dirt move in :48.16 (11/48) on Aug. 21. That was by design. Cadenza | Sarah Andrew “She is not a very big filly,” Blake Cox said. “We wanted to give her a little more time. She worked amazing, and this grass race came out and it worked out.” Like she did in her first race, Cadenza and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.–who was also aboard for the debut–showed speed. She then dropped back but was never worse than third. Cadenza found her best stride in the final eighth of a mile and, under confident handling by Ortiz, went onto the victory. Blake Cox could not have predicted Cadenza would take to the grass the first time she saw it, but there were hints. She is out of the Kitten's Joy (El Prado) mare Maddie's Odyssey. “We took a shot, and it worked,” Blake Cox said. “Irad said he thought she might be able to go farther. She had trained well, stayed on well.” Cadenza was timed in 1:02.85 and she paid $3.90, $2.80 and $2.30. Bred in Kentucky by KMN Racing, she was a $385,000 purchase at the 2024 Keeneland September Sale. Since 2018, Blake Cox has been working for his farther. He has taken on the huge responsibility of overseeing the barn at Saratoga. Brad Cox does spend time at the Spa during the summer, but he also is back home in Kentucky overseeing the operation there. “I know what he expects out of me,” Blake Cox said. “We work well together, and he is a great mentor and a great person to look up to. This is a huge responsibility with expensive horses that he might see every other week. There is a lot of pressure, but it is good pressure. The guys working here know what to do.” Then, Blake Cox's phone rang again. He looked down, looked back up and smiled. “It's him again,” he said. 2nd-Saratoga, $100,000, Msw, 8-28, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.85, fm, 3/4 length. CADENZA (f, 2, Charlatan–Maddie's Odyssey {SP, $142,113}, by Kitten's Joy), who debuted at the Spa Aug. 2 and finished fifth, was well-supported as the favorite at 95 cents on the dollar here. The chestnut was up on the pace from the bell as a long shot showed the way up the backstretch. The 2-year-old dropped a spot heading into the far turn, but at the top of the lane she began to get into gear. Finding her rhythm down the lane, Cadenza rolled and was up to graduate by 3/4 length over Vajra (Vekoma). The winner is a half-sister to Grecian Fire (Unusual Heat), GSW, $418,453, Smuggler's Run (Straight Fire), SW, $283,310, Been Studying Her (Fast Anna), MSW, $305,602, Personal Pursuit (Tapit), SP, $180,409 and Sneaking Out (Indian Evening), MGSW, $531,441. Maddie's Odyssey produced a weanling colt by Olympiad earlier this year and was bred to Arabian Knight for next term. Cadenza is his third winner for her first-crop sire (by Speightstown). Sales History: $385,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $59,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-KMN Racing, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. Cadenza switches to the and graduates in R2 at Saratoga! @bradcoxracing trains and @iradortiz was in the saddle. pic.twitter.com/3vzQIGMtEu — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 28, 2025 The post Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland: Cadenza Rolls Home In Grass Debut For Cox Barn appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After months of research and stakeholder engagement for Mike Repole's National Thoroughbred Alliance initiative, I read the Aug. 26 open letter, “When Does a Thoroughbred Earn a Safe Retirement” with interest and, assuredly, shared frustration. The authors have been at the forefront of fighting the slaughter pipeline for years. The most basic finding of my research has been, to little surprise, that the space often referred to as “aftercare,”–which I will call “beyond racing”–is grossly underfunded and underdeveloped. If anyone suggests to you that our industry is doing enough at present, consider that a sign they do not understand the needs that exist today and the worsening status quo. You would be correct if you think there has been a tremendous amount of progress and funding for retired racehorse facilities and programs. Unfortunately, the funding of the past doesn't come anywhere close to the need that exists at present. Make no mistake, this is not a lack of gratitude for the many who are routine funders of initiatives beyond racing. It's a reality check that serious upgrades are needed. When I've shared these sentiments with other industry leaders, there is nowhere close to a universal acceptance of this reality. A New, Centralized Hub Much of the greater industry's focus has been on the wonderful work of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA)–whose mission is to accredit, inspect and award grants to approved organizations. These standards are crucial, but accreditation is just one of the many needed functions across the space. There is no central entity serving as a modern hub to tackle everything that is beyond racing. We need one. It should have customer service, marketing, education, government affairs and program development arms. It needs a Thoroughbred sport horse registry to specifically serve this community and vastly improve traceability. It needs an organized network of resellers, listing agents, track-based and in-house programs linked and working together with common standards. It must develop a centralized incentive program that substantially increases demand for Thoroughbreds beyond racing. The value of our Thoroughbreds in retirement should grow such that the slaughter pipeline is never an option. It could be a wholly renovated and “up-missioned” TAA. It could be a new or existing group which merges with the TAA to create such a hub. Whatever it is, it needs significantly more funding to build what is required. Industry support for the TAA is great, it just doesn't come close to being sufficient. Funding Needs To date, optional contributions and extreme generosity have not met the financial needs of all these facilities and programs beyond racing. Everyone is struggling. Funding a modern space for life beyond racing cannot be a choice. Foal registration and registry transaction fees must be raised. Mandatory fees as a condition of sales participation are needed (we suggest 0.25% on buyers and sellers, with the sales company topping it with a smaller portion). A whole or half fee from a stallion–based on the price and the number of covers– should be standard. A per-start fee based on prize money should be assessed to every horse racing for more than $10,000 in total prize money. The bigger the purse, the higher the fee, with proceeds split between local and national programs. The minimum fee per start should be $50. This new funding shouldn't just go exclusively into the same network as it exists today. We must build a new, improved future with it. The financials of this space should not be consigned purely to that of the nonprofit world, either. We have grossly undervalued our own stock and its ability to compete beyond racing. Your near-retirement gelding could be far more valuable than you realize if we supply the space with the right incentives to retrain and acquire retired racehorses. Simple Steps Can Go a Long Way Modernizing our funding model and options beyond racing comes with needs for basic improvements from existing participants too. Commerce cannot be the sole consideration when operating a Thoroughbred sales company. Cruel, unscrupulous buyers still prey on the vulnerable, buying horses at, or just above, a far-too-low minimum bid, then flip them quickly to kill pens, holding horses for ransom or hoping to make a quick profit selling them for slaughter. The most recent example from Texas is not an isolated one. This happens in Kentucky too. Increasing the minimum bid to prevent this practice is a more sustainable, humane path. Policies which limit the sales of senior broodmares, the most vulnerable of our stock to landing in the slaughter pipeline, must also be enacted. Farms must dedicate more space for retired broodmares–a few have done this more recently. Serious improvements to the entire ecosystem will put a monumental dent in the number of Thoroughbreds in the pipeline. Encourage Feedback, Don't Stifle It Those working beyond racing are tireless, incredible advocates for the Thoroughbred. Many have shared with me the fear they have of speaking out about the scope of need and the realities facing the space. On more than one occasion, I've been told that those working beyond racing cannot be heard or seen to “rock the boat,” or even to share their own hard truths for fear of losing funding. These sentiments are as clear a sign as any that what exists today does not meet the needs and requirements of our industry in 2025. Great strides have been made over the last 15 years to improve life for our horses beyond racing. What exists today is a great foundation on which to build an even more improved space. Patrick Cummings is the Executive Director of the National Thoroughbred Alliance and serves on various non-profit boards as a director The post Letter to the Editor: Aftercare Not Meeting the Need appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin One of the great strengths of New Zealand’s best ever standardbred stallion Bettors Delight could also be a reason Lady Of the Light gets beaten at Alexandra Park tonight. Lady Of The Light opened favourite for tonight’s $20,000 Thank You To The ATC Stewards Pace (8.08pm), in which she faces a 20m handicap over 2200m. Overcoming that alone is no easy feat but adding to her factor of difficulty is Lady Of The Light being fresh up tonight since January and having only had two workouts. “There is only so fit you can get them without a race,” says trainer Jeremy Young. “So she will improve and you find with most of the Bettors Delights [stock of the stallion] they always improve with a run under their belt. “That is one reason they are such good horses, they keep getting better but I think punters should take that into account tonight.” There is no doubting Lady Of The Light’s class, she took on Republican Party and Merlin in the Auckland Cup two starts ago and at her best is one of the toughest mares in the country. But Young thinks the more seasoned Mantra Blue should actually be tonight’s favourite even though she has to give Lady Of The Light a 10m start and more to some handy other rivals in the small field. “I am not saying our mare can’t win but I think Mantra Blue is the one to beat.” Both mares could struggle to get into the fight in the first half of the race as their four other rivals are likely to set up a steady tempo to make the most of their handicap advantage. But Mantra Blue still appeals as the best bet in a tricky little race. In the very next race Young also brings his stable trotting star back to the races with Eyre I Will fresh up since May 30 in another 2200m standing start but at least he is starting on the front line. He was a consistent improver last campaign and finished seventh in the Group 1 Anzac Cup in April and Young thinks he will continue to improve. “He has done a great job for the owners and will do that again this campaign but like the mare he is fresh up against fit opposition.” Backmarkers Belle Neige and Lord Popinjay might be the best two trotters in tonight’s small field but again if the tempo is on it could play into the hooves of Castana, who should be handy throughout from barrier 1. Castana’s stablemate Somebody (R4, No.3) has emerged as the threat to hot favourite Redpark Warrior in tonight’s two-year-old trot while one of the highlights of the card will be the opening heat of the Dunstan Horse Feeds Sires’ Stakes for the juvenile pacing fillies, which has drawn a full field of 13 with plenty of depth (7.40pm). View the full article

By Michael Guerin The path to us finding out just how good Jumal really is starts at Addington tonight. And that could range from a very good early season juvenile to an actual superstar and genuine elite level pacer. The Steven Reid-trained colt resumes in the $14,000 Tabak Business Sales and Vivace 2YO Mobile Pace (7.28pm) tonight that bats far above its stake level, with stunning debut winner Zeus Lightning, four reps from Team Telfer and the Regan Todd-trained Stumblin In also engaged. So we might know a fair bit more about this juvenile pecking order after tonight. But going into the race Jumal must hold top billing after an unbeaten three runs in his first campaign including a demolition job in the Group 1 Diamond Creek Farm Classic at Invercargill in April. Since the harness racing season was changed to the calendar year the early season juvenile form, at least at the highest level, has usually carried over pretty well to the second half of the season and that would appear to have been the case the way Jumal trialed at Rangiora last week. He smashed a very good three-year-old filly in General Jen by six lengths in his second trial back suggesting he is more than ready for his comeback tonight. Trainer Steven Reid knows his colt is ready but he also knows the second half of the season presents new challenges. “He has been very good but we don’t know the class of what he has beaten yet,” says Reid. “He is in a good field this week and I was very impressed by Zeus Lightning when he won on debut. “All I can say is our horse is well and ready to race and I will leave the driving tactics up to Sam [Ottley].” With so much depth in tonight’s small field it could have a major impact on the markets for the better two-year-old races later in the season, with attention also on how Andretti handles his assignment against the older horses at Alexandra Park tonight. A team worth following in the other races at Addington tonight could be Diamond Racing, or as they are more often known Robert and Jenna Dunn. Driver and quasi co-trainer John Dunn is still buzzing after a working holiday in North America where he drove at the Meadowlands and The Red Mile for a second and a fifth. “We had a wonderful time, great weather and great people but now we are looking forward to the spring racing here,” says John. The stable had a quieter start to the year than previous seasons but have good representation across the meeting tonight. “I think things are turning the corner and while we have some horses on tough marks we also have some horses who can win a few shortly,” he told HRNZ. “We have three in the last race on Friday and I think Candy Cane (R9, No.4) could actually be the best chance of them. “Rustenburg (R3) won really well last time but still comes in well in this ratings band while Miki’s Courage could be a good each way chance in Race 6.” The stable have Dance Till Dawn and Always B You in tonight’s mares feature (8.23pm) which is a good form lead-up to what will be a hot mares series ahead over the spring. “Always B You just keeps getting better and has to be hard to beat but it is a good field with mares like Akatea and Lakelsa in there so it should be a good race and these mares are going to provide some top racing in the next few months.” View the full article

Motorious aims for a Green Flash Handicap (G3T) three-peat Aug. 30 when he faces an overflow field of turf sprinters on Pacific Classic day at Del Mar. View the full article

The New York Racing Association will move to penny breakage on its pari-mutuel payoffs beginning with the Sept. 1 card at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

1st-Kentucky Downs, $162,080, Msw, 8-28, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:35.90, fm, 4 lengths. AGGRESSIVE LIME (f, 2, Authentic–Cool Beans {MGSP, $262,650}, by Candy Ride {Arg}) broke from the middle of the gate as the 9-5 favorite and set a hotly-contested pace push every step by Riotous (Charlatan) through the opening half in :47.30. Those two traded the lead back and forth around the far turn but Aggressive Lime found the long Kentucky Downs straight to her liking and powered clear through the final furlong to graduate first out by four lengths. 16-1 longshot Temple Goddess (Temple City) was never in danger of catching the winner but came home a solid second. Cool Beans, herself placed in both the GII Mrs Revere and the GIII Pin Oak Valley View, produced GSP Moneyshot (Frosted) as her first foal in 2021. The dam's half-sister, Smart Win (Smart Strike), is also responsible for GSW/MGISP Clearly Unhinged (Into Mischief) while yet another half-sister foaled GI Arkansas Derby winner Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon). Aggressive Lime has a pair of half-brothers both by Life Is Good born in 2024 and 2025 respectively while Cool Beans went to Cody's Wish this season. Temple Goddess (Temple City) Sales History: $285,000 RNA Ylg'24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $102,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O/B-Magic Cap Stables, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. Aggressive Lime takes the first race of the meet at @kydownsracing and is debut winner! @tyler_gaff was aboard for trainer @bradcoxracing! #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/Fs4lWUySgE — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 28, 2025 The post Authentic Filly Aggressive Lime Takes Kentucky Downs Opener appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tally-Ho Stud put in a dominant display at this year's Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale by selling 24 yearlings for a combined £1,743,000, which included the £150,000 day two session-topping colt by Mehmas, who went the way of Jason Kelly on behalf of Bond Thoroughbreds just minutes before the final whistle was blown on Thursday. To illustrate how strong Tally-Ho's performance was this week, the Westmeath-based outfit finished the sale over £1 million clear of their nearest pursuer in the consigning ranks which was Baroda Stud, who sold 13 horses for £668,000. Before nipping off to catch the eight o'clock plane home to Ireland, Roger O'Callaghan reflected on what has been another memorable week in Doncaster and revealed that he was quietly confident the Mehmas colt [lot 410] would capture the imagination. “Lovely horse,” O'Callaghan simply said, before adding, “[He was] very popular and a great update. We saved the best until last.” The update O'Callaghan referred to was the fact that the Mehmas colt's half-sister Flowerhead (Starman) was second in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot and was last seen finishing a lovely third in a Listed contest at Newbury. Kelly had left for the airport by the time the Mehmas made it to the ring and got his bidding done online. Commenting over the phone, the agent said, “He'll be in the Bond Thoroughbred colours with Geoff Oldroyd. Geoff's had a fantastic season and Charlie Bond was looking to find a nice, sharp two-year-old for him for next year. “Geoff and PJ McDonald have been on the ground this week and both saw the horse and were keen on him. It was a long wait for him, but he was the one they wanted. PJ has been a big part of the team this year. He's been in Geoff's yard riding plenty of work and has been a big part of the success this season.” Describing what he liked about the colt, he said, “He's a May foal but he's a very strong, powerful horse. Obviously the half-sister has looked sharp and precocious this year when running to a very high level, so hopefully he'll be able to do something similar. This mare looks like she's producing strong two-year-old types.” The Premier Yearling Sale catalogue was down 77 horses on last year, which obviously played a huge part in the turnover dropping by 5% to £14,297,000. However, the clearance rate remained stronger than ever with a 3% bump to 86%, while the average climbed by 9% to £43,194 and the median by 17% to £35,000. And while Tally-Ho clearly backed the Premier Yearling Sale, which saw 26 horses clear six figures, O'Callaghan said that more vendors need to get behind the Doncaster highlight, hinting that the overall standard of horse presented was not up to scratch. He said, “Great sale. Goffs deserves great credit for what it has put on here over the past two days. But the Irish and English vendors could do with backing Goffs a bit better. We target this sale because it has always been good to us. We do our bit and Goffs repays us. They could do with more support.” Richard Hughes Makes Hay Off The Back Of Best-Ever Season You've got to make hay while the sun shines and Richard Hughes, who is enjoying his best-ever season as a trainer, did exactly that. Through bloodstock agent Ted Durcan, Hughes spent £746,000 on nine yearlings and came away from Doncaster as the third-busiest buyer behind Anthony Bromley and Richard Spencer, who spent £830,000 on behalf of owner Phil Cunningham, and Ed Sackville, who spent £750,500 on behalf of Manor House Stables. Hughes and Durcan were responsible for one of the most expensive horses on day two, a Minzaal colt [lot 321] that was bought for £135,000 from WH Bloodstock on behalf of prominent owner Jaber Abdullah. Hughes said, “Very nice colt. [He's by] Minzaal and anything we saw by him we liked. A nice horse with nice balance and there's plenty about him. He comes from a great farm. He's for Jaber Abdullah who has an affinity with horses out of Tamayuz mares. I said that we'd look for one of the nicest colts here and we think he is.” Asked if he was upping his spend purely off the back of his best-ever season, which included breakthrough Group 1 success with No Half Measures in the July Cup, Hughes replied, “Obviously, yeah. We're spending more. We always buy five or six here and obviously you have to put your neck on the line a little bit more when you buy the expensive ones. We bought a filly here yesterday for £175,000 yesterday and four different people rang me looking to buy her. That never happened before. It gives you a bit of confidence to go and buy an expensive horse on spec.” That trade represented another shrewd piece of business for Mimi Wadham and Violet Hesketh of WH Bloodstock given the Minzaal was sourced for €55,000 at the November Foal Sale last year. However, another lady is deserving of plenty of credit, as Kelsey Lupo of Atlas Bloodstock stepped in for Hesketh who gave birth to her first child during the foal sales last year. Wadham commented, “Really thrilled. Coming here, we felt we had a six-figure horse but to get £135,000, it definitely exceeded expectations. We really liked the foals by Minzaal last year and they were really hard to buy. We had to push to get him and we were really lucky to get the big update.” The Minzaal colt was bred by Highpark and is out of Oriental Step, whose two-year-old by Ghaiyyath, named Zaafir, made a winning debut in Japan, where the colt earned just shy of £40,000 in prize-money. Wadham added, “Violet was in the foaling unit so Kelsey worked the foal sales with me! Fingers crossed, we have some more good yearlings to come this year. We had a good sale here a few years ago with a Kuroshio and a Phoenix Of Spain selling well. We hadn't had a six-figure sale here for a while so it's nice to be back with a bang.” Hillen And Ryan Team Up For 'A Queen' Stephen Hillen and Kevin Ryan enjoyed a productive sale with eight horses bought for a combined £419,000, headed by a £120,000 Zoustar filly that the bloodstock agent was convinced represented value at that sum. The Zoustar filly was consigned by Tweenhills and is out of Group 3 Silver Flash Stakes runner-up Moravia (Siyouni). Hillen commented, “She's a gorgeous filly. Listen, I expected she'd make £100,000 or more and I'd say if she was in a different sale she might have made even more. I just find there is more of an international brigade that goes to Book 1 at Tattersalls and, if she were there, maybe there would have been more foreigners to latch onto her because Zoustar is obviously a big name in Australia but he's not as big here. That's the first Zoustar I have bought and he's for Peter Tingey and Angie Bailey, who have had good horses with Kevin Ryan before. When Book 2 comes around at Tattersalls, you always wish you had bought more here at Doncaster so we're delighted with the business.” Ryan, who has trained smart horses like Brando and Bogart on behalf of Bailey, added, “This filly is an absolute queen and showed herself very well both days I saw her. She's very relaxed and has a great mind. In the parade before she went into the ring, I thought she just stood out.” Aguiar And Amo Add Mehmas Colt To Their Arsenal Robson Aguiar revealed to TDN Europe on the eve of this sale that he was in the process of sitting the trainers' course in Ireland and that he hoped to join Adrian Murray on the licence by the end of this season. Amo Racing has supported him with two six-figure lots this week and, following on from the £110,000 Persian Force colt that was bought on day one, Alex Elliott landed a Tally-Ho Stud-drafted colt by Mehmas for £120,000. The latter is a brother to Shelton, who finished second in a Group 3 for Paddy Twomey. “This was one of Robson's picks,” Elliott said after signing for the Mehmas colt. “He'll go back to Robson and is one for him to have when he has his name on the licence next year. He's a man you have to row in with when he likes a horse. We've bought five or six horses this week and I think it's good that Kia [Joorabchian] came up here yesterday and saw a number of horses.” Elliott added, “He was very keen to come up and I think he said yesterday that, rather than just going to Book 1, you've got to try and be at all of the sales and try to buy some of the better horses at every sale. I think it's a good change to the policy and hopefully it continues.” Talking points It was at this sale in 2023 where Stephen Hillen and Kevin Ryan bought Ain't Nobody, one of the highest-rated runners by Ballyhane-based stallion Sands Of Mali, for just £30,000. Hillen and Ryan returned to the well on Thursday to snap up two colts by the stallion for a combined £105,000. Both horses were consigned by Joe Foley's Ballyhane outfit. Hillen commented, “Sands Of Mali only has 26 yearlings this year. We've been lucky with the stallion and the two we bought today were reasonably-priced. I think the stallion is pretty hot. We got Ain't Nobody here and he ran well [second] in the Nunthorpe. We think he is better in big fields and he might go to the Breeders' Cup for the Turf Sprint.” Mickley Stud's Ardad colt [254] carried a big reputation into the sale with Richard Kent labelling the grey as one of the nicest horses he has bred for some time. The Ardad colt out of Lady Caroline (Teofilo), a three-part-sister to popular young stallion Havana Grey, will race for Ian Jones, who has enjoyed some good recent success on the track with the 101-rated Paddy The Squire (Golden Horn), a three-time winner this season. He went the way to Micheál Orlandi and Ian Jardine for £90,000. Kent commented, “Havana Grey was the first foal out of the granddam and this is the first foal out of Lady Caroline. It's quite emotional selling him. We'd have loved to have kept him but we don't usually keep the colts – we need to sell them. We have the full-sister at home and we'll probably avoid the temptation of bringing her to a sale. We'll go and race her instead. The mare is in foal to Perfect Power.” Orlandi added, “We felt he was the pick of today, and we tried hard yesterday. It's a lovely pedigree and he's a good individual – as a type he could easily have been in Book 2. He's got a lovely action and he's by a proven stallion.” For the first time in its history, ownership group Pompey Ventures paid £100,000 on a horse at public auction, with lot 281, a full-brother to the 95-rated Fairy Oak meriting such a price tag. The A'Ali colt was consigned by Longview Stud and will go into training with Ollie Sangster, who has sent out a host of winners for the syndicate, including Tuco Salamanca and Profit Refused. Owen Haly, who heads the syndicate, said, “Obviously he's a full-brother to Fairy Oak, who was fifth in the Albany at Royal Ascot. She made a good amount of money [£225,000] at the Goffs London Sale. We've spent money on horses for the lower grades of race and did well at that so now we're trying to take things to the next level and hopefully we can do that. Dave [Byrne, partner in Pompey Ventures] was mad keen on him. He buys all of our unraced horses and he loved him. He came up here on Monday evening and said this is the one we need to go for. Alex Elliott was the underbidder so that tells you everything you need to know. He'll go to Ollie Sangster.” Owner Peter Trainor, who has horses in training with Michael Bell and Natalia Lupini, has dipped his toe into the breeze-up business this week and bought two colts – a Cotai Glory for £95,000 from Tally-Ho Stud and a son of A'Ali who cost £50,000 from Baroda Stud – in partnership with Sean Davis. While Davis signed as GS bloodstock, it is understood that he will be going out on his own for the upcoming breeze-up season, with long-time partner and fellow jockey Gary Halpin stepping away. Speaking after signing for the Cotai Glory colt, Trainor said, “It's going breezing and is for a new partnership. I plan on having a few breeze-up horses for next year to try something different. He'll go to Sean Davis. I have come in this year with Sean – a bit of fresh blood and we'll see how we go.” He added, “I have had a number of Cotai Glorys and Tally-Ho are well-renowned for being a good hotel so, for me, he was one of the standouts today. He was an expensive foal [€85,000] so they [the O'Callaghans] liked him as well. Delighted to get him. Hopefully we'll come back here for the breeze-up sale. Both horses we bought today could do that.” Anthony Stroud waited until deep into the second session to secure his first two horses of the entire sale, beginning with the Jenny Norris-consigned Havana Grey filly [389] from the family of Shouldvebeenaring. Bred by Con Marnane, the filly was sold to the leading bloodstock agent at £100,000. He commented, “She has been bought for Sharpoor Mistry, who won a Listed race the other day with a daughter of Havana Grey called Rosy Affair. He also owned Thundering Nights. This filly is very racy and Con bred her. She just looked particularly sharp. She looks like she can motor.” Stroud followed up by going to the same figure for a Sioux Nation filly [402] that was bred and consigned by James Cloney's Clara Stud. The post ‘We Saved The Best Until Last’ – Tally-Ho Dominates Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-Newbury, £12,000, Mdn, 8-28, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:13.80, gd. IMPERIAL BALLET (GB) (f, 2, Blue Point {Ire}–Osipova {GB}, by Makfi {GB}), sent off at 5-1, travelled strongly towards the fore from the outset. Taking control passing two out, the homebred powered to the line for an impressive 3 1/2-length success from Khafar (Dubawi). The dam, whose first foal was the G3 Solario Stakes winner Positive (Dutch Art), is a half to that sire's G3 Sovereign Stakes scorer Zonderland who was placed three times at Group 2 level. A granddaughter of the four-times Group 1-winning champion and 1,000 Guineas heroine Russian Rhythm (Kingmambo), she is connected to a host of smart Pattern-race performers including the top-level scorers Makarova (Acclamation) and Good Guess (Kodiac). Her yearling filly by Ulysses was sold for 45,000gns to Blandford Bloodstock at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale and is being offered at the upcoming Tattersalls October Book 2, while she also has a filly foal by Lope De Vega. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $8,479. O/B-Cheveley Park Stud; T-Andrew Balding. Smart filly! Imperial Ballet dances to an easy success on the first time of asking at @NewburyRacing…@oismurphy | @AndrewBalding2 | @CPStudOfficial pic.twitter.com/mK7yu1Z8na — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) August 28, 2025 The post Blue Point’s Imperial Ballet Impresses On Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article