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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. Saturday's Observations features a seven-figure yearling from Tattersalls Book 1. 2.34 Newbury, Novice, 2yo, f, 8fT ALPINARA (GB) (Frankel {GB}) makes her eagerly-anticipated debut for Amo Racing and Sir Mark Prescott, having cost the operation 2.5million gns at last year's Tattersalls October Book 1. True goldmine material, the full-sister to the trainer's brilliant Arc heroine Alpinista is later getting going than her illustrious sibling whose July two-year-old debut was a winning one as she began her epic saga. In any other race, Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy's 1.7million gns purchase at that auction, My Ophelia (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), would be the headline act given that the William Haggas-trained newcomer is a half-sister to his trio of heavyweights My Prospero (Iffraaj), My Oberon (Dubawi) and My Astra (Lope De Vega). The post Alpinista’s Headline-Making Sister Alpinara Debuts at Newbury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

1st-GP, $70k, Msw, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT, post time: 12:50 p.m. ET The produce of Machmer Hall's sensational broodmare Special Me (Unbridled's Song) have earned nearly $4.4 million to date, and KEEPSAKE BOX (Twirling Candy) is set to become her 10th runner when she debuts in the Saturday opener at Gulfstream. Since being purchased by Machmer Hall for just $6,000 at the 2009 Keeneland January Sale, Special Me has thrown seven winners, including this filly's Grade I-winning full-brother Gift Box; Gina Romantica (Into Mischief), a three-time Grade I winner on the turf, who took her first start on the grass in the 2022 Riskaverse Stakes; and multiple graded winners Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast) and the late Special Forces (Candy Ride {Arg}). Campaigned in partnership by CMNWLTH and Machmer Hall's Carrie Brogden, the Mar. 27 foal is trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr. and faces a full field for this first go. TJCIS PPs 3rd-SA, $60k, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 5:02 p.m. BLACKSMITH (Liam's Map), a $525,000 KEESEP yearling trained by Bob Baffert for Wathnan Racing, is the first foal from Sweet Achiever (Curlin), an unraced full-sister to Cezanne, a $3.65-million breezer who won the GII San Carlos Stakes and GIII Kona Gold Stakes while under Baffert's care. The colt's second dam Achieving (Bernardini) was also responsible for SW Counterforce (Smart Strike) and GSW & G1SP Arabian Hope (Distorted Humor), the dam of SW Hope Mission (Medaglia d'Oro). Third dam Teeming (Storm Cat), a half-sister to GI Belmont Stakes winners Rags to Riches and Jazil et al, produced GISW Streaming (Smart Strike) and the dams of Sovereign Award winner Tyson (Tapit) and Belmont hero Arcangelo (Arrogate). Second-time starter Acknowledgemeplz (Bucchero) was a well-meant second on debut June 13 behind the Baffert-conditioned Desert Gate (Omaha Beach), who went on to win the GIII Best Pal Stakes before completing the exacta in the GI Del Mar Futurity and GI American Pharoah Stakes. TJCIS PPs 10th-KEE, $110k, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/8mT, 5:48 p.m. WARGAMER (IRE) (Wootton Basssett {GB}) tries nine panels at first asking for Brookdale Racing and leading trainer Brendan Walsh and is a full-brother to Apples And Bananas (Ire), a listed winner and Group 1-placed at two in France for trainer Joseph O'Brien. The stakes-winning third dam Sinntara (Ire)–a champion daughter of inaugural GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner Lashkari (GB)–bred nine winners, chief among them 2000 G1 Epsom Derby, G1 Irish Derby and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Sinndar (Ire) (Grand Lodge). TJCIS PPs The post Special Me Filly Makes First Apperance At Gulfstream appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

She may've been in another zip code early, but A Fine Chardonnay (Maclean's Music) was moving fastest late to inhale her rivals en route to victory in the Dean Dorton Myrtlewood Stakes at Keeneland. Debuted beneath the Twin Spires Sept. 11, she came off the pace and closed smartly to win by two lengths as a massive 45-1 longshot. She went off here at a much lower 2-1 on the back of some strong works at Churchill since that unveiling. A Fine Chardonnay jumped evenly with the field, but soon found herself trailing well off the early pace as 'TDN Rising Star', presented by Hagyard On Time Girl (Not This Time) eventually took a contested lead–passing the half in :46.03 with challengers coming as they swung for home. Having been the caboose for most of the race, the Ian Wilkes-trainee was rolling from far off the pace, but was coming wide with a full head of steam to her advantage. Overhauling the leaders passing the sixteenth pole, she edged away from an ultra game On Time Girl to win by a length. Woodstock (Yaupon) held on for third. “It's almost impossible to even think about being at this point in our lives, and to win our first two races with our first horse,” said Philip Griesinger of Double 22 Stables, who were celebrating their first win on their own as owners. “It's just incredible. I just wish my son, who's my partner, and my family were here with me. I just can't put it into words. It's just amazing.” “I probably can't say on air (what I was thinking when she dropped so far back in the race), but I looked at (trainer) Ian (Wilkes) and he said, 'She's fine, she's fine,' and then Charlie, the farm manager, said, 'You've got this.' And that's when I started to go ballistic. I'm going to (celebrate with) a couple bottles (of a fine chardonnay). I'm not going to feel good tomorrow.” When asked if he believed his filly would end up being on her current trajectory, Wilkes said, “Would I have thought she was this kind? No. I'm going to have to say no. She did work good going into the first race, but she didn't train the way she trained coming into this race. I was quite comfortable (with how far back she was) because they were all going, and she was traveling–she looked good to travel. I watched her work, and her turn of foot to finish is really good.” The victress is the last registered offspring for Andele before the dam was exported to Turkey. She is the sixth winner to make the races for that mare, who herself is a half-sister to GSW Northern Causeway (Giant's Causeway) and to the dam of GISW Du Jour (Temple City). Second dam Getaway Girl (Silver Deputy) is a half-sister to a pair of the best racehorses and stallions in the industry, namely Horse of the Year Ghostzapper (Awesome Again) and GISW City Zip (Carson City). That trio hail from 2005 Broodmare of the Year Baby Zip (Relaunch), whose half-brother was a champion imported handicap horse in Turkey. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. #6 A FINE CHARDONNAY ($6.26) and @Tyler_Gaff go last-to-first in the $250,000 Myrtlewood Stakes at @KeenelandRacing. The juvenile Maclean's Music filly is trained by @IanWilkesRacing. pic.twitter.com/5RMBpLk93C — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 24, 2025 DEAN DORTON MYRTLEWOOD S., $250,000, Keeneland, 10-24, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.80, ft. 1–A FINE CHARDONNAY, 118, f, 2, by Maclean's Music 1st Dam: Andele, by Bernardini 2nd Dam: Getaway Girl, by Silver Deputy 3rd Dam: Baby Zip, by Relaunch ($20,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $85,000 2yo '25 EASMAY). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Double 22 Stables, LLC; B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY); T-Ian R. Wilkes; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $153,063. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $222,363. 2–On Time Girl, 118, f, 2, Not This Time–Girl Daddy, by Uncle Mo. 'TDN Rising Star', presented by Hagyard. ($375,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Albaugh Family Stables LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $49,375. 3–Woodstock, 120, f, 2, Yaupon–Hot Hippie, by Medaglia d'Oro. ($35,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $100,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR). O-Paradise Farms Corp., David Staudacher, Gata Racing Stable LLC and Turman Racing Stable LLC; B-Southern Comfort Farm LLC (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $24,688. Margins: 1, NK, 1HF. Odds: 2.13, 2.12, 8.55. Also Ran: Kingsolver, Counting Stars, Storm Cloud Rising. The post Toast of the Town: A Fine Chardonnay Roars Home to Claim Myrtlewood appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Workouts from anticipated Breeders' Cup starters pick up across much of the country, one week before the start of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships.uView the full article

The Kikuka Sho (G1) completes Japan's Triple Crown series and, at 3,000 meters (about 1 7/8 miles), poses a unique challenge for the nation's 3-year-olds by including a backstretch climb over 200 meters.View the full article

A lawsuit filed in a New York federal court accuses major national players in the horse racing industry of engaging in racketeering through their activities in computer assisted wagering companies.View the full article

An additional 23 yearlings have been added to the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale, which takes place from Monday, November 3 to Wednesday, November 5. The supplementary lots, catalogued as 814-836, will be offered on the final day of the sale. Among them are 12 yearlings eligible for next year's Goffs Two Million Series, including a Sioux Nation filly (lot 822) from Abban Farm, bringing the total number of eligible lots in the catalogue to 16. The sale also offers the final opportunity to secure a runner for Harry's Half Million, with two supplementary entries – a Mehmas filly (lot 816) and a Thunder Moon colt (lot 814) – increasing the total eligible to 17. Meanwhile, a Space Blues colt has been added to a bumper draft of 44 from Boherguy Stud. Offered as lot 832, he is a half-brother to the Listed winner Wexford Native (Teofilo) and the Listed-placed Monotone (Verbal Dexterity). So Golden Leads HIT Supplementary Entries Fourteen supplementary entries have also been added to the Autumn Horses In Training Sale, which takes place from 10am on Monday, November 3. They include the four-year-old filly So Golden (lot 114), who opened her account at Clonmel last month for trainer Ken Condon. Consigned by the Castlebridge Consignment, the daughter of Golden Horn is a half-sister to the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas third Foxtrot Liv (Foxwedge). In addition, the three-year-old Shamrock Flame (Muhaarar) (lot 113) represents Sean Davis Racing as a dual-purpose prospect, having filled the runner-up spot when making his debut in a Leopardstown maiden last week. The post Supplementary Entries Added to Goffs Autumn Yearling and HIT Sales appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A Bayside Boy colt from Haras de la Louviere topped Friday's session at Part 2 of the Arqana October Yearling Sale when knocked down to Sebastien Desmontils, on behalf of Chauvigny Global Equine, for €67,000. Lot 538 is out of an unraced daughter of the G1 Preis der Diana heroine Penelopa (Giant's Causeway), whose other offspring include the Listed River Eden Stakes winner Pennymoor (Frankel) and G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas runner-up California Dreamer (Mehmas). Towards the end of the session, a Zelzal colt (lot 610) offered by the Fairway Consignment nearly stole away with top billing when going the way of Ludovic Gadbin for €65,000. Already named Lisan Al Gaib, he is out of a full-sister to the Listed winner Chartreuse (Lawman), who also filled the runner-up spot in the G3 Prix Chloe and G3 Prix de Lieurey. This is also the family of the Group/Grade 1 winners Ectot, Meditate and Most Improved. The pick of the remaining lots was a The Grey Gatsby colt (lot 553) whose unraced dam is a half-sister to the G3 Prix d'Aumale winner and G1 Coronation Stakes and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac runner-up Lesstalk In Paris (Cape Cross), plus the G3 Prix Francois Boutin scorer Grey Man (Wootton Bassett). Elias Mikhalides stretched to €60,000 to secure the Haras des Capucines-consigned colt whose second dam, Top Toss (Linamix), also won the Prix d'Aumale, in addition to the G3 Prix de Psyche. Of the 102 yearlings offered, 87 sold (85%) for a total of €1,784,000. The average was €20,506 and the median was €18,000. On Saturday, the October Yearling Sale concludes with Part 3, with the first of 197 lots catalogued set to enter the ring at 11am (local time). The post Bayside Bay Colt Brings Curtain Down on Part 2 of Arqana October appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Workouts from anticipated Breeders' Cup starters pick up across much of the country, one week before the start of the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships.View the full article

What goes without question is that the field of 11 pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) is so deep and star-studded that gamblers will have a field day betting on the race and getting odds way above the horses' prices in recent races View the full article

Troubleshooting, victorious in the Sept. 6 Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G1T) at Kentucky Downs when sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs on turf, ventures into new territory Oct. 25 at Keeneland when he routes in the 1-mile Bryan Station Stakes (G3T).View the full article

It has been an atypically slow Keeneland fall meeting for the powerful barn of Chad Brown, who had been represented by a single winner from his first 17 starters in a maiden claimer on Oct. 23. But a win from Juddmonte's Salamis (Speightstown) in Saturday's $600,000 GIII Bryan Station Stakes would go a long ways in turning Brown's frown upside down–at least to a certain degree. A son of Juddmonte's GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Antonoe (First Defence) and therefore the half-brother to GSW & MGISP Segesta (Ghostzapper), Salamis has been progressive in his four starts on the grass, winning his maiden two back at Saratoga over this one-mile distance before taking out the Listed Gio Ponti Stakes at Aqueduct on Sept. 28. He overcame gate seven of seven that afternoon and Flavien Prat will need to work out a trip from barrier 12 on Saturday to emerge victorious. Of the horses in the main body, a remarkable seven are by Not This Time, including the 'other' Juddmonte, the Grade III-winning Final Gambit. With a high-watermark score in the GIII Jeff Ruby Stakes last March, he earned a trip to the GI Kentucky Derby and ran with credit from well back to be fourth. A horse that wants a truly run race, he's been pace-disadvantaged in his three runs on the grass, including a fifth in the GIII Nashville Derby. The gray will be suited down in trip, with a better chance of a sound tempo ahead of him. Giocoso (Not This Time) benefited from a golden inside passage to win the one-mile GII Secretariat Stakes at Colonial in August, beating home Claiborne Farm's Simulate (Kitten's Joy), who endured a far inferior journey, and it would be no shock to see those placings reversed here. The latter was a non-factor seventh in the Nashville Derby and will also relish this cut-back. Troubleshooting (Not This Time) has only finished outside the top two on one occasion in six tries on the grass and he stretches out in distance after besting Golden Afternoon (Goldencents) by a half-length in the 6 1/2-furlong GI Franklin-Stamps Stakes at Kentucky Downs Sept. 6. Tenacious Leader (Not This Time) was just beaten in last year's GIII With Anticipation Stakes and most recently made a successful return from a one-year absence with a first-level allowance score here on Oct. 4. A forward move can be expected second off the bench. Plensa (Caravaggio) was third to Simulate in a Saratoga allowance race July 18 before causing a 22-1 upset over Giocoso in the $1.9-million Listed Gun Runner Stakes at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 6. Bracket Buster, Gosger Square Off In Fayette While divisional heavies Sovereignty (Into Mischief), Journalism (Curlin) and Baeza (McKinzie) are set to give next weekend's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic a shake, a pair of understudies from this year's sophomore class will line up in a high-class renewal of the GII Fayette Stakes at Keeneland. BBN Racing's Bracket Buster (Vekoma) romped in this year's Listed Pegasus Stakes ahead of a fourth to Journalism in the GI Haskell Stakes. But instead of aiming for less-ambitious targets, the colt pressed on to the GI DraftKings Travers Stakes, and yes, he was beaten a block by Sovereignty, but earned a 102 Beyer not to mention a quarter-million dollar payday for his connections. His convincing victory in the GIII Oklahoma Derby last time netted him a slightly smaller check, but a fat one all the same, and the $125,000 Keeneland September grad goes for three on the trot here. Bracket Buster | Taylor Ejdys/Equi-Photo Gosger (Nyquist) was two lengths clear of Bracket Buster in this track's GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes in April, and he nearly pulled the upset in the GI Preakness Stakes but fell victim to that incredible finish from Journalism. A half-length behind that rival in the Haskell, the homebred never got involved from a high draw in the Sept. 20 GI Pennsylvania Derby, finishing a distant sixth and an effort best taken with a grain of salt. A win in a race as prestigious as the G1 Dubai World Cup would generally result in a visit to the Breeders' Cup, but Gary and Mary West's Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) is here instead. Two-back winner of the West Virgina Governor's Stakes, the gray exits a fourth to Mystik Dan (Goldencents) in the GII Lukas Classic Stakes across the way at Churchill Sept.27. Compact Group For Twilight Derby The connections of just five horses accepted for Saturday's GII Twilight Derby at Santa Anita, a race that surprisingly produced a future Breeders' Cup winner in the form of Johar (Gone West), who took this event in 2002 before famously dead-heating with High Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) as part of the historic Mandella four-timer in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf the following year. It has been 11 years since Long On Value raided from the East Coast to win this, and Amerman Racing homebred Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) will try to put pay to that streak on his second trip to the Golden State. A neck second in last year's Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes at Del Mar, the homebred struck from close range in the GI Belmont Derby in July, finished a close third in the GI Saratoga Derby Aug. 2 and was a latest even fourth to Turf aspirant Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the GIII Nashville Derby Aug. 30. Trainer Graham Motion has secured the services of Juan Hernandez. Hronis Racing's Namaron (Ger) (Amaron {GB}) looms the fly in the ointment after winning three of five starts in Germany for trainer Henk Grewe, including a Group 3 in Krefeld in April. He made a favorable impression for his new connections in the aforementioned Gun Runner Stakes, coming from the latter half of the field to be third to Bryan Station runners Plensa and Giocoso. The post Brown Can End Rough Meet On High Note In Bryan Station appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

2nd-Belmont The Big A, $80,000, (S), Msw, 10-24, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:16.77, ft, 2 1/4 lengths. PANTHERIAN (c, 2, Vekoma–Big Thrill, by Big Drama) and Wamo (Yaupon) went at each other for most of this New York-bred maiden, and the Stewards ultimately had to step in to reverse the running order. After a shoe repair in the paddock, Wamo brushed with the off side stall at the jump but recovered well enough to place himself right in the middle of a duel for the lead. Pantherian traveled from four off the rail and to the outside of his challengers, but had locked horns with Wamo for the homeward drive as they spun into the lane. The pair exchanged the first of several brushes passing the three-sixteenths marker, and Pantherian lost the advantage at the final sixteenth, but was mounting another try when Wamo herded him out three paths under left-hand urging. They once again brushed off each other, and came in heads apart under the wire with Wamo officially crossing the line first. There was an immediate Stewards' inquiry into the stretch run, and after a review, the running order was reversed. Disqualified for interference, Wamo was placed second behind Pantherian prior to the result being declared official. The victor is the fourth winner from five to the races and the most recent of age for Big Thrill. The mare has a 2025 colt by Golden Pal and was bred to Cogburn for 2026. Sales history: $145,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $750,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $44,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-WinStar Farm, LLC, First Go Racing and CHC, Inc.; B-Annemarie Toomey (NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. The post Vekoma’s Pantherian Elevated to First-Out Win at Belmont Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bidding is now open for the 2025 Inglis Digital USA October (Late) sale, which features 73 offerings and is led by a consignment of 11 broodmares from Paramount Sales, and will have the first lot close on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. ET with subsequent listings hammering down in three-minute increments thereafter, the digital outfit said in a press release on Friday. The auction offers horses available for inspection in 11 different states. The Paramount Sales consignment includes Ayaady, a Tapit mare whose first foal is the promising Massarat (Curlin), who has earned over $204,000 on the racetrack. She is offered in foal to Gunite. “Paramount is very proud of our offering in this sale,” said Paramount's Paddy Campion. “The quality, timing, and infrequency with which some of these families come on the market amount to what we believe poses a wonderful opportunity for breeding outfits both domestically and internationally.” Other pregnant broodmares in the catalogue are offered in foal to Capo Kane, Engage, Heartland, Leinster, Modernist, Pinehurst and Solomini. Stallions with yearlings represented include Blame, Greatest Honour, Heart to Heart, Improbable, Lone Sailor, Practical Joke, Temple City and Yaupon. “The team and our sellers really came through this month,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “We have tons of quality to offer from top to bottom.” To schedule an inspection of the Paramount offerings, contact Paddy Campion at (859) 612-2222. Interested parties must register for an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to place bids. Click here to view the catalogue and register to bid. The post Paramount Sales Consignment Headlines Inglis Digital USA October Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For the third time in four years, Sioux Nation was the busiest Flat stallion at stud in Britain and Ireland in 2025, according to the Return of Mares, which has been published by Weatherbys. The son of Scat Daddy, who stands at Coolmore's Castlehyde Stud in County Cork, was usurped last year by his ill-fated stud-mate, Calyx, but he returned to the top of the charts during the latest breeding season, having covered 282 mares. The busiest stallion of any description was Whytemount Stud's Affinisea on 314, ahead of Boardsmill Stud inmate Poet's Word (298), the aforementioned Sioux Nation and another Castlehyde resident in Maxios (281). Like Poet's Word, Derby winners Harzand and Golden Horn are other examples of sires who received dwindling support when marketed primarily as Flat stallions, but that duo again covered bumper books this year after they each switched to studs with more of a National Hunt focus back in 2023. Harzand was sent 255 mares at Kilbarry Lodge in 2025, with another 177 going the way of Overbury resident Golden Horn. Of the other sires better known for their Flat exploits, Tally-Ho Stud was home to three stallions who covered more than 700 mares between them. Champion first-season sire-elect Starman led the way on 267 – up from 104 last year – ahead of Tally-Ho's flagship stallion Mehmas (257) and Good Guess (210), who was again well supported after covering 250 mares in his first season at stud in 2024. For good measure, Tally-Ho also had the newcomers Big Evs (159) and King Of Steel (153) ranked among the 30 busiest Flat sires of 2025, underlining the growing influence of the County Westmeath-based operation. Leading the way among the newcomers was Luxembourg, who covered 261 mares at The Beeches Stud, while dual Derby hero Auguste Rodin was sent 205 mares at Coolmore's Fethard base. He was joined there by another Epsom winner in City Of Troy (175) and Group 1-winning two-year-old Henry Longfellow (172), while Ballylinch's Look De Vega (195), Yeomanstown's Mill Stream (170) and Cheveley Park's Vandeek (161) were the other newcomers to figure among the 30 busiest Flat stallions. Mill Stream's stud-mate, Dark Angel, covered 169 mares after being crowned Britain and Ireland's champion sire for the first time in 2024. Coincidentally, exactly the same number of mares was sent the way of this season's champion sire-elect, Night Of Thunder, including the Group 1 winner and producer Dar Re Mi, plus the dams of Desert Flower, Dynamic Pricing, Economics and Ombudsman, all of them top-level winners for the Kildangan Stud resident already. Night Of Thunder's closest pursuer, the late Wootton Bassett, received a star-studded book of 206 mares during what would prove to be his final season on the Coolmore roster. They included top-class racemares such as Ramatuelle, Tahiyra and Treve, as well as the dams of his Group 1 winners Almanzor, Al Riffa, Camille Pissarro, Puerto Rico, Sahlan, Twain and Unquestionable. Frankel covered 192 mares, including multiple top-level scorers such as Alcohol Free, Laurens, Mecca's Angel and Quiet Reflection, to name just a few, while fellow heavyweights Kingman and Sea The Stars received books numbering 163 and 140, respectively. Now 23, Dubawi was sent 80 mares, a group featuring celebrities such as Enable – who was sadly barren – Mawj and Misty For Me. The number of stallions standing in Ireland in 2025 decreased by 24 compared to the previous year, from 165 to 141, while the number in Britain fell by 15 to 88. Of the 30 busiest Flat sires, no fewer than 22 of them were based in Ireland. This year has also seen a near-10% decrease in the number of live foals registered to date in the General Stud Book. The returns to September 30, 2025 show that a total of 11,374 foals have been born in Britain and Ireland, 1,204 fewer than the 2024 figure of 12,578. In Ireland, the figure has fallen by 12% – from 8,504 to 7,502 – while the 3,872 foals born in Britain represents a 5% decrease on the 4,074 reported last year. Meanwhile, the total number of broodmares reported at stud in 2025 is 19,971, a decrease of 7% on the 2024 figure of 21,578. Of these, 2,348 were not covered and there were 5,482 no returns, with 202 reported as barren. Reacting to these figures, TBA chairman Philip Newton said, “The 5% decline in the 2025 British foal crop is not unexpected, reflecting the projections from our own extensive modelling, which we have been sharing with the industry over the past six months. “What is concerning is the 25% fall in new registered broodmares in 2025, signalling that this downward trend is set to continue, the consequences of which will be felt across every part of the industry. “While TBA led initiatives such as the Great British Bonus are making a difference, along with the expansion of this year's NH Elite Mares' Scheme providing some support for breeders, more substantial intervention is now needed to stabilise the foal crop and safeguard the future of British breeding.” The 30 busiest Flat stallions in Britain and Ireland in 2025: Sioux Nation, Coolmore, 282 Starman, Tally-Ho, 267 Mehmas, Tally-Ho, 257 Good Guess, Tally-Ho, 210 Wootton Bassett, Coolmore, 206 Auguste Rodin, Coolmore, 205 Look De Vega, Ballylinch, 195 Frankel, Juddmonte, 192 Ghaiyyath, Darley, 192 Gleneagles, Coolmore, 188 Camelot, Coolmore, 184 Little Big Bear, Coolmore, 180 City Of Troy, Coolmore, 175 New Bay, Ballylinch, 175 Blue Point, Darley, 172 Henry Longfellow, Coolmore, 172 Too Darn Hot, Darley, 171 Mill Stream, Yeomanstown, 170 Dark Angel, Yeomanstown, 169 Night Of Thunder, Darley, 169 Baaeed, Shadwell, 165 Space Blues, Darley, 165 Kingman, Juddmonte, 163 Vandeek, Cheveley Park, 161 Big Evs, Tally-Ho, 159 King Of Steel, Tally-Ho, 153 No Nay Never, Coolmore, 151 Chaldean, Juddmonte, 150 Dragon Symbol, Whitsbury Manor, 150 Havana Grey, Whitsbury Manor, 145 The post Coolmore’s Sioux Nation the Busiest Flat Stallion of 2025 with 282 Mares appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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The Belmont Child Care Association, Inc. (BCCA) is once again rolling out its Annual Holiday Shopping Day on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Anna House located in Belmont Park, the organization said in a press release on Friday. Each year, more than 500 children from New York's Thoroughbred backstretch community experience a day filled with wonder and joy as they “shop” for gifts for their loved ones. Every item is brand new and no money is exchanged. The event is entirely free for families, which is made possible through donors, sponsors and volunteers. Among the BCCA volunteers this year is Jazmin, the 2025 Volunteer of the Year, who is an eighth grader and proud graduate of the programs at Anna House. You can help by clicking here to donate through the BCCA website or through the BCCA's Amazon Wishlist, here. The post BCCA Out To Brighten Season For Children Of Backstretch Workers And Families appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Future WinStar stallion Mullikin (Violence) put in his final local prep Friday ahead of next weekend's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. Working solo at Keeneland, he breezed immediately following the first track harrowing at 7:30 a.m. and clocked four furlongs in :48.40 (6/65). “We were not looking for anything too fancy,” trainer Rodolphe Brisset said. “We did all the bottom work the last three weeks. He showed good energy and the rider was very happy with him. We got what we need.” It was his final work in Kentucky as Brisset noted that the 5-year-old, who also has a 25% ownership interest on offer at the Keeneland Championship Sale Oct. 29, will board a flight to California on Monday. Trainer Cherie DeVaux also sent out her three horses pre-entered in Nov. 1 races of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar for four-furlong works Friday morning. All three horses worked in company. John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Service's Rebel Red (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (Breeders' Cup Turf) and the 3-year-old maiden Altiplano (Candy Ride {Arg}) went in :49 (31/65). “He's a horse that's not going to really have a flashy work for a half-mile on the dirt,” DeVaux said. “It's more about how he does it and the gallop out, which was quite impressive. Steady, but full in the bridle. He's a horse with a lot of tenacity and he's just a really cool horse to train. Nothing rattles him. He lost an eye in the beginning of Saratoga two summers ago and then came back at the end of the meet, ran with one eye, then came back to win here at Keeneland. He's really neat. Whatever you throw at him and things don't go his way, he picks himself up and comes right back.” Lael Stables' She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}) (Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf) was timed in :48.40 (6/65) in company with 5-year-old Taking Candy (Twirling Candy). “They started off quite slow–25 and 4, first quarter–and came home full of run,” DeVaux said. “Same good energy as she showed last week with a really nice gallop out. She's just such a treat to train, really special. Fillies like her don't come around too often so we just enjoy this all while we can.” With Axel Concepcion aboard, Vahva (Gun Runner) (PNC Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint) went a half-mile in :48.40 (6/65) in company with 2-year-old winner Atropa (Into Mischief). “Worked really well,” DeVaux said. “Right now, we're just doing all our maintenance work. She looked great. She had a really nice gallop out. Ton of horse, so I'm happy with how she put in her last work.” The 5-year-old mare is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect in Book 1 of Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The post Mullikin Leads Breeders’ Cup Workers At Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fasig-Tipton has added two racing/broodmare prospects to its November sale slated for Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington, Kentucky, the auction company said via a press release on Friday. Backcheck (Not This Time), a half-sister to current undefeated GI Frizette Stakes winner Iron Orchard, will be offered as hip 223. Iron Orchard, who recently sold on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform for $2.5-million, is expected to make her next start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Oct. 31. The 3-year-old winning filly is consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent. Youalmosthadme (Oxbow), a multiple stakes winner and multiple graded stakes placed earner of nearly $720,000, will be offered as hip 224. The 4-year-old filly was a three-time stakes winner as a juvenile, including an 8 3/4 length victory over males in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs in just her second start. She is consigned by ELiTE, agent. The entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the Equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions of all supplemental entries will be available at sale time. The post Half-Sister To GISW Iron Orchard Supplemented To Fasig-Tipton’s November Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Kikuka Sho (G1) completes Japan's Triple Crown series and, at 3,000 meters (about 1 7/8 miles), poses a unique challenge for the nation's 3-year-olds by including a backstretch climb over 200 meters.View the full article

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) has named 49 aftercare organizations who have been awarded accreditation for 2025, the non-profit said in a Friday release. The 49 organizations include 40 organizations who are continuing their accreditation and nine earned accreditation for the first time. Applications will open again in January of 2026. Click here for a complete list of accredited organizations. The post Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Accredits 49 Organizations appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Turfway Park Racing & Gaming's Holiday Meet returns Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 27, headlined by the second annual Synthetic Championships on Saturday, Dec. 13, with four stakes contests worth a combined $1 million, according to a Friday press release from Churchill Downs. The meet will also feature record $100,000 maiden special weight purses and allowances worth up to $106,000. Along with the four races on Synthetic Championship night, the Holiday Meet stakes schedule also includes three new stakes events. In addition to the $1.375 million stakes schedule, connections will be competing for more than $600,000 in daily purses (excluding extras and substitute races), featuring maiden special weights worth $100,000 and allowance races ranging from $101,000 to $106,000. The post Record Overnight Purses Highlight Turfway Park’s Holiday Meet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The night of Oct. 29 is something everybody at the Taylor Made team is looking forward to. That's what happens when you are the consignor who will be selling a share in Not This Time at the Keeneland Championship Sale. After starting his stud career at $15,000, Not This Time now stands at Taylor Made for $250,000 and his book is already basically full for 2026, according to the farm. It's easy to see why. He had 14 horses sell for $1 million or more at the Keeneland September sale, leading all sires at that mark. He's the No. 1 sire of graded stakes winners from this year's 3-year-old crop; he's the No. 1 sire of 2-Year-Old winners by earnings, the No. 1 sire of Black Type winners, and the number 2 general sire, behind only Into Mischief. The share is being offered by Aaron and Marie Jones LLC. Travis White, a Vice President at Taylor Made, will be among those handling the sale. The TDN's Bill Finley sat down with White a little less than a week before the sale. TDN: The chance to buy a share in a very valuable sire at auction is not something you see every day of the week. What kind of opportunity is this for someone? TW: It's a very unique opportunity to buy into one of the best up-and-coming stallions in the world and one of the most valuable syndicated stallions in the world. A lot of these big stallions are not syndicated. Coolmore and Spendthrift have a lot of great stallions and none of them are syndicated. Another main factor with the share is that you will have access to the horse. This year, he's basically booked full at $250,000. We've had way more mares submitted than what we can take, so this gives them access to the horse. Plus, they'll get the excess income that comes along with it. This share also comes with all the revenue from the 2025 breeding season, which we project to be equivalent to almost three stud fees. TDN: I know it is hard to predict what something like this might sell for, but do you have a figure in the back of your mind? TW: Not really, and it is hard to predict. TDN: This is a stallion that Taylor Made took a chance on. He never won a Grade I race and did not race after his 2-year-old season. What did your team see in him to make it believe this was a sire worth investing in? TW: We were very familiar with the horse because he was born and raised at Taylor Made. Duncan Taylor was the person in our organization that really pushed to get this done. He gets most of the credit. We knew he was a nice horse, was well-bred and was a very good-looking horse. We thought he would work for our clientele, but trying to forecast what has happened would have been impossible. TDN: His stud fee is now $250,000. How did he get there? TW: He started off at $15,000 and remained there for the first four years. When his first crop of 2-year-olds performed well, the stud fee jumped to $40,000. That crop is currently 3-year-olds, and his crop of 2-year-olds were bred off a $45,000 stud fee. The yearlings that sold this year are off of a $135,000 stud fee and that's his first six-figure crop that came after the big bump in his stud fee. The weanlings were covered off a $150,000 stud fee and the mares who are now pregnant were bred from a fee of $175,000. His fee for the upcoming breeding season is $250,000. Every year, the quality of the mares and the comparative index has skyrocketed from the $15,000 stud fee to where it is now. TDN: Now that he's standing for far more than he did at the start, you're going to see better and better bred mares sent to him when compared to his first few crops. Being bred to better mares, can Not Your Time actually do better in the future? TW: As the quality of mares has increased, hopefully the production on the racetrack and sales ring will, too. Though it's hard to imagine they can run any better than they are now. I do believe with his versatility and success on the turf, he could really become a true international sire in the next couple of years. TDN: Ten sons or daughters of Not This Time have been pre-entered for the Breeders' Cup. How they perform will obviously have an affect on his value and the value of the share that is being sold. Which of his progeny are you most looking forward to seeing run in the Breeders' Cup? TW: Goal Oriented is a very talented dirt horse who could step up in the Dirt Mile, but it is a really competitive race. We are very high on Black Out Time, who will be running in the Juvenile. I know that Kenny McPeek has liked him from day one and I think he will perform very well. We have several 2-year-olds in the turf races. It's hard to handicap those races because you don't know how good the Europeans are, but Schwarzenegger and Cy Fair in the Juvenile Turf Sprint and are horses we've been following closely. We're hopeful that he has a massive weekend, but we know these are tough races to win. It's exciting that he has gotten that many horses running in the Breeders' Cup spread across a lot of races. That's a good sign of what's to come from this horse. TDN: You were obviously at Keeneland when 14 of his yearlings sold for $1 million or more. What was it like watching that? TW: I have never seen anything like that before and I've been at Taylor Made for 17 years now. Unbridled's Song was a very successful sire for us, but it was nothing like this. The seven-figure horses, it was one after another. I was glad to see the breeders doing so well with the horse. They've been supportive from day one. TDN: Do you know if the 14 million-plus horses was a record at a single sale? There are seven horses by Not Your Time running in Saturday's GIII Bryan Station S. at Keeneland. Is that a record? TW: I don't know the answer to those questions off the top of my head. We are trying to research it. Whether that's a record or not, this has been unbelievable. He's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of horse for us. We are very lucky and fortunate and, knock on wood, he'll continue to do well for everyone involved for many years to come, whether it's shareholders, breeders, owners, yearling buyers. We want everybody to be successful. The post A Rare Opportunity Awaits To Buy A Share In Not This Time appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Kyoto and Tokyo Racecourses: Sunday, October 26, 2025 4th-KYO, ¥14,250,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m DANON BOURBON (c, 2, Maxfield–Wild Ridge, by Tapit) is a half-brother to three winners, including the stakes-placed Clubhouse (Speightstown), and was a $450,000 Keeneland September purchase by Katsumi Yoshida. The winning Wild Ridge is a daughter of three-time Grade III scorer Wild Gams (Forest Wildcat), also the dam of MGSW 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Cazadero (Street Sense); 2022 GII Remsen Stakes hero Dubyuhnell (Good Magic); and SW Mt. Brave (Malibu Moon). Wild Gams is additionally the granddam of Gastrique (Jpn) (Just A Way {Jpn}), a Group 2 winner at two in Japan in 2022; and of recent Discovery Stakes third Light Forever (Frosted). The yearling relation to Danon Bourbon, a colt by Nyquist, fetched $750,000 at KEESEP last month. Maxfield is already the sire of the Japanese-based 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Magna Victor. O-Danox Co Ltd; B-Blue Heaven Farm (KY); T-Manabu Ikezoe 6th-TOK, ¥14,250,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT BUKUBUKU (c, 2, Yaupon–Vietnam, by Violence) is the first runner for his dam and was a $100,000 Keeneland September yearling before hammering for $150,000 at this year's OBS April Sale (under-tack preview). Vietnam is a half-sister to a pair of winners, including SW Yes She's a Lady (Yes It's True), while the bulk of the black-type in the family comes under the Grade III-winning third dam Gather The Clan (Ire) (General Assembly). She is the dam of MGSW Greater Good (Intidab) and dual Grade I winner Pure Clan (Pure Prize), herself responsible for SW & GISP Princesa Carolina (Tapit). This is also the family of GISW and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies third Sky Diva (Sky Mesa). O-Kazuhiro Msauda; B-Machmer Hall, Mr & Mrs Carrie & Craig Brogden (KY); T-Minoru Oguri The post Maxfield Firster Looks Live On Kyoto Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Kenny McPeek recaps Mystik Dan and Blackout Time's final works ahead of the Breeders' Cup, which they recorded Oct. 24 at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Although Argos will be Riley Mott's first Breeders' Cup starter under his own name in the Juvenile Turf (G1T), Mott knows his Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's blueprint for getting the 2-year-old son of Nyquist ready.View the full article