Wandering Eyes

The 2025/26 racing season marked the beginning of a new era for nonagenarian trainer Leonard Stewart as his granddaughter Lacy Stewart joins him in partnership. Based out of the Phar Lap Raceway, Stewart has had the assistance of Lacy for a number of years, and it was only a matter of time before her name was in the racebook alongside his. “She’s been helping me for the last few years, so it was well overdue to happen,” Stewart said. “We get on pretty well, we see eye-to-eye and there’s never been any arguments. It’s quite special training with family, she loves the horses and does a good job with them.” Throughout their lives, horses have kept the pair closely connected, and Stewart recalled thoroughbreds always being the preferred choice for his granddaughter. “It all started when she was about four or five, and she was wandering around while I was drying a horse off,” Stewart said. “I said to her, ‘Lacy, I must get you a pony’, and if there was a prize for the biggest pout, she would’ve won it by a length. The foot stamped and she said ‘I don’t want pony, I want racehorse’. “Later on, when she went to university, she took one that wasn’t fast enough to be a racehorse up to ride around the roads around Christchurch, so she’s always been involved in the horses. “She’s got a good eye for a horse as well.” The Stewarts presented just a handful of runners during National Week at the beginning of the month, but they will have a strong representation at Oamaru on Friday, with 10 horses accepting into the meeting. Leading their charge is last-start winning mare Satin Doll, who will aim to repeat her most recent effort at the venue when contesting the Oamaru Scaffolding (1200m). “She’s come through that race well, she’s a nuggety little horse that does what she has too,” Stewart said. “She eats, sleeps and works. “Gosen (Jogoo, jockey) rode her very well to win, but it was also a very good effort from the horse. We have worked her along quietly and she’s fairly well.” Tranquil Eyes filled the quinella behind Satin Doll in that race and comes into the Bernard Francis Potts and Associates (1200m) in search of an elusive maiden success. Their stablemate Queen Of Kings enters the One Smart Coffee (1600m) with a similar profile, and Stewart is looking forward to seeing their progression in the new term. “Like Queen Of Kings, she (Tranquil Eyes) will be much stronger and more mature this spring,” he said. “At the moment, she’s just doing it on ability and goes out and does her best. “They’re going well, but you never know what you’re going to strike in a maiden field.” Peachy Keen will resume off a decent spell in the Kelvin Tyler Racing (1400m), with the benefit of the minimum of 54kg under Jogoo. “He’s coming up very well, he’s been working well and he won’t mind the track on Friday,” Stewart said. “In saying that, since they put the drain in at Oamaru, it’s made a big difference to that track. “I think it’ll be a nice surface with that drainage, Oamaru are a very progressive club and do a great job.” In the same event, newcomer Flying Dubawi will take his place, aiming to overcome recent barrier woes that have hindered his chances. The six-year-old won two races in a 30-start career in Australia and has been with the Stewarts for just under two months. “He has had a few shifts around, but he’s won a couple in Australia, so he’d have to have a bit of ability,” Stewart said. “He’s a big strong horse, he’s just got little issues that we’re trying to iron out. We put him through the gates and gave him a bit of interval training, and he reacted well, but at Riccarton last Saturday, he was moving back and lost a couple of lengths at the start. “Through no fault of the rider, he covered quite a bit of ground, so I think there is potential there.” View the full article

The Lindsay Park stable will be shooting for a fourth straight win in the P B Lawrence Stakes when they saddle two runners at Caulfield. Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) won the Group 2 race over 1400m in consecutive years before Gentleman Roy (So You Think) completed the treble for the stable last year. Ben, Will and J D Hayes will this year be represented by Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) and Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto) who will be entering the contest first-up having performed solidly in jump-outs. Evaporate will be having his first start as a four-year-old having competed strongly in three-year-old company last season. He finished third in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas, ran in the Group 1 Cox Plate against the older horses last spring, while in the autumn he finished fourth against the older horses again at Group 1 level, travelled to New Zealand and then back to Sydney to win the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes at Randwick to wind up his three-year-old year. Ben Hayes said Evaporate had developed further following his break and is eagerly awaiting his return to racing on Saturday. “His trials have been excellent, he’s come through his trials really well and he’s a horse I think that is going to be in for a very good campaign,” Hayes said. “He’s already raced at weight-for-age at a very high level. Usually when they step from three to four they haven’t done it, but he has already. “He’s run in a Cox Plate, he’s run at weight-for-age against some of the best horses in Australia. “He’s already made that step up and I think he will be able to do it again.” Hayes said Evaporate could prove a bit of a handful for his riders last campaign, but being a year older and more seasoned now was beginning settle more in his work. “He’s just starting to relax and we think that will be the key with him,” Hayes said. Here To Shock has also pleased the Hayes boys with a couple of jump-outs since he last raced when second at Group 1 level at Randwick in March. This time last year, Here To Shock was about to kick-off a spring, summer and autumn campaign that saw him finish out of the top two placings on one occasion from seven starts. “We could not be happier with the way he is going,” Hayes said. “He was trialling against some very smart sprinters in Baraqiel (Snitzel) and Arabian Summer (Too Darn Hot) last time and he showed he is right on track. “He has to kick off there because he won $2 million last preparation and his rating doesn’t allow him to take any easier options. “It will be good to see how he measures up against some of the better horses.” A field of 11 is set to tackle the early spring race with Here To Shock drawn the extreme outside gate for Daniel Stackhouse with Evaporate in barrier 3 for Blake Shinn. View the full article

Tavis Court (NZ) (Tavistock) looks to have found his niche in small fields, and trainer Anna Clement has found him another intimate contest on Saturday. The 10-year-old gelding had just three other rivals when winning over 1200m at Hawera two starts back before finishing runner-up against five competitors over 1100m at Otaki a fortnight ago. He will face four opponents in the Paslode Open (1400m) at New Plymouth on Saturday, including local Group One winner Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed), who has been lumbered with a 66kg impost. Tavis Court has 11 victories to his credit, but will carry just 54kg this weekend, and Clement said she couldn’t be any happier with her charge ahead of Saturday. “He has been going really well, I am really happy with him,” she said. “He hasn’t missed a beat, he has licked the bowl clean every night and he’s galloped well. He seems to like the New Plymouth track as well.” Tavis Court will jump from barrier three on Saturday and Clement is hoping he can get a soft run from that draw. “We’ll see how he jumps and hopefully he can sit behind Chajaba (NZ) (Keano) because he will probably go to the front, and hopefully the rider can make him run home like he has been,” she said. Stablemate Wheelitin (NZ) (Wheelitin) heads into the meeting in winning form, having won over a mile at Hawera last Sunday, bouncing back from a last-placed performance at Otaki last month. “We found out she had a couple of niggly problems in her last two starts, so we have rectified those and she came out and won, so we must have done the right thing,” Clement said. Clement has been pleased with the way she has come through her weekend victory and expects the daughter of Ekraar to be competitive in the Makita Open 1800m on Saturday. “She has worked on well since her win and is eating well,” she said. Clement’s representation at the meeting will be rounded out by last-start placegetter Cocktail Lad (NZ) (Belardo) in the James Hardie R65 2000m. The seven-year-old son of Belardo has mixed his form over winter, and Clement is hoping he can break that sequence this weekend when he teams up once again with apprentice jockey Jim Chung. “He has been a little bit disappointing,” Clement said. “He is a bit of a quirky horse to ride. He will either like you or he doesn’t, and he has decided that he likes Jimmy Chung, so we will put him on again and see what happens.” View the full article

The multiple Group 2 winner Diego Velazquez is set to take up stallion duties at the National Stud in 2026, following his purchase by Sam Sangster Bloodstock on behalf of a syndicate. The son of Frankel will continue his racing career in the care of trainer Aidan O'Brien but will run in the renowned Sangster silks for the remainder of the 2025 season. Last seen winning the G2 Minstrel Stakes at the Curragh, Diego Velazquez is set to make his next appearance in Sunday's G1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville, with further international Group 1 opportunities on the radar in the autumn. “He is a horse that requires little imagination; he is the stamp of his father and a top-class racehorse to boot,” said Sangster. “He is a multiple Group winner who has mixed it in the best company for three seasons and was Classic-placed, which gives him a rare depth of form and longevity. “The Jacques le Marois is the immediate target, and from there, we have several exciting Group 1 races to consider. With the strength of the ownership group and the National Stud behind him, this horse has every chance of becoming a major success both on the track and at stud.” Bred by Epona Bloodstock Ltd, Diego Velazquez is the last foal out of the Listed National Stakes winner and GIII Appalachian Stakes runner-up Sweepstake (Acclamation), who has produced two other classy types for Ballydoyle. They are headed by the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud hero Broome (Australia), while the multiple Group 2 winner Point Lonsdale (Australia) was also placed at the top level on three occasions. Sweepstake hails from the family of the G1 Phoenix Stakes-winning sire Zoffany and countless other Group winners, including Frankel's G1 Irish Derby runner-up Rostropovich and the G1 Metropolitan winner Land Legend by Frankel's sire Galileo. Diego Velazquez himself was bought by MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 2,400,000gns at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. He is the winner of five of his 10 career starts to date, with his first major success coming in the G2 Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown. Last year he also won the G2 Solonoway Stakes and G3 Meld Stakes at the same venue, having previously finished a close-up fourth in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains. “We are confident that he will be very well received by European breeders,” Sangster added. “We've been on the hunt for a horse like this for some time and I'd like to thank the team at Coolmore for giving us the opportunity to get involved with a colt of his calibre.” Concluded Sangster, “I'm excited about the horse, and hope we run a big one on Sunday. In Aidan, we trust.” The post Diego Velazquez to Stand at The National Stud in 2026 after Sam Sangster Bloodstock Purchase appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Highly regarded colt Geneva has passed every test with flying colours and is in the right order to continue that trend at Ruakaka. An impressive winner on debut, he has again made all the right moves ahead of his first black type test in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). “He’s just ticked all the boxes and done everything we’ve asked of him every step along the way, he hasn’t ever been under a ride yet so it’s all in front of him,” trainer Kylie Hoskin said. “He’s such a kind horse and we kept him a colt because he was so quiet and I was worried that if we gelded him, he might turn into a kid’s pony.” Bred and raced by Jomara Bloodstock, Geneva won two trials before he scored at the first time of asking at Te Rapa in May. The son of Time Test was then given time off and has since had two further trials, winning the last of them at Taupo under race day rider Michael McNab to emphasise his readiness for Ruakaka. “He’s ready to rock and roll and has done everything right, his trial at Taupo was very good so we’re all looking forward to Saturday,” Hoskin said. “All going well, he’ll go to the three-year-old race on the first day at Ellerslie, he has trialled well there before.” The Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) on September 6 is the race in question, with the Gr.2 Timespan Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Te Rapa three weeks later also on his program. “We’ll reassess things after that to see where he goes next,” Hoskin said. Stablemate Reinstatement will accompany Geneva to Ruakaka for the Harcourts Just Rentals (1600m) in a bid to continue her run of form on the course. The Wrote mare won there two runs back and followed up with a solid last-start third. “She was going to go to Ruakaka two weeks ago but had an abscess, she’s all clear now and ready to go,” Hoskin said. “She only came to me this year and she’s been very consistent, although she’s a bit of a nerve- wracking watch as she gets back and then comes at them late. “She tries really hard every time and Wiremu (Pinn) will be riding her on Saturday. “He rode her at Ellerslie one time and gets on well with her, she has a lightweight (54kg) so should be competitive again.” Hoskin also has two strong chances at Taupo on Sunday with Fun Never Sets to resume in The Oaks Stud (1200m) and the consistent With Grace in the Noverre @ Waikato Stud (1800m). “Fun Never Sets trialled really well at Taupo a couple of weeks back, so we’ve elected to take her back, her trial was very good and so has her work since,” she said. “I think she’ll be competitive and Sam Collett will be riding her.” With Grace is overdue a major reward after placing in six of her last seven appearances. “She has been a frustrating horse in that she doesn’t seem to want to break her maiden status, but she’s always right in it and Michael McNab thinks he can fix that,” Hoskin said. View the full article

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Multiple grade 1 winner Imperial Hint, who set a track record for six furlongs at Saratoga Race Course that still stands today, was euthanized following a lengthy struggle with laminitis, according to Clear Creek Stud in Louisiana where he stood.View the full article

5. DEEP LEARNING, SAR, 8/8, 1 1/16m (turf) 'TDN RISING STAR' (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-84 (f, 2, by Cairo Prince–Dovima, by Union Rags) O-Klaravich Stables. B-Tony Dardis, Dell Ridge Farm, Ken Donworth and Desmond Ryan (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat. Deep Learning's debut generated the highest Beyer so far this year among 2-year-old turf fillies, and stacks up well with some of Brown's past stars. Five of his six GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winners also launched their careers in Saratoga 1 1/16-mile turf maiden races–and her 84 Beyer tops them all (Brown's other winner, Rushing Fall, debuted in mid-September at Belmont with an 85). The next time we see her, Deep Learning will likely be solidly favored in stakes company. Oddly enough, her half-sister Sunset Beauty broke her maiden impressively at Ellis Park in a $30k claimer–only 28 minutes after Deep Learning's victory last Friday. 4. OPERATION SUNRISE, ELP, 8/9, 5 1/2 furlongs (turf) Beyer Speed Figure- 86 (c, 3, by War Front–Shuruq, by Elusive Quality) O/B-Godolphin (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Jaime Torres. Godolphin's second-time starter was 9-2 in the program based on his lackluster run back in April, but 8-5 when betting was done. As the old saying goes, somebody knew something–and they were right. Winning by 7 3/4 lengths in a turf sprint is an accomplishment, and he's a half-brother to two graded-stakes turf females who had no problems carrying their speed around two turns. 3. GOLDEN TORNADO, SAR, 8/9, 6 furlongs 'TDN RISING STAR' (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 86 (c, 2, by McKinzie–Ruby Trust, by Smart Strike) O-Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Gainesway Stable and Legendary Thoroughbreds. B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds (Ky). T-Danny Gargan. J-Joel Rosario. His 3-year-old half-brother Verifire (Authentic) has started his career on a 3-for-3 tear for Resolute Racing and Brad Cox, and Golden Tornado looked good, too, to nail down this week's top spot. Sent away the 7-2 third choice, he stalked front-running 7-5 favorite Oscar's Hope and kicked clear in the final furlong. Last month Gargan also unveiled debut winner Iron Orchard, who looks like one of the better NY-bred 2-year-old fillies we've seen thus far. 2. CARMEL COAST, SAR, 8/10, 6 1/2 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 86 (f, 2, by Omaha Beach-Carmel Beauty, by Arch) O-Legion Racing, MHM Stables, Ed Stefanski and William Conlin. B-Hunter Valley Farm (Ky). T-Whit Beckman. J-Kendrick Carmouche. Carmel Coast's 86 Beyer is the second-fastest thus far at Saratoga for a 2-year-old filly, behind only the unbeaten Mythical's 93 in the Tremont on Belmont weekend. She zipped strongly to the front at first asking to cruise by 5 1/2, and Pletcher-trained runner-up Lovely Christina finished 10 1/2 lengths ahead of the others–a sign of a strong race. Carmel Coast's dam is a full-sister to a Grade I stakes winner, but she was 0-for-7 on the track, her previous offspring couldn't run much, and she was sold last November for only $15k. However, this one can run. 1. WORTHY CHARGE, SAR, 8/10, 1 mile, (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 90 (c, 3, by Liam's Map-Queen Bee to You, by Old Topper) O-St. Elias Stable. B-Christopher St Hilaire and Adam Vali (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat. Worthy Charge touted himself in his July 4 debut by finishing a solid second with an 84 Beyer despite an awkward start, and here powerfully ran away from Godolphin's perpetually unlucky maiden Chillax. His California-bred dam finished her career with three straight 86 Beyer stakes wins, the last two against open company in the GIII Bayakoa and La Canada. At least in the speed figure department, Worthy Charge has already surpassed her. The post Fastest Maidens, Presented by Taylor Made, for August 5-11 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Jockey Frankie Dettori has been booked to ride group 2 winner Wimbledon Hawkeye in the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T) Aug. 30. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features a daughter of the dual Group 1 winner Izzi Top. 6.15 Kempton, Novice, 2yo, 2yo, f, 7fT IZZ'NT SHE HOT (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) is the ninth foal out of Meon Valley's Pretty Polly and Jean Romanet heroine Izzi Top (Pivotal), whose three black-type performers to date include the G3 Firebreak Stakes winner Prince Eiji by Too Darn Hot's sire Dubawi. Under the care of the Gosdens, she is joined by stablemate Maneuver (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the Thoroughbred Racing Corporation's 600,000gns co-top-priced filly of Tattersalls October Book 2 descended from the Maurice de Gheest runner-up Joanna. The post Izzi Top’s Daughter Izzn’t She Hot Debuts at Kempton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A single filly, No Time (Not This Time), was named the 7-2 morning-line favorite in a 13-horse field due to line up for the King's Plate Saturday at Woodbine. North America's oldest continually contested race, the Canadian-bred 3-year-olds will go 1 1/4 miles on the main track as the first of three legs of the Canadian Triple Crown. To be ridden again by John Velazquez, the daughter of Not This Time out of the Red Ransom mare Count to Three is 3-0-1 from eight starts for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse–the jockey, owner and trainer who won the 2018 Plate with filly Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d'Oro). Bred by James Everatt, Janeane Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse, No Time won her second start, a one-length triumph at 1 1/16 miles over the E.P. Taylor turf, on September 14, 2024. “She has a heck of a pedigree,” Casse noted. “She's by one of the best sires in the world and she's a half-sister to two Grade I winners. She has the pedigree to be any kind. I feel like she really has grown up and has gotten stronger and better as time goes on, which happens a lot of times when you have these great pedigrees.” Casse also sends out Ashley's Archer (Karakontie {Jpn}) who is co-owned by Gary Barber and Archer Racing. Trainer Kevin Attard, who won last year's Plate with Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach), has three to line up with Dewolf (Silent Name {Jpn}), Faber (Improbable) and Mansetti (Collected) all set to represent the barn. Mythical Man (Mucho Macho Man), Notorious Gangster (Classic Empire), Runaway Again (Hard Spun), Scorching (Mo Town), Sedbury's Ghost (Shaman Ghost), Tom's Magic (Justify), Watsonville Red (Hard Spun) and William T (Frosted) complete the field. Post time for the King's Plate is scheduled for 5:34 pm ET Saturday. The post No Time, The Only Filly In The Field, Named 7-2 Favorite In 166th Running Of King’s Plate appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Thirty-nine 3-year-old fillies—regularly well outnumbered by males in the entries—have captured the King's Plate, which will have its 166th running Aug. 16. Another filly—No Time—is favored to become the 40th winner on Saturday at Woodbine. View the full article

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) players can now bet on live horse races across the province by accessing Woodbine Entertainment Group's (WEG) horse racing wagering product through OLG.ca and the OLG app. “We are excited to offer access to this experience to our online players, providing another way for them to engage in the thrilling sport of horse racing,” said Dave Pridmore, OLG's Chief Gaming Officer. “This collaboration represents an important step in our mandate of supporting the sport and a vibrant, competitive and sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.” OLG is the first Canadian provincial lottery and gaming agency to provide access to a horse racing wagering product to its digital players. Through WEG's product–which is powered by HPIbet, Canada's leading online platform for betting on horse racing–players on OLG.ca and the OLG app can bet on live races around the world and at Ontario tracks, including The King's Plate, which is scheduled to take place at Woodbine Racetrack Saturday, August 16. WEG, in partnership with OLG, has developed a simple and user-friendly experience for horse racing fans. This new plug-and-play provides access via OLG.ca to WEG's horse racing product–and the same solution could potentially be used by other gaming operators in Ontario to offer racing to their own customers. All horse racing bets placed on WEG's product through OLG.ca and the OLG app are made using pari-mutuel wagering–the only legal form of betting on horse racing in Canada. In this betting model, players bet into a shared pool and winners share the pot, making it a fair and exciting way to play that complies with Canadian laws. “This launch brings the excitement of horse racing to even more people across the province in a convenient and modern way–enhancing the experience for bettors while driving new interest in our sport,” said Michael Copeland, CEO, Woodbine Entertainment. “It's another step forward for the growth of horse racing in Ontario, and we're grateful to OLG for their continued support and willingness to collaborate and innovate alongside us.” The post Ontario Lottery And Woodbine Partner To Bring Horse Racing To More Ontario Bettors appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With the 3-year-old filly championship still up for grabs, Good Cheer, La Cara, or Nitrogen could solidify their case Aug. 16 with a victory in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is among those to send well-wishes to popular trainer Bill Turner, who is in hospital after reportedly suffering a serious accident at home on Monday. Turner, 78, a former jockey and as a trainer synonymous with the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster, having won the traditional first race of the Flat turf season six times, suffered a fractured skull in the accident, according to Sky Sports Racing and the Racing Post. Based in Sigwells, Somerset, Turner's most recent winner of the Brocklesby was Mick's Yer Man in 2013. “Everybody at the BHA sends our best wishes to Bill Turner following his accident yesterday,” read a statement from the BHA posted on social media. “Our thoughts are with his family, friends and team.” The post Bill Turner in Hospital Following Serious Accident appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Former Major League Baseball champion Jayson Werth will be in attendance at Deauville when the exciting Outfielder lines up in the G1 Sumbe Prix Morny on Sunday, August 24. Werth, who owns the son of Speightstown in partnership with Amo Racing and trainer Wesley Ward, won the 2008 World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies. In racing, he is perhaps best known as the part-owner of Dornoch, who won last year's GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell Stakes for trainer Danny Gargan. Werth also played a starring role in the Netflix series Race for the Crown, following Dornoch's exploits on the Triple Crown trail in 2024. Speaking to TDN last month about the quest for a fourth Prix Morny win, Ward said of the unbeaten Outfielder, “I'm just excited for this horse. He's got a wonderful ownership group. Jayson Werth, his World Series-winning outfielder. And that's how I picked his name, Outfielder. And Kia [Joorabchian, founder of Amo Racing], who's huge in the game now. He's come in and spent lots and lots of money to have horses like this and to be a part of his group. “They're all excited to go there. It's such a beautiful place. If anybody goes to Deauville, France on a vacation, let alone for the horses and to be involved in a horse race like this at Group 1, you have a yearning to go back. It's a great place to go.” Outfielder's potential rivals in the Prix Morny include the recent G2 Richmond Stakes winner Coppull (Bated Breath), who will be trying to provide trainer Clive Cox with a second success in that Deauville contest after that of Reckless Abandon in 2012. “He's in great form and we were very pleased that the race [the Richmond] took place before the rain fell at Goodwood,” said Cox. “I've been delighted with how he has come out of that and, all being well, he will head to the Prix Morny where he won't be penalised for his success. It's a well-trodden path. “His form was boosted again at the weekend by the Amo horse [Power Blue] who was behind us at Ascot [when Coppull finished third in the G2 Coventry Stakes]. I see no reason to be anything but pleased with the progress our horse is making. He took the step up to Group 2 in his stride and that has vindicated a further step up at this stage.” The post Jayson Werth Deauville-Bound in Support of Prix Morny Contender Outfielder appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Wednesday at Saratoga. Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Saratoga 3, $90k, 2yo, f, (S), 1 1/16mT, 2:20 p.m. ET Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze She's Country (Combatant), OBSAPR, 80,000, :10 1/5 C-Sweet River TBs, agent; B-West Point TBs, LEB, agent Saratoga 9, $100k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 5:44 p.m. ET Bodacious Queen (Munnings)-AE, OBSAPR, 80,000, :10 C-Hartley/DeRenzo TBs, agent; B-Black Horse Bloodstock Lexico (Lexitonian), OBSAPR, 60,000, :10 3/5 C-Navas Equine, agent; B-Calumet Farm The post Summer Breezes Sponsored By OBS: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ben Bernhard, Shannon Griffin, and Mandy Pope have been named to the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Charities of America. The three newly elected directors join current board members Carrie Brogden, Lesley Campion (vice president), Marette Farrell (secretary), Torie Gladwell, Marshall Gramm (treasurer), Ryan Mahan, Mike McMahon (president), Dan Metzger, Leah O'Meara, Liam O'Rourke, Morgan Richardson, Cathy Shircliff, Brook Smith, and Jesse Ullery. Gretchen Jackson, Ellen Moelis and Dan Rosenberg are directors emeriti. Thoroughbred Charities of America was formed in 1990 by Allaire duPont and Herb and Ellen Moelis to raise and distribute funds to charities in the Thoroughbred industry that fund and facilitate the support of Thoroughbreds and the people who care for them. In 2024, TCA granted over $1 million to 86 charities working within Thoroughbred retraining, rehoming and retirement; backstretch and farm worker services, research and equine-assisted therapy. The post Bernhard, Griffin, Pope Named TCA Directors appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godolphin, Juddmonte, and Klaravich Stables have been named finalists for the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's National Owner of the Year award, the organization announced Tuesday. Godolphin is also a finalist for the TOBA's National Breeder of the Year Award. Sheikh Mohammed's operation is joined by fellow breeder finalists Judy Hicks and Town and Country Horse Farms. The finalists for the Small Breeder of the Year are William Butler; Cuyathy; and Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, and 4G Racing. Finalists for the Cot Campbell Partnership of the Year are Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, 4G Racing and Valley View Farm; MyRacehorse; and the partnership of SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan. “The finalists for the TOBA awards represent extraordinary achievements in our sport,” said TOBA president Dan Metzger. “We are honored to celebrate with them on what promises to be a memorable evening celebrating our 40th anniversary of the TOBA National Awards.” The TOBA National Awards will consist of two days of presentations in Lexington The National Awards Dinner will be held Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton, and the National Awards Luncheon, which honors breeders from 19 states and Canada, will be held Sept. 5 at Godolphin. The post Godolphin, Juddmonte, Klaravich Among Finalists for TOBA National Awards appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Arthur B. Hancock III, John Perrotta, and Josh Pons have been named finalists for the 19th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, which celebrates excellence in Thoroughbred sports literature. Two of the titles, Hancock's “Dark Horses: A Memoir of Redemption” and Pons's “Letters From Country Life: Adolphe Pons, Man o' War, and the Founding of Maryland's Oldest Thoroughbred Farm” are biographies steeped in the family Thoroughbred history of each author. Perrotta, a lifelong horseman who has been a racetrack and stable manager, jockey agent and radio executive, joins the group with “A Beggar's Ride,” a mystery/thriller tale that spans racetracks from California to Ireland, the author's current home. “These finalists have much in common: men who have devoted their lives to Thoroughbred racing, but also have nurtured their creative sides,” said Book Award judge Kay Coyte. “They did so, not only through these books, but also through journalism, songwriting or screenwriting. Oh, the stories they can tell.” Semifinalists included: “The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects,” by Kentucky Derby Museum and Jessica K. Whitehead; “Jockey Queen: Lillian Jenkinson Holder, Horse Racing's Fearless Lady,” by Roger Peach; and “What Horses Do After Racing: The Story of Good Carma,” by Jay Privman. The winner's ceremony will be held in the loft above the stallion barn at the Ryan family's Castleton Lyons farm near Lexington on Nov. 6. In addition to the $10,000 winner's check, the Book Award will present $1,000 to the other two finalists. Each will receive Tipperary crystal trophies. The 2024 judging team included Coyte, an Eclipse Award-winning former Washington Post editor; Caton Bredar, an Eclipse-winning television on-air host and handicapper; Kim Wickens, winner of the 2023 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award for “Lexington,” and former Boston Globe columnist Diane White, a director of the Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm. The post Hancock, Perrotta, and Pons Named Tony Ryan Book Award Finalists appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hipodromo Camarero plans to hire a compliance officer whose responsibilities will include developing continuous education, reviewing retirement procedures, recommending new regulations when necessary, and ensuring adherence to established protocols.View the full article

Rebel Racing, the training operation founded by Phil Cunningham, is set to open its own barn in Dubai this winter, with trainer Richard Spencer heading the team. “This is a hugely exciting challenge,” said Cunningham. “We'll still have the heart of the team in Newmarket, but the opportunity in Dubai is huge. Quite frankly, it beats racing around the all-weather in January – the prize-money and experience over there speak for themselves. The Dubai racing team have been incredibly helpful and made the process very straightforward. We're really looking forward to the challenge.” Cunningham and Spencer joined forces in 2016, before Rajasinghe provided the partnership with its first major success when winning the 2018 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. Cunningham has subsequently offered strong support to Rajasinghe in his stallion career at the National Stud, with the owner's recent Stewards' Cup winner Two Tribes featuring among his most notable progeny. The post Rebel Racing to Launch “Hugely Exciting” Dubai Operation appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Circle the wagons and sally forth as one, for Deauville is in view, which means only one thing: it'll soon be Christmas. There is, however, a circuitous route to be navigated before we reconvene under the Normandy lights in December. And right now, surely even the older members of the travelling show can lift an enthusiastic heart, along with the odd glass or two, as the summer holidays merge happily with the beginning of the European yearling sales at Arqana and some damn good sport across the road at the Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques. We upset Angus Gold a few weeks ago in these pages for daring to suggest that he, along with Hubie de Burgh and Con Marnane, would make an excellent trio of backing vocalists to Henri Bozo's lead singer. Nobody puts Angus in the corner…except at Arqana in August, where Bozo really has been centre stage for almost too many years to count at the head of the Ecurie des Monceaux draft. Actually, as we are counting, Monceaux has been the leading consignor for 13 consecutive August Sales. It would be folly to bet against that tally rising yet again this year. Thirty-eight yearlings form the 2025 draft, and they include a Night Of Thunder daughter of Prudenzia, a half-sister to last year's €1.7m sale-topper Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica), who handily broke her maiden on Saturday at the Curragh for Aidan O'Brien, earning a TDN Rising Star in the process. There is also the first foal of Classic heroine Mangoustine (Dark Angel), whose colt by Frankel is catalogued on Sunday evening, while the strapping chestnut son of Siyouni and Roheryn (Galileo), a half-brother to G1 Underwood Stakes winner Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock), may well add to what is likely to be a lively concluding session on Monday. Bozo says of Diamond Necklace's timely win, “[That] was a great result for us because that's really our family that we developed with Lady O'Reilly, and Coolmore have been great supporters. I had heard great things of the filly, so it was nice to see it happening and her showing ability. “She's a half-sister to the yearling we're selling on Monday, who herself is by Night Of Thunder, and she's also closely related to two nice fillies we're selling, one being the Dubawi filly out of Paix, and the other is the Zarak filly of Prudente. The whole family we have been developing in the last 15 years.” Over that time, 17 Group 1 winners have been raised on the paddocks at Monceaux, including Prudenzia's early flagship daughter Chicquita and her younger half-sister Magic Wand. In the sale-ring, the Dansili mare's offspring have raised almost €12m. Bozo adds, “From this Prudenzia family you're expecting a certain type of filly, which is a classy filly, not precocious but classy, with a good step, and I think that's what our Night Of Thunder filly is also.” Mangoustine was offered at the Arqana Select Sale of 2020, rechristened that year after Covid forced a delay from August to September. Bred by Monceaux, Qatar Bloodstock and Lordship Stud, she was signed for at €46,000 by David Redvers, buying out Lordship Stud, and she has repaid his faith well in subsequent years by winning the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and G3 Prix Miesque. “We chose Frankel for Mangoustine because obviously she was a special filly and, like many other people, I think Frankel goes very well with those fillies who have shown speed,” Bozo says. “We wanted to give her every chance to become a good producer and we are very happy with the results. She's got a lovely Siyouni filly at foot, and she went back to Frankel.” Globally, the yearling sales season has begun in rude health – in the elite tier at least – with record-breaking trade at the JRHA Select Sale in Japan and the Saratoga Sale in America. The eyes of the bloodstock world will now be firmly fixed on France. “It's always a positive sign and gives a good bit of confidence to everyone and this is really important for the breeders to be in a good state of mind,” says Bozo of recent events at Saratoga. “America is different from France or from Europe, but it's just a good, positive sign and, not only the American sales, but the general atmosphere of the last year is that there is a real demand for good horses from more and more people all over the world, and we should be reasonably confident, I think.” Deauville First for Tweenhills The Arqana August Sale always has an international vibe to it, and that appears to be even more pronounced on the list of consignors involved this year. Outside the French regulars, Barton Stud, Hazelwood Bloodstock and Tweenhills are among the English farms with first drafts in Deauville this summer, while the seven Irish consignors include Ballylinch, Baroda, Camas Park, Glidawn, Kildaragh, Moanmore and Yeomanstown studs. In total, 48 of the 308 yearlings (15.5%) are consigned by British or Irish operations. David Redvers says that Tweenhills will be represented across the European sales this year, with Sheikh Fahad Al Thani having opted to sell all of his European-based yearlings. “We have obviously sold lots of horses in Deauville in the past with Monceaux, but never under our own name,” he says. The Tweenhills draft of three kicks off with a filly by this year's leading first-season sire, Starman (lot 76), a half-sister to the Listed Hever Sprint Stakes winner Kimngrace (Profitable). “Starman has made a terrific start, especially with his fillies, and this is a filly that was pinhooked by Sebastian Thompson, who came to us at age 16 and has just finished a two-year apprenticeship with us. He and Hannah [Wall]'s pinhooking syndicate own her and I must say that she is one of those gorgeous fillies that not only is the stallion helping her but she is helping herself, as she has just got better and better. Young Sebastian is there helping with the draft and I imagine he will be on tenterhooks.” Two of Sheikh Fahad's homebreds complete the consignment: a New Bay filly out of the G3 Derrinstown Stud Fillies Stakes winner Know It All (Lord Kanaloa) and a Siyouni colt out of one of the sheikh's earliest Group 1 winners, the Cheveley Park Stakes victrix Lightening Pearl (Marju), who already has the Group 3 winner Lightening Quick (Frankel) on her production record. “Sheikh Fahad has all his European yearlings going to market this year and these are two of the best ones,” says Redvers. “Freddy Powell came round and looked at all of our yearlings and they were the two he particularly wanted, that he thought would work well in France. He made an impassioned plea to Sheikh Fahad, and Sheikh Fahad agreed to give it a try. I would be very optimistic about both of them; they are both horses that in another year we would probably have put into training.” With turnover just north of €50m for the 226 Arqana August yearlings sold last year, this fell a little short of the record figures for the previous year, but was still on par with what had also been record trade for 2022, which posted a median of €140,000 and an average of more than €200,000. Redvers shares Bozo's optimism of a strong start to trade in Europe. He says, “If the sales continue à la Saratoga then we are going to be in for a very interesting time at the top end of the market.” First taste of the freshman sires Eight stallions with first yearlings for sale this year will be represented in Deauville in the coming week. Shadwell's Baaeed leads the field with nine in the sale, including Haras de Colleville's filly out of former top sprinter Restiadargent (Kendargent), who is already the dam of two black-type winners. The first of the Baaeed yearlings to grace the ring, however, will be a colt out of the dual Group 3 winner Anna Nerium from a family cultivated by Bob and Jeanette McCreery tracing back to Anna Paola. The mare's third foal, he is with La Motteraye Consignment. Of the French-based sires, the G1 Champion Stakes winner Sealiway, now at Haras de Beaumont, has three catalogued, while Gestut Auenquelle's Arc winner Torquator Tasso has two, including Applewood Stud's half-sister to the Group 3-placed Serienadler (Gleneagles) from the family of Japanese sire and Grade 1 winner Schnell Meister. Bayside Boy, Blackbeard, Naval Crown, State Of Rest and Thunder Moon also have their first yearlings for sale in France. Grub's up All that remains is a matter of almost equal importance to judging yearlings, and that's the settlement of the long-running argument as to which is the best restaurant in the vicinity of Deauville-Trouville. The traditionalists say Le Drakkar, even through the diehards can no longer prop up the bar until daylight threatens. These days, the nearby L'Institution, featuring some familiar faces from the old Drakkar, is giving it a run for its money. The market area hasn't been the same since Chez Hervé was shuttered, though Olivier Bertran de Balanda's Fanfaron was an excellent replacement for a while, though that, too, is sadly no more, in Deauville at least. You can however find the same owner's La Cantine des Fanfarons in the village of Manneville la Pipard just south of Pont l'Eveque, while in place of the original in Deauville is the newly opened Napoletano, a rival for the popular pizza place Santa Lucia, which is now under new management and has had a bit of a facelift. Those who enjoy a stroll over the bridge may spot head Trouvilliste Jocelyn Targett, who will swear that that Le Central is best, while Alan Cooper may insist upon Le Pavillon Augustine. We happen to like Les 4 Chats, as long as William Huntingdon is not à table moaning about the legroom and dim lighting (a head torch does come in handy, however). Just so he doesn't get cross with us again, we will let Angus Gold have the last word on matters culinary in delightful Deauville. “Well, I would have said Fanfaron was my favourite, but that has now sadly been sold, and Santa Lucia has also changed hands,” Gold says. “I was never really a Drakkar man, that was always a bit grown up for me, though they have done a very good job with the renovation, but I will opt for Les Planches, near the Normandy. I prefer the quieter places these days.” If you believe that, you will believe anything. And with a plane-load of Americans arriving direct from Saratoga on Wednesday morning, plus plenty more of the bloodstock crowd jetting or motoring in from elsewhere, Deauville will be anything but quiet in the countdown to the start of yearling season at 5.30pm this Saturday. The post From Top Nosh to Top-Notch Yearlings: It Must Be Arqana’s August Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article